Come out of hiding

Relative calm returns to the clearing and Grace uses the moment to catch her breath.

A low, rough voice calls out: "Come on out, girly. The ogre is down." Softer he continues: "Lillith, check on Sontar. See what you can do for him"

Grace stands up, dusts herself off, and reveals herself. As she re-enters the clearing, she first notices a friendly-looking man waiting for her. Wild long dark hair mixes with an equally impressive beard. He's quite short, but he looks wide and tough. Clad in heavy armor, he leans on a large warhammer at his side as he says: "Are you alright miss? Did it hurt you?"

"No I'm fine, did you say that was an ogre?"

He raises his eyebrows in surprise. "Yes, tough but not too smart. A pretty common monster. Not an adventurer then? Quite impressive to survive such an encounter, let alone hurt it, for a commoner."

"Let's just say I'm somewhat new to all this." Looking past him, she sees a woman hanging over a tall man laying against a tree. The man is **** and the visible impact on the tree behind him reveals why. The woman is what catches her attention. Her long legs lead up to a well-shaped ass in tight brown pants. From a tiny hole by her tailbone, a thin crimson tail comes out ending in a spade. Fairly long red horns slightly curve from her forehead, extending above her long black hair.

What the fuck! Is she some kind of devil? I guess they did just save me, but I should be careful.

The woman turns back to the rest of her. Her face is the same intense red and her eyes are solid black. Her large tits are contained in a tight black leather top, starting above her belly button and going up before revealing an appealing cleavage. "It's bad, Thordel. He needs more than I can provide, we need to get to the city and find a healer."

Fuck, I guess I need to use my powers again, I owe him that much. Hopefully, they don't notice what's going on or this is going to be embarrassing.

Hesitantly, Grace speaks up: "I... I might be able to help."

They look at her and Thordel says: "Are you a healer?"

"Something like that. I'm not sure if this will work." Grace finds her staff and walks over to Sontar and Lillith. Touching the staff, she once again feels what the earlier spells did to her. She sits down beside them and steels herself for what's about to happen.

"Alright... let's give this a try."

She puts her left hand on Sontar's chest and concentrates. The magic flows from her into his body and at the same time, the warmth flows into her. Her face turns red once more, but still, Sontar does not move. She trembles as she keeps the magic going far longer than before. She bites her bottom lip trying to keep her concentration. Just as she is about to go over the edge, Sontar opens his eyes. Grace stops the magic and sits back panting.

"Sontar, are you alright?" The woman exclaims.

Sontar still seems a bit out of it, feels his body before replying: "Yeah... I think I'm fine. What happened?

"We took care of the ogre after you got hit. This girl saved your life."

He turns his head and thanks Grace. "I appreciate it." He extends a hand and says: "I'm Sontar by the way."

Grace looks up, still quite close to the edge, and manages to answer: "Grace."

Thordel butts in: "Well I'm glad we met like this, it seems to have worked out well for all of us." He looks around as the dusk sets in. "Looks like we might need to set up camp for the night. Why don't I take care of the body, while you guys make a fire and put up the tents? "

Sontar limberly jumps up. "Right then, I'll start gathering wood."

Sontar walks out of the clearing and Thordel starts dragging the ogre away.

Lillith turns to Grace, who's still clutching her knees together. She grabs her arm over her shoulder and puts her other hand on the small of Grace's back, helping her up. Grace leans on Lillith, her legs still shaky, as Lillith whispers in her ear in a sensual voice: "Some curious powers you have Grace."