Hey ho...soz for the monster long post, im unable to write any other types )<br/><br/>A cold sneer slipped across the succubus face as she looked down upon the party from high atop one of the many turrets that lined the outer Keep  where the shadows concealed her from view of the odd band of would be hero's down below.<br/><br/>In truth it had been merely  an accident that she had felt the plume of enchantment that had signaled a subtitle working taking place within the walls.<br/>Looking up at the sky i shifted my sight to its deeper state and saw the dome of magic cascading over the sky like an invisible web that encompassed the grounds.<br/><br/>Its had been on a whim long before when i had cast the thread like net across the keep so that i could detect any use of magic within the castle grounds but with that fool of a lord using his powers in such large ways, the sensor net at all but been worthless because of the constant hum of magic that his deception enchantment caused as it affected the minds of the people within the castle.<br/><br/><br/>As i looked down and saw the large green lizard like creature turn his head upwards i retreated deeper into the shadows just inc ase he felt me there as a prickle of dread flowed through me again as my mind tried to return me back to that forest and the golden scaled dragon that waited there.<br/><br/>Five times in less than an hour id seen flashes of those slitted eyes peering back at me from the depths of mirrors and other reflective objects around the castle, what had unnerved me was that every time i glimpsed those eyes, they were staring out at me from my own face, as if someone else were looking out form my eyes.<br/><br/>I had felt the small flow of energy and the tinkling sound that was made when my detection barrier reacted to the intrusion not long after i had left room that i had hidden in and out of curiosity because Xeron only used large enchantments i had followed it to the stables where i ahd felt it bloom suddenly as  a large odd green pipe had sprung up before discharging that annoying little shelled reptile like creature.<br/><br/>Oh how i longed to rip that staff from her hands and punish her for such insolence as attack me but when the others had followed her into the open id paused on the brink of sounding the alarm as i saw the familiar dragon whelp that can come with them and knew him as one of the royal families loyal retainers.<br/><br/><br/>And so i sneered as i watched them pass into the castle and decided that perhaps i could find some enjoyment in letting them go on their way for a time, after all if Lord Xeron could not handle these minor fools then he had no right to rule over the place.<br/><br/><br/>Folding myself down into the form of a sparrow i winged my way over to the upper windows of the throne room and fluttered down before Lord Xeron as i changed back to my more seductive body as i said<br/><br/>"my Lord, the minister is coming but it shall take another half hour for the guard to get him here, ive sent a royal escort to ensure that no one tried to prevent him from getting here, i knew you would need him unharmed so i felt that it was wise to do so even if it does take a little longer"<br/><br/><br/>Drawing back wards out of reverence i walk around lord Xeron to take his place and looked deep into the eyes of the pathetic dragoness that he was preparing to take as his bride, but instead of seeing the fear that i had expect from one who was trapped in her own body all i saw was the same slitted eye that had hounded me this past hour.<br/><br/>as i took my place behind the thrones and stared at the back of this womans head i my thoughts began to race "Was it my own imagination.......was it some sort of trick, no wait, this had all started after i had entered this bitches mind to take control of her, did she do something to me.<br/><br/>Growling under my breath in hatred i close my eyes and dive forcefully passed her flesh as my mind joined with hers and the image of my body took form in the realm of thoughts on the ethereal plain as i opened my eye to stand before this weakling that now lay chain and naked to a stone pillar in a field of roiling storms.<br/><br/>She seemed barely conscious.<br/><br/>She didn't even have time to react as i back handed her brutally then force her eyes to meet mine as i close my hand upon her throat and say in a dangerous voice...<br/><br/>"what have you done to me little child empress"<br/><br/>(any chance that we can work the visit to the princess's parents and the conformation between the succubus and Crystal into the time that it will take for the minister to get to the throne room