Introduction and summary

This story is a sequel to "The Scar" and "Ashes to Ashes" so you should probably read those first before you dive into this one. But there's a summary below if you don't feel like bothering. The characters are mine, but the world is that of the Hollows. If you find OC's irritating, you can always skip to the last chapter, which is a good bit and has Rachel and Al in it.

OK, so here's the thing…I know I said I wasn't going to post any more Ash and Evie stories here, since I'm going to work the concept up as original fiction. But since I have started doing so, I've begun taking the new original fiction story in such an entirely different direction that I've decided there's no reason not to post this bit. And since those who generally have commented on my other stories seem to be into, shall we say, more adult interactions, I figured y'all might enjoy this. The story is rated M, even though nobody bothers to take any clothing off. ;)

First, here's a summary of the previous stories:

In "The Scar" we meet Evie, a grouchy college professor who is telling her story of how she got a scar on her face to a student. She and her friends summoned the demon Ash as teenagers, and he kidnapped all of them except for Evie, who escaped through a lucky break. It turns out that the student in question is the grandson of one of the victims.

In "Ashes to Ashes" that student decides to try a summoning of his own, and Evie decides it's time to face her past. But she has no summoning name for Ash, so she asks Rachel Morgan for help. Rachel does so, against her better judgment, and Al gets involved. Evie is betrayed by the family during the summoning, but escapes Al, who kills two more family members in his anger. Evie bids farewell to her lost friends, having realized that she may never know what became of them, and confronts Ash again. Ash had forgotten all about her, but is now reminded again, and gives her his summoning name.

Now we skip ahead through at least two full adventures that will be left unposted, because I am using many elements from them in my new story. After confronting Ash again, as well as Al, Evie decided to start sort of a demon-consulting business, where she would do the summoning and the holding, but let others do the bargaining. So she regularly works with five or six demons now. They tolerate it because it's a good deal (she makes the bargainers pay for their passage, and sets up appointments in advance), but they'd all be happy to grab her as she's getting so well known in the Ever After. Al still carries a grudge from when she humiliated him, and would be equally happy to just rip her head off. Needless to say, she also has made some pretty awful human/witch enemies as well, who sometimes send the demons to kill her/hurt her/silence her/whatever. This includes Ash, who (unbeknownst to her) let her catch him tonight to talk to her. She's just had a very close call the previous evening, but is in too deep to get out the business now, not without something drastic. So Ash proposes a modified demon mark to help him protect her (among other ulterior motives, of course). Why she trusts him over the others, after her experience as a kid, is a mystery to her. He's the one she summons most often, and the one she finds easiest to work with.

So! On with the good bit! This is my first attempt at writing any kind of erotica, so feedback is very welcome. If you like it, I'll post the fanfiction of my own fanfiction (yes, I know, I'm cracked in the head) where Ash and Evie get down to business for real.

I want to thank everyone who has reviewed this and previous works, for all of your encouragement. And for coming up with the idea that all demons have a mean sweet tooth. *grin* I am so totally stealing that one.