Page 71 of Captured By the Monsters
SERA
Rowen’s sweet words had stunned me, to say the least. I knew how much it took for him to admit what he was feeling, and his admission touched my heart, confirming I wasn’t insane for my own feelings that were rapidly forming for my Trifecta—but it did nothing to sway my mind about going back to The Above.
I was going, and I was making this right. I was the Queen, after all, and I had a duty to my Trifecta, to the Rumilus, and to all the human women and men who had been oppressed and lied to. If not me, then who? Who was going to liberate them?
“I’m not backing down, despite your sweet words,” I stated calmly, in an assured voice that I hoped conveyed that there was no use in arguing with me anymore.
Sylan’s shoulders drooped and Rowen looked frustrated, but Axton surprised me. He looked thoughtful, as if he were seriously considering what I wanted.
I hoped they knew that I understood how astronomically special I was to them and that I didn’t take it for granted. I knew that my plan to try to unite our kinds was a gamble that came with a high risk of myself or one of them being injured. But our four lives were not more important than the rest of the damn world.
What my mates didn’t understand was the crushing fear I’d lived with every day for nearly twenty-five years. A fear that I thought was obsolete when I was so close to my birthday, thinking I had reached freedom. I had tasted it in my mouth, only to have it yanked cruelly away.
I was going back to The Above to free all those poor girls who were living in a constant state of fear. I would free the parents that had no choice but to watch their daughters be cruelly ripped away from them.
Because no one should have to live their life that way.
Heroes to me aren’t special people who have superpowers. Heroes are the people who just choose to do the right thing, not expecting a reward in return. They make their choices because they wouldn’t be able to sleep at night knowing that there was something they could’ve done to help and hadn’t acted upon it.
I didn’t want to be called a hero, but it was what these two lands needed.
As much as Sylan, Axton, and Rowen disagreed with my choice, going to The Above was the right thing to do. I realized it could come at a great cost, and there was also a chance we might not win.
A shudder ran through me, not wanting to think about that possible outcome, but at the end of the day, I wanted to say at least I had tried.
Axton pursed his lips. “If we’re going to The Above, then we’re going to need our full strength, precious.”
Sylan and Rowen both stared at him, their mouths hanging open as if they couldn’t believe the words that had just come out of his mouth. Even I could barely believe it. I thought Axton would have been the one that was the hardest to convince.
Tears pricked my eyes, and I jumped into his arms, throwing mine around his neck in a big hug. “Thank you, thank you!” I whispered gratefully.
His arms came around me as he grunted in my ear. “Don’t thank me yet. There’s no guarantee. If we don’t have a good plan, we won’t accomplish anything, and I won’t do it if we’re not strong enough. There’s also something you need to know that we didn’t have time to explain before you fell asleep yesterday.”
He lowered my feet back to the ground as I mumbled, “And by strength, you mean…sex? You guys know my thoughts on that because of possible conception.”
Axton’s mouth hooked up into a grin. “That is no longer a possibility now that you are Queen.”
I rolled my eyes, laughing. “Are you making that up in an excuse to have sex with me?”
Rowen stepped up and swatted my butt. “My gem, we are always looking for an excuse to fuck you.” He spoke the crass words in such a way that it sent a tingle zipping through my body. “But we’re not making that up. Your body is now directly tied to the crystal. No Queen has ever been able to conceive before, and it’s said to be that way because the crystal takes so much life force from them daily.”
Wait, now I wouldn’t be able to have children, ever?That thought hurt me a little bit more than I cared to admit. I blamed my Trifecta for putting the mental image of us raising our son together in the renewed lands here right before finding out I could actually make that possible.
Whether I was ready to admit it or not, a small piece of me did want that vision of the future…or at least the choice to have that future. But perhaps it was best this way. I hadn’t really thought of having kids before them, so it would be no different than the path I had planned for myself in that regard my entire life thus far.
“What about the heat?” I questioned. I could still feel it in the background, albeit way more subdued than it had been.
Sylan piped up, “We’re assuming you’ll still feel those urges, but hopefully not as strong. Do you remember how the small crystal piece lit up with our orgasms feeding it?”
My hand instinctively flew to hold the small piece around my throat as I nodded.
He continued at my nod, “Think of this on a much larger scale. We are responsible for providing that energy to the main crystal now.”
It was an interesting thought, that our sex life would singlehandedly be fueling these lands. Who was I to complain, though? It truly was a win for me all around.
I had gone from never experiencing pleasure before, to these monsters bringing my body to life and showing me all I had been missing out on. And now those moments were actually doing good for the world? It was almost too good to be true.
“Well then,” I murmured, a sly grin pulling at my lips. “We can’t let the people of Paratiisi down, now can we?” My voice dripped with sexual energy, feeling renewed about being able have their cocks inside of me again. It hadn’t been all that long since our last time, but my body was craving them.
