Havermouth, Five Years BeforeThrough the bedroom window, Aislen could see that Rhett had the fire going again and that Cameron was lighting the barbeque. They laughed between them as they made coffee and began to cook bacon and eggs. Heath passed the window on his way to join them and made a lewd gesture that Aislen was in no doubt referred to her. She swallowed hard, a raw feeling of shame lodged in her esophagus leaving a bitter taste in her mouth and looked down at her painting of Rhett and art supplies. She wanted to tear it into pieces, a rage building within her so fierce that it wanted physical expression. Instead, she dressed and sat down to continue working on it, ignoring her hunger and her craving for coffee, and instead opening one of the bottles of water in the room and drinking that. She didn’t want to go out with the Triquetra. She continued to add shading and details to the painting, slowly building dimension to Rhett’s hair, the expression in his eyes, the charming
Havermouth, Present TimeRhett stood apart, watching her turn and drive away, and she hoped that it wasn’t the start of a separation of the Triquetra “Because you need to feel guilty, as well as traumatized, not,” she muttered to herself as she pulled out onto the main street. She found enough coin in the center console to buy a meal at the local drive-through, but as she contemplated what to eat, she found that her hunger had gone, smothered beneath the pain and wrongness that she was feeling. “Keep it together, Aislen,” she told herself. “Don’t touch the bad candy.”She ordered all the unhealthiest things on the menu in a deliberate effort to prove to herself that she was okay, and stuffed some fries into her mouth, chewing stubbornly as she drove to her father’s house, trying to convince herself that they tasted better than sawdust. She pulled up, and eased her way out of the car, her feet letting her know that she’d given them a terrible time. Her whole body ached, the skin tha
Havermouth, Five Years BeforeDesire won over outrage, and Aislen turned into Rhett, feeling the press of his piercing against her lip as he deepened the kiss, his tongue stroking against hers. His c-ck was warm in her palm. She tightened her fingers around it, holding him tight like she had seen the Triquetra do to each other. His groan was accompanied by a mental flood of pleasure. (Taming the tigress…)He wriggled free of his jeans without breaking the kiss, before digging his hands into Aislen’s hair. She felt Cameron part her thighs and Rhett lowered her back onto the mattress, going with her, leaning over her at an angle as Cameron kissed along her lower stomach and then dragged his tongue over her clit. “Oh god,” she moaned into Rhett’s mouth as Cameron lathed her with enthusiasm. His tongue circled her clit, teasing her with the lightest of touches and then he sucked ferociously so that she wailed, her hips arching. “She likes that,” Heath commented. Aislen’s hand left Rhe
Havermouth, Present Time“I… I can’t,” Aislen edged towards the door. “I’m really sorry about Guy, I am. He was a bit of a creep in high school, and the two of them were just plain stupid to try what they did, but neither deserved what happened to them, and I am really, really sorry…”“But not sorry enough to help,” June replied miserably. “Everyone is always sorry, but they won’t help.”“I’ve got my own troubles, believe me,” Aislen told her. Some of them were really stinging too, she added trying to resist the urge to rub her breasts. “More than I can handle, without taking on anyone else’s. I’m actually just going to eat and sleep, and then, in the morning, I’ll be gone never to return.”June nodded and turned with a sigh. She took a step down and paused. “I’m glad you’re leaving,” she said over her shoulder. “This town has a nasty habit of contaminating people. It’s like a disease. You stay here too long, and you start to rot from the inside out.”“She’s a disease on your bond, an
Havermouth, Five Years BeforeCameron’s Ute was an experience to drive, Aislen thought ruefully as she worked her way into the traffic of the town center. The handbrake was in the wrong place, and it was much bigger than any of the driving instructor’s cars or Tiffany’s little hatch. The traffic was heavier than normal, with cars diverting out of side street. Flashing blue and red lights drew their eyes to where police cars and an ambulance parked outside a small house, and people gathered on the paving, but Aislen could not look too closely as she had to watch for a gap to move forward in, the traffic banking up behind her.She moved forwards, shifting through the gears with a grimace. “I prefer automatics,” she told him.“It’s good to be able to drive both,” he replied. Cameron was relaxed but uncompromising as a supervising driver, giving her no opportunity to take the easy way out of things. “There’s a park,” he pointed.“That’s a reverse parallel park,” she replied. “Between two
Havermouth, Present TimeAislen’s alarm buzzed at the unbearable hour of five, and she grumbled as she turned it off and rolled out of her childhood bed, testing her feet on the floor. The pain was not as raw as it had been, more of a bruised feeling. She showered and rubbed ointment over the tattoos that she could reach and her three piercings, handling them gingerly, slightly disgusted by them, their movement within her flesh making her stomach queasy. Would they just heal if she took them out? She wondered. She’d have to search it on the internet and try to work it out. “F-king Triquetra,” she muttered under her breath as she realized that she couldn’t wear any of her corsets or bras as they’d rub against the tattoos. “F-king f-k f-kers,” she muttered as she pulled on a camisole and then tore open the costume packaging, shaking out the velvet dress. “Alright, that’s sort of cute,” she held it up against herself. She wriggled it on and pulled on a suspender belt and stockings, gr
Havermouth, Five Years Before“Are you alright?” Cameron asked as they returned to the car. “Yeah,” she said. “You drive though. I don’t think I can concentrate.”“All the more reason that you should drive,” he replied passing her the keys. “You’re going to get behind the wheel when you’re not well, when you’ve had to put your dog down, after getting fired from work, after hitting a bird, with the kids screaming in the back seat… You’re not always going to be focused. You have to learn to drive and put other things out of your head.”Their eyes met and held for a long moment, and she felt herself waiver. “Okay,” she sighed and took the keys. “But you better pay attention in case I f-k up.”“Nup,” he replied cheerfully putting the groceries into the back seat. “Otherwise, you’ll rely on me to do the thinking for you.”“F-k,” she clenched her teeth and got into the driver’s seat and started the engine as he joined her. “But you’re responsible for any collisions that might occur.”“If y
Havermouth, Present TimeAislen decided that what she needed was to get drunk. She tidied herself up and drove to the local bottle shop to spend half an hour browsing the aisles, selecting bottles. The drive through section was busy, and she had the aisles mostly to herself. She hummed along to the radio as she idled down the rows of wine and thought of Heath and how she had always been impressed by his casual ease in ordering wine. Even five years on, she had no idea what she was doing and selected mainly by how attractive the label, name, or bottle shape was to her. “That’s a good one,” Chris Arren, her father’s friend, said from behind her. “Oh,” she put it back on the shelf. “You remember me?” He picked up the bottle and tucked it under his arm. “Chris Arren?”“Yes, I remember,” she said uncomfortably, continuing down the aisle, pretending to browse. “It’s nice to see you again,” she lied. She was not in the mood for other human beings.“You haven’t called, about the group…?”