Taming Jade: Passion & Profit (Blackthorne and Whisp)

[Whispered Secret]

A figure sat balancing on the corner of the tallest building on the street, though that wasn’t saying much in this crappy little town of Fairhaven. Her black hair was fluttering in the chill night air, billowing around her shadowed form. The young women waiting calmly, looking down into the deserted alleyway below, was at ease in the darkness. She was completely relaxed on the roof’s edge, even if a twitch of suspicion nudged at her instincts.

Jade was a Master Thief, a title she had earned with blood sweat and tears. Having been abandoned to the streets like so many other children, she had been taken in by the Thieves Guild and forced to earn her keep from day one. She used her innocent looks, begging for food in those early years, but quickly tired of the talentless job as she grew older. Once she started to develop into a pretty young girl, she had been given the choice of learning a skill needed in the guild or being sold to the nearest brothel. Jade became one of the best students they had.

She was tiny, at 5’1 she could pass unnoticed in crowds as well as sneak into small spaces others had no chance of entering. She had spent hour after painful hour practicing her climbing and acrobatics. Worked on pick-pocketing and lock-picking until her fingers were numb. She could disguise herself and portray any number of characters that could be used to obtain whatever treasure she sought out at the time.

Today though, was all about stealth. Jade was dressed in her black leathers, daggers hidden about her outfit for defense. She did her best to avoid any confrontations if at all possible, but she could still hit the center of a target with both left and right hands if need be.

Her face lit up in the moonlight, her pale skin almost shining. It was one of the reasons she had left her hair down tonight, she would tilt her head down and hide behind the thick blanket of black silk if need be.

The alley looked exactly as was described, and still she hesitated. “There is something off about this,” Jade thought to herself. The job hadn’t come through any of her regular contacts. One of the barmaids at Hawk’s Tavern had introduced a weasley looking man to her. At first she had ignored him when he sat across from her, telling her about the job. His smell alone was ruining her meal and putting her in a negative mood. When the man had dropped a purse of golden coins onto the table though, Jade had started to pay attention.

She had ended up taking the job, but at the moment...she was having second thoughts, but she had been in danger before, and she always managed to get out of it one way or another.

Standing up and rolling her shoulders, she shook out her muscles and started down the side of the building. There was suppose to be a window on the building across the alleyway that she could crawl into. The warehouse inside would contain a small wooden crate and that was what she had been sent after. She wasn’t told what was inside the crate, and she didn’t ask. She was paid enough not to.

Just as her feet hit the dirt, a door in one of the other buildings burst open and a handful of foul goblins spilled out. Dark green, their long pointed heads contained rows of sharp teeth, they were all wearing a range of mangy leather clothing. Their ears twitched in her direction immediately, their huge pointy noses sniffing her out easily. Groaning, Jade palmed one of her daggers. She was having the worse luck tonight. One or two of the disgusting creatures, she might be able to escape, but there were double that. The goblins quickly surrounded her, laughing and egging each other on.

“Well now, look what we’ve found here?” the largest goblin mocked, poking at her with a wooden staff he carried. “Looks like we have found desert for the night brothers!”

Jade stayed quiet, not falling for the obvious provocation. She slowly turned, trying to keep them all in sight, her dagger at the ready. Just as she was about to try and jump forward to at least take out one of the beasts, she was grabbed from behind. The goblins were shorter than her, but their arms were long and spidery, she was wrapped tight before she could do more than nick one of the arms imprisoning her.

“What a lovely morsel, don't you think brothers?” the leader stood directly in front of her, his stench making her eyes water when he moved closer, pressing her between the two dirty creatures. “Now, what do you say to paying the toll for passing like a good little girl eh?”

Their laughter filled the alleyway, Jade knew she was going to pay for her mistake tonight. It wouldn’t be the first time she had been forced into something that disgusted her, and she doubted it would be the last. That was life when you lived on the streets. She would survive as always.

The goblin started grinding on her hip, his malformed cock thickening with each thrust. The one holding her grabbed her arms tight and pulled them painfully behind her, forcing her chest out as her back arched. “Fuck!! You don’t have to do this, I can pay a toll in gold!” she tried to reason, but from the grunts coming from them, she knew it was already too late. She could see a few of them, cocks in hand and already stroking themselves.

She was pushed onto her knees as the leader dug into his trousers and pulled out his disgusting cock. Green with round protrusions running up and down the crooked shaft, Jade almost gagged when she saw he was already dripping light green cum from the rough tip. Goblin’s weren’t smooth tipped like human males, but bumpy and rough like tree bark. If he tried to fuck her with that, she could be seriously hurt.

When Jade refused to open her mouth at first, he slapped her with his cock a few times. “Open that mouth of your’s girl, and start behaving, or I'm going to pull out one tooth at a time until you are more agreeable, do you understand?”

Looking up at the horrid creature, Jade knew he was serious. She was going to have to bid her time until a chance to escape presented itself. Cringing, she opened her mouth, clamping her eyes shut and wrinkling her nose. She felt his long thin fingers knot in her hair just as he shoved his cock deep into her throat.

Gagging and coughing, Jade's stomach muscles revolted against the taste and smell of the organ invading her throat. Relentlessly the goblin sawed in and out, her jaw aching and her throat burning under the abuse. She thought she heard a sound further down the alleyway, but just then, the goblin behind her ripped open her vest and started twisting and pinching her nipples while dry humping her back. Whimpering in pain, drool and goblin precum dripping down her chin, she didn’t even notice the sounds of fighting start behind them.

 

[Blackthorne]

The man who had been dubbed Jaeger was a renown acquirer of things and a leveler - one who settled scores, for a price. He had been watching and following the petite young firebrand for some time. He had need of someone like her for several reasons , and when he went nosing about the guild , a few coins in the right purse had clued him to the existence of the young Master Thief. She was a freelancer, like him, one of the few in the region to be allowed to associate with the guild only partially. That spoke well of her skills and determination, though of course, it could also mean she was vexsome to work with. Perhaps the truth lay somewhere in the middle

Finding her wasn't hard. She scored quite often which means she needed to fence goods, or get paid for her mission, or resupply, on a regular basis. Even though she was sometimes a bit carelessly slow in resupply, at least from what he could see, she was dependable enough. Finding her being the easy part, the hard part was observing her without being noticed. That meant keeping up with her, and also not being spotted. The waif was fairly aware of her surroundings, but she was also a bit overconfident, but again , he knew this was his personal opinion.

She was skilled , but she had so much potential she wasn't using. She had an angel's face, good for much more than eliciting mercy from a man who notices her picking his pocket. He could help mold her into a cozener , perhaps even a full fledged grifter. She was very swift, he could train her in combat arts. She could become the perfect partner , not to mention, someone to pass those long cold nights in the winter.

So by means of a hawkeye spyglass to enable him to watch from a distance, and a goodly amount of coin spred about town , he was able to keep track of the young lady most of the time for several weeks. As she accepted a job she ought not have, he realized that he would need to reveal himself to her, her employer's designs were to ensnare her, perhaps at the behest of one of her previous victims. What would happen to her was anyone's guess, but eventual sale to one of the caravans of the Slave Lords was most likely one of them, a healthy nubile young girl like her had too much value to simply be done with.

So it was decided. But apparently fate had other plans, for when he went to her room, she had already left. He hadn't seen her, but perhaps she had snuck out the window of her room. 'Dammit' Jaeger cursed to himself under his breath. It was good he knew where she was heading, a warehouse near here.

He lept out of the window of the room she had just left, and onto an adjoining roof. His long muscles werent as suited to intricate tumbles, but they were good for long jumps and swinging and pulling oneself up
fully laden. Stealth was not in his program tonight, but haste. He got there just in time to land in the alleyway just behind a group of goblinkin. Goblins if their smell were to tell him anything. He fell back into stealth now, and watched it unfold.

He watched as they captured her, and as they began to humiliate her. He could have saved her that, but would that have been doing her a service? She would remember this day, and perhaps be a bit more cautious next time. He watched a few more moments, seeing that she had potential in more than one way. But, he intended the woman for himself, he would not let her be taken by a goblin so easily.

So first he slit the throat of the careless rearguard who was enthralled by the scene, and then he drew both blades and laid into the bulk of them. He decided against a battle cry - for one thing this motley bunch was hardly worth it, but for another, he wasn't convinced there was not further danger for the young Jade.

And besides, it was always much more fun having a foe turn to you just second just seconds before the arc of your blade swing connected with their throat. in a gout of blood. At least with such diminutive foes the blood went on his boots more than onto his face.

He held himself back. He could have torn into the lot of them, but it was important Jade take part in her own rescue, for her own sense of well being and power. But not too much, lest she discount the lesson to be had. Hard lessons were nothing new to Jaeger. He had trained a number of talented young ladies in the past. He perhaps enjoyed the hard lessons a bit too much.

So he sheathed his shorter sword, and drew the dagger and threw it in almost a single motion. It bit through her ropes and landed on thr ground next to her, even as the apparent leader of the goblins was far too enthralled with the feeling of being inside Jade's mouth.

"I dont think you are the young lady's type you loathsome firkin of green puss " he aid curtly to the goblin, assuming she would quickly deprive him of his life as he cut into the remaining goblins, but he remained ready to backstop her just in case. He still didn't have a good sense of her combat abilities yet.

 

[Whispered Secret]

At first Jade heard the sounds of battle, swords drawn and the deathrattle of men before the dull thud of a body hitting the dirt. Once she felt the binds give on her arms, she was ready. Reaching and grabbing two of her hidden daggers, she first brought the right blade up to slit the main artery running between the foul creature forcing his cock down her throat. The goblin fell back screaming, an arc of his blood spraying across her face.

Gracefully coming to her feet and spinning at the same time, her second blade found it way between the jagged ribs of the last standing goblin, piercing up and through to his heart. She felt the male grab her ripped vest before falling to his knees. She smiled viciously as she watched the life leave his eyes, the filthy beast died too easily in her opinion, but with a stranger still in the alley, taking her time wasn’t the smart move.

Ignoring the fact her breasts were still exposed, she put a wall at her back and faced the warrior who had just saved her. The question was, why had he done it. No one in Fairhaven did anything without some alternative motive. Spitting to try and get the vile taste out of her mouth, she kept her dagger ready while her eyes darted around, noting possible escape routes. Jade was sure she could make her way up the cornerstones before he would be able to get a hold of her.

She spit one last time, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. Her savior was standing calmly, watching her as intently as she was observing him. He was tall, though at her height everyone past 13 summers was seemed tall. He was practically spotless even after killing several of the goblins. She tried searching him for a drop of blood, but other than his boots and sword, his armor was clean.

Jade recognised the intent look in his eyes, as if he could read her every thought. She squirmed a little, wondering if she should just make her escape now. Something told her that meeting this rugged, handsome man was one of those life altering crosses on the road that might change everything she knew.

After staring at each other for several minutes, without her rescuer giving the slightest sign that he was going to make the first move, Jade lost patience and decided it was only polite to thank him and find out what he expected in return. Hopefully this horrid night was about to get any worse.

“I’m Jade,” she started, leaning forward so her hair at least partially covered her nakedness, “I want to thank you for the assistance,” she grimaced with the admission. Admitting the need for help was almost worse than the taste of goblin still invading her mouth...almost. When he didn’t speak up right away, but instead smiled at her she became a little nervous.

“Right then, I should be going. I have a to...be somewhere..” she slowly made her way along the wall towards the main street. “Sooo...ya...see ya”

 

[Blackthorne]

"Wait" he spoke firmly without shouting. He raised a flask of mead and drank it then tossed it to her . he knew her reflexes enough to know she would catch it. "For the taste in your mouth. We should talk before you go, there are forces involved here of which you should be cautious. After all, rushing in here without casing the place didn't exactly have optimal results, did it?
" Would it surprise you someone who hired you meant for you to come to harm? Do you think he could have been working for others? Do you think you can tale them all on yourself, or if you ignore them they will go awwy?"

"Call me Jaeger. You may have heard of me, but likely you have not. I am ,after all, a very private person. I'd like to help you. No , odo t claim ot will be for free, I know you're not a dupe or a mark, you lniw that everything costs something. The way you win is when you work witj someone whose interests align. I've a proposal I think you'll find intriguing but better discussed somewhere more private , and somewhere whoever done you dirty isn't about to check up on ." He paused for a brief moment

"Consider whoever set you up probably has more for you here, as well as out there it might be better to let him think he has won for now. Or at least to watch here and see who comes calling.and I don't mean someone looking to rescue you."

"After we take care of that, I would like to go somewhere and discuss a propossl wiht you, a d I'll pay you 50 gold Crowns. Real crown sovereigns not the cut down misshapen orc coins they try to pass off in this town. For your time. I hear you are one of the best and you well might be, I am hard to impress but you have made an impression on me." He smiled with a hint of warmth showing through his cool demeanor,