This story contains rape and violent elements  Please read with caution.

CONTINUED....

"It will, but after every book I'll give you a reward. Here, I'll even give you a taste right now to give you a bit more incentive," Ebony smiled coyly, taking the book and setting it aside to straddle Raven's lap teasingly.

She then started to unbutton her shirt slowly to give him a show and to reveal that she hadn't had a bra on for the time that they were together. "Are you feeling inspired yet?" She asked, pushing out her chest a bit to make her breasts look larger.

His eyes were drawn to the revealed skin as she pulled her top open, unable to look away as he followed the skin of her stomach up to the soft curve of her breasts.

"That's not the point here," he breathed, " I can't. I've told you before, it goes against the church."

"Darling, the church doesn't matter as much as you think it does," She murmured and leaned forward so that her breasts were closer to him. She pressed against his growing bulge. "People come and go and things fade away. I'm a big believer in taking what you want while you can and your body is reacting, so I know you want it too."

Raven tried to appear cool and collected. He and Ebony had messed around a little here and there; they had known each other for a while, so he knew she knew what she could do to get him riled up. Ebony did it all the time. He couldn't just let her have her way, no matter how much he wanted to.

"I… suppose, but still," Raven said as he tried to resist his urges. His body felt hot and his pants felt tight. "I knew that my help with research wasn't all you wanted."

Ebony gave him a coy smile. "I don't know what you mean, darling~ I'm taking this moment to teach you about positive reinforcement."

"I'm sure," he retorted, unconvinced. "Your brother would not be happy to know that you are trying to seduce me in his home," Raven added to distract himself from the feeling of her grinding down into his lap.

"Only trying?" She asked.

Ebony leaned forward, putting her hands on the back of the chair by either side of his head. The action made sure her milky white breasts were right in front of his face.

Seeing his stubbornness, Ebony then gently caressed the skin across the side of his neck with her index finger. Raven couldn't help but look up at her with lidded eyes. He was fighting his instincts with all his might, and she thought it was so cute.

She took Raven's hand and put it to one of her breasts.

Her soft skin felt so nice under his large calloused hand he involuntarily squeezed it.

Ebony let out a small whimper and before he could stop himself, leaned forward to take one of her nipples into his mouth. He started to suck on it lightly, the cold feeling of her skin nice against his own.

Ebony let out a soft moan, tangling her hands in his dark blond hair gently and pulling him closer. "That's a good boy, Aleksandr," She praised softly, grinding against him gently to tease him.

"Are you happy now that you've gotten what you wanted?" Raven asked after he had pulled away slightly.

"Very," she chirped and petted his head. "Although, I do wonder if your dick is as big as your feet…"

"-sandr? Aleksandr, are you listening?"

Raven was snapped out of his delusion by Ebony calling his name. "Um, sorry. What did you say?"

"I said, 'I will have you work on as many as you can, but do not become overwhelmed.' I plan on working on this myself, as well as finding a wizard or witch that may be able to help. Unfortunately, until I can find someone I trust, it will just be the two of us." She cleared her throat and sat at the desk. "What had you so lost in thought? Were you thinking of something dirty?"

He glared at her.

"Don't look at me like that, Aleksandr~" she trilled.

Ebony tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, making her white gold and sapphire earrings glimmer in the low light of the room as they swung slightly. His honey colored eyes seemed to follow her every movement like they could determine something significant, but he shook himself mentally to get a grip.

Raven looked at her another long moment before turning his head to look out the window. He could see outside, but it seemed sort of distorted. "Are we in another dimension?" He asked, comprehending what it was almost immediately.

"Yes. Aloys' home is in between the human world and the Otherworld. You are so clever, Aleksandr," she praised. "It's a sort of a pocket dimension but only the house is in it. The only way out is through the front door."

"That's interesting. I knew that homes like this existed, but I had never seen one myself," he said to distract himself from Ebony's heavy gaze.

"Oh yes. And we could do whatever we wanted here, and no one would be able to hear a thing," she added with a mischievous grin.

A flashback to his day dream had him clearing his throat with embarrassment and he chose to ignore her. He went back to the book in his lap, adjusted his ass, and got to work.

"So what, exactly, is the deal with this guy? Do you think he's affiliated with the Black Circle?" Raven after he leafed through several pages with no sucess.

"I think that he is leading the cult, or at least, running it in place of the real head. He goes by Fabian, or when I knew him, Fabiano. He's a powerful necromancer, and a warlock to boot. He's very skilled as well; and much older then most. He has had time to perfect his craft," she responded absently as she looked through a book of her own. "I don't know what he goes by these days, but I will find out."

Raven glanced up and saw the look of determination on her face.

"What makes you think it's him?"

"I... well, it's complicated. But I am one hundred percent certain. One evening, a few months ago, I was browsing through my old dairies and notebooks from when I was still human and I came across a strange section my youngerself mentioning a man. He was a guest at the castle for a while apparently.

"Now, I realize that the older I get, the more of my memories from human years fades away, but I found it strange that I had no recollection of this man at all. And my younger self made note that he was strange, had a dangerous aura, and was eerily intrested in Aloys."

As Raven listened to her speak, he had to admit that even to him he could agree that it was odd, so he kept listening.

"So, to put my curiosity aside, I sought out Aloys. He remembered nothing of the man either. It was at this point I became suspicious, so I went to a witch and he told me that a curse to block and erase parts of ones memories had been placed on Aloys and I. He was able to break the curse, but instead of answers, I had more questions."

As Raven stipped reading all together so that Ebony's srory could have his full attention. "And? What did you remember?"

"Absolutely nothing! And I still can't remember anything regarding him, either. All I have is his name, and the bits I've told you already I learned from a spy I captured and managed to interrogate before he killed himself."

Ebony seemed alittle distraught as she spoke, but perked up when she noticed Raven watching her. "But now I have you to help me, Aleksandr! I have a feeling that if I wrote about him, there is bound to be record of him in these manifests as well. My parents were meticulous in keeping records of everything. Unfortunately I can't have these brought to my castle since its under surveillance from the cult and the church. I can't have too many other people knowing about these, lest Fabiano finds out and tries to cover up the mess."

Raven was quiet as he observed Ebony and realized that as beautiful as she was, she was also just as smart. He felt ashamed for having such sexual thoughts about her earlier. She really needed his help this time so he steeled his resolve to do his best.

He would help Ebony and the church find this warlock named Fabian, and help put an end to the terror that they had been spreading through the streets. He swore on his father's grave that he would.