THE VROL TRILOGY (140 page)

The two sat at the kitchen's breakfast
counter and ate eggs, bacon (unheard of in that world) and
sourdough toast, a favorite of the ancient Primulus. The silence
was almost overwhelming as they enjoyed their breakfasts, Draagh
peering at the young girl out of the corner of his eye
periodically. After what seemed like an eternity (for her), Liliana
turned to her great grandfather and said, "I acted irresponsibly.
What I did could have resulted in Mami's death and I feel like
shit."

Draagh felt his face pull back
awkwardly. He had expected Liliana to say something regarding her
actions the day prior, but never something on that scale. She was
showing true remorse. Not
Liliana
remorse
, where she would make everyone believe she is
sorry for her actions. The child was truly affected.

"Why do you say that, my dear?" asked the old
mage.

"I cannot say, truly," she responded, "but I
had a discussion with Grandfather Michael and he showed me the
error of my ways."

I wonder what he said to her.

"
My son, may I
have a moment?
"

"
Yes,
father?
"

"
I am with
Liliana. She will not say, but she has certainly suffered some form
of regret, and I believe it is your doing
."

"
Oh yes. I
told her Jennie was almost killed during the training
exercise.
"

"
You
what?!?
"

"
I modified a
vid, making it appear Jennie was about to be killed due to
Liliana's distractions
."

Draagh stopped for a moment, doing all he
could to keep the young girl at his side from realizing he was
having an off-room conversation with someone else.

"
Why would you
do that?"

"Better to have her believe it almost
happened than to mourn with her if it truly did."

"Perhaps you are correct, my son. Very well.
Your secret remains safe with me."

"Liliana, I am sure Michael had every right
and reason to tell you what you needed to hear. Just please, I need
for you to be obedient during these difficult times. It is best for
all involved."

"Yes Grandfather. I shall."

"Now, that being said, would you like to go
to Saxman with your friends Tommy and Janie?"

"Oh yes, Grandfather! Are they to come
here?"

"We're already here, Lili," said Max, who had
silently slipped in behind the two, with the Williams twins in
tow.

"Hey Lili!" said Tommy, with Janie smiling
and waving with equal enthusiasm.

"Hi Tommy and Janie! Or Janie and Tommy,
depending on which one is able to vanquish the other in
hand-to-hand combat!"

The twins gave Liliana an odd stare. They
really cared for their friend, but her verbal utterances were
indeed odd at times.

"Hey, how about
friends
? Is that okay?" asked Tommy.

"Quite excellent, friends."

Max walked off to the side with Draagh,
wanting to ask a favor.

"Hey Pops, can you take them? I'm really up
to my eyeballs with these guys, and it appears they had a betting
pool going on for the highest number of kills. Unfortunately,
Liliana ruined the odds, so there's a lot of infighting."

"So they do fight after all, my boy?"

"Over money? Yeah, you bet."

"I shall transport the youths to Saxman and
do whatever is necessary, young Max. Do not fret. They are safe
with me."

"Thanks, I appreciate it," said Max, right
before he slipped out of sight.

###

Liliana, Tommy and Janie went bounding
through the plush, spongy southeast Alaskan grass, into the
now-abandoned Saxman village of the twins' birth. Looking around
they only saw vacant buildings and totem poles. The residents had
been extremely careful and had left no refuse behind, even though
it was a world they would never return to. It was simply their
way.

"What can we take? There's nothing left!"
Liliana exclaimed to the twins.

"Mr. Draagh, our entire history is here.
Can't we preserve it somewhere? Maybe take it to our new home?
It'll only rot here," pleaded Janie.

The ancient Primulus winked at the twins and
raised his arms. Suddenly, with a flash, the entire village was
empty. The totem poles, the main lodge and the housing - all
gone.

"It is in safe storage, children, for when
you have located your new home on a new world. We shall then bring
it back."

"Thank you Mr. Draagh!" the children rang out
in unison.

Chapter 15 - Together

"Has anyone lost his mind yet?" asked Luigi
Bagatelle, while he looked through the one-way mirror at the small
dorm in the underground base on Vera. There were twelve soldiers
from the Rhönen Dominion, as well as equivalent numbers from Japan
and Alaska. It was a cruel, yet necessary experiment. If allied
forces were to start slaughtering each other on the battlefield
they would be doing the Vrol's job for them. Their only known
weakness was money - they would fight over anything to do with
money. Once this was discovered all manner of betting and wagering
was banned.

"No, G. Aside from gambling, everything
looks good. In fact, the Samurais have been teaching the other
troops to play
Go
, a popular
board game," said Max, as he looked out over the dorm room, feeling
a bit creepy for doing so.

"Well, let's give them another 24 hours and
then we'll go to the next training phase. Also, we have a full moon
on Earth in four days. We'll need to determine who maintains
sapience, if any at all."

Bagatelle and Max had both quickly graduated
to being uncaged during full moons, mostly thanks to Max's assassin
phase he acquired while stranded in Hollywood. Draagh created an
inoculation from Max's blood, which enabled inactive lycans to
become active, and as an added benefit, maintain sapience during
the full moon. Practicing during Max's months of absence, Jennie
was near graduating from her cage when they finally found him, but
her inoculation brought her to the next level. While Max and
Bagatelle were borderline violent, Jennie could practically do
trigonometry in Phase 3 form.

"Hey, how are my boys doing?" Jennie asked
sweetly, her low, sultry voice and slight dega accent making the
two men melt a bit, each in his own way. Bagatelle adored his
sister, and had secretly protected her for years, keeping her under
his command while guarding the secret of their familial
relationship, while she and Max met under less than ideal
circumstances and eventually fell in love.

"Hey hun, we're just making sure our troops
don't murder each other," said Max.

"They seem to be doing well,
Hermanita
," added
Bagatelle.

"Well, to tell you the truth, they look kinda
bored," said the gorgeous lycan.

"Yeah, they do, baby. Do you think we should
stir up the pot and see how they behave?"

"Oh gawd Max, that's cruel… I like how you
think," she said.

"It may be a necessary experiment. Perhaps we
should confer with Draagh before attempting to do so," suggested
Bagatelle.

"Agreed. Be right back," said Max, right
before he popped out of sight.

"I don't know if I'll ever get used to that,
G. He just… disappears."

"Jen, don't worry, he'll never, ever
leave you again. Plus, he has a tracker - he
can't
get lost."

"I know, but I occasionally have nightmares.
I am looking at him, and he's smiling. Then the world starts
spinning around and everything goes black."

Bagatelle put his arm around his little
sister's shoulder as he looked out over the dorm. He understood her
anguish, and only wished the best for them, but could really do
nothing about her nightmares.

"Draagh says there's nothing else we can do.
They should be fine," stated Max, as he popped back to where he was
only a minute before. "So, Jen, I'm gonna help Liliana with her
algebra homework. You wanna come back with me?"

"Um, I don't know, sweetie. Maybe I'll stay
here with G and go over inventory."

"I have that handled, Jennie. You should get
back. I can call Draagh for a lift back home when I'm done,"
offered Bagatelle.

They're only a few
equations, baby. Then she's off to bed
, Max said over
their private comma channel.

You mean, we'll have alone time?

Yup. Give me 30 minutes
with her and I'm all yours
.

"Brother, I'm going back with Max. I'll see
you in the morning," said Jennie, while trying to suppress a guilty
grin.

###

Max barely had the chance to create a
sound-absorbing cantus in his bedroom before Jennie had
dive-tackled him onto their giant, four-poster bed. She was already
stripped down to her bra and panties by the time he shut the door,
and now she straddled him, moving her hips back and forth.

"Baby, I've got a surprise for you," said the
smoking-hot lycan female. She leaned forward, with her large, dark
breasts practically bursting out of her brassiere. Max smiled and
blinked, a silent, minor cantus causing the front snap of it to
come undone, allowing her ample bosom to practically (and
conveniently) fall out onto his face. Leaning up slightly, he
eagerly took a globe into his mouth and began to work it like a
champion, his tongue lashing across the areola, causing it to swell
with excitement - and that wasn't the only thing that swelled.
Jennie gasped with delight as she pushed them together with her
hands and mashed her hot, sultry flesh into his face while
continuing to grind her hips. The two frequently made love, and
whenever they did it was an experiment in lust, with the young
couple constantly arriving at new sensuous destinations. The first
time they were together they were both virgins, although the woman
had much more experience with foreplay. Max, on the other hand, had
barely kissed any girls, but there was no indication of lack of
experience as of late. Max was a beast, and Jennie an insatiable
siren. Together they burned at least 20,000 calories a night.

Jennie slowly pulled her breasts back from
Max's tender attentions and, lowering herself to his face level,
cupped his cheeks with her hands. "In the shower, you stud," she
hummed, her dusky voice exuding sensuality.

"The shower, baby? What do you have in
mind?"

"Upside down, in hot water. It's an idea I've
had for a while."

An hour later the young couple relaxed in
their massive bed, both worn out and giggling hysterically, totally
and eternally in love with each other. They had completely
destroyed their shower area. Shampoo bottles, loofa sponges and
soap bars were all over the floor, and water had spilled out into
the living quarters. A towel comically spun around in circles,
hooked onto the ceiling fan that perpetually rotated in their
quarters, while sending a fresh breeze onto their naked bodies.
They had even overturned and shattered their chest of drawers
during their time alone, but Max had easily repaired it with a
simple cantus before snuggling with his wife on the giant mattress.
Jennie was pressed up against Max's side, her shapely leg resting
comfortably on his rock-hard stomach, while he gently caressed her
perfect, round posterior, running his fingers softly up her back,
tracing along the curvature of her spine. He loved everything about
his wife - her appearance was amazing, but he mostly loved her
heart and mind. She was the perfect woman, and he was the luckiest
man in the galaxy. Giving her butt a light swat, he caused her to
yelp.

"What was that for, Captain Stamina?" she
asked with a sexy groan.

"It's just so nice I had to tap it, baby. So
- shower, upside down. Great idea. What's next?"

"Can you create an anti-gravity cantus? Like,
so we can float?"

The woman had a penchant for kinkiness, and
Max loved every second of it.

"Mmhmm. Great idea. Wanna try it… now?"

"Oh no, baby. You wore me out. You're such an
animal, Maxie!"

"This animal is all yours, sweetie."

"
Te quiero
tanto
, Max. Thank you for loving me. I was so mean to
you for the longest time, and yet you stood by my side, protected
me, saved me and never, ever gave up."

The woman's gaze penetrated his soul, her
cocoa brown eyes reflecting the soft moonlight outside their
window. Max Gunnarsson still didn't understand why such a gorgeous
and amazing creature would love him, but he was thankful. It was
true he had dedicated himself to her, but that was his nature - he
cared for others. The two had started as enemies, became friends
and then mated for life, as was the lycan way.

"Jen, do you remember when we first fought
Ryder and I killed Ladros?"

"Oh gawd, of course. Why do you ask,
baby?"

"Well, do you remember when we were playing
around and we rolled around on the ground and I tried to kiss
you?"

"Yes, yes I do. Why, Max? What’s up?"

"I dunno. I was just wondering why you didn't
kiss me. It really doesn’t matter now, but I've been curious when
you actually realized you loved me. No big deal."

Jennie leaned in and gently nibbled on Max's
earlobe, flicking her tongue delicately, while her sweet breath
sounded off into his ear.

"Baby, I was afraid, not of you, but of me. I
had never, ever felt the way I was feeling about anyone the way I
was feeling about you at that moment. I wanted to kiss you sooo
badly. I really did, but I was confused. Plus, you'd just lopped a
guy's head off. But now that I've said that, aren't you glad I
waited?"