Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:34:20 -0800 (PST)
From: JMH <trandar2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: The Guild/chp 13
Well here we are folks... on chp 13 and almost at the 1/3 point in the
story. A lot has happened but even more adventures await Joshua and
Vard. Will they ever be reunited? What evil plots is Gerick up to.
Will this story ever have a happy ending. You will have to keep on
reading to find out. Next update to the yahoo group will be on Sunday.
JMH
trandar2002@yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adultwritingworkshop/
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Not able to pilot the airship without Austin, Joshua abandoned it, making
his way towards a Guild controlled village. There he was stopped by men
in iron masks. "May we see your pass?"
"My pass?" Joshua asked confused.
"I take it you don't have one."
"No I don't." Joshua replied with his head bowed.
"What should we do with him sergeant?"
"Well he seems harmless enough. Can you tell us where you're from
though boy?"
"The Barony of Dralor."
"But that's!" The private shouted.
"That's in the land of the Abomination." The Sergeant grunted.
"Sorry boy looks like we will have to turn you in after all."
"I understand... then please tell Kentor that I will wait for him
here." Joshua replied.
"Kentor... the Prelate's counterpart?"
"Yes... my name is Joshua. I believe the Guild has been looking for
me."
"Private... go get the captain." The sergeant ordered. "Tell him...
tell him the counterpart is here."
"Yes sir." The man jumped, running back into the village.
Once the private had disappeared from view the Sergeant turned his "Now
young man... why don't we go have a seat by that bench. This might take
a while."
Obediently Joshua sat where he was told, his hands in his lap.
"I have never been so close to a counterpart before but I can see why it
is such a big deal. I've only been around you for a few minutes and I
already feel like I am under your spell."
"I wish I didn't have this power."
"But you do."
"Looking at the sergeants iron mask Joshua felt compelled to ask a
question. Why do Guild's men always wear masks?"
"It has always been the tradition. Officially it is to inspire fear
among the groundlings... but as for the real purpose I don't know."
"I know they scare me. I wish they would not wear them. Will the Guild
kill me after Gerick is dead?"
"I don't know. You are a counterpart... the key to the Void. As you
grow stronger... as you will... so wanes the power of the old Prelate. You
might be a little young to know this but no one likes being replaced."
The sergeant let out a moan as Joshua wrapped an arm around his back and
buried his face against the soldier's chest. He could feel his bonds of
loyalty to Prelate Lorien pulled, stretched, and yanked at by the young
counterpart. "Joshua please... don't." Sergeant Brail pleaded.
Joshua did not hear him however. All he knew was the loneliness he
felt. Without his birth kin he had felt as if he had been left naked to
a cold harsh wind. The sergeant's gentle nature had been the only
warmth offered him in days.
"Joshua... Joshua... Joshua..." Brail said with ever increasing volume as
the counterpart's hold on him grew stronger and stronger. With a sudden
jerk Brails connection to Prelate Lorien snapped. At that moment Brail
felt his sex become engorged with blood and rupture with his seed, his
vision turning bright red.
"Sergeant?" The privet's voice spoke, as he shook Brail out of his
stupor. On seeing the Brail's red eyes however he took several steps
back. "By the light!"
Grunting, Brail stood back up, lifting Joshua into his arms
protectively. "Give my apologies to the captain."
"How did this happen. I was only gone for a few moments."
"The counterpart can be very insistent when he wants something or in the
case someone." Brail chuckled as an officer approached. "Captain?"
"Protector... may I ask you keep the counterpart under better control
from now on. I can ill afford to any more men as fine as you." The
captain said, addressing Brail by his new title.
"May I recommend we be isolated until counterpart Kentor arrives?"
Brail said.
"Yes... I will see that a house is prepared for you." The captain
nodded. "I will also see if the black smith can make you a mask more
appropriate to your station."
Brail shook his head no as he took off his iron mask. "No need
captain... the counterpart would prefer if I did not wear one."
"So be it. I will come back when the house is ready." The captain
said before leaving.
An hour latter the captain came back and led Brail to a house on the edge
of town, guards posted around it in a fifty foot radius. Inside the house
Brail quickly took his sleeping cargo to a large sofa before exploring
the rest of the house. It was a small cottage with one bedroom, a
bathroom and a decent size living room/kitchen. In the kitchen Brail
found a pot of simmering beans and a loaf of warm bread. Preparing two
bowls and slicing the bread in half Brail brought it back to the sofa.
On smelling the food Joshua's eyes opened wide for it had been three
days since he had last eaten.
"Hungry Joshua?" Brail grinned.
"Yes... thank you." Joshua said as he eagerly took the offered bowl.
For a while they ate in silence, Brail not able to take his eyes off the
gentle giant. When he saw a spot on gravy on Joshua's perfect pale face
he could not stop himself from leaning over and kissing it clean.
Joshua responded by cupping Brails clean shaven face with his right hand.
"Joshua... what have you done to me." Brail sighed as he felt a slow
burning lust grow inside him.
Joshua hung his head down in shame. "I'm sorry."
"I'm not mad at you... How can I be when you are now the center of my
world? I just want to understand why you picked me for this honor."
"I was alone... and it hurt. Not even when I was a slave in the mines
did I hurt so much when I sent my birth kin away."
"Why did you send him away?"
"I did not want Gerick to have him."
"Is he really an Abomination?"
"I do not know what an Abomination is. He was once a Prelate but his
counterpart was killed. That took away something important to him. Ever
since he has been trying to get it back."
"That is why he wants you... he wants to replace the counterpart he
lost?"
"Yes." Joshua sighed.
Brail wrapped a warm arm around Joshua's waist pulling the young man
close enough so that Joshua could rest his head on the sergeant's
shoulders. Joshua then put his pale arms around the summer tanned skin
of Brail's neck.
Once again Brail let out a moan... he had long heard the legends that the
very touch of a counterpart would send a person into the deepest bliss.
Now he knew it was true. Joshua did not stop with just a touch however,
moving in with his lips to steal Brail's breath and soul.
"Joshua... Joshua... Joshua!" Brail shouted, his entire body aching for
the counterpart.
The end of Brails yell was followed by the sound of ripping fabric as
both men tore at each other's clothes into shreds freeing their dripping
hard sex, taking each other in their mouths. For a while they suckled on
each other... feasting off the taste of their maleness. This was enough
for Brail whose seed soon filled Joshua's mouth with its salty taste.
Joshua... having had his dreams filled for days with the visions Gerick
had been sending, needed more. He rolled the exhausted Protector onto
his back and lifted up the man's legs up, granting Joshua's sex entry.
With a few strokes of Joshua's sex inside him, Brail's manhood harden
again Joshua taking hold of the thick muscle with one hand.
The climax came with Joshua's thrusting wildly, his scrotum bouncing
against Brail's ass, his essence going deep inside his Protector. At
the same moment Brail spilled his own seed, spraying it onto Joshua's
chest and hand.
While still staying buried inside his Protector Joshua reached over and
locked his lips against Brail's, their tongues entering an intense
duel. Finally exhaustion overcame both men, Joshua collapsing on top of
Brail.
Before falling asleep Brail whispered, "My life is now yours Joshua... do
with me as you will."
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Vard woke as he had the past few weeks with Austin clinging to him
tightly. The birth kin had been inconsolable in his grief from being
sent away from Joshua. It amazed Vard that Austin had not gone back to
Wor. Vard knew if he had the power to go to Joshua... no one... not even
Joshua would be able to stop him.
A week ago the ship landed on the other side of the ocean but beside the
seven birth kin he found in the nearby villages, Vard had not begun a
major search. He was too afraid to.
"Good morning Austin." Vard smiled when he saw the wiry young man open
his gray eyes.
"Beloved." Austin smiled weakly. It had only taken a few days for him
to use that name.
Vard rolled on top of Austin, his sex resting on the other man's thigh.
"Shall I make love to you?"
"Just hold me for now."
"More then happy to."
It was at times like these that Vard wished he had not been born a
Prelate... with his inborn sexual hunger. He tried, he really did try to
be content just holding Austin. But as would always happen, Vard would
look into Austin's grey eyes and see his own reflection in them... his
hungry look. His mouth would salivate, his heart quicken, and the
precursor to his seed leak from his sex.
Already his sex had harden, leaving a wet trail along Austin's leg.
"Austin..." Vard moaned as he began running his sex up and down
Austin's leg. "I'm sorry... I can't stop myself."
"I understand." Austin nodded, his own manhood not remaining flaccid.
Both young men became blind to all else but the touch and
feel of each other's bodies... both men calling out Joshua's name as
their mantra. They did not see the thousands upon thousands of people
marching toward the tiny village Vard had made his base. Vard did not
notice his power return, magnify and expand even as he ravaged Austin
body. He did not notice how Austin increased the intensity of his own
love making, digging his fingernail into the tanned skin of the clan
chief.
It was only after Vard came down from the height of his climax that he
heard the chanting coming from outside. Jumping off Austin Vard ran over
to the window to find the inn surrounding as far as he could see by
people... and not any people but birth kin.
Vard now felt the power coursing through his body... a power
many times greater then he had ever experienced. With all that power
however came the madness, striking Vard down like a hammer's blow.
"Please... not again... not again." Vard cried.
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As the village only had the smallest of landing pads Kentor had been
forced to leave his flagship in a tiny shuttle. Still the sky went dark
from the heavy fighter and assault ship escorts that followed the
counterpart in.
Entering the cottage with seven heavy armed Protectors Kentor
could not help but chuckle at the sight of two naked men crowded together
on a sofa, asleep, the smell of sex still in the air.
"Find these men some clothes please." Kentor said, seeing
the tattered pieces of cloth on the floor.
Kentor looked down at his fellow counterpart seeing the man
he had once been... youthful, innocent, idealistic... not weighted down by
years of bloodshed... not twisted by centuries of isolation.
Next his eyes went to the face of the Protector... the man had a warm
expression on his face... one that emitted kindness, not the fear
Kentor's own Protectors. It made Kentor wish he had made better
choices.
When his bodyguard returned with a pair of Guild uniforms Kentor could
not think of any more excuses in delaying. Reaching out he touched
Joshua's alabaster skin. He watched as Joshua opened his disguised blue
eyes.
"Joshua." Kentor whispered.
"Kentor?" Joshua asked questioningly.
"Yes... You have been a hard man to track down."
Joshua rolled off the sofa waking Brail in the process. "I needed to
decide who I could trust."
"So you trust me?"
"No... I don't. But I know what fate awaits me with Gerick."
"Yes... you will have to tell me about Gerick. He has been a mystery to
the Guild."
"I do not know if I know much myself but what I know I will tell you."
"I am impressed you are a quite polite young man."
"I do not understand." Joshua said confused.
"When I was your age I was an arrogant bastard." Kentor laughed.
"I think if you look at my master's back you will have your answer to
that mystery." Brail replied.
"May I see?"
Embarrassed Joshua turned around... showing the mass of scars that marked
his back.
"What happened to the man who did this to you?" Kentor asked as he ran
his fingers down one of the larger scars.
"He's dead."
"Good... no one in the Guild would ever dare treat the counterpart of a
rival Prelate in such a manner.
"Can I ask you a question?" Joshua asked as he started to put on the
white Guild uniform.
"Of course." Kentor said with a warm smile.
"Why are we called counterparts... it makes us sound like a piece of
machinery."
"That is a very good question Joshua to which I can give you an answer.
Why are we called counterparts while other halves have the grand title of
Prelate? It is simple really... we... the bond-mates of Prelates are not
meant for glory. We do not rule the Guild or the Assembly. We do not
make laws or policy. Yes, we are the key to the Void but a very plain
one. In a way we are a piece of machinery as you said... hidden and
unpolished."
"But why is that so?"
"People can only be loyal to one person at a time... Even though the
Prelate and I agree on most things... we do not always agree. If Guild's
men were loyal to both the Prelate and myself they would feel pressured
to pick sides in our disagreements. Such could lead to civil war. That
is why we have such a mundane title... it makes it clear to the people who
is their leader."
"I see." Joshua nodded. It all seemed unnecessarily complex to him
but if it helped stop conflicts then he saw the good in it.
Seeing Joshua and his Protector were now dressed, Kentor prepared to
leave. "Shall we go now?"
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So folks what do you think so far? Which chacters do you love, hate,
want bumped off. What would you like to see in a follow up story? Feel
free to drop me a line anytime.
JMH
trandar2002@yahoo.com