I'm going to copy and paste my author notes from chapter one, in case anyone stumbles across this chapter without reading the first one and wonders what this series is about.
The Baroness and the Orc is grimdark erotic fantasy. Very grimdark. It takes place in an unhappy world and unhappy things occur in it. Demons have infested a once peaceful land, and orcs--once humanity's greatest enemy--are now turned to by some desperate humans as saviors, despite their brutality and insistence on enslaving humanity.
The specific kinks included in this story mostly revolve around orcs dominating humans and all that entails. Humans that willingly enslave themselves to orcs are called thralls, and the eroticism is built from that relationship. There is non-consent (orcs fucking humans initially against their will, the humans eventually enjoying it), lots of extreme anal sex, large breasts and cocks, and big, muscled, green orcs doing whatever they want with conquered humans. The story features a very masochistic main character who gets off to everything done to her. There is much debauchery and wanton fucking and degradement, as well as unhealthy relationships. Bad or depressing things are presented as good and beautiful through the main character's masochistic world view.
Quick note on the orcs: they are dual-sexed orcs. Meaning their species has one sex with both male and female genitalia. Basically, they could be viewed as futas, but more in a biologically accurate and serious light. They present as large, muscled females with breasts, and have both a vagina and penis and balls, and even a social system based around the roles a dual-sexed species would develop.
Note there is death, NOT sexualized. Orcs and human soldiers fight, and humans are killed in battle.
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"My lady!" cried Charlotte, the first in the great hall to rush forward. Emily's loyal knight gripped her shoulders, her eyes wide with concern, and looked down to her bared breasts. "You must cover yourself..."
Charlotte grabbed the remains of Emily's clothing and tried to conceal her large breasts, but the blouse was shredded. Realizing the futility of it, she removed her own cloak and flung it around Emily's small frame, clasping the front together. Emily's heavy breasts were still partially visible where the cloak didn't quite close all the way, and everyone could still see their general shape without proper attire giving them support, but it seemed to appease Charlotte.
"Here," she said, putting Emily's hand at the front of the cloak. "You must hold this together."
"It's okay," said Emily, her voice small and distant to her own ears.
Priestess Raines looked on near the lord's chair at the end of the great hall, a small crowd around her, while Hannah, Matthew and Emily's mother all surrounded Emily at once.
"My love!" spat Matthew, panic in his beautiful eyes. "What's happened to you? What's happened to the castle, to the town?"
"Orcs," said Emily without explanation. "Orcs happened."
Her mother approached, embracing her, their height level. It was like hugging a mirror of herself. Emily felt some of the tension leave her body as she was held, and she closed her eyes.
"It's over, Emily," her mother said. There was no panic in her voice, only acceptance and defeat. "The town is done for. My rule is over. Nobody will come for us. Nobody will save us. Grimsfield is fallen."
"I know," Emily whispered back. "I know..."
Her mother's mouth drew close to her ear. "It was you, wasn't it?"
Emily thought for a moment. "Yes."
"I knew," whispered her mother, voice quivering. "I always knew..."
When they broke the hug, her mother's eyes were glistening, her face unreadable. She drifted away, apparently unable to muster the strength to do anything else.
The great hall was a jumble of chaos. House members and servants huddled in fear while what few men-at-arms remained took commands from Charlotte. The civilians mostly listened to Priestess Raines, who preached as if she was on her pulpit during service.
"Be not afraid!" she called out, her arms raised, wearing her priestess robes and habit like always. "Have faith in Etana and she will save us from this doom! Believe in her and we will find salvation! She will shine her lantern of justice, love and wisdom through the darkness and gloom of the evil outside those doors, and we will find deliverance!"
The crowd didn't seem convinced, judging by their faces. Emily wandered, forgetting her cloak, feeling the front of it drift open, which exposed her breasts, nipples hanging out in the open air. She didn't' care about decency anymore.
Hannah appeared by her side. To her credit, she wasn't panicking, but wore uncertainty on her youthful face. She fussed with Emily's cloak, closing it shut, and even gave her a worried smile. "We're going to be okay, right Emily?"
"No," said Emily flatly.
Hannah's nervous smile disappeared. "What happened to you?" she whispered, looking Emily's body up and down.
"I was sodomized by three orcs in a row."
Hannah's brown face went pale, her chest rising. She flicked her nervous smile back on for a moment, and actually huffed a laugh. "What do you mean? Quit joking around, Emily. I don't like that."
Emily met her eyes. "I'm not joking. On my way here, three different orcs pushed me to the floor, lifted my skirts, and forced their cocks into my asshole. It was painful and terrifying. And it was also beautiful. They ejaculated their seed inside me, and then left me like I was nothing."
Hannah stood frozen, unable to speak.
"When it happens to you," whispered Emily, "don't fight it. Accept it. Let it happen."
"Goddess Etana," gasped Hannah, turning away.
The main doors banged and bounced, and Emily turned to see them violently bulging inward. The orcs had arrived. Another crack echoed through the stone great hall, the wooden doors slowly giving.
Emily saw Matthew standing with his gentleman's rapier drawn. Emily shook her head, eyebrows knit together.
Sweet Matthew
, she thought.
You're no warrior, what are you doing?
She approached him, and he stood awkwardly with a wild, nervous look on his face. "They're coming, Emily. They're just outside the door..."
"Matthew," said Emily, drawing close and touching the rapier.
Matthew shifted away, but Emily kept close. She pulled his sword away from him like a mother pulling away a child's toy. "It's okay, Matthew. It's okay. You don't have to fight."
"But...but the orcs...your honor..."
Emily threw the sword to the floor. "We're defeated. We were defeated the moment the orcs entered the city. We were defeated years ago, when the Ripping of Realms broke this world, and demons flooded from the Fields of Debauchery and into our own realm. We've only been in denial all this time."
"But Emily..."
"Accept it. The sooner you accept defeat, the happier you'll be. Accept defeat, Matthew. Yours, mine, ours. We've lost, and that's a good thing. Embrace it, and let defeat cover you like a warm blanket. I love you Matthew. I always will. Remember that in the coming days."
She stood up on her toes and pressed her lips to Matthew's, giving him a sweet, gentle kiss.
Mathew stood silent, seemingly unable to move.
"Hold strong!" called Priestess Raines voice over the crash of the doors. "Hold strong and trust in Etana!"
Charlotte had made a small line of soldiers to face the door, and she stood behind them, her soldier's sword drawn. Emily approached, the cloak once again failing to cover her breasts, but Charlotte didn't seem to register her nakedness now. She had fear on her face.
"Remember what we spoke about," said Emily. "On that picnic that seems so long ago now. About surrender."
Charlotte shook her head. "We will die defending this barony."
"No, please." Emily's heart stung at the thought of losing one of her closest companions. "For me, put down your sword. If we go to our knees, they will let us live."
Charlotte breathed heavily, weighing her words, sword raised in front of her. The doors cracked and creaked, nearly broken.
"Remember what you said?" asked Emily. "You yourself said if we were to surrender in the face of certain defeat, there is always a chance for escape later. Remember?" Emily had no intention of escape, but if it could convince Charlotte...
Charlotte met her eyes, and Emily thought she saw acceptance in them.
The doors exploded inward, and not one or two or three orcs spilled in, but a whole crowd of them.
Emily shrugged off her cloak, baring her breasts in full again, and waited.
The last men-at-arms of Grimsfield charged, shouting battle cries, but they never had a chance. The orcs tore through them with violent, angry, savage efficiency. It was like watching the ocean rage and crash over a group of beach goers.
Emily stood behind Charlotte, waiting. The orcs thundered toward them, and Charlotte threw aside her sword and sank to her knees. Instead of cutting her down like the other soldiers, three of them tackled her to the stone floor, fighting over her. Two other orcs charged past and gave Emily the same treatment.
In her previous encounters, the orcs had definitely been direct and aggressive, but there was still a confident certainty about their actions, as if they didn't truly need to rush or force. That was because there was only one, and then two of them in those first encounters.