Blazing Glory Ch. 09

Nadine yelped as she whipped around with Rae, both women staring intently towards the rear of the Crimson Dawn. She heard it at nearly the same moment. Screams of terror. One scream in particular made her blood freeze solid.

Dear spirits no.... Not like this....

"KRAKEN!!!" she roared to the rest of the unaware crew as she slid her cutlass out and charged towards the stern. She had only made it a few feet when she tripped over something large and slimy. She instantly rolled away and looked about. In the nautical twilight she could see massive sucker-filled tentacles slithering aboard her ship as numerous others waved about towering in the sky all about them. No ship had ever survived an encounter with a Kraken and very few souls lived to tell the tale. Their stories filled all men of the high seas with dread and fear. To meet the Kraken was meeting death itself.

"No!" Clarissa screamed in horror.

Marissa looked about for her sister in a panic and saw the blonde half-lycan fighting and slashing tentacles furiously to get to something. Then she saw it and her faintest of hope burnt to ashes in that instant. The only ones that could maybe help them could not now as Blaze and his friends were all caught up in the air within the crushing grips of the Kraken's tentacles. Already the females had blacked out from pain or exhaustion trying to fight.

But Blaze repeatedly hacked in furious fashion at what had a hold of him until he was tossed down like useless garbage. The young warrior landed with a crash and groaned as both sisters rushed to protect him from being crushed by any of the tentacles.

"Something's not right," he gasped as he got to his knees. "There is something more to that thing than simply crushing you to death."

"What do you mean?" Clarissa asked about the roars and screams of her crew battling numerous tentacles.

"When I was in its grip, I felt something wrong. Something weird," he gasped as he staggered to his feet with swords in hands. "It felt like something was probing my mind for something. But I think it failed to find what it sought and tossed me away."

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Nadine sighed pleasantly as she sat upon the porch of their home on the forest. She looked about her surroundings and was pleased to have settled down in the very woods that she had met her husband, Blaze. The catwoman giggled in sheer joy every time as she did now when she thought of him actually being her husband. It was a dream come true.

Even more so was what she watched in front of her now. A dream come true should only continue to get better right? Their three children played out in the front together, wrestling around like the young cubs they were. Half-lycan as they were, they appeared full human in body except for having fur and stripes like Nadine with tails waving about. Two boys and a darling little girl. She and Blaze were so proud of them and soon they would reach their second birthdays which would be their naming days as was customary of her people.

Nadine yelped in shock when a sharp blow to her back sent the catwoman careening off her porch and into the dirt. Coughing from the raised dust, she looked up to see various lycans surrounding them. Her children now huddled together in fear as they looked about as well. Where had all these lycans come from? Why hadn't she heard their approach? But she knew one thing and that was she didn't like the looks in their eyes.

She nearly sprang into action before a heavy net crashed down upon her and trapped her. The catwoman hissed and struggled mightily against the net but couldn't get free. It was just so heavy.

"There's the whore that gave herself up to the human beast," A tiger lycan spat with disgust. "Remember this day as a lesson and spread the word."

"What do you want with us? Please leave us be in peace," she pleaded, praying Blaze would return from the woods after retrieving some firewood.

"Peace? There will be no such thing for you bitch! Or this infestation of our race that you call a family. Don't worry about your human mate coming back either. We found him in the woods earlier. About now he's being skinned like the beasts of his race do to normal animals."

"No..." Nadine sobbed. They'd killed her husband? They killed dear Blaze, the very man who defended her as one of the lycan race. They had killed her beloved out of their stupid hatred!

The tiger lycan spat down at her in disgust as she wept for Blaze, her joyful life shattered because her people couldn't tolerate it or refused to understand. The lycan then yanked her girl up by her hair and smirked to the others.

"This is a nice place you have here though. I think the woods could use a little decorating. How about a good ol' lynching of these beasts to liven the place up a little, huh guys?" he laughed.

A snarl of approval met his suggestion as Nadine looked up in horror to see them approaching her children with rope. She screamed in panic and fury as she tried to claw at her ropes more.

"Mommy! Mommy! Please help.... I'm so scared Mommy!" her daughter sobbed as they forcefully tightened the noose around her little girl's neck and her terrified boys.

"NO! PLEASE! I BEG YOU! NOT MY BABIES! DON'T TAKE MY BABIES FROM ME!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs as she struggled with all her strength, teeth, and claws but couldn't break free. All she heard in response was their laughter filled with hate....

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Tyra opened her eyes and sat up in her bed. She blinked and rubbed her forehead as she felt odd. She lowered her hand and gasped in shock as she looked at it. Pale flesh? Her fingers were not sharp tipped to be able to dig into solid stone? Her dark eyes looked about the room before she dropped the blanket she held up to her chest. Her large firm breasts were still the same capped by red nipples, but of pale flesh too. Lowering her hand behind her, she felt only her bare ass with no tail. It felt odd, but she was human!

How could this be? How was this even possible? Had her life as a gargoyle been some crazy dream? Was this truly who she was?

A large yawn drew her gaze next to her as Blaze sat up and ran his fingers through his hair. He looked to her and smiled before leaning to give her a good morning kiss. Tyra couldn't help but hug him tightly as she kissed him back, crushing her large breasts against his chest. It had been a dream after all! Blaze had been the hero in her dreams and it was only natural for her to dream of her real life lover as such. She was grateful that Blaze hadn't simply been a dream either.

Tyra groaned with lust as she shoved him back down onto the bed. She grinned down to him as she sexily ran hands through her mane of red hair. Seeing the naked beauty with large tits swaying over him, Blaze couldn't help but seize them and fondle them. She moaned in response as he handled the sensitive orbs, fingers rolling her nipples about to elicit small screams.

Her hand tossed the sheet aside to reveal his morning glory that she so hungered for. Tyra's hand grasped his rock hard member with her dark eyes looking down to him as she smiled. She pulled away from his hands and moved down between his legs. Her eyes never left his while her head lowered to slide her tongue teasingly about that flared head.

Blaze's head flopped back onto the pillow and closed his eyes as he felt her wonderful mouth engulf his cock. The beautiful redhead sucked noisily on his rod, coating it with her saliva in the sweet warmth of her mouth. He groaned her name loudly when she eased that length down her throat before plunging it back and forth. By the gods she could suck cock!

Tyra hummed pleasantly about that wonderful tasting meat in her mouth as she gave her lover a mind-numbing blowjob he would not soon forget. When her nose wasn't pressed against him as she throated his entire length, she was sucking on the sensitive head as her one hand wrapped about the rest to give it wringing motions to drive him nearly nuts with lust. Her tongue flicked at the sensitive underside of the head and sent him past the point of no return.

"Shit! Tyra! HERE I CUM!!!" He gasped as he arched his hips to her face, hand gripping her red hair tightly.

The fiery redhead simply smiled as she pulled him back out of her coaxing throat, swallowing his creamy cum as it filled her mouth with thick jetting spurts. When he finished cumming, she swallowed the last mouthful and licked her lips. Tyra was pleased to see that beautiful dick still hard and ready for more! Blaze pulled her up to him and rolled them both over to where he was now on top.

"Oh gods yes! Put that big fucking cock in me Blaze!" she whispered huskily with intense lust. "Screw my brains out by giving my cunt a good pounding!"

Blaze simply smiled down to her and nodded, lowering his hips to press that thick head against the aroused lips of her pussy. They both moaned in unison as the head pushed into her cunt followed by the rest of its length. Blaze's hips swung to and fro as that cock slid in and out of her juicy pussy as she cried out in bliss. Soon he had increased the speed and tempo, slamming that cock into her at a furious pace in the pounding she so desired. Tyra howled in euphoria as her heavy breasts bounced on her chest with the powerful strokes of her lover. Damn she loved how he could drive her wild!

Blaze grinned down to her as he paused in mid-stroke and made her gasp in surprise as he rolled over with her once more. The foxy redhead blinked as she found herself sitting up on him, straddling his hips. Impaled on that mighty cock of his, she winked down to him as she got the idea. With a lusty cry, she tossed her hair back with her head as she rode that cock hard with the grinding of her hips back and forth. At times she made him scream blissfully in turn as she crouched over him and slammed her hips down on that rod repeatedly. Her large breasts bounced back and forth as she rode him up and down before swinging enticingly over his face, sweat dripping off the big mounds. Both were soon panting heavily with wetness on their bodies from the blissful morning sex.

"YES! YES! YEEEESSSS!!!" she howled as she slammed her cunt down on his cock one last time before it convulsed while her orgasm rocked her body down to her very soul. Her milking twat drove him over the edge with her as he grunted and spurted his seed into her hot depths.

Tyra groaned as she felt his cum filling her before she groaned again as a sudden pang tore through her body. She reeled back from Blaze and fell off the bed in pain as it racked her whole body. What was wrong now? What was happening to her? Her eyes watched with shock as her skin began to show blotches that burned hotly. Soon it became clear as her skin was turning blue. Her fingers and toes hurt as they elongated into claws.

The worst pain was in her back and rear. She screamed in agony as wings tore skin to form above her back and her long thick tail sprout outwards. For what seemed like an eternity of pain was actually a few moments. Tyra stumbled to her feet as she looked down herself, once more a gargoyle. No! It was supposed to have been a dream! Nothing more! She looked to Blaze in confusion and saw her lover staring at her in horror.

"Blaze," she gasped, "what's happening?"

"N-no!" he stammered as he leapt off the bed away from her. "Stay away monster! What have you done with the real Tyra?!"

"Blaze, it's me! I'm Tyra," she said as she stepped towards him.

"No!" he screamed and ran out the room and the front door bellowing that there was a monster in his house. Tyra stood there stunned. She looked down to her claws. Wet drops soon dropped down to them as she wept. Was that truly what and all she was? To everyone? Something to be feared and despised?

Tyra dropped to her knees in silent agony. She was a monster.....

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Rae gasped with ecstasy as she looked to Blaze facing her. She stood fully nude as he did without any weapons in the arena full of drow spectators roaring their approval. Thus far it had been an intense battle with Blaze. They were equally matched and his challenge was invigorating her. Her loins burned with aching for an intense sexual romp with her Patron after this. But oh how she lived for the battles with her Blaze!

Sweat beaded and coursed down her beautiful onyx body making it shine sensually to the spectators. Her breasts heaved up and down with her heavy breath of excitement and exertion. His body too was slick with sweat. She licked her lips with a pleased hiss and looked forward to licking that toned body of his. How she loved the taste of him!

Through the battle so far, both of them had landed various blows to the other while expertly blocking many others. Rae in no doubt knew this could be a battle that would last long into the evening. She smirked at the thought but was determined to not lose. And then she would take him as her prize in her bedroom.

Blaze looked to her and then rose out of his defensive stance, making her blink with shock. Then he did another thing that she did not know he was capable of. He smirked at her. A smirk so cruel that it would have made a drow proud. She almost dropped her guard from her surprise.

"Blaze?" Death's Mistress asked in concern. "What are you doing? What's wrong?"

"It's done.." he snorted with disgust. "You've proven yourself to not even be a real challenge to me. Frankly, you're wasting my time now and boring me..."

Rae's stunned reaction only lasted a flicker of a moment as her hackles rose with seething anger. She hissed venomously as her red eyes would have burned a whole through him if they could. She would not tolerate disrespect from her Patron. How could Blaze even say such things though?

Hissing in anger she charged into him and fought furiously with every move she could think of. Yet she couldn't lay a hand on him! He blocked everything as easily as if she were some novice. He even had the nerve to yawn as he blocked her blows. Death's Mistress shrieked in anger and frustration before he surprised her with one solid punch to her stomach that sent her flying. She crashed into the dirt and coughed, finding herself unable to get up. She barely managed to lift herself up with an arm. How could he have incapacitated her with one blow?

"Like I said," he snorted disdainfully, "it's done."

"Blaze?" she coughed.

"You're no challenge. You're simply pathetic! I can't believe you even call yourself an assassin. But what can one expect from such a worthless race as the drow..."

Her red eyes grew wide in astonishment as she couldn't believe what she was hearing. He was not only insulting her but her entire race. Her teeth ground in anger before her point ears twitched and caught the sound of laughter. Looking about, she saw the coliseum was no longer filled with drow but surface elves and every single one of them were laughing at her after hearing Blaze's harsh words.

"Stay down here like that dark-eared rat you are. I'm leaving. And good riddance," Blaze spat at her before turning his back on her and walking away.

No! She would not stand for this! She would not let herself or her race be mocked and allow them to get away with it. But damn it all to the Abyss if she could only move! She hissed in anger. She would kill that vithing bastard for what he's done and said!

But tears flowed down her cheeks as his words had killed something within her more efficiently than any assassin ever could.....

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Blaze grunted as he slashed at various thick tentacles surrounding the entire ship and preventing him from getting to his friends. The Red sisters hissed furiously as they hacked at the tentacles on their ship while flipping and rolling away from those that tried to snatch them up. All about them the crew screamed and hollered furiously as they tried to fight even though they knew it was all in vain. Every now and then a pirate would be swept up and killed instantly. Their numbers were dwindling and they couldn't keep this up for long.

He grunted when one of the cursed things swept his feet out from underneath him. He fell and was soon wrapped up and lifted into the air. He shouted with anger as he tried to break free but his sword arms were pinned, preventing him from trying to break free. Marissa and Clarissa shouted for him to hold on they fought savagely to get to him as he was lifted up higher.

That probing feeling entered his mind once more and met with the same results of not finding what it sought. Blaze gasped as he felt the tentacle wrapped about him begin to squeeze tightly, slowly crushing him now rather than toss him away. He howled in panic and pain, refusing to give up and let it end like this!

A sharp shriek filled the air and drew his gaze to see a burning arrow whistling towards him. The small arrow was dwarfed by the massive thick tentacle but tore through the whole thing below him. The flesh surrounding him went lifeless instantly as he dropped out of its grasp towards the frothing sea. He about took a breath when Kiora dove into view and caught him, flapping her wings hard to keep them both aloft.

"Kiora? What? How?" he asked looking up to the blonde volarian.

The arcane archer smiled grimly down to him in return. "Stavros sensed something was wrong and sent me to find you. It looks like I arrived just in time. As to how I made it out here in the middle of the Sonel Sea, well an arrow with an ice spell can make for a nice place to land on the water to rest briefly. Although it was a bit chilly on that floating ice."

He nearly laughed with relief before he looked down to the Crimson Dawn under attack by the monster. "What is this thing?"

"I've heard of some of these creatures during my training. These leviathans are a special sort of krakens that love to torture their victims before killing them. When in its grasp, it uses your deepest fear against you to weaken you as well as make you suffer greatly," she explained.

Blaze blinked as he realized that was what the feeling had to have been in his mind. But it failed since Blaze had already confronted and conquered his worst fear when he was under the effects of the Lexiss's curse.

"Kiora, can you blow that thing up like you did the giants when were first met?"

The blonde beauty shook her head quickly. "I can but I won't! The blast would not only kill the kraken but your friends as well. The explosion might also split the ship in half."

The young warrior cursed himself silently for not thinking it through enough in his panic to help them. He was grateful the valorian was of sound mind enough to realize this fact.

Kiora landed with Blaze upon the ship next to the Reds. Setting him down, she began to let loose with a flurry of magically enhanced arrows that destroyed the tentacles individually. Marissa and Clarissa needed no introduction as they accepted this help, whoever she was. But no matter how many tentacles they killed, more were there to replace them. Kiora tried to aim and shoot Blaze's friends down but tentacles kept waving in the way to prevent such.

A large roar split the predawn air as the kraken surfaced its ugly head above the turbulent surf on one side of the ship. It was huge and bared a monstrous mouth filled with knarled teeth. Blaze swallowed and desperation began to sink in. Something had to be done soon as he could tell the destruction of the Crimson Dawn was at hand...

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Kendra hummed softly as she felt the warm kiss of the sun on her perfect soft flesh. The gorgeous dancer lay on the beach fully nude with her eyes closed. Her toasted almond brown skin needed no tan and she never had to worry about sunburn as a demoness. But still she enjoyed the feel of sunbathing.

Their seaside home was not far behind her just outside of Kyros. She enjoyed this quaint life with Blaze in his home town. She had the man of her dreams. She had a small house that she, for once, could actually call home. And she had friends that came by to visit every now and then. It was always fun when Tyra, Nadine, or Rae stopped by alone or together. The sex she and Blaze had together with them was exhilarating.