Friday, July 20th

Cape Neddick, Maine

Olivia awoke abruptly and sat up in bed, gingerly removing Rye’s arm in the process. She stared at the dresser looking at the things lying there, and then suddenly had the thought that she did not remember taking her birth control pill. How could she have forgotten that? She thought back to earlier in the evening. She and Rye had watched a movie down in the family room and she’d fallen asleep. Rye had carried her upstairs to bed and then she’d woken up not long after he had turned on the t.v. to watch Jay Leno and they’d made love.

Getting out of bed quietly, she walked to the dresser but realized she did not see her packet of pills. As quietly as possible she moved her bottles of perfume, her handbag, her jewelry but the packet wasn’t anywhere. Then she looked on the floor, thinking maybe it was knocked off and had possibly got kicked under the dresser, but though she searched she couldn’t find it.

She stood back up and made a mental note to call her Dr. in the morning to get the pills replaced and then turned and made her way back to the bed. In a few minutes she had fallen back to sleep...

A woman suddenly appeared in a corner of the room. Her face wore the tiniest trace of a smile and she walked to the dresser and placed an object she was holding in her hand, carefully down on the smooth, shiny surface. Then she turned and walked slowly over to the bed.

Whispering the words that only a deity could understand, silvery shimmering strands floated from her to Olivia who was deep in sleep, totally unconscious of anything happening to her.

As the strands left Deianera’s body, her own image disappeared and finally all traces of her own visage was gone. She had successfully, amalgamated inside of her host’s body. The robe she had been wearing, now laying on the floor, shimmered and then disappeared.

Now that Deianera was melded with her host she thought back to earlier in the evening to what had brought her to this very moment.....

As Deianera waited for the hour to arrive and as it drew closer, Hekate had suddenly appeared in her chambers.

“Mother!” Deianera said, “I thought we were not leaving until midnight!” But then Deianera saw that there was someone with her.

“Father!” Deianera cried, delight replacing the momentary confusion her face.

Dionysus held out his arms, his face full of love as Deianera ran and catapulted herself into his arms. “How I have missed you!” she said as they hugged.

“I have missed you too, my daughter,” Dionysus replied and then gently pushed her away and held her at arm’s length. “But what is this I hear from your mother about this very dangerous and foolhardy plan of yours?”

Deianera pulled away and then turned and looked at her mother, disbelief written all over her face.

“You told father about my plan?” Deianera said, anger lighting her features.

“I had to Deianera,” Hekate replied. “It was my last attempt to try and find a way to make you see that if you proceed with this plan of yours, you may jeopardize the welfare of many who are involved in this.”

Deianera turned and walked away from her parents to the arched window on the far side of the room. After staring out at the lovely forest that separated her property from her mother’s she turned and said, “I told you mother and I am telling you father, that NOTHING is going to keep me from carrying out my plan. I must have the mortal even if only for a night. To try and talk me out of this will be pointless,” she said, a determined and stubborn look on her beautiful face. Then she said, “You know very well neither of you possess the power to stop me from achieving my goal.”

Hekate and Dionysus were silent for a brief moment and then Hekate said, “Very well. If you insist on carrying out this foolish and dangerous mission, I will tell you now that your father has some important information that you need to know.”

Deianera turned fully then and walked back to the God of Wine and Fertility.

“What is this information father?” she asked, curiosity evident in her eyes.

“I attended a meeting, earlier this evening,” Dionysus told her. “Be aware that most of the higher deities know, due to a new prophecy appearing, that a Goddess is up to no good. You will be watched my daughter. If you expect this plan of yours to succeed you will have to find ways of not being seen. ”

Although Deianera had no real knowledge of this she said, “I know father. I was not born yesterday, I realize we are being watched.”

“Did you also know that Gaea’s watchdogs, the trees and other flora are watching the both of you?”

Deianera suddenly remembered when she had walked through the forest, on her way to her mother’s earlier. How it seemed the trees and the birds were watching her. However she remained silent.

“Did you also know,” Dionysus continued, “that if you attempt to go to Earth’s current time frame, the Goddess Nyx will be watching and reporting back to the higher Gods?” he finished.

“How do you know all of this?” Deianera asked him, suddenly feeling a bit unsure.

“When the meeting adjourned,” Dionysus replied, “instead of leaving, I hid behind a wall, unseen from the others and I listened to what was said. Kronos, at Zeus’ command, is having you watched my daughter and both Gaea and Nyx will be involved in reporting back to him your every move,” he warned.

This was a definite setback to her plan as it stood now, Deianera thought. After a moment she turned to Hekate and said, “Then we need to put our heads together and find a suitable cloaking spell mother.”

“Unfortunately, I agree,” Hekate returned. The older goddess started pacing then as her mind went over possible strategies. “Were it not for the rather short power of the invisibility spell I would suggest you using that,” she said. “But we need something more powerful, at least something that will last much longer. Possibly a shape shifter spell might work. I need to consult my book,” she finished.

And so the three deities quickly left the room and headed for Hekate’s palace to find the spell necessary in order for Deianera to be undetected by Zeus’ and Kronos’ spies.

Deianera felt much anxiety as they only had a short amount of time before she would be leaving for earth. They had to find a perfect spell, they just had to.

Friday, July 20th

Whitstable Kent, England

Dane and Ronnie, arriving at her Aunt’s bed and breakfast, both piled out of their rented car and then Dane went to the trunk and took out their luggage.

As they walked up to the door, a dark haired woman came out and cried, “Ronnie!” She held out her slim arms as Ronnie dropped her suitcase and ran into them. The two women hugged as Ronnie said, “Aunt Sara! How I’ve missed you!” They hugged again and then Ronnie said turning, “Auntie I would like you to meet my friend, Dane Bliss.”

“Welcome Dane,” the slim forty something year old woman said, “Ronnie’s told me a lot about you! But she didn’t tell you were THAT Dane. You’re from that rock group Bon Vincent.” She delivered that with a wide smile on her rather worn face. “My daughter Coleen is totally into your little music group.”

Dane nearly laughed at her description of the band. Little music group, he thought? He said, “Well is your daughter here? I enjoy meeting the fans when I’m able.”

But Sara explained that her 18 year old daughter, Coleen, was over in Ireland right now visiting her grandfather.

Then she turned and called, “Kate! Come! We have guests.”

When no one appeared she said, “Where is that slovenly girl anyway?”

She reached down and picked up a couple of suitcases as Dane and Ronnie did the same. As they headed inside Sara explained that she’d hired a new girl to help with her guests. The only problem was, she said, was that the girl was a bit lazy, and Sara had on more than one occasion found her napping in her room.

They entered the house and Dane stared. The interior was immaculate, and very appealing with wood beams and various other woodwork along with old world paintings on several of the walls. They were in a large foyer and off to one side was a staircase, its banister polished cherry wood.

The woman started climbing the stairs then as the other two followed.

At the top they headed down a long hallway and passed several doors and at the end of the hall was a door, that said Musician’s Suite.

Sara opened the door and then picked up the suitcases and took them inside.

Dane and Ronnie followed her in and Dane set his luggage down and then looked around and whistled. He said, “This is definitely cool.”

The queen sized bed had white bedclothes on it with a red satin comforter folded at the bottom. The walls were off white, but various pictures displaying musical instruments, everything from guitars to pianos, drums, horns and others, were on several of the walls. The carpeting was an off white furry number which Ronnie remembered as being very soft on her naked feet the last time she’d stayed in the room.

Dane walked up to a large picture of an electric guitar, and stared. “This is a picture of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar isn’t it?” he asked as the older woman fussed with a vase holding beautiful roses that had been sitting on a table in the corner of the room.

“Yes,” Sara replied. “It was done by a local artist who actually managed to buy that particular guitar at an auction over thirty years ago.”

She then said, walking over to them both, “If you need anything just yell. I have to go now and take care of my other guests. Look around the place and the grounds if you’d like.” She pecked Ronnie on the cheek and then walked to the door where she turned and said, “Oh and dinner will be at 6 this evening.”

She smiled at them both and then went out the door.

Ronnie had started unpacking her suitcase placing her clothing in the closet and in the drawers of the large triple dresser and as Dane opened his suit case, he said, “I like your Aunt Sara, Ron. She seems like a down to earth, no nonsense type yet warm and friendly!”

Ronnie smiled and said she could tell that her Aunt liked him as well. They both finished their unpacking then and afterwards left the room to explore a bit. Ronnie said she wanted to show him a special place as the both of them walked downstairs.

******

After the three deities arrived at Hekate’s palace, the sorceress looked in her great book of magic. It took her quite some time but at last she had found the spell she had been looking for. It was called the Cloaking Device 2 Spell.

This particular spell would render the deity invisible, not only that, it would last for whatever length of time the user needed it to. It had further use in the fact that it also had a built in effect that the user would be alerted if another deity was in close proximity. The only drawback to using this spell, was that on two different occasions it had actually failed.

The first time it had failed was when Hekate had provided the spell for another deity who needed to go to earth and not be seen in order to amalgamate with a mortal of his choice. Kronos was not able to accompany the God being called away on other business, and so was not able to simply stop time. The spell had failed at the very last and others, mortal men had seen the deity shortly before he’d started to amalgamate with his host and for the entire process.

The next day, Kronos had been required to step in and put memory spells on those three mortals who had witnessed the deity having appeared right before their very eyes.

The second time was when Hekate had used magic against an immortal so that she could have the immortal’s lover as her own. The spell had failed mid way and she had been caught. Which is how she ended up serving a sentence in the underworld.

So even though the spell had been used plenty of times in between the first and last time and had been successful, there were two written accounts of it having failed. That meant it was a bit risky to use.

Hekate searched for other spells and after a long while, Deianera who had been sitting there tapping her foot impatiently said, “Mother surely you must have found something of use by now! We have very little time left!”

Hekate sighed and then hesitated saying, “I have only been able to find one spell my dear. It is the Cloaking Device Number 2.” She explained all that she knew about it.

“Well then let us use that one. After all,” Deianera said, “the occasions the spell was used successfully far outweigh the two other times where it failed, so it is my opinion we must risk it Mother.”

Hekate hesitated but after a moment she realized her daughter was right. They would have to risk it, even though she knew that if it failed the consequences would be dire.

Hekate shut her book, and Dionysus who was sitting there silently not saying anything spoke then. “I hope you know what you are doing, the both of you,” as the three stood in preparation for the first spell.

“Don’t worry father,” Deianera told him. “Everything will work out fine, you will see.”

However, Dionysus’ face looked worried as Hekate invoked the cloaking spell on Deianera and after a moment his daughter vanished right in front of their faces.

Dionysus stared at the space where his daughter had stood, and then said, “Deianera?”

But there was no reply. For Deianera had already left for Kronos’s estate.

******

Deianera arriving at the veil of mist on the other side of the sea quickly stepped through and hurried to the house. Passing through the wall she made her way to Kronos’ study.

There was no one in the room for which she was relieved to find out and walking quickly to one of the blocks she passed her hand over the controls of the same block she had stood at before. Although the screen was dark, suddenly it showed Bon and Alexandria, naked lying on top of the sheets, fast asleep their arms and legs intertwined. Ignoring the feelings of jealousy she felt seeing her beloved naked with another woman, she pressed the button to advance a frame. She then saw Olivia and Rye sleeping spoon fashion, Rye’s arm around Olivia’s waist, his hand cupping one breast.

Invoking a spell which would reveal the coordinates, in a split second the information was displayed on the screen. Deianera turned and hurried across the room to the door on the far side.

She entered the doorway and closed it softly behind her. She had never been in this room before, though her mother had described it to her. But the word room did not exactly apply, she thought. For there were no other walls other than the one the door was on. The floor was made of some glassy shiny reflective material and spanned across a good sized area. The only object in the room was on the far side which was a staircase made of rough stone and at the top stood a door frame housing a cylindrical object. In the center of the doorway were multi colored light waves shimmering and pulsating in and out. Deianera realized this was the portal.

She ran lithely across the floor and hurriedly mounted the stairs. There was a set of buttons on the side of the portal’s frame, much like earth’s version of a calculator which she had learned about when she had stayed in the Underworld. She had studied about earth and it’s scientific innovations and technology from the scrolls that were written daily. It helped pass the time and made it not quite so tedious and boring.

She keyed in the year, day, time and address of the travel coordinates and afterward a green light lit on the controls. According to what her mother told her, this meant the data was now logged and she could depart.

However Deianera had one more spell to perform. Speaking some ritual words the portal suddenly disappeared, then after a second, reappeared again. Now it was invisible except to her eyes. She had invoked the simple invisibility spell she herself had used the first time she had went to Kronos’, for it would not do for Nyx and her train of stars to see the portal suddenly appear.

She faced the doorway and then her thoughts focused on Bon and without hesitation she stepped through the portal...

As Deianera quickly sped through the time portal, after a short period of time everything slowed and she found herself suddenly outside on the lawn of Bon’s estate. She turned and looked at the house as the portal silently and unseen to anyone else, disappeared.

As she ran quickly towards the estate, up in the night sky, the sentry stars noticed nothing more than a slight movement on the lawn and a mere whisper of a breeze. Nothing was out of place they felt as they kept up their vigil of watching the mortal’s property. The lead star and offspring of the Goddess of Night, known as Ceres, felt Nyx would be relieved to find out that no mischief was afoot....at least as of yet.

Saturday, July 21st

Cape Neddick, Maine

Alexis woke up, opening her eyes to find herself looking into Bon’s smiling face which was above her.

“Morning love,” she said as he murmured the same, then lowered his mouth to her own. He managed to brush her lips with his own, but she turned her head away and said, “Bon, you know I don’t like you to kiss me first thing in the morning!”

“Oh I could give two shits about your morning mouth, babe,” Bon shot back. “Your breath doesn’t smell bad to me anyway, just smells a bit earthy and musky.” He tried to kiss her again but she pushed him away.

“Stop!” she said giggling. “I mean it!” She shoved him hard but he grabbed both her wrists pinning them over her head and stared at her with a smirk on his handsome whiskered face.

“Bon!” she cried giggling, and when he continued to hold her, she forced her face to look stern as she struggled. “Let me go!”

“Alright,” he said reluctantly as he released her arms. He moved over so she could sit up then.

Alexis arose to a sitting position as she took a breath and then turned to him noticing that he still wore that stupid smirk on his face as she said, “Why must you tease me so?” She tried to look really pissed but damn! He looked so fucking gorgeous, his hair all wild and crazy, his face handsome, even with the shadow on it. His blue eyes laughed at her as he said, “Baby, cause you’re so much fun to tease!”

He reached out to tweak her nipple but she was too fast for him and scrambled out of the bed. “I need to use some mouthwash. My mouth tastes like dirty old socks!” she complained as she made her way to the bathroom.

Bon chuckled and said, “Tell me babe, what do dirty old socks taste like?” He watched her swaying ass as she left the room, his prick reacting to the glorious vision as she said, “They taste just like the inside of my mouth, that’s what!”

Bon laughed even more, shaking his head and then scooted over and grabbed his pack of cigs from the night stand and lit one up. Then he stood up stark naked and walked over to the balcony door as he opened it and stepped outside.

It was a glorious morning. He could hear the birds singing, trees rustling softly in the summer morning breeze. The temps were already quite warm, most likely in the high 70's and he stood there leaning against the railing as he smoked his cigarette, staring out at the view.

Suddenly his eye caught movement below on the lawn. He saw long honey blond hair. It was Olivia he realized. She was up early, Bon thought, and was just about to get his naked body back inside when Olivia suddenly turned and stared up at him.

Bon froze abruptly and felt himself flush from his head to his toes and then he saw her smile and wave and she turned and kept going toward the Yorks.

Bon totally embarrassed that Olivia had caught him naked quickly put out his cigarette and hurried back into the room. Even though they had been something like 20 yards away and the balcony railings covered part of his nudity, she’d still seen him. Though she hadn’t acted embarrassed at all, he realized, so why should he be?

Just as he laid back down on the bed, Alexis came out of the bathroom and joined him. He rolled her over on her back and then finally he got what his mouth had so desired this morning. He got his kiss. The kiss grew stronger after a bit, their tongues teasing as their passion built and soon they both began to indulge in a little morning delight as they began to make love to one another.

Olivia quickly continued on her walk to the Yorks, her cheeks still a bit flushed from seeing Bon naked. Fuck but he looked sexy she thought. And even though she was a good distance away from him she saw his privates and he couldn’t help but notice that he was semi erect.

Olivia’s body burned at that memory and felt extremely aroused but then forcibly she tried to forget that vision.

She’d left Rye still sleeping when she’d decided to get up and take a walk. She didn’t know why it appealed to her suddenly this morning but she felt like it was a good idea.

Little did she know that Deianera had suggested it to her upon waking. Deianera was ecstatic when Olivia had turned around and caught the naked body of her heart throb leaning across the banister of his balcony. She felt Olivia’s surprise and then a moment later her desire.

Her plan so far was going beautifully.... all on its own.

******

At the same time which was approximately 2 p.m. that afternoon, Ronnie and Dane were on their way back to Windy Ridge after doing a bit of sight seeing in nearby London.

They had visited several of the tourist attractions including, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Madame Tussauds wax museum.

But Ronnie thought back to last evening when she had led Dane to one of her favorite spots at her Aunt’s B&B.

It was outdoors in the rose garden. There was a pond which had accent lighting all the way around as well as the rest of the garden and was quite lovely and romantic. In the center of the pond was a fountain which was a waterfall and completely lit up.

Dane and her strolled around the pond watching the waterfall and seeing some of the ducks swimming around doing a little night fishing and then finally found a bench standing in a paved area that was surrounded by flowering shrubs and roses. The fragrance was sweet and heady.

As they sat with Dane’s arm around her, they both looked up at the night sky. They could see stars and the moon was full and it was just so overwhelming that before too long Dane turned his head and said, “I feel so content, Ron being with you like this.”

She looked into his blue eyes and smiled and said, “I know what you mean Dane, I too feel so happy right now. I wish this moment would never end.”

He lowered his mouth to hers as they kissed, and then afterward she said softly, “I love you Dane.”

Dane’s eyes got wide at that as it sunk in that unlike the mile high club it wasn’t just something people said after great sex and his face broke into a wide grin. “You love me? For real?” he asked feeling such utter joy, there were no words to describe it.

“Yes and I’m not afraid to tell you anymore,” Ronnie replied. “I mean I’ve suspected how I felt for some time now but I was afraid. I wanted to make sure before I said anything,” she told him.

Dane said, “I love you so much Ronnie. I never thought this would happen to me again after my divorce. I feel so blessed that you’re in my life babe.” He then pulled her close as they kissed. He broke the kiss after a moment and then raised his hand and suddenly removed one of his rings. “Here, would you wear this baby?”

Ronnie smiled at his rather old fashioned tradition of wearing rings and said, “Does that mean we are going steady then?”

Dane laughed, totally delighted and said, “Not exactly. It just means that you’ll carry something that belongs to me, with you, even when we’re apart.”

She took the ring then which was a simple silver band with Dane’s birthstone in the middle which was a lovely round 3 karat Amythest. She slipped it on the ring finger of her left hand, but it was a bit loose. “Ill get a ring adjuster for it later,” she told him softly smiling at him...

Then she brought up her arms and took off the sterling silver chain she wore around her neck, which had a tiny silver cross hanging from it and said, “Would you wear this for me?”

Dane said, “It’s beautiful babe and I’d be honored to wear it.”

They stood and she put it around his neck and then did the clasp. He turned around and it lay against his tanned chest sparkling back at her.

“It looks just great,” she said.

They embraced then and soon their passion heated as they then quickly made their way back to their room.

******

When Bon and Alexis went down to breakfast that morning, Rye and Olivia were already there sitting at the large island in Bon’s kitchen eating.

Bon went to sit on the other side to where Rye and Olivia sat so that he was across from Rye and said, “Hey morning guys!” His eyes barely glanced at Olivia’s face, but that short brief look was enough to see that she wore a tiny smile and Bon suddenly felt a flush to his face. He sat as Alexis sat down next to him, exchanging greetings with the other two and then turned to Bon to say something and stopped. “Are you okay Bon? You look kind of flushed.”

Bon thinking quickly, smiled and said, “Actually I was thinking about this morning.” Which in reality was not a lie, only he wasn’t remembering their passionate love making, instead it was the scene when he was on the balcony that had burned his cheeks red.

However at his words, Alexis’ face suddenly blushed as well and she poked him with her arm, laughing softly.

They both helped their plates then as they dug into Fran’s delightful breakfast.

As Bon ate and alternated between talking to Rye about a new gig that was coming up, Olivia found her eyes staring at Bon, but only when Alexis wasn’t looking. She remembered seeing him naked and picking up her coffee mug, she tried really hard to push the thought out of her head. But she kept thinking of seeing his prick semi erect. Then a thought flashed into her mind, she wondered what it would be like to suck that cock, or have him fuck her till she couldn’t walk.

Olivia’s hand shook and she dropped the cup with a crash. Three sets of eyes were suddenly on her as all conversation stopped.

She looked up as Alexis, said, “You okay sis?”

Olivia had broken the cup and hot coffee was now all over on the island. She jumped up and said, “Yeah, just a bit of a klutz this morning, that’s all.”

She grabbed several paper towels and then began to mop up the mess as Alexis got up and hurried around the island to get a bag to put the broken pieces of the cup into.

As Olivia mopped the mess up, Rye stood as she continued to mop where the coffee had pooled around his plate. Directly across from Bon now, her eyes suddenly raised and she found Bon staring directly into her eyes. She blushed crimson as the two of them continued to stare. But then Olivia with sheer willpower broke her gaze as she finished and moved out of the way so Rye could sit back down. Her insides were in turmoil though at the look Bon had given her. If she didn’t know better she would say it was a look bordering on lust.

But then pushing that thought away as she and Alexis finished cleaning the island, they finally they both sat back down and concentrated on eating. But Olivia was too wired and had suddenly lost her appetite.

She said, “Listen, my stomach for some reason is feeling a bit queasy, I don’t think I can finish.”

Rye turned to her and said, “You okay babe? You’re not sick are you?”

Olivia assured him, that it was just probably nothing, but she did feel tired. She excused herself, kissing him lightly and without looking at either Alexis and especially not Bon she left the room and headed upstairs.

Inside their bedroom she lay down on the bed and wondered what was happening to her. She loved Rye, damn it! Why was she focused on Bon just because of what she had seen this morning? She just had to forget about seeing him like that, she vowed, otherwise...well otherwise, she just didn’t know what might happen.

As Olivia grew more sleepy her last thoughts were on the lovemaking she and Rye had indulged in this morning and with a contented smile on her face, she soon fell asleep.

Deianera smiled inwardly, totally satisfied at the progress she was making.