Chapter Six: Leading a Coven by Day and Making Love by Night

Lincoln yawned and stretched, looking at the clock. It was about noon. He started putting on sunblock. He didn't know how often he needed to put it on, but he would rather put it on too often than not often enough. He put on a pair of sunglasses and went upstairs. Christmas was coming pretty soon. It was supposed to snow later that day. Maybe it would be a white Christmas. Lucy was out at the moment, Haiku and the rest of their Witches' Coven were all there for a change. They were preparing to do a Yuletide ritual spell while also talking about what they did in their time apart.

Haiku was going to graduate from Briarwood University for degrees in Philosophy and History. She hadn't been sure what she wanted to do. She wasn't quite ready to graduate yet. But neither was Lincoln in reality. If he wanted a Masters' Degree, he still needed two more years. He was taking some time off for now though. He'd gotten his Bachelors' Degrees. He figured once he got his whole Vampire thing under control, he might go back to college. It wasn't urgent. He already had plenty of money from the comics he'd put out already. And Jordan was going back to Marist for the Spring semester.

She was going to start on her Masters' Degree. She would need a Masters' Degree to be a teacher like she wanted to be. She smiled as she sat in the wooded circle with Haiku and the other Witches.

"So… On this lovely cold day, how are the members of our coven doing?" Haiku asked.

"I'm doing well. As you know, Lincoln and Jordan recently came home from college." Lucy said, blushing happily. She hadn't gotten the chance to sleep with him since he'd come home. But she hoped that she'd have the opportunity later that day.

Of the coven, only Haiku knew that Lucy was dating Lincoln. They were still best friends, even all these years later.

"Does anyone else have news?" Lucy asked. She was the leader of the coven, being the one who knew the most about magic, including some of the deeper lore that went into it. Lucy had dedicated herself to being a genuinely knowledgeable and powerful Witch. Her rituals allowed her and Lincoln to remain under the radar for five years, and neither Lucy nor Haiku attributed that merely to the family's own actions.

"My family is moving." A young Witch named Leo said timidly. He was the newest member of the circle and one of the youngest. He was only thirteen. He didn't have great social skills, but he'd badly wanted to learn witchcraft. So he joined the coven, which he'd heard about at school. One of the benefits of being as quiet as he was was that people didn't notice him. It allowed him to listen in on conversations. He heard about a Coven that met on Saturdays and for holidays and rituals. He'd heard Amelia talking about it with Diana. They were 15 and 16, and had been in the Coven for at least a year.

So when he followed them to the meeting, they had been shocked that he'd managed to do so without them noticing. But Lucy decided to allow him in. Though he was inexperienced, new blood was always welcome in their Coven. He was learning fast and had become fairly proficient in basic magic and was working on his Book of Shadows, which he'd bought a leather journal on Amazon for. He was devastated when he found out that his family was moving. They would be moving all the way to Maine, so he would need to either find a new Coven or practice as a solitary witch.

He didn't want to leave this coven. While he was only an initiate, he was always welcome within the circle and he was learning a lot from Lucy. He had a bit of a crush on Mason, who was 17, turning 18 soon. He was a lot older than him and wasn't really interested in him that way. He hadn't fully accepted that he was gay yet. But everyone in the Circle, even Mason was supportive of him and said they would be there for him when he was ready to come out to his parents and to others.

Mason would be going to college soon. So several members would be leaving the Coven soon. But Lucy fully believed that the Mother Goddess would provide for them and that their Circle would never dissolve. Different members of the Coven worshipped different Gods or Goddesses. But they all met with common intent, to work magic and to see their will worked on earth as in the spirit realm. Lucy was still a little bit into the pomp and circumstance of being a Witch. But she'd matured greatly in her use of magic and in Lincoln's and Jordan's home, they had made sure Lucy had a room just for her Craft.

It had a space for an altar in a corner and a magic circle in the center of the room. It had shelves for her to put books and accoutrements of her Craft. It had drawers for her to store clothing and incense and things like that. She appreciated that Lincoln was so open to her needs in his home and she hoped that one day, they would truly live together and that she could still have a room for her Craft.

"Leo. I'm sorry to hear that you'll be leaving our number. Let us cast a spell together to bring him luck and strength in his future endeavors and that he may find others to share his Craft with. Who has brought their Books of Shadows with them?" Lucy asked. Everyone pulled their Books out.
"Let us each share one spell with him that we find special to us that he may remember us forevermore." Lucy said. They all nodded, taking his Book and passing it around, writing in their spell and then signing it with an inky thumbprint and their title and name underneath.

He smiled as they all built a fire and joined hands around it. The seven of them began chanting together, working a spell in Leo's name, preparing him for his journey to his new home and his journey through life. That he may continue to be strong in the Craft and that he may learn all that he is able to. Leo joined in and smiled as they pulled away. Soon, they finished their greetings and old news and began discussing the Yule Ritual and the New Year Ritual that they would be doing as a coven.

"Will you still be here for the New year, Leo?" Lucy asked.

"Yes. Our family is supposed to be leaving in February. I'm not sure of the exact date." He said.

"Good. Then we can work a ritual of intentions for the New Year together." Haiku said. Leo nodded. Soon, they finished for the day and headed back to their cars. It was starting to snow and it would likely have dropped at least four inches by that night. Lucy was concerned that Lincoln would be snowed in that night, that he wouldn't be able to travel to Detroit to meet with Nicodemus. She went to her car. It was an elegant car that, like Lincoln's car, Lisa had made for her.

Their cars were very similar in many ways. They both had solar panels on the roof. They both had radios that tapped into satellite radio and could access every radio station in the world. They both had incredible security features. Lucy's was shaped differently from Lincoln's though and Lincoln's was a burnt orange while Lucy's was black.

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She drove back to Lincoln's house, going inside, seeing that the sun was already starting to set. She had been out at her Coven for a while. The snow was starting to really settle on the ground and there was already a good dusting and more was piling up.

It was starting to get heavier as well. Lucy sighed as she looked out the window. The shades were all drawn. The house was well-lit, but the waning light from the sun wasn't coming in.

"Hey, Lucy." Lincoln said, kissing the dark haired beauty. Lucy blushed happily.

"I hope someday to bear your child. But for now, will you at least make love to me? I assume that you won't be going to Detroit tonight." Lucy said happily. Lincoln sighed. He'd set up his phone to remind him when he needed to feed. He wasn't yet sure how often that would be.

He was going to test going for six days without feeding. He knew that was a risk, but Lisa said that he needed to discover the absolute parameters of his powers. He would speak to Nicodemus again as soon as the snow had been cleared enough for him to go to Detroit. He would spread out his hunting between Royal Woods and Detroit so that he wouldn't hunt any one place too much.

"I'm thinking I won't be going out tonight. So it will just be a night between the three of us." Lincoln said. Lucy blushed eagerly.

"Will you make love to me?" Lucy asked. She looked askance at Jordan, hoping that she would be okay with Lucy hogging Lincoln that night. Jordan nodded.

"Great." Lucy said, taking Lincoln upstairs to her room. She had her own bedroom for when she stayed over. They'd gotten pretty good at keeping just how often she stayed over from their parents.

"I know you don't want to turn me into a Vampire yet. But can you turn me into a Culled?" Lucy asked. Lincoln sighed. He wasn't sure yet. He assumed that making someone a Culled was still a big decision.

The person would become immortal, or at least unaging. They would last as long as the vampire did as long as they continued to drink their blood monthly. He wasn't sure that he was ready to Cull them or that they were ready to be Culled. He still considered himself too young at 22 to be an immortal Vampire. He would have preferred to wait another 10 years approximately, assuming he ever wanted to be a Vampire.

"I'm not sure I can do that just yet. I'm barely a Vampire myself just yet." Lincoln said. He knew that physically, he was a full Vampire. But in terms of knowledge, in terms of skill, he was barely one.

"If it were up to me, I wouldn't even have become a Vampire until I was like thirty. That would have given me time to become a full adult. Now, I'm a 22-year-old Vampire. And yeah, I'm an adult, but Lisa says that you reach your physical prime at about 30. It would have been good to have gotten to that point." Lincoln said. Still, he was definitely well above the prime of a human at this point. He had shown that he could lift humans with ease. He was easily able to outrun a relatively slow moving car. And by slow, he meant about 30 miles an hour.

He would need to train up his abilities and learn more about them. Would he have magical powers? Or were Vampires merely physically powerful? Either way, he would learn from Nicodemus. He sighed and kissed Lucy, his hands sliding easily under her dress. She was dressed in long sleeves now because of the cold. Lucy moaned as he kissed and nipped her neck, leaving puncture wounds on her, which he licked afterwards, sealing them up before they bled too much. He needed to be careful. Lucy still lived at home officially. And officially, Lucy didn't have a boyfriend or anyone special even.

So it would look weird to have her come home with lots of hickeys. Lincoln ran his tongue over her body, kissing her. She moaned and hissed in pleasure as he did. His lips and tongue felt even better on her than they used to when they made love, like he was trailing liquid fire across her body. Lucy whined in pleasure as he licked her throat. That was a sweet spot for her. She always dreamt of having a Vampire bite down on her jugular, feeling the mixed pain and pleasure as they had their way with her, draining her to the last drop and then turning her into one of the undead.

Unfortunately, even now that she had a Vampire in her life, it didn't seem like he was eager to change her into one of his kind. She moaned as he kissed her chest.

"Mmmm… Linc…" She breathed, her eyes closing, letting his love wash over her. She sat up momentarily, pulling his shirt off. He still had scars all over his chest and back from Nearra's attack on him. They had faded, but because they had been left before he was turned, they likely would never disappear entirely. She traced her fingers along them as well as the one from his surgery.

Lisa had given him bionic organs and a result of that had been a scar along his chest and stomach. He had other scars on him from his surgery. But the one on his chest was the most visible. She kissed his chest lightly, teasing her fingers along the surgery scar.

"Mmmm… You have quite a story in these scars." Lucy breathed, kissing another one of his scars. Lincoln hissed as she worshiped his scars, licking and kissing and nipping them, feeling his lean muscles with her hands. She loved how his body felt under her.

She had become much more confident over the years, largely thanks to him and to an extent, Jordan. She'd become the leader of her coven. That was largely due to her knowledge and skill in magic. She was doing quite well in college and was already starting to make money with poems and short stories. And she was working on a novel that she was planning to send to publishers once she finished. Lincoln loved how confident she was, especially during sex. Sometimes she took charge. Sometimes she let him take charge. Tonight, she was enjoying being the dominant partner.

She kissed his stomach again, her hands moving teasingly over his sides. Lincoln let out a long hiss, his head leaning back as her slender, cool fingers teased over his ribs and her lips kissed his chest. She was in no hurry to finish. She was enjoying taking it slow with him. She could feel herself heating up as she moved slowly lower on him, undoing his pants, pulling them down. He still wore tighty whities, even all these years later. She ground her core on his leg, hissing in pleasure, her body tensing at the warm sensation that drove through her.

"My Dark Prince." Lucy breathed, pushing her hand under his underwear, stroking him off.

"Ooohhh… You're already getting pretty hard, aren't you?" She asked, kissing him again as she stroked him. Lincoln squealed in pleasure. Lucy smirked, humming lightly as she kissed his chest and neck. She loved the sounds that he made during sex. She nipped his chest just as she gave a hard stroke, causing him to let out a loud gasp.

"Someone is enjoying himself." She breathed, running her tongue over the little bite mark.

"O-ohhh! L-Lucy! Please!" Lincoln begged as she stopped moving her hand.
"Please? Please what?" She asked, her blue eyes swirling with aroused intensity.

"Please… K-keep going…" He begged. She smirked, licking his neck.

"Keep going?" She asked. He nodded eagerly. She nodded, starting to stroke his manhood again.

"You want to finish in my mouth?" Lucy teased. Lincoln was already panting. But he nodded.

She nodded, pulling his underwear down, kissing his manhood, teasing her tongue along it, poking it in the tip briefly before wrapping it around the head. She kissed again, slowly taking the head in and going down as far as she could. Lincoln was bigger than she was really able to take in all the way. So she took him in as far as she could, gasping lightly as she moved up and down on him. Lincoln moaned, sitting up and holding her head, gently guiding her along, helping her to get in the rhythm.

He eased her head up slightly as he felt his climax coming, gasping as he released. He'd had sex with Lucy a lot over the years. They'd been dating since she was 13 and he was 16. Somehow, they hadn't been caught yet, despite being 19 and 22 now. Lucy would be turning 20 soon. She gasped as he climaxed, letting herself come off his manhood, trying to swallow. She still had a great desire to please him. And while she had trouble swallowing it sometimes, she always tried. She coughed lightly, spitting some of it up before standing up and pulling her panties off.

"You ready, Linky?" She asked, teasing him with the nickname some of their siblings had for him.

"Y-yes…" He breathed. She pulled out a condom, showing it to him and slowly opening it. She slid it onto his manhood, making sure it was secure before lying down on top of him, lowering herself down.

"You work so hard, Linc… Just let Mama Lilith take care of you." She breathed. She still sometimes referred to herself as Lilith from Judeochristian mythology as a powerful female Demon who was once Adam's first wife.

She hissed as she lowered herself onto him, feeling him stretch her walls.

"Mmmm… S-so big…" She hissed as her hips rose up and down on him, kissing him lovingly as he met her thrusts with his own. The two moved together. Lincoln knew Lucy's body well, kissing her neck lightly, nipping it, leaving tiny marks on her that would likely be missed since her skin was already so fair. Lincoln could feel his body heating up, moaning as Lucy clawed lightly at his chest, kissing him lovingly on the lips as her hips moved faster, feeling her climax slowly building.

She hissed and moaned with each thrust, grunting lightly. When she had sex, she was a bit louder than usual. She let herself go a bit, letting herself be a bit less reserved than normal. She moaned as she felt the heat filling her stomach, her climax filling her, dropping herself down, her release washing over her. Lincoln thrust again, not quite there yet, thrusting up again. He was close. Another time, feeling his peak bubbling up as he finally finished, growling out his release.

Lucy sighed happily, pulling off of Lincoln, kissing him adoringly. He panted happily, pinching the condom as he took it off and tied it off, throwing it away, lying with Lucy, smiling as she stroked his chest. He sighed, cuddling with her, stroking her hair lightly, kissing her.