The First Flame part 22

Thanks for the kind wishes! I’m feeling much better!


After storing the baby clothes away, Ran looked for Terra. She found her outside, drinking with Apollo to celebrate her empty womb.

“Ran! Join us!”

Ran sat beside her and took the cup that was offered. “I take it that you’re happy about this no baby thing?”

“Are you joking? I’m over the moon. I was absolutely not ready for a baby, especially with…” she whispered the rest. “Especially with a man I had a one-night-stand-with.”

“I’m happy for you. Where do you go from here?”

“No more one-nightstands, that’s for sure. And I don’t know, I might talk to him… I feel like I owe him an explanation for why I’ve been avoiding him.”

Ran nodded. “Did you talk to mom?”

“Yeah. She was pretty calm about the whole misunderstanding.”

Ran took a swing of her drink. She wasn’t telling Terra that their mother was sobbing the night away, or that she was planning on taking over the job of motherhood. Terra would probably try to talk her out of it, but Ran’s mind was made up. She would talk to Eon and put an end to this mess.

She drank until she was tipsy while Terra and Apollo got drunk. At the end of the night, she had the unpleasant job of dragging her sisters to bed. Their guards were lingering in the shadows, but they knew better than to approach and put their hands on a drunk princess.

Once Ran was free of her slobbering, muttering, wobbly sisters, she took a bath and slumped on her bed. The stress of the day made her crawl under the furs.

Her peace was soured when she remembered that Eon was jailed. He probably wasn’t very comfortable.

With a sigh, she closed her eyes and tried to accept sleep. It came easily enough, but it didn’t come alone. She had a horrible dream of hands clawing at her face, chest, legs, and sex.

She jumped awake and found herself drenched in sweat from the nightmare. She didn’t try to go back to sleep, not wanting to feel that slimy touch on her again.

Her hands ran through her hair. She knew this all had to do with Siox. Although he was dead, her mind wouldn’t stop giving him life.

– • –

It was time to see Eon again. She put on a nice top and pants, put her hair in two braids, and wore her nicest sandals.

A few days passed since she last saw him. The nightmares stopped, and she was glad about it. She spoke with Eve and Apollo about Siox’s abuse, not wanting to damper Terra or Kira’s mood. It was great to get the experience off her chest. Her sisters were there for her to offer hugs and kisses, and Siox didn’t cross her mind again.


Finally, she was free.

“Let’s go!” she rushed Neil.

“Relax, woman.”

“You’re walking so slow.”

“You’re about to not be walking at all when I snap your skinny legs.”

Ran stuck her tongue out and continued to rush through the wild. They reached the spaceship eventually, but quickly had to drop for the nearest cover when they saw two Ezronian men scouting the area.

Ran recognized them as men from the Capital. Vrox must have sent them to check on Eon.

They went in and out, laughing and poking around the ship for half an hour before leaving. Only when they were out of sight did Ran feel like she could breathe again.

She stepped inside as Neil kept an eye out.

“Are you two back again?” Eon grunted, expecting the guards to return.

“Aw, I was hoping that you would receive me with a little more excitement.”

He rushed to his feet, and life flooded back into his eyes. “Ran.”

“That's better,” she laughed, gripping his face and kissing him hard. His cheeks were more stubbled than usual, and his hair longer.

“How are you?” he asked.

“A lot happened, but thankfully nothing bad. Everyone is doing alright.”

“Have you been taking care of yourself?” he asked, snaking an arm around her to rub her back.

“Yeah. How about you?”

“Well, I have counted every scratch on these walls and I am quickly running out of hobbies, but I am healthy.”

"I have good news, actually. I think I found a way to get my dad to get you out of here.”

He looked skeptical as he asked. “Really? How?”

“Er– how do you feel about babies?”

Eon’s face went blank, before confusion set in. “Babies? Well, I have not seen one in many years. What do they have to do with anything?”

Now that she was about to deliver the idea, it sounded very foolish. In her mind, the plan made more sense.

“Well… I know it’s only been some months but I figured hey, I have to have kids anyway, and I’m financially stable enough to support them, and I really like you, and a baby would change many hearts around here, and… I think you should impregnate me?”

Eon blinked once, twice. “You are not joking?”

“Would be one hell of a joke,” she snorted. “No. I’m not. So what do you say? Want to shove that big thing into me and metaphorically dig your way out of this cell?”

“You want to know how I feel about giving you a child?”

The hand he placed at her back slipped into her pants. He went between her cheeks, and down to her pussy. Two fingers entered her, and the shock had her rising to her tippy toes.

“Uhuh.” She kissed him as she grinded on his fingers.

Eon’s free hand cupped her breast and squeezed, hard. He trailed his lips from her mouth to her neck as she panted and tried to cling to sanity.

He was greedy, he was excited, he was hard.

She pulled at his hair.

“You want me to be rougher?” he grunted.

His touch became rougher, harder…

“No! Stop. Get off me!” she flailed, and accidentally pulled his fingers deeper inside her.

Her needy passion became distress. She wanted him off, wanted this to end, wanted her skin to be free. To belong to no one but her.

Eon pulled his fingers out of her, and dropped his arms so quickly his wrist banged against the bars.

Confusion and hurt twisted his expression.

“Ran…”

He thought it was his fault.

She cupped her mouth to hide her shock and self-disgust, and then she dashed out of there.

"Ran! Please, I am sorry!"

Oh my Fates.

Oh no.

What did I just do?

She let Siox win. She was so broken in the head that she hurt Eon.

Why was this happening? It was supposed to be over. Siox was dead, she talked to her sisters about the assault, so why wasn’t she free?