Can't help but feel like either option plays into her hands

And you don't think that is smart. Rather than give her an answer you walked over to Delilah.

"I assure you she won't wake –"

You stop her from talking by raising a finger. She stops more due to surprise at the impertinence of the action than the action itself. Delilah is sleeping, you can see her chest rising and falling. Kneeling down you put an arm under her upper back and move to put the other beneath her knees.

"If you are trying to get her out of way –"

You hold your finger again and raise an eyebrow getting a bemused smirk in exchange. You put your arm under Delilah's knees and pick her up. You start walking to the cavern mouth.

"You are wasting –"

"Please, I am trying to carry my friend." You say looking over your shoulder at her. She looks slightly less bemused and more annoyed now. When you reach the cavern mouth you turn around. "Now I have something to say first." You start to pull your aura back inside you. The hue of the cavern changing slightly behind Eve. "I have no idea what is going on. I don't know who you are, I don't know how you know my mother, while I'm not against having sex with you I would prefer to do it when I have some grasp on the situation and lastly." You finish pulling your aura inside you. "I'm pretty sure you don't know the caves layout."

You step into the cavern and make the sharp turn into the corridor. You don't lignite any light and the crystals glow doesn't reach far into the dark. Retracting your steps you run out of the cave. You've no idea if this works or if you are just wasting time and effort but it was all you could think of.

The stone are not as smooth under foot as you want but you don't activate your magic. The chance she could track you through the turns makes it not worth risk and you are reasonable confident you know the way.

"Christopher?" The mumbling against your chest makes you look down. The dark of the cave made that action pointless since you can't see anything.

"Shhh." You sooth, in the cave any noise travels, your foot steps have been echoing but it's hard to not do that. Delilah warps her around your neck and cuddles into you. You have no idea what Eve did to her so when you are clear you'll have to check. Hopefully it was just a sleep spell and not a tracking spell. Looking at her aura now don't reveal intrusive magic but you can't really check all of her aura in the situation.

When you make what should be the last turn to the cave's entrance you see very faint light. Part of you expects to walk through it and suddenly be back in the cavern with Eve smirking at you. When you walk into the forest relief makes your legs a bit weak. Delilah stirs at the light.

"What's going on?" She mumbles blinking up at you.

You open your mouth to explain but can't think of how to do that. "No idea lets go home." You wrap her in a bubble of magic and coat your legs. Unlike getting here going home takes you a few seconds and Delilah looks up at you wide eyed. "See home." You set her onto the bench your dad had been sitting on and look over to see the basket she had brought you.

"Huh?" She asked looking around.

"Don't suppose you know anything about that cavern?" You turn to look into the forest. The beacon was gone and there was no indication you had been followed. But Eve had managed to dis and reappear without you sensing movement. How she was doing that was a question you would figure out later.

"No, your father sent me to find the beacon and I found it." She answered.

"How did you find your way through the cave?" It wasn't exactly a straight line.

"It was the third branch I check. Where are my clothes?" She said looking down at her nakedness and your nakedness. "Oh did we?" A shy smile split her lips as a hand wondered down to check between her legs for evidence. You watch somewhat captivated by Delilah pushing her middle finger inside herself to scoop out non-existent cum.

You grab her hand before she can look at it. "We did and ah, sorry for not noticing until now."

She then notices your nakedness and the shy smile was broken by licked lips. "I'll forgive you if we do it again." She slipped her hand free of yours and reached for your crotch.

You stopped her. "Hold that thought I will be right back." Leaving Eve alone is probably not that great an idea. You did, you don't know what the correct term would be but for now, let her out, leaving her to possibly roam freely doesn't give you the smart decision vibe, also she is really close to home. You step away from Delilah and she stands to grab your hand.

"Promise?" The shy smile had a happy tug to the corner of her mouth.

"Promise." You say, really hoping going back to Eve isn't a bad idea. Activating your magic you run halfway to the cave. If she could get out following your magical trail shouldn't be hard. You jump into a tree with a good view and wait. Checking every passage might take time but she can move fast enough that it shouldn't be a very long wait.

The sun starts to set behind you and there is no movement. Your perception is stretched out as far as you can so you know she isn't around. Yet the hairs on the back of your neck raise like someone is behind you. You resist the urge to turn around for a few minutes. You have the feeling that the moment you move Eve is going to show up and you'll give your position away.

It's like an itch at the back of your neck when you have a memory. 'Relying on might to overcome a lapse in concentration will won't save you.' You breath out slowly and the itch fades. You had to give Stephanie credit, her teaching methods might be a tad too potentially homicidal but the lessons did stick.

When the moon comes out you start to think that maybe you had time to put some clothes on first. Sitting in a tree naked waiting for someone you expected to arrive a while ago is not comfortable. You keep Stephanie's lesson in mind and keep waiting.

Then you see it, a flicker in the trees before you. A scattering of red light that vanished as soon as it appeared. It wasn't from the ground but the canopy. You silently crept along your branch until you saw another flicker. It was faint and in the same position. Eve was doing exactly what you were, she was waiting in a tree for you to come back.

Should have grabbed a sword come to think of it. You used your magic to hop around Eve's position. After a few branches you see Eve herself. She was crouching on a branch just as you had been. You move more, putting yourself behind her then you approach.

Her aura is out and seeking your own. Magical tendrils extend from her as spider and web. You aim a disintegrate at a tendril on the ground near you. Figuring she might assume a missing tendril meant you were attacking from the opposite direction. You stilling yourself and your magic blending into the leaves as much as you can and fired your spell.

The tendril collapsed but Eve didn't react to it right away. At first you thought she was waiting for confirmation of presence, another tendril to be tripped. Instead a new tendril extended as if nothing had happened. You fired another spell and after a moment another tendril extended. It took two seconds for a disintegrated tendril to be replace. Which meant you should have plenty of time.

Checking the tendrils between you and Eve you readied your spells. Letting out a slow breath you fired them off and jumped. The tendrils collapsed between you but your movement displaced the air. It was subtle and only moving a fraction in front of you but it was enough to get her attention.

But not enough to give her time. You collided with her. "Ughh." Was all she managed to get out as you carried her off the branch. As you feel you grabbed her arm, yanking them to press her wrists against her upper back. Just before you hit the ground you used magic to slow your fall. Rather than hit hard it was a gentle touch down. You pinned her legs with your own and held her wrist with one hand leaving the other to handle any magic she threw at you. "You win the fight." You felt her hip raise against yours as she chuckled lightly as the red dress she had been wearing vanished to reveal pale skin. "Now about the fuck?"

"I seem to recall wanting some answers first." You point out as she wiggled her hips from side to side. The movement brushing your cock against her slit making her chuckle.

"Fuck first, talk later son of my Zara."

"No, talk now, nothing else is happening until I figure out if you're a good or bad." You point out lifting your hips to rest your weight on your feet which puts more pressure on hers.

"Good or bad?" Eve asks with another chuckle. "Such limiting ideas. You're the one who abandoned me in a deep dark cave with no way out but to find it myself, I could be trapped in there for years." She laughed at the last word. "Was that good or bad?"

"You're draped in red, have solid black eyes and your skin cracks into black when you smile." You don't really feel like arguing if you are the good guy here but she did kinda have a point. "Also you threatened Delilah." The should do it.

"Letting my appearance decide for you. And your Delilah is a simple girl, if we fought in that cavern and she woke up do you think she would have stayed put or would she have tired to interfere to save you?" Eve moved her hips again and you felt her slit rubbing against you. She was very wet.

"So you were being magnanimous about fighting me while avoiding telling me any useful information about who you are." You felt your lower half respond to her bodies desires.

"Put your cock in me and you have me word I will sing so sweetly for you." She lowered her hips and you felt yourself press against her hole.

"Why is everything in this world about fucking?" You asked raising your hips to slight between her cheeks.

"Because magic is raw and raw emotions fuel it. Anger, love, lust, joy, each can fuel magic and fucking gives you such wonderful lust." Eve answers.

"Oh sure that you can spit out a answer for." You grumble at her. "How did you know my mother?" At this point if she can answer that you'd consider this a success.

"She is my blood. She was to free me but the ritual required my blood to be giving not receiving." Eve answered as she started to hotdog your length between her cheeks.

"And how did you know her?"

"She came to me as a child. She spent weeks in the cavern, drinking of it's water, eating the flowers. I enjoyed watching her, I had been alone for some time and had given up on freedom. When she spoke to me I was amazed. The first of my blood to have even found my prison. She told she would free my and when I said she lacked the necessary part she said it would be her child. And then she was gone. And you came and freed me." She kept moving her hips and the lack of lube which should have made this somewhat uncomfortable wasn't a negative. She felt soft and smooth.

"Ok that's, an answer." You weren't sure what you had been expecting and wasn't sure if you could trust her words. "But not really to the big question."

"Am I good or bad?" She laughed loudly. "You see my eyes but do not ask how they came to be. Before I was imprisoned I was punished. I had fired iron burn my eyes from my, I felt them melt as those red hot pokers were pushed into my skull, I saw light leave the world and be replaced with red. Then they burned my head, just my head, they had other uses for the rest of my body." Her dress was back was suddenly very bright. "They threw my body into that Goddess forsaken cavern to rot and cursed me to it." She started to rise and there was nothing you could do to stop her from getting up. "I was not be released unless one of my blood spills their seed inside a women I would remain. Then they cursed my blood. Only women would be born of our womb and one in ten would live." She had stood up and you jumped off her and away. She turned to face you and her black eyes were glowing red. "They told me how to be free then ripped the chance from me! I can still hear the laughter as the sealed that cavern! I can still feel my flesh rotting off my bones and bones sinking into the stone!" Her robes caught fire and she started walking towards you. "AND YOU ASK IF I AM BAD!?"

She was a flame with rage and pain, her aura looked like fire and where it touched it skin you could see the pale blacken. "I'm so sorry." You walked towards her. Seeing how much pain she was in you didn't think about if this was a trap or if she was trying to manipulate you. You just saw someone in pain who needed comfort. When you wrapped your arms around her you felt you skin ignite. Your pain was only a dull thing compared to her.

"WHY!? WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO ME!" The trees around you started to blacken and ignite as the fire coming off Eve reached them. The leaves curling and falling from their branches.

"It's ok, It's over now." You could smell yourself cooking and were kinda weirded out by how not awful it was. Actually you could do with some seasoning. If that was your brain trying to make light or just your normal sense of humour you weren't sure. "You're safe from them."

Eve's heat started to die and you felt tears on your shoulder. "How could they do that to me?" The fire died out and the pain faded as your skin healed over, baring no evidence it had just been charred. After a few moments of silent crying Eve pulled back. "Thank you son of. Thank you Christopher." Eve pulled back and kissed for forehead softly.

"Any time." You answered looking back at her. She still looked the same but seeing wet cheeks softened the more malicious aspects of her face.

"Christopher?" Delilah's voice called out from the tree line and you panicked that she had been caught in the heat.

"Delilah?" You hurried to her voice and was relieved to see she wasn't hurt, she was also still naked.

"Christopher. You didn't come back. Who were you talking to?" She looked over your shoulder at Eve but couldn't see her.

"To me little one." Eve said from your shoulder. Delilah recoiled and Eve extended a hand to brush her cheek. "Thank you for freeing me."

"Oh, um sure, Christopher who is that?" Eve's soft voice and gentle touch had no soothed her all that much.

"She's Eve and ..." you trailed off not having anything more to add honestly. "I think she's going to be living at the estate." The pair gave you surprised looks. "Unless you have somewhere else. Also really hoping you are no of those sins of the ancestors shall be visited on the decedents type of people."

"I'm afraid not. My freedom was freedom to die." She sighed and pulled back from the two of you. "I just wanted to let out built up frustration in the time I had left."

"Oh ah, so should we?" You felt more than a bit awkward at that reveal. You had been worried you were letting out a blood thirsty monster, not a women who has been through a lot and wanted her last moments to be some sort of peace.

Eve looked at you and smile warmly. "I would very much like that." She took your hand and her robe disappeared then you looked at Delilah who was looking very confused. "I would like to reward you for freeing me as well child." Eve said reaching over and stroking Delilah's cheek.

Delilah blushed and stuttered, "oh, I, I mean, I've never, with a women, and Christopher, he, my first ..." she trailed off as Eve ran a finger over her lips.

"Shhh. Let me reward my saviours." Eve moved her hand to gently hold the back of Delilah's neck and pulled her into the clearing you and she had made.

You moved with the pair and this is not how you thought this was going to end. Also are you sure you trust Eve, her name isn't even Eve its Thetia and her back story isn't what you would call informative so much as perfectly formed make you feel bad for her. A threesome could be fantastic, or it could end up properly unleashing a blood thirsty monster onto the world. Is a threesome really worth the potential risk here?