A/N: As always, thank you for the love via favs, reviews, and follows. I appreciate 'em all, and it lets me know there are some living, breathing bodies out there reading this story, haha.

Apologies for the delay. I have zero concept of time during the summer in addition to the fact that I'm trying to figure out what to do with my life.

In any case, here we go! :}

Chapter 7

Warm. Almost too warm. Tamsin frowned slightly, eyebrows furrowed as she attempted to concentrate on the warmth that permeated her body while battling the fogginess that accompanied waking up. She felt something new: small spots of pressure being applied to her neck. Soft. Very soft. A tingle shot down her spine as the pressure continued on her neck, and very slowly, she pried open her eyes, squinting at the brightness of day. A quick glance downward awarded her confused mind with answers as the sight that met her was that of a certain brunette straddling her while placing small, soft kisses on her neck. She shivered once more.

"So, am I getting a succubus wake-up call?" Tamsin attempted a calm voice, willing her aura into a neutral tone.

"Hmm," Bo murmured into her neck, sending another tingle down the blonde's spine.

"Is that a yes?"

Silence.. followed by fingers slowly making their way under Tamsin's shirt to glide across her stomach.

"Someone's a bit hungry from last night."

No words. Instead, Bo nipped at the neck of the woman underneath her. A quiet intake of breath met the succubus's ears, and she alternated between biting and sucking the soft flesh now.

"Might wanna slow down there, succulette, the puppy's gonna hear you." Tamsin focused on her breathing, keeping it as even as possible.

"Not here," Bo muttered, continuing her assault on the valkyrie's neck.

"The human?" A shudder.

"Not present."

"How long?"

"An hour."

"In that case.." Tamsin trailed off, bringing Bo's lips to her own in a needy kiss. The response was immediate as Bo's touch turned from gentle to frantic, and she quickly worked to rid the valkyrie of clothing. They separated for the slightest moment and brought their lips back together as soon as the blonde was completely nude above the waist.

Soft hands groped at Tamsin's breasts, and she released a whimper in response, reaching to grip Bo's behind in her hands. She sat up with the brunette in her lap, smacking her butt as said brunette tugged at her lower lip with her teeth. Then, their lips met again, tongues sliding and moving together in unison. Bo let out a small moan as Tamsin's skilled hands did their magic. She rolled her hips in response, encouraging the blonde.

However, not one to be out-done, Bo slid her fingertips along the valkyrie's sides, pushing tendrils of white-hot pleasure into her. Tamsin gasped, pulling away from their heated kisses; she closed her eyes, focusing on the pleasure coursing through her body. Bo gently pushed her down onto her back again, still using her powers on her. The valkyrie would have normally fought someone taking the lead, but she couldn't. It feels too fucking good with Bo. By now, Tamsin's panties were probably thoroughly soaked. She bit her lip, letting out a slightly muffled moan.

"Nnngh."

"Mmm, I like that. I wanna hear more," Bo murmured, moving her hands to the valkyrie's breasts. She rolled her erect nipples between her thumb and index finger, watching the blonde squirm underneath her touch. And through the palms of her hands, she pushed more pleasure into the taller woman's body. The results were instantaneous.

"MMMHF. UGH," Tamsin cried out, her back arching into the succubus.

Bo took one of the valkyrie's nipples into her mouth, sucking hard, tongue flicking back and forth against it. In effect, the blonde shuddered, gasping.

"You know," Bo whispered seductively against Tamsin's chest. "I could make you come this way.. just teasing your nipples and using my powers on you."

Through the blonde's lust-fogged mind, she managed to reply, "Fuck no."

"Oh?"

"I want you inside of me," Tamsin breathed out, her body still reacting to Bo's touch.

"I can arrange that."

Bo sucked hard on the other nipple she neglected before kissing, biting, and licking her way down the taller woman's chest. When she arrived at the waist of the blonde's pants, she placed small kisses along its edge before shooting a longing glance at the valkyrie's toned stomach. Now why would I pass up licking such a delicious set of abs? Making eye contact, Bo gave a wide lick up the blonde's abs, savoring the taste of her skin. Tamsin's hands found their way into the succubus's hair, pulling it lightly as she watched the brunette's tongue make its way up her stomach.

"Jesus fucking christ. Look at you," Tamsin muttered, entranced by the woman on top of her.

"I'll take that as a compliment," Bo replied with a wink. "Now where were we?"

She unbuttoned and unzipped Tamsin's pants, tugging them off and spreading the blonde's legs wide. She quickly went to work, kissing and licking her way down the inside of the valkyrie's right thigh before meeting the slick heat between her legs. The succubus leaned in, brushing her nose against it and breathing in the heady scent before moving past it to her other thigh. She repeated the same motions she did with the right thigh. Tamsin watched her impatiently, her breathing erratic and a blush spread lightly across her chest and cheeks. Here she was, a valkyrie laid out for a succubus to devour, and for some godforsaken reason, she didn't mind it.

Finally, Bo peeled off Tamsin's panties, slowly sliding it down and off her legs. She placed a hand on one side of the blonde, leaning on it as she kneeled between her legs. Her free hand played with the wetness between the valkyrie's legs, toying with the wet folds. Tamsin bit her bottom lip in response, closing her eyes as she concentrated on even the slightest movement of Bo's fingers. Without warning, the brunette plunged two digits into the blonde, a smugness now invading her actions from the satisfaction of watching the valkyrie moan her name loudly. She pummeled in and out of the blonde's slick heat with intense focus, her fingers and hand now covered in Tamsin's juices. So wet.. And it's all for me.

Bo curved her fingers upward now, each thrust hitting Tamsin's sweet spot over and over again, causing the blonde to buck her hips into the brunette. She swirled her tongue over a nipple and pressed her thumb against the taller woman's clit, brushing against it with every in and out motion. She used the hand she was leaning on to press against the valkyrie's side, pushing as much desire and persuasion into her as she could. As a reward, Tamsin's body bucked hard in climax and she called out her name, almost pulling away from Bo's fingers, but the succubus didn't allow that. If anything, the succubus fucked her harder, prolonging the valkyrie's orgasm for as long as possible. As Tamsin peaked, Bo passionately kissed her, starting to feed as the valkyrie gradually descended from her high. When she was done feeding, she licked her lips, relishing the delicious taste of valkyrie chi. Mmm, that'll never get old.

Afterwards, Tamsin lay on the sleeping bag, panting heavily as she stared at the ceiling with half-lidded eyes. Bo slowly pulled her fingers out, marveling at just how wet they were, along with the fact that Tamsin's juices were lazily dripping down onto the sleeping bag. Bo brought her fingers up to her face, popping them into her mouth as she licked and sucked at them, savoring the taste. Tamsin watched her every movement now before swiftly sitting up, wrapping her arms around Bo, and bringing their lips together, tongues swirling against one another. The valkyrie moved her kisses to the succubus's neck, speaking in-between love bites.

"You." Kiss. "Are." Lick. "Next." Bite.

"Mmm," Bo managed to reply, her hands finding their way into the blonde's hair. Before she could respond properly, Kenzi's voice resounded within the building.

"BO! TAMSIN! We just caught lunch!"

"I think you mean I caught lunch," they heard Dyson say.

"Yeah, yeah. Same difference. Go be a chef master now. I'm gonna go check on those two."

The women's eyes widened, and they both shot up in alarm. Bo fixed her hair and outfit before signaling to the blonde that she'd distract Kenzi so she could actually get dressed. Tamsin, merely nodded, before frantically throwing on her undergarments, shirt, and pants. She hopped around the room on one foot, shoving her foot into her sock and then her boot before repeating the process with the other foot. Bo quickly exited the room, shutting the door behind her, and intercepting Kenzi at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey, Kenz!" Bo waved a little too enthusiastically.

"Hey there, Bo-bo. You look a little.. fresh." She eyed the succubus suspiciously.

"That's what a good night's sleep does to you," she replied, smiling nervously.

"I imagine it would've been better if you and bottle blonde succeeded in doing the horizontal mambo."

"Oh, that? It's fine!"

"Fine, huh? That's usually not how your succu-hunger works."

"Uh, well.." Before Bo could come up with some lame answer that Kenzi could see through, Tamsin joined them. Instead of looking like she had never heard the word "sex" before, she looked like a very smug valkyrie who just got laid.

"Annnnnd, that answers my mental question," Kenzi remarked, nodding to herself. "Don't worry, you two," she stage-whispered. "I can keep a secret."

Bo nudged Tamsin's side with her elbow, but the valkyrie merely shrugged. "She would've figured it out anyways. She knows you too well from the looks of it. Plus, it's just sex. You're a succubus, you need sexual energy and chi. I am a valkyrie with oodles of chi and an amazing sex drive. It's natural."

Bo didn't hear anything after Tamsin had said "it's just sex." Just sex? Is that all you want from me, Tamsin? The succubus frowned, caught in her own personal thoughts now. Little did she know, the valkyrie was watching every tick of her facial expressions and body language.

Good going, Tamsin. You managed to hurt her. Tamsin scolded herself for upsetting Bo, but she knew it had to be done if she wanted to leave.

Kenzi silently watched the exchange between the two of them, deciding it was better for them to figure it out on their own. Whatever problem was brewing did not look like it would have a simple solution, and she did not want to get tangled up in that.

"Well then," Kenzi clapped. "Let's go wait for our food, and Dyson and I'll tell you two what we've been up to these past two weeks or so. It's important stuff, y'know."

Bo and Tamsin watched the human walk away towards where Dyson was skinning and cleaning their kill outside. As Bo was starting to follow, Tamsin hooked her fingers in her butt pocket, tugging her and pulling her flush against her own body before speaking quietly in her ear.

"Just you wait, succubus. You'll be screaming my name in no time."

"I look forward to it," Bo turned as she replied, flashing blue eyes at the valkyrie before turning back around and strutting off towards Kenzi and Dyson. Tamsin stared at the sway of the succubus's hips before following behind.

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Outside, Dyson and Kenzi were bickering about who contributed the most to catching their lunch. Tamsin rolled her eyes while Bo simply smiled at such a familiar scene.

"Okay, D-man, just 'cause you broke the poor rabbits' necks doesn't mean you contributed more than I did!"

"I think it does, actually," Dyson smiled, turning the two rabbits on their spits above a fire.

"I spotted them in the first place. Therefore, you would not have been able to catch them and break their poor rabbit necks."

"I'm sure I could've managed to find a couple of rabbits without your frantic mime arms waving in front of my face."

Kenzi smacked his arm, faking being appalled. "How rude. I was only trying to help."

"You're right," Dyson grinned, a fake apology spilling out. "I am ever so sorry. You helped immensely."

"That's right, fool. I got skillz."

"How's lunch coming along?" Bo joined in cheerily.

"Quite well, if I do say so myself." Dyson's mood shifted to match Bo's as he smiled warmly at her.

Tamsin watched with some disgust evident on her face. Guy thinks the sun shines out of her ass. She's a good person on the inside, but way too accident-prone. She sat down on a fallen tree near the fire, waiting on the "important" information. Bo plopped down next to her before speaking again.

"So, what'd you two wanna tell us?"

"You can take this one, D. After all.. I did so much more work in catching our lunch."

Dyson rolled his eyes, but took a deep breath and started talking anyways. "Well.. after you fell into the river, we searched for you for 5 days until we happened upon a settlement north of here. They stopped us and took us in, and we stayed there for two days until Kenz and I got restless. We just couldn't give up on finding you, so we left again, promising them we'd come back. We've been here in this building ever since, but.. luckily, we found you in one piece." He paused to smile. "They'll be happy to know we're bringing two more people to their cause."

"What cause?" Bo questioned politely while Tamsin's jaw set.

"Oh! I skipped over the most important part. It was a huge settlement, rare these days.. They told us why there were so many of them and how they were so well off. There were Fae and humans alike, both equal in status." He made a break in his story, splitting up the cooked rabbit meat before continuing while they all ate. "They gathered because there's someone out west who got bit by a zombie.. and hasn't turned. He's somewhere in-between, they say, alive with a beating heart yet undead with the virus. He's been raising the dead and also converting living beings to become just like him. He's creating a personal army in the name of his own God, and he says the strain of virus he carries is a gift. The strangest part is he's human. They want to take him and his army out of the picture, and we told her we would help only if we found you, Bo. And well, we have so she'll be happy to see us again, I bet."

"Of course we'll help," Bo said without hesitation.

"No," Tamsin said quietly, almost to herself.

"What?" Bo quickly turned to face the blonde.

"I said no. You don't speak for me, succulette. I am and have always been my own voice, and I refuse to join some useless quest. I couldn't give a flying fuck about some in-betweener."

"Tamsin!"

"I don't easily take up the problems of others like you, Bo. I am not selfless. I've only gotten this far by being selfish, and I won't stop now." With her input heard, she stood up, stomping off into the woods.

"Tamsin!" Bo called out, standing up, ready to chase after her, but a hand held onto her wrist

"Give her some time, Bo," Kenzi said quietly. "I can tell when someone's had a rough life, and you just need to give her some space to think. She'll come around, I think."

"I knew she was no good," Dyson muttered.

"Dyson, you don't know a thing about her," Bo replied defensively.

"And you do? Bo, you haven't even known her for a week. How can you trust her?" Dyson blurted out while Kenzi kept silent. She agreed, but she didn't think he should have been so harsh with his words.

"I—I don't know! Okay? I just trust her. She's helped me to find you guys, and she clearly hasn't made any attempts on my life. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here."

"I don't trust her, Bo, alright? Maybe if you knew her longer or if we knew more about her.. but as of right now, I can't. I just want to keep you safe and having someone we don't know well tagging along makes that difficult."

"I can take care of myself, Dyson." Bo shot back before leaving to go back inside the building, and like a teenager, she went up to her room to brood.

After a couple of minutes, a hesitant knock came at the door. "Bo-bolicious?"

With a sigh, Bo answered, "Come on in, Kenzi."

"How ya doin', girl?"

"Wishing Dyson would just trust me."

"Come on, Bo, you know Dyson would trust you even if you had a gun pointed at his head. He's just trying to look out for you."

"You're siding with him," Bo accused.

"Nope!" Kenzi exclaimed, making a giant X with her arms. "I am neutral in this affair, I'm afraid. I am Switzerland."

"I just wish he could see what I see in her."

"You mean, you see something else in her besides yourself?" Kenzi teased.

Bo's eyes turned skyward as she sighed. "You tease, but she's great in that aspect."

"Ahh, now we're getting somewhere. Maybe you want to trust her because you liiiike her."

"How can I like her if I've practically just met her?"

"Who knows, my succu-friend? The world works in mysterious ways. Besides, at least you're getting some action." And then with a tinge of sadness in her voice, she added, "I have no idea where Hale is, or if he's even alive."

"Oh, Kenz," Bo let out, hugging her friend. "I'm sure we'll find him. And can I just repeat that I've missed you? Nothing is worse than being without your bestie."

"Aw shucks, Bo-nana, I've missed you too. Now! Let's have a girls' day. I totally stole a bottle of nail polish from the big settlement, and we've got outdated gossip magazines!"

"I dunno.."

"We need some normalcy, gurl. Trust me. This'll help."

"Alright, alright," Bo consented, smiling a bit.

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The day passed somewhat uneventfully, and the girls spent it chatting about old celebrities, painting their nails, and sharing stories that took place before the apocalypse. As night crept upon the group and they ate dinner, Tamsin still hadn't shown up, and Bo worried about her. She knew she'd have to come back. After all, the valkyrie had left behind her sleeping bag and her backpack. But as they all went to their rooms to sleep, her worry deepened. Bo knew the blonde was fully capable of surviving without what she left behind, and her mind prattled on and on about the various ways she'd be able to survive without all these things. Though, finally, her mind wore itself out, and she found herself the unwilling victim of sleep.

Click. Bo quickly shot up, reaching blindly for her dagger as her eyes flew open to stare at the door of the office. There, the moonlight revealed a very worn-out yet stunning valkyrie, and without helping it, she gasped. Tamsin raised her eyebrows at her for a split second before going about her business: she was packing up her stuff.

"What are you doing?" Bo asked sleepily.

"What's it look like? Packing," came the soft, sarcastic reply. Bo almost smiled.

"Why?"

"I'm leaving tonight."

"But.. why?" Bo questioned again, alarm invading her tone.

"I promised to get you to your friends, and here you are, with your friends. I didn't sign up for someone else's fight."

Bo was standing now. "Please don't go," she implored.

Tamsin paused for a second before finishing up her packing and turning around to look at her. "I have to." She gulped. She almost lost her resolve when she heard the word "please."

Taking a step towards her, the succubus reached out, but the valkyrie stepped back, holding up her hands in defense.

"Don't, Bo."

"But—"

Tamsin reached her hands up, gently cupping Bo's face in her hands. Her eyes gazed over every feature before settling on those warm, brown eyes. Exhaling through her nose, she closed her eyes before speaking. "I didn't want to have to do this but.."

Bo waited, her eyes pleading.

As Tamsin opened her eyes, she was met with vulnerability and trust. She swallowed nervously before taking in a deep breath. She blinked, the area around her eyes darkening now. She spoke gently now, carefully measuring her power. She would only make her sleep. That's all. "Go to sleep, Bo. Don't worry."

Bo furrowed her eyebrows, trying to fight the cloud of doubt that blanketed her mind, telling her to sleep. Tamsin's voice was hypnotic, and she knew she wasn't using her full powers. She could have fought with all her might to break free, but she couldn't bring herself to. Bo didn't want Tamsin to stay against her free will. She wanted the valkyrie to want to stay. And ever so slowly, Bo's eyes drooped close, and she found herself free-falling into unconsciousness. Tamsin, of course, held onto her so she wouldn't collapse onto the ground. As soon as the succubus was out, she laid her down on the sleeping bag, zipping it up so she wouldn't get cold. She placed a soft kiss on her forehead, inhaling her scent.

"I'll remember you. Don't you worry about that. First person to ever make me drop my guard." She chuckled quietly to herself before standing up and heading towards the door. As she left, she glanced back longingly at the brown-haired beauty sleeping peacefully. Tamsin sighed, closing the door behind her and making her way out of the building.

Goodnight, Bo.

A/N #2: There ya have it. Started it off sexy.. and ended it not-so-sexy, haha.

Please excuse any grammatical errors. I write these in the very early hours of the morning.