“There. See what I mean?” Chastine was massaging her wrist as they were freed from the heavy chains.
“Now, the second lock: on the door.”“Are you kidding me?” Chastine’s eyes was wide with unbelief, ”I need a thicker needle for this. I know you have the key.”Juste answered quick, “wrong.”“What?”“Key room’s heavily guarded.”Chastine was disappointed, folding her arms in the process. “So much for your plan of escape.”“If you could break through here, you pass the final test.”“…do you have a thin knife?” She decided to give it a go. After all, it was the option to break out of her prison.Juste reached from his side pocket and handed over his knife pen. “Here, will this do?”Both her brows raised up and she smiled, out of a happy surprise. “Perfect.”Chastine successfully opened the gate to her cell. She swung open the prison door and waited for Juste to come in.But Juste, on the other hand, grabbed her right arm right away. He hurriedly pulled her out of her cell.“What? Wait, where are we going? I thought we’re going to have s*x?”“Yes, we’re going to f*ck,” Juste dragged Chastine towards the exit, “but not in here. Upstairs, outside, in the tribute room, for father to witness.”“WHAT?! I BEG YOUR PARDON?” What the hell?! Curses were swirling inside Chastine’s mind.Justine slightly glanced at his back for Chastine as they hurryingly stride their way to the tribute room. “We need to have concrete evidence of your uselessness. We need to show them that we’re f*cking.”Chastine’s expression was a mix of disgust and nervousness. Never in her life would she imagine that her first time would be with a fellhound and for many to see.But this was a dire moment to be in. She needed to go beyond her principles to survive.Juste reassured Chastine of the act that they will do. “Don’t worry, it’ll be over soon.” He added, squeezing her hand in the process, “I’ll be gentle.”---“Are we there yet?” she began to inquire in whisper as she and his redeemer had being walking at a good distance. The trail was dark and narrow, with only a few torches mounted along the cramped corridor. It seemed to be a secret passageway to where they were headed.Juste stopped to his tracks. “Are you tired already?”“Obviously. We’ve been walking for like half an hour.”Without warning, Juste maneuvered to carry Chastine in his arms.“HEY, WAIT—”Juste reminded her of their supposed quiet escape. “Shhh, the guards might hear us. What’s the matter?” he whispered to Chastine.Juste’s voice tingled inside her ears as his lips almost touched her ears from being carried by Juste. Her cheeks turned red and her heart skipped a beat as she found his voice to be seductive and deep.“Uhm, nothing.” Chastine dismissed the idea of having outright feelings for Juste.Meanwhile, Juste didn’t notice her expression as he was focused in getting out of the trail as soon as possible. “Hold on to my jacket, I’ll ran fast.”Chastine fastened her grip onto Juste’s chest area and closed her eyes in the process. Juste held her tightly, then began to ran at a growing speed towards the tribute room.They quietly but hurriedly reached the entrance of the tribute room. Juste carefully laid down Chastine’s feet on the floor.“We’re here. Are you alright?”“…yes.” She was still blushing and couldn’t look at Juste straight in the eye.The tribute room was like a chapel, made of cobblestones with openings from three sides. It was located in the outskirts of the clan’s vast yard. Without any valuable things inside, Juste father found it useless to station any guards in there, so it was perfect for Juste to commit their act that was hideous to his clan.Juste bolted all passages to the place of conducting rituals. Then he started to light some candles situated on both sides of the altar to garner some attention.Afterwards, he reached for Chastine’s hand and squeezed it slightly. “Ready, Chastine?”There was a moment of silence. But before she could even utter a word, Juste pulled her towards him and held her cheeks. Juste then started to kiss Chastine.Chastine couldn’t help but feel the warm lips of Juste. It was also her first time to taste someone on the lips, and to her surprise Juste’s lips were pleasant to taste.Juste was setting up Chastine’s mood so her tensed body would calm down. He tried to make love to Chastine as passionately as possible, so her first s*x wouldn’t be as painful as they would seem to be.He broke their kiss to say something to her, “was that good?”Chastine nodded. Justin caught a whiff of the aroma of her pheromones. He smiled at the fact that she’s turned on.“Don’t doubt me, Chastine. Relax. I’ll make this as pleasant as possible for you.” Juste started to kiss her forehead, then her nose bridge. He then bit her upper lip with his.If kissing feels quite good like this, no wonder everyone wants to have it. Chastine thought to herself.Chastine was starting to feel the rhythm of their lust-driven dance. By instinct, her arms started to lock themselves around his neck, while Juste moved around his hands along her warm body.Juste then broke their kiss again, but this time he started to hoist Chastine up to carry her towards the tribute stone, an altar table of sorts.He laid her face up onto the flat surface, then pulled her dress up to her waist. Seeing her nether regions wet and throbbing. His lengthy shaft started to get a hard on.Juste then unbuttoned and unzipped his pants. He let out the glorious beast inside him. He spread her legs and hooked them around his torso.He glanced at Chastine again. While they look into each other’s eyes, each filled with lust, Juste towered over Chastine and laid over her to kiss her on the neck.Chastine’s body began to burn with lust. She couldn’t help but moan at the intensity of their love making. Juste then prepares her opening. He caressed her intimate part down there with his delicate fingers.Chastine moaned louder. He was even more turned on by Chastine’s sultry voice.He started prodding Chastine’s opening with his shaft. Slowly he penetrated her as he breathed deeply with Chastine hearing it. Chastine was blown away by what Juste was doing to her. It felt so good it crossed her mind that they should do it again if situation permits.“Juste..”Juste breathed and thrusted heavily as he tries to break her maidenhood.*splat* A trinkle of blood oozed out of Chastine’s opening.She had been deflowered by Juste. It was painful, but as Juste said, it was just at the start.She began to feel a more intense euphoria when Juste’s manhood began to go in and out of her nether region.But Chastine was surprised at what she heard next. There were clinks and clanks at the gated openings of the tribute room. Two guards were closing in on them.“Juste, hurry.”Juste moved at a faster pace than before.“Ahh… Juste… ahh,” Chastine was feeling the passionate heat from Juste’s thrusts, her body obediently responding by her little paradise getting wetter and hotter. Juste was the same. His lengthy and throbbing meat was getting harder and harder. Trickles of sweat were dripping from his brows as he continued to pound Chastine’s little paradise faster. “Prince Juste, how could you?!” one of the guards was questioning his motives. Juste paused for a little while, glanced at the guard with a smug smirk on his lips and said, “tell father about this. Let him know that I’m fucking my tribute.” He then continued to pound Chastine. The other guard went to the front gate of the tribute room, faced their castle, and howled a sounding alarm. Then the inevitable happened. One by one, the candles from the little tiny window holes in the castle began to light up. Then the howling of that one guard was greeted with few more howlings that came inside the castle. “Prince Juste, open the gate!” the
“Juste, why?” Lord Abirham asked Juste about his disgraceful behavior. He was his only child, so it was very hard for him to get totally angry with him. Juste wanted to tell his king father that he hated his own kind, for eating human flesh out of greed for their supernatural gifts. But his lips couldn’t choose the right words to say. Deep down, he knows he will be insensitive to his own if he badmouths the nature of the fellhounds. So he bowed his head and kept silent. But his father wanted to reason out with him. “Juste, if you wanted the girl, you could have told me. You can have anything you want in this castle.” Lord Abirham had thought Juste merely needed to release his s*xual urges. He added, “There are better female fellhounds for you here. Do you want to run away with this frail witborn?” By this time, Chastine was getting more confused. She had no idea what was really going on. What was Juste’s motive to get out of here? Was she preoccupied of her own escape that she
It was before dawn when it all happened. From Chastine’s break out of prison, to Juste’s shocking plan of escape, light hadn’t come out yet to greet them in full view. The chilly air of nighttime, coupled with ice cold waters, turned Chastine’s body to shiver mad. It had hit her severely because she had been wearing flimsy clothing. Juste might be wholly to blame. He didn’t think carefully enough that witborns have weak constitution compared to them fellhounds. Female fellhounds, a.k.a. werewolves, can withstand such low temperature. And with his clan adapting to mountain weather, they were quite a strong lot against chilly winds and waters. Not Chastine. She’s a normal human being, untainted by supernatural physical or mental gifts. Hers was an intellectual gift, but if she miscalculates, she would succumb to problems similar to what she was dealing with right now.She didn't know they will be swimming in a cold river pass midnight. Juste was taking responsibility for his ow
“That’s my condition. I’ll help you find the cure if you take me to Nhraim safely.”Chastine wanted to get to the open city of Nhraim.Like Juste, she also wanted freedom for her life.Sold off from the bankrupt orphanage at 5, she was enslaved by many masters since.She was taken cared of by them, even letting her learn their occupations.But for her, being an enslaved human in an open city has apparently more perks than that of a slave in other human cities.She can roam around the town without being imprisoned in the four corners of a roomShe can buy the things she wants.She can live an independent life without following others’ command at will.Going to Nhraim was somewhat her ticket to her lifelong dream.“Why Nhraim?” Juste grew inquisitive of her goal.“I’ve read it in books. Nhraim is the ideal place for those who want freedom.” Her eyes glimmered as she describes to Juste how awesome the open city is, to her opinion. “You can also live there if you want.”But Juste was dism
Night had come, and everything looked normal in the village. The sights and sounds of night life had added up to the already lively atmosphere of the inn's ground floor. There were toasts of ale, giggles, and intimate chatter down that inn. Travelers must have come from all corners of Dianium to that place of respite, exchanging tales of their adventure and knowledge. Though this was the case, Chastine, who was still fast asleep, looked as if she had been uncomfy in her sleep. It was not her cramped position nor the noise down their room. Something else had disturbed her restful slumber. Chastine was having a nightmare. She dreamt of being submerged in water, as if she was drowning without a chance to swim up to the surface for air. In her nightmare, something was pulling her down that was stopping her to breathe in ease. Moments later, just as when she felt she was running out of air, Chastine’s mind had become aware that she was in a dream state. She regained consciousness,
“W-why are they attacking me?” she asked Juste what was going on.“Didn’t you forget?” Juste was catching his breath. “Don’t put your guard down.”“H-have t-they found out?” Chastine was fumbling with words.“Yes, ah!” Juste let out a sharp cry as he pulled out a dart from his right thigh. He was hit before he even came for Chastine.“Juste!” Chastine was frightened for his life.“I’ll be fine. Poison don’t really work well against me.” Vigilantly panting, he continued, “they must’ve sensed the shadowcasting presence from before.”“H-how?”“Beats me. You should know co'z you’re a witborn, ah!” Juste winced from his other wound, a small shrapnel embedded in his left shoulder blade. He removed it, shaking and with effort.Shadowcasting is a taboo art developed by the fellhounds. It’s akin to the dark arts that bloodhunts are capable of.Chastine couldn’t figure out why they have sensed fellhound taboo arts. Someone must’ve been gifted in that village sensitive enough to sense such skill
The amused bloodhunt was staring at her. He then blurted out a laugh, “ahahahahaha! What did you just say? Free me from human thralldom?” The bloodhunt’s expression was wide with interest. Chastine, although scared, held her ground to speak clearly to the captive bloodhunt. “Yes. I can see that you are a prisoner too in this town. I can set you free, but you have to help me and my friend escape this hellhole.” “Haha, you don’t know what you’re saying young lady. If you release me now then I might bleed you dry right after my release.” “And who says I will unchain you before I make a deal with you, hmm?” She let out a confident sneer and her brows met at the middle. The bloodhunt contemplated for awhile what Chastine just said. He then revealed his current predicament to her, “I got cursed before I even came here. If you set me free from that curse, I might help you and your friend escape this town.” She got curious about the bloodhunt’s long-time problem. “What’s the curse?” “
The sun was about to rise. As a bloodhunt, it was the bane of Maxill. Though he was highly tolerant of sunlight, in the back of his mind, he seemed to regret the decision to join them as he was at risk of exposure. He knew he was half-blood, but he was aware that he wasn’t immune. Getting near the big ball of fire would be detrimental to his health. He was quite annoyed at this fact. He felt it was very restricting for his lifestyle of wandering alone. He cannot shapeshift and fly at midday. Thankfully, Juste and Chastine decided to travel through the woods. The thickets can serve as cover for his skin. Still, the excursion was posing such a challenge for Maxill. Rays have passed through the holes of the foliage over them. Maxill was wearing a black long-sleeved cloak, the typical go-to color of bloodhunts. It looked medieval, but it fitted his features. Adjusting his cloak, he half-joked to Chastine, “D*mn, I should have gotten a mask at least before we left the village.” Ch
“Bunny, can we talk?” Maxill approached Bunny along the open deck of her airship.Bunny closed her eyes and heavily sighed. “What now, Maxill?”Maxill wanted to say sorry, but he wasn’t sure if it was the appropriate word to tell her. He’s not apologetic of his identity, and yet he felt he needed to tell her otherwise.“… I’ll make it up to you tonight.”Bunny scoffed. “Maxill, no, I get it. You don’t like me. Wait, let me reiterate—you don’t like girls.”Maxill was rare to speak out his feelings. Feelings of disgust and apprehension, yes, but his sincere feelings, rare. He finds it hard to do so. Still, he really tried hard, just to comfort Bunny in her disappointment. “But as an acquaintance, I kind of like you.” The sulking pilot was a bit surprised. “…you do?”“Yeah. You’ve been supportive and understanding, at least to me. I have my toxic traits, but you still put up with me for, like what, 2 years? You saved my butt too many times, too.”He added, “And for a pilot, you’
“So what’s your plan, Chastine? And why are you suddenly so snobbish with our pilot?” Juste asked his girlfriend with utmost curiosity in his eyes.Chastine wished to tell her beloved about it, but it might spoil all the fun. She merely winked at Juste and said, “sorry, can’t blurt it out to you. But you will know soon…” “Besides, even though I already halved the cost of our flight, I still think she’s charging us way more than the standard rate.”“Money’s not an issue, Chas, as long as I’m around.”“It’s not about that, Juste. We should be practical with money matters. And why are you calling me ‘Chas’ suddenly? Only Maxill calls me by that name.”“Heh, it sounds cute enough, and there’s this feeling of closeness to it.”“It’s fine by me, but Maxill might get a little bit jelly about it.”“Oh, yeah, about Maxill, how did you convince him to agree with your plan? After all, I can see our pilot to be head over heels about him.” Juste sneered. He was quite amused how his girlfri
SWEET-16 is considered an armored flight vehicle by national standards. It has a thin metal alloy for its exterior, and thick fabric panels for its interior. There are offensive and defensive mechanisms attached to the aircraft like the plasmic EMP barrier (for repelling thunders and sun flares), bomb assemblies and small firearm mounts.SWEET-16 stands for Sky Wings Embedding Etherial Technology, with the number as the successful prototype count of the said flight vehicle. It runs on Etherial fuel, an easily melted mineral deposit harvested under the sands of Ham Desert.Bunny Lang was the chief designer for the SWEET-16 project. But because of its high-cost and maintenance, the aircraft was scrapped off by witborn military.She overhauled the last prototype to make it stealthy, and was had finished upgrading it when Maxill and his friends popped out of nowhere.Bunny welcomed them inside the aircraft’s cabin. Inside, there was a small round table with four chairs around it. Th
Juste remembered one his mother’s greatest work.Being a herbalist herself, he never would imagine the vastness of Saraise Isaacs' scientific accomplishments if he didn’t look for the ingredients of the Remedium.Her mother’s discovery and breeding experiments landed her a place in scientific books.He started to feel enthusiastic and excited about getting the next ingredient.Saraisium ordinem, also known as ice rose, is a succulent plant that had been specifically bred for the very purpose of making the Remedium.It was fed with a special liquid while being exposed to the sun, and then nipped and attached to a base plant.Repeating this technique many times, Juste’s mother was able mutate a special component in the plant which was one of the ingredients needed in turning a human to a fellhound, and vice versa.Maxill spread the map again on a flat surface to know where to look for the ice rose.According to the codex, the ice rose is endemic to the Ham Desert.Maxill starte
“You think this is gonna work on him?” Juste asked Maxill, thinking if they would be able to be successful in their plan. “Trust me, I’ve memorized the whole guide.” Juste was quite surprised at what his bloodhunt friend just said. His eyes widened and his eyebrows raised up. “Woah, you did?” “Yes. And I bet on my 75 years of life that it’ll work on him.” “What the—you’re 75 years old?!” Maxill added, “And forget about what Scion said. He’s just toying with your head.” He also bothered to comment on Juste’s astonishment regarding his age, “look at me, Juste. For us bloodhunts, age is just a number. I could pass as a teenager just like you. Heck, I’m even young by vampire standards.” “Ugh, well, I just thought you’re around 40 years old, heh.” Juste’s nose showed wrinkles and lines as he smiled in an awkward way out of disbelief and amusement. Maxill couldn’t help but wonder, “…are you flattering me, or insulting me?” “Don’t worry, it’s a compliment.” Juste snickered at what
Everything was not going well with Juste, Chastine, and Maxill.The bloodhunt did acquire what he had planned in getting from the north, but it costed him his peace and composure.He even accidentally killed one of his own, even if he only wanted to beat the h*ck out of Dreon.Not that he cared about the snoopy bloodeye, but he realized that he wasn’t able to control his strength and went overboard just because he was led by his feelings.Meanwhile, Juste and Chastine have had some bad encounter with none other than Juste’s current nemesis, Scion, the army commander of their clan.Not only did Scion burnt each southern thorny wolfbane he could find around the region, he also decided to revisit the pair and take the diary of Juste’s mother to burn it before his very eyes.Among the three, Juste was clearly the most devastated. He was starting to feel that their quest was all for naught.Without any substantial guide to continue their mission, Juste was thinking how they would be
Maxill was quite swift on his arrival to the north of Dianium. The herb codex indicated that the northern thorny wolfbane was along the outskirts of the Dianium, just between their country’s jurisdiction and the uncharted frost beyond. In that boundary, the terrain was filled with tall and cone-bearing trees, and the climate in that region was indeed bone chilling and thin aired. But these were no match for the powerful bloodhunt. Maxill was breezing through the cold winds like it wasn’t even cool season. He was still flapping his ominous pair of wings with elegance and effortlessness. The sound of swaying branches was heard. Maxill perched on one of the lower branches and began to scour the ground with his supersonic senses. As he turned human and was in a sitting position along the high branch, he closed his eyes and activated his sound wave detection to search for the herb. The northern thorny wolfbane is one tricky plant to acquire, both in location and in physical attribut
“Agree,” Maxill retorted to Juste. He was determined to help the fellhound anyway he can.“I’ll go north. I know my way around there.” The handsome bloodhunt had a confident smile upon him that was hard to let down.Maxill continued, “Chastine, you go with Juste. Knowing that he’s quite sensitive to the plant, he needs to have a companion to handle the southern thorny wolfbane. Capiche?”“Yeah, got it.” Chastine was also serious and determined to help Juste as seen on her expressive face.Maxill butted in further into their conversation, gesturing his hand in the air while explaining himself, “Well, y’know, besides me disrupting your smooching sessions, it’ll be better for the two of you to team up. Well, just sayin’…”“Maxill!" Juste and Chastine cried in unison as their cheeks turned red when they remembered the bloodhunt witnessing their love making session by the river.The teasing bloodhunt grinned broadly, baring the set of his sharp canines in the process. “Anyway, south is wh
Juste, Chastine, and Maxill couldn’t be prouder of themselves for getting the first ingredient of the Remedium.No doubt, the root was crimson colored, from the tips to the base. Even its insides were bloody red.They went to a nearby small village where the three species are welcomed: freedom to eat, sleep, and trade.Juste, Chastine, and Maxill quickly headed to that small town’s apothecary. The hospitable assistant lent them the things that they needed to prepare the root for storing and keep it from getting moldy.Juste prepared the root by drying them out in a dry oven, then after drying, patiently grinding it with mortar and pestle. Just as the fellhound meticulously processed the red root of the rabid eater plant, Chastine and Maxill were trying to figure out their next target plant for the ingredient in the Remedium serum for Juste.“It says crown of thorns…” Maxill was rubbing his chin, pondering what specific thorny plant was the poem referring to.“Ugh, there are so many t