[NSFW] COMPASS OF TRUE LOVE - CHAPTER 26

Chapter 26: The Bathhouse Troubles of a Longing Maiden

-Cassie-

I slipped into the warm embrace of the bath with a loud sigh, the weight of the past week slowly dissipating in the heat.

I really needed this bath. Both because my body was absolutely filthy and because my mind had been going through way too many major revelations lately.

The first one happened when Sephie and I were assaulted by a pack of goblins. I realised I was weak and, more importantly, that I had to get stronger if I wanted to survive in this world. Once I got my hands on the swords, I’ve been practicing almost every night when we were on the road, but progress was excruciatingly slow. I needed a teacher, I figured.

The second happened the morning after the goblin attack. I woke up in the embrace of the most gorgeous woman I’d ever seen before. I mean, I had met Sephie way before that, but the near-death experience… changed things. She was no longer just the messy idiot I met in dad’s stable, she was my saviour. My beautiful guardian angel.

Sadly, and this works into the third, most hard hitting, revelation, the girl was dense. I’d been pretty much throwing myself at her since we made it to Omar, but she stayed blissfully unaware of my feelings. Instead she cozied up to Nydia. That devil of a woman was truly venomous. Waltzing in from seemingly nowhere and claiming Sephie for herself and then having the gall to tell me to back off?!

Well it made a lot more sense now, thanks to revelation number three. Sephie’s compass leads her to her ‘True Loves’ and Nydia is on it. And… I’m not. So either, Sephie doesn’t love me back, or… something else. What the hell does ‘True Love’ even mean? There is an implied connection to fate, but how does that manifest? Are non-True-Loves destined to fail? Break up?

That couldn’t be it, though, because her ex is still on that compass. Maybe it means inevitable love? That they, if they met, would inevitably fall for one another. It would explain how Nydia and Sephie hit it off so fast. That would also mean I still had a chance. I just needed her to notice me. Acknowledge my feelings.

And… maybe… hopefully… like me back.

I slowly slid my body further into the hot water until my head was halfway submerged.

Gosh I was acting like such a teenager.

The bead-curtains of the entrance behind me clattered and drew my eyes back up. My breath immediately choked when I saw her walking in.

My beautiful ginger idiot. Stark naked.

*****

-Sephie-

My eyes fell on the curly haired minx in the bath in front of me as she let out a shrill “eek” and ducked her head into the water.

I couldn’t help but giggle at watching the usually confident, teasing Cassie turn all red and blushing just because of a little bit of nakedness. I slowly stalked over to the bath and sat down at the rim, my feet dangling into the water right next to her.

“I didn’t know you were this modest,” I couldn’t help but tease her. She deserved it, a little, after the barrage of teasing I faced from her that other morning.

“Shaddup!” she gurgled back from the water and shot a glare up to me. Her eyes trailed a little and her face got all red again. “Don’t just sit there, Sephie! Get in the damn water!” she commanded, blushing.

I debated teasing her some more, but decided to let it go for now. I gently let myself slip into the warm water and immediately felt muscles in my body loosen up that I didn’t even know existed. Fuck this felt good.

I closed my eyes and leaned my head back into the pool wall, letting out a soft moan as my body finally got to relax properly. Okay the moan might have sounded a little lewd. But not everyone’s mind was as perverted as mine, at least lately.

A sudden sputtering from next to me told me otherwise.

“D- Do you mind?” Cassie sputtered exasperatedly. “Are you really that oblivious?”

My eyes fluttered open. “What do you mean oblivious?” I asked innocently.

“Y- Y- You just…”

“I- I- I?”

“Shut- You just waltz into here stark naked and then… moan into my ear! And then pretend to be all innocent and pure?!”

“I am literally the most innocent, demure, pure lady to exist. Ever.”

Cassie stared at me incredulously and a laughter started bursting out of me.

“See. Can’t even say that with a straight face…” the half-submerged brunette muttered.

“I’m anything but straight, though.”

Another glare. “Yea no shit,” she sputtered. I snorted.

The teasing tapered off for a while as we let the warmth soak the stress out of us. Eventually, I broke the silence.

“You know… I wasn’t expecting to run into you here. I thought you immediately headed to bed.”

She bit her lip, which was an incredibly cute sight to take in. “I… I needed some time to think about a few things. The bath looked really inviting when we walked past.”

“Same. The moment I saw it I knew I had to soak a little,” I mused.

“So… are you heading to bed early as well?” she asked in an almost neutral tone. There was still a faint blush on her face.

“Actually, Nydia invited me out on a surprise date. Not sure what she’s planned for us, though.”

Cassie immediately frowned and looked away. “Of course she did.” I knew Cassie and Nydia didn’t get along perfectly well and there was still that incident back at Three-Point Fort that I didn’t quite get my head wrapped around. When they were fighting over me… for some reason.

I watched Cassie’s gears turning, seemingly thinking something through. Then her expression shifted from the displeased frown into one of sheer determination.

With a loud splash she stood up from the pool and faced me. I nearly jumped and my eyes shot up to Cassies, then down to her naked breasts, then quickly back up to her eyes. She smirked for a tiny moment and I knew she noticed.

“Sephie,” she began. “I will not lose to that woman.”

What? Wait Nydia? Why would she…

“I know you’re denser than rock so let me make it clear.”

She waded closer until she was right in front of me, her chest on eye level with me.

My brain was still working through the first statement when she grabbed my chin and pulled it upwards. Her expression was pure determination.

She leaned down and her eyes glazed over as her face got closer to mine.

What was she…

Her soft wet lips pressed against mine and my mind broke. It was just a soft peck, with a hint of neediness when we separated, but it was enough to leave me stunned. What the heck is she…?

She straightened herself back up and looked down to me. “I love you Sephie!” she declared. “And I will not give up! I’ll make you mine.”

Then she heaved herself from the water and strode off, my eyes glued to her naked form until she disappeared into the dressing room.

What the fuck?!

*****

-Cassie-

Holy fuck I just did that. That was bad right? I just… kissed her… and declared my love to her. I didn’t even ask if it was okay first! Gods what have I done, I just ruined everything didn’t I? She’s gonna think I’m some jealous homewrecker or some kind of… desperate slut.

Fuck my life.

I’ve dried myself off and gotten myself dressed quickly, but the moment I left the bathhouse all my newfound confidence left me.

Heart pounding, I made my way back to our inn, ready to bury my head under the covers until morning.

Exhausted, I creaked open the door to our room and was immediately faced with a grinning Nydia. Please no.

“Had a nice bath time with Sephie?” she teased, flashing her fangs.

Gods how much I wanted to wipe that smug smirk off her face, shut her running mouth up for once. Pinning her against the wall and just… wait no that’s not…

“Blushing so furiously? Must have been one hell of a bath~ “she teased further.

I- How- How dare she! I bit back a barrage of insults, quickly forgetting the complicated fantasy that occupied my mind before.

“We had a great time, thank you!” I finally managed to respond, as curtly as I could.

Nydia’s smile grew wider. “Oh I can tell you did. I can practically smell the lust on you, darling~ “She leaned in closer, next to my ear, hear hot breath tickling against my neck. “Just remember, I don’t mind sharing, as long as you keep that bristly jealousy of yours in check.”

The prior fantasy suddenly flared back, but this time the other way around. Me, pressed against the wall, her pinning me down and having her way with me.

Nydia pulled back a little and brushed one of her hands across my cheek. “And who knows, maybe I’ll even find my own… uses for you~ “

A soft whimper left my lips as the rest of my body locked up. What hell is with this woman?

“Cat got your tongue? I can tell you’re fantasising about it,” she smirked. “Anyway, I have a date to get to, you have fun with those thoughts.”

With that she left me alone and I promptly collapsed against the door, shaking. What the fuck was that? A succubus would be tame by comparison to her, I’m sure!

I clenched my legs together, noticing a familiar warmth spreading through my crotch. She really had done a number on me. And what I did to Sephie earlier wasn’t helping it in the slightest.

I slowly rightened myself up again, my mind still racing with fantasies. Sephie’s hot naked body squirming beneath me, her wet slit clenching down on my fingers embedded inside her. That one moan kept reverberating around my head. Then Nydia, pinning me down into the plush covers of a royal bed, forcefully spreading my legs and lowering her smug mouth on my lower lips, her fangs lightly grazing against my flesh.

Then my fantasies concocted something truly unfair. Me, pinning Sephie against a wall, claiming her mouth with my own, kissing, making out, furiously. All while Nydia embedded herself inside me from behind, pressing my body close against Sephie’s.

I could practically feel her inside me, exploring my insides and… I shook my head and quickly pulled the hand back that had slipped through the side of my overall, down into my panties. Fuck I was such a mess… What had she done to me?

Although… it wasn’t such a bad fantasy…

I carefully checked the covers of the other beds and gently bit my lip when I’d made sure I was alone. Sephie and Nydia were on their date and Ashe was… somewhere, probably stealing stuff. I slipped out of my overall and climbed up into my bunk.

The soft covers, the residue heat of the bath and the warmth Nydia left me with… I was lulled into the need for release. It was really just… circumstance, nothing else, obviously.

Slowly, I pulled down my partially soaked panties, freeing my needy pussy. Gods I was pulsing with need. I gently traced one of fingers between my folds and immediately shuddered from the sensation. I slid them down and up again, pulling some of my juices up to my clit. My fingers trailed circles around the pleasurable button before pinching it. My back arched, grinding myself against she source of the pleasure. More. I rubbed myself against my grinding hips, riding up my pleasure while my mind slowly fogged over.

My surroundings faded further and further into the background until there was just the pleasure. I pressed my middle finger against my hole and with just a little bit of pressure it slipped inside cleanly. A loud moan escaped my lips and I continued grinding against my hand, my thumb pressing tightly against my clit while my middle finger pumped my insides, searching around for the right spot. That one spot fantasy-Nydia had immediately found when she pushed me into Sephie.

I imagined the devilish woman sat between my legs, pumping me full with her fingers. It wasn’t quite the same feeling as the one in the fantasy, but it still got me going fast. I quickly turned into a moaning mess, my juices soaking the bedsheets below. Half the inn could probably hear me by now, but I didn’t care anymore. I needed this. I needed to feel it inside me.

My body started shaking harder and harder, my grinding becoming needier and needier as I felt my orgasm approaching. My mind focussed back on the fantasy. I concentrated on the sensation of Sephie’s tongue intertwined with my own, the taste of her mouth, her squirming, trembling body, then the fantasy trailed over to Nydia’s fingers inside me, they pushed deep inside me, exploring my soaking wet pussy for that one spot.

I slipped another finger in myself and focussed on that same sensation, seeking out that same spot. I reached far inside me until the feeling from my fantasy and my own fingers joined in on that same spot, pressing hard against my squelching walls. I immediately buckled and spasmed. Rocking my fingers back and forth against the spot while I rode out that shaking orgasm. I flood of release crawled through me, loosening and tightening me up at the same time.

With one last raspy moan, I collapsed into the soaked covers.

I’m gonna need to take another bath, aren’t I?