She sighed heavily, looking out at the twisted and torn landscape.
Fucking demons.
It wasn't her fault. She had been young and in love. She had been naive. Stupid. And she was still stupid because she still loved him. Why?
He treated her as nothing more than a plaything. A pet.
"I thought I'd find you here. Are you quite finished, my sweet? We're going to be late as is and everyone is so looking forward to finally meeting you."
She snorted, "oh yes, we wouldn't want to hurt your precious guests' feelings."
"There's no need for such hostility. Come along."
She sighed.
"This can't continue, Dimitri. I can't continue doing this. To keep being treated as nothing more than a plaything."
He folds his arms behind him, leaning over and setting his chin ever so gently on her shoulder. "is that how you think I see you? As a toy? Now, I know how difficult it can be for humans to adjust to having a demon lover but I have tried to make you feel as safe and comfortable as possible."
"Then why keep me from going home?"
"If you wish to go, just say so. But may I say something first?"
She rolls her eyes, "you won't change my mind, Dimitri."
He chuckles, "You say I treat you like a toy? Well, my dear, I seem to remember a certain young woman asking to be bound to my bed our first night together, as I fucked her for hours. Even better is the memory of that same woman hand feeding me as she bounced on my cock in full view of the entire dining hall."
She covered her mouth with a shuddering gasp at his retort. Her heart was pounding, beating a staccato beat against her ribs, her breath escaping in short, sharp pants. He was right, their sex life had been not only public at times but outright carnal, him being the more dominant personality and coaxing her submissive nature out. She had been all to eager to please, relinquishing control each and every time without question.
It was unnerving how easily she always gave in to him.
His hands smoothed down over her shoulders as he leaned up, pressing his lips to her covered cheek.
"I will admit that I have failed to show you just how special you are to me and I am deeply sorry. Please, come home, my sweet. I have missed you so."
Oh, there it was. The flowery words that always had her caving to his every whim.
She grit her teeth. Not this time.
She turned to face him, her heart skipping a beat as she took in his ashen features and golden eyes.
She mentally shook herself, knowing that this was yet another glamour he wove over himself to hide his true form from her. Even now he was still lying to her.
Enough was enough.
She slaps him. Hard.
He laughs, clutching her wrists tightly, so she knees him hard causing him to grunt in pain.
"My dear, while I admire your resolve and spirit, I am wholly disappointed that you think you have to resort to violence to deal with me. Do you really wish to leave me so badly?"
She nods, tears blurring her eyes.
He frowns a second before surging forth and kissing her unexpectedly. She freezes at the kiss, then snarls biting down on his lip hard, drawing blood but it only seems to spur him on and his lips press harder, devouring hers with a vicious growl.
He breaks the kiss, licking the blood from her lips with a groan, nibbling up her jaw to lick the shell of her ear.
His hot breath makes her shiver and his words twist inside her but she knew that he was right.
"You are mine. As I am yours. I do love you but my dear, I am after all a demon. My appetites are a part of my nature. As well you know. It doesn't mean I love you any less because I enjoy seeing you fucked by someone else. Or when I fuck you in front of an audience. I show you off to the others, share you with the ones I trust only because I am so proud of you. Of how far you have come. So, if you want to go, very well, I will let you go. I will not argue with you anymore. I only wish you would stop running from the truth."
"And what is that?"
"That you enjoy submitting to me. That you enjoy all the attention. That you enjoy being my naughty little pet."
Her shoulders slumped, tears sliding down her cheeks as she knew he was right yet again. She did. She stepped closer to him and he wrapped her tightly in his embrace.
"Come, let's go home then. We will sit down tomorrow and discuss how to assuage your fears better in the future without you resorting to running and hiding like a child, okay? Right now, we have more pressing matters to attend to. Lupercalia awaits."
And with a snap of his fingers, the air around them shimmered, shifted and changed, marking their arrival.
He promptly motioned to a nearby servant, waving a hand over her.
"See that she is bathed and prepared for the festivities tonight. She is after all the guest of honor."
She shook her head at him and he laughed, kissing her cheek.
"Now, now, that just won't do. Everyone is quite eager to meet you."
"You mean fuck me?"
"Not quite."
"Asshole."
"You humans are so keen on drama. Let me assure you that no one will touch you without your say so, alright?"
She nods and he sighs.
"Now come here. We still have your punishment to sort out."
His free hand skims down her body, tugging her pants open to tuck under her waistband before deftly diving into her folds. She cries out at the sudden invasion and he traces her lips with his tongue as he works his fingers up into her core.
"You and I both know how much of an eager slut you can be, Elaine. I think you enjoy it far too much when I punish you. That is why I have a few surprises planned just for you on this most sacred of occasions. You humans may have your Valentine's Day, my dear, but tonight we'll show you how we demons celebrate Lupercalia."
He continues pumping his fingers in and out at a punishing pace until she's shaking under him, biting her lip to suppress her moans but he only works more furiously at her, pinching her clit at the same time biting down on her neck and this time she does cry out.
Its embarrassing how quickly her body reacts to his touch, how quickly that coil winds to the snapping point but just as she feels that peak approaching, he pulls his hands from her, stepping back to make a show of licking his fingers clean of her taste and she groans in frustration.
He chuckles hotly. "While your eyes speak of such anger...your body on the other hand...tells me such naughty things, my dear."
"Fuck you, Dimitri."
He laughs, "oh believe me by the end of the night you will beg to do just that."
He motions to the servant, "take her and make sure she refrains from touching herself. She will know no release until I give it to her. Oh and do make sure she wears my present. It is a special day after all."