Stoella couldn't help but laugh, "Gee thanks Captain, I WAS trying to play coy."  The two men laughed along with her, telling Doxi that Stoella's acting wasn't very good apparently.<br/><br/>Making her way to the lower levels of the temple it didn't take Doxi long to find the room that her mother and new friends were in.  Like most rooms in the temple of Shoni, it was comfortably appointed, just shy of luxurious.  The room was large, and while not directly below the courtyard, there was a skylight  in the ceiling that let light shine in from the walls around the courtyard.  By far it was close enough for the two priestesses and two priests, along with High Priestess Pas that were in the room to channel the primal energy down from the courtyard above when the orgy got underway.  Marek stood nearby, behind High Priestess Pas, nude save a band of metal wrapped around the base of his cock.  The silver cockring etched with holy symbols sacred to Shoni.  His cock, semi turgid was impressively thick and large, even when not fully erect.  High priestess Pas as well as the other four holy men and women were similarly attired in nothing but holy symbols and mystical jewelry<br/><br/>However the in the center of the room lay Vera.  Tied to a bed spread eagle with silk ropes, she looked like she was fully awake again.  Stripped nude, but with her body painted with holy sigils, she was moaning and sliding around on the bed.  She didn't seem to be in pain or suffering, but was to be eying Marek's cock with unabashed lust.  From Doxi's viewpoint she could see the woman's slit as she was bound to the bed, it was red and swollen with lust and desire, and already the bed right under her ass was moist with the juices from the woman's arousal.<br/><br/>Talking to High Priestess Pas, dressed in a ceremonial robe, and nothing else was Matron Sera.  Doxi could feel that urge again, the curse's insidious drive.  Despite just spending the last few hours satisfying several worshipers, she felt her own desire rising again.  By the holy union of the gods this curse was powerful.  Matron Sera finally saw Doxi and hustled over, "Captain, the high priestess has just informed me that she thinks there's another chance to break the curse."<br/><br/>High Priestess Pas came over, her nipples hard, be it from lust or from the fine mithril chain pinching her nipples and dangling between her breasts, it didn't matter.  She rest one hand on the Matron's shoulder and said, "I made the mistake about telling her of the ritual of Tes'kenestal."   Doxi's mother said softly.<br/><br/>Doxi wracked her brain for a moment, feeling like she should know that ritual, but drawing a blank.  It must not be one she'd ever preformed or participated in, that in itself gave her pause.  But then she realized the setup in this room.  The spread eagle bound woman, cursed.  The 'stud' with magical implements, even the mother, wearing nothing but a robe.  She wasn't quite sure exactly what the ritual entailed but she remembered it was something about 'sharing the curse' some how?<br/><br/>Matron Sera looked happy and said, "The high priestess said that if I'm willing to take on the curse, it will be half as strong on my daughter, and then they might be able to break it.  Break it fully.  She might be able to return to a perfectly normal life.  It's worth the risk of taking on a part of the curse myself if I can cure my daughter isn't it?"<br/><br/>Pas looked uncertain and unhappy.  "I told her that it's risky.  That we can mostly break it, that she can live a mostly normal life with only the lustful urges if we 'bend' the curse.  But if we 'share' the curse, there's no promise that it might not jump up to full power in Sera.  So yes, we'd be breaking the curse in Vera only to have it live in her mother.  I don't think it's worth that, do you daughter?"   Pas was referencing Doxi directly, and Sera didn't seem surprised so she obviously knew somehow.<br/><br/>Matron Sera turned back to Doxi and said, "Please, it's my choice to make.  If I can help my daughter return to a normal life, I'd gladly take on the curse.   Besides, it's not guaranteed, it's only a chance.  There's also a chance that once the curse is fully broken in Vera, it will disappear in me too."<br/><br/>The two women, Matron Sera, and Doxi's mother looked at her with determination in their eyes.  It was obvious that they were both rather set in their decisions.  Pas would obviously preform whichever ritual that Matron Sera decided on, but was favoring the safer of the two, where as the Matron was hoping for the riskier option.  Obviously the two women were looking for Doxi to weigh in with her opinion.