It's been a bit since I updated anything. Been very busy lately. Sorry, but hope you enjoy.
The next day, Vala returned to the cantina earlier than usual and her new Jedi friend was there waiting for her. They had a long conversation about nothing of any importance the previous night. She'd spent the entire time tweaking his mind, moving his feelings into a more compliant state. The fact that he had totally ignored everyone who came in the night before, regardless of him waiting for a source, and was here again, waiting at the same table, seemed to imply that her efforts were working.
Vala needed to not get overconfident, though. Conner was moving in the right direction, but if she moved too fast, the seduction would fail and she didn't feel like fighting a Jedi, at the moment. Lightsaber fights were not fun, particularly on 'neutral' worlds.
Although things were going well, Vala had this nagging feeling she was missing something. A feeling she was heading in the wrong direction. As her master would say, the Force seemed to be getting pushy, but she had no idea why. Ignoring the feeling, she pressed on, figuring it was just some residual lightside thinking.
She'd managed to dominate a full two weeks of the Jedi's time, even though he was supposed to leave the smuggler's moon after only two days. During this time, she had come up with a logical task for the Jedi to complete, to prove he was under her thrall. As a smuggler of mostly illegal goods, Vala was going to ask her new Jedi friend to steal a shipment of spice from a rival smuggler. She'd gleaned from their conversations that Conner didn't agree with either stealing or the rampant market for spice. If she could seduce him enough to get him to perform this task on her behalf, she was hoping that would be proof enough of her success.
Darth Marr paced back and forth in front of Vala, as she laid out her plan for her new Jedi toy. He had to admit, her efforts were impressive. She'd aimed high for her objective, trying to enthrall a Jedi Knight, and her idea for the evidence of her accomplishment was well thought out. If things went wrong, there was no way the Empire could be connected. It was all falling together perfectly.
Perfectly, except that she seemed to be troubled about something. It wasn't the test itself, Marr was sure of that, but something else was preventing Vala from completing her task. The Force was trying to push her in a different direction, but Vala was still too young and inexperienced to know exactly what the Force was telling her to do.
As Vala headed out to complete her task, Marr completed his task. In a few short hours, his efforts would be complete.
Vala went over her plan as she walked to the quiet spot where she was meeting up with Conner. She'd ask him to do one little favor for her. If he was reluctant, she was prepared to do the one thing she'd never actually had to do during one of her seductions. The one thing she had yet to ever do. Though she always promised there would be sexual activities, she'd never needed to follow through. This time, however, she had a feeling she might have to. And if she were being honest with herself, she kinda wanted to follow through.
Sex was one of the activities which was common amongst Sith and completely banned by Jedi. No matter the reasoning, physical intimacy was an emotional event and dangerous for Jedi. For Sith, it was a source of power.
She thought of Conner and Vala stopped dead in her tracks.
Conner was young and handsome. There was absolutely no reason why she wouldn't want to sleep with him. He'd be a good first time for her, but for some reason, she didn't want him to be her first. The nagging in her brain was back again, screaming at her not to go through with her seduction of the Jedi.
With sudden clarity, Vala turned around and headed back the way she came, her plan forgotten.
To Be Continued...
