Page 85 of Land of Monsters

“It’s the only thing I ask.” I pushed up on my arms, peering down at him. “I’m made differently than you. And I’m not saying this because I’m a girl or anything. I’m saying it as a dark dweller.” I swallowed, hating how vulnerable this made me. “It’s not only the idea of you not existing.” I shook my head, wantingto throw up. “But I won’t stay alive either…” I looked away. “And again, that isn’t a platitude. Dark dwellers don’t survive long without their ma—” I cut off my own sentence. Saying it out loud felt like flaying myself wide open for him to peck at, like a dead corpse. “It’s not your fault or on you. I know you aren’t designed the same way I am. And I know you said this can’t go anywhere.” I rushed out, hating how young and clingy I sounded. Exactly what he accused me of when we first met. “All I ask is for you not to die. Please.” I bit my lower lip to stop babbling. “For me,” I interjected before snapping down again.

“Did you just say please?” Ash’s brow curved up, a hint of a smirk on his face.

“Shut up.”

“There’s my girl.” In a blink, he had me flipped over on my back, his body nestling between my thighs. With no warning, he pushed one knee up, then entered me with a slow thrust.

“Ash!” I grunted, my head going back into the pillow. I was so sore, but him being inside me felt so fucking good. I became greedy for more each time.

“You’re right. We aren’t created the same, and as I’ve told you, nature fairies don’t have mates.” His nose flared, his eyes brightening as he sank into me, his hips rolling, pushing in again. “But I guess I’ve never been good at being a nature fairy.” He spoke low, our eyes locking as our bodies moved together. “You say you’re a freak? I am too. I’veneverbeen normal. Even as a child. Where tree fairies strive for harmony and nature, I’ve always lived in violence and conflict. I pretended for a moment I was happy living in peace, but the moment chaos stepped back onto my doorstep, I welcomed it. Eagerly. I realize now I was bored without it.

“And it’s taken me until you to accept that Ithrivein discord. I feel alive in battle. I enjoy variance.” Ash moved so unhurriedly, hitting every nerve, each strike of his hips causingme to gasp and moan, my nails digging into his back. His mouth brushed over mine, fucking me so steadily, my vision blurred at the edges. “You are my chaos,mroczny,my battle, my variance. It’s like I was waiting for you this whole time.” He pushed my one leg higher, hooking it over his shoulder.

“Ash…” My pussy gripped around him.

“Yeah. Keep your eyes on me.” A muscle in his jaw clenched. “You feel that?”

He wasn’t talking about his size, though fuck, I felt that too, but the magic snaking around us, the undeniable bond winding tighter.

“Use whatever term you want for us. It doesn’t matter to me because what this is?” He rocked harder into me. “Goes way beyond labels.” He grabbed my arms, pulling them over my head, his tempo picking up. “Just know, you have me at your will, little beak. And whatever is in my power to do for you… I will do it.”

“Don’t die.” The obscurer would annihilate this world if he was lost. “And never cheat on me. Idon’tshare either.” The dweller would murder anyone who touched him.

“I will try. And not a fucking problem. You own my cock now.” He leaned over, his tongue sliding over my lips before claiming them, pushing in deeper. “Though I will always be up for people watching me fuck you.” He let go of my wrists, gripping the frame and using it as leverage, sliding in and out of me, the sound of us slapping the walls.

“Oh gods!” I rasped out, feeling the burn of my orgasm, my tongue blistering with possession, the spell to knot him swelling up inside me.

“Fuuuuck,” he hissed, slamming into me, feeling the magic gripping him. “You have me so fucked. Ineedto fill you with my semen, put my seed in you,” he growled. The bedframe struckthe wall with loud bangs, my cries no longer contained. “For everyone to know this pussy is mine. You are mine.”

His words pushed me over, my cry sprouting with the spell, my obscurer taking over, swelling me around him.

Ash roared, and I felt his hot cum like a brand. Air was ripped from my lungs, yet it was like I could finally breathe. For a moment, no line was between us, no separation of souls. I felt his desire, his feelings, his thoughts like he could mine.

But in that moment, my barriers down, I felt something else. A familiar tug humming in the back of my brain, reaching for me. Calling my name. It was a whisper of something I knew, something I recognized but didn’t want to believe. A connection that had nothing to do with the man coming inside me. Then it was gone. Disappearing as fast as it came, it evaporated from my mind as my orgasm shook through me.

“Raven.” Ash pulled my attention back to him, my body hungrily milking every drop before we crashed down, his body sagging over mine.

Gasping and heaving together, he stared down at me in awe until he was able to speak.

“I know how dangerous this is with a Druid, even if you are protected with the tree fairy potion.” His finger traced my lip. “I don’t care.”

Tree fairies were known for concocting iron-clad birth control potions, and they would stay in place until you went back and took a counter potion. This seemed to work for everyone except Druids. Me and my brother were a result of the potion failing. Though my parents were glad it did, we were still a surprise.

“You don’t have to worry about that,” I said quietly, my voice hoarse.

“That’s the thing. I’m not worried.” He wagged his head. “That’swhat worries me.”

“No, I mean… I can’t.” I blinked with the shame that something was wrong with me. “I told you I was a freak. Whatever turned me out like this left me barren.” I looked away. Ash still knotted inside me, made this conversation even more intimate and raw.

“Hey.” He tugged my chin back, forcing my gaze on his. “Do not ever be ashamed of that. Never. It is such bullshit that having kids makes you complete or something. You are whole just how you are,dziubus. I want nothing more. You understand me?” He waited for me to nod before kissing me. “I told you I didn’t want kids.”

“You’d make a good father.”

He lifted a shoulder, a smile pulling his lips. “Kids are a pain in the ass and will get in the way of me fucking you whenever and wherever I want.”

“You promise?” I clung to the thread of hope this had a future.

“To fuck you whenever and wherever I want?” He smirked against my mouth. “Yes. Fae don’t make promises, but for that, I will.”

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