AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Something was about to happen. I didn’t know what, but I knew it couldn’t be good.
I lowered my hands to the ground, curling my fingers into the soft dirt and leaves by my knees. While I watched the sky, I held my breath and listened. Something was here. The feeling of eyes upon me made goosebumps rise on my arms and chills sweep through me.
A twig snapped nearby. I swung my gaze in its direction, but could only make out the shadows of trees.
“You shouldn’t have done that,” someone growled in the darkness. His voice was deep and more animalistic than human.
My mouth dropped open, and my eyes widened as I straightened, bouncing my gaze around for the owner of the voice. For whatever reason, I couldn’t move—even if I wanted to.
Thunder boomed, making me scream and breaking my frozen spell. I hunched down and moved my hands up to my head to protect myself from the danger. By the end of the thunder, I panted and brought my arms down, and peeked around.
“Run, little human,” a second voice snarled from the shadows.
A branch snapped and crashed to the ground, but I couldn’t see it. Growls and roars surrounded me in the woods, and heavy footsteps charged toward me. It sounded like some large animal hurtling my way.
I shot to my feet and whimpered as I bolted in the opposite direction. Animalistic snarls and barks followed as it chased after me. I ran for my life and dodged trees before smacking face-first into them. I couldn’t stop branches from slapping into my face and nicking cuts that stung more than anything else. Beads of blood rose to the surface, but I didn’t care. Not when I was running for my fucking life.
When I asked for death, I didn’t want it to be elongated and torturous. I wanted it to be fast and painless. But this turned out to be the opposite. Whatever chased after me thought this was some game and enjoyed hearing my soft cries and unsteady steps as I ran.
While I didn’t grab my flashlight, I used the quick bursts of lightning as my source of light to get through the dark forest. I came to a long wooden bridge covered in ivy and moss that somehow survived the harsh winter and the beginning of summer. My loud steps on the old wood echoed and quickly gave me away to whatever hunted me down.
I gasped for air, and my sides were already on fire. I didn’t like running, so this was torture.
For once, the leaders were right. Whoever listened to my prayers wasn’t someone you wanted to answer. The sounds they created, and their growls, made it clear that they weren’t human. They had to be something evil. The rich talked about demons and how you shouldn’t knock on a door that you didn’t want answered. I never thought praying would be that gateway.
Snarls grew closer, and footfalls pounded on the bridge after I had exited it. There were two sets of feet, and another that sounded like an oversized dog.
“Run, little human,” one of them taunted again.
The babbling of a small river met my ears, and I stumbled to the edge. I didn’t think. My body was on autopilot while my mind was catching up. I trudged through the warm water that splashed around me with each hurried step further into its depths. As I shuffled across the river, it raised higher and higher until the water was just below my chest. The currents fought against me as if trying to sweep me away and bring me below the surface.
My heart raced, and my breathing burned from all the exertion. Once on the other side, I dared a peek over my shoulder. At first, I saw nothing and slowly turned my body around to face the direction I had come from.
Lightning streaked across the sky in blinks. It became a light show and created shadows that caused the hairs on the back of my neck to stand. The feeling of eyes on me made me shiver and hold my breath for a long moment.
The sound of silence was the most deafening thing I’d ever experienced. I’d only heard the saying but never knew what it meant until now.
A twig snapped.
My eyes bolted in its direction and I gasped.
Two large, monstrous figures stood a good twenty feet apart as they stepped from the shadows. With their smooth entrance, it was as if they were a part of the darkness. They weren’t human. They had man-like qualities, but it was clear as day they weren’t like me. They seemed more like animals than anything.
One’s face was grotesque, with lowered eyebrows in a permanent scowl. Spiraled horns rose from the corners of his temple, and at the tip, they bent back behind his head. His flat face and nose reminded me of a bull. Dark fur covered his bulky body, which looked more muscular than fat. His legs were long and thick, and tapered into hooves instead of feet.
Because of the brief flashes of lightning, it was hard to make out many details of him. But I didn’t miss the large sleeve that had to be a pocket for his dick. I didn’t know why I looked, but when I caught myself, I snapped my eyes away and glanced at the other monster.
The second figure was tall with wide shoulders. His chest was broad and drastically converted into his hollow stomach. I could make out his ribs that looked more like they were on the outside instead of the inside. His face was a cross between a skull and something like an alien I’d seen in old comic books that had somehow survived all these years.
His eyes were sunken in, but they glowed a bright red. His lips were curled back, exposing his jagged and sharp-looking teeth. He wore no clothes like his friend, and it was clear I aroused him. His erection was long and ribbed with a more pointed head. He had the same type of sleeve that bulged around at the base like a knot.
Huffs brought my gaze to the side, and I noticed an enormous wolf. It looked like it belonged in a book of mythologies I’d found with a few saved pages that weren’t marked or ripped out. Its eyes were glowing red and narrowed as he tracked my movement. Its hackles raised and lowered its head until it was in an attack position.
There was no way I could run from it.
How had I gotten this far?
They were allowing me.
