The Last Oracle

Enthralled by (Y/N)’s kiss, a doubt came to me. I pulled back reluctantly. “What if the venom of the volcano’s fumes has made the whole of me toxic, just as it has rendered me blind? I can’t possibly agree to anything that would damage you.”

I felt (Y/N)’s gentle fingers in my wet hair, her warm body snug against me. “Again, Andrew, you need not fear. My bloodline keeps me safe from poisons.”

I grinned. “So there was never any need to wash your hands of my pollution?”

I heard her move, and figured she had likely shook her head. “Your news only bolstered my resolve to follow my heart, and it has led me to you. I may be a bit of a novice at seduction, but I seem to be performing well enough.”

I beamed at her, beginning to gain more confidence with every minute that passed. She was real, actually there, and she wanted me! A kind and powerful woman wished to share erotic pleasures with me, a reject and an outsider! “Indeed, my Queen. I present myself bare to you and subject to your every whim, I am your slave-“

I felt her grasp my face. “-You are no one’s slave! I can see clearly that you hate it here. Thus, as your Queen, I intend to declare that the practice of keeping an oracle here shall end at once. Let every person that seeks the knowledge of the gods pay the price individually, not with riches that few can afford.”

I must have looked shocked, as (Y/N)’s tone softened. “Do not worry for your future. If you will have it, there will always be a home for you in my Palace. You have seen much, and would make an excellent advisor. You care nothing for the influences of others, and I can trust your loyalty more than anyone else I know.”

I began to tremble at the idea of freedom, of a life unfettered by the volcano and the gods. “I have some sight, without the vapors, from years of exposure. I could possibly be of some use-“

(Y/N) chuckled seductively. “-You will be of use whether you have knowledge of the future or no. I also wish you for a lover. Andrew. You are made very well, both in form and in substance. Take me to your bed before we leave this place?”

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