Page 16 of Captured By the Monsters
SERA
Although The Above was run by a bunch of prudes, they couldn’t tamp down human nature. People still fucked, made naughty videos, took dirty pictures. Of course, I didn’t do any of those things because I was the property of the government until my twenty-fifth birthday, but it didn’t stop my curiosity. I knew about sex and orgasms, but it all seemed over-the-top and fake from the videos and books I’d read depicting the act.
Then I had one.
No wonder people risked getting caught by our heinous leaders. Just a small taste and I was hooked for life. Before Axton, Rowen, and Sylan touched me, it was easy to suppress my wants and needs, not knowing what I was missing out on. On top of that, I was terrified of breaking my hymen, so it never seemed worth the risk.
Now, I would gladly face anything for a taste of the heaven that these monsters have given me.
Shockingly, I felt confident in what had occurred between us. I thought I’d feel shame or regret, but I’d never felt so beautiful and powerful.
I was a damn glorious woman who had an earth-shattering orgasm.
As the pleasure slowly ebbed from my body, I remembered why I was here. My monsters seemed genuine—kind, even—but this still wasn’t my home. It wasn’t where I belonged, no matter how well they treated me. To be specific—no matter how many orgasms they pulled from me.
I needed to stay true to who I was deep down inside and get back to my family. I just needed to find a way.
Blinking from the bright light of the crystal, I could barely make out the three men, but I immediately knew something was different. Their forms seemed more tangible. What Axton said was true; they did gain substance from the glowing gem, and apparently I was the source of the crystal’s power. Or my orgasms were.
I had so many questions, but I suddenly felt bone tired, my eyelids so heavy they could barely stay up. And with that energy shift, pieces of my confidence faded away. Shivering from the exposure and lack of their shadow forms enveloping me, I felt vulnerable for the first time in their presence as I stood there naked before them.
I didn’t know what to do. No one in The Above prepared me for anything, let alone what to say to three monsters after they gave you the best experience ever and one rubbed his monster cum into your skin.
“I…don’t have any clothes,” I whispered, hating that I sounded so needy, but I couldn’t be independent down here. I had nothing. I had to accept that I needed their help.
“We will get you some,” Sylan assured, his soft voice and scent telling me who he was. He smelled like campfire and home, a poignant combination that brought tears to my eyes. He somehow miraculously smelled like my mom’s favorite candle that mimicked an autumn night.
“We’re going to take you to our house and get you food and a bath,” Axton added, his deep voice soothing me. He smelled inexplicably like aftershave and cigars. Did monsters wear cologne and smoke?
I wasn’t going to lie—food and a bath sounded divine.
“Rest for now,” Rowen cooed. “Soon you’ll be home.”
His words created a spasm of yearning in my heart. Home? Were they really taking me home? I let sleep drift over me as I inhaled Rowen’s unique scent of birch and eucalyptus, making me wonder if they had natural growth in this desolate place. How would anything grow without sunlight?
* * *
The question still lingered when I blinked open my eyes again, the calming scent wafting around me in comfort.
I was being gently lowered into a pool of warm water. Squinting, I looked around, trying to figure out where I was now. The ever-present crystal was sitting on a ledge, creating light and shadows on what appeared to be a grotto inside of some cavernous room, but nothing like any cave I’d ever seen before.
This one had walls lined with glittering gems of varying shades and was etched with intricate runes. Were they decorative or for protection of some sort? A magic not understood by humans and used by the monsters? Because honestly, this place seemed enchanted.
“What is this place?” I breathed in awe, my eyes wide as I soaked it in.
“Our cleansing chamber,” Rowen supplied.
“Is it natural?”
“Yes,” Sylan spoke up from somewhere nearby. “It’s a hot spring. Our kind builds around them as a natural source of water and warmth. They are abundant in Paratiisi.”
“Paratiisi?” I repeated, rolling the new word around on my tongue.
“That’s what we call our world,” Axton explained. “Only humans call it The Below. The translation in your tongue would be ‘paradise.’”
My brows rose as I thought of what little of the desolate landscape I’d seen. I’d definitely not consider this paradise, and it wasn’t lost on me that it sounded like ‘parasite.’
My skepticism must have been clear as day, because Rowen let out a throaty laugh. “I know it doesn’t look like that now. But our lands and our people did not always look this way.”
