Succubus Summoning: An Urban Fantasy HaremLit Adventure by Julie Law

Author:Julie Law [Law, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

When I got home, I couldn’t help but feel some of the exhaustion from the day clinging to me. More in a mental manner than physically.

Despite Lila’s summoning and the pursue, my body was still pristine. Physically, I could have kept going for a long time. Emotionally, it was a bit different. I had been so close to Nicole, almost close enough to taste it, and whoever took her managed to escape with her. I would have taken other precautions if I hadn’t been so arrogant.

It wasn’t exactly easy for me to think about what I could have done differently. Maybe tried to cloak our presence somehow, but I had never been good with those kinds of magics. Still, what little I could do was better than nothing and might have stopped our enemy from detecting us or only allowed them to do it when we were closer, and escape was no longer an option.

As it was, I couldn’t help but feel guilty that Nicole remained a prisoner.

I shouldn’t feel so attached to her.

I had reflected on that since I realized she was gone. I went over it but never dared to join all those little thoughts. I shouldn’t feel so attached to Nicole. I barely knew her, having met her for the first time less than a year before, and for most of that time, all my interactions with her were greetings and goodbyes, perhaps the odd little bit of talk otherwise.

Until I allowed her to discover I was a mage, we hadn’t had a real talk, which had only happened a week ago. That alone was a problem, though. I only let her know that because I wanted her to know. I was attracted to her and wanted more than I had with her.

Part of it was loneliness. I might try to hide and ignore it, but it was the truth. I had been hiding in Greenford for close to fourteen months. I meant to lay low and never allow anyone to get a hint of what I could do. Anonymity would protect me, and those I loved, and anything that might make people interested in me should have been discouraged.

And yet, I still involved myself with Nicole. I still promised to teach her some of the basics of summoning even after I discovered the vampire clan in the area seemed to have a specific interest in her, even faced them over it.

If I had just ignored what Nicole was doing studying those books, I wouldn’t have been involved in all of this; I wouldn’t have used as much magic as I did and attracted the attention I did. I wouldn’t have summoned a succubus.

Too late for that now. And it was certainly too late to back down. I would never forgive myself if I left town and ignored Nicole’s plight. No, it was too late for that. I would get her back, make sure she was safe, and then leave after ensuring the vampires wouldn’t mess with her.

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