Page 3 of Under My Bed

"No, please go away, please!" The human sobbed under me, her little body shaking like a leaf in a storm.

"Then show me your face, simple as that." I continued to press with a deviously deep chuckle. "Come on," I cooed, leaning down until my huge head hung above her covered one. "Just a quick peek. I like to see my pets."

"I'm not your pet!" She bit back with more snap than I expected, given the situation.

"The moment you moved into this place—no, the moment you decided to buy the place, you became my pet," I argue with a dark, toothy grin. "Now, be a good girl, and let me see that precious face. It's been far too long since I've had such a lovely lady to savor." Or, at the very least, a young and single one like her.

Slowly, I raked my elongated claws down the side of her covered face, causing her to whimper some more. I just wanted to see those pretty, glassy gray-brown eyes of hers. She was the perfect little thing. Even if her silver hair was unnaturally colored, it suited her young self.

Grinning darkly behind my shadowy mask, I held back my chuckle when I heard the rays of hope peek through her fear. "Promise you'll leave me alone if I do what you say?" Oh, how I couldn't wait to shatter it all.

"Yes."

For tonight.

She didn't need to know that. If she couldn't remember the nuances in my words in her little panicked mind, then that was her fault.

Relaxing, I eased off of her and had my shadow tendrils release her ankles, chuckling amusingly at her instant withdrawal. Pulling my shadow back, I made my massive body leaner.

I don't know why I was being nice to her like this, especially since I wanted to scare her and make her scream. She would probably still freak out quite a bit at the sight of my seven-foot-tall body towering over her. I wasn't bulky and ripped by any means, nor was I scrawny and weak; I was leaner and more muscular like most shadow demons of my kind. Of course, I could easily change my appearance using the shadows to add to myself, something I did more often than not for effect.

Even though I seemed more like my regular form, I still kept my features shrouded in shadow to keep up the eerie presence. It was too early to show my full face to her either way; that would have to be another scare for a different time.

Hidden under the veil of shadows, I let my lips stretch into an unholy dark grin as I watched her trembling hands lower the sheets until her scared and tear-stained face peered out from under.

Unable to help it, I reached out and delicately gripped her face to hold her still. "So fucking beautiful, if only you could see yourself through my eyes, little pet." The warmth of pleasure threatened to dissolve my hold on the shadows to reveal myself fully.

I wanted to press myself right up against her, feel her trembling body against my bare skin while I licked her tears away before making her cry more. Her round, upturned eyes made it so easy to see her glassy orbs that twinkled in the dimly lit room. Her high cheekbones glistened deliciously from her stream of tears, and her soft skin was silky smooth from the wetness of it all.

Maybe calling her a pet was a bit rude and undermining. After all, she looked so much better than some mere mutt on the streets. Calling such perfection something so low was ill-fitting.

"Such a perfect doll." My voice rasped against her cheek before my dexterous tongue came out and licked a trail of her tears. "So fucking delicious."

Such soft and fair skin wrapped around a shapely body. She wasn't skinny or thin, nor did she have too much. I love that she had curves and meat on her body. Her thick legs were nicely toned along with her arms, and I caught a very nice glimpse at her soft stomach earlier when she showered—a nice, curvy little thing.

"Please, let me go. You said you'd leave me alone if I came out." She whimpered through a small sob, her eyes purposefully avoiding mine.

"I never said when I would let you go," I remarked with a cruel smirk, lifting the veil of shadows a bit for her to catch it.

"You—!" The brief burst of confidence left as fast as it came when I narrowed my glowing amber-red eyes at her.

Chuckling, I curled a wispy finger around a lock of her hair that contrasted against my darkness so much. "The night is young and long. All I said was that I would stop for tonight, but I never specified when it would be tonight." The simmering anger under her fearful gaze was so adorable.

Feigning a disappointed sigh, I ran a curled finger down the side of her face. "Guess I can take some mercy on you tonight, given that it's the first."

Leaning in, I licked the other side of her face, making her whimper and shudder away from me in response.

"Good night, doll."

4

Stella

No matter how hot I turned the water up or scrubbed myself in the shower, I couldn't get rid of the creepy feeling that somehow seeped itself into my bones.

Sleep was impossible after the thing slinked off the bed and disappeared under it. No matter how long I laid there in my comfortable bed, the creepy feeling of his…? I think it was a he. Pretty sure it was a male from the voice and lack of figure… Not like it mattered much at this point because he basically violated me.

The coldness from the creature's touch lingered long after it disappeared, and I could still feel its presence around me even though it wasn't physically present. It was probably this that made me think it was all a fucked-up nightmare still.

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