Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. - Season 1 - Episode 7

I looked into her beautiful piercing eyes and knew there was no need to pretend.
“Yes,” I said. “Yes I do.”
“And you are not scared?” she whispered.
“Not scared, just cautious.” I replied.

That seemed to please her a lot. She grinned and put a finger to her lips as the driver entered into the car and turned on the ignition. On our way back she kept on making suggestive motions, opening and closing her jean covered legs and biting her finger seductively. I had to make a stern face when she started running her hands down my thighs. She chuckled and kept to herself until we got to the hotel. I came down from the car and she followed suit “to go over a few plans” she told the driver, who shrugged and drove off.

I turned as she walked into the lobby with me.
“This won’t happen.” I said.
“What won’t happen?” she asked innocently.
“You know,” I said, “The flirting over the phone was really nice but like I’ve told you numerous times, I have a girlfriend!”
“Fiancee”, she corrected with a show of those beautiful pearls that were her teeth. “And like I’ve told you numerous times, it doesn’t matter, not
to me-“
“Well it matters to me!” I said and for the first time I raised my voice against her angrily. She looked genuinely alarmed and took a step back, but then she calmed herself again and I noticed that she was clutching her index finger on her right hand. She had done that before when she had manifested in my room. I watched as she slowly unclasped her hands and I saw a ring.
“Can we at least continue this discussion in your room?” she said and looked behind me. I turned around and saw the receptionist watching
us surreptitiously. I sighed and led her upstairs.
“D19?” she said a little puzzled.
“Yeah, why?” I asked.
“I didn’t notice the last time she was here,” she said, blushing a little. “You were supposed to be in D16. I’ll tell the manager to change it.”
“No, don’t. “I said, opening the door. “There’s nothing wrong with this room and I kind of like the view.”

As usual, the room had been arranged and I was grateful. Jenny walked over to the window and looked through it to the car park in front. “Some view,” she said and went to sit on the bed.

I stood there for a moment then went to sit on the sofa at the other corner of the room.

She chuckled.
“You are resilient!” she said and took off her shoes. I watched her warily.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going To Molest you,” and she stretched her feet a bit, “those high heels were killing me. When we invented it we didn’t think your girls would accept it so easily.”
“What?” I said, stunned. “What did you say?”
“Yeah,” she said, wiggling her toes sexily.

Even looking at her toes aroused me, I just couldn’t understand it. “And the wigs, fake eyelashes, Sekxy
clothes? That’s us too. Soon we will take over your civilization and rule the earth.”

I looked long and hard at her and she remained silent and watched me, her face blank.
“Naah, you’re lying.” I said finally. “That’s the first time your smile has left your face.”

She burst into laughter then, her smile coming back full force “You should have seen the look on your face!” she said holding her heaving chest
and still laughing. “You looked like you were going to burst!”

I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. “Well, I’ve never encountered a mermaid before, I don’t know what to expect.”
“What would you have done? Shoot flames at me?”
She saw the look on my face and shook her head gently.”Yes, I know what you are too; I know what you can do. I felt it over the phone the first day I talked with you. That’s why I wanted to get to know you so desperately, Chuks. The raw power I felt, the spiritual pressure…it was exhilarating!”
“Really?” I said, “Is that why you arranged for me to be brought here instead of my boss?”
She eyed me mischievously and grinned “Don’t sound like that, I only hinted that you had done a marvelous job and that it would be better for
continuation sake if you came to personally supervise what you had started. My superiors ran with the suggestion from there.” She got up from the bed and walked over, cat-like, to me. “I can make you even stronger Chuks, if you’ll just promise to be mine…”
“No thanks,” I said. “Not at all interested.”
“Are you sure?” she asked and sat slowly on my lap. I couldn’t move. Her skin was terribly soft and warm and my mind swirled uncontrollably into lustful desires for this ravishingly beautiful creature. I closed my eyes and pictured Nina’s face. My lovely wonderful, beautiful Nina.

I heard her voice, silky smooth and soft, “Thinking about her won’t help, you know…” she said, and I felt her fingers on my lips, my chin, and then running down my chest. “I dot even want to marry you or anything, it will just be a onetime fling, I just want to feel your power Chuks, that’s all.”

She was kissing my neck, nibbling on my ears, and even though I knew what she was I almost didn’t care. Almost. I held her firmly and tried
pushing her away. My arms felt like they were made of iron, exceedingly heavy and unwilling to obey the command of their master, my brain.
“No, I told you…this isn’t going to happen”
“Yes it is” she said kissed my neck again. She was deliberately avoiding my lips and I knew there was important about that but right now I couldn’t think straight, all my body was on fire, s£nsat!ons I didn’t even think were possible were coursing through me; the more I resisted the more my hands became heavy. Then I opened my eyes and saw Chukwudi the stronger standing in the middle of the room. He was shaking his head and saying something but I couldn’t hear him. I closed my eyes again as she continued to caress me and when I opened them again Chukwudi was closer and gesticulating with his hands and saying something over and over.

I tried to read his lips.

The ring
I traced my heavy leaden arms down to her hand and she smiled at me and intertwined my fingers with hers. She must have thought I was finally giving in. I felt for the ring and finally came upon it on her index finger. Then I mustered all my strength and pulled.

The ring came off with a pop as her knuckles crackled. And all the feeling s I had been having faded away like magic. She drew back, her mouth wide open but no sound coming out. For the first time her face was contorted into an ugly mask filled with expressions of pain and horror. She fell to the floor as if I had pushed her and her face became covered in scales. The scales spread from her face to her whole body and finally her tail, which had appeared out of nowhere. Two small fish swam around her body as if she were underwater.
“MY RING! GIVE IT TO ME!” she screamed.

I looked around me and I could see everything.

The two couples that had used this room previously, one couple being the manager and his woman; a dampening red flame coming out of the ring and burning bright in my hand, being engulfed by the flames coming out of my own hand, my own flames. It was like seeing clearly after having blurred vision for a long time.
“You were blinding me with this, weren’t you?

I asked, “How did you know I had the sight? Did you get that from listening to my voice too?”

I was watching her and she seemed to be having trouble breathing, she was gasping for air and her skin had turned a sickly green colour.

I didn’t know if it was part of the manifestation or if it was happening live.
“I didn’t know what you could do,” she faltered, “I didn’t know about your sight or whatever powers you possessed. The ring, it does my… please just give it back!”
“Promise to not use the power against me again.” I said.
“Yes, I promise!”
“Promise to not try any funny tricks on me?”
“I promise!” she whispered harshly.
“Promise to be truthful to me at all times?” I know, she wasn’t a genie, but I had the feeling that the moment I gave the ring back I would have
lost a big chance for favors…”

She looked at me and despite her obvious pain she managed a smile “I promise Chuks. Now please give me my ring.”

I gave her the ring and she put it back on.

Her scales vanished and her tail split in two.

Soon there was a very beautiful lady sitting on my bed once again.
“You could have asked for riches, you know.” She said dryly.
“Before you say anything else, I have to ask: you don’t turn into a mermaid anytime someone snatches off your ring, do you?
“No,” she said quietly, not looking at me. “You caused that.”

I sat back and took a deep breath. “It looks like we are going to have a discussion after all.”