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Sweet Savage Congo
Mission: Bo travels back in time to meet up with Dr. Lewis in the Congo rainforest with the intention of trapping a hungry Garuda and stopping a Fae War…
Chapter 4
Bo awakened slowly…her body's inner clock raising the alarm….almost sunrise. Groggily she realized her body was wrapped snugly around Lauren and sighed blissfully. She supposed she and the doctor had subconsciously spooned sometime during the early morning hours when sleep had finally overtaken them. Admittedly…it had been a restless night…tossing and turning…both women far too aware of the other's proximity to rest.
Inhaling Lauren's hair…Bo didn't move.
The feeling of waking up next to the doctor was indescribable. Bo felt her heart skip a beat as she tenderly pushed back a blond curl to expose Lauren's peaceful features highlighted by the soft morning twilight. Lauren's breathing was deep and even…her body relaxed against Bo's own.
Bo felt an ache far south as she noticed her future lover's t-shirt had crawled upwards… teasing her with a view of honey skin and barely concealed breasts.
Appreciating the view…Bo could not resist running a gentle hand over Lauren's firm abdomen…pleasantly surprised as her fingertip found a navel ring…a little hoop…aahhh… naughty doctor…a crooked grin infused Bo's face at the unexpected adornment.
Lauren stirred and moaned softly still in the clutches of sleep as Bo subtly played with her unconscious body.
Bo smothered a laugh as she remembered the previous night. The look on Lauren's face was priceless as Bo had slowly removed her robe…lifted up the mosquito net and entered the bed… in the buff.
"I'm sorry…I didn't pack sleep stuff out of habit. I normally sleep like this," Bo sheepishly explained.
"It's okay. I'm a doctor…after-all," Ashen faced…Lauren's voice trembled as she made a valiant effort to appear unaffected.
Bo smirked… Lauren should really avoid playing poker at all costs; her face was far too expressive. Strip poker…on the other hand was a tempting prospect.
Lauren wanted her…no need for succubus magic there…her aura was off the map, Bo felt thrilled by that reality. However, while that knowledge made her warm and fuzzy… she also knew it wouldn't be fair to take advantage of the situation by seducing the vulnerable doctor.
Bo sighed… suddenly very serious…she would be gone in a few days…to an uncertain future.
She knew she should wake Lauren, but she wanted just a few more minutes to memorize the sweet moment. Bo pulled her body away reluctantly as Lauren stirred slowly into consciousness.
As Lauren turned to find Bo bathed in the early morning Congo sun… a pleasant memory crossed her mind. She had awakened sometime in the wee hours of the morning in Bo's protective arms. Instead of carefully extracting herself, she snuggled deeper. Lauren felt slightly confused at how it had made her feel…safe…and wanted.
Logically she could not understand this feeling. She had never believed in love at first sight until she met this intriguing woman, but now she must give that phenomenon more credence. Her heart lurched with the realization that Bo would be leaving soon and she found that idea very stressful.
Taking a deep breath, Lauren muttered softly, "Like Scarlett O'Hara, I won't think about that today…I'll think about it tomorrow."
"Good morning…sleepyhead," Bo said cheerfully as Lauren arose searching through her things for something practical to wear.
After dressing, Lauren left the tent to pack a lunch for their adventure. While the doctor was obtaining food…Bo gathered an assortment of weapons…better safe than sorry, her expression was grim as thoughts of the nasty garuda entered her head.
Bo was thankful the trail was easily navigable and the machete sheathed low on her hips was luckily not needed to cut thick undergrowth.
Bo was immediately preoccupied by the graceful sway of Lauren's hips as the doctor walked purposely ahead… setting the pace.
After 30 minutes Bo became concerned about Lauren's knee. Surely hiking could be just as bad as skiing on a bad ACL ligament. Bo watched the doctor carefully for signs of distress. Fortunately the terrain was mostly flat as the trail meandered through a valley in the lush rainforest.
Bo sighed and decided she would give Lauren another 10 minutes and then she would take the lead and slow things down a bit…for the doctor's own good. Someone had to look out for her.
Bo was somewhat distracted by Lauren's attire anyway… a bandana knotted loosely at her throat to catch her perspiration… snug khakis…form fitting t-shirt… calling attention to the delightful curve of her…uhh…nice posterior.
It was tough to be a succubus, sometimes!
Since adolescence, Bo had become accustomed to the fiery sensation building deep in her center and expanding like an inferno across her flesh as sexual attraction took hold.
The feeling she had at this moment was familiar and yet excruciatingly unique. It was not the mindless hunger she felt when starved or injured; it was the slow burning ache of desire mixed with a deeper emotion.
She couldn't deny it anymore…that emotion was undeniably… love.
Bo decided then and there that she would tell Lauren the truth when she returned to the future and stop hiding her feelings. With that thought, Bo caught up with Lauren on the trail and took the lead.
The trail was wide enough to walk side by side, so it wasn't long that Lauren rejoined Bo moving beside her quietly.
"So what type of fae live out here in such an isolated place?" Bo asked hoping to make small talk.
Lauren replied, "When the Ash offered me the research grant, he explained the situation. It's a penal colony. Light and dark fae are sent here when they break the rules."
"So it's like a prison camp?" Bo was stunned. She never imagined the fae would have a prison. Good to know!
Lauren answered, "Yes…guards with rifles…hard labor and all that stuff… several miles to the north of our camp. At least 50 fae had already expired by the time I made it out here two months ago. There are still over 50 fae at the prison. So, far I've isolated all the sick fae at the infirmary. I have them in a medically induced coma until I can develop a cure. I have developed a temporary serum to keep the virus dormant as long as the fae are in an unconscious state…so they're alive but incapacitated. I hope I'll have a cure soon."
"You'll find a cure, Doctor. Just be careful of the Ash after you offer it to him." Bo could not resist the warning even though Trick had warned her to adjust as little as possible in the past to preserve the future.
Bo truly hoped that with Nadia out of the picture…the Ash would have nothing to offer Lauren for her servitude…the manipulating bastard.
Of course, she was really unsure why Nadia was out of the picture. By all accounts…Nadia should be here.
According to Trick, Nadia traveled to the Congo with Lauren and became possessed by the garuda several months into her stay. Undoubtedly Trick was mistaken or Lachlan misread the original Ash's journal.
Suddenly the women heard the white noise of the massive waterfall still not quite in view and picked up the pace… eager to see the natural wonder.
Both women gasped as they rounded a bend in the trail and beheld the majestic waterfall cascading down at least 75 ft. into a beautiful blue river which snaked along as far as the eye could see.
"Oh wow…paradise," was all Bo could say…awed. Lauren smiled…happy she had recommended lunch here. It was slightly off the beaten path but worth every minute.
Lauren spread the table cloth and unpacked lunch. "Yum….sweet potatoes, Mwambe, and Kwanga," Lauren hid her mirth at Bo's cautious expression certain she was remembering the caterpillars from last night.
"Mwanbe is real chicken cooked in a peanut sauce and Kwanga is fermented bread made from ground cassava leaves. The dishes are really quite tasty." Lauren teased.
After the meal Bo faced Lauren. "So do you ever go back home to Vancouver to see your parents…friends?" Bo asked, still curious about Lauren's life.
Lauren looked at the ground and shook her head visibly upset by the question. "No, I don't go home anymore. My few childhood friends have married…have families of their own." Bo noticed that Lauren seemed hesitant to talk about herself and her heart turned over at the distressed woman's next comment.
"My parents," she paused the emotion thick in her voice… died 10 years ago in a plane crash."
Lauren continued tearfully… the emotion nearly choking her, "My Dad loved to fly…he was so proud of his little single engine Piper. They were traveling to visit me at the university when it happened. A freak storm brought them down 10 miles from the airport."
Lauren's voice cracked. "It was my fault… I asked them to come because I was lonely. It was my second semester of school. "
Bo squeezed Lauren's hand upset by the doctor's tortured brown eyes…a protective anger growing.
Why had fate been so unkind to this incredibly giving person? Bo was reminded of the numerous times Lauren had gone against the Ash's orders and helped her and Kenzi …risking her life. Bo's emotions took over as she felt the helplessness well up within her.
To add hurt to injury…Bo also made the painful realization that she had been selfish not grasping the obvious… that just like her… Lauren had been alone for much of her life.
Suddenly…Guilt and regret gnawed at the succubus when she thought of the times she had been unnecessarily cruel to the doctor because of misunderstandings and the fear of communication.
Lauren studied Bo… fascinated by the play of emotions across the beautiful fae's face and the strange red aura growing brighter around the other woman's form. Lauren was surprised that Bo seemed unaware that she was suddenly glowing.
Lauren forgot her sorrow as she felt an over-whelming urge to touch this mesmerizing creature. A strange and wonderful warmth stole over Lauren's body as her sorrow turned to something else entirely. Her mind still functioning…partially…she wondered if the red glow was affecting her somehow.
Yeessss...Lauren realized her mind was quickly losing rational thought when she could not stop looking at Bo's delicious lower lip…that she really wanted to nibble on…at this very instant...+
To be continued…
I promise everyone that I am going somewhere with this. There will be much drama ahead. I'm just having a little fun with Bo and Lauren first. We don't really see enough of that on the TV series, so I'm indulging myself.
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