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"Did she say anything while she was lucid?" Gripped by terror, Galen tried to think of something, anything to do. Jason shook his head. "Other than 'tie my hands'? She said something about a demon. 'Not damsel - demon'. That's it."Damsel. That rang a bell in Galen's memory. When had he been talking to Lydia about a damsel? Damoiselle? "Shit. That scroll she's been so hung up on." He turned to rummage through the now jumbled pile of papers and books on her desk. "We're looking for a medieval scroll. She wouldn't have the original in here but there should be a copy.""I'll hunt. You try to see if you can get her to go lucid for a few minutes. Touch seems to help and I figure yours might be more - potent."Not a bad idea. Galen knelt and clasped both of her bound hands in his own, then gathered up his courage and gazed into the vivid crimson eyes. "I know you're in there, Lydia and I want to talk to you. Whatever this is, we can beat it but I need you to help. I need you to fight yo
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"Dad, I have an idea," Jason interrupted."Just a second," Galen said to Montoya. Then he turned to his son. "What?""I saw a big recycling bin down the hall. It would be easily hold Lydia. She's kind of small.""Okay," Galen told Montoya. "We've got a plan for getting her out.""Good.""Do you think we should - call a priest or anything?" Galen wasn't religious in the least but he was willing to do whatever it took to save Lydia."From what little she told me, I'm guessing not. Many people believe demons are really beings from another dimension and have no connection with what we tend to think of as heaven or hell." Ben sighed. "Give me your address. I'm sending reinforcements.""Whatever works." Galen gave his address and cell number while Jason went to fetch the recycling bin. "Tell them not to knock. I'll leave the front door open.""Fine. I'll leave mine on during my meetings. Just leave a voice mail and I'll step out and call back right away. Meanwhile, I'm going to IM my
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They did set up their headquarters in the master suite, Jason's discomfort over the handcuffs notwithstanding."Hold her," Galen told Jason, setting the struggling bundle down on the bed. One thing he wasn't going to make his son do was dig through the nightstand where he kept his sex toys. He drew out the handcuffs and wrist bands, then made sure both cuffs were securely latched before he untied the belt from around her wrists."I don't even want to know why that looks like you know what you're doing," Jason muttered. "I'm going down to get the backpack and briefcase. Maybe some soda. I could sure use a hit of caffeine."Galen stroked his fingers through Lydia's snarled hair, much as he'd done in the truck the whole way home. "I know you're still in there, sweeting. Anything you know that can help would be useful here. Fight the bitch. Don't you dare leave me."Her eyes flickered brown but only for a moment, then the red came back, more vivid than ever."Red. The psychic said the
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Lydia writhed on the bed, trying to hold off the demon. Galen knew she was fighting as hard as she could. "Alcineath is getting stronger. But love is a powerful magic. You're pissing her off because she expected it to be all over by now. She's going to kill you if she can, Galen. You first, then Jason." Her voice was weak and thready, her breathing shallow."She isn't going to get the chance."Before he could say anything else the eyes changed again and she gave a vile, oily laugh. "Tied to a bed, hmm? We could have some fun with this. You, me and the boy. This body has two holes, no waiting. I bet the girl would love being fucked by two strong men at once. Unchain me and I'll show you both more pleasure than you've ever dreamed of.""I never thought I'd use this word but eeeewww." Jason walked in with the laptop in his hand. "A threesome with my father is so-oo not on my list of things to do before I die. Jeez, Dad, put the gag back on, why don't you?" He dropped to sit cross legge
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"Hey, there, demon bitch. I need to talk to Lydia for a minute." He glared down into the crimson eyes. "Fine. We'll do this the hard way again. I have to say, you've ruined me of enjoying handcuffs for life. When I get around to it I'm going to be really pissed off about that."He straddled her body again and removed the gag to force a kiss on her lips. It nearly killed him to do this to Lydia but under the circumstances he was pretty sure she'd forgive him. When he felt her lips soften under his, he looked into her brown eyes."I love you. We have an idea. Will you marry me Lydia?""What? Because of this? No!" She turned her face into the pillow away from him.Galen took her face between her hands and turned it to his. "No. Not because of this. Because I love you. Because I'm terrified of the idea of spending the rest of my life without you.""I love you, Galen. Of course I'll marry you. But can you ask me again when I'm not chained to the bed?"He kissed her. "It's a deal. As l
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Instantly everyone in the room began murmuring. "Show me the scroll, the newer one," Lydia gasped."Sure, no problem." Galen told her. "Jason, hand me one of the copies. Don't want to get the original within kicking distance in case we miscalculate."Lydia and Galen translated together. His Middle English was good but she corrected a couple of his French pronunciations. Jason shook his head. "You two have got to be the biggest geeks ever. This is a match made in heaven." It was almost a direct match to what Anissa had read aloud. "That has to be it, Galen said. He looked down at Lydia. "Who should say the spell? You?""Probably Anissa," Lori said. "Since she's actually magic. The rest of us just have a trace.""Or none at all." Wesley shrugged. "Now that Dave has powers, I'm the only mundane in the group."Tuning them out, Jason picked up the scroll tube and started inspecting the carvings and gems on the ends. Galen watched him. He knew that look. His son was onto something.A
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"The drawing around the first letter of the scroll..." Lori began."Illumination," both Galen and Lydia chimed in."Will you two stop that?" Jason shook his head. "Go ahead, Ms. Gordon."Call me Lori. And yes, the rest of us are just humans. Now listen. The drawing shows a woman sort of superimposed on a snake, or maybe the other way around. She has one red jewel on her forehead - sort of Asian for a medieval European art, don't you think? She has another on her chest - like over her heart - and another on her stomach. What do you want to bet that's an instruction manual?""Sort of like chakras," David said. "The three bonds. Mind, heart and body. The magic has to go in through those points.""Of course!" Galen punched a fist in the air, while Lydia cried, "Yes!" Then they kissed again"Would you two get a room?" Jason rolled his eyes.Galen actually managed a chuckle as he pulled away from Lydia's lips. "So we lay these on the appropriate spots. Then what?""Then we read the s
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Anissa arranged them all in a circle with Lydia at the twelve o'clock position. Galen was on Lydia's right, Jason on her left. Next to him was Lori, a short, bubbly woman with medium brown hair, and then her husband Eric, who could have been Galen's younger brother. They were about the same height and blond, but the younger man was slimmer and wore glasses. Then Wesley took David's hand, while the shorter, frizzy haired man, held hands with Wes and his Djinni wife. Galen and Jason sat on the mattress on either side of Lydia and each grasped one of her hands, which were still chained to the bed above her head."Ready?" Jason asked."You good, sweeting?" Galen asked Lydia."Hurry." She nodded and tightened her grip on Galen's hand."One last thing." The kiss was long slow and sweet. He tried to infuse it with all the love he had in his heart. "Fight for us.""I will."Jason coughed and kept his eyes focused on the photocopy he held."If this doesn't work, we're not giving up," Gal
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