Page 19 of Monster Lover

He took her in his arms and attempted a kiss, but she threw back his head avoiding his tongue and foul breath, then took him to the ground with a grunt. She sat upon him and ground her hips against his as she controlled the force and tempo of the ride.

He moved his dirty hands up to grab her voluptuous breasts and this time she allowed it, if only to stimulate her nipples. His member throbbed but at least could hold itself better than the page.

Then she really went to work, rocking up and down atop him until he was near bursting.

“Please, a moment, slowly,” he begged. “I cannot hold any longer.”

But she rode him harder and harder until her buttocks bruised his thighs. They slid down the embankment into the muddy stream. It was as dirty of sex as she had ever done and she relished it.

He grabbed her ass and held tightly as she drained him of all his juices and essence. Any strength he had seeped deep into her as he moaned as if he had no more air in his lungs.

She left him a pale husk of his former self. But he did have a smile on his face.

Daemona finished squeezing her shirt and threw a leech away just as Harlin waved his arm to continue their journey. “Great. I’m all ready,” she said with dripping animosity.

Chapter 6:

They moved in single file down a deer path that twisted like a snake through the foggy murk. Branches scraped at their heads and shoulders, and more than once, briars caught in Daemona’s hair. She pulled them loose, gritting a curse through her teeth. Gradually the gray of the mist that covered everything like a sheet thickened into a blanket, limiting their vision to just a few steps ahead.

Ghul Lykos cautioned them to check their pace and be aware of their surroundings.

“You’ll let me know if you sense anything, won’t you?” asked Harlin.

“Of course. The moment you step in quicksand. I’ll let you know,” she said. She was about to laugh when they saw a dancing, yellow light far out in the fog. “What’s that? Some other traveler?”

“I doubt it,” Ghul Lykos whispered as he scanned the murk.

“They are moving free and easy, seems they must be on a good path,” said Daemona.

“We don’t know who or what it is. I suggest we wait a moment for them to leave,” said Ghul Lykos.

“Why?” asked Daemona.

“If they are friendly, they’re fine left alone but we don’t know that they’re not unfriendly either. It might be a trap,” said Ghul Lykos.

“Trap? No one even knows we are out here,” protested Daemona.

Ghul Lykos gave her a chiding look but returned to watching the light bob along somewhere ahead of them, perhaps two dozen yards away.

“I think it’s just a man, stuck in the mud,” said Daemona.

“I don’t,” grumbled Ghul Lykos.

They each looked to Harlin. “It does seem like it could be baiting us,” he said.

“Well,” suggested Daemona, “how about I take a closer look?”

“I don’t think that’s a very good idea. We shouldn’t split up where we can’t see each other again, and considering it’s the Acheronian Swamp, it’s probably a trap.”

Daemona rolled her eyes. “I’m going to look. It’s better than sitting here with you two sourpusses.”

“Daemona! Wait!” yelled Harlin. But she was gone, porting toward the light.

Just fifteen feet away, the farthest she had ever ported yet, and she couldn’t see the others anymore. Ahead, the light still danced. She ported two more times, closing half the distance, but it didn’t feel like she was getting any closer. How was that possible? She ported ahead faster, sure she could catch whomever was holding the lantern. But each time, it was just as far away. She gauged that she had traveled at least seventy feet from the others, and the light remained just as far away. That was impossible, especially since it had been staying in one place for so long when they had watched it before. She stopped, and it stopped, but wavered back and forth, inviting, no, taunting her to continue the chase.

She glared at the taunting light. More determined than ever, she blinked and ported, again and again.

The light retreated farther into the gloom, but she was sure of one thing: she was gaining on it.

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