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Chapter 14
Bo
It was late and Bo was just getting back to the Dal after her hours of training with Dyson. All she wanted to do was take the longest shower of her life and try her best not to think about the Trials she had to go through tomorrow evening. The only thing keeping her going at this point was grabbing a relaxing beer after her shower with Dyson and falling asleep with Lauren.
After making it through the crowds of people in the Dal, she finally found her way down the stairs to the shower that was attached to her guest room. She immediately stripped off her clothes and stepped into the steamy shower, not bothering to close the door or put her clothes away. Bo tried to relax as she began washing her body, but thoughts of the Trials and everything she'd been learning the past two days occupied her brain.
While training today, Dyson explained how the typical lay out of the Trials and who Bo faced the first time she went though it. Every Trial is comprised of Under Fae, usually one that is physically competitive and one that is mentally competitive. Bo knew she could most likely get through the "physical" fighting easily based on her innate skills and what she has learned through Dyson. The main thing she was worried about was the "mental" aspect of the Trials. Dyson said the first time she went through them she faced a "Pain-Eater". This type of Under Fae projects images into its victims mind and convinces the victim to harm themselves or others. Bo was worried, as far as she knew she had always been strong physically, but mentally she had no idea. Dyson informed her that based on the type of Under Fae, they could possibly pull things from Bo's mind that she no longer remembered or they could take her memory loss as an advantage and fill her with incorrect memories. This scared the shit out of her because there was no way to train for it, the only thing she could do was stay strong and trust her instincts.
After realizing she had probably been in the shower for well over a half hour based on her pruned fingers, she quickly turned off the water and exited the bathroom to get dressed. She decided to stop draining herself over the Trials and try her best to calm down and relax. Obviously right when she stopped thinking about the Trials, thoughts of Lauren flooded her brain. These thoughts and visions didn't necessarily "calm" her, but they definitely made her a lot more relaxed than the Trials did. Once she was comfortable in her typical tight black leather pants, leather boots and tight leather vest that made her breasts spill over the top, she made her way up to the Dal to meet Dyson for a much needed drink.
As she walked towards the stairs that led up to the bar, she heard familiar voices coming from Trick's study. Without a second thought, she turned her attention away from the stairs and made her way down the hall towards the study.
"Lauren?" Bo asked surprised when she saw her sitting on the couch next to Kenzi, obviously in the middle of a serious conversation with Trick. "I thought you were coming here later…what are all of you doing down here?"
"Bo-bo!" Kenzi yelled, standing up from the couch and immediately walking towards her best friend. "Let's go upstairs and have a few drinks! Trick and Lauren will be up right after us."
"No." Bo answered sternly, removing Kenzi's hand from her arm and taking a step towards Lauren. "Are you crying? What's happening…Did someone hurt you?"
Bo looked eagerly between Trick and Lauren, neither of them making an attempt to explain anything. Growing more and more anxious, Bo took another step towards the pair. She couldn't understand why neither of them would even acknowledge her presence, but the look on Lauren's face and the tears streaming from her eyes made Bo's heart feel like a million pounds. Seconds ago she was worrying about her life and the Trials, but now the only thing she cared about was Lauren.
"Please tell me what's going on." Bo whispered out, closing the distance between the three of them to kneel in front of Lauren.
"Don't, Bo." Lauren said, moving Bo's hands off her lap. "I'll talk to you about this tomorrow after the Trials. Go upstairs with Kenzi while Trick and I finish our conversation."
"I'm not leaving you." Bo said angrily, not understanding why Lauren was being so cold and distant. "What's so important that you can talk to Kenzi and Trick about it but you can't talk to me? I'm your mate!"
"Bo, this doesn't concern you right now. The only thing this will do is distract you from the Trials." Trick informed her while he stood from his chair to place a reassuring hand on Bo's shoulder. Just as she was about to respond, Dyson casually entered the room.
"Bo, is everything alright? I got worried when you never made it upstairs." Dyson said, looking around the room in complete confusion. "What's going on…why is everyone down here?"
"D-Man!" Kenzi yelled. "This is REALLY not a good time, let's go upstairs with Bo and grab some shots!"
"No." He responded quickly.
"Fine, no one listen to little human Kenzi." She mumbled as she walked towards the open chair next to the door and sat down. "Shits going to get real down here, so I'm just going to hang out by the exit and observe the chaos that's about to ensue…please, keep ignoring me."
Bo stood up angrily in order to look directly at Trick and Dyson. "Someone better tell me what the fuck is going on! Ever since I got here all you three have done is told me to wait until after the Trails, what if there is no after! I could DIE tomorrow and right now all you guys are focusing on is keeping secrets from me! If you want me to have any chance against the two Under Fae tomorrow you better FUCKING tell me what's going on NOW because this is all I'm going to be thinking about!"
Bo couldn't control the anger that was building in her body. Her eyes immediately flashed blue as pulses of intense energy ran through her veins. She hadn't felt this way since the Morrigan touched Lauren in the labs two days ago. Since then she had been able to control herself, even with Lauren. Bo knew she was losing her inner battle to stay in control, the succubus side of her was beginning to take over and she was afraid of completely blacking out and losing herself. Trying her best to calm herself down, she balled her hands into fists and began taking deep breaths.
"Bo…" Lauren whispered in her ear as she wrapped her arms around her waist, firmly pulling the succubae's back into her chest. "I'm sorry, please calm down."
"Tell me the truth." Bo gritted out, refusing to take her glowing eyes off of Dyson and Trick while Lauren was wrapped around her.
"The Morrigan found out that Lauren had slept here the past two days. She's asked Lauren to 'maintain' her relationship with you in order to gain information. She wants Lauren to report back to her with new information tomorrow afternoon." Trick finally huffed out, unable to lie to his granddaughter any longer. "She was very angry when she spoke with Lauren, we don't know what will happen to either of you if she chooses not to report back.
"Why the hell would the Morrigan ask Lauren to continue sleeping with me if she knows I'm going through the Trials tomorrow night and could potentially die?" Bo said, attempting to take a step towards Trick before Lauren pulled her back into her. "That doesn't make any sense! Even if I make it through the Trials, I'm going to have to align myself with the Dark right after anyways. I know I'm going to be undercover, but she doesn't know that. We can give her all the fake information we want, why does she need Lauren spying on me too?"
"She's right." Dyson said, finally taking a step forward to stand next to Bo. "Bo could die tomorrow night, what's the point of sending Lauren here to spy on her for one night? If she does die, she's not a problem to the Morrigan and if she does survive, she's aligning herself with the Dark and will be fully supervised."
"She's having a difficult time finding any information on Bo. She also thinks that we, as a group, are hiding something from her." Trick explained calmly.
"Then why not just come to me about it? I work as a Detective for the Dark and I'm the one training Bo. If she thinks all of us are in on this, then she thinks Lauren is in on it too. Why trust a human over her Dark Fae Detective?" Dyson said accusingly, before looking over at Lauren apologetically. "Sorry Lauren, I didn't mean for that to come off so condescending, I'm just trying to make sense of all of this."
"Thank you Dyson, you have every right to be confused. I guess I have a lot of explaining to do." Lauren said as she released her grip on Bo in order to come face to face with her burning blue eyes. "I think the Evony is jealous..."
"Evony…you guys are on a first name basis now?" Bo glared at her. "What would she be jealous of? It's definitely not me considering I could be dead tomorrow."
"I've been…" Lauren trailed off. Her eyes began to fill with unshed tears as she tried to find the strength to tell her mate the truth. "We've been sleeping together for the past three years."
"What?" Bo mumbled out as she clumsily backed away from Lauren and stared at Trick and Dyson.
"Bo, it's not what you think." Trick chimed in, trying his best to diffuse the situation. "The Morringan can sleep with whomever she chooses, especially humans that belong to her. Lauren really wouldn't have a choice in the matter. She's the leader of the Dark Fae, she uses humans however she pleases."
"ARE YOU FUCKING TELLING ME THAT THE MORRIGAN HAS FORCED HERSELF ONTO MY MATE FOR THREE FUCKING YEARS!" Bo bellowed out as she picked up Trick's empty chair and smashed it against the wall. She was on the brink of losing herself completely. The anger in her was now pulsing through her entire body, she was unable to control her thoughts or emotions as she continued to destroy miscellaneous objects in Trick's office.
"IS THAT WHAT YOU HAD TO TELL ME, DYSON?" Bo said as she walked up to him and punched him directly in the face, sending him stumbling backwards towards Kenzi. "YOU KNEW THE MORRIGAN WAS FUCKING MY MATE WITHOUT HER CONSENT AND YOU DID NOTHING!"
"There's nothing I could have done!" Dyson growled out, deflecting another punch by Bo, only to be kicked in the stomach and launched across the room. As he picked himself off of the floor, Bo barreled into him, smashing them both to the wall as the succubus began to choke him. "If I confronted the Morrigan about her sleeping arrangements with Lauren, she would have wondered why I cared so much. She would have killed me, or both of us. That's not what I had to tell you!"
"Bo!" Kenzi yelled. "Let Dyson go! You don't have to do this! This isn't Dyson's fault and that's not what he wanted to tell you!"
"You were in on this too!" Bo yelled, glaring at her best friend while she continued to choke Dyson. "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME RIGHT NOW!"
Kenzi stared at her best friend with a horrified expression on her face. She had no idea what to do, the Bo she knew was completely lost. The only person in control right now was the succubus.
"Lauren, please do something." She whispered out as she stared at the shocked doctor.
Kenzi's plea finally knocked the doctor out of her current state of panic. Not thinking twice, Lauren immediately walked up to the succubus and placed herself between Bo and Dyson. Lauren took one look at the succubae's face before smashing their lips together. It only took a second for the succubus to release her grip on Dyson and close her arms around Lauren, bringing their bodies flush against each other in order to deepen this kiss. Their movements became hard and rough as Bo picked Lauren up and pressed her firmly against the wall next to Dyson's collapsed body.
"Calm down" Lauren whispered soothingly against Bo's lips while breathing small amounts of chi into her. "I'm yours, only yours."
The feeling of Lauren's chi inside of her instantly soothed Bo's burning body. Lauren had breathed chi into her once before, but it had a completely different effect then. Now, the sensation was so calming it allowed Bo to steady her breathing and take control over the succubus. She began to soften her kisses and slow her movements, letting her eyes return to their normal brown color.
"Trick, why don't you help me move Dyson's unconscious body to the guest room." Kenzi whispered, trying her best to knock Trick out of his current daze without disrupting the newly tamed succubus. "Let's give these two some time alone. I think I've been scared shitless enough for one night and Dyson needs our help."
After a few moments, Trick finally removed his gaze away from Lauren and Bo to look over at Kenzi. He quickly ran over to Dyson and grabbed his feet while Kenzi tried her best to carry him by his arms. Unable to fully pick him off the ground, they both dragged him lightly out of the study and into Kenzi's guest room, leaving Lauren and Bo alone.
"Why didn't you tell me the Morrigan was using you for sex?" Bo breathed out, still trying to calm her nerves while Lauren continued to kiss her softly.
"She didn't make me sleep with her Bo, it was consensual." She whimpered out while leaning her forehead against Bo's. "We have never been in a relationship or anything like that, but we have been sleeping together consistently for the past three years. She's always been respectful of me and she would never force me to sleep with her. Evony never made me feel like I was some sex object to her until this morning…when she found out I had been sleeping here for the past two nights. She's jealous, that's why she sent me here to spy on you. By her commanding me to sleep with you and to keep up this relationship with you, it's making her feel like she has a say in the matter."
Bo gently removed Lauren's legs from around her waist and placed her on the ground, keeping their bodies flush together as she pushed Lauren back against the wall. "You care about her?"
"Not as much as I care about you." Lauren replied effortlessly as she scooted her hands under Bo's shirt in order to rub her stomach soothingly. "Bo…I didn't even know you existed until a few days ago. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I didn't know what to say. One second I'm a human doctor owned by the Dark and the next I have a succubus mate who could possibly die in the Trials tomorrow. And to top it all off, the person making my mate go though the Trials is my ex-lover who altered my memory."
"How can you still care about her then? If you know she's the one who did all of this to us?" Bo responded while her body uncontrollably melted into Lauren's soft touches.
"Because even though she altered and erased all of our memories, she doesn't remember who we are either. No one does." She replied calmly, moving her hands up and down Bo's toned stomach. "Trick said she only knew me as the doctor for the Ash before the incident and that we never had any kind of relationship with one another. Since neither of us remembered each other from before and because I now work for the Dark…I think we just got along well…It just happened. I know you don't want to hear this, but I can promise you Bo, she never forced herself on me or hurt me in anyway. My feelings for her are incomparable to what I feel for you. You've changed my whole life.
"Has she touched you since you've been with me?" Bo asked, stilling Lauren's movements.
"Bo…" Lauren whispered out, trying her best not to cry.
"Has she touched you since you've been with me?" She repeated again, fully removing Lauren's hands from under her shirt and backing away slightly.
"At the labs today…she kissed me…" Lauren answered while taking a step towards the succubus. "It meant nothing and she stopped when I told her to."
"You just told me you cared about her, how could it mean nothing if you let her kiss you in the first place?" Bo answered angrily as she walked towards the door. "I'm going to check on Dyson and Kenzi. I think you should report back to 'Evony' tonight."
"Bo! Let me explain!" Lauren yelled out as she watched her mate turn her back on her and walk out of the room.