Chapter 41

False had sense Kisara's approach from a mile off, long before the other two would have been able to. He knew it was only because his bond with Kisara was so great it out did everyone else's, but at that moment he was far from happy at the prospect of seeing her. For a start he was still hurting over her indecision between him and Lus. And even though False was fairly certain Lus would resolve that little problem himself by picking Helen over Kisara, he still couldn't sooth the sting of it.

The other reason he was unhappy at her presence was because it might inevitably cause Lus to realise Kisara was indeed the one he wanted. Although until he knew for certain which of the girls he was fated for that was always going to be a possibility, but if Kisara were to show up now it would ruin Lus's chances of bonding with Helen and therefore lessen the chance he had of ending up with her. Above everything else Helen had to end up with Lus. Not because it would clear the way for him and Kisara, but because it stopped her from ending up with Ni.

He knew Helen had genuine feelings for Ni, whether she wanted to or not, but the multiverse would be much better off is she ended up with Lus. So, for the sake of making sure that happened, False was going to have to swallow his pride and stop Kisara from reaching the blossoming couple.

'You guys mind if I disappear for a little while,' he rose to his feet. 'Only I'm feeling like a third wheel here.'

'Sure,' Lus smirked strangely at him, 'I promise we'll be good in your absence.'

'You better be,' False narrowed his gaze on them. 'Above everything else Nymph potions will always have one particular side affect, even if it has numerous others.'

'And what's that,' he frowned, clearly a complete dunce when it came to Nymphs.

'The risk of pregnancy,' Helen explained. 'Most Nymphs are highly sexual creatures and as such they include a lot of aphrodisiac substances into their spells and potions, which for them simply feeds their sexual appetite, but for non-Nymphs guarantees a pregnancy occurring if the recipient divulges in sex during the first twenty-four hours.'

'Even if it's with someone they shouldn't be able to impregnate?' Lus's frown deepened.

'Consider it the ultimate override.'

'And would I be the one to become pregnant or…'

'Unless it's too males together then conception will follow its natural course.'

'Meaning the woman becomes pregnant, right?'

'Yes.'

'Hmm,' he began to muse.

'No sex!' False half shouted at him. 'We've enough babies to worry about without you adding your own spawn to them.'

'But what if my spawn is supposed to be added to them,' Lus's eyes curiously examined Helen.

'It would guarantee Ni not coming after me anymore,' Helen's own look shared something with Lus.

'NO SEX,' False almost couldn't believe he was having to repeat himself.

'Okay, okay,' Lus smirked, 'no sex, just good old fashioned talking.'

'Good,' he began walking off, 'because if I return to find that you have there'll be hell to pay.'

Even as he made his way towards Kisara he realised he'd pretty much guaranteed what they would be doing in his absence. Sighing in disgust he half wondered why he'd bothered to protest so much. After all, that just made the thought of it more erotic for the pair of them. Shuddering in disgust, he picked up his pace and intercepted Kisara long before she even realised he was there.

'You're letting your guard down,' just the sound of his voice made her jump.

'Oh,' she blinked at him, 'sorry, I guess I was a little distracted. I'm supposed to be searching for Lus, he's…'

'Cured,' False cut her off, 'at least of the life threatening part; my new mentor made sure of that.'

'You have a new mentor,' Kisara tilted her head strangely. 'Oh gee, this isn't because…'

'Why would me getting a new mentor have anything to do with you Kissy,' he was almost amazed at how angry he still was over her indecision.

'Because you're trying to get away from me.'

'If I was trying to get away from you then what am I doing here now?'

'I…' she hesitated. 'How did your new mentor cure Lus exactly, he had…'

'I know what he had,' False cut her off, 'but there isn't much Nymph magic can't cure.'

'Nymph magic, but doesn't that…'

'Yes, it does.'

'What has the cure done to him,' she shot False a more than anxious look.

'Opened his heart.'

'What?'

'It's opened his heart so that he can find his true love.'

'His true love,' she murmured. 'What will you do if that turns out to be me?'

'I think the hot sex he's probably having with Helen right now puts an end to that kind of worry.'

'What, but… didn't you warn them?'

'Oh yeah,' False rolled his eyes, 'in fact I forbid them to have sex. Which, of course, is like throwing a Nymph an aphrodisiac.'

'Did you do that on purpose,' Kisara's cheeks flamed slightly red as she glared at him, 'to make sure that he didn't end up with me.'

'Actually no,' he sighed, 'I really didn't want them having sex, because we sure as hell don't need another complicated pregnancy around here. I only realised what I'd done as I was walking away.'

'Okay I believe you,' she turned away from him slightly. 'But we need to stop them from… you know. Unless you want another complex pregnancy on your hands.'

'Why would it be on my hands, I'm not involved this time?'

'The hell you aren't,' she glared.

'Okay, we'll try to stop it. But, one thing before we…'

Before he could finish his sentence False felt a jolt of pain shoot right through him. As he gasped to recover from it he felt another jolt, rendering him to his knees.

'False what is it,' Kisara's voice was filled with deep concern now. 'What's wrong?'

'I don't know,' he somehow managed to out, as several more jolts of pain shot through him. 'Something's… wrong.'

'I can see that. But what?'

'I don't know,' he squeezed his eyes shut. 'It hurts.'

He would have cursed himself for sounding like such a little kid saying that, but with all the jolts of pain running through him he didn't care. Above him Kisara was silent, then she dropped to her knees next to him and lift his face up towards hers.

'Hell is under attack,' she told him calmly, 'we have to go.'