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all the pleasure that he had brought to the world. See why his sacrifice had been necessary.
    There would still be so much power in her former minion, even without her magic. Perhaps she would let him keep a measure of that strength as a gift from her. He had served her well.
    All of her incubi all had.
    It had been many millennia since she had been cast out by her male counterparts. The gods of shame still reigned, and some women still suffered without their own pleasure, but that was starting to change. And that meant that she must as well.
    Ashira, caressed the woman's cheek.
    Cassandra stirred, her sleepy eyes opened a slit.
    "Hello, Cassandra," Ashira said in the woman’s mind.
    The woman looked up at her quizzically through the fog of sleep.
    "This is nothing but a dream. I just came to tell you that you were a good choice for my Richard. He needs an equal, someone unafraid to give him the gift of her strength.”
    Cassandra smiled and nodded, before nestling back into the down pillow beneath her head. As she closed her eyes, Ashira felt a satisfaction she had not in a very long time.
    And with that, Ashira cut the bind that held Richard to her and gave him to Cassandra.