Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven
Akirako
W hatever Kenta was doing to me was undoubtedly keeping me calmer. Something about that purr of his went straight to the core of me, making me no better than a damned puddle. And I’d be lying through my teeth if I said I was enjoying it. As a lifelong anxiety folk, I was here for a damned break from the constant worrying.
As I sat there on a couch of sorts—in some odd, castle-like house, no less—I tried to breathe nice and slow as Kenta and Rune prepared me for whatever the hell was about to happen.
“Okay, you’ve said that you’re going to take down the walls, but what the hell does that mean?” I felt foggy, but it wasn’t as intense as before, which I had to assume meant Kenta was holding back. “I don’t want to break my brain or something, and as much as I want to trust you all, you must know this is nuts.”
Kenta smiled, Rune not offering up nearly as “sweet” a gesture. “You want to trust us, Aki, because you already know you can. It’ll all make sense in a moment.”
I shook my head, a sarcastic grin on my face. “No one calls me that except me.”
“I could call you ‘pet’ like Keika or ‘flower’ like Rune?” He grinned, those sharp cat fangs gleaming in the actual fucking candlelight of all things. “Or perhaps you would like ‘human’ like Baltz uses.”
A snort left me on instinct. I had to admit that Kenta was funny—and disarmingly charming. I should be having a full-blown meltdown right about now, but that purring and the way that I felt like I knew them all was keeping me teetering over the edge.
“Not ‘human,’ please. And it’s…fine. It’s just…weird. I don’t know you.” I squinted at him, focusing on the smooth, especially short, black fur that covered Kenta’s body. “I think.”
All he did was grin harder.
“You will in just a moment. We are only waiting for Keika and Baltz to meet us. Then Rune will take down their walls in your mind.”
I glanced over at the living shadow that I was sitting next to; that calm was the only thing that was keeping me from bolting again. Rune was terrifying, if intriguing, and my skin tingled everywhere their eyes found me, which had gone back to being just the one pair.
“Their? So you use they/them?” I raised my brows, and Rune actually faltered for a moment before that too-wide smile stretched across their face.
“I do, flower. When you’re made of darkness,” they gestured down to themselves, “tying yourself to a gender seems…irrational.”
I nodded since there was little else to do at that moment. “And you, Kenta? Him?”
He purred, nuzzling his nose into my neck like he and Keika had been doing so much. “Yes, Aki. And Keika is a she, and Baltz is a dick.”
Laughing, I relaxed a hair until the floorboards at the threshold to this living room-like space creaked. Snapping my attention in that direction, I found said dick and Keika walking over.
“And a ‘he,’ for all that it matters.”
Baltz’s expression was stoic and as unreadable as it had been this entire time, but his eyes twinkled with something akin to humor. He approached, Keika right on his heels, her tails swishing around playfully.
“Good, we can begin,” Rude said, and I swiveled back toward them, my heart in my throat.
Nervousness rushed through my veins as I neared a panic attack. As if sensing my distress, Kenta and Keika were running their fingers up and down my arms in seconds.
“I…I’m really not just dreaming or going insane?” I held Rune’s eyes.
“No, flower. You’re waking up.”
With no other preamble, Rune put their icy cold fingers on my temples. I could feel them push into my head, and suddenly, my mind wasn’t my own, like having a nightmare you couldn’t wake up from.
Image after image, memory after memory, funneled into my conscious mind. The door had truly opened up, and all these pictures and beliefs of past events that I’d had for years just melted away.
I could see the times I’d been in danger, either with my mother or someone else. I could see the rescues or redirects. I could see the monsters—the real ones. Not the furry or scaled types or the one who was made of shadow and hunger. I could see the humans who’d used and abused, taken and tormented.
They had been there each time to get me through the worst of it.
And then there was the most recent. I could see the subway station and the contents of my purse that had spilled over the ground. There were the sounds of voices, so many and all around me. They were young, male, and they demanded. They were going to…
“Oh god…”
Tears streamed down my cheeks as I saw Runethok—this demon of shadow—rip them all to shreds for touching me. I could see them getting me back home, their desire too wild to be tamed now.
And then I saw Baltzeheir from when I was a child. I could see the strange horse covered in scales, its tail interspersed with tentacles. It had a horn on its head, and its black eyes stood out amid its seafoam green hair.
He was sluicing through the water toward me. I’d fallen in. I was…drowning.
The odd pulling sensation of Rune’s fingers leaving my mind brought me back to the present, and I struggled to catch my breath. I did recognize them all. I did know them. I had nearly died a handful of times, and they had all been there to keep me firmly on this side of the veil, as it were.
“You…” I looked around the circle of monsters around me, landing on Baltz. “...saved me.”
He nodded once, and then the yokai nuzzled into my neck on either side again. “You are ours,” said Kenta. We had to,” Keika added.
“It’s breaking a lot of fucking rules telling you about this.” Rune took my chin in their firm, icy grip. “Humans aren’t supposed to know. But…”
“You belong here.” As I flicked my stare to Baltz, he looked me dead in the eyes, straight into my soul. “With us.”
Insane or not, I didn’t want to fight this anymore. It was illogical and probably stupid. They were probably all still going to eat me. Except I didn’t believe that—not for a second. Something had always been missing from my life. It turned out…it had been them.
My monsters.
“I…” Trying to look at each of them again, I nodded slowly. “I know.”
I could see the wave of relief pass through the yokai, and even Baltz seemed to relax a hair, if that was possible for him. Rune chuckled low, their hand moving from my chin to my neck as they grinned—sly and menacing and way too damn sexy.
“That’s so good, little flower.” They crooned the words, singing them into my mind as purrs grew louder around me. “You’re going to let me hurt you now. And it’s going to be so fucking good.”
At once, Kenta and Keika grabbed my arms, each of them able to do so with just a hand. With their free hands, the yokai raked their claws through my shirt, effectively shredding it in seconds. Cold air hit my skin like a slap, goosebumps rippling over my flesh. I hissed as I was exposed from the waist up, my nipples instantly hard.
“Oh, that’s so pretty, little pet.” Keika’s soft voice was light in my ear, and then her warm lips were on my neck. “I love how easily I can see your reactions.”
My mind was spinning from the sensations, the purring. Kenta was on my other side, his lips finding one of my nipples, and I whimpered as his tongue swirled around the tip.
Jesus fuck, I’m…fucking I’m already so—
“I can smell her fucking arousal,” Baltz growled, and my lust-lidded gaze found him as he surged forward from across the room.
He could smell it? Embarrassment flared through my cheeks, making my skin burn. Goddamn, they could all probably smell me like that. There was no thinking straight at this point, however. I was too far gone into the pleasure land that the yokai helped me to get into so quickly. Moreover, in the back of my mind, where it was still somewhat functional, I knew I wanted this—desperately.
“Move both of you.” Rune’s raspy growl lashed out through the air. “You’re dulling her too much.”
They were in my face in a breath, that wide, toothy smile terrifying and intriguing. Rune extended their long tongue, sliding it across those teeth as their red eyes roamed over me.
“And I want my screams.”
The felines hesitated, but only for a moment, and then they each slid back a bit. The rush of sedative-like arousal they’d given me backed off, but I was still dripping from just the predatory look on Rune’s face—not to mention the way that Baltz stared down at me.
“Get her pants off,” Baltz commanded Rune, not bothering to look at the shadow demon.
“Do it yourself, asshole.”
Even though I wasn’t able to see much of a brow, I could tell that Rune was cocking it at Baltz. They glared at each other, both of them not backing down as Baltz closed in on both of us. It was…fucking hot, if I was being honest.
“I can just—”
But then there was something wrapped tight around my mouth. Looking down, I tracked a thick tendril of smoke coming from Rune’s form. The rope of black was like some prehensile appendage that the demon could clearly control at will. Two more forked out of them, each one wrapping around my wrists and then pinning my arms behind me.
Oh, shit. That’s…I am so fucked .
“Mmm,” Kenta crooned, moving toward my neck again and nibbling at the back of it, “You look so lovely all trussed up, Aki.”
I was in so over my head it was ridiculous. From what I could tell, the cats were wearing clothes, and I couldn’t exactly tell how this was going to work with them, but hell, I was willing to find out. And if the tongues on my neck and nipple were anything to go off of, I’d be plenty good if they just used their mouths.
“Ugh, that’s it, Aki.” Kenta purred louder, Keika mimicking it. “Think those dirty, dirty thoughts that are making you smell so fucking good.”
A fang teased my nipple as Keika paid single-minded attention to it, and I moaned low. Turning my head toward Kenta, I breathed harder as I took in all of their strange, beautiful appearance. He was something all right, muscular, and that silky fur covered him from head to toe, making his fingers feel like heaven against my skin.
His slitted eyes gleamed as he pulled back to stare down at me, and I could feel another icy tendril of shadow worm its way around my hips and beneath the hem of my leggings. Trading glances between Kenta and Rune, I watched as my malicious demon teased between my legs before slowly guiding my pants down while the cat-boy smirked and reached down toward his waist.
“Mmm,” I moaned against the tendril around my mouth, pleasure skirting through me at the edges.
Then, Kenta groaned, and I looked over just in time to see his length extend out from the bulge that had sat between his thighs. My eyes shot wide at the sight, shock gripping me as tightly as Rune. Holy fuck . His long, thick erection reached up proudly as he stroked it to life. But the real jaw-dropper was the rows and rows of tiny barbs that covered it.
“She’s intimidated by your pricker,” Rune whispered, and I glanced over to find them stroking their own unique cock—enormous and ridged and surrounded by that knot at the base. “How cute.”
They were wrong, of course. The sight of each of their equipment was one hell of a sight on either account. Knots and barbs, I was clearly in for a crazy fucking night.
“No need to worry, sweet Aki,” Kenta stroked as he spoke, flicking his tongue over my nipple as he brushed against my side, “I will not harm you.”
Keika chuckled against my skin, nipping at my breast before slinking back onto her heels. “Oh, it’ll hurt. But it hurts so damn good.”
My heart was pounding so hard, screaming in my ears, and as I turned to her—lust intoxicating me better than the finest whiskey—I noticed that she’d changed slightly as well. Her own nipples barely peeked out of her fur, and one of Kei’s hands was between her thighs, swirling through her folds.
As I watched her, arousal hit me harder. I could feel it as if whatever they were feeling and transmitting was being picked up by my human mind.
“I think our sweet girl needs a taste.” Kei stood up on the couch in a graceful, almost fluid movement, balance unaffected. “Move that tendril, Rune.”
I glanced at them, and they wore an evil smirk, narrowing their eyes on both of us. After a moment, they cocked their head, letting the shadow around my mouth slide free.
“Only because I want to see her eat your pussy while I play with hers.”
Baltz let out a deep, raspy rumble, and I was just able to get a glimpse of him pressing in behind Rune before Kei’s legs were on either side of my head. There was nearly too much to comprehend, so many sensations and sounds all surrounding me and touching me. It was a confusion I was thrilled to endure.
Kei’s slippery slit was poised right over my mouth, and I wasted no time before reaching out my tongue and gliding it through the glistening seam. A moan cut through her as her taste exploded on my tastebuds. She was sweet and rich and sinful.
That’s when I noticed it.
Along the inside of her lips and wherever I reached my tongue deep into her, Kei’s pussy was ridged. The firm areas curved in toward her entrance and beyond, pulling on my tongue and encouraging me further inside.
Damn, it’s like she’s designed to pull something in.
A soft giggle cut through the haze that was crowding my mind, and I looked up at her as Kei rubbed herself against my mouth.
“You’re quite good at that.” Rune groaned from behind her, and then Kei yelped. “Ugh! You delightful fuck!”
Leaning back to catch my breath, I saw one of those gleaming tendrils of Rune’s stuck right up Kei’s ass, and my pussy clamped around nothing. Oh, so they really can…fuck you.
Everything sped up at that point, and I couldn’t quite track what was happening. My leggings were yanked down my legs, flung somewhere I couldn’t see, and then both the yokai were being thrust over on their hands and knees as shadows fucked their asses mercilessly.
It was a depraved frenzy, and I was right smack dab in the center of it as shadows roamed over my skin, grasping my breasts and teasing my holes as I was helpless to do anything about it.
“Give me her hand, Rune.” Baltz’s voice was a knife in the fuzziness that took hold of my mind, getting me to zero in on him in a flash.
“Say, please.”
An angry growl rumbled out of Baltz’s chest, and I watched the little battle between the two clear Doms of our group tick up higher.
“Don’t make me fuck you with your own shadow, Rune.”
Wild, depraved glee spread over Rune’s face, and then they maneuvered my hand around from my back right in front of Baltz’s hips.
“Oh, please. By all means, stallion.” They just laughed when Baltz glared. “Shall I make her stroke you? Pull that fancy dick out and get her to suck it?”
Jesus, if Rune is saying ‘fancy,’ that’s got to mean Baltz is packing something especially interesting.
“Actually,” Baltz started, stepping forward so that my knuckles brushed over the thicker patch of scales between his legs, “that sounds pretty damn fun.”
“I’m sorry. What am I—”
My words were cut off as Rune yanked on my wrist with his shadow and shoved my hand forward. Inexplicably, my fingers slipped inside something—something warm and slick. And then I felt it. Baltz’s cock nudged against my hand, and on reflex—out of desire and curiosity—I wrapped my fingers around him and guided him free.
What greeted me was definitely one hell of a sight. Baltz’s cock was thick enough that I couldn’t close my hand around it, and two heads forked at the tip, each producing a slim tentacle from within the opening. My jaw literally dropped, my cunt fucking crying at the ridged wonder in front of me—and then Rune shoved the back of my head down, Baltz’s dick spearing between my lips.
I took it as best I could, my jaw aching after just a few moments, but it didn’t fucking matter in the slightest. The thin tentacles from each head coiled around my tongue, tasting like salt water, and then Baltz’s hand was at the back of my head. I struggled to breathe through my nose, filthy sounds filling the room as he fucked my mouth before something ice cold and blunt was dragged through my folds.
“That’s so good, flower.” Rune sounded so close now, and somehow, I knew that it was his shadows, warming me up for him. “You’re going to take us both so very well.”
Both?!
I couldn’t exactly protest, and I wasn’t sure if I wanted to anyway. Before I could think more on it, two of Rune’s shadows drove into my pussy. I was lit from within by fiery arousal, and then one slid free of me to slide into my ass. Time further blurred into a messy, spectacular concoction of sensations and sounds.
Suddenly, I was yanked around, held up by shadows until Baltz yanked himself free from my mouth and moved between my legs as Rune lay down beneath me.
In the jumble, I got a clear and wonderful look at Kei poised on her knees, one of Rune’s shadows in her ass while one of Baltz’s tentacles claimed her pussy. She was swallowing down Kenta’s dick as he took Rune’s shadows as well, and holy damn shit. It was nearly enough to get me coming all over the place.
In two abrupt moves, however, I was pulled right back to Rune and Baltz as they each rammed into me until they each bottomed out. I couldn’t understand how I was taking them, and the stretch was an incredible burn. It slowly melted with each gentle thrust, Rune’s cock driving into my ass until I hit that knot and Baltz’s little tentacles swirling against my cervix and making my toes curl.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck!” I squeezed the shadows still holding my wrists, digging my nails into them, and then one snaked around my throat, constricting.
“Scream, little flower. Claw my shadows. The pain is so beautiful.”
Rune pummeled into me harder, their fat cock stretching my ass like nothing before, and come on, nothing I’d used in previous relationships or experienced with a boyfriend could compare to their savage fucking dick.
“I want you coming, little human.” Baltz thrust up into me hard, bucking me back and forth as he reached for my nipple and pinched. “You’re going to break all around us and take our spend.”
All that came out of me were delirious cries of ecstasy, and I did exactly as told. To be claimed so wholly like this, to know that there were endless combinations of this yet to come, had me right on the edge of an orgasm.
Nodding, tears of overwhelm streaming down my face, I met Baltz’s eyes through the bleary mess of my vision. He was a vision of monstrous brutality, icy cold, and as fathomless as the deepest ocean. I could sense his pain, the way he was thinking about how “my kind” had tried to kill him—so many times.
I sensed it all, and the only thing I could think to do was send back to him what I was feeling about him now. Grief, gratitude, remorse, and connection—a connection so profound it stunned me. I trust them all, and I trust this “dangerous” beast. I believed in his protection with every fiber of my being.
“Little human,” Baltz’s voice was so low that I could barely hear it, “little…sunbeam.”
He gave me everything he had, working with Rune to absolutely ruin me. It was perfection—and I was so damn close.
“Please! Please, I need to—”
The shadow around my throat squeezed, my vision going starry. Then, Baltz was leaning forward, clawing at my nipples with their webbed fingers. I was right on the edge, teetering seconds from crashing over. As the pleasure ramped to new heights, Baltz’s slim tentacles fluttered inside me as one from near his tail reached around and put a suction cup right over my clit. Another slipped into my cunt, wrapping around his cock
“Fuck!”
I flew off the cliff, shattering into a thousand pieces as I came. My pussy pulsed around Baltz as my ass gripped Rune, and then I was filled with warring sensations of warmth and icy cold as they came along with me. Ropes of cum filled my womb, warm and torrential, while still more flooded into my ass like frigid rain.
Crescendoing cries of pleasure roared through the room as my mates and I experienced the best sex of our lives—or at least mine.
Whatever else the future held for me, I would be okay. In the chaos of it all, I’d found them. And I was right where I belonged—in the company of monsters.