The four men were silent. So was Otyu. Ri looked between the two groups, swallowing.
On one side, four village youthsânot one of the lot a day over twenty. Armed with knives, clubs, and a good deal of hormone-fueled adrenaline, and led by a smirking redhead.
On the other side, the morbidly obese innkeeper, Otyu, who'd just made his fists burst into flames with as much ease as one might crack their knuckles.
And Ri stood trapped between a wall and the redheaded leader's throbbing erection. The albino felt frailer and more vulnerable than ever.
The two sides stared each other down, and the only sound to be heard was the unrestrained moaning and screaming coming from within the tavern. Ri bit her lip. She had to get inside,
now
.
Then the red-haired manâbarely more than a boyâcharged at Otyu, drawing a long knife.
Otyu seemed caught off-guard, but the fat old man reacted with surprising speed. He swung at the attacker, his flames flaring up as if someone had splashed oil on them. Ri knew this had to be some sort of magicâbarely controlled, but powerful.
His swing caught the youth on the shoulder, knocking the red-haired man back. Otyu rushed forward then, hitting againâthis time aiming for the head. With a sickening crack, the red-haired man fell to the ground.
Ri felt slightly nauseousâthe rather delicate woman had broken enough bones to recognize a broken neck on sight. And there was no mistaking that sound.
She snapped to attention, loading a stone into her sling. Glaring fiercely, she twirled the sling in the air and let loose at the boy nearest her.
Her aim was off, but at this range, that barely mattered. The small stone smashed into the man's skull. He remained standing for a moment, and as Ri couldn't see his face, she vaguely wondered if he was wondering why his brains felt somewhat more liquidy than before.
But he did fall.
Now there were two left. The boysâthey
were
just boys, probably not even of ageâlooked between Otyu and Ri, filled with terror. They hadn't signed on for an actual
fight
. They'd just wanted to rape some trembling cripple.
Ri felt her blood boil as she answered their stares with a look of contempt. She loaded a second stone.
The boys turned and ran.
Ri's eyes bulged. She let the stone fly, and it winged one of them in the shoulder, but didn't drop him. They kept running, quickly going out of sight.
"Fuck!" she whispered.
"Ri."
She looked up. The big walrus of a man looked down at her, beady eyes narrowed.
"Otyu," she said. She hesitated.
Another scream sounded from inside, this time with words attached.
"
oh, pleeeeeease...
"
That was the voice of Annuisetvio, the ancient and terrible succubus who had brought ruin to the souls of thousands of men and probably quite a few women. Begging for a Chosen's approval.
Ri loaded a third stone and ran for the door.
"Ri, wait!" Otyu shouted. But he seemed too nervous to follow.
She swung the door wide.
The entire room stank of sweat, sex, and the olive oil-like smell that always accompanied the use of the Conversion. Five dead soldiers lay on the ground, each with a large puncture wound in his throat and each with his pants on around his ankles.
'Anne' lay on her back. The red-haired demoness was bent backwards almost at a right angle over one of the tables as Belkir, lieutenant of the Chosen, rammed his cock into her aphrodisiac-filled cunt. She was screaming. Begging in a language Ri didn't knowâor perhaps just nonsensical gibberish at this point. The abyssal beauty clutched Belkir's waist, staring up into his cruelty-filled eyes.
"You're mine!" he snarled.
"oh
yesssss
..."
Ri felt the rage expand until it seemed to be all there was. Taking leave of all her sensesâall the rules that had kept her alive for so long until nowâthe young albino swung the sling and fired.
This time, it was a perfect shot.
The white stone buried itself right in the side of Belkir's head, so neatly it almost looked more like an abnormal growth than a rock. His thrusting came to a halt as Anne gasped.
Belkir stared down at Anne. "I...smell birds."
He fell to the ground, his penis sliding out of Anne's cunt with a wet
pop
.
Ri blinked. She took a deep, shaky breath.
Anne screamed.
In a blur of motion, Ri found herself tackled. Anne gripped her by the arms so hard it hurt, her eyes blazing bright scarlet.
"You traitor! You little...little..."
Ri's gaze focused on the tail that was pointing at her forehead. A moment ago, it had looked like an exceptionally large dildo. It now resembled a razor-sharp dagger.
In that moment, Ri realized a few things. She realized that, in her haste, she'd forgotten how dangerous a Converted woman could actually be. She realized she'd just committed an act of brazen treason against the Chosen Commander in front of one of his most devoted disciples.
She realized that Anne was going to kill her.
~~~~
Emmett laughed shortly as he and Jasper dragged the mewling slut into the back room. "Hold the girl still."
The bitchâonce a so-called 'spy' for the Living Goddessâwas now begging hysterically for cocks in her every orifice. Her voice was slurred, her eyes wide and red-rimmed. Down below, Emmett could still see the tentacles writhing and wriggling in her engorged cunt.
He smiled at her as Jasper dropped her to the ground. "Feeling good, slut?"
"Unh!" The 'spy' writhed and squirmed helplessly on the floor, helplessly lost in pleasure but incapable of reaching orgasm.
"Oh, yes." Emmett leaned down, cupping her chin in his palm and pressing down on one of her large breasts. The brunette moaned, but he forced her still against the dirt floor. She didn't struggle. "Isn't this