Page 5 of Under My Bed

"Damn, my parents will have a coronary then when I tell them it ain't legit," I remarked under my breath with a roll of my eyes.

Note to self: get legit holy water to get rid of the demon.

"Oof!" A winded grunt left me at the sudden shove from the demon that sent me to my ass. "What is your problem?"

Okay, maybe that was the wrong question because immediately, I was pinned to the wooden floor by vines of shadow that shot out of my own shadow under me. Then, bending over, the demon loomed over me darkly with narrowed eyes—at least, they seemed narrowed by how his glowing slits became smaller. "Nothing. This is just how I am." He laughed in my face before his shadowy hand ended up around my neck, choking me.

Panic quickly set in as my vision clouded and slowly dimmed. Thrashing my legs, I kicked at his—surprisingly—solid body while my hands clawed at his arm. "No! Stop! Don't kill me, please!" I gasped through my struggling breaths.

Yet, the heavy curtain of unconsciousness never came. My vision blurred to almost nothing, my mind clouded over from the lack of oxygen, and obviously, I struggled to breathe because of the hand around my throat. But I never reached the cusp of passing out. If anything, the closer I came to the point, the more his hand loosened until he held my neck loosely in his grasp.

Growling, he shoved his face up close to mine, making me yelp and turn my face away in fear. Deep laughter filled the air as I felt his body shake above me. "There we go, that's what I wanted." His voice was right next to my ear, the depth of it causing me to shiver with the slight tingles of pleasure that pricked at my body.

"Y-you're sick and twisted." I whimpered through an airy exhale. "Why don't you just go haunt someone else."

"Because this is my domain, and you happened upon it. I am going nowhere, so either get used to it or scram along like the others so my next meal can come." His words snapped at me like a bite, making me flinch a little as I fought against the restraints.

"W-wait, you're going to eat me?"

Is that what happened to the previous owners? Holy fuck, what did I get myself into?!

The demon's body shook again as his head threw back in a laugh. "Oh, Lucifer, no, I'm not a completely carnivorous demon. Besides, you humans taste nasty, like a mouthful of rotten corpses." I couldn't tell if he was serious because I couldn't see his expression. He sounded like he was joking, but only God knew the truth at this point.

"You know, this might be the start of something new for me, doll." He mused with a chuckle, his hand tapping my cheek. "Won't change the outcome for you, but I'll have much more fun."

"Fuck you!" I spat at him with angry eyes as my struggle increased.

"Oh? Sorry, but I don't sleep with humans." He shot back smugly with another laugh, making my face heat up red. "Besides, that's not the kind of screaming I want from you."

Gritting my teeth, I let out a frustrated grunt and let my body go completely slack.

There had to be a way to get rid of this fucker, and I intend to find out how.

6

Kastoron

1 week later

She's doing it again.

I don't know why, but I didn't like her looking at those stupid pictures of men or her stupid pictures. Yeah, it was her job, but I still didn't like it because she was too focused on all of it instead of me. I mean, I probably should let her work so she could make money to pay for the house and remain in the house. It didn't mean I liked it, nor would I leave her alone.

"Hey!" She shouted in protest when I turned off her computer monitor. "I was working you asshole."

The gall on this human, I swear, I otta…

Scowling, I gritted my teeth, formed some ropes with the shadows beneath her, and used them to tie her down to the chair. "And I don't like that. I don't like that you are ignoring me, you insolent human." I seethed inches from her face. "And you better watch that tongue and mouth of yours with me."

"Or what? You'll keep bugging me? You know, I can leave you alone and just work in my rented office. I thought you'd appreciate my presence and be less lonely." She snapped back sarcastically with a shaky breath.

Growling, I flicked a finger at her, and another shadow rope instantly wrapped itself around her neck and choked her. "You will do no such thing." Looming over her menacingly, I let my eyes trail down her bound body to waste some time. "If you don't start behaving how I want, then you'll find yourself in new predicaments that will keep your mouth occupied." An empty threat, but she didn't need to know that.

As fun as it would be to see her struggle to breathe while being choked or having my fingers shoved down her throat, I wasn't the type of demon to be that cruel in retaliation. I might be a demon, but sexual assault was way below me. I much preferred my victims to be willing. That and the aspect of them breaking and giving into me was much more tantalizing.

Some demons got off on that shit, but some, like me, didn't. Not all demons are horrible monsters like humans tend to think of us.

Yeah, I might be a big asshole to this female human, but most of the time, it was harmless fun. Most I've ever done so far was leave some bruises from throwing things at her and maybe from grabbing her a little too hard. Well, that was the most I could do to her in terms of harm because of damn restrictions from the witch that played me.

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