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No, not if these are my people. I made my choice. I chose my monsters, and I chose Akuji and whatever else that entails. As long as I don’t turn red—I don’t think I could pull it off—I’m okay. I stay silent for the rest of the exams. My arms are a mess of pinpricks from their tests, and I look like the junkies you see passed out in the slums, complete with bruises, but I look more closely and notice they aren’t as bad as they should be. They also don’t hurt as much.
Are they right?
Am I changing?
I close my eyes against the unwanted prodding of my pussy, reminding myself that it’s clinical, even if it doesn’t lessen the sick feeling crawling through me at the invasion. Instead, I focus on my body, trying to detect any changes, but either they are so small I can’t sense them, or he’s right and it’s only just begun.
Once they have completed their tests, they leave me on the table, covered in nothing but a gown. I force myself to ignore the embarrassment and anger. It’s a little thing to pay for the cost of survival. Instead, I turn my head back around to see the little one. “Everything is okay, you can look now,” I coo softly. His arms wrap tighter around himself, and I wonder what the hell this poor kid has seen. “I promise.”
“Promise?” he asks, peering over at me.
“It means vow. It’s a way of saying I’m not lying, but more serious,” I explain.
“You promise?” He scoots to the edge of the cage. “You promise to help my mummy and me?”
“I do.” I nod. “If it’s the last thing I do.”
“Why? Why do you want to help us? Mummy says humans hate us.”
“Not all humans. I don’t hate you. I’m going to help you because it’s the right thing to do. Your kind deserves to exist more than we do, and you deserve freedom and happiness. You deserve the same rights as everyone, humans included.”
“You love us.” He nods seriously.
It makes me grin. “I do, I love your world and your people.”
He nods again. “Okay. They are coming back. I hope I see you again. Promise.” It’s so adorable, I struggle not to cry as I turn away. Guards come into the room. My clothes are left in the lab, and I’m quickly hurried back to my cell and shoved inside, where a pacing Akuji is snarling and swiping.
He turns and rushes to me, gathering me in his arms. He speaks so fast, I can’t understand him, but I can’t help it, I burst into tears. For the child. For his mother. For his father. For all the kids and people who have been hurt. For what he did to me. For how they touched and treated me. For our past and our future.
I cry for it all, and Akuji holds me, stroking my back and cooing before sitting and rocking me in his lap. I can feel the anger winding through his body the longer I cry, but I can’t make it stop. Every drop, every tear, only adds to the determination I feel racing through his body and heart.
When I’m finally done, I’m exhausted, and I lift my head wearily. He strokes away my tears, clearing my face for me. His eyes are completely red, but they don’t scare me. “No one will ever make you cry again, mate,” he snarls. “They will all die for each and every tear.”
I can’t help but smile. “You say the nicest things.” He kisses me so softly, more tears threaten to fall. “But you can’t kill everyone in the world for making me cry.”
“Want to bet, little mate?” he rumbles.
Right then and there, I fall completely, one hundred percent in love with the monster holding me.
THIRTY-SIX
ARIA
Nibbling on the sweet bread on my tray, I lower my voice as I explain the plan to my monster. His back is to the door to block them from coming in again, his legs are on either side of me, and his tail is holding me to him. I watch as he tears into his raw meat, ignoring the dribble of blood trickling down his chin as I focus on the plan.
“We need to make sure they see me first so they can’t knock you out like they did last time.” He snarls at the reminder and his eyes flash red, so I pat his leg before going back to eating.
“It’s a good plan, little human,” he concedes as he wipes his mouth, his long, forked tongue darting out to lick his chin. I can’t help but watch the movement. For some reason, it makes my skin heat, and the longer I stare, the more the conversation flies from my head. “Aria?” he asks. Blinking, I guiltily bring my gaze up to his, but he just grins, flashing his fangs. “Need something, little mate?” he purrs as he rolls to his knees and crawls over me.
I fall back with a laugh, reaching up to clutch his shoulders as he does a press-up and kisses me softly. His tongue traces the seam of my lips, flicking and rubbing as they part like he’s imagining licking my pussy. “We need to escape,” I squeak out, but it ends on a moan when his tongue tangles with mine.
There’s an art to kissing a monster with fangs, and it’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever felt, especially when his tail wraps around my leg and yanks it wide, leaving me gasping. The gown slides up, and with a wicked look, he slides down my body.
I should stop him. We need to escape, to focus—
Fuck!
His tongue laps down the length of my pussy, and all protests die on my lips as pleasure explodes through me. My chest arches into the air as one of his clawed hands digs into my thigh and his tail wraps around the other, forcing my legs open wider.
