“Lady Erenia, how’re you feeling?” Edmund approached the elegant, recently widowed lady. She was in mourning, and she dressed in a black fully-covered gown to mark her husband’s passing. Even in a black gown, she looked great. A good, decisive woman, as far as Edmund could tell. All her maids seem to say so, too. 

She acted swiftly, and already dismissed the guards, maids and attendants not loyal to her. “Could be better, but this isn't bad.” She answered, as she adjusted her black veil. She waved her hand, and all the attendants left the room. 

Edmund waited for everyone to leave. “Well, then I have some good news. The other nobles agreed to withdraw their opposition to the royal petition. His majesty will issue the decree within the next two weeks.” 

The lady paused and lifted her veil to take a good, long look at Edmund, her eyes piercing. “Duke Medin Seventh withdrew his opposition?” 

“Yes.” 

“What did you do?” Lady Erenia asked. “Did you sell anything away?”

“Nothing like that. I just happen to have access to some secrets he would love to hide.” 

“I see.” Erenia said. 

“Do you want a message delivered to your daughter?” He stepped closer, and adjusted a chair right next to Erenia. 

She paused. “I’ll write her a note.” 

“Do you want to hold a succession ceremony? Or after your lands’ issues are quelled?” 

“After.” 

Edmund smirked. “I figured as such.” He touched the lady’s face, her faint grey-ish lipstick made her look like a gothic queen. She didn’t flinch, but her heart was cold. His fingers touched the ribbon that held her dress together, and he pulled, gently.

Her dress came undone, slightly. Their eyes met. “I heard you already have young female companions, what do you desire in an old woman like me?” 

Edmund laughed as he admired the sight of her slightly exposed breasts. “You know men very well, my dear Erenia. What else could it be?” 

He pulled her up from her chair, and gave her a hug from behind. His fingers pulled at her dress and slowly adjusted her black dress, revealing more of her chest and skin. She didn’t answer, but she didn’t squirm when he touched her shoulders.  

“I see your scars have healed. Those ointments worked well.”

She nodded. “Thank you.” 

His poison began to seep into her, and he touched her chin. Their eyes met, and he whispered, his lips close to hers.  “I’m a greedy, greedy man. When I see a woman I want, I’ll do my best to get her.” 

She blushed gently. “Even an old woman like me?”

“And I’m an old man.” Edmund leaned in and kissed, his right hand on her breast and his finger played with her nipple. It didn’t take long for it to be erect and hard. 

He kissed her passionately, and though she was initially cold, she was soon swept up in the passion as his lust-energies poured into her body. 

“I’ve got a daughter.”

“-And that wouldn’t stop me.” Edmund said, as he pulled the rest of her dress off. He tore it a little, he exerted a little too much strength. Now fully undressed, he kissed her passionately.

“There are rules for widows.” She sat on her bed, as Edmund had adjusted her to the bed.

“And the church is filled with corrupt bastards and horny nuns that can be paid off.” Edmund responded. “Those with power do whatever we want.” 

He touched her, his fingers moving from her breasts, down to her waist, and then to her butt. 

“Your husband was wasted on you.”

She frowned at the statement. Edmund was surprised she still loved him, despite all he did to her. “It was the drugs.”

“Indeed. Your daughter doesn’t know about them?”

She shook her head. “I’ve had my people hide it as far as I could, or pretend it was theirs...” 

“I see. How noble.” He leaned in and kissed her passionately, his hands freely touching her at all her sensitive parts. Her nipples were hard, and her lower half was wet. She had no resistance to his powers at all, though her mind still seemed clear. 

“A mother must try their best to protect their children.” 

He smiled and kissed her again. This time, after he kissed her lips, he kissed her breasts, and then began licking her nipples. She moaned as she felt her body’s desire surged through the roof. 

She tried her best to keep her voice in, but then Edmund leaned in to whisper. “Don’t worry, I have a spell that creates a bubble around us. No one can hear you scream.”

His words made her snap, and when he began eating her pussy and fondling her clitoris with his tongue, she screamed and moaned with no control. She arched backwards, her entire body trembling uncontrollably from Edmund’s tongue.

Then, she orgasmed, her vagina leaked with fluids she didn’t know she had inside her. She panted on the bed, and Edmund just smiled next to her. 

Edmund had remained fully dressed the entire time. She was flushed, and her eyes a little starry. Still, a magical mark appeared above her crotch, and she touched it.

“I didn’t know you had magic!” She was surprised when she saw it. Edmund laughed, he knew Lady Erenia had mistaken the mark of lust for a kind of enchantment magic. 

“Some magical arts are best kept a secret.” Edmund said. “But more importantly, what should we do about your daughter, and her current lustful behavior?”

Erenia sighed. “It’s my fault. I taught her to do so, before my husband’s condition deteriorated. I once told her that a woman has to fight with all of our abilities, and a woman’s charm is one of our strongest weapons... I just did not expect her to use it on the hero.” 

Edmund laughed.