Nights of Babylon

Disclaimer: Alexander doesn't belong to me.

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Chapter 29 - Evil plans

The magnificent palace of Babylon had no resemblance to her rustic domicile in Pella. No need to say that olympias was

extremely pleased with her new home. Finally she lived in a place worth her after she had endured years of privation in

Phillip's simple estate.

She followed Bagoas to her rooms, taking in the details of the richly decorated palace. Beautiful marble statues lined the

light corridors, colourful paintings adorned the walls, and the colonnades were graced with arabesques. Her bedchamber was

wide and beautifully decorated, the furniture of fine quality, and her bathroom was a dream of black marble freckled with

gold.

"Do you need anything, Mylady?", Bagoas asked shyly. He couldn't say why but he was afraid of his master's mother. She was

for sure a beautiful woman, her skin smooth and fresh despite her age. If Bagoas hadn't known that she was Alexander's mother

he wouldn't have guessed her older than the king himself. Although she was beautiful there was no warmth in her eyes or her

smile. Bagoas didn't know her but he instinctly felt that she was a cruel and heartless vixen. The basket she carried along

with her and hadn't allowed anybody to touch did make him nervous. He could have sworn there moved something in it, something

which made strange hissing sounds.

"Make sure my luggage is brought to my room.", Olympias ordered coolly. "And take special care of the green basin, the one

ornated with snakes."

Bagoas nodded and hurried from the room. He was happy to have an excuse to leave her presence.

Meanwhile Olympias set down the basket she had carried herself. She didn't want anybody to come close to her sweet darling

pets. She opened the basket and reached in to take one of her little beauties out of it. She loved snakes, always had. There

were rumours that the women of her family were related to the famous Medusa. Many thought that these were only stories, but

Olympias knew better. There was a hint of the truth in every story.

The snake's golden brown skin felt warm and smooth beneath her touch. She kissed the viper's head softly, the slitted tongue

of the animal darting against her lips. "Now, what do you think of our new home? Do you like it? Yes, I bet you do. This is a

place for a queen, and that's what we both are, queens."

She placed the snake on the bed and the animal curled to a heap on the silken sheets. Olympia turned to free her other pets

when Bagoas returned with part of the queen's luggage. The lad froze in the doorway, staring at the snake on Olympias' bed.

All colour drowned from his face, a mask of fear. "Mylady, beware!", he cried out.

Olympias chuckled, amused. "Don't be silly. She won't hurt me. I can't say the same for you, though." She freed another snake

from the basket. "Now, get my things ready, boy, and leave me alone."

Bagoas bowed and left.

"Ah, what a silly little catamite", Olympias told a yellowish green viper. He was one of her son's goodnight distractions

when Hephaistion was mad with him. Alexander spent far too much time fucking around with pretty men. He should have been

father by now himself. Olympias was here to remind him of his duties. But that was not the only reason.

Alexander believed that his mother came to Babylon to push him into a marriage - partly true.

He believed that when he had left Pella only his letters told his mother about his whereabouts and about what he did.

He was so sweetly naive sometimes.

Olympias knew almost everything Alexander or his sorry excuse for a lover, Hephaistion, did or said. She could see them

through her mirror, hear them, even smell them. And so due to her witchcraft Olympias had learned that Babylon held the key

to all her dreams.

She touched her smooth skin absent mindedly. Her youth she had kept due to her witchcraft. But all her powers couldn't keep

her from aging forever, wouldn't prevent her beauty from fading away until she was crumbled. Then she would die. And there

was nothing Olympias feared more.

But now her beloved son, probably the only living thing she truly loved except of herself, handed her the key to their

immortality. He just didn't know yet.

She strolled towards the green basin a servant had placed in the bathroom and filled it with water. Carefully she let two of

her pets slide into the water. They instantly rolled to a circle, one snake biting the other's tail. Immediately the smooth

surface of the water rippled, than smoothed again when the vision was caught.

Olympias raised an eyebrow in dismay when she caught the sight of Alexander and Hephaistion, both sharing a very private and

intimate moment somewhere at the shore of a river. She really had to do something about Hephaistion. This man kept

Alexander's thoughts busy - and his influence on him was greater than her own. She couldn't allow that.

But this wasn't what she was looking for. She concentrated on the ones she sought to see and the water rippled again. A few

images swam across the surface while she searched for her prey. Then she caught them. They were both sleeping. The male held

the female in a close embrace. Her head was resting on his chest.

When she first had caught sight of the winged creatures Olympias knew instantly what she was looking at. She had great

knowledge of ancient myths and legends and of the arcane spells of old. Still she had never expected to ever see a living

incubus or succubus.

At first she had been blinded by their beauty, but already her brain was working hard, remembering a ritual she had read

about years ago before Alexander's birth. The witch who had written down the lines had found a way to gain immortality. All

she needed was a couple of winged demons who shared a strong bond. When she first had read the words Olympias had sneered.

The demon brute loathed each other. Where could a witch ever find some who shared a bond? But there they were: Pups of the

same brood, twins, lovers, parents - and what stronger bond could there have been?

Olympias laughed menacingly. Alexander and she would rule the world, mother and son forever united by two demons' sacrifices.

All it took was the incubus' heart blood, spilled slowly in a ritual at the time of the full moon, every drop caught in a

goblet made of his beloved succubus' skull. She had never been so close to the fulfilling of all she had ever longed for and

for the first time in her life she felt truly happy.

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Serena moaned softly in her sleep. She felt perfectly comfortable, safe and warm, nestling herself deeper in the embrace she

was held in. She could have laid there forever, but the sensation of skin brushing gently against skin, the feeling of wet

and hot kisses on her neck and ears and a hard length pressing against her lower back made her stirr. Serena opened her

golden eyes, staring straight into a pair of fiery orbs, like a sea of liquid copper. Passion was burning within these eyes,

a fierce promise hidden within their blazing depths. The intensity of this gaze was consuming her and soon her body burnt

with unholy desire.

There was only one way to extinquish these flames.

She smiled at him and accepted his passionate kiss hungrily. Long had she waited for him to claim her body again, for the

cold to leave him, for his strength to return. Now there was no cold left in him only the heat of his long neglected

needs.

Kissing got rougher, their velvet tongues interwined in a sensual longlasting battle until both of them were breathless.

Serena gasped for air, giving in to the claim of dominance her brother made over her body. His hands trailed down her back,

cupping her buttocks, squeezing them none to gently. A sharp cry of pain and lust escaped the succubus' lewd mouth when his

claws dug into her soft flesh, drawing blood. His fangs scratched across the smooth skin of her neck, piercing into her flesh

softly. The crimson tears pearled down her ebony neck, each droplet caught greedily by his tongue. The taste of her was

intoxicating and sweet.

Her fingers entangled with his silken hair as Alexis kissed his way down her body, biting and sucking at her breasts and the

sensitive buds of her taut nipples. Her breath was ragged by now and so was his, her growing passion and the exquisite scent

of her moistness fomented the fire burning in his loins.

After his long and involuntary abstinence this was much more than Alexis could endure. A deep animalistic growl rose from his

chest. Time for slow tantalizing loveplay was over. He flung the dainty female around, pressing her prone form to the

mattress, the pillow swallowing her startled cry. Then he wound one arm around her slender waist, rising her ass, while her

face stayed pressed down.

Alexis vision blurred when he slammed into her as the tightness of her walls around him shot a sizzling sensation through his

body which made him tremble. Her pained cry and the following lustful moans fueled the consuming need within him. All reason

faded and made way to pure animalistic instincts. With fierce brutality he rammed into the female, pulling out of her full

length and sheathing his throbbing cock to the hilt over and over again.

He felt her buck against him, heard her cries of pain and ecstasy mingle with his growled moans and grunts. Her fragile form

shook beneath him when she was catapulted over the edge. A spasm ran through her inner muscles, squeezing his painfully erect

dick tightly. The sudden increase of friction finally gave him the relief he had sought.

Panting both demons collapsed to the bed.

"I hurt you", Alexis mumbled softly when he slowly began to lick the blood from the deep cuts his claws had caused at his

sister's hips. "Sorry."

"What are you appologizing for?", Serena grinned weakly. "I love it rough and brutal. You know that. Gods, I've been missing

the feeling of you inside me. I thought I'd go insane if I had to live without being properly screwed any longer."

"Are you feeling better now?"

"Hmmmmmm, yeah", Serena purred.

Alexis laughed, his golden eyes sparkling. "I don't mean the sex, Serena. You were worried about the pups when you came back

this morning, remember?"

Serena sat up, brushing her crimson tresses from her face. Her voice was unusally earnest. "It's better now you're well

again. Still, I feel weird. It's my first pregnancy - and hopefully the last. The reactions of my body frighten me. The

humans in this place frighten me. I don't like the way they look at me. I don't like the way they smell. During your

unconsciousness I often thought I'd lose control and kill one of them and it nearly drove me insane. And then, last night I

found out that I can't kill anymore." She sighed deeply. "I really hope the boy's alright."

"You hunted a human prey?", Alexis asked quietly.

"Please don't be angry with me", Serena begged. "I tried so much, but I failed. He was so yummy and I wanted him, but then

when it was time to claim his life I just couldn't do it. I thought of Hephaistion and I couldn't do it. I know it was wrong

to even try..." She started to cry.

"Hush, don't worry. It took me five years until I finally could control the beast. It's still a hard fight now -

sometimes."

"Really?", she sniffled.

He smiled reassuringly at her. "Really."

"If I didn't know Hephaistion I would never be able to resist", Serena thought aloud. "It's easier knowing a human I care

for."

"It most certainly is", Alexis answered, his lips brushing softly against her cheeks as he kissed her tears away. "Will you

accompany me to a hunt?", he asked after she had calmed down in his embrace.

"Hm, no, I don't feel well. No, don't worry. It's a pregnancy thing. I feel sick most of the time. And I have no appetite,

not for meat that is. It's really weird. I hate being big with young ones!" She rolled her eyes. "These silly brats don't

give me an easy going."

Alexis smiled at her, rubbing his nose against hers. He leaned down to kiss her already lightly swollen belly, tracing wet

circles around her navel with his tongue. Then he pressed his pointed ear to her skin, searching for the sound of the pups'

heartbeats. "There are two of them", he whispered tenderly, listening to the low drumming beat of the little hearts.

"Did you know that the pregnancy of human women takes nine months?", Serena asked, shuddering at the mere thought. "How can

they endure this? And they press their young ones out of their wombs. It is said to be awfully painful and it can take hours

until the baby is born." She chewed at her lower lip for a while, thinking about demon birth. After six months time the pups

would rip themselves free from their mother's womb with their razor sharp claws. Serena had seen such bloody events often

enough to be scared with no ends. Most succubi survived the procedure due to their immense constitution and healing

powers.

For the new born demons it was a mighty good thing that their mother was wounded and helpless for a few days. Otherwise the

infants would never get breastfeed. The mother would slay her brute at once. Then, after two or three days the eyes of the

babies would open and they could leave their mother. If they were smart, they didn't return.

Serena wondered if she would be able to care for her little ones like human mothers did. When she was small she often had

wished for some signs of acceptance from her mum which was never granted. But maybe she was different. The siblings were

special not only because twins were rare, but also because usually the stronger twin killed the weaker one. Alexis had

protected her from the beginning. She hadn't even been strong enough to care for herself after her first two days. And if

Alexis hadn't dragged her along she would have stayed with her mother and she would have killed her.

"Don't be afraid", Alexis whispered to her ear as if he had read her thoughts. "We will be fine, all four of us. We're not

like the others of our kind. We've never been."

She snuggled to his chest and he kissed the top of her head. "I will stay with you", he said. "Nearchus sure can find

something to eat for me."

"No, it's o.k. You can go for a hunt. You haven't been out of this room for two weeks. You need some exercise. I'll be

fine.", she urged him.

"You're sure?"

She nodded. "I won't stay away for long", Alexis promised. Serena was right. He needed to fly. His muscles felt stiff and he

was longing for the freedom of the nightsky. So he kissed his sister goodbye and took of to the star dotted firmament.

A short time after he was gone Serena felt her stomach rumble. Suddenly she was extremely hungry. She needed to get some

food. So she strolled out of the room in search for a dinner for three.

Little did she know how lucky she was.

The moment she disappeared around the corner Cleitus, Cassander, Parmenion and Philotas appeared at the far end of the

corridor, heading for the demons' room, their weapons drawn.

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