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“Monty?!” I called out, but of course, again, there was no response.
“No one can save you,” the creature promised as he easily lifted me and flung me over his shoulder. I fought against him, pounding into his skeletal back. The fire licking the bone didn’t burn me, in fact it felt more cool than hot.
He also was unaffected. By the time he threw me down on my bed again I was feral, kicking and fighting. Each ounce of effort I put in was countered by him breathing deeper and deeper, the tendrils of glowing smoke between us thick and foggy in the air.
My energy waned until my vision started to slip away. The creature leaned down, giving me a toothy grin that would haunt my nightmares for weeks.
“Goodnight, human, thanks for the meal.”
Monty
Helheim
Rage. Annoyance. Frustration.
The emotions warred within me which only made them amplify as I blinked out of my little human’s room and into Hel’s castle.
The throne room was empty, making the large, pale stone walls and glittering marbled floors seem even more immense.
Hel’s throne was carved from bone, jutting into the air to accommodate her large frame. It was currently unoccupied.
She’d know I was here, she always did.
Heels echoed off the stone floors, and I waited in my position until the lady herself stalked around me. The human half of her face was contorted into annoyance, her skeletal half as indifferent as ever as she glanced back.
She was wearing one of her long, black gowns, the train of it following her as she walked away. Hel was taller than me in demon form and would look downright enormous next to a human.
Her mere existence exuded power and confidence, and she was not someone I would cross. If anyone thought an omega couldn’t be intimidating and terrifying, they had never met a goddess like Hel.
Though, she was my queen, the reason I existed, so I would be stupid to challenge her anyway. A death wish.
We were already in Helheim, there was no death beyond this.
Her skeletal beast padded just behind her, a loyal pet who was never far from her side. It was the size of a lion which meant it only reached her knees. He was forged from the same bone and fire we were.
Unlike us, he was used to dole out her punishments, erasing any demon or soul who crossed her from existence.
Vibrant blue fires lit the torches around the room as she walked past them, a fresh fire roaring to life in the fireplace and the braziers hanging above us, giving a sense of life to the castle I stood in.
Ironic, since we only dealt with the dead.
“Why have you come here?” she demanded. The Lady of Helheim looked fierce, dark hair billowing around her as an icy breeze cut past. I barely noticed the cold anymore, especially since I was created from it.
This was her realm now, her portion of the afterlife, and she had created my army and me from its bones.
The stone, ice, and cold fire burned within me, connecting me to this realm, and its ruler, forever. I’d have felt trapped by that fact if not for the ability to infiltrate the human realm.
Our portal at Dark Haven gave us just enough power to feed there, to exist outside of here, to keep our sanity. The deal we struck with Vane to keep us fed, strong, was the only reason he still lived.
“My lady. I need to speak to the human. Our deal is suffering because of his actions,” I said.
That had her pausing for a moment before finally perching on her throne. Her pet, Sköll, looked at me as it passed—as if its annoyance at my interruption mattered—before settling at her side.
She stroked his bony face and coarse fur like she was petting a puppy as she studied me.
“And how has he caused harm to our deal?” she asked coldly. She always had a strange way of speaking, slow yet purposeful so you had to concentrate to catch each word.
She was beautiful, terrifyingly so, a mix of impeccable human beauty and glittering bones. I could see why she was locked away in this realm, it fit her well.
