Chapter 39

The flash from the ring he wore momentarily blinded Jason and he blinked fuzzily - his vision a sea of dull lights and coloured spots. His limbs felt dull and heavy - far more than the usual languid feeling he experienced after cumming. Emma was still writhing and twitching beneath him in the aftermath of the Binding and her climax, and she looked oblivious to anything else that was going on. Jason tried to say her name but couldn’t manage to get the words to form - he felt himself slip towards unconsciousness with his girlfriend’s name half-formed on his lips.

When Jason became aware once more of his surroundings he was laying on his back in the centre of his bed. The room was still dark, but there seemed to be a touch of early dawn light coming from the window.

“Em?” Jason called softly. He rubbed at his eyes - he really felt wiped and he didn’t know why. All of a sudden, the memory of the strange flash of light returned and he sat bolt upright in a panic - looking blearily around his bedroom and calling out his girlfriend’s name more forcibly. “Emma?!”

There was no answer but Jason gave a start when he recognised her silhouette kneeling at the foot of his bed. She didn’t appear to take any notice of him calling her name - a fact that sent a shiver of fear running through him. She wouldn’t ignore him under normal circumstances - she certainly wouldn’t after being Bound to him by a Silver Ring.

Jason rolled over and switched on the lamp at the side of his bed - the light sending a stabbing flash of pain through his eyeballs as they adjusted. Through teary eyes, Jason squinted at Emma still motionless at the foot of his bed - a leadened feeling of worry sitting heavily in his gut the longer he looked at her.

Emma - her slender body naked and lovely - was kneeling patiently on top of the mattress looking at him. Except that wasn’t exactly right. Her hands were resting loosely on her thighs and was relaxed - too relaxed. Now that Jason had turned the light on he could see there was something very wrong with her eyes; they were blank, unseeing, and possessed an emptiness that frightened him.

Jason stared in horror at her - what was wrong with her. What had he done?!

He looked down at the ring on his finger in a panic - had he somehow screwed up the binding by doing it so quickly after she had been given a ring? His pounding heart steadied somewhat when he saw that gems representing Emma were as he expected; they were the same as the solid colour that the others had become once he had claimed them - although the colours were far more muted than his other three woman because of how little he had influenced her. If nothing had gone wrong with the Rings then why was Emma acting so strangely? The last thing he remembered was the flash of light and Emma beneath him on the bed - so obviously something had happened in between that he wasn’t aware of.

“Emma...” Jason said in a faint voice. He took a deep breath and spoke more forcibly. “What’s the matter - are you alrig-”

Jason stopped speaking in mid sentence as had Emma turned her face sightlessly towards his. There was still no expression on her face and her eyes were unfocused which made her blind regard very unsettling. Still, the fact that she had heard him was reassuring. He was about to question her further when she slowly and gracefully lifted the hand that wore the Silver Ring and held it up between them.

Jason stared aghast as Emma used her other hand to slip the Ring off of her finger.

As Emma placed the ring on the palm of her hand and held it up to him, Jason felt like he was hyperventilating. He no longer had any idea of what was going on. He looked down at his Ring again - all of the gems were still the same colour that they had been before. Even the ring that Emma was holding between them still had the coloured gems.

“Emma?” Jason asked tentatively. She didn’t move and gave no indication that she heard him.

Jason reached out and very carefully cupped Emma’s hand with his own. Her skin felt feverishly warm. Not knowing what else to do, he picked up the Silver Ring up between his thumb and forefinger and lifted it off Emma’s palm.

Almost immediately life sprang back into Emma’s face. She blinked a few times and then gave Jason a wide and genuine smile.

“Morning, Jason.” Emma murmured softly. She seemed entirely unconcerned with the fact that she was kneeling naked on his bed.

Jason didn’t reply - he was staring down at what he held in his hand. Almost the very moment he had taken it from her, the gems on Emma’s Silver Ring had drained of all their colour - returning to be simple clear stones once more. He frantically looked at the Ring he wore and, sure enough, Emma’s gems were clear there as well.

“Hello? Earth to Jason?” Emma said, playfully waving her hand in front of his face. Even though he was clearly holding the Ring within her line of sight she didn’t seem to pay it any heed at all. She pouted at him prettily. “If you keep ignoring me I’m going to get offended.”

“Uh - morning.” Jason croaked. He looked from Emma’s face to the Rings and then back again. Had he somehow unbound her? But if that was the case why was she ignoring the Ring? “Are you - are you okay?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?” Emma said, pursing her lips in confusion. She leant forward - heedless of her nudity - and cupped his face gently. Her hands were small and soft. “What’s the matter?”

Jason shivered beneath her touch - despite the fact that her skin still felt a little too warm. He put his hand over hers to hold her in place - staring searchingly into her eyes. She had removed the Ring and given it back to him - from what he understood that should only have happened if he allowed the Bindings to lapse and wane. He had to find out what was going on - and to find out if she remembered anything that had happened during the night.

“I guess I’m just tired.” Jason said, attempting a weak smile. “Our sleep got a little interrupted when my mom came home - remember?”

“Oh yes!” Emma giggled. “And you promised me we’d have the house to ourselves - and in the end everyone came back!”

“Yes...” Jason said slowly. Everyone. That meant that she remembered his aunt - and even his teacher arriving. That wasn’t an event that she would normally overlook. “ ... you don’t mind that Sarah and Karla came back as well?”

“Well I would have preferred to have you to myself a little longer.” Emma winked. She leant forward suddenly and pressed her soft lips to his in a gentle kiss. “But I certainly don’t mind that they came home as well.”

Jason had stayed immobile and hadn’t responded at all to his girlfriend’s kiss. She didn’t seem to mind his behaviour being odd though, and was looking at him with a tender expression on her face.

“I wanted to have you to myself as well.” Jason managed. He had to test things further. “Even though I’m sure the others would have liked to join us... ?”

“Naughty.” Emma teased. She gripped his chin with one hand and wagged his head from side to side. “Am I not enough for you?”

“No, I didn’t mean -”

“But if you wanted to have them join us you should have said something, baby.”

“ ... really?” Jason asked off-balance. She’d just said ... and his mother and aunt were included in that! Still, he felt like he had to ask again to make sure. “You wouldn’t mind my mother to join us during ... sex?”

“If you want her to.” Emma said, although she blushed a pretty shade of pink. She then gave him slightly wicked smirk. “It could be fun after all.”

“I suppose it could be.” Jason said weakly. He didn’t know what to think - clearly Emma was still affected by the Ring even though she no longer wore it. On top of that, since the gems were colourless again did that mean the Ring could be used again? Should he try and give it to Emma once more to be safe?

Jason held up the Silver band before Emma’s face - close enough that there was no way she could miss it. Instead of it captivating her attention entirely like it had before, she barely gave it any notice; her eyes flicked to it for a moment and then she dismissed it. She turned her gaze back to Jason with a warm smile. Clearly it worked on some level; she wasn’t questioning why he was holding a Silver Ring up to her face - but she wasn’t interested in it either.

“I’m sure we would have fun either way.” Emma purred softly. She put a small hand on his bare chest and trailed it down his torso lingeringly - stopping just below his belly. “Although I do enjoy getting to have you all to myself...”

Her hand dipped boldly lower and she curled her finger’s lightly around Jason’s shaft. He hadn’t been hard before, but as soon as he had felt her touch his cock leapt immediately to attention - hardening in her grip. He looked into Emma’s eyes - shining brightly so close to his own - and saw the familiar haze of lust there. Whatever had happened when she had taken off her Ring, it appeared as though the Binding of Lust was still at work there. He just didn’t understand why she had been able to remove the Ring in the first place!