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“Mine!” another one declared.
A fight immediately broke out between them as they each tried to claim me as their own. I wasn’t about to stick around to wait for the outcome. Turning to run, I slammed directly into the fifth ogre that must have snuck up behind me. Unlike me, he could use stealth.
He grinned down at me when I bounced off his gut, then grabbed hold of my arm before I could flee. “Mine!” he roared in triumph.
“I don’t belong to any of you idiots!” I shouted in denial. “Let go of me!”
“Fight!” a third ogre challenged the one holding me.
“Fight!” he agreed and tugged me after him.
The bird clung to my shoulder as I was propelled deeper into the hills. I kept hold of my sacks, hoping the sun would go down and Ruen would wake up soon. Compared to these guys, I was a helpless little female. Not even my training was going to save me from this dilemma.
“My vampire sidekick will wake up soon and rip you apart if you don’t let me go!” I warned my captor as he reached their village. Although Ruen was deadly in his true form, I doubted he would be able to defeat these creatures. The ogre ignored my lame threat completely.
Their houses were hollowed out hills and were pretty much just caves. Shoving me into one of the hollows, he rolled a gigantic boulder in front of it. I put my shoulder to it and pushed as hard as I could, but it was too heavy for me to move. There was just enough space to see over the top of the rock as the five monsters faced off in the center of the village.
I expected them all to charge at each other, but they weren’t quite as stupid as they looked. The pair that had challenged each other began stamping their feet and roaring loudly. They looked a bit like gorillas that were working themselves up for a fight. This went on for long enough for me to grow bored.
I snapped back to attention when they finally rushed at each other, swinging their clubs. Weaker beings would have been splattered all over the place from the impact of the tree trunks smashing into their flesh. Absorbing the damage, they merely grunted at the impact and swung again. It took almost an hour for the fight to finally be over. The ogre who’d claimed me bellowed in victory when he knocked his foe out with a well-timed blow to the head.
Fortunately for me, the battle wasn’t over yet. He still had three more opponents to defeat. There was less posturing this time. A second ogre rushed forward and they began slugging each other with their clubs.
Night fell while the final challenger was taking his shot at the title. The now soggy sack I’d dropped to the ground began to move, then Ruen’s head emerged. “What happened?” he asked groggily as he wormed his way out of the sack. “Where are we?”
I reached down to pull one of my bras off him and helped him to his feet. My bra was so big he could have used it as a hammock. “You died when the sun came up,” I told him. “I was captured by five ogres. They’re fighting over which one will get to mate with me.”
“Oh. Okay.” Still waking up, it took a few seconds for my comment to register. “Wait, what?” he asked in alarm.
Quickly explaining what was going on, I picked him up so he could watch the final fight. “I’m not sure I can take down something that large,” he said, but from the dreamy look in his eyes, he was eager to try.
The bird’s gaze was locked on the ogres. She hadn’t made a sound throughout the battle. I had a feeling she knew exactly what was going on and was dismayed by it.
Slugging his final opponent in the head with his club, the victor roared and raised his fist in the air in triumph when his foe fell. Bruised and battered, he staggered over to the boulder and managed to roll it out of the way. “We mate now,” he told me as he grew hard.
“Nope,” I denied, backing away from his enormous erection. “No way. That thing won’t fit inside me. You’ll tear me apart.”
Ruen sidled out of the way, sizing up the ogre. The monster reached for me and the bird stretched forward to peck him on the finger. Freezing in place, the ogre didn’t react when the vampire leaped onto his back and tried to sink his fangs into his neck.
“What’s happening?” I asked at the dazed look on the creature’s face.
The bird leaped clear and scampered away just as the ogre’s back bowed. With a groan of ecstasy, he ejaculated all over me. I was blasted back by the force of it and crashed into the wall, covered from head to toe in a river of sticky fluid. Hearing a loud thud, I opened my eyes to see the monster had fallen to the ground, apparently unconscious.
Ruen stopped trying to bite the ogre now that he was down for the count. His eyes widened when he saw me, then he began to shriek with laughter, pointing at me in wordless hilarity.
I wiped my face with my hand and flicked the mess onto the ground. “I didn’t sign up for this,” I muttered in annoyance and quickly gathered our belongings. The bird clearly didn’t want to perch on my shoulder while I was covered in sperm. I stuffed both her and Ruen into my sack, then cautiously stepped out of the cave.
All four of the defeated ogres were still unconscious, so I got the hell out of there before they could wake up.
Chapter Forty-Three
I SPRINTED UNTIL I was breathless and forced myself to keep going. Ruen’s mad cackles petered out after a few miles. “Let me out of this sack!” he shouted and I skidded to a stop.
Putting the sack down, I began stuffing the food I’d pilfered from the soldiers into my mouth as the vamp climbed out. He had the bird tucked into the crook of his arm and was still grinning. “That was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen,” he declared.
“I liked you better when you had no sense of humor,” I said grumpily. “I hate this world and everything in it.” The bird made a despondent noise and I hastily amended my statement. “Except for you, of course. You’re awesome.” She perked up and preened, fluffing her feathers proudly. “Can you make Ruen orgasm like that?” I asked her.
“Don’t even think about it,” Ruen said in alarm when the creature eyed him speculatively. She reached over to peck him and he tossed her at me before her beak could touch him.
