FIRNES: Firnes are powerful immortal creatures (naturally women) who draw powers from Men's semen. They cannot be killed unless they are seriously mentally unstable (which is rare). But even when healthy, they can be killed my Male Firnes (which are rare as well).
HORDE: A horde is like a pack.
LAIR: This is where a Firne Horde inhabit.
KYRIAR: This is the leader of a Horde. A group of Kyriars are known as The Amethyst.
SYFIRL: The supreme head of Firnes. Above the Amethyst. She resides in Amperes and have total control over it.
AMPERES: The headquarter of Firnes. They visit once in a while. It's hidden in the real world and cannot be entered or exited unless the Syfirl permits.
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Lust.
What amazes me is his attention to details. Oftentimes, I wonder if he'll be so intricate when fucking me-if he had the chance.
He's sat on the leafy ground twenty feet away from me, leaning against a thick tree.
His demeanor is relaxed, judging from how he drew a knee to his chest while leaving the other stretched out on the ground, both pulled apart to let his hands rest between them. I believe they're grazing his crotch.
I lift an exhausted paper scroll to my face. On it is a drawing carefully illustrated with charcoal.
Nineteen hours ago, I met Azalea. And he's already made a portrait of me.
Bringing the paper down, I stare at him and wonder whether even now I'm living rent free in his mind.
"Ha, you wish!" Loka hisses from behind me. The bastard-ass thinks her hour glass figure automatically makes her shine among other females.
She's quite the joker.
"Don't pretend like I don't know what you're thinking," she continues despite the fact that I'm ignoring her. "Your eyes tell. Even the poor guy would think you're falling in love with him."
I raise a brow, looking over my shoulders at Loka, rolling up the paper and tossing it to her.
Then I pick up the heavy shackles before standing up to approach Azalea.
The guy looks at me as I near him. He has a smoking frown on his face that could possibly torch the world if I were to create a spark.
As I reach where he's sitting, my shadow casts on him, shading him from the sun, while he looks at me with narrowed eyes; eyes that have seen more evil than the word itself.
Evils created by the very hands he used to sketch my image.
"Get up," I tell him.
He looks away, huffs a smile. Then-sluggishly-he obeys. "You do realize who I am, right?" he asks, almost chuckling.
"Your hands," I mumble instead, hearing Loka guffawing from my previous spot.
Her laugh alone answers Azalea's question, seeing how my last two words noted that I give no shit about the man's who and what.
More confirmations when he stretches his hands to me, and I push the shackles' cuffs around his wrists.
My prisoner-that's all he is; who he'll ever be from this moment onward.
"What exactly are you called; bane or hell?" Azalea says again.
That as well would have been ignored if Loka didn't chip in. "She's Socculus."
For fuck's sake.
Azalea huffs. "That a name?"
"Yeah... I think." Loka strolls away on that note, while I carefully make sure that the chain between Azalea's cuffs are tight enough to let me drag him through the woods if he triggers my temper.
I grab his arm and shove him to my front. "Move."
The chain is what connects us, wrapped around my wrist, clinking as the motherfucker walks.
He chuckles before mumbling, "Socculus, as in... Soccu... lus...t." Another silence. "Hm. How interesting." I'm still eager to maintain the silence. "Lust is better. The other's a mouthful."
"Your tongue would fare better rolled behind your teeth," I snap against my will.
Azalea chuckles again-that angers me the most. "My tongue would fare better tasting your ravishing sparks of deviltry. And it still won't roll behind my teeth. It never will."
I pass him a glare as I walk past him, pulling him with the chain harshly that he stumbles.
To the Firnes, Azalea is an offender. A grievous one.
He's a formidable witch who rules a powerful, autocratic society of witches that calls themselves The Silver Coven.
They terrorized all creatures in their vicinity, especially humans, until their victims' pleas reached our ears.
The Syfirl sent my horde to their aid. But the war sparked at a wrong time-summer season-when Firnes prefer to cuddle under icy pools instead of treading roads to battle.
We prefer to fight in winter, which is why we captured Azalea instead with the hope that his influence in the world decreases with time.
Except, Loka and I now have to put more effort at hiding while transferring the offender to Amperes, as his loyalist are still as fervent as they are outrageous and extremely brutal. And we're in no mood for a bloody clash.
All we have to do is follow the Forest of Oaks that leads directly to Gar Valley. Then we'll journey through the Creeping Tunnels of Eyesrall that is underneath the Gallant Peaks. From there, we'll make it to a waterfall, where lies the portal to Amperes.
If opening the portal at random places weren't forbidden for security reasons, it would have been easier to transport the criminal.
Now, avoiding the city and places with any trace of human would be the best option so as not to come in contact with Azalea's supporters.
"Do you really think this... darkness can hold my people from coming for me?" the man asks, and I catch Loka hanging upside-down from an oak branch.
The Forest of Oaks is known for its utter darkness. What exactly would invite light in a place shaded by a canopy of large oak branches?
And more so, why would anyone think we'd go through this dangerous path?
Only, we're Firnes, and we fear nothing.
Azalea catches up to walk side by side with me, looking at me. For some reason, that makes me feel small due to his gigantic form.
His broad shoulders would totally obstruct my view if I stood directly behind him.
As his stare persists, he huffs. "It'll be relieving if you can say more that one word at a time." I ignore him. He chuckles. "You know it's hot when you glare at me side-eyed, even if it's just for a moment."
I hold back the smile that nearly shows up on my face. Weird. I rarely smile.
Now it makes me wonder-why the hell am I flushed? I shouldn't be. Not for any anyone. Not for any man. And certainly not for Azalea.
He's my prisoner for god's fucking sake.
"Face
forward, captive," I hiss.
Azalea
raises his bound hands in surrender. "I will, Captor, if you'll
indulge me."
"It's
Socculus to you." I'm nearly snapping again.
"But
I prefer Lust. I say what I want."
In
as much as I feel like I want to hear him talk, it's needful that
he remains silent so I can maintain the codes that I'm supposed to,
and not keep my prisoner entertained.
"I
need a mouth gag, Loka!" I shout to the girl who's now way in
front of us.
Azalea
laughs as I sense his eyes go down on my body. "You need no
material gag when you have the most enticing lips to seal mine."
I
realize his gaze is stuck on my boobs.
In
truth, I myself have dressed rather too inappropriate for someone
going to battle when-of course-my cleavages are too exposed.
My
thighs are peeking out through my satin material as well. But those
are normal for Firnes.
It's
in our nature to be clad in skimps; mostly a thin satin cloth worn
around the bust area, and another wrapping the thighs and butt. This
exposes most parts of our body.
Loka's,
however, is worse. Her nipples are protruding through the cloth and
if she lifts her leg even a little, one can see her privacy winking
at them.
In
contrast to ours, Azalea's attire is moderate; not fit for a witch
master though.
His
skinny jean outlines his thick thighs. On top it is a sky blue button
shirt with sleeves grasped by his arms. Sleeves that I badly wish he
had rolled up.
The
shirt buttons are fighting to keep his chest within the cloth. But it
would seem his huge form has other intentions.
I
grab his arm and push him forward once again. "Move it!" He
shouldn't be looking like me I'm a slut craving attention.
We've
walked a long way in the Forests of Oaks before Azalea's
sluggishness gets worse. And Loka is nowhere to be found.
"You
do realize a slave deserves to rest, right?" the witch says while
craning his neck to look over his shoulders at me.
I
refuse to meet his stare. But I do observe him with my side-eye.
"You'll rest once you keep your trap shut."
Azalea
huffs. "Please..." he whispers, still walking slowly in front of
me.
I
stop moving. It won't hurt anyone if we all take a break, yeah?
"Stop,"
I mumble.
Azalea
instantly slumps to a sitting position on the ground, groaning out
his exhaustion, while I walk past him to lean against an Oak tree
next to him.
He
analyses me before mumbling, "A captor can grow tired too." I
look away from him. "Come on now. You cannot say you don't long
to sit right next to me."
"No,
I don't."
Azalea
suddenly sits up. Looking at him now, he doesn't seem like he was
tired at all.
"You've
been avoiding my gaze since we met. Is there something wrong with my
eyes?" he asks as he stands in front of me.
His
height is intimidating. Too intimidating that I start to feel like
I'm shrinking where I stand.
And
I'm still not looking at him. Instead, I stare over his shoulder at
a duo of birds perching an oak branch.
Azalea
holds my chin with his index and thumb fingers before turning my head
to his direction, yet my eyes remain astray.
"You
seriously don't wanna look at me, huh? Does my stare sting that
much?"
I
still do not look at him.
Then,
the next moment, he leans forward, tilting a bit downward to my size.
His
face draws closer to mine, and my heart skips a bit. I don't know
why it did. It's not supposed to.
Now
I'm left marveled at how my shrinking self serves Azalea the daring
attitude he displays now.
He
keeps coming near-attempting to exhaust every damn inch between
us-until Loka bursts out of nowhere with an urgent message.
"They're
here, sister! The bastards are here! Party time... ho ho ho!"
The
girl skips off while I push Azalea backward and slip out of his
front, looking around as the noise of crunching leaves fill the
woods.
There's
a crowd of people rushing toward us, and we're just about to find
out who they are.
I
catch Loka standing behind me the next moment. Our legs are in
position, but our hands remain by our sides. Yet, it doesn't mean
they won't go straight into our attackers' chests when they have
to.
Azalea,
on the other hand, is flanked between us. He won't try to run when
I'm tightly holding the chain connecting his cuffs and my wrist.
He
just looks around as air whooshes past us, the sound of stomping feet
getting closer.
Then
the intruders burst out of the dark woods.
It's
no surprise to know they're Azalea's loyalists. I was a fool to
undermine the kind of faithful dogs he has trained to grovel at his
feet-to the point that they even track him to the infamous Forest
of Oaks to challenge two Firnes; for that matter.
"These
folks have ticked their deaths already," Loka shouts above the
hubbub, affirming my own thoughts.
They
will die here today.
I
close my eyes to embrace the full darkness dwelling behind my shut
eyelid.
The
only thing I register now is the yelling crowd. Followed by harsh
wind. Then there's the chain grazing my wrist as a sign of Azalea's
small movements.
In
all, I smell death.
A
metallic harsh stench whizzes past my nose; unforgiving. It's
one
blade making
for my chest.
I
don't see it. I feel it. And it's not hard moving to a side to
avoid it.
Another
blade tears
through the air,
followed by a swung
arm. I grasp the
arm with
my left hand-the same hand I wrapped with Azalea's chain.
In
doing that, Azalea's back bumps mine. But I don't care as I
tackle my attacker, diving my right fingers into whatever seems to be
his throat.
He
makes a choking sound before falling with a thud to the ground.
Ten,
twenty, thirty.... Twenty five, eighteen, seven.
That's
the order with which I take the intruders' headcount before I open
my eyes to find the bodies scattered on the ground, each with missing
parts; could be their limb, head, heart...
The
recent decapitated soldier
lost his
eye, which Loka now sits comfortably on his
corpse
while
munching the missing eye.
In
a split second, she stands up and zips around the area. My ponytail
hair brushes my face due to the breeze
created by her.
In
that same second, the remaining seven all fall dead with parts
already digested by the Firne.
She
stops some trees away to look
at me, smearing
the blood on her hands horizontally over her lips before flashing me
a bloody mischievous grin.
"Wow,"
Azalea mouths. I notice he's staring at Loka as I blow away
the long
strand
of hair resting across my face.
The
Firne
starts taking slow paces towards me. "You're still clean, sister,
except for that hand." She
points at my right fingers. "Chilling in battle, eh? That's very
like you."
Walking
past
me to lead
the way, she's
bathed
in blood and revels
in it. I won't lie, Loka
does look good whenever she's bloody.
The
only thing aloof is that she's not naked. It's usually a ritual
for her to strip, fuck, then kill. Funny how she's now simply
skipping the first two.
"That's
because you let me do all the work," she snaps. She isn't mad, I
swear. It's just the blood.
"I
killed two," I argue as I push Azalea
forward, following Loka's lead.
The
Firne
scoffs. "Two equals none."
"It's
more than I've unalived in the past years."
"That's
where the problem stems from. It is in our nature to kill, Socculus.
You're becoming weak at heart. Whatever
happened to the brutal Socculus; the queen of blood and night?"
I
shrug. "Nothing."
"Then
I shouldn't be wondering why our prisoner isn't dead yet." Loka
stops and swings
around to face me.
That's when I notice her eyes have turned
red.
And
it isn't like blood splashed on her eyes. It's
literally inside her irises.
"The
Socculus
I know wouldn't bother bringing
this weight,"
she adds. "His
head would be off already. His bastards too."
I
walk past Loka with a stoic expression
on my face,
mumbling, "Your anger is boring, Loka."
"Yes,
it always is to you 'because then Loka will be jumping through
hoops in the next second, looking
out for who's
next
to devour'."
"You
think?" I stop and turn to look at the
girl.
"You
think I'm making an exception for this son of a bitch?" I point
to Azalea who
gasps.
"Whoa..."
"I
think you've changed," Loka
stresses. "It's
not about Azalea; he doesn't matter."
Azalea
raises a brow. "Ha..."
"Or
you're just restless that you haven't touched him," I
scoff. "I
know how badly you want to fuck him."
"Well,
don't you?" Loka
asks. And as I try
to speak, the words doesn't come out. "The
two things Firnes
are most
good at are fight and fuck, y'know. Lately, you've done none."
"You
know what? You can have him." I grab Azalea's forearm and shove
him towards
Loka, tossing the chain to her.
She
can have him however she likes. It's no business of mine.
"I'm
happy to share," she says behind me as I continue walking.
"To
hell with you, Loka!"
~
The
night soon closes in on us. Now we're sitting at the edge of the
Forest of Oaks, directly overlooking Gar Valley.
It's
best to journey across the latter at sunrise because
at sundown the dreadful Gar beasts would
hover
above the sand, searching for their cursed victims to tear
apart.
I
can see them now loitering in
the
air, their resonating
shrieks
a... pleasurable?... sound to my ears.
They
can't get into the Forest
of Oaks
since their large wings would definitely get caught in the tree
branches. It's
the only thing saving us from being badly injured already. Or-for
Azalea-dead.
Speaking
of death, I'm sure the witch doesn't know he could actually die
from hanging out with Loka.
I
can hear them burst into loud laughter
from
time to time.
They're
sitting some paces in front of me, a small fire serving as our
demarcation.
At
first,
I don't regard
them.
But when their
ceaseless chuckles start to ring in my head over again,
I look at
the duo
with a sigh.
Unlike
me, Loka
prefers leaving
the chain linking her wrist to
Azalea's
handcuffs
intact even
while resting.
Maybe
it gives
her a sense of intimacy. I wouldn't doubt that since the girl is
prone to oddity.
Watching
them bite together into the roasted thigh of a pig disgusts me.
Human
food. I
hate it. It isn't made for Firnes.
We
can
survive
without it.
Loka's
only having it now since
she
and Azalea
both struggle to take a bite at the same time without greasing their
noses.
It's
fun-at least to them.
The
more I watch them, the more their action bites my ass. Now I want to
strut over there, grab the meat, and shove it down Loka's throat.