He didn’t care if that fucking Mistress Crueltongue had brought a whole fucking army with her—they were all going down. Because he and his twin would fight or die to be certain their Lady was safe.
Whatever it takes, Bound thought. Whatever it fuckin’ takes, Angel. Just hold on—we’re coming!
THIRTY-EIGHT
There was no way she could win against a thing like “Karnivore Two” and Lexi knew it. Her best bet was to get out of the bedroom and run like hell. Accordingly, she turned and ran for the door.
“I don’t think so.” A sleek, silver blaster suddenly appeared in Mistress Crueltongue’s hand. “Back up,” she told Lexi. I want you to become better acquainted with my new bodyslave.” Raising her voice, she called to the monstrosity, “Come, come, now, Karnivore Two, let Mistress Alexa see your true colors. Show her what she’s been missing.”
At their Mistress’s order, the three bland faces began to stretch as the mouths opened, showing cavernous maws filled with rows and rows of razor-sharp teeth. As it changed, the three-headed thing stepped forward towards Lexi.
“Now let me see,” Mistress Crueltongue mused behind her. “Should I have Karnivore Two violate you or eat you first? As you can see, he’s well set up for either option.” She nodded at the gaping mouths and the dangling shaft which dragged across Lexi’s carpet like a dead snake.
“You’re sick!” Lexi’s voice was trembling and she still had the burning incandescent gripped tightly in one fist, but Mistress Crueltongue’s elegant silver blaster was pointed directly at her, so she couldn’t use it.
“Take a step towards him,” was the other woman’s response. “I want to see how well the two of you get along.”
“No!” Lexi said, lifting her chin.
Suddenly the blaster was shoved right between her shoulder blades.
“I said move towards him,” Crueltongue hissed in her ear. “Do it now or I’ll blow a hole in you big enough to watch a viewscreen through!”
Feeling trapped, Lexi took a single, halting step towards the hideous monster. Karnivore Two loomed over her, its clawed hands hanging at its sides.
“It’s a pity you don’t have your two Kindred bodyslaves with you right now, don’t you think?” Mistress Crueltongue remarked from behind her. “They might come in handy in a situation like this. But I suppose you did the noble thing and set them free. Goody-goodies like you can never resist being noble.” She prodded Lexi in the back with the barrel of the blaster again. “Go on, take another step. I want you and Karnivore Two to be really good friends.”
Lexi held back but the other woman gave her a hard push and she stumbled and fell forward. Suddenly she found herself on her knees, looking directly up at the shambling monster.
“Perfect!” Mistress Crueltongue crowed. “Now Karnivore, give Lady Alexa a nice, big hug.”
At its Mistress’s command, the monster’s arms came up and the clawed hands began to reach for Lexi.
Oh Goddess, what am I going to do?
She felt as though her heart might drum its way right out of her chest. Everything seemed to slow down and she watched with horror as the long black claws reached to grab her. She couldn’t run—there was a blaster at her back. But if she went forward, she was basically throwing herself into the monster’s arms.
Wasn’t she?
Lexi eyed the creature looming over her. Since she was on her knees, her face was directly across from the long, hose-like shaft and enormous ball sack. In her head, she heard Bound saying, “Be careful with my balls—that’s a fuckin’ delicate area!”
This creature was male, so it must have the same weakness all males had—right?
Lexi certainly hoped so. Taking a deep breath, she lunged forward and grabbed the massive, flaccid shaft in one hand. Yanking it ruthlessly out of the way, she thrust the still flaming incandescent right up against the creature’s huge sac.
To her surprise, the colossal sac caught fire at once. Lexi wondered if the chemicals the creature had been grown in were extra flammable but she didn’t have long to wonder because at that point, everything seemed to happen at once.
Karnivore Two gave a bawling roar and began to lumber and hop from one massive foot to the other. At the same time, it started swatting at its burning assets, but this only meant it was ripping at its own sensitive flesh with its long, curving claws.
Lexi dived nimbly between its legs and scrambled around the far side of her sleeping platform, where she peered over the edge of the mattress, wide-eyed as the situation continued to deteriorate.
“My bodyslave!” Mistress Carnivore was screaming. “What have you done to my bodyslave, you little bitch!”
Karnivore Two, for its part, was burning like a bonfire by now. The flames that had started at its balls were now consuming its shaft as well, which was crisping up nicely, rather like a long sausage, Lexi thought, feeling sick. Its attempts to beat out the flames had resulted in its claws catching on fire and so the flames were spreading up its freakishly long arms as well.