Page 81 of An Inheritance of Monsters

“We abide by the covenant made between woman and monster,” I told her gruffly. It was the most I could say without my throat closing on itself. “The gates will be guarded by the three for all of time.”

And in return… we were compensated richly.

With a human female, that most delectable luxury, an indulgence many monsters would never have the chance to experience.

Let alone keep for themselves for an eternity.

Juno narrowed her gray eyes, staring at me in a way I couldn’t quite fathom. Those gears were turning again.

“If you can promise me that’s true, that what we’re doing is for the sake of the world, then… I want to do this. I want to try.”

“I can promise that wholeheartedly.”

“And now you will become our mate.” Rask’s growl sent a visible shiver through Juno as he breathed in her ear, ruffling her bright hair. “We will make you scream with madness for more.”

She lifted her arms over her head, linking them around Rask’s neck. Zirin’s tentacles crept upwards, encircling her breasts and squeezing the soft globes. Her pink nipples hardened, and my cock followed suit.

“Take her,” I whispered to Zirin. If we were all to mate her, we needed to be in the Void.

Her human body was still untried to its full capacity. We would need Zirin’s slick to stretch her for us, and he could not leave the water for extended periods until he was bound to her by the covenant.

TheKleeprince pulled Juno towards him, wrapping his arms around her.

Hold onto me, he whispered gruffly, tentacles thrashing as he squeezed her breasts and thighs, and the water turned as black as ink.

They slipped below the surface, vanishing into the Void.

Rask crept in, splashing water everywhere, and finally I slid in without leaving a ripple behind.

The clean air of the Void was a relief as I floated above the surface of the Sea of the Void. Zirin had already jetted off towards shallower waters, tracing the route to his grotto.

Rask clambered onto the shore, running as fast as six limbs could take him.

I allowed my form to remain weightless and floating, gliding above the waves and searching for any sign of danger.

The Dagonites had been bold to come to my temple in search of human blood, but after centuries of being locked behind the doorways by the covenant, their god was starving.

I wouldn’t risk mating Juno here in the open if there was any sign of them.

But the creatures of the depths glimmered below the waves, undisturbed by the once-human cultists.

If the Dagonites were present, they were keeping their distance.

I had made enough of an example of the three who invaded that their human memories likely understood—no quarter would be brooked if they touched her.

I caught up to theKleeand our mate, drifting into the shining grotto as Rask swung down from the mountain overhead. He landed heavily on a shelf of coral, prowling the edges towards where Zirin had pulled Juno into the shallows.

Rage flared within me when I saw Juno struggling within his tentacles—along with a burst of confusion.

Surely Zirin would not harm the woman he had been promised?

But as I took solid form, I understood that she was not fighting. One of his tentacles had slithered between her legs, suctioned onto her clit.

Zirin let out a liquid growl as she writhed, gasping for breath, her cheeks already pink.

She requires slick for the opening. The prince held Juno, her back to his chest, his tentacles opening her legs for us to watch.

Rask groaned, reaching down to stroke his cock. His knot was already swelling—he would have to come once before entering Juno to ensure he would fit inside her.

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