Page 63 of An Invocation of Monsters

I looked down at the enormous cock I was speared on, my wetness mixed with the thick seed oozing out of me, the claspers dug into my thighs. Even as I watched they stroked me, sending another aftershock through my trembling limbs.

The claspers began to relax, but Toth held onto me. He grunted, another rush of semen filling me, and then gently began to lift me off his cock.

It slid free, and the monster held me upright as my feet met the ground. My legs felt like Jell-o. I was probably going to collapse if he let me go.

I felt his seed trickling down my thighs, but I didn’t give a damn. His eyes were closed, his heavy breathing becoming more measured.

I reached up to stroke his cheek. “Toth… I will always want you.”

His eyes slid open. He turned his head to kiss my palm, then rested his cheek in it. “Good. Because I don’t think I could let you go after that.”

“You don’t have to. You won’t ever have to. I’ll… I’ll find a way,” I said, making desperate promises and praying I could keep them.

Toth kissed my forehead, and I hoped that wasn’t sadness I saw in his eyes. He scooped me up, spreading his wings and gliding us down to the lake.

As we settled into the warm water, Toth began gently cleaning me. I returned the favor, mostly just as an excuse to run my hands all over him.

His gaze moved back to the beautiful temple. “I’ve finally thought of a name for it.”

“What’s that?” I stroked his cock, cleaning it and enjoying feeling his claspers twitch.

“The Temple of Elle,” he said, smiling slightly. “Now it has a purpose. It is for us.”

I flicked a bit of water at him. “You can’t name a whole temple after me!”

“It’s far too late,” he breathed in my ear, nibbling my earlobe. “If I am the guardian, then what I say goes, yes?”

I shivered, enjoying the feeling of his lips on my neck. He seemed assured now that I wanted him, more confident in himself and his touches.

“You’re going to make me regret it,” I grumbled, and he nipped at my shoulder.

“I swear to you, you will not regret it.” He kissed the spot he’d nipped at, and I wrapped my arms around him. “I will make you proud, my lovely mate.”

“I know you will.” I kissed his face, luxuriating in velvety smoothness against my lips.

When Toth brought me from the water, I didn’t protest. He flew me back to the Lodge, and I climbed into bed, feeling relaxed and utterly wrung out.

I blinked sleepily, watching his shadow across the moon. He would watch for things in the night.

And I would find a way to stay with him.

20

Elle

I woke up to an unfamiliar but not unpleasant scent, staring up at the rainbows dancing across the ceiling.

My nose twitched, once, twice.

What was that? It smelled almost like someone had dumped an entire bottle of perfume in here… I thought back to the last minutes before sleep, but all I remembered was Toth tucking me into my bed, curling himself around me…

There was no sign of the monster now. Not in the bright light of day.

I sat up, throwing back my covers, and almost stepped off the bed and right into what was throwing off that scent.

Flowers.

Literal heaps of wildflowers, piled all around the edges of my bed in thigh-high drifts. Every color, some large, small in small bunches. I reached down and picked up a Black-eyed Susan and a spray of pale blue chicory.

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