Essence of Quinn: Parts 1&2 Secondo Era and Terzo Era (eventual MxM slow burn)

Bittersweet

Quinn left Imperator to her fun for a couple of hours before he decided it was time for her to sleep. He didn't ask Special to help him with this part because he knew that the other ghoul would die of embarrassment at seeing her naked.

As soon as he entered the bedroom he knew that Imperator would need a good few hours to sleep this off. She looked absolutely wrecked but she had a satisfied smile on her face.

Quinn made quick work of slicing through the expensive material of the lingerie set she wore with his claws, removing them and tossing them to the ground. He grabbed her hips with more force than was necessary and used a bit of claw to leave some minor scratches as he turned her over. Authenticity was key; if she woke up with those memories and none of the marks to show for it, she would be suspicious.

He left a few more strategically placed claw marks and a couple of bite marks that didn't break the skin to make it more convincing. He covered her up and sent her some quintessence to put her into a deeper sleep, making sure that she wouldn't wake up until he made her in the morning.

Quinn took one more look at her over his shoulder and was satisfied that she looked like she'd spent the night with a semi-feral ghoul.

"You may as well go and get some sleep Special," he said when he came back out into the living room.

"Are you sure Quinn? I don't mind keeping watch while you rest."

Quinn shook his head.

"It's okay, you're driving tomorrow so you need the sleep more than me. I'll nap in the car on the way home."

"Only if you're sure?"

He headed to bed and Quinn settled down on the sofa with the book he'd brought with him.

He let Imperator and Special sleep until after nine, waking the multi ghoul up first so that he could resume his guard duty in the living room. Special called room service and ordered some breakfast to be sent up for them.

Quinn crept into Imperator's room and stripped off, dumping his clothes on the floor around the bed. He went and took a shower and when he was done he stood in the doorway of the en-suite. He used his magics to reverse the quintessence and Imperator stirred slightly.

She opened her eyes and realised that he was stood there in his towel. Her hooded gaze raked over his naked skin and again he repressed a shudder. He was getting good at this.

"It's getting late Sister, you should get ready. I got Special to order some breakfast. It should be ready by the time you've had your shower."

She stretched languidly and sighed.

"Secondo is selfish, ghoul." Quinn quirked a brow. "Keeping you to himself all of these years. Will you join me in the shower?"

She got up and walked around the bed towards him, unashamed of her nakedness.

"As much as I would love to," he hoped he'd managed to hide the sarcasm from his voice when he said that, "I need to go over the schedules for today."

Imperator pouted and trailed a fingernail over the tattoos on his chest.

"Pity."

She closed the bathroom door behind her and Quinn breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up his clothes from the floor and left the room to go and get dressed in his own. Special shook his head when he saw him and Quinn grinned at him.

"Last night was fun, we should do it more often," he said and Special nodded enthusiastically.

The day went quickly and by late afternoon they were heading home. Quinn managed to have a nap in the car for a couple of hours which refreshed him. There wasn't as much of a rush to get back so Special stuck to the speed limits this time and they made it home just after dark.