Blessed by Night

111  Mist & Shadow

"Absolutely fucking not." Luna denied. Malachi would be lying if he said he wasn't expecting that reaction, but just this once he was hoping to be wrong about something. "I promised the girls that I wouldn't let you do anything strenuous today." Luna reminded. "Your body is still banged up."

Bianca and Aisha looked at Mal a bit closer and realized that he did indeed look a little skinnier than before. "It won't be anything major, love." Malachi said with a smile. "I just want to try out a few new party tricks."

Luna always did soften up a bit whenever Mal called her anything other than her name, and her firm resolution began to crack. "I-I said no! Don't be hardheaded!"

Like a shark that smelled blood, Malachi knew that Luna was on the verge of giving in, and he moved in for the kill.

With soundless steps, Malachi made his way towards Luna and slipped his arms around her waist. "Come on love, only for a moment. If you do this for me then I'll take you to your office and repay you however you like."

Luna trembled with every word that was whispered into her ear. She wanted to say no, but there were too many things tying her down!

Sei had told her again and again how good sex with Malachi was, and she wanted a taste of that too!

She couldn't remember the last time she'd had sex, and after their passionate time in the shower yesterday, she was just about ready to force herself on him. 'I promise girls, I'll make sure he doesn't do anything too strenuous... not in training at least.' Never one to be out done, Luna made sure that Aisha and Bianca could not see her actions before she seductively licked Mal's neck. "Alright, you win. But I hope you know that I'm going to make you work for this little victory." She whispered. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

For a moment, Mal had to ask himself if he really cared all that much about training. "You guys are gross." Aisha said with clear disdain. "I'll spar with you just so that I can knock you around a bit."

Bianca timidly held up her hand like she was a kid in a classroom. "Umm, I also need to be talked into it a bit I think..."

Malachi and Luna looked at each other briefly, and had an entire conversation without saying a word. 'She'll be the last one?'

'Until the end of time.'

'What if your new mother tries to get in your pants?'

'You are not funny.'

Malachi rolled his eyes and moved next to Bianca, placing a small kiss on her cheek.

"Sufficiently convinced?"

"S-Sure..." She muttered. Aisha was the only one who seemed to be in the opposite of a lovey dove mood. "When did you become such a slut? I didn't raise you to be like this."

Malachi shot his best friend a middle finger and dispersed all of her insults. "I don't wanna hear something like that from you. Before my sister you fucked more women than the IRS."

Aisha showed a smile that was not a smile as she reached inside of her storage ring and pulled out an unnecessary large battle axe. "When are we starting? For some reason I feel a bit restless all of a sudden."

Malachi knew that he probably shouldn't have said that, but he couldn't resist the opportunity that was right there in front of him. And as he looked at Aisha's face that was simmering with barely repressed murderous rage, he couldn't help but feel like it was worth it. -

After Malachi and Luna got changed into some light sparring gear, they were all set to begin their exercise. Now that Mal was shirtless, Aisha and Bianca could see the bruises that were still on his body. They could only imagine how difficult his battle with Alex must have been if he still hadn't healed after several days. Mal noticed the way the girls were looking at him and immediately waived away their concerns. "I'm good, don't worry about it. Believe it or not I actually look a lot better than I did yesterday."

The girls looked at Luna for confirmation, and only relaxed once they saw her nod along in agreement. Malachi finally tucked his hands in his pockets and took on a relaxed posture. "Alright, you're free to come at me whenever." After looking at Mal's utter lack of stance or weapon, the girls wondered if he was even taking this seriously. "Don't joke around." "We're really trying to help you." Malachi rolled his eyes as his irises glowed violet. "Alright then, if you ladies won't come to me then I'll come to you." Suddenly, a dense obscuring mist left the pores in Mal's skin. The room began to fill up with the strange dark fog, and soon the girls couldn't even see two feet in front of them. "Since when can he do something like this...?" "Lady Luna? That's you, right?" "This is really crazy.." Suddenly, Malachi's voice seemed to echo from all around them. "I think I'll pick you all off one by one. Feel free to stop me if you're able." Bianca was the first to think up a solution, although she wasn't entirely sure that it would work. Gathering the power of her flames, she ran them across her voluptuous body until she was no different than a lightbulb. "Girls, if you can see me then come closer! We can stick together!" Luna and Aisha followed her directions and moved directly to stand beside the young girl. Like he was having the greatest of fun, Malachi's cheerful laughter reverberated off the walls of the training room, giving the girls a rather unsettling feeling. "He's enjoying this too much..."

"He really is." "The suspense is starting to... huh?" Suddenly, Luna noticed that her body was moving against her will. Try as she might, she could not stop herself from walking away from the two girls and intruding further and further into the mist. "W-What kind of game is this?!"

"Lady Luna, are you alright?" "Where'd you go??"

Just as Luna tried to explain her predicament, a pair of amethyst eyes that she would recognize anywhere appeared from the fog. "I gotcha, love. You're out." Malachi said with a smile. "H-How did you...?" Malachi pointed down at the ground and Luna finally noticed something strange. Her shadow was seemingly entangled with eight dark threads that traveled all the way from her body to Malachi's own shadow. Without even looking at her, Malachi was somehow able to take control of her body.  Malachi shrugged before he disappeared right before her very eyes. Luna felt a small smack on her butt that made her remember that she was supposed to be collecting a bribe after this. '...I think I'm going to go wait for him upstairs.' With only the two of them left, Aisha and Bianca moved back to back while surveying the area around them. "We have to do something. We can't just wait for him to pick us off like we're sitting ducks." Aisha nodded in agreement and swung her axe wildly. The wind pressure generated by her attack helped to clear away some of the mist, only for it to return a mere moment later. "Damn, what is this stuff?!"

Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound cut through the air, and one of Malachi's daggers came hurtling through the fog. Aisha narrowly managed to avoid it, but upon taking a step backwards she inadvertently sealed her fate. Before she knew it, she was falling into the shadows at her feet, and on the verge of panicking. She fell into an endless black nothingness, and her body dropped for what seemed like an eternity. Suddenly, she appeared right underneath Malachi's arm like some kind of oversized duffel bag. "Hey... are you alright? I know that might've been a little much." Malachi said apologetically. He'd remembered a bit too late that Aisha had a long time fear of heights. His cruel little prank was no doubt fairly traumatizing. "...put me down." She said. Against his better judgment, Mal released his best friend and allowed her to stand on her own two feet. Even through the mist, he could see the small tears that were forming in the corners of her eyes. "Aisha... I'm really-"

He let out a small grunting noise before he immediately went down, the mist he created disappearing along with his chances of winning the spar. 22:58

Just like that, training was over. POW!

With power worthy of a god of war, Aisha punched Malachi so hard in the stomach that his feet temporarily left the ground. He let out a small grunting noise before he immediately went down, the mist he created disappearing along with his chances of winning the spar. Just like that, training was over. "If you tell Aubrey about any of this, I'll kill you." Aisha muttered as she stormed off. Bianca was the only one left who seemed to have no idea what was going on and her eyes went to Mal who was still kneeling and holding his stomach. Squatting beside him, she patted him lightly on the back and tried to help him keep his breakfast down. "Sooo mist, huh? Pretty cool." She said cutely. Malachi chuckled as he ignored the throbbing feeling vibrating throughout his sternum. "So since I'm the only one that you didn't catch, that technically means I won, right?" She asked. "Didn't know you were helping me with winning and losing in mind."

"What can I say? I'm crafty like that."

"Hahaha, I see! Alright then, you win. You can ask me to do whatever you want."

For some reason, Bianca's beautiful yet evil smile made him wish that he could take his words back immediately. Alas, it was already far too late for regrets. We got a splash banner today… thank you guys so much man, words cannot express how grateful I am to all of you for carrying me this far. AnathaShesha

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