A/N: Having issues on where to place the 'alerts'. So bear with me ok?
Bo and Tamsin made their way to the basement at Trick's bar. Tamsin was still really pissed at what Arin just said to her but could she blame her? If roles were reversed, Tamsin might have done the same.
Bo turned around since she still felt her Valkyrie resisting her and knew something was wrong. Tamsin would follow her, but when Tamsin disagreed, Bo could tell now. Tamsin would say a snarky comment, but the bigger telltale sign was her actions. Half way down the steps, Bo stop and turned to Tamsin who looked a little upset and borderline angry.
"Tamsin? Are you ok?" Bo said putting her hand on Tamsin's upper arm.
"Whatever, let's just get this over with." Tamsin snapped back. She immediately felt bad and looked away from Bo. She wanted to re-phrase the answer, but she just was not in the right state of mind.
"Tammy, please don't do this." Bo pleaded.
"What succubus?" Tamsin said in a snarky tone. She just felt like running right now. She did not want to cause a revolution and get Bo involved. She cared for her too much to do that.
"We made so much progress together these past couple of weeks together. Don't shut me out… please" Bo pleaded some more hoping that Tamsin would snap out of it on her own.
"I'm not some experiment! If you want that you need Lauren not me." Tamsin bit back.
Bo just looked away and a hurt expression on her face. She had no idea what got into Tamsin. They were both fine about seeing Trick but it changed abruptly after Arin and Tamsin talked. She backed up slightly and composed herself. Bo could not believe how easily she could be hurt now by Tamsin's cold comments, but they were so close to each other now, those comments cut really deep. "Tamsin that really hurt. I have feelings. I am trying to make things right for you… and for us" Bo said a calmly as possible trying to not let her anger get the best of her.
Tamsin felt really bad inside for what she was doing to Bo, but who was she kidding, she had a short life span, was evil, and now the poster child for an upcoming civil war in Valhalla. Just when she thought she could run away from all the evils she did at least in her time with Bo, things just caught back up. She wanted to run but she couldn't. She wanted to say another snide comment to repel Bo more, but her heart was breaking and could no longer go through with it.
"I am trying to protect you. Trust me; I'm no good for you!" Tamsin declared.
"I can protect myself just fine and I'll be the judge of what is good for me." Bo said pushing Tamsin against the wall on a landing midway down the stairs.
** Minor smut ahead, move to next set of '*' to skip.**
"You're not listening Bo." Tamsin said as Bo kissed her on the neck. Tamsin higher order thinking started to shut down on queue as Bo's touches were like a euphoric drug. "I… "Tamsin stammered out trying to make a sentence, when she heard of pop and a zipper come undone. 'FUCK! She got past my belt, pants and underwear. Now she's cupping my core' Tamsin realized in horror at how efficient Bo was as her fingers worked her now very wet center. "Bo, I love y… this, but don't do this, I .. AHHHH…. need to think … sort .. FUCK… some SHIT … stuff out… PLEASE" Tamsin begged knowing that in a couple more seconds she would probably dominate Bo in front of her Grandfather and would not care. Either that or become her hapless love slave.
Bo stopped abruptly knowing that Tamsin was serious and she was border line forcing her will onto her. Something she hated doing. She did however, keep her hand on Tamsin's very moist pearl. "Tamsin why didn't you say so in the first place. Of course I would respect you if you needed time to think things through…. Ummm so long as it does not have to deal with breaking up with me." Bo said a little exasperated. "Which I don't think is the case." Bo purred as she put more pressure on the pearl which caused Tamsin to gasp in pleasure and make Bo's hand even moister. "If it is, then I think maximum over drive on my succubus charm is in order." Bo let out with a veiled threat.
At this point, Tamsin could not tell a lie since she was so aroused. She shook her head aggressively and stammered out, "No break up… I love you Bo. I am yours."
Bo needed to know why she was doing this and knew this method was unconventional since everyone else just told her the truth over some alcohol. Some without. But for Tamsin, she just shut down. Succusex, was her kryptonite. Bo also realized although immensely arousing and fun for herself, that she needed to stop doing this to Tamsin. She felt she went overboard on threatening her about the breaking up part. Bo was part joking but at the same time she began to become overly possessive about Tamsin to the point where no one else mattered at that moment. Bo was already in too deep (literally and figuratively) to back out now.
"Then why are you treating me like crap now?" Bo demanded leaning further into Tamsin assaulting her core slowly and fluidly so that Tamsin could still think somewhat, but not be pushed over the edge. Also Trick might hear Tamsin if she screamed.
"I…"Tamsin could not think of anything witty to say. Her words just flowed out. She tried to bite her lip to get her senses about her but Bo was just too good. "I had an … Uggggg…. Argument with my sister…. Ummmm" Tamsin said looking away from Bo trying to concentrate. "It has to deal with us…. AHHHH… with you. …. I … I need time to think this through…. AHHHH! FRACK! …. You may be the Goddess of the new order in Valhalla according to prophecy. OH MY GODS! …. It is written that …. he or she will lead the Valkyries to ONE god in Valhalla! AHHHH!" Tamsin spat out in between muffled screams emptied into Bo's mouth during kisses pleading for Bo to stop being totally mind wiped with pleasure.
It was at that point where Bo knew she had gone too far as Tamsin told her about being the Goddess of the new order. Bo was stricken with guilt as she was treating Tamsin like her property and not a person. Bo forced her to confess things she was not ready to tell. So why was she doing this? She was hurt by Tamsin's spiteful comments. Bo looked away from and paused her movements ashamed that what just transpired.
** Tamsin turned her attention back to Bo not knowing what the heck just happened but was thankful she could think again. She felt Bo's regret looking at her face as Bo bit her lower lip and looked away. She became aware of Bo slowly pulling her hand out of her underwear.
"I'm sorry." Bo confessed putting her forehead on Tamsin's. "I care for you deeply and when you turn into a cold bitch, it hurts me more than you know. I'm a succubus and I feel. I *LOVE*. So when you take that away like turning off a light switch, I get…. Ummmm 'unpredictable'. Sorry."
Tamsin was still catching her breath and it dawned on her that she just told Bo almost everything in her blanked out state and that was what Bo was beating herself up over. Tamsin was a little upset that she did not have time to think it over all the way through, but at least Bo had a moral compass whereas other succubi or gods would have made Tamsin their slave over this weakness.
"Bo," Tamsin stated gently as she whispered with their foreheads still touching. "I'm ummm" Tamsin hesitated furrowing her brows at using the following word since it was rare she used it at all. Opinions of people never mattered to her before, but now Arin's and Bo's mattered the most and it still took some getting used to. "sorry… I have never had a girlfriend before in any of my lives. I'm still learning." Tamsin confessed but realized too late that not only did she say sorry, but she just labeled Bo as her girlfriend. 'Great, this is really making my mission for Bo so much less complex.' Tamsin thought all frustrated.
"An apology AND calling me your girlfriend the in same breath." Bo smiled broadly as she backed up slightly taking in all of Tamsin's face. "Well what do you know. An old Valkyrie *CAN* learn new tricks. You sure know how turn a succubus on…. 'Girlfriend'… I love that sound of that word. Are you sure you don't have any Fae powers?"
Tamsin just looked up in the air like Bo was insane and huffed out a laugh. "Whatever. You sure have high standards for a succubus. So if I say 'girlfriend' you're just going to jump me here and now, less than 10 steps away from Trick's layer? Under Fae …. PUH-LEASE."
Bo just closed the distance a little as she hugged Tamsin's waist bring one of her hands up her back underneath her jacket and tank and the other slipping down her backside beneath her underwear. "I may become 'unpredictable' if you keep saying that word…." Bo purred out in warning wanting Tamsin so badly right now but doing her best to restrain it since Tamsin was a screamer.
"Ohhhhhhh joy…" Tamsin smiled evilly as she rolled her eyes egging Bo on more "I'm soooooooo scared of my succubus girlfriend. Oh! Let go talk to Dyson now and see if he gets jealous about my new girlfriend. Ummm no better yet. 'Hi Lauren, say HELLO to my little girlfriend!' *MY* girlfriend. Girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfriend, girlfr….." Tamsin teased but realized too late that Bo's eyes turned bright blue which only meant feeding time and feed time meant massive succusex. It was not the succusex that Tamsin minded, it was the place and time in addition to the items she still had to mull over. A look of disbelief came over all her facial features.
Bo absolutely loved that Tamsin was 'woman enough' to apologize but in addition, it was Tamsin that labeled them in an official relationship. Tamsin was no longer veiling items about her feelings. She was direct. Brave. She did not avoid or run away this time.
*** Smut coming up … skip to next set of '*' if you are reading in public or adverse to it ***
Tamsin teasing her just drove her overboard as she wanted nothing more than to 'pop her weasel' right then and there. With a quick motion Bo pushed Tamsin against the stone wall and pull Tamsin's jacket off her shoulders as Bo planted her lips desperately onto Tamsin's. It was followed quickly by Tamsin's tongue fighting Bo's for dominance. Bo needed more access to Tamsin's vital areas so she pulled out her blade and during the kiss without missing a beat cut Tamsin waistband of her underwear in 2 strategic places and pulled it off with a forceful jerk disposing of it somewhere on the ground. Tamsin was trying resist by pulling up her pants more but Bo had already moved on. Bo worked up Tamsin's tank up over her bra then Bo used her dagger to cut her shoulder straps and well as cut through the clasp in the front. It just took another yank to free the loosely hanging material. Now that was more like it Bo thought smugly to herself as Bo put away her dagger and worked on her Valkyrie's more sensitive parts.
Tamsin tried to resist Bo as she felt her underwear somehow leave her person followed by her bra. She could not disarm or fight back since Bo was using her special 'human' powers on her. Tamsin tried to cover up but it was too late, Bo had access to everything. She was the helpless pray and Bo was going to rock her world as she teased and pinched her tips while opening and working on Pandora 's Box..
A gasp tentatively escaped from Tamsin's lips as Bo overpowered her strong and powerful Valkyrie quite easily. Strength and power, Tamsin was acutely aware of, were no match for Bo's love and passion. Maybe love could conquer all.
Bo whispered seductively into Tamsin's ear never stopping her assault. "Tam Tam, wouldn't it be ashamed if you were written out of existence by my grandfather the Blood King for banging his PRECIOUS one and only god daughter all because you could not keep yourself from screaming. We are going all the way Tammy so deal with it my Valkyrie." Bo increased her assault as Tamsin held her breath and bit her lips.
Tamsin loved and hated Bo for doing this to her. Tamsin was still gasping and making sounds during her breaths and finally either resigned to screaming into Bo's mouth during deep kisses or biting down hard on the shoulder of Bo's leather vest.
"Bo? Is that you?" Trick yelled from inside his library.
This startled Tamsin and could only think about getting dressed which was totally erased a heartbeat later when Bo penetrated her core deeply hitting that special area on purpose. All Tamsin could do was yell into Bo's mouth in ecstasy.
"Yea, Tamsin and I are just talking about a couple of things in private. We'll be 'going down' in a couple minutes." Bo yelled back with an evil grin continuing her assault on Tamsin. "Just waiting on Tamsin who will be coming in a few." Bo concluded making sure to stop her ministrations briefly to allow her real meaning to sink in for Tamsin.
Tamsin heard it and just had enough wits about her to huff out somewhat weakly, "Yea, like whatever succubus!" Tamsin then focused on Bo and whispered "you little slut. Are you fucking nuts! He WILL write me out of history if he finds out!" That was the last sentence she said before Bo continued.
Bo quickly turned Tamsin around and made her plant her hands on the wall. With quick movements she yanked Tamsin's boots off and then pants. This was followed by her jacket. Bo took care of the remainder of the Tamsin's tank top with her dagger pulling the shreds of material off of her.
"Slut?" Bo said keeping Tamsin totally naked facing against the wall. "You have to stop describing yourself that way detective." Bo turned her to face her again as Tamsin was in utter shock at her naked and ultra-aroused state. "Now are you going to be a good slutty Valkyrie and give me your best performance? As a matter of fact I command it."
Tamsin just nodded vehemently as she kissed Bo and held her screams of euphoria in. She was quite embarrassed that Bo just stripped her naked and Bo was still fully clothed. Someone could come down the steps any moment so she forced herself with great urgency to peak. She peaked quickly and very hard to her own surprise despite the 'danger' of getting caught was so great. She bit down hard into Bo's shoulder of her leather jacket to muffle her sounds. She never was a prude, but she was never an exhibitionist either.
Bo was famished and needed to feed from her Valkyrie at her peak. Bo found that she feed more than she expected. Tamsin tasted delicious and was stronger and crisper than last time. Also Tamsin tasted like she was Fae and not human. Bo then recalled that Tamsin also did not make the archway of Trick's bar glow purple today. Tamsin was not a weak human after all at least not totally and it made Bo happy inside that she did do something about that.
"Oh my gods Bo." Tamsin exhaled as she came down clearly out of breath. "Wow. I fucking hate you succubus." Tamsin said all exhausted leaning against the wall with her head back against it. Bo pulled chi from her hard but she was ok. She kissed Bo tenderly a couple of times and then got dressed with what was left of her clothing which was barely enough.
Bo felt a little guilty that she went totally overboard on Tamsin just now and had to resort to seduction tactics all the time to make Tamsin talk. She wished she did not need to do that.
"You know, if you actually just talk to me rather than just shutting me out, we would have less of 'these events'." Bo murmured looking away a little embarrassed that she literally tore Tamsin's cloths off minutes ago.
"I know. This is uncharted territory for me letting a girlf…." Tamsin confessed with a little red hue on her cheeks but stopped abruptly so that she did not say the key word that made Bo 'unpredictable'. "Ummm …. Letting SOMEONE in that is allowed to see all of me. I'm not all good Bo and am the farthest from being perfect. I have an extensively long dark past and I am …. Ummm …. Afraid that one day you will gaze deeply into my eyes, you will see only darkness and my demons inside" Tamsin stated looking away from Bo. "I still have no idea why you feel for me the way you do. To everyone else if I go, they'll probably be singing 'Ding dong the witch is dead' in a cacophony of celebration." Tamsin said flippantly in defeat. This was way too much honesty for the blonde in one setting.
"Tammy," Bo said gently turning Tamsin to look at her "we all have our demons inside, our vices, and crosses to bear. Point me to a person or Fae who doesn't and I will show you that same person has no soul. They may be living, but are not alive."
Bo paused for a moment in consideration as Tamsin was now gazing deep into her eyes as if hypnotized. "Look, nobody is perfect. So you are right. However, I have no doubt you did horrific deeds under Odin and probably some yourself. But it takes a special person to choose to do what is right. But what is right? How do we know if we have no sense of what is wrong? You have experienced firsthand on both sides serving under both gods at one point or another. So when you choose to be by my side and strive to be the better person or Fae, you are striving for perfection which is unattainable, BUT on the way to perfection, you achieve excellence of self. That is as close to perfect is anyone will ever get."
"How do you know? All your friends like Dyson and Lauren will probably say that I am stringing you along only to betray you, maybe kill you, which was a common tactic for me to do under Odin. WAS." Tamsin said in a pout.
"Because you love me unconditionally coming from a Valkyrie trained not to feel." Bo immediately shot back without a second thought.
"Yea, try selling *that story* to the Scooby gang. You'd have better luck convincing them the world is flat. " Tamsin huffed out a laugh closing her open jacket with her arms crossed over it.
Bo was about to respond as she put her hands on both of Tamsin's shoulders when Trick appeared at the bottom of the stairwell looking up at Bo and Tamsin. Tamsin had her back to him while Bo glanced at him.
"Is everything ok? I thought I heard signs of a fight breaking out earlier." Trick voiced with curiosity switching his gaze between the two.
"Oh that," Bo said looking at Trick but her hands slid slowly down to the open V of Tamsin's jacket. "Well, we heard that too." Bo smiled mischievously at Tamsin who had a confused look on her face that is until Bo started to fluidly and in an unhurriedly manner opened her jacket she had not zipped up yet. It was then she saw Tamsin scowled at her and emitted a small low growl knowing that Bo was about to be exposed her in more ways than one.
Tamsin was in disbelief at the sheer audacity of Bo as her jacket opening just got wider and she was not very happy. Was Bo nuts doing this in front of her Grandfather she thought? Tamsin made sure to resist but there was only so much she could as Bo had a firm hold on her jacket. She also resisted the urge to bat Bo's hands away and make a scene. She growled at Bo in a low tone and said "You don't want to do this Bo." But there was no stopping her now succubus girlfriend who just looked at her innocently peeling her jacket open farther reveling the smooth skin that lay underneath. Tamsin looked over her shoulder at Trick dropping her hands to her sides and responded a moment later. "I think a bar fight broke out, but Dyson's got it under control. Hey, we'll see you down there in a sec ok?" Tamsin said as a matter of course pretending nothing was wrong even though Bo smiled like she was in some candy store at what the delicious Tamsin has to offer. Trick just nodded tentatively and went back into his layer. For Tamsin it felt real drafty on her chest since Bo had a complete view of the scenery. Tamsin turned to Bo again and said in a low serious tone "Are you fucking nuts?" Tamsin locked into Bo's eyes and it was apparent Bo was not listening and she had the googly eyed look focusing on the goods.
Tamsin just finally gave up and put her hands on her hips which opened up her jacket even further. That only had the effect of making Bo's eyes flicker blue. "HELLO…. I'm up here" Tamsin stated pointing at her face as Bo laid her hands on Tamsin's naked hips just above the her belt. "You know mega-boobs, stare all you like but my tits can't talk you know." Tamsin exhaled with a scrunched up face.
Bo smiled for a couple for reasons, she loved teasing her strong, fearless warrior in ways that made Bo dominant. Tamsin always disliked being the underdog. Also while Tamsin was growling at Bo, Bo noticed that the skin surrounding her eyes turned a very slight shade of black and Bo felt a small tinge of doubt in her soul. Could it be that Bo had given some of her other powers back as well? Bo kept teasing Tamsin to see how powerful her Valkyrie was but it was not to last since Tasmin just gave in toward the end.
"Bo, Let's skip to the part where we just go see Trick? Cus Valkyrie needs to go places." Tamsin stated a little annoyed at the situation.
Bo just licked her lips and paused and finally cooed "But my *girlfriend* Valkyrie is so beautiful this way." Bo finally released the blonde and ended up with a pouty expression.
"Fuck" Tamsin stated exasperated. "Bo, will you for once raise the bar a tad bit to be more than your one track minded species?" When Tamsin did not get an answer quickly enough, she gave up all flustered and in a quick jerking motion opened her jacket all the way spreading the material out to the sides of her like wings in almost a professional stripper fashion hence exposing all her assets. "OK Bo, take a good look and get your freaking fill. I am *SO* going to punish you later succubus. You have *NO* idea. You *NEVER EVER* mess with a fourth order Valkyrie and get away with it."
"Awwww that's sooo cute, 'cus I do it all the time and I *ALWAYS* end up on top. *ALWAYS*." Bo purred out tweaking Tamsin's tips. "Now these stairs will be forever embossed and immortalized in my mind. Maybe we should carve our names into the wall. But wow, you had me with that exotic dance move. Work with poles much Tammy?" Bo teased.
Bo reached out and assisted Tamsin in zipping up her jacket to her own dismay. "We don't want my little slutty *girlfriend* Valkyrie to catch a cold do we?" Bo questioned her rhetorically.
"*Whatever* succubus. Talk to the hand 'cus the Fae don't understand. Now if we're lucky, Trick will not rewrite history where I get reincarnated as a toad." Tamsin snorted out defiantly and walked away descending the steps knowing full well the succubus just owned her. It seemed to be a common reoccurring theme. Tamsin reassured herself that Bo will get hers sooner or later.
Trick was sitting at his desk doing research when Tamsin entered followed by Bo. Tamsin chose to just stay standing while Bo just plopped down on the couch.
"Hey Trick. How was Scotland?" Bo asked innocently trying to break the ice.
"Well, OK if you exclude the part of Stella and me ending up not being an item." Trick stated formally and then he elaborated slightly in looking away in dismay and cocked his head to the side slightly. "We kind of reinforced why we always chose not to be together."
"I'm sorry Trick." Bo murmured with disappointment empathizing with him.
Tamsin wanted to say something sarcastic, but thought it best to keep quiet especially if Trick was doing her a favor. She just leaned against one of the columns lazily.
"Well at least we are still friends Stella and I. We had enough history to at least keep that aspect of our relationship going." Trick concluded. "But onto bigger issues. Tamsin how are you holding up?" Trick asked abruptly changing topics.
"Never better. Odin punished me by taking away my powers and I get the 'distinct privilege' do all the shit humans do like…. Waste away their pitiful lives doing mundane and pedestrian things, getting hurt, and oh die a pitifully short existence … OW!" Tamsin yelped when Bo shot out and wacked her leg quickly. "What the heck Bo! I was telling Trick the truth." Tamsin said jumping back.
"What Tamsin meant to say was that she would be grateful if there was a way to reverse what the Odin or the Wander had done to her. After all, she lost her powers and status saving me from him." Bo said smoothly.
"Whatever." Tamsin grumbled rubbing her leg. That succubus was going to pay. Somehow Tamsin brooded.
"Well, I've been doing a lot of research on Valkyries, and as you know Tamsin, your powers are explicitly granted to you by your Gods you serve. They can also be revoked just as easily. Valkyries have no claim over their powers since they are brought in the fold with the sole purpose to serve their god." Trick stated formally switching his glance between Bo and Tamsin.
"I can give you potions and ointments which may give you powers only for a matter of hours as a human. It will do nothing in extending your life and many of them have side effects" Trick said in all seriousness.
"Oh Joy. So I have to consult with my physician to see if these potions are right for me? What they cause headaches, nausea, drowsiness, and …." Tamsin cut herself off as she jumped back quickly and avoiding Bo's hand from whacking her again. After a couple moments Bo turn back to Trick and Tamsin just smiled triumphantly.
"But Tamsin is Fae. Your doorway does not glow when she enters anymore." Bo calmly stated to Trick.
"Well, Bo that spell is not perfect. Being Fae is one thing, having powers is another. Tamsin, do you have any of your powers?" Trick asked turning his attention to the blonde.
"Yes, when Bo juiced me in her alter ego state, it restored my ability to talk telepathically to all my sisters. But no dice on anything else." Tamsin said a little disappointed and embarrassed to admit she was weak.
"And she has the ability to cast doubt to a small extent." Bo added.
"No I can't. Since when Bo?" Tamsin blurted out scrunching her face at Bo looking upon her incredulously.
"Just a couple minutes ago, you tried it on me when I was opening up …. a heated dialogue." Bo confessed quickly correcting herself because she was about to say 'opening up your jacket'. If that happened, it would have spurned on an 'interesting' conversation with Trick.
"Really?" Tamsin and Trick said in unison.
Bo just nodded in response.
Tamsin looked away and tried to cast doubt but was not able to do it. She guessed that she had to be in the right state of mind to do it.
"Well in that case Tamsin, you may need this." Trick grabbed an ordinary purple plush box used to keep necklaces. Stood up, walked over to Tamsin and opened it.
"Is that….. the necklace that Catherine the Great wore?" Tamsin tiled her head in curiosity.
"Yes it was. This necklace contains the Xanther Rune. In the hands of a human, it gives them good luck and fortune since it gives them an almost 6th sense. In the hands of a Fae, it gives that as well, but in addition stores and builds their powers they do have like a battery. It works by draining your power and storing it when it is not in use. But when you do use your power, your power is amplified since you are using your power in addition to the stored reserves in the rune. The only drawback is that you need to have it on you at all times to allow it to charge. Once you use it up, it takes time to charge up again." Trick stated factually.
Tamsin was unsure whether to take it. It was nice of Trick to think about her, but this rune was rare. She had never seen it on all her travels. How did she know Catherine the great wore it? She knew her in a past life, something Tamsin never told to anyone.
"Tamsin, please take it. It is the least I can do for keeping my granddaughter safe from the Wander." Trick said.
Tamsin took the item out of the box and put it on over her other Valkyrie pendant. It had a nostalgic feel and it brought her back to when Arin and she were fighting alongside one of the greatest heroes of Russia. She smiled at Trick slightly and said thanks.
"Well" Tamsin piped up. "As much as I would like to stay around and chat. I have to catch up with my sister, get drunk and ponder the meaning of life." Tamsin announced walking to the stairs.
Bo got up expediently and caught up with her "Wait." Bo said spinning Tamsin around and holding her shoulders. To her surprise Tamsin automatically put her forehead on hers. "Come back to my place later. OK?"
Tamsin was on autopilot because she still had to talk and ponder everything that Arin and Sigun told her. "I will." Tamsin responded to Bo and left.
Bo watched her walk away up the stairs missing her Valkyrie already. "Thanks Trick for helping her out." Bo said turning to him.
"Anything for my goddaughter." Trick concluded deep in thought and he then asked "I know this is none of my business, but are you and Tamsin close?"
Bo was surprised by that statement, she did not say or do anything to suggest that, but he was keen to it somehow. "In a manner of speaking yes. What made you ask?" Bo requested inquisitively.
"Because, Tamsin just saluted you." Trick stated still trying to wrap his head around what he just saw.
"Oh that," Bo said. She was so accustom to seeing Hildr's salute she did not even register that Tamsin did it just now. "She just does that as a form of respect." Bo said trying to dodge that she knew the true meaning.
"Bo" Trick said sternly "First off, Valkyrie's only salute their gods. Second, she is using an obsolete, but very power salute I have only read about but have never seen until today. That is Hildr's former salute to show that she not only served her Fae companion as if they were a god, but it was also her way of showing her …. True feelings for him…. Her …" Trick hesitated not knowing if Bo really knew that Tamsin loved her.
"Trick" Bo interrupted "I know what Hildr's salute represents."
"You do?" Trick said with surprise.
Bo hesitated but knew that cat was out of the bag so she said factually without any emotion. "It means that she serves me unconditionally."
"It is more than that. Valkyries are trained never to feel and rightfully so. They only serve a need to guide heroes to Valhalla in service to their god. Can you image that entire race and structure in Valhalla if after all the carnage they directly participated in if they were allowed to feel higher order emotions such as regret, empathy, remorse….." Trick rattled off until Bo cut in.
"Love." Bo voiced above his. "And they would be stronger as a race if they did so rather than being a bunch of brainless unfeeling lemmings." Bo asserted somewhat adamantly. A heartbeat later, not wanting to engage Trick on this discussion further shook her head briefly and said in a cheery voice "Hey, Thank you helping Tamsin out." Bo turned to leave.
"Are you in love with one another?" Trick questioned bluntly in a loud voice.
Bo only half turned to him and stated a little annoyed "I'll be fine Trick. I'm a big girl."
"Believe it or not, I have run into Tamsin before. It just took for you to introduce me to Arin to jog my memory. Tamsin went by another name in her past lives. It's Thomasina which is Aramaic for 'twin'. The books and chronicles from Valhalla reference these identical twins quite often where as other Valkyries were referenced by name. It is written that a these twins were inseparable until about a millennia ago, Thomasina wanted to be more than her sister and trained to be in Odin's elite ranks. She succeeded, but from that time on, the books referenced them as the twins sisters of light and dark. The one who joined Odin pledged an allegiance to the dark and in her quest for glory and a chance to be the envy of the entire sisterhood, slaughtered thousands upon thousands of innocent lives. She disappeared from the chronicles and records for the past couple centuries and it was just assumed that she just continued her bloody wrath under the direction of Odin wherever she went." Trick concluded.
"And your point?" Bo asked agitated at Trick sticking his nose into her business and also wondering if she really knew her Valkyrie.
"Tamsin, serves Odin and comes for a bloodline that is not pure, whose ethics are questionable at best. She is evil Bo." Trick stated a little upset that he had to be that blunt. "While I am grateful that she did not deliver you to the Wanderer, I question her motives. She may just be doing all this to ensnare you into something bigger. Maybe string you along and blind you with love." Trick sighed and looked away.
"I know Tamsin! She is not like that! Why would a Valkyrie betray everything she knew to be human? Why is she feeling higher order emotions only to betray me?! And why are you so quick to pass judgment on her and dictate what is good for me? Will you just trust me! I have to go." Bo announced in a very upset manner and walked up the stairs.
Bo went back into the bar and saw that both Tamsin and Arin were gone. She also needed time to think and also feed. At least Dyson and Kendra were laughing and getting along Bo observed. Bo let Kenzi know that she was going to walk home. She left the Dal in a rush, mad and confused.
Dyson and Kendra were still in the same booth at the Dal Rita. They were hanging all over each other laughing at stories of old. Kendra needed this outlet because she had not laughed in a long time. She had such a laser focus on her mission, people would tell her that she never smiled unless the situation warranted it. Now she smiled and laughed freely with a long lost friend. Dyson forgot about Bo and Tamsin while he just enjoyed the moment of now. He needed a laugh to forget his emptiness in his heart and the pains in seeing Bo go with someone else again. Granted both Lauren and Tamsin were human now, but Bo was drifting away from him. He could see her slowly slipping away like a boat adrift from shore without a paddle.
Dyson and Kendra took another shot together and slammed their shot glasses on the table. They finally came down from their fit of laughing and good times and through the silence, slowly let reality set back in like sunset changing the landscape to night. Normally, each would have wallowed privately in their own misery however due to their unique friendship and bond were comfortable enough to let their guard down with each other.
"I should have just gone with Ciarra when I had the chance." Dyson solemnly said in a low serious tone talking to his empty shot glass. "Then I wouldn't have to deal with the ups and downs of Bo. I knew Ciarra for thousands of years but we never had a chance to connect since she was mated to someone else. My best friend. When he passed, out of both respect and guilt I never tried to until it was too late. My heart already belonged to Bo. Ciarra was right, I dropped her for someone that I knew for less than 3 years." Dyson mumbled in regret and self-pity. He just proceeded to fill his shot glass and took another shot. The burning sensation coupled with the fact that Bo hated this drink made it somewhat satisfying.
'Shit, here we go. How the fuck do I compete with that? I'm not even on the same ball park as Bo.' Kendra thought offhanded. Kendra quickly realized that her emotions were playing with her since she was just Dyson's friend and now partner. She also felt the pain at the loss of Eric again come on. How could she even fathom to love another when Eric was her true love? She scolded herself internally and with that, she reined her inebriated emotions in and thought about what Dyson just said.
"Dyson, while I have no doubt that Ciarra is a great person and Fae, you talk about her like she was the safe choice. Safe does not necessarily equate to happiness and I guarantee you it is a far cry when compared to love. It takes a spectacular woman like Bo to overtake the history you had with Ciarra in that short of a time and that's saying a lot." Kendra said putting her hand on Dyson's shoulder to show her support.
"Sorry Kendra. When I was with Bo, everything was great. I just keep trying to chase that high that I know I will never achieve without her. You're right though, I don't know if I would ever get that same feeling with Ciarra or anyone else for that matter." Dyson confessed pouring himself another shot and drinking his sorrow away in a big gulp.
They just sat there for a couple minutes in comfortable silence when Kendra decided speak up.
"How did you know my former call sign was Cerberus? I know it is not in any of my records and my team does not use it either." Kendra asked inquisitively looking at Dyson.
Dyson in a very controlled manner glanced at Kendra and gave a very small smile. "You had a picture frame on your mantel which had a caricature of both Eric's and your call sign underneath your respective photos. I knew Eric's already, but I never knew yours until today." Dyson said smoothly. He was a detective after all.
"Well, I give you full marks for deducing that. That call sign was Eric's and my secret. He made sure to only use that call sign if it was important, otherwise he would call me 'Shaw' or more humorously 'rickshaw'." Kendra laughed weakly.
Kendra started to remember the significance of the moniker and why Eric gave it to her. "Cerberus…. " Kendra paused and lamented keeping her stare on the opposite set of empty seats "is the mythical 3 headed dog that guards the gates of hell. Eric called me that because he knew me as 3 separate people." Kendra stated with little emotion as she downed her shot which Dyson made sure to refill quickly. "Eric was on sniper duty at times during protests that could turn violent. That was when he first saw me. I was a staunch and vocal activist protesting lax drug enforcement practices and sentencing of guilty parties whose punishments were only a pittance to the crimes they inflicted on the community. He told me that he fell in love with me the moment his cross hairs panned on to my face. I was a citizen. That did not work since the cartel paid off key people to make things 'go away'." Kendra calmly stated staring out into space. She quickly took another shot which was refilled again by Dyson and then continued.
"Since I graduated from law school, I decided to become a criminal lawyer and eventually became part of the state's prosecution team. I specialized making sure dead beat drug dealers did not make it back onto the streets the very next day. Eric and his team were the ones who secured the area during critical trials. He and I interacted on a professional level, but it still did not change his feelings for me. I was the law. And that was fine until my only brother OD'd." Kendra said unevenly with anger and hurt lining the calmness in her voice. She took another shot. She knew she needed to slow down, but that train already left the station.
"That hurt that my extensive experience in law could not even save my only sibling. So against my parent's wishes, I abandoned everything and put myself through the police academy. It was probably the worst choice ever. No one wanted a weak Asian 'ornamental' as their partner except to screw me. I became the best as I was determined to be on the front lines to right the wrongs by dispensing justice at the end of the barrel of a loaded gun. Eric saw my potential I had and offered me a spot on his team. He got a lot of flak for it, but I proved myself and worked twice as hard to achieve the respect of the team. Our relationship grew into something I never expected. We had to keep it hidden though since he was my superior. I was a soldier. That worked fine until about 2 years ago." Kendra said stopping abruptly and taking 2 shots in succession.
Dyson knew better than to interrupt her. She needed to be heard and understood if they were to watch each other's backs. He just made sure to refill her shot glass quickly. Kendra was going to have a huge hangover tomorrow he thought.
"Cerberus, the dog that can attack with all 3 heads. In my case, it was the citizen, the law, and the soldier. You can knock one head down, but you would be attacked by the other 2. Eric gave me that name because I would rein hell on my adversaries by all 3 means if I had to. But…. But Cerberus had 1 fatal … and ironic flaw." Kendra forced out as she stuttered and shaked slightly. She took 2 more shots before she forced herself to speak.
"Cerberus, the mythical dog no matter how tough it is only has *ONE* heart. That was its weakness…. And…. It too was mine…. " Kendra closed her eyes tightly as a single tear roll down her face with her now tightly balled her fists on the table. Her PTS symptoms caused her to relapse and flash back briefly to memory of Eric and her, a time of sheer joy but it was always eclipsed by a shape shifter striking Eric down violently.
Dyson seeing this, just put his hand on her shoulder and rubbed her back. "It's ok Kendra, no one can harm you here." Dyson reassured her.
"Eric *WAS* my heart." Kendra spat out angrily even at the tail end of her relapse. Kendra finally opened her eyes and with a very unsteady hand took another shot. It was not refilled this time since Dyson reached the bottom of the bottle.
Kendra took a couple deep breaths to calm back down and then said with finality "Although mortally pierced through the heart Cerberus still has some blood left in its system. Cerberus will die, but not before I get justice…. Whatever the cost."
Kendra slumped back down in her seat acting thoroughly defeated. She did feel a calm come over her though. One she had not experienced in a long time. She never told anyone the back story on her moniker and this was the first time she told it to someone.
Dyson thought it best not to bring more alcohol to the scene for the blatant fact that Kendra would have a hard time right now even stumbling out of the Dal. Fae alcohol acted differently than that of the human variants.
He now fully understood her drive and why a simple call sign could be worth so much to her. He also surmised that not only was Kendra broken, but she was set to self-destruct. She had no family backing, friends, or loved ones. She was only driven by one singular purpose which was to eradicate his whole kind. 'Interesting' was a sarcastic thought that entered into his head. She had nothing to lose, but Dyson felt and empathized for her. She was also actually pretty cool to just hang out with. They were always friends and now, with her being part of the Fae, she was becoming more than that.
"Kendra, you know we actually share one thing in common." Dyson turned to her with a slight smile.
"What's that?" Kendra slurred out a little bit due to the effects of the mass consumption of Elder Berry Smash. "Our quest for vengeance?"
"No, we both gave our hearts away and it seems we can't move on. So we both purposefully travel the lonely road of solitude." Dyson let out as he leaned back into his seat and looked up.
"That is true, but at least you still can see Bo the Succubus." Kendra slurred out again.
"But that is torture, don't you think? To be able to talk to and see but never be able to touch?" Dyson asked rhetorically.
"Hmmmmm true, but at least you have a chance that that stupid succubus may come to her senses." Kendra said resting her head on Dyson's shoulder.
Dyson put his arm around her as something just occurred to him. "You and I both know she's not coming back Kendra. I had my chance and blew it. I can feel her slipping away and I can't think of anything to do or say that'll change her mind. Hey," Dyson said holding Kendra tightly to which she just looked up at him. "If we are on the same road, we can walk together to see how far we can go with what we have left." Dyson suggested not knowing if Kendra would oblige.
Kendra was actually surprised by this even in her very drunken state. Dyson was bold enough to ask her to be with him as an equal. He opened the door at the possibility to be more than just good friends. She was flattered since Dyson looked beyond the fact that she was human and the glaring fact that she could compete solidly on the stomping grounds which Bo the unaligned Succubus once ruled. "I would like that Dyson. I don't know how much I can give but I will give what I can." Kendra concluded resting her head on Dyson's shoulder once more, stroking his forearm.
Tamsin was resting on the hood of her suburban looking up at the stars on the clear night. Thoughts of her and Bo haphazardly flew through her mind. She needed time away from Bo to regain her sense of self.
Her mission to find Lauren and return her to Bo began to bother her. Try as she might it kept resurfacing. It was not really that she wanted Bo to herself although nice, but after reading Laurens police records thoroughly, had a feeling that she could not be true to Bo. It made her actually angry to know that Lauren would hide critical stuff from her succubus like Nadia. But who was she to talk, she kept reiterating to herself. She was worse, but she knew she would be faithful to Bo until the very end. Lauren could have had a change of heart too, but there was nothing to back it up for Tamsin. All she knew was that Lauren better hope that she was not around if she hurt her girlfriend. 'Girlfriend, wow, things just get more complex with Bo' Tamsin smiled to herself incredulously. 'Anyone that dares betray my succubus will pay with their lives' Tamsin thought menacingly.
What made her get so protective of Bo? When she started this mission she did not really care too much beyond the mission, but now she thought long term on Bo's behalf. It was the emotion Valkyries are never allowed to or could feel. It was love and for Tamsin, like it or not, it was permanently part who she was now. It was also the driving force why she could even fathom to let Bo go into the arms of someone else. Tamsin learned a very unexpected lesson about love. A lesson that few humans or Fae would understand. If you love someone enough, you would be willing to let them go if it means they will be happy.
As if all these problems were not enough, to make matters worse, Valhalla was on the brink of a revolution. A revolution where both Bo and Tamsin were probably looked onto the lead it. Tamsin was now fiercely protective of Bo and knew the dangers of going up against a god or gods. Who was Tamsin kidding, she was essentially a human and how can she protect her Bo there? She already spilled the beans to Bo about her being the 'goddess of the new order' at the Dal somewhat unwillingly she thought embarrassed. She needed to keep her succubus safe however. So that meant backing down from the revolution and keeping Bo away from it a long as possible. Forever would be great. Bo was a demi-god after all and was no match for Odin or Freya of that matter.
She just laid there thinking about this when she felt that something was wrong. Very wrong. It was not her immediate surrounding environment. It was something else, like a sixth sense that was telling her something bad was happening.
"Fuck! Bo. I leave that succubus alone for a minute and she gets in trouble!" Tamsin said to herself as she furiously dialed her cell. "Fucking answer stupid bitch!" Tamsin said frustrated gritting her teeth. There was no answer so she jumped into her truck and drove as quickly as she could kicking up a dust storm to Bo's place.
On her way she dialed Kenzi.
"Yep Tammers, what's up?" Kenzi announced.
"Is Bo with you?" Tamsin shouted out into the phone.
"No. She walked home mentioning something about needing to think and load up on Chi. Why? Is there …." Kenzi said quickly but Tamsin just hung up on her.
Tamsin was on the outskirts of the town and there was no way she would be able to get back in time if Bo was in the middle of a fight. Sending a Kitsune into a fight, was even a worse idea.
'ARIN! Where are you?!' Tamsin thought out in panic.
'Yea, I'm here at Bo place. Ummm kind of broke in … sorry.' Arin response came back quickly.
'Is Bo with you?' Tamsin thought out quickly to the point.
'No, no one is here. I was waiting for you to come back. I want to talk to you in person.' Arin voice laden with curiosity.
'No time for that now. Bo is in trouble. She walked home and she's not at the Dal. She's not answering her cell either. Find her and keep her safe Arin. Coming back now, will be there in 30.' Tamsin flooded back. "That stupid stupid succubus. MOVE MOVE MOVE!" Tamsin yelled honking her horn and over passing a couple of slow cars.
'I will find her sister. On my way now.' Arin came back a moment later walking out the door of the crackshack in a run.
'Gods Bo, please be ok. I am so so sorry for leaving you like that.' Tamsin thought desperately to herself.
Arin heard that too as a whisper but knew not to respond to Tamsin's private thoughts.
Bo limped back to the crack shack. The 2 Morag Under Fae that attacked her were sent by a former client that double crossed Bo and Kenzi. Bo fought valiantly killing both but she had sustained so much damage in the forms of deep cuts that she barely could walk back to her place. Had it not been for her sucking the Chi out of the last Morag, she would be dying in a pool of her own blood now. The Morags were expecting Bo assumed because they wore some sort of armor, but were woefully unprepared for Bo's newer dagger that Tamsin gave her. It apparently not only improved her dexterity, but also sliced through metal as well.
She limped to the front door and was about to open it when it flew open. The blonde Valkyrie almost ran her over but stopped just short of her. "Shit Bo, what the fuck happened!" was all that Bo heard because she was just glad to have her Valkyrie there. She grabbed the Valkyrie by her coat and kissed her deeply as she started to transfer Chi back to herself.
*** smut skip to next set of '*' to avoid ***
Bo pushed the Valkyrie into the house and kicked the door shut never stopping the kiss. The blonde was resisting her not allowing her tongue access but Bo moved her hand underneath her shirt moving her bra up and cupping her mounds which did the trick. Her chi was strong and even stronger as Bo played with her tips Bo thought.
Bo broke her feeding session with her but continued to nip her neck and behind her ears causing the blonde to gasp out with pleasure. Bo's hands adeptly worked on the Valkyrie's jeans making them open like the pedals of a flower.
"STOP! No Bo! … I'm AHHH!…" the blonde exclaimed trying to push Bo away as Bo slid her hand into her pants effortlessly teasing her folds.
Bo quickly covered her mouth slamming the blonde against the wall. Bo growled into her ear as she penetrated her Valkyrie's core. "Between all the evil things Trick told me about you and you being ever faithful and loyal to me, I am having a hard time thinking straight. I don't know whether I want to fuck you or flog you! Maybe BOTH. So before I suck you dry in more ways than one…. Shut up my Valkyrie."
To that the blonde just nodded and was enveloped in pleasure as Bo quickly and adeptly stripped her quickly followed by Bo's own blood stained clothes kissing passionately and nipping one another up the steps.
Once in their birthday suits, they could not keep their hands off of one another.
They fell into the bed as Bo made sure to pleasure her blonde in a ways she only knew how. Bo found it odd that her Valkyrie's chi stayed not only strong, but the blonde peaked several times furiously and violently as if surprised by its sheer force.
The blonde reciprocated using new positions and moves Bo had not experienced, but the Valkyrie knew all of Bo's weak points which drove the succubus crazy. Bo for her part peaked hard as well several times.
After an hour of hot steamy succusex, they both collapsed onto the bed in sheer exhaustion.
** There were no words between the 2 as Bo cuddled her Valkyrie and kissed her gently all over. Bo then hummed a Scandinavian Lullaby to the blonde and led her to sleep.
Arin lay in Bo's arms but could not get over Bo's skills which did not even use her powers. 'So that is what love is' Arin thought to herself as she felt Bo's loving caresses. She was hummed to sleep rapidly to a tune she had not heard for thousands of years.
Tamsin took her time drinking at the bar down stairs at the crack shack. She had been there for over 30 minutes while Bo was 'feeding'. If Bo's place had neighbors, they would have heard everything too. Tamsin was deep in thought and carried a muted expression on her face.