Home for Horny Monsters Ch. 064

"Where's Mike?" he demanded.

"May I ask who's calling?" Beth had a pretty good idea.

"Tell him his neighbor is here to talk to him again about the noise." Murray finally seemed to notice Beth, and his cheeks flushed. He promptly adjusted the hem of his vest and pushed his glasses further up his nose. His fingers went through his thinning hair like a comb.

"What noise?"

"It was a woman screaming. Around lunch time." Murray's face became smug as he held up his phone. He tapped the screen a few times and Beth heard shrieks come from the speaker that she immediately recognized as her own. She fought the burning sensation in her cheeks, hoping to hold a poker face.

"Oh. That." Lily-Mike stepped out of the door and walked slowly down the steps. She wore a crimson doublet and bright white pants. The outfit was outlandish, and Beth couldn't help but notice that it included a giant codpiece. "What do you think it was, Murray?"

"I think it's trouble for you," Murray said, his resolve wavering. "You agreed to keep it down."

"Did I?" Lily shook her head. "Last time I checked, there weren't any laws about making noise in the middle of the day."

"Listen here, weirdo, there may not be laws about noise during the day, but this woman is clearly in distress. Now I don't know what you all are doing over here, but I'm sure the police would be very interested to hear about it."

"I'm willing to bet that you have already contacted them." Lily grinned devilishly, which looked especially ominous with Mike's features. "And they didn't give a flying fuck. Am I right?"

"Mike," Beth cautioned, and put a hand on Lily's arm.

"And if you must know, the noise was from this one right here." Lily slapped Beth on the ass, causing her to jump. "She was getting fucked so hard, she saw stars. It doesn't surprise me that you've never heard the sounds of a woman being pleasured—"

Murray's face turned bright red and he pointed at them. "Enough! You may think you're funny, Mr. Radley, but I'll have you know that you don't know who you're dealing with!"

"I know exactly who I'm dealing with," Lily replied. "You're the kind of man who sits in silent rage as he tries to fall asleep. Fantasizing about how the world has yet to recognize your greatness. You work hard for someone who takes advantage of you, then come home and pound your meat to VHS porn because you're afraid the government is watching your internet, am I right?"

Murray's mouth was opening and closing like a fish, and he had gone white. It was like the oxygen had been sucked out of him. His left eyelid fluttered.

"And that's not all," Lily continued. "Because you fall asleep and dream about them, don't you? All those young women, straight out of college, looking for internships and—"

Beth pinched Lily's arm. "That's quite enough, Mike."

Murray looked like he was going to be sick.

"Maybe Murray here should worry less about what we do in the safety and comfort of our own home and worry more about that suitcase full of women's lingerie in his closet." Lily sneered. "It's totally fine to wear what makes you happy, you insipid little shit, but if you think you're gonna come over here and threaten us with the cops in anything less than your best body stocking—"

"MIKE!" Beth clamped her hand over Lily's mouth as Murray's glasses fell off his face and clattered to the ground. The man's eyes had rolled up into his head, leaving only the whites of his eyes.

In the silence that followed, Beth realized that the yard had gone still. The few centaurs who were out working the yard had paused to watch.

"Murray?" Beth didn't dare touch the man. His breathing had become ragged, and every few breaths he let out a high-pitched whine.

"Stay back," Lily said as she stepped in front of Beth. "If this fucker blows his load, I'm going to—"

Murray opened his mouth and a sound like high-pitched static came out of him. It was disorienting, causing Beth to topple over backward and land on her butt.

Lily punched Murray in the face. At the moment of contact, a cylinder of white light surrounded him and blasted her backward onto the porch. The centaurs threw their spears, but they just shattered on the wall of light. The Jabberwock moved to attack, but let out a cry of frustration when it was pushed away.

"Shit, shit, shit," Beth muttered, but still couldn't stand. Waves of nausea rolled through her body, and she covered her mouth with one hand when she felt her gorge rising.

A mist rose up from the ground and drifted out into the street. The centaurs were now grouping up and launching a volley of arrows, but these did no good either. A few of the centaurs toppled over, and were helped to their feet as they fled through the doorway to their village.

Kisa and Cecilia were suddenly there. They grabbed Beth by the hands and dragged her up the stairs. The eerie sound followed them into the house, but vanished as soon as the door was shut.

A few seconds later, the door opened again and Lily stumbled in, now in her regular form. Beth was horrified to see that all the flesh on Lily's arm had been burnt away.

"What in the unholy fuck is that?" Lily demanded as she plopped down and inspected her arm. When she moved her fingers, Beth could see the exposed muscle slide over itself. "Ow, shit! This really fucking hurts!"

Eulalie stumbled in from the backyard, her hands over her ears. She was dragging long lines of webbing behind her, as if it was leaking from her body. Panic was written on her face as she slumped onto the floor.

Sofia stood by the front window, her sword in hand. She scowled at Murray as he continued to shriek.

"At least that sound can't get in here," she said, then looked around. "Is everyone okay?"

"Naia came inside," Eulalie muttered. "Amymone is hiding underground. I feel like I'm going to be sick."

"Tink have idea." The goblin had her face pressed to the glass. "Maybe start fire?"

"No fires." Sofia looked at Beth. "Who is this man?"

"He's the neighbor, he came to complain about the noise." She remembered what Mike had told her about him the other day. "He was acting weird a couple of days ago. Mike said he seemed possessed. We figured it was the society."

"What the hell is happening out there?" Kisa had joined Tink at the window. "Where are the lions?"

Beth rushed to the window and saw that the front yard had been gobbled up by fog. The outer walls of the property had gone missing. Were they just hard to see because of the fog? "He isn't actually attacking anybody, so maybe the lions don't see him as a threat?"

"I can't...make this..." Lily was focused intently on her wounded arm, her face scrunched up. Smoke rose from the edges of her ruined skin. "It isn't healing!"

"What does that mean?" Beth asked.

Sofia frowned and looked outside. "I don't know," she said.

The front door banged open, and Sulyvahn stumbled inside, his head cradled in his arms. He tripped and fell, spilling black smoke from his neck all over the floor.

"Suly!" Beth went to his side as Sofia closed the door.

"Blasted wretch an' all his shoutin," Suly mumbled. "Wasn' in me right mind, couldna hardly move."

Beth helped him to the couch, and then returned to the window. Murray was frozen in place still, his mouth wide open as he shouted. The cylinder was visible now, sending a beacon of light into the sky.

What sort of trouble were they in now? It didn't seem society-related, so what could it be? Beth paced in front of the window, pausing only to watch Eulalie use her webs to bandage Lily's arm. The Arachne moved quickly, her fingers deftly winding gossamer strands around Lily's ruined flesh. The finished product was an elbow-length glove that shimmered in the light as Lily tilted her arm from side to side.

"I'm afraid that's the best I can do," Eulalie said.

"At least it doesn't hurt, thank you." Lily squeezed her fingers experimentally. "I sure hope the boys down at the docks like their handies with some glove action."

"Oh, however will they manage?" Eulalie offered with a smile. "But at least we're safe inside, right?"

The power fluttered, then went out. The dim light of day through the front window was the sole illumination as Murray continued to scream in the front yard.

What sort of madness will our housemates descend into? Will the porch survive this new threat? Will Mike hold hands with Velvet? Will Beth find a cock big enough to fill her new magic void? Stay tuned!

Thanks again for reading, and I can't wait to share the next few chapters with you. There will be some amazing surprises, the emergence of a new villain and I sense a new monster girl on the horizon. This one has been much requested and I have been laying the seeds of her arrival for a long time now. Don't miss it!

Oh, and one more thing. Make sure to take some time for yourself. We all have the potential to be amazing in our own way, but you'll never make that happen without giving yourself a little downtime. Take care of yourself, because you've earned it.

Until next time!

~Annabelle Hawthorne