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When Medusa heard noises, she sat up and turned
toward the sound.
"Aphrodite?"
"Yes, my love. I have returned."
A breath Medusa held captive escaped at the sound
of Aphrodite's voice. Medusa leaned back down and let the cool
rock press against her sore back.
Aphrodite stroked Medusa with the wet cloth. At
the touch of the salty water, the scaly flesh shriveled and cracked
away from the human flesh. Medusa moaned as the goddess touched
the cloth to her legs. Aphrodite scrubbed at some areas to soften
the tough, scaly flesh. Most of the scales fell away from the
front of the woman.
"Turn over. I need to do the back."
When Medusa turned over, Aphrodite rubbed the cloth
over her body. The goddess cringed, when she had to touch the
broken flesh with the salty water. Medusa jerked, when the salt
water caused the skin to sting.
"Hold still."
Medusa did as she was told, even though her bruised
flesh felt like it was being slowly boiled off of the bone. Instead
of moving, she concentrated on breathing in and out.
Aphrodite stroked the cloth over the scaly areas.
If an area was stubborn, she scraped at it with her fingernail.
Medusa fought the urge to squirm away from the sensation of being
stabbed each time a fingernail broke through the barrier between
the two layers of flesh.
Occasionally, the goddess paused to kiss and lick
at the human flesh of her lover.
Medusa relaxed during these moments. Because of
the snakes the goddess could not touch her lover above the shoulder
blades.
"We need to continue on our journey. Are you ready
for the next step?"
"I'm afraid."
Aphrodite kissed her lover's foot. Medusa moaned.
The goddess licked from the heel and followed the valley and peak
of the arch and the ball of the foot. She flicked her tongue between
the toes. She alternated between the right and left. She sucked
the toes into her mouth and caressed the other foot with her free
hand.
Medusa moaned when her lover swallowed all five
toes into her mouth.
Aphrodite watched Medusa move in response. Medusa
swiveled her hips to the rhythm of her lover's movements. Taking
as much of the foot as possible into her mouth, Aphrodite sucked
the foot in and out of her mouth. Medusa shivered. Taking the
foot out of her mouth,
Aphrodite said, "Let it flow. Give it to me."
Medusa shook as her orgasm cascaded out of her
body. She gasped for air like a newborn child. Her chest rose
and fell with each breath.
"We need to continue now." Aphrodite rose from
the stone and stepped away from it. She raised her arms up to
the sky.
"Zeus, supreme god and ruler, I ask for your assistance.
You control order. I ask that you help me return order. As long
as Medusa is cursed by Athena's jealousy, I, the goddess of love,
cannot love. My powers over beauty and love are bound by this
curse." Aphrodite paused for an answer. She watched the clouds
to see if they would express the response. The sun soon peeked
through the clouds as they parted. The sun looked down on the
two women like an eye.
"Zeus, I ask that you light a fire upon my lover's
flesh. I want the curse your daughter placed upon her to know
the heat of my desire for her. The demons cursed into her keep
me out. My love and desire want to break in and restore the beauty
of this woman. Throw fire onto this cursed form to help me show
the strength of my love and desire for her. I, the goddess of
love, desire and beauty, request you assist me in this battle
to restore order."
In response to her request, the sky turned black.
Thunder roared. Lightning shot across the sky. Aphrodite stroked
her lover's back. Tears threatened to roll down her cheeks.
"Zeus, please return my love."
A lightning bolt shot from the sky and struck Medusa.
Her body danced as the electricity ran through her. Fire erupted
upon her flesh. Demons hissed at Aphrodite from the flames. Aphrodite
stepped back and picked up her whip. She flung it into the flames
and snagged a demon. She threw the demon away from her lover.
"Go live in the caverns without my love," she said as she flung
demon after demon away from her lover. The snakes on Medusa's
head stretched to avoid the flames engulfing her flesh. One broke
away from the barrier of her scalp and slithered toward the goddess.
She flung the tip of her whip at the snake and snatched it up
with it. She threw it into the air toward the ocean. A stream
of lightning struck the snake as it traveled through the air.
"Slither on the bottom of the ocean and forever
be electrified," she said to the snake as it soared toward the
ocean.
Medusa screamed as the battle continued. Her lover's
desire for her burned upon her flesh. The demons fought for control
of her body, and her lover fought to release her.
