First Contracts: (Summoned by Monster Girls Book 1) by M. Tress

Author:M. Tress [Tress, M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M. Tress LLC
Published: 2025-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

I stayed with Kassandra for another half hour before Rieka returned to check on her. Kassandra had fallen asleep with a smile on her face while curled up in my arms. I spent the time studying my interface and inspecting the new options that appeared. Rieka promised to check in with me if there were any problems and was in the middle of explaining the chaos that my entry had caused when the System sent me back to Earth. The first time that had happened actually, as the girls normally sent me back manually.

Unfortunately, I left my clothes behind when I vanished off Kass’s sofa.

By the time that I made it back to Earth, both Cerebaton and Cariad had already left. I hadn’t expected them to hang around, so it wasn’t all that surprising. Landing bare ass on the wooden floor of the gazebo was really surprising, though. I will admit, I panicked a bit at what had happened until I made the connection that the mana for the summon must have run out.

Having to streak back to the apartment made me glad of two things. The first was the late hour. Because of it, no one was around to see me. The second was that while my clothes got left behind in the other world, since I’d taken them off, my keys had not been. The fact that I landed on them when I fell over in the gazebo was not my proudest moment, but it definitely ensured I didn’t leave them or my wallet behind.

It wasn’t until I got home and had a chance to think that I realized I could have sent a message to either of the daemons and they would have likely been able to get me some clothes. The fact that Cerebaton and Cariad seemed to take quite a bit of delight in popping into existence without warning and vanishing just as mysteriously was something that I’d been getting used to after my practice sessions and the various meetings I’d had with them. Cerebaton seemed to take particular delight in finding ways to vanish like he was auditioning for the role of a bat-themed masked avenger.

As late as it was when I got back, I was still pretty wired from the mixture of adrenaline and relief that came from rushing to Kassandra’s aid and having to kick a door in. I was doing my best to not dwell on the lengthy snuggle I’d had with Kassandra to help bring her body temperature back up to a safe range.

Sitting in my dingy living room in a pair of workout shorts I’d grabbed off the floor of my room, I stared up at the ceiling and turned over what had occurred that night already. I’d nearly not been strong enough to carry Kassandra to where she could get warm again. I had been practicing as often as I could with my powers, but it almost hadn’t been enough.

But it was enough this time, I reminded myself.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.