Page 27 of Captured By the Monsters
“I’m not afraid of fire,” I taunted with all the sass I could muster. It was like my body and my mind were at war over how I was supposed to act with these monsters.
My body undeniably wanted to give in to the urges they inspired within me, yet my mind told me to throw up as many mental blockades as I could muster.
A guttural sound came from the amused monster as if I’d just granted him his most secret wish. “Then prepare to get burned, my little gem,” Rowen purred.
The pet name from him had a heating unfurling within me. It insinuated I was precious and beautiful to him. That couldn’t be true, right?
In a blurred motion, he surged forward at lightning speed, pushing me back atop the table. The food and platters went clattering to the ground as I found myself pinned beneath the hulking brute.
Axton came around to the head of the table, helping to hold my arms down as he leered at me from above my head. My breathing came in short pants, my pulse skyrocketing at how much I found myself enjoying this.
Sylan stood off to the side, watching, and I bit my lip at how much the whole thing turned me on. I sensed his eyes locking with mine, and I wondered whose side he’d pick.
For the most part, Sylan seemed on my side, but something told me he was happy to watch me go up in flames this way, not that I blamed him.
I sensed Rowen’s fiery gaze flicker over my face. He was right—playing with fire might get me burned, but I was taking them down with me. Spreading my legs wide, I let Rowen’s shadowy form slip between them. Even though he wasn’t fully solid, I felt the presence of his weight bearing down on me and I needed more.
From below, I arched into the infuriating man, but a sudden cramp in my stomach made me quickly collapse back down. A grimace of pain painted my face, and my monsters immediately jumped into action.
Gently lifting me from behind, Axton released my hands to support my back, rubbing soothing circles on my skin as Rowen pulled me forward.
Sylan drifted over silently, concern tinting his voice. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, a little cramp,” I admitted, trying not to pout that our sexy time was halted. “It’s gone now. Where were we? Oh, yes, I was about to get burned—”
My words were cut off as another spasm of pain rocked my body, causing me to groan in agony and my eyes fluttered shut.
“Sera!” all three men shouted at the same time.
Curling into the fetal position, I rocked in an attempt to relieve the twisting in my stomach.
Around me, my monsters whispered back and forth in their raspy language. Even though I didn’t know a thing they were saying, I understood the tone—worry.
“It’s nothing. I had some pains last night, too. I mean, not this bad!” I gasped when they stared at me in accusation for not mentioning anything, like I was the bad guy in this situation. “It’s just indigestion, I’m sure.”
Logically I knew it couldn’t just be that, but I wanted my calm tone to soothe them for one reason only: their clear worry and need to help me was making my heart do somersaults.
Sylan shook his head, rejecting my idea. “No, Sera, your body is rejecting our food. We’ve heard about this before, but thought it a myth,” he confessed quietly. “It’s been reported by Trifecta in the past that they’ve found their mate can’t process the food, but we’ve never seen it for ourselves and when you said you were hungry…”
His tone suggested he felt bad that I was in pain now for him providing what I had asked for. I didn’t blame them, though. My mind was set on figuring out how to live in this strange land moving forward if I couldn’t eat their food.
“So how do they live?” I asked fearfully with wide eyes.
What happened to someone who couldn’t eat? They died.
What Axton murmured in my ear nearly had me choking on my spit. “Off their mates’…cum.”
Holy shit.
No wonder the stuff tasted like decadent desserts—it was meant to sustain me.
