"Will you stay with me, Obi?" Kerri says hoarsely, her tongue licking Obi-Wan's lips.

 

Before he can reply, her mouth finds his in a hungry kiss. She raises her right leg high over his thigh, rubbing her body against him.

 

"Kerri! I did love you, I was such a fool not to say anything," Obi-Wan moans against her lips.

 

"Then love me again," Kerri says and bites his earlobe teasingly.

 

Obi-Wan groans and his hands fight to undo her black tunics, groaning as he touches her naked breasts the moment they are freed. He kisses her wildly and pushes her back against the wall.

 

“Let us get our son and raise him together,” Obi-Wan whispers between kisses.

 

Kerri lets her leg caress his for a moment before she stands and undoes her pants, guiding his hand to touch her womanhood. The Jedi moans as she moves into his hand sensuously. She pushes Obi-Wan a little back and her golden eyes look into his blue ones. As she licks her lips, her hands glide over his chest and with a powerful tug, tears his tunics open to reveal his muscled chest. She kisses his warm skin and licks her way to his hard nipple, where she nips and suckles. As she hears Kenobi´s sighs, Kerri looks up again and smiles.

 

"Drink from my breast, Obi-Wan, like your son does,"

 

Panting heavily, Obi-Wan bends his head and takes her heavy breast in his hand to kiss it almost reverently. He flicks her nipple and as she moans he closes his mouth around it and suckles, drinking her warm milk. Kerri lets her hand go down to his groin, caressing his hardness through the fabric of his pants. With eager fingers she opens his trousers and releases his erection, stroking his manhood. As she pushes the skin up and down, she feels Obi-Wan suckle at her breast and she moans.

 

"Yes, it feels so good!"

 

Obi-Wan is caressing her womanhood inside her pants and she spreads her legs to give him more room. He pushes her pants down and she moans, kicking off her boots and stepping out of her pants. She pulls his trousers out of the way and rubs her body against his. Obi-Wan caresses her slick womanhood, probing her opening and stimulating her hard little nub. He lifts her off the floor and she hooks her legs around his hips, feeling his hardness thrust into her. Obi-Wan's lips part as he thrusts fast and deep into her, her body shaking from the violence of his moves. Kerri gives soft cries as she feels Obi's hot length deep inside her. She bites his neck and digs her fingers into the hard muscles of his chest. He gives a long, deep groan and releases, the hot rush of his seed flowing to meet her violent orgasm. She exhales sensuously and lets her legs slide to the floor again, breathing heavily.

 

"Oh, Obi-Wan, that felt good," she says huskily.

 

The Jedi Knight leans against her, his chest heaving from the force of his emotions. She fastens the buttons of her tunics with shaking fingers and steps into her pants and boots again, watching Obi-Wan cover himself as well, pushing his torn tunics into his belt.

 

"Our ship is waiting nearby," Obi-Wan says. "As soon as we are at the Jedi Temple, we can go before the council and I am sure they will help you return to the Light side. And I will ask permission to marry you, I am sure there is  a way to get our son back," Obi-Wan speaks rapidly.

 

"Oh no, no, no, my friend," Kerri says, her voice suddenly steely. "I have no intention to go back with you. Marry you? Never! I am not that desperate. I will return to my Lord and who knows, maybe I am carrying another child of yours inside me now. Another addition to the Sith Order."

 

Obi-Wan looks at her in total disbelief, then the look on his face turns to disgust. "I tried to save you, but I will rather kill you myself, than let you be corrupted by the dark side," he growls, tears welling up in his eyes.

 

"I love you, Kerri, I tried to forget it, but I will always love you, you are the mother of my son," Obi-Wan Kenobi says, tears now running down his cheeks. "Out of love I will do this, I cannot let you turn to the dark side,"

 

Kerri starts to laugh. “A Jedi will try to kill me? You are too sanctimonious. You will never harm another being, but I will, you will be the first Jedi I destroy.”

 

But before Kerri has a chance to unclip and activate her lightsaber, Obi-Wan holds his, the green beam throwing an eerie light on the walls of the room. He lashes out with a quick, sure move and runs her through. Kerri's eyes open wide and for a moment they hold a look of astonishment, before they close forever and she falls to the floor in a crumpled heap.The Jedi deactivates his weapon and kneels on the floor, holding the body of the woman he loved in his arms, cradling her.

 

"I would rather see you die at the hand of one who loves you, my sweet, than be destroyed by the dark side. Rest now, my love, I shall take you home."

 

After a moment of silent grief, the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi wipes his tears and lifts Kerri in his arms. He knows her Sith Master is near and he is in a hurry to take at least her body back to the Jedi Temple, where she can be brought to join the Force.

 

"The Darkside will not get your body, my Kerri, that at least belongs to the Jedi again," Obi-Wan whispers. He kisses Kerri's forehead and hurries from the house to his ship, carrying her in his arms

 

Lord Maul growls angrily and stops dead in his tracks. He senses a disturbance in the Force and he knows Kerri has found Obi-Wan Kenobi. "Again that cretin," Maul growls.

 

His mind searches the area, connecting with Kerri, but before he can join her, the bond snaps and he meets only emptiness. At that moment Maul knows Kerri Vexa is dead and enraged he runs to where he sensed her presence. Running at high speed, he reaches the house beside the temple and throws open the door. The room is empty and he realizes Obi-Wan Kenobi has taken Kerri's body with him. His eyes blazing fire, Maul looks around the room and he discovers a shiny cylinder lying on the floor; Kerri's lightsaber. It had fallen from her belt as Obi-Wan carried her from the house, and now Maul lets it fly into his waiting hand.

 

"Your death will be avenged, my Sith warrior. One day this lightsaber will belong to your son," Maul hisses and turns to go back to his Infiltrator.

 

As he runs stealthily through the village, his sensitive ears pick up the sound and thrum of engines starting up and a moment later a sleek star cruiser flies low over the trees and shoots into the sky. Maul bares his teeth in rage as he sees it disappear, taking his apprentice and depriving her of a funeral with full Sith ritual.

 

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It is in the middle of the night when I awake from my sleep with a start. I feel a constriction around my throat and an icy wind whirling around me. As I sit up in the bed and wipe the cold sweat off my brow, I know Kerri is dead. I sense a sudden emptiness where she lodged in the bond in my head. I can also sense the rage of my husband, but I know he is not harmed. I feel a deep sense of grief and loss, for Kerri had become very close to me, we are both Darksiders, both mothers of young children and it created a firm bond between us. Also the fact that it was I who seduced her to the dark side made our relationship special. The icy wind is gone as suddenly as it came and the room is dark and quiet again. I see Kh'rin is still sleeping peacefully and I rise to my feet, trembling as I stand by her cot. In the silence of the night I pick up the wail of Xhander in the rooms at the end of the corridor. I realize he has felt the loss of his mother and it awoke him. I run to Kerri's quarters, where Xhander's nurse has already lifted the crying child from his cot and rocks him.

 

"My Lady, I do not know what is wrong with him, I checked if he was ill, or needed changing, but he seems fine," the nurse says, fear clouding her eyes.

 

"His mother has died," I explain quickly and take the shaking child from her. His tiny body thrashes against me as he wails. He does not know what has happened, but the Force alerted him to the death of his mother.

 

"All right, baby, all right," I try to soothe him. "You are safe, we shall look after you."

 

Xhander does not stop his wailing and the nurse and I spend the rest of the night trying to quiet the baby. His face is colouring red under the dark hue of his skin and his sobbing racks his body. Nothing we can do seems to console the child and so we wait until my Lord returns home. Indeed, as he contacts me on the comlink and tells me he is on final approach and shall be with us shortly, I breathe a sigh of relief.

 

About an hour later, my Lord Maul strides into the room, an angry scowl on his beautiful face. He takes Xhander from my arms and holds him to his chest.

 

"You will stop crying now. Your mother is gone, but you shall avenge her death. You shall become a fearless Sith Lord and you shall always remember who killed your mother," Maul says in his soft voice and Xhander closes his swollen eyes and his exhausted body goes limp as he falls asleep against Maul's heart.

 

My beloved's eyes meet mine over the baby's head and he nods.

 

"Kerri is dead, she found Obi-Wan Kenobi and he killed her. He took her body with him to the Jedi Temple," he growls.

 

"I know, I sensed her death and so did Xhander, he has been crying for hours now," I reply.

 

Maul hands the sleeping baby to the nurse, who bows to him and takes the child with her to his own bed.

 

I run into Maul's embrace and feel his arms close round me.

 

"I do not have her body, but we shall make sure she becomes one with the dark side and Iridonia," Maul says, dark anger in his voice. "The Jedi shall pay heavily for this, my Lady, Kerri shall be avenged."

 

He lifts my head and kisses me hungrily, his lips parting mine and his tongue invading my mouth. I can sense his rage as well as his arousal as he shrugs out of his cloak. Just as quickly, he takes off his tunics and they as well as his trousers and boots join the cloak in a heap on the floor. He is aroused and his manhood is already hard against me. He almost tears my gown from my body in his eagerness to touch my naked skin and he lifts me in his arms. My hard nipples kiss his as his strong arms hold me to him and we kiss again, our tongues dancing around each other. I wrap my legs around his thighs as he carries me into the room where he rests me on our ebony wood dining table. A bowl of fruit is impatiently sent flying out of the way as Maul leans me back on the table and kisses my neck. I feel his little bites at my earlobe and my shoulder as he licks and kisses me. I caress his shoulders and rake my nails over his spine as he lowers his head and licks to the valley between my breasts, where he takes my skin between his teeth.

 

His hot breath burns my skin as he closes his mouth over my nipple and suckles. Once again I feel him drink my milk from my breasts and I hold his head to me, my fingers circling the horns at his temples. I can feel his anger as well as his arousal surging around me; it is dark and thick - almost visible to me. When my beloved is in this mood, he wants me and nothing will stop him from having me, right then and there…here and now. He lifts his head and his fiery, golden eyes scorch my face. All I can do is moan as Maul lets his hand go to my womanhood where he spreads my lips and rubs between them. Flames of passion burn through me, starting at my head, going to my breasts and my belly to my womanhood, being so expertly touched by my consort. He enjoys seeing me as I hold my arms over my head, so I raise them sensuously and rest them on the table behind me, feeling the roughness of the wood against my hands. Maul groans and puts his hands under my knees, raising them high, placing my ankles at his shoulders and I feel how his sex enters me, hard and big. My body is shuddering as he begins deep, hard thrusts and I feel how I am moved over the table by the violence of his pushes. Every breath that comes from between his lips now is a loud groan and the position he holds me in allows him to penetrate me deeply. I cry out his name as I feel my arousal reach its climax.

 

"Khameir!"

 

He moves faster and harder and I can feel his anger still in his thrusts, yet now his passion for me is overtaking the rage. He lets his head fall back and his beautiful lips part in a long, deep groan as he releases deep inside me. He takes my hands and entwines his fingers with mine as I feel my orgasm take over with total abandonment. I cry out his name again and my back arches as my essence mingles with his. We are both panting, he leaning over me, his hands holding mine. I can still feel him hard inside me as his eyes lock with mine and he groans again. Then finally I can let him go and he pulls from me, wonderfully, slowly.

 

"Oh, my love," I can only whisper hoarsely.

 

My legs slide from his shoulders and he pulls me up into his arms. A long time Maul holds me, sitting on the edge of the table, feeling his hot skin and listening to his heartbeat. His anger now gone, Maul lifts me in his strong arms and carries me to the couch, where he holds me on his lap, my head resting against his shoulder.

 

"We must do the burial ritual for Kerri soon. I could not bring her body home, but she will join the dark side of the Force," Maul says

 

That night I lie beside my consort and I cannot find sleep. My hands fumble with the soft, velvet covers, my nails digging furrows in them. I try not to toss and turn because I know Maul wakes up at the slightest sound or move and I want him to rest. I feel his hand coming to rest on my arm and I hear his voice in the darkness.

 

"You are worried."

 

"Yes, my love, I keep seeing Kerri in her final moment, and I wonder, was she afraid, what did she think? And what is to become of Xhander?"

 

I bury my head at the curve of Maul's neck, breathing in his warm scent.

 

"She died unafraid, as a Sith warrior should after taunting the Jedi," Maul says. "Xhander will be raised by his nurse and trained and educated by me, just as our daughter will be."

 

He kisses my forehead. "Now go to sleep, sweet little one."

 

I feel his powerful mind embrace me and induce much needed sleep. A few minutes later drowsiness overcomes me and I sleep in his arms.