Risky business

Sannl and I have been together for three months now. And though she is almost constantly busy we always find time to be together whether it's staying at home and doing nothing or visiting one another before, during, or after work. She would often see me off before I had to embark on another journey at sea. I would occasionally come into the shop for weapon and armor repairs after dealing with another mercenary job. Today, however, she mentioned that she wanted to try something and told me to come to the shop at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. So I arrived to see the shop closed and wondered where she might have been.

I looked around the outside of the shop to try and find her, "Sannl? Honey? Where are you?" just then the front door creaked open and I was yanked inside, "Shane you spoon licking dunce! If the shop says it's closed assume you have to knock!" "Ow...sorry, it's just the first time I've seen it clo-what in the allfathers' names are you wearing?" Looking at her attire it seemed as though she was wearing nothing at all except of course for her leather apron, and it would also seem that my assumption was correct. She bit her bottom lip while giving me a mischievous smile, "Well, we've been together for a good few months now and I wanted to surprise you in just...this, and I was waiting patiently on the table there when I heard you LOUDLY ANNOUNCE THAT I'M STILL POSSIBLY IN HERE!" she quieted down and took a breath, "however, you're here now...and I want you to take me, right here, right now."

I bit my lip and looked out the window to make sure no one was tempted to come in, "yeah...yeah let's do this." I said frantically taking off my shirt, as I was struggling to do such a simple task I felt Sannl fiddling with my belt, "Ach, damned buckle...there we go." before we did anything I leaned down for a kiss. Her lips were as soft as silk, and I could sense the taste of honey. I quickly turned her around and placed my hands under the apron to touch the smooth muscular figure of this gorgeous dwarven woman, from her stomach to her breasts, to her thighs.

As my hands worked on her body she took one of her many small straps of leather and haphazardly tied her hair into a bun, as she did I began to kiss her cheeks, she giggled as she struggled to try and tie up her hair so it wouldn't bother her, "How about you stop teasing me and get it over with Crowfeather?" I laughed as I picked her up and carried her to a nearby table, "You ready?" I asked her, she bit her lip and nodded, a bright red blush across her face. When I started I heard her say, "Oh, OW!" "you alright?" I asked, "Y-yes. Sorry, just not used to humans...or anyone at all for that matter." "So this is your first time?" she nodded, "yeah...but I'm glad it's with you, someone I love." I smiled as I kissed her more gently this time, our bodies becoming intertwined at this moment, and all seemed to be going well until we heard a knock on the door.

We then heard a voice, "Oi! Sannl? You in there?" "Oh….shite!" she said quietly, "I am not having this ruined for me, stay low and follow me to the forge." I nodded and followed her to the forge, she then closed and locked the door behind us, "now...where were we?" she said seductively taking off the apron. I smiled as we continued where we left off, though it was a little harder to do so in this hot closed-off room with only one window that we can't open. However, it didn't stop me from enjoying the moment with the woman I loved. Through a puddle of sweat, deep heavy breathing from a lack of fresh air, and muffled moans we both reached our ends and enveloped each other in a lasting passionate kiss.

"By the gods...that was incredible…" she said standing up slowly, she walked over to a cabinet and put on some clothes, "might as well get your clothes off the floor in the main room eh?" I laughed as I sat up. I felt a wave of cool air hit me as she opened the door back up. Sannl handed me back my clothes and kept an eye out for passers-by so they wouldn't see me in such a compromising position. Once we were both clothed we snuck out the back door and took deep breaths of the cool fresh air, instead of gulping down hot, humid air from the forge. "Well...that was...pretty exciting eh?" Sannl said twiddling her thumbs, "Yeah...it sort of was." We stood next to one another for a solid minute in silence, "You...you wanna do it again?" she said. "Without a doubt." in an instant we ran back inside and back into the forge for another round.

For the following weeks, we eventually became bolder and bolder with this action. Once one of the many guards was purchasing a sword, meanwhile behind the door to the forge Sannl and I were quietly having some fun, and by some strange magic, she would always sound normal whenever she would respond to questions or even ask if they needed help. One minute she's biting and pursing her lips to keep from moaning too loud, the next she'll say something along the lines of, "you need any help lass?" and not even have a problem.

However, our fun would come to a close when I got a job offer to assassinate a noble for 4000 platinum. In a city on the far northern end of where the black mountain of the north is. The city is known as Trila. Famously known as the city of passion and pleasure. It's known as a city of artists, singers, songwriters, playwrights, authors, dancers, performers of all kinds, however this noble threatens this passionate way of life in the city and wishes to see it come to an empire like order, to outlaw the arts and shut down theaters and the many, MANY brothels and bordellos in the city and have it all become dull and grey. In the letter I directly received from the mayor of the city it seems as though this noble is secretly quite the hypocrite as he has been seen multiple times entering these various brothels in the dead of night only to leave at the first sign of light.

I would have to sail. It would be a long journey that would take a month and a half to achieve. When I received the letter I informed Voyage of the deed and told her to make sure we have plenty of supplies. Meanwhile, I made my way towards Sannl's shop, "Darling! How are you doing this fine afternoon my dear?" she said excitedly, "Well, I'm doing pretty good my dear, though I have to tell you something." "Oh, are you going away?" "no...YES, sorry, I have to go to the city of Trila for work."

Her eyes widened, "Trila? The Trila with all the…" "yes that Trila. But don't worry, I'll be gone only for about a month and a half or so." she gave me a soft smile as I held her hands, "When do you have to leave?" she asked, "early tomorrow morning if possible." she bit her bottom lip and nodded, "well, since I won't be seeing you for quite some time, maybe we could have a night to ourselves at your house? Just...one last time?" I smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "Of course. I'll meet you back home at around say, seven o'clock?" she smiled wide and nodded, "wonderful I'll meet you there." I gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before heading back home.

As seven o'clock rolled around I prepared some warm mead for us to drink. Just then I heard a knock at my door, "Sannl, you made it on time. Please come in." We spent most of the night chatting away, sitting in front of the warm fire, and holding one another close. "Shane?" "yes?" "do...do you think this job will be dangerous?" I chuckled a little, "no, no I don't think so. The noble I'm tasked with killing isn't guarded at all, mainly because Trila is the least dangerous city in the land." "and how do you plan to...you know..." I took a sip of the last bit of mead I had and thought for a moment, "You know I don't know. I guess I'll have to come up with something when I get there." "hmm…"

The rest of the night I couldn't stop thinking about Sannl's questions. She was never this worried before, why was she so worried now? I wanted to ask her but before I said a word she sat on my lap and held my face in both her hands, "just promise me you'll be safe like always...ok?" I nodded. "Good." she then gave me a quick kiss on the lips, then another, and another, and another until her soft lips were practically attached to mine. I then slowly put my hands under her shirt as I felt her muscular body tense quickly, "Ah jeez...you hands are cold…" she said before moving on to kiss my neck. I laughed as I picked her up and carefully took her into the master bedroom.

From there we continued to make love late into the night, and when the first light began to show, I awoke to see her there deep in slumber. I softly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and gave her another quick kiss on the cheek. "I love you." With that, I quietly put my clothes back on and took all my supplies to meet Voyage and the rest of the crew to set off on our journey.