Day 15 ( Part 2 )

Soon after that adventure the night was over. Rob and Annica had released all the monster girls that were held captive in the cottage. A pair of lamia even carried off the henchmen that Annica had caught, though they were warned by Rob to be treated gently after all the games they played with Annica that night.
All four of the elves met with the rest of the elves that had been sent on the same mission in a magazine by the harbour. Most of them had not encountered crazy monster girl adventures, and so had considerably more luck collecting candy than Hailey, Benjamin, Jess and Rob.
Hailey and Benjamin however, shared the bounty they got from Hailey's hijinks, which made for a fair amount in the end.
Rob got to show off the injuries he got from actual slavers, which the other elves looked at in awe. Fortunately Annica was there to wrap up his injuries neatly, making bandages out of her silk. And Jess... well, she's just happy to get back, and that everyone returned safely.
"Oh my!" Roland said when he saw Jess had collected almost no candy, "To think there was something that Jess wouldn't excel at!"
"Mhmm..." Jess said, "This night was way too much trick, and not enough treat for my taste. Anyway, the boat to the Arctic is going to leave at noon. We must all be ready to stow away by then, if we hope to get back to Santa's workshop. We've got a long year ahead of us."
The elves climbed into the mostly empty crates heading towards the Frozen Arctic.
"Uh, Hailey?" Benjamin said, "Just to be extra sure, you did forgive me for stealing that kiss... right?"
"Hmm.." Hailey said, "No. I don't think I will."
"Ah..." Benjamin was confused and dejected.
"Of course. You did kiss your mistress without her permission, after all."
"Oh... oh!" Benjamin sighed in relief.
"Yes, that is a serious transgression. I believe some spanking is in order, don't you?"
"Y-yes..."
Hailey shot him a scowl.
"...yes, mistress."
"Hehehe, that's right." Hailey held on to Benjamin's hand, "But... you do like these kinds of domination games, right? I'm not forcing this on you or anything?"
"Well, I can't really say I've thought about things like this before, and I'm not sure I get it... but if it makes you happy, then it makes me happy too."
Hailey became flustered something awful and almost lost her breath. She continued to flounce towards the crate where she would spend the rest of the day, with Benjamin.

Annica descended from the ceiling from a thread in her thorax, appearing before Rob.
"Rob... are you sure about this? Stay with me... just tell them you were lost." Annica said.
"And have them come after you? Yeah, I don't think so. Sorry, Annica. You're a great gal, but I'm an elf. There's only one place for elves to go. I'll send you a postcard when I get there though."
"You better..." Annica said. She probably wouldn't be able to get it in any way, but she still wanted him to send it. It's the thought that counts.
The whistling of a boat whistle resounded through the harbour, signalling the boat was about to depart. Rob blew Annica a kiss, "Sorry, I got to go now. Make sure not to **** too many people now."
"Right..." Annica said as Rob made his way towards the crates, "Except for your sake."
"Especially not for my sake. Take care now, will you?" Rob hid inside the crate, and the doors to the magazine opened up.Annica ascended to the rafters in the ceiling and hid as the crates were loaded, and sighed.

She knew in her heart this was not the last she had seen of him.