Page 9 of Bite Me

Ky was a skilled warrior, even with the disadvantage of being on land. He used his power over water and ice to incapacitate the little fucking firebreathers.

If this new demon threat could exist in the water he’d need a whole new strategy to deal with them.

The girls led him through a series of tunnels, and they had to backtrack at more than one cave-in. Their home was destroyed, and there were no signs of the rest of their sisters.

One of the Mami Wata, with a golden tail, and deep black skin, swam toward one of the blocked tunnels. “I can hear them. The demons are taking them away.”

She rammed the fallen rocks, beating at them with the strong muscles of her tail. “We have to break through, get to them. Hurry.”

“Azynsa, stop. You’re hurting yourself.” Another Mami Wata grabbed at her sister. A trickle of blood seeped into the water from beneath the golden scales.

“No, help me get to them.” She swam forward to slam into the rocks again, but Ky snagged her with his tail.

“Let me, little sister.”

She nodded and swished her fins to back away. Ky examined the rocks, found a crack where some had come loose. He blew ice into the crack, widening it, and then put all his power into a crack of his tail.

The cave shook, and debris fell from above them, but so did the boulders blocking their path. Azynsa was the first through the opening, twisting and turning, pushing the stones out of her way. Ky followed scrabbling to move enough of the cave-in to follow.

“I see them. Those beasts have my sisters bound. The bastards. I’ll kill them all.” Azynsa screeched a Mami Wata lament that erupted across the water.

She burst up into a dry cave hidden underground. Holy cowfish, the girl had some guts.

But, she wouldn’t for long if the other shapes in the cave were demon dragons. Ky followed, prepared to ice the shit out of anything black and snake-like. He roared when he hit the air. The Mami Wata crouched, surprised and the demon dragons recoiled.

Didn’t expect to see me, did you, fuckers?

Ky slashed the nearest demon dragon into pieces before he even touched down on the ground. The remaining nine or ten divided. Half ran into the tunnels behind them, while five remained to fight. Bad choice.

Water and ice were his allies now. He pulled a stream up from the pool and directed it toward the enemy. He could hardly wait to hear them sizzle.

Ky blew out his ice breath, crystalizing the water, trapping the demon dragons in place, but only for a moment. The interior of the cave was scorching, and more heat poured from the tunnels, turning his efforts to steam.

Dammit, he hated volcanoes, even the ones underwater. Where was a red dragon when you needed one?

“Azza, get your kin into the water and away from here.”

The girls were already slipping away as fast as Azynsa could untie them. A few remained, pissed as barracudas, and joined in his efforts to drown their captors. They used their tails to splash jets of water at the bastards. You go, girls.

The demons shrieked and growled, moving their focus from Ky’s attack to the remaining Mami Wata.

Dumbasses.

He took out the nearest distracted demon dragon with a swipe of his tail and cut its head clean off. The body became a stain on the rock, the head rolled across the cave floor and plopped into the water.

Sweet as. That got their attention. Two launched into the air at him.

As fast as he could shoot sea and ice, they broke through. The water hardly phased them, and his icy breath weakened with each go.

He’d be spending a week in the polar ice caps after this bullshit. Right after he sent Match and a legion of reds to—

“Where are we? What volcano or caldera is this?” he asked the mermaid.

The captured beasts lashed out with razor-like claws and teeth, tearing through his scales and flesh. The heat seeped into his blood and body, weakening him.

He had to end this now.

Ky called to the sea, willing her to give him the last bit of aid he needed to destroy the demon dragons.

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