Chapter 7
Cassia
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The thudding like a striking of a rubber mallet on a drum awakened me, the sound tribal in nature. I stared at the ceiling, the horror of everything that had occurred rushing in the forefront of my mind. Wretched pictures. Damning images.
Blood.
Death.
Being saved.
A clan of creatures had rescued me from certain death, but were they any better than the scientists? A sliver of bright sun shimmered into the dank space, warm and inviting, but I couldn’t stop shivering and I hadn’t from the moment I’d been locked inside the room.
I was angry, enraged at everything that had occurred.
I’d know from the second I met Kevin Fields that he was a player, but my suspicions were even worse.
He was very connected to Dr. Forrester. What had he been promised, eternal salvation?
I’d questioned the great doctor on the work being done on Earth Two only once and I’d sworn never again.
Now, I was here, locked away like the criminal he’d accused Erik of being.
“Erik.” His name dripped off my tongue, oozing like the most delicious taste of honey.
I groaned, chastising my thoughts. Brexin was another incredible being, skin the color of a golden sun in the late afternoon.
He was gentler than Erik, but his hunger just as extreme.
I would never forget the way his eyes changed colors; the most intense blues and vivid greens, yellows and iridescent purple.
And the way he’d fucked me, his cock sliding into my pussy while Erik’s thrust into my ass had been the most incredible moment. He was sweet and compassionate. The thought of the way he kissed hardened my nipples. Whew. I groaned, shivering from several realizations.
Spanking. The asshole had given me a spanking.
Two spankings. I hadn’t been dreaming or suffering from hypothermia.
I’d been abducted, taken to a dark cave, and fucked by several creatures.
And my Viking. What the hell was I thinking?
Erik. Human turned… There was no way to describe the hulking manifesto of dark sin. I almost laughed at the thought.
I twisted on the bed, wincing from the sting encompassing every inch of my bruised bottom.
Groaning, I sat up, lifting one hip in order to rub my ass.
Then I glanced around the room, trying to keep my body from shaking.
I was an educated woman, capable of solving some of the most difficult scientific experiments and I’d allowed myself to be captured and taken to some… hell hole.
What I’d seen of the compound they lived in was that it was expansive in size.
The entire city was protected by a massive wall.
Hundreds if not thousands of people encompassed the clan, all vying to see the human female when I was brought in.
Some of the buildings were composed of glass and steel, doors made of metal, windows of glass or at least similar in substance.
There were others that reminded me of houses I’d seen in pictures and magazines, beautiful little timber box frames, all colorful and quaint. The city reminded me of…
Earth.
And what the hell was so special about me?
Think. Think, girl. My mind was muddled, fear of the unknown profound. I had to be confusing memories with reality.
Why had the beasts even allowed me to leave after capturing me?
Maybe they’d used me as bait. I thought about the creatures imprisoned in the glass cells.
They’d fought to free their own. All my assumptions had been correct.
There were additional creatures or aliens imprisoned in the dark bowels of the compound, perhaps even more hybrids.
Still, nothing made any sense. One thing I knew for certain, Kevin couldn’t have initiated the project without significant help.
The scientists at the facility were little more than worker bees, certainly not experienced or intelligent enough to develop the needed protocol, which left Dr. Forrester as the true commander of the project.
Where did the government actually fit in?
For all their propaganda, did they actually know the details of the work being performed?
I couldn’t believe Kevin had succeeded in splicing the DNA.
The odds of success were slim, considered impossible.
I knew for certain that even the chance of survival if the event occurred was extraordinary.
But what about Erik and David? Their appearances were significantly altered, but my scientific mind screamed there were issues with the transformation.
The only way I’d know for certain was to draw vials of blood, take extensive exams. That was never going to happen, especially in this primitive place.
Damn this. Damn everything. I could have found the answers.
I would have found them. Now, I was the prisoner, required to obey.
I let out another strangled sound before jerking to my feet, walking the perimeter of the room.
There was little in the way of furnishings; a bed and a dresser, and one chair.
There was certainly nothing in the way of entertainment or communication and no lights of any kind.
Could these beings see in the dark or were they used to imprisoning people?
The snowstorm had stopped after over a day and a half of trekking through the snow, the exhaustion overtaking me, but I could remember little of getting to that point except for occasionally seeing the creatures trudging forward.
There seemed to be so many, more so than had been in the cave and certainly a lot more than had fucked me.
“Oh, God!” The thought was… One of the beasts had carried me the duration, but I wasn’t used to the harsh elements, falling in and out of sleep the majority of the time.
The single window in the room allowed in the warm sun, but I was far too short to be able to look outside.
Every one of the creatures was at least six and a half feet tall, even the few females that I’d passed on my way to being taken to this…
prison. At least they hadn’t shackled me.
I laughed, almost doubling over from the realization.
I’d left one type of prison for another.
I leaned against the wall, closing my eyes and I couldn’t get Erik’s face out of my mind. God, the man was handsome, rugged in the most incredible ways. They all were. Sexy. Roughhewn. They were the true epitome of men. So many of them with long hair. Long beards. Oversized muscles. Thick cocks.
Then there was Erik.
He was a hulking mass of a man, complete with rippling muscles and the most extraordinary set of pecs, carved from God himself. He even had the most luscious full lips. Everything was rock hard and…
“Shit.”
I was dreaming of him as if he was a normal man.
A human man. But he wasn’t. No, he’d been morphed into something else entirely, which would indicate one species taking over the other.
At this point, I couldn’t tell which housed the controlling cells.
The DNA experiments were far beyond what I’d been told about.
Or maybe I just wasn’t paying close enough attention.
Either way, Kevin was a lying sack of shit.
There was a damn good chance that no one on Earth would find out the truth, except for those allowed into this disparity of mankind.
The compound had been in flames when we left, sections of the facility destroyed.
Was there anything left? I had no way of knowing how many people were alive and I wasn’t certain I even wanted to ask the question.
My mind drifted to the spanking once again. The entire experience had been shocking, shameful but not because he’d thrown me over a table and yanked down my panties, but because the event had made me wet.
And hot.
And hungry.
My mouth was dry now just thinking about the way his hand came down across my backside, smacking with vigor.
I shifted my ass back and forth across the crude wall, tingling from the way the shirt scratched against my bottom.
The asshole had even taken my pants and shoes in an effort to prevent me from escaping. Where the hell was I going to go?
Moaning, I shook my head. I had attempted to escape once, after the snow had turned into raging heat.
I’d managed to get away from their prying eyes just long enough to make a break for it.
I’d gotten as far as a cliff, the drop off a solid three hundred feet before Erik had caught me, once again tossing me over his shoulder as if I was simply a bag of flour.
An interference.
A bad little girl.
I had no doubt I would receive another punishment for that ridiculous action.
I closed my eyes, fantasizing about the crazy passion shared with several of them. Every minute had been wonderful, kinky in the most fulfilling manner. They’d been savage, but also gentle.
As they fucked me.
As they used me.
I groaned, trying to keep my mind on some rational track.
I heard the click of the lock and cringed, refusing to cower in any manner.
Standing at my full height, I was ready to receive their wrath.
They might demand obedience, but they weren’t going to get everything they wanted.
The door was pitched open, heavy boots thudding as he walked inside.
Erik. The Viking. I licked my dry lips from the sight of him alone, even though I continued to chastise my desire.
A flash in my mind dragged me back to the fantasy I’d had while on the shuttle.
Beasts ready to consume me.
He wore something that could be described as a uniform, although the pants did little to hide the thick bulge between his legs. I could make out the line of his cock pressing hard against the thin material. Once again, my mouth watered, longing to see every inch of him.
To touch every inch of him.
Again.
He glanced up and down the length of me then scanned the entire room.
“I didn’t build a weapon while you were gone, although the thought is a good one.”