Seduction of the Snake God

Seduction of the Snake God

Lovers eminent in love ever diversities combine;
the vocal chords of the cushat-dove, the snake\'s articulated spine.
Such elective elements educate the eye and lip
with one\'s refreshing innocence, the other\'s claim to scholarship.
The serpent\'s knowledge of the world learn, and the dove\'s more naïve charm;
whether your ringlets should be curled, and why he likes his claret warm -Elinor Wylie

Part Four

Snake Bite

Snape cast a total of fifteen spells on the necklace. The ones that Harry recognized were all detection spells. Finally Snape just stared at the necklace for five minutes or so, as if he expected it to crawl away under its own power. Then he cued the clasp to his magic, and put it on.

\"Thank you, Mr. Potter.\"

\"See? I told you! Nothing dangerous.\"

Severus closed the space between them as if it had not existed. He grabbed two hands full of Harry\'s collar.

\"Listen very carefully, Mr. Potter,\" Snape spoke in a slow whisper into Harry\'s ear.

\"All right.\"

\"If ever again you wear a magical item, you will know what it is, and everything that it is capable of doing. Do you understand me?\"

\"Yes sir.\"

Severus released him and pushed him back slightly.

\"Do not expect too much of me.\"

\"I don\'t expect anything from you, sir.\"

\"That is wise.\"

\"May I ask you a question?\"

\"No.\"

\"Do you find me attractive?\"

\"Yes.\"

\"Really?\"

\"I am in a relationship, Mr. Potter, and have been for years.\"

\"Oh. Well, that\'s good, then. Isn\'t it? I\'m happy for you, sir. I mean it. I meant it when I said, if we couldn\'t be, well. I do want to be your friend, sir.\"

Snape stepped very close to Harry again. So close that they were almost touching. Harry could feel his body heat, smell his spice and musk.

\"What, precisely, would being your friend entail, Mr. Potter? As my friend, would you mind it if I touched you like this?\"

Snape trailed the elegant fingers of his left hand down Harry\'s chest.

\"Or like this?\"

Snapes fingers cupped his groin. Harry could not help pushing himself against Snape\'s hand.

\"No sir, I wouldn\'t mind,\" Harry whispered breathlessly.

\"Call me Severus. I have my hand on your cock, Harry. Surely that is worth some familiarity? Severus. Say it.\"

\"No Severus, I don\'t mind.\"

Severus squeezed his hardening cock, slid back over his bollocks.

\"I\'ll ask you again. What do you want, Harry?\"

\"Everything. Anything. I don\'t mind.\"

\"No? Perhaps I should do what ever I want to you, then. You may stop me, if you so choose.\"

\"I don\'t want to stop you.\"

\"Perhaps.\"

Time seemed to slow down. Certain things blurred, while Snape and Harry\'s own body came into sharp focus. The next thing Harry knew, he was being lifted, one arm holding his back, one behind his knees. Snape pressed his mouth to Harry\'s, kissing him as he walked. It redefined Harry\'s idea of a kiss. It was hard and relentless, an assault on his senses, an attack on his mouth, a kiss starving to be returned. Harry did return it, passionately. Somehow Snape got them into another room, a room with a bed, a bedroom. Everything here looked soft and white, the furniture, the sheets, the gauzy netting over the bed. The kiss broke as Severus set him down, somehow, spelled his clothes off, then spelled his own clothes off, and crushed Harry to the mattress, kissing his mouth again, then his neck, biting him just hard enough to hurt, sanding his stubbled face over tender skin.

Harry\'s hands entwined in Snape\'s greasy hair, as Severus kissed and licked and nipped his way lower, teeth scraping over Harry\'s ribs. A hot talented tongue lashed his hip bone making him squirm. Then Snape\'s mouth descended hungrily over his cock\'s head. Harry cried out. The pleasure, the need of it, was excrutiating. The thinking part of his brain had shut down completely. It was all touch, the sharpness of teeth contrasting the smoothness of tongue, a symphony of heat, pressure, and wetness, in all it\'s glorious variations. Snape swallowed him down. Harry came bucking, bruising his pelvis on Snape\'s chin. Severus swallowed his come and licked him clean again.

\"It would appear you truly do not mind.\"

Snape started to pull his body this was and that. Harry felt as puddled and boneless, as a ragdoll, as Snape positioned him. Snape bound his hands, wordlessly and wandlessly to the headboard and removed his glasses. Suddenly Harry\'s vision cleared, as did the thinking part of his mind. He took a good look at Severus. The man was ghostly pale, and scarred nearly everywhere. He was lean but hard, all muscle and bone. His cock was long and thick, uncut and painfully erect. Harry thought he was the most beautiful thing Harry had ever seen.

\"You got Voldemort\'s magic, didn\'t you?\"

\"Yes, at least part of it.\"

\"That\'s why you disappeared. I\'m sorry, Severus.\"

Severus carded fingers through Harry\'s hair.

\"I was in magical flux, a danger to you, to anyone still alive there. Controlling it -has- taken time. If I frighten you-\"

\"You don\'t!\"

\"No, of course not. You have never the sense to be afraid of anything, have you?\"

\"Not true. You scared the life out of me when I was little. But I\'m all grown up now. I trust you, Severus. I know you won\'t hurt me- well, not very much, anyway.\"

\"I will bring you pain, Harry, no matter how hard I will try not to hurt you.\" Those dark eyes looked haunted. Harry knew that Severus wasn\'t talking about sex.

\"I\'m not afraid of pain. It\'s part of life.\"

\"I am not worth it.\"

\"You are to me.\"

\"I am a very poor candidate for giving you what you want.\"

\"How do you know what I want?\"

\"I do remember- the requisite softness, the fondness of expression, the fulfillment of emotion returned, every word, every deed betraying feeling and forethought. Knowing what you require does not make me capable of providing it.\"

\"I don\'t want an act, Severus.\"

Snape looked furious suddenly.

\"The point is, pale imitation is more than I have to offer.\"

\"I don\'t believe that.\"

\"Then you are destined for disappointment.\"

\"I like you the way you are. I don\'t expect you to change. I wouldn\'t want you to change.\"

\"I wish that were true.\"

\"You are the one who won\'t give me any more Veritaserum.\"

\"Ridiculous child, perhaps you do deserve me.\"

\"There see? Now we\'ve got that all sorted.\"

Harry strained to lift himself trying kiss Severus. Severus lowered him down again onto the pillow and made his mouth available to Harry. This one was softer and sweeter that the others. Neither controlled it. They both just let it happen. It was not a means to an end. It was just a kiss.

Suddenly, Snape\'s entire body tensed. A second or two later, Harry heard a barely audible pop. Severus put a silencing spell on Harry, who was wide eyed, looking over his shoulder. Severus turned to see Lucius Malfoy, removing his gloves.

\"Oh my! I see that I am interrupting something.\"

\"Lucius. Not at all.\" Severus rolled off Harry and stood. \"It is most kind of you to honour me with this visit.\" He motioned toward the bar. \"Do make yourself at home.\"

Harry couldn\'t help but notice how comfortable both of them seemed with Severus\' nudity, as well as his. Harry did not think he could be more uncomfortable, unless the two of them decided to take turns sticking pins in him.

Lucius dropped his gloves on the table, set his walking stick against it. He poured himself a glass from a carafe of red wine.

\"Careful, that is local.\" Severus said to Lucius, though he was staring at Harry, his face expressionless.

\"Well then, it will make me appreciate home.\"

Harry decided to smile at Severus while Malfoy wasn\'t looking. If Severus noticed, he did not respond.

Lucius took a sip, frowned slightly, then left the glass on the bar. He walked over to lean against Severus, but was also staring at Harry.

\"How can you stand Cairo, Severus? Such a filthy city. No decent wine apparently. I hope you do not mind that I arrived early. I broke my engagements tonight, just because I missed you so.\"

\"Not as often as I have missed you.\" Severus motioned to the bed, \"See what I have caught.\" Obviously he was introducing the subject to the conversation, because both were already staring at him.

\"I am impressed.\"

\"I thought I would give him to you. Harry Potter, the most powerful wizard alive, when not silenced and magically bound to a bed. A virgin, still.\"

\"No!\"

\"Oh yes. I have played with him a little, but not enough to ruin my gift to you.\" Now Severus turned to Lucius, who glanced at him, then turned his attention back to Harry\'s body. \"Not exactly a -gift- of course.\"

\"Of course! Tell me what you want for him, Severus.\"

\"My request, or a very short story, which would you prefer to hear, first?\"

\"You know how much I like stories.\"

\"Dumbledore fucked with my will. Everything I had, everything, went to The-Brat-Who-Lived-To-Be-Bound-To-A-Bed.\"

Now Lucius did look at Severus, but looked as if he were scheming to do the same to someone else\'s will.

\"How?\"

\"I wish I knew. When said brat slew the Dark Lord, I decided to die, too, only to find that my funds had been diverted.\"

\"Severus, you need money? It is yours! I can not bear to see you picking crumbs like some animal.\"

\"Picking for crumbs, yes; but you can not deny the quality of some of the crumbs that I have collected.\" They both turned as one, back to Harry. \"Money, unfortunately, is not what I require. I wish to return to the wizarding world, though not as a permanent guest of Azkaban. I am most heartened by your fine example. I need your power and your influence. I know that you are the only one who can help me, Lucius.\"

\"I\'d be most delighted to help you, Severus, even without such a lovely gift to give me- incentive. After all, you have always known how to return a favour.\"

Harry thought that was a really sneaky way of saying that Harry wasn\'t enough payment for Malfoy\'s help.

\"To that end, I have another small gift. Harry\'s heart sank somewhere underneath the bed when Severus removed the necklace he had given him, and put his arms around Lucius, holding the necklace up so Lucius could look past the necklace, at Harry. Harry did not know what to think when Severus said,

\"I came across this here in Cairo. She was,\" Severus paused then lowered his voice, speaking almost hypnotically very close to Lucius\' ear, \"exquisite. She had the most remarkable neck. I wish you could have seen it; but of course, I could not let her continue, walking around wearing your necklace. Could I? It reminded me of you, immediately, your silver eyes, your golden hair, a snake holding all the power and heat of the sun. I can never repay all my debts to you, Lucius. I would not be the man I am today, were it not for you.\"

Lucius looked really touched. He stroked an index finger down Severus\' nose.

\"I know, Severus. No need to say it.\"

\"May I put this on you?\"

\"Of course.\" Lucius turned back to Harry again, holding his hair, then flicking it back once Severus was done.

\"I hope you do not mind. I would rather like to watch you unwrap your other present.\"

\"I wouldn\'t have it any other way.\"

\"Do you need anything? Knives, toys, lubricant, aphrodisiacs?\"

Lucius tapped his chin with the knuckle of his index finger

\"Oh, for his first time, I think we are all set. Does he bite?\"

\"He has not so far. I have explained, in very small words, what will happen, should he decide to begin.\"

Lucius strode purposefully to the side of the bed, put his wand down on the bedside table, and started to undress, moving again to the foot of the bed, where Harry could see him easily. He carelessly handed his clothes to Severus, who seemed quite happy to take them and hang them for him. Lucius\' eyes never wandered from Harry.

As Lucius undressed, he could not help but wonder at how amusing life after the Dark Lord had become. Some men, lesser men, would blame their good fortune on luck. Lucius knew it was the universe recognizing and rewarding Malfoy quality. He only had come to murder Severus, a pleasant enough reason for visiting in and of itself. Now, he got to despoil a virgin, acquire what promised to be a most memorable sex slave, and murder Severus. Life was sweet.

The boy looked eerily calm. Perhaps he was as brave as they say. Perhaps he was looking forward to this. Yes, that must be it! Until now, he had thought that Snape would do the honours. The boy was moving up in the world. If one is a pet, what could be better than being the pet of Lucius Malfoy? Lucius was nude now, and rock hard, he crawled very slowly and cat-like onto the foot of the bed.

\"Spread your legs for me.\"

The boy\'s eyes went wide, just the right amount of fear and pleading in them. After just a moment\'s hesitation, he spread his legs very slowly. Malfoy crawled up between them. The backs of Lucius\' perfectly manicured fingernails swirled lightly across Harry\'s skin, making his flesh crawl.

Lucius smiled turning to look at Severus, \"He is exquisite!\" Then he turned his attention back to Harry. When he spoke his voice was soft, almost loving, but so cold.

\"This will be painful. The first time must be, pet, for your sake.\" Lucius\' nails slid idly down Harry\'s chest, over his penis, up one thigh, down the other, as he spoke, \"There will no preparation. I\'m going to be quite merciless. There will be blood. Perhaps we can save some of your blood on my handkerchief. You may start a scrapbook with it. Would you like that? Not that you will need one. First love will hurt more than you can possibly imagine. Oh, I know you are used to pain! I can assure you, you\'ve never experienced pain like this before. You\'ll never forget tonight, as long as you live. That might be quite a long time, if you are a good boy and continue to do as you are told.\"

Lucius stroked his fingers down Harry\'s lips, catching and holding his bottom lip, playfully, before letting it spring back into place. Harry wondered if he had shared that little gesture with his son, or if he saved that for the people he raped.

\"Exquisite.\"

\"You\'ve used that word already, Lucius.\"

\"Words fail me.\"

\"Try, Nehebkau.\"

When Lucius started to struggle, and choke, he looked toward his wand on the bedside table. Harry immediately wrapped his rock hard quidditch thighs around Malfoy and held on, with all his might. As Harry watched, the necklace kept constricting about Malfoy\'s neck. It did not stop. The unbreakable chain cut as it slid through flesh. Blood sprayed onto Harry\'s face. Severus grabbed Lucius by the hair. When he pulled, Harry let go. Severus tossed Lucius off the bed onto the floor. Severus untied Harry and ended the Silencio spell.

\"Gods! I just helped you murder Lucius Malfoy!\"

\"In your case, it was clearly self-defense.\"

\"In your case?\"

\"It was long overdue. You realize he could not have left here without killing me? I am the only one left and have witnessed the worst of his crimes.\"

\"You knew he was coming here!\"

\"Yes, I invited him. I am sorry, Harry. Lucius was supposed to arrive to meet with some gruesome death tomorrow night. He always was unreliable. Are you all right?\"

\"Yes. That- was a protection charm?\"

\"Protection from theft. The necklace was still cued to my magic, or never would have done what it did, when I called it by name.\"

\"Called it?\"

\"Yes- you\'ve got some blood on your lip,\" Severus said and used his thumb to wipe it away. Harry didn\'t bother to mention that they were both covered in blood. It was fairly obvious. \"The snake embracing the sun is a traditional representation of Nehebkau.\" As soon as Severus said the name, they heard the sound of metal chain unwinding and hitting the mosaic floor tile with a clink.

\"Severus, please don\'t say that name again.\"

\"It was the name that Ancient Egyptians gave to the Snake Demon, whom they believed to be their god of protection. Today we know that demons make haphazard protectors at best.\"

\"I just love that you know all this stuff off the top of your head.\"

\"Unlike some, I read, and as a student, did not spend all my time in class undressing my professors. This necklace does not call up the demon itself, you understand. That would involve the addition of a rather complicated set of Dark charms. In any case, it would be most inadvisable, even though you could probably converse with him in Parseltongue, unlike the animated snake which you could talk to forever, so long as you do not expect an answer back. The other protections guard against malaria, drowning, snake bite and assassination, which is how I was aware Lucius would be arriving before he got here- not much warning, but better than nothing. Tell me- have you learned anything at all from this experience?\"

\"Is that why you killed him that way? Just to teach me a lesson?\"

\"I hoped, that since I am already nude, you might, for once, pay attention.\"

\"Fine, I\'ve learned to be suspicious of magical items. In the future, I won\'t even touch one, until I figure out everything that it can do.\"

Severus lifted his chin so that their eyes met. When Severus spoke his voice was very soft.

\"Do not forget. I would not like to have to decide what to do with your corpse.\"

Harry smiled and picked a bit of gore out of Severus\' hair. For once, the man didn\'t sound like he was issuing a threat- hard to tell, really. Then Harry looked down at the floor where Malfoy was still twitching.

\"What -are- we going to do with him?\"

\"One of my contacts here, an American named Melvin, specializes in the creation and aging of mummies. He does excellent work, and is most discreet. I am certain Lucius would have approved of a royal burial. Harry, it appears that I have ended my relationship.\"

\"That\'s good- because I love you, Severus Snape. May we please take a shower, now?