Page 5 of Monster's Obsession
Blake’s piercing scream had me grinning. She’d finally noticed her fate coming from behind her, and she frantically beat on the doors, terror pouring from her throat.
Anticipation rose, my pulse hammering.
Running a hand through my hair, I stretched the agitation in my back, shoving it away. I gripped the edge of the wall harder as I peered down at Blake in tears as the Gazen approached.
Time to enjoy the show.
In the distance, the Gazen creature threw itself out of the sand, then back in like an enormous worm with clawed feet. It dug deep, then came back up. Curved horns broke the surface, tossing sand in every direction, its screech flooding my ears. The next time the Gazen came back up, its mouth gaped open, revealing two rows of long teeth. Dark leather skin glinted beneath the bloody sun, then it vanished underground again.
Fucking ugly things.
Blake was screaming madly, but the girl wasn’t completely stupid. She’d found herself two large stones, one in each hand, resigned to the fact that no one was coming to rescue her.
“Come get me!” she screamed, and fuck me but my cock just twitched seeing her in warrior mode.
It all happened too fast after that. The Gazen burst out of the sand mere feet from Blake. She might have screamed, but she wasn’t a helpless maiden either. She hurled the stones to her right, sending the creature in a mad dive after them.
She in turn swung left and bolted, keeping close to the wall, scanning it, clearly searching for grooves or something she could climb onto.
Oh, pretty little thing,there’s no way in for you.
Still, I was on my feet in seconds, rushing across the top of the thick, stone wall to follow her just as the creature returned. She didn’t stand a chance.
And yet something tightened in my chest, something so painful that I starved for breath. I pushed it away, knowing this had to be done.
The creature burst out of the sand right on her heels, the force lifting her into the air and propelling her forward in a throw that saved her from being eaten alive right away…that would come soon enough.
She hit the sand with a grunt, and it was only then that the red smear of blood across her arm became obvious. Something shifted inside me.
Adrenaline pumped in my veins. My pulse quickened, and it felt as though someone tightened their grip around my heart.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The Gazen was coming back to finish off its prey, thundering through the sand. It made one last explosive burst out of the sand, towering over her, teeth bared, a screech in its throat.
Her scream was loud enough to rival the Gazen.
This was the final blow. The moment I’d get what I wanted.
Except, was it?
A feral, predatory obsession came over me. As did images flashing in my mind of Blake’s smile, the submissive glances she’d give, her laughter, the moans, her gorgeous tiny body cradled against me. Everything about her stole my breath away.
I fucking hated that she had an effect on me.
Yet a territorial obsession burst through me at the very last fucking second. It slammed into me so fast, I lost my head momentarily.
Then I went and leapt right off the wall before I could make sense of it, my blade pre-dipped with venom already gripped in my outstretched hand.
Silently I fell through the air, coming down fast.
I smacked into the back of the worm’s neck, the impact rattling through me up to my teeth, but the sand-muncher wasn’t exactly prepared either. My strike threw the beast off balance, and it landed with a splat on the sand, inches from Blake’s feet.
She cried out and backpedaled, calling my name in shock at realizing she wasn’t alone.
I, on the other hand, desperately scrambled up the enormous, leathery neck, taking the opportune moment I’d gained.
The thing shuddered beneath me, ready to dive back under. I threw myself forward, landing on its huge brow, then drove all my strength behind my arm. I drove that blade so deep into its one eye that it might very well come out its ass. I chuckled at my own sick joke.