Chapter 10

Bo was going to take Tamsin downstairs but she didn't want to wake up Kenzi, so she just let Tamsin lie down on her bed. Then she walked downstairs to get the first aid kit which she never used.

The Valkyrie had already taken off her shirt when Bo came back. She was lying there, with her eyes closed.

Bo wiped the blood off her with a towel. She heard the blonde moan in pain, when she reached the wound on her stomach.

" What happened? Who did this?" Bo asked as she wiped the blood off the Valkyrie's nose.

" Bar fight." Tamsin said. She didn't want to tell Bo about the whole potion thing.

" Since when did bar fights involve sharp blades?" Bo frowned. She knew it was something more than a simple bar fight, but she didn't know if she should keep pushing for the real answer.

" Since today?" Tamsin smirked.

Bo rolled her eyes at her. She took the blonde's arm and rubbed some alcohol on her wound. She saw the blonde biting her lips, so she gently sent out some charms to her.

Tamsin shivered when the succubus's charm hit her. She bit her lips harder this time, trying not to moan.

Bo moved down. She found herself having an irresistible urge to stare at the Valkyrie's half naked body, so she slightly turned her face away. After a few deep breaths, she focused on Tamsin's stomach. The cut was long, but not too serious. She put a gauze pad on it after cleaning. Then she checked the blonde to make sure she got everything.

" Ok. You are all set." Bo sat on the bed beside Tamsin.

" Then I guess it's time for me to go." Tamsin raised herself up, but she gasped hard because of the pain.

" You are not going anywhere. Not like this." Bo reached her hands out to support her, " You're gonna stay here with me tonight."

" Wow, the succubus asking me to stay?" Tamsin smiled. She wanted to make a joke, but she suddenly ran out of words.

Bo didn't reply to her. She just lied down beside Tamsin and turned off the light. She held one hand of Tamsin's in hers, and sent out some of her charms. " Just relax, and rest." She said.

Tamsin found herself in Odin's realm, surrounded by other Valkyries and warriors. Odin was sitting on his throne, with his ravens resting at his feet. He looked so distant, and so cold. He was staring at Tamsin. Then he said, " You did a good job, Tamsin."

Tamsin was confused. She felt herself knowing what he was saying, but at the same time, not knowing.

" You gave her the vial. And now we can force the bond." Odin said. He rested his chin on his right hand. He clicked his fingers.

I didn't give her the vial. I broke it. Tamsin thought. She heard someone coming through the gate to the hall, and she turned around.

Two men escorted Bo in. Bo had this look on her face, as if she was not aware what was going on around her, and she didn't care. She looked like she was possessed or something.

" What did you do to her?" Tamsin yelled at Odin angrily.

" You gave her the vial, remember?" Odin smiled, " Now the potion controls her, so any Valkyrie can bond with her against her will."

" You can't do this! This is not how the Valkyrie's bond works! It's against the rules!" Tamsin shouted. Suddenly Odin moved right in front of her, gripping her neck. " There are no rules, for I am the rules. I decide who lives and who dies! Obey me!" He roared.

" Don't you hurt her... don't you hurt her..." Tamsin couldn't breathe. She stared at Odin, with both of her eyes open wide. Then she heard someone's voice coming from somewhere far away.

" ...wake up, Tamsin, wake up." Bo's voice came to her, so warm, so close. Tamsin could feel her hands tapping on her face, and her breath right beside her ears. For a moment she was not sure if she should wake up.

But eventually she opened her eyes, and realized it was just a dream. She panted, staring at the ceiling. Then she heard Bo turn on the light. The warm, orange colored light repelled the darkness of the night, comforting her.

" Are you ok?" Bo asked her, with one of her hands on her face. She looked worried, with her eyebrows furrowing. " You were yelling in your dreams." She added.

" What did I say?" Tamsin asked, turning her head to look at Bo.

" You repeated something like...don't hurt her." Bo said.

" Oh." Tamsin let out a deep breath.

" So, who were you talking about?" Bo was curious.

" What?"

" Who is her?"

Tamsin smiled bitterly. " Nothing. No one." The last thing she wanted right now is to tell Bo that it was her.

" Well, sounds to me like you really care about her." Bo said. She felt something... curiosity, jealousy, or something more complicated.

Tamsin stiffened. She stared at the brunette, as if she wanted to imprint her image into her brain. The warm, brown eyes, the soft, pink lips, the silky, curly hair, the fair, smooth skin, and everything else. Seeing that the brunette was staring back at her, with question marks popping out from her head, Tamsin closed her eyes. She huffed out a light laugh, which sounded more like a sigh. " Yeah, I suppose I do." She murmured.

Bo frowned a little. She could see the look appear in Tamsin's eyes again, the vulnerable, painful look, as if she wanted something that she knew she couldn't have. Is she thinking about her? She asked herself, is that why she looked so desperate? The thought brought an agonizing feeling to Bo's heart, which she was not expecting to have. She couldn't tell if she was a little bit jealous about it, or she just felt sad for Tamsin. She inched forward, pulling herself closer to the Valkyrie, not sure what she was going to do next.

" I supposed I do..." Tamsin subconsciously repeated the last thing she said. She leaned over and pressed her lips on Bo's. Hesitation almost stopped her right before their lips met, but she decided to continue, because this was all she wanted tonight, or any other night before.

Bo closed her eyes when the blonde's lips touched hers. They were soft, warm, and sweet, with a hint of the taste of blood, just as she remembered. She inhaled hard and kissed her back, with her hands running slowly on the blonde's hair. She tucked her hands in her hair and pulled her closer.

Tamsin let out a vague moan. She laid her hand on the succubus' waist, feeling the warmth of her skin on her own. It was then she noticed that Bo slept naked under the blanket, but she didn't stop. She didn't want to, and she couldn't.

Bo moved her hands down. Her fingers caressed across Tamsin's collar bone, then down to her bra. She ran her fingers across her breasts, enjoying the soft, warm feeling on her finger tips. Then she reached her hand to Tamsin's back, and unhooked her bra. She heard the blonde moan when she slid her hands to her breasts and cupped them. She moved her hands further down, sliding her fingers on the blonde's skin. Then she pressed on the gauze pad on her stomach.

" Shit!" Bo cursed. She suddenly remembered that the blonde was injured. She immediately pulled herself away from the kiss . She inhaled painfully, with her forehead on Tamsin's and her eyes closed. She knew she shouldn't go any further. The blonde needed rest. She couldn't risk feeding off her without hurting her.

" You should rest..." Bo murmured. She never realized that she had longed for the Valkyrie this bad until this minute, and it was not just because of her hunger. She wanted to hold her, to kiss her, to make love to her. However, that was not the only thing she wanted, more importantly, she wanted to protect her, to comfort her, to do something for her so the blonde wouldn't have that sad look in her eyes anymore. She laid her hands on Tamsin's waist, lightly pulling her close without pressing on her wounds.

" Ok." Tamsin said. She was still trying to catch her breath from the kiss, the sweetest kiss she had ever had. Being this close with the succubus, she felt warm, and safe.

Bo let Tamsin rest her head against her neck on her shoulder. The warm breath of the Valkyrie's was tickling.

" You know, if you have something on your mind, you can always tell me." Bo said as she turned off the light.

" Nothing that would interest you."

" I doubt it." Bo said, " I'm interested in a lot of things, like for example, we haven't talked about your mission of bringing me in yet."

" Well, I had a task, to bring you to Odin. End of story."

" Why didn't he come to get me? He's supposed to be a powerful God right?"

" What the hell. I guess I'm in a sharing mood tonight." Tamsin sighed, "He didn't know where you were, so he sent me to look for you."

" Then why didn't you bring me in when we first met?"

" I didn't know it was you until your dawning invitation."

" My dawning invitation? You mean in Brazenwood." As soon as the name of the place came out from Bo's mouth, both of them became quiet for a while. Both of them remembered the kiss vividly in Brazenwood.

" Yeah, when you picked the wanderer card, I knew it was you." Tamsin said. She tried to keep the topic on the card, instead of the kiss.

" But that was like months ago, why didn't you bring me in right then?"

" Well." Tamsin said, " You are one hell of an interesting package. I decided to play with you longer."

Bo frowned. She knew the blonde was lying, but she didn't know why. She just stayed quiet for a while, subconsciously running her fingers through the blonde's hair. Then she asked, " Package huh?"

" Yeah, package, a rather cute one." Tamsin said.

" Then what was that all about? The things you said to me in my bathtub?"

Tamsin stiffened. She still regretted that she poured out her thoughts and her feelings to the succubus that day, under the influence of the alcohol, and the fact that she was on a deadline for her mission back then. " Well, in case you haven't noticed, I was totally drunk that day. You don't believe drunken talks, do you?"

Bo went silent for a moment, then asked, " So you don't think I'm perfect, huh?"

Tamsin was startled. For a moment she just didn't know how to answer. She couldn't tell her no, but she couldn't let the word perfect slip out from her lips for the third time either. " You are a pain in the ass, succubus." She said, trying to sound as relaxed as she could.

" So, what's your current mission?" Bo asked, " Odin has new assignment for you, I assume? Whose ass is going to get trapped this time?"

" I guess it's my paid time off now." Tamsin didn't want to tell Bo that Odin wanted her to give Bo a potion so the Valkyrie could force a bond on her. She herself was still trying to digest the news. She never thought it was possible.

" Right. So, what would he have paid you for delivering me?" Bo asked.

" Why?"

" Just want to know how much I'm worth." Bo said.

" He doesn't have to pay anything really. I'm his bitch, remember?" Tamsin said. She knew she shouldn't continue talking to Bo anymore, not if she wanted to keep all her secrets away from Bo. " I'm really tired, and I have a job to go to. Can we sleep now?" She asked.

" Oh, sure." Bo said. She didn't move her hands away from the blonde. She knew she was holding her in her arms, and the blonde had her hands on her waist, as if they were two lovers cuddling in bed together. That thought made her blush a little, but strangely, she was not against it. In fact, she wanted to hold her like this, just like she wanted her to stay, just like she wanted to pull her closer and kiss her.

Bo lowered her head and laid a very light kiss on top of Tamsin's head. " Night." She whispered to the blonde, who was already asleep.