“I bet you are.” Xena purred, the smirk that had tugged at the corner of her lips earlier returning and spreading across them.
“Allow me to help with that.” She continued, stepping into the woman’s space.
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“A warning… I do quite like a woman that comes with a warning label.”
Syphira bit the corner of her lip, the scent of Xena filling her nostrils completely unintentionally. “I can smell the power oozing off of you, so— I will be careful. As much as I won’t want to be.”
The —
“That will not be a problem.” Xena replied, a smirk tugging at the right corner of her lips.
“I have a condition as well however, well… more a warning. I am far more powerful than him, so I caution you not to
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“Yes, but on one condition.”
Syphira stood, slowly but surely from the bed and made her way over to the all too intriguing woman that was standing the room that Ares had so graciously let her stay in.
“I call the shots,” she stopped right in front of Xena, so they were —
Xena stopped, hand hovering over the door handle for a moment before turning around.
“Well, the feeling is mutual. So, would you like to sort your not so little problem out hmm?” she leaned back on the door again,
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Syphira was left completely speechless for probably the first time in her life.
“I do find you attractive,” she murmured softly, just so the two of them could hear since she noted the immortal, god-killing woman had removed the seal on the door. “Very attractive. It’s part —
“I don’t have a skewed view of your kind. I wasn’t offering a pity fuck, I’ve never done that in my entire existence.” Xena replied flatly, a touch insulted that her genuine and respectful approach had been taken in
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“I— don’t really do pity fucks. I know that’s hard to believe because I’m a succubus and usually take victims home rather than actual lovers. But they’re unaware and somehow that makes it less… whatever this is.”
Syphira made a face, but it wasn’t one of disgust.
If she —
~ such a way, it was understandable though given what she had said in response.
“I’ll let you get back to bed. You know… you could have just said I wasn’t your type. I wouldn’t have been offended.” She gave the succubus a goofy smile and a wink
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“Mm…” Xena hummed in response as she slipped her hand behind her and locked the door, fingers sparking as she did so, sealing the door shut and also sound proofing it so a nosey Ares couldn’t listen to them even with his powers.
“The walls have ears in this place.” Xena
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“Two.”
It was a simple answer. Blunt, and straight to the point. “I had unfinished business I had to settle today that just took what energy I had left. I was fine before that.”
She hadn’t been, but she had managed. She just hadn’t felt like feeding. She wasn’t sure why.
—
~ didn’t move, she didn’t want to appear as a threat and she certainly didn’t want to have an issue with the woman only a few meters from her.
“I’m only going to ask this once, and you
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Xena opened the door, closing it behind her before leaning back on it and taking the woman’s appearance in.
“You need to feed, and I have to admit. I am confused as to why you haven’t. You don’t even look like you are in a fit state to defend yourself if you needed to.
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“No, I— you can come in.”
The woman tightened her robe around herself to cover how absolutely ghastly she looked underneath it. She was lean normally, but now she was just…. Thin. Sickly thin.
“I don’t mind. I wasn’t sleeping anyways.”
“Wrong immortal I’m afraid.” Xena replied through the door.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you. I just had a bit of a pressing and private question. Would you like me to leave you to it?” Xena was prepared to deal with a frenzy in a few
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Syphira still hadn’t managed to sleep.
The day’s events had replayed in her mind over, and over again.
Finally having the freedom she had craved for centuries. Finally ridding of her biggest opponent in life.
Yet, she didn’t feel good. Or safe. Or whole.
No— she felt —
~ job a bit easier.” she nodded, she did appreciate Rhea’s change of mind.
“As for what I was doing previously… not a lot, well aside from this. Might finally get a few moments to enjoy a long bath and a book.”
“Mm, well… some people become the company they keep, and others pretend to be what they want. As I have always said, if you want to pretend to be someone, you better pretend to be someone you can live
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“People always say that.” She said eventually, voice level, guarded. “That the worst things made them better. Maybe they did.” A slight tilt of her head, not quite agreement, not quite challenge. “Or maybe they just learned how to live with what they became.”
Rhea was -
~ just live with what has happened to us or pretending, sometimes that works. Sometimes it doesn’t.” Xena arched a brow after speaking, focusing on what the woman had said after.
“Thank you for your assistance, makes my
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