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Lilith

W e’ve only been walking for an hour when we finally make it to the ranger station. We all break off into groups and scavenge for food and first aid.

“ Something is wrong, ” I hear an unfamiliar voice say. I spin around, and all I see are my mates and Thuly. I furrow my eyebrows before turning back and continue gathering canned food.

“ Something is wrong ,” it says again.

“You okay?” Kael asks when I turn around again.

“I… don’t know,” I say, confused. “I keep hearing a voice in my head saying something is wrong, but I don’t know if it’s because I’m going crazy or something is actually wrong.”

“ Something is wrong, ” I hear again as Thuly bumps into my leg. I narrow my eyes at him before I kneel down to pet him.

“Can you go get Dad?” I ask Kael. He gives me a strange look but walks away to find him.

“ Something is wrong.”

“It would be nice if you’d be more specific,” I say in a hushed tone.

“Maybe you are going crazy,” Daemon chuckles and walks over. “What’s going on?”

“I think it’s Thuly’s voice,” I say. Thuly wiggles his body and licks my face, letting out a chirp as if affirming my statement.

“What’s up? Are you okay?” Dad asks.

“Can Thuly communicate?” I ask.

“Yeah, when they want to. Why?” he asks.

“I think he keeps telling me something is wrong. It’s a voice in my head like how I mindlink with the guys, but it’s not them,” I explain.

“Show us what’s wrong, Thuly,” Dad says.

Thuly hops up and darts out of the room. We run after him, and we see that he is sitting with the rest of the group. “What does that mean?” I ask, incredibly confused.

“ Something is wrong, ” Thuly says, and I sigh.

“He just keeps saying something is wrong,” I tell Dad and the guys.

“Well… He senses when you are in danger, right?” Callum asks, and I nod.

“Then it must mean that there is someone here he doesn’t trust, but he can’t figure out who,” Dad says.

“We just need to keep an eye on things then,” Daemon says. “Don’t leave our side. Got it?”

“Yeah, yeah. I’ve got it,” I say.

“Well, you do have the attack otter protecting you,” Kael laughs.

I join the rest of the group as they are making lunch. Everyone seems to be in good spirits, so I go and sit down with Thuly and Leli.

“Hey,” Leli says as she pets Thuly. He purrs, nuzzling into her hand.

“Me or him?” I ask.

“Uh… My nephew, obviously,” she cracks a smile as she laughs.

“Well, your nephew can talk to me in my head,” I say as I sit beside her. “Dad said they can communicate when they want to. He just keeps saying that something is wrong. Dad thinks that someone here may want to hurt me, but Thuly can’t pick them out.”

“Well, that’s scary,” Leli says. “Thuly seems to be very defensive of you, so I’d listen to him.”

“Yeah,” I say as Ewayla comes over with two plates.

“Lunch?” she asks, offering the plates.

“Please,” I say. “Thank you for cooking.”

“ Something is wrong, ” Thuly says, nudging me.

“No problem at all, happy to serve,” she smiles and walks away.

“ Something is wrong, ” Thuly’s voice gets louder, more persistent in my head.

“I get it, buddy. I hear you,” I say, petting him. I pick up my fork to start eating, and Thuly nearly jumps in my lap.

“ Something is wrong! ” he shouts at me before eating my lunch. “ Something is wrong!”

“What the fuck?” I say, confused.

“What happened?” Dad asks as they come running over.

“I don’t know! Ewayla brought me a plate of food, and Thuly freaked out and knocked it out of my hands before he ate it,” I say.

“ Something is wrong, ” Thuly says again, the urgency is still there, but it’s not as loud.

“I get it. Something is wrong. Can you say anything else?” I ask, getting frustrated.

“ Poison ,” Thuly says before snatching Leli’s food and eating it. “Someone trying to hurt Mom. ”

“What?” Dad asks.

“He said poison and that someone is trying to hurt me,” I say. “Are you sure, Thuly?”

“ Something is wrong,” he says again.

“Alright. I hear you,” I say as I stand up. I look up, and everyone is staring at us.

“You said Ewayla gave you the food?” Striker asks. “She’s one of the witches that was blending in as a fox.”

“Go around in case she runs,” I say when Thuly nudges me again when Striker calls for her.

“With me?” I ask the guys.

“Always,” Callum says with a smile and gestures to me ahead.

I walk over to where Ewayla is scurrying around cleaning while everyone else watches. “Hey,” I say with a smile.

“H-Hi,” she stammers and backs away.

“Craziest thing happened,” I say as I step toward her. “Thuly here can communicate. Did you know they could do that?”

“Uhm… No…” she swallows hard, still backing away.

“You see…” I say as I casually pick up the knife sitting on a cutting board by the fire where she has been cooking. “Thuly has been telling me something was wrong over. And over. And over,” I emphasize just how much Thuly has warned me. “Now… I thought that was strange, because it’s just the people I trust around me. Surely they wouldn’t be the ones putting me in danger. Not after everything I’m doing to free everyone.”

Thuly stays directly beside me, and the guys are behind me. The more she backs away, the guiltier she looks. “I-I don’t know what you mean,” she stammers quietly.

“I think you do,” I say. I decide that if she’s guilty, I’m doing far more than just killing her. I stab the knife into the side of a fallen tree that we pass, watching as she flinches at the sound of impact. “The moment I went to go eat that food, the funniest thing happened. Thuly took it and told me that it was poisoned. That someone was trying to hurt me. I thought that was weird since you cooked for everyone.”

“I didn’t…”

“Stop lying. This will go much better for you if you stop lying,” I say, my tone sharp and unwavering. I can feel that my eyes have changed, so I only assume that based on the level of anger I am feeling and the terror on her face, they are bright red. “Tell me the truth.”

“You’re an abomination,” she spits out. “A demon-spawn.”

“Clever little rogue,” I smile. “You infiltrated with the other witches, thinking that if all else failed, you could take me out for Zypher.”

“You should be dead. He wants to keep you as a pet. He won’t do what needs to be done,” she spits.

“You wanna know what I think?” I ask sweetly.

“W-what?” She stammers when I step back to let Thuly get in front of me.

“I think it’s time for Thuly to have his lunch,” I say. She stares at me with horror painted across her face. “Better run fast, rogue. He’s quick when he’s hungry.”

Ewayla immediately turns on her heels and runs. Thuly looks up at me and wiggles his body. “Go on,” I laugh.

Thuly takes off after Ewayla. She screams when Thuly tackles her. His jaws open wide as he bites onto her head, violently shaking her like he did the other witch. She screams in pain until suddenly, it stops. Thuly plops down and starts chewing on her body. I turn to the guys, and they each kiss me before I address the group of people watching me. There is a mixture of looks between confusion, horror, and disgust across the group. I see understanding in the faces of those that were near to hear the altercation, but no one says anything as the Suthul happily plays with the corpse behind us.

“Understand that I am out here to win this fight. Anyone who wishes me harm will meet the same fate as everyone else who has tried to take me down,” I say. “I will defend you all until my dying breath, and I expect the same in return. If you think I am a demon-spawn, fine. I am. If you think I am just a worthless hybrid whore, fine. Have your feelings, but the second you make a move to harm me, it will be the last move you make. Carefully consider your next move if you wish to vow to stand with me when you are really standing with the man who raped me and had dozens of others rape me for five years,” I say. “Finish your lunch, we have a lot of ground to cover.”

It has been a few hours since we left the camp. Everyone is silent as we travel down the forest service trail. Thuly is weaving in and around the groups as we continue on. We are coming down the mountain now and the walk is getting easier.

“Make sure you watch your—” I begin to say as Leli steps down on a rock. It slips out from under her, sending her down the hill a few feet away. “Oh my gods,” Vash says as he runs to her.

“Ow!” she cries out. She frowns when she sits up.

“You okay?” I ask as Vash helps her stand up.

“Yeah, I think I twisted my ankle,” she says, holding her left ankle. She tries a simple healing spell but then frowns.

“What?” I ask.

“It’s not working,” she says.

“You’re exhausted,” Dad says. “We’ve been on foot for a while now.”

“Let’s get past these rocks and set up camp,” I say. Vash picks up Leli, and she giggles. “We have enough rations that we shouldn’t have to hunt until tomorrow afternoon sometime. So, let’s just get past this and call it a day.”

We get down the last of the hill before finding a clearing to set up camp. Once the tent is up, I go and fall down on the makeshift bed.

“Thuly is loving on Leli,” Callum says as he lies beside me.

“He’s cute,” I say.

“He’s also vicious as fuck,” Callum says, kissing my neck. “You were a little badass at lunch today.”

“You think so?” I ask.

“Mhmm,” Callum says with a smile before pulling me over to straddle him.

“I should get rewarded for bravery,” I say, and he chuckles.

“Oh yeah?” he asks. “Do you want your reward now?”

“Pretty please,” I say as I press myself against his erection, making him groan.

Callum rolls so I am under him, and he can pin my arms above my head. “Does my sweet little witch want it rough and unforgiving or sweet and slow?”

“Rough,” I confirm. “Bad days always mean rough.”

“Yes, ma’am,” he says. He leans back and pulls my pants off before flipping me to my belly.

“Fuck, this is hot,” I giggle.

“Not one sound, little witch,” he murmurs. Callum grabs ahold of my hips and squeezes before forcing himself inside of me. I groan through gritted teeth as he slams deep inside my pussy. I bury my face in my pillows as he fucks me like he’s angry. It feels so fucking good to be used by him. To be treated like nothing more than a toy while knowing that his goal is to make me come as hard as he can is a mindfuck.

“Oh, what do we have here?” Daemon says as he lies down beside me, propped on one elbow. He grabs my face and turns me toward him. Callum is still relentlessly fucking me. I’m trying to follow his demands and not make a sound, but it’s so fucking hard when he’s thrusting deep.

“Did you know we can partially shift?” Kael asks.

“Oh Gods,” I whimper as Callum suddenly doubles in size.

“Shhh,” Callum says as he covers my mouth and leans into me so that he can wrap his arm around me. “Hold your breath, baby.” I do as he says right as he pulls out of my pussy and slams into my ass. I groan into his hand when he rolls to his back and pulls me on top of him. He is still buried inside of me. Daemon steps in front of me, and I whimper as he brings my legs to rest on his shoulders.

“Speak up if it’s too much, Lilith,” he says seriously as he presses the heads of his cocks against me. “It’s time we show you what we really want to do with you.” Daemon smirks as he slowly pushes in. He partially shifts inside of me, and my eyes roll back. Callum moves his hand, and Kael immediately grabs my face and forces himself down my throat.

As they all start to move in perfect synchrony, my body starts to convulse. All the pressure with them shifted inside of me while they relentlessly fuck me, is almost more than I can handle, but I don’t want them to stop. I don’t want this feeling to stop. It leaves me a teary-eyed mess as my mates take from me. In return, they provide me with a steady stream of orgasms that shut my brain down.

“Look at our pretty little witch crying for us,” Kael croons as he wipes my tears away and slows his pace a bit.

“Talk to us, love,” Daemon says. Tears rightfully should bring up some questions, but I am better than okay.

“Please… don’t stop,” I say through our mind link. Even thinking of words is difficult.

I moan loudly as another climax gut punches me, and all three men fall into their release together, pumping me full of their come.

Kael is the first to move away, followed by Callum and Daemon, who move me to lie down so they can clean and dress me. “Come here,” Daemon says, nudging me. I groan and roll to snuggle up to him. He wraps his arms around me as Callum moves closer and rests his hand on my waist. Kael lets Thuly into the tent before coming over to lay with us. He lies down above us and kisses my head before gently stroking my hair.

My mates might fuck like monsters, but their aftercare is like a heaven I don’t deserve to be a part of.