Author's Notes: Current year in this story is 2034.
Reading Order/Timeline:
00 - 1812 - The Crimson Tithe (takes place prior to original Red Riding Hood being written)
01 - 2013 - Vampiress, Mine
02 - 2013 - The Snow Maiden
03 - 2014 - The Creature Below
04 - 2016 - The Creature Below 02
05 - 2016 - Vampiress, Mine 02
06 - 2016 - The Snow Maiden 02
07 - 2016 - The Prison Creature
08 - 2020 - The Creature Below 03
09 - 2020 - Werewolf Chronicles
10 - 2021 - Amazon of Mine
11 - 2021 - Maiden of Summer
11.5-2021 - The Prison Creature 02 (takes place from 2021 to 2035)
12 - 2034 - Werewolf Chronicles 02
13 - 2035 - By Mandate of Heaven (forthcoming - end of series)
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"Now, I'm only picking up bits and pieces here, of course. Overprotective mother, forbidden road trip. I mean, this is serious stuff. But let me ease your conscience. This is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure, that's good. Healthy, even."
-Flynn Rider, "Tangled" (2010)
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CHAPTER 1:
Keep your head down... Don't make a sound... You should be seen and not heard...
It was these so-called values that kept running through twenty-one year old Cindy's head as she ran for her life. It was a life that was built upon lie after lie after lie. She bolted through the woods as fast as her legs would carry her, heedless of the noise that she was making or the underbrush that she tore through. Sharp sticks, pointy leaves, rough bark, and brambles slashed at her perfect ivory skin and shredded what little clothing she had left on her body. Cindy crossed her arms over her chest to keep the remnants of her sweater there to preserve whatever modesty she had left.
Never question your elders... Respect and obey your parents... Men, especially your father, have the final say...
Her father would never have the final say over her anymore if she had anything to do about it, Cindy vowed as she continued running. Not after what she saw. Behind her, she could hear the hounds and their masters following her trail through the dark. Every so often a beam of light from their flashlights would find her and she would cringe, hoping that they didn't see her and alert the others. Occasionally she would glance back and see the red, glowing, piercing eyes of the hounds as they searched for her in the night.
Maybe it was her imagination, but she could've swore that one pair of eyes kept on finding her in the distance but then would lead its master away from her.
She could only imagine what they'd do to her once they caught her and she had a vast imagination. What would they do? Bend her over and spank her? Roughly kiss her? Cop feels and openly molest her? Put her on her knees and do a circle jerk to make her drink their cum? Force themselves upon her one after the other? Or perhaps let all of their dogs loose on her; those huge, foul-smelling, grey beasts with those silver collars and slavering jaws? It wouldn't be the first time she'd be punished in a sexual way. At any rate it was all child's play compared to what her father would do to her for daring to defy him in such a manner as running away like this.
Even as she ran she could hear his blood-curdling yell as she darted out of the mansion and through the back orchard of their estate. Cindy had hoped that she would have been long gone before her father noticed her missing. Father must've wanted something from her to have checked on her in her bedroom only to find her missing.
Do what you're told... Do not go anywhere unless you are told to... Be the prim and proper young lady that you were brought up to be...
A low hanging branch snagged her dirty-blonde hair and Cindy had to bite down onto her lip to keep from crying out. The Hunters would surely zero in on her if she'd done that. Tears from the pain of the multiple scratches and lacerations welled in her eyes and burned as they streamed down her flushed cheeks. Her muscles ached and burned from running longer, harder, and faster than she'd ever run before. How far had she run now? A mile? Two? Cindy grabbed a fist full of her hair and pulled hard to free it from the branch and continued on, ignoring the pain of some strands being torn from her head as she turned to continue running.
Suddenly from her left someone grabbed her on the shoulder, nearly ripping the backpack and her shirt off of her. "Got ya!" the man yelled triumphantly, "Maybe the boss will let me bend you over and fuck you hard as a reward, eh?" He asked, tearing at her sweater to open it up even more. This time, Cindy did cry out in alarm and anguish but she was not about to go back without a fight. As the man leered down at her young, supple body, Cindy reared back with her knee to drive it into the man's groin while scratching at his face with her hand. The man howled in pain. "You fucking bitch!" he snarled, grabbing his now bruised manhood through his jeans. Somehow he managed to keep a grip on her sweater.
Just then the man's hound with jet black fur caught up and bowled him over. The man flailed about head over heels as the sweater came off of Cindy's body and went flying. The hound hovered over its fallen master while barking incessantly at her. Not bothering to wonder why it wasn't tackling her instead, Cindy used the opportunity to run off in the woods with nothing more than her bra, skirt, and shoes on with her backpack in her arms.
Shit! The book!
She thought in alarm as she realized that the zipper had popped and the huge black tome was gone. It must've come out in the scuffle. No time to go back for it though.
Never do anything that you wouldn't do in church... Modesty is a prime virtue in young ladies... To show too much skin is to show your immoral behavior...
Out of habit, more than anything else, Cindy crossed her arms across her chest, hugging the backpack to her again to keep the prying eyes away from her womanly assets. She let out a haughty, ironic laugh about the prospect of being modest ever again. Her father would surely put her into one of the machines for this... or maybe into that monstrosity that he kept under the estate that she heard rumors of. Cindy had never been in one of the many machines that he used to punish the members of his all-female staff, but she'd seen and heard them enough times to know what was in store for her. 'Painful Pleasure' was her father's motto when it came to women and discipline. According to him, a woman should feel privileged enough to service a man and she should feel blessed to feel any pleasure at all when it comes to sex. So by way of punishing his staff he'd force them to orgasm while openly whipping, caning, or spanking them. And that was all before he let the men have them for the night.
For the truly wicked, there was the pool. It was a deep, dark indoor pool that was in the massive subterranean basement in the lowest part of the mansion some five stories underground. Cindy had no idea what went on with the pool and she could never get any specific details out of the staff. For running away and openly defying him, would father put her in the pool? Who knew what unspeakable horrors lay in THAT room. She'd heard the rumors, of course, but who knew for sure what it was.
Cindy crashed through a thicket and tumbled down an embankment into the shallow water of the stream beyond.
Water?
she thought numbly as she tried to clear her head from the fall. Her skirt was now torn, dangling in pieces and being held over her waist and thighs by the elastic band. One of her bra straps had caught on something on her way down and got cut in two as it now hung limply down one of her full breasts, partially exposing it. Her sweater was in tatters, not even able to call itself a piece of clothing anymore.