Home for Horny Monsters Ch. 074

"You must be great at parties." Beth's limbs surged with power and she swung her fist at Neferisfet. The woman vanished and reappeared next to her.

"Oh, we had quite the parties. Feasts that would last for days." Neferisfet licked her lips. "If not for that wretched Caretaker, I would be well on my way to restoring the glory of Apophis. Alas, she not only turned me down but trapped me in that room."

"Do you mean Emily?"

Neferisfet nodded. "That woman double-crossed me before I could double-cross her. Milked me for magical knowledge and then sealed me away before I could make my move. But her loss is your gain. Observe."

She raised her hands in the air and clapped. Tables covered in luxurious meats and cheeses appeared and the air filled with the sounds of music and people chatting.

"Oh, so I give you my body and you get to live it up. No thanks, hard pass."

"It's more than that." Neferisfet circled Beth now. "I don't take over your body. Rather, we merge and become one entity. Since I cannot dominate you, then I must take a different approach. You will require finesse, some kind of bargain."

"I'm not in the mood for bargains. I've had a shit week."

"If you had just given up the reaper, it wouldn't have been a problem." Neferisfet frowned. "Why didn't you give him up when the others came?"

"You seem to know an awful lot about the situation, considering you've been living in a box..." Realization dawned on her. "It was you, wasn't it? That reported Death to the angel?"

Neferisfet nodded. "I fear very few things in this world. The personification of death could easily undo me, I am in no state to fight."

Beth fought the paralysis and managed to take another step. "This whole time, that was you? Do you have any idea what I've been through?" Her voice was loud enough that the invisible party went silent.

"Please. I have spent centuries hovering on the edge of life and death. Each breath was like drowning. I care very little for the discomfort of but a few days." Neferisfet sneered. "Why bother hanging on to the reaper in the first place?"

"Because he's family. It's something you wouldn't understand."

Neferisfet bit back a retort, then tilted her head. Her bright green eyes were flecked with gold, and her face softened.

"This is true," she muttered. "Yet another reason why a merger makes more sense. We need each other. I have lost touch with life itself, and you could be my guide."

"Again, hard pass."

The sorceress sighed and turned away. "I have so much to offer you, how can I make you see this?" She waved her hand and summoned a staff with a serpent's head. "I could instruct you in magic, teach you to become a power unto yourself. You could protect this house for eternity if you wished, for that is in my power."

"After what you did to my friends, I don't think they would just let you hang around."

Neferisfet groaned. "That was...regrettable. The beetles were supposed to find me a human host. How was I to know that so many humanoids lived in this home and none of them were true humans? The bugs can't tell the difference." She spat the words with much venom. "I spent hours inside of that goblin's head, feeling like my world would cave in on me. I can free them from their dreams, it is an easy task if you know how to do it."

"If you couldn't find a host, then how did you get out?"

"Desperation. I knew I wouldn't be able to get you alone. You are always with someone. So I spent the last couple of days absorbing energy from the house that I could open the sarcophagus myself and activate my guardians. The cat would have made a wonderful host, but she is someone's familiar. Her bond with her master was far too great. So I had the scarabs put her down, as well as anyone else who might stand in my way."

Beth took a deep breath. Out in the real world, Death would eventually fight his way free. She needed to stall in the hopes that he would end the sorceress, so she decided to use the oldest trick in the book: keep them talking about their evil plan. "And what about Opal?"

"The slime girl? When I tried to press myself into her, she exploded. I thought maybe she was made of sterner stuff, but alas..." Neferisfet waved dismissively. "I didn't see where the succubus went, but she is no threat to me. The cat and the reaper were all that I feared, but I have plenty of time in here with you now."

"It won't work."

Neferisfet grinned and touched the pouch at her neck. "Please. I know your weakness." She stepped behind a pillar and disappeared in a flowing of robes. Asterion and Suly stepped out in her place, both of them grinning maniacally.

"They aren't real," Beth said. "Not even here."

"Of course they aren't real." Neferisfet's voice came from the ceiling. "This is just a taste of the greatness you could achieve with me at your side." The music started back up, but this time it was a pulse heavy beat. Beth shivered as the two of them came close. She knew they were just images, but the sight of the two of them only brought her happiness.

"It's been a long stretch, lass." Suly stepped behind her and started rubbing her shoulders. "Why not let us work some kinks out fer ya?"

Asterion crouched down and picked up one of her feet, then placed it on his knee. He rubbed her ankle with strong hands that caused her belly to fill with fire.

"You're not going to fool me so easily," she muttered, yet allowed the illusions to pamper her.

"Come now, surely there's something I could offer you?" Neferisfet's hands appeared around Beth's stomach. Somehow, the sorceress was standing where Suly was. "I can feel the want inside of your aching body. After a hard day at the office, there's nothing better than coming home and opening up that briefcase of yours, is there?"

"Ha! That thing has been gathering dust ever since...since..." her thoughts trailed off as Neferisfet tugged upward on the fabric of Beth's gown. The air was cold against her revealed thighs, and Asterion took this as an invitation to run his hands up them.

"They're so smooth," the minotaur noted, then leaned in to lick her skin. His rough tongue sent shivers up her spine.

"You realize I could have this without you?" Beth swatted away Neferisfet's hands when they tried to dip beneath the band of her panties. "Once the horsemen leave, I could invite my boys out for a walk, let them take turns leaving me a dripping mess. I could probably convince Suly to eat Asterion's creampies, they're very salty and—"

"Shh." The masculine hand around her waist belonged to neither Neferisfet nor Suly. Suly's hands slid up her gown and caressed her breast from beneath as the figure moved into view.

"Oh. Hey, Mike." Her confidence fled as she faced him. He was radiating an energy that made her light-headed as he stroked her jaw. His fingers were gentle, yet strong, tiny sparks danced along her skin.

"You could have me," he told her. "The dance would finally end and you could find out whether you truly desire the man or the magic."

"Not real, not real, not real." She whispered the words like a mantra, trying her best to concentrate. With all these hands on her body, it was getting harder to do so, and she was becoming wet.

"It's real enough." Mike put his hands around her waist, turning sideways so that Asterion could continue touching her thighs. Suly pushed Beth's bra aside and was playing with her nipples as Asterion's hand found its way up to her crotch and was teasing her through the fabric of her panties.

"Not fair, not fair." The mantra had changed, and Beth tried to distance herself. Death wasn't the only one outside her head right now, and maybe one of the others would bail her out.

"You just need to let me in," Mike told her. "You can have it all."

Suly pinched one of her nipples just as Asterion moved her panties to the side and pressed a thick finger against her wet labia. It slid in with little resistance and she moaned.

"I don't know," she told Mike with a gasp. "Looks like I'm going to be rather full in a minute, might not have any room for you."

Suly was kissing her neck now, occasionally nibbling the sensitive spot beneath her ear while he squeezed her breasts. Asterion had shifted to her side and was fingering her with one hand while squeezing her butt with the other. Mike moved forward, effectively pinning her between everyone, and her resolve melted.

"Every day could be like this." Mike took her hand and moved it down to the bulge in his pants. It was warm, even through the fabric, and his magic sparks spiraled up her arm and settled into her chest. "Living out every fantasy inside your brilliant mind."

She tried to respond, but a moan broke free of her lips. Leaning backward into Sully, she raised her leg even higher to give Asterion better access, which allowed her to place her foot on the minotaur's shoulder. When she looked down, she could see Asterion's cock hanging out of his loincloth. It looked even bigger than usual, and she closed her eyes and tried to block the scene out.

Mike ran his hands over her hips while the others continued to tease her. She tried to shut them out, but the temptation kept drawing her in. Mike kept asking to be let in, and she made sure to stay quiet.

Suly's cock was pressing into her ass now, and she couldn't help but grind against it. Neferisfet had been right about her preferred method of stress release, and she was desperately in need of it.

Asterion used his horn to hold Beth's leg up so that he could start licking around her labia, his rough tongue teasing her clitoris. The sensation made her whole body buzz, and it was now just as hard to breathe as it was to think. Suly was getting rough with her, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Mike reach past her to undo the buckles on Suly's pants.

"Feel their desire for you," Mike told her as Suly slid his cock between her butt cheeks, his glans touching the small of her back.

"Still not real," she whispered, holding in a gasp when Asterion's finger teased her g-spot.

"These feelings you have are very real." Mike leaned forward, his breath hot against her lips. "And why fight them?"

He kissed her, and she felt a surge of magic flow through her body. It traveled down her throat and radiated outward from her heart, warming her limbs. At that moment, she could tell that it was Neferisfet's best estimate of what Mike's magic actually did. Though she had never experienced it first hand, she had both seen it in action and heard talk of it later.

This wasn't magic that connected her to him. Rather, it was heightening her senses and filling her to the brim with sexual energy and a strong desire for release. It was nothing like Mike's magic, a mere imitation created as a best guess effort. In pushing the issue, Neferisfet had overplayed her hand.

Beth felt the magic spin through her body as her belly muscles fluttered. Asterion lifted Beth off the ground to help Suly penetrate her from behind, the cold radiating from his body mixing with the heat of her own. She expected the dullahan to fuck her mercilessly, but all he did was get his cock nice and wet before pulling it back out and pressing it against her ass.

Oh, fuck yeah, she thought as Suly pressed himself into her. There was no pain, only pleasure and pressure as he slowly moved into her. Was this how her body would feel if she tried it in the real world?

Black straps of leather wrapped around her wrists as Suly used his buckles to bind her arms behind her. Asterion laid down and pushed his loincloth aside, revealing his massive member. She licked her lips in anticipation as Mike assisted Suly in lowering her onto it.

Her labia spread wide as a tingling sensation flooded through her loins. She stretched to accommodate him, letting out a strangled cry at being penetrated so completely. The bony ridges of Suly's cock pressed through the thin membrane that separated her ass from her vagina making her dizzy.

"Every possible combination you could ever imagine," Mike told her as he stood over Asterion and unbuckled his pants. His cock was now level with her face, shining magnificently in the torchlight of the palace. She had accidentally seen it so many times, but never this close. "With me at your side, you could have your fill every day, just like the nymph. And the power, Beth, so glorious! I have centuries of spellcraft to share with you."

He grabbed her jaw and pinched, causing her mouth to open. When he slid himself into her mouth, her eyes rolled up into her head as an orgasm exploded through her body, turning her brain to mush. She couldn't even focus on any one sensation, it was simply too much to comprehend, so she rode it like the waves in the ocean.

A ripple of energy formed inside her chest, but the others took no notice. She was pounded violently from all three sides, but her mind hung onto that stray sensation as she felt something inside her body expand.

There was very little that she understood about her own magic, but she recognized it immediately. Able to separate her mind from her body, she pulled deep within herself and pictured her magic as a glowing pool of water. She only had a single finger inside it, sending out ripples into the darkness of her mind.

Laughing, she realized that if there was one thing that would empower magic given to you by a nymph, it would definitely be sex.

Mike was now practically shouting, telling her all the things he was going to do with her body, but she ignored him. The three of them were having their way with her as she charged herself up, building her own power until it was no longer a pond beneath her, but a full-blown lake.

"Just let her in, lass," Suly whispered in her ear. "I be bettin' she'll feel good inside yeh much as I do."

"Mmph," Asterion grunted as his balls smacked into her. "Let her in, friend."

"Just let me in," Mike whispered. "It can all be yours."

Beth filled herself with power, then wrapped it around her like a cocoon. She tilted her head back, allowing Mike's cock to pop free of her mouth. This wasn't the real world, there was no need for breathing here, but she still took in a huge breath before speaking.

"I..." she began, feeling the men stop as they waited for her to speak. The tension was suddenly high, and with two cocks twitching inside of her, she held onto that beautiful moment for as long as possible.

"Yes?" Mike finally asked with a whisper.

The magical pressure inside her had built to critical mass, and she giggled.

"I want you out of my head, you undying bitch." She released it all at once, and watched as a wave of light tore through the palace and turned it all to dust. Mike screamed and took a step back as the magic blew him away and revealed the decaying body of Neferisfet, holding up her arms as if to ward away a blow.

Her Anubis guardian moved toward Beth, but Tick Tock rustled on her back, and both Jenny and Reggie leapt from their hiding place and held onto the statue's face. The guardian stumbled around, trying frantically to rip them both off, but they were tiny and motivated.

Neferisfet hissed and moved toward Beth, but several bladed arms popped out of Tick Tock, making Beth look like a cybernetic spider. The mummy clutched the bag hanging around her neck and made a run for the stairs while casting dark green fire behind her.

"That's right, get the fuck out of my basement!" Beth yelled, then turned her attention to the guardian. It had grabbed Reggie by the scruff of his neck and tried to throw him, but its arm seemed to be caught on something.

Jenny's laughter filled the room as the arm trembled, then cracked. Beth unfolded the fingers as Tick Tock slashed away at the statue, pushing it back until she could free the rat king.

"We have to free Death," she yelled, then moved toward the wall. "Jenny, try to get this thing over here. Maybe we can trick it into breaking down this section of the wall."

Jenny cackled, and the temperature of the room dropped so hard that it took Beth's breath away. An eerie glow surrounded the guardian moments before it rocketed across the room, just missing Beth, to crash into the wall. The concrete cracked—but held.

Beth ran up behind the statue and tackled it into the wall. One of its ears snapped off, and it spun around and cocked its fist. She felt a chill in her belly and ducked in time to avoid the blow. It came for her again, but that eerie glow surrounded it again and spun it around. The statue's fist connected solidly with the wall. Small cracks formed along its knuckles, but the cracks in the wall widened.

Tick Tock yanked himself free of Beth's shoulders and leapt over her head. Sharp talons embedded themselves in the wall and ceiling as the mimic wedged itself in place. With a pair of bladed arms, it smashed the statue into the wall over and over until Anubis cracked and fell apart.

A hole formed in the wall and a skeletal finger poked through it.

"Death!" Beth knelt down and looked inside, but she could only see darkness.

"I have been bamboozled," the Reaper responded. "It will take me some time to get out of here. There are runes in here meant to trap me."

"Don't worry. He isn't alone." The voice was Lily's. A glowing red eye appeared in the hole and winked.

"How? I didn't see you in there!"

"You did, actually. When that cunt blew out of her sarcophagus, I could tell things were going sideways so I took Kisa's place. Bitch had no clue, but she did knock me out for a bit."

Beth frowned. She wasn't aware that Lily could even sleep.

"Where's Kisa?" she asked.

"No idea. I told her to hide and she took Opal with her. What was left of her, anyway. But listen, that's not what's important. That bag around her neck is what is keeping her alive. You get that away from her and she's toast."

"What is it?"

"It's a Divine Object, but that's all I know. But there's something else. Romeo is stuck in Oregon. He's trying to come back, but we're probably on our own on this."

"How do you—"

"Fucking hell, would you go snatch that mummy's magic coin purse already? Shit!" Lily moved away from the wall and mumbled something to Death. Death's fiery orb appeared in the hole.

"You must make haste, Director Bethany. That woman is more powerful than we realized."

"Why? She needs a human body to inhabit, and the only one within a million miles just booted her out."

"Wrong." Death's flames intensified. "There is one other human nearby."

Beth frowned. "You mean Murray? He's that angel's bitch already."

Death was shoved aside and Lily was back. "All she has to do is hide from you until we're back on Earth. Then it's open season on the first person she sees. You cannot let her get away."

"Got it. You can count on us." Beth looked over at Jenny. "You up for one more round of hide and seek?"

The doll clapped her hands in glee.

"Good luck," Lily yelled through the wall as they all ran up the stairs.

Velvet's hearts were pounding as she scrambled across the ceiling of the cave. Leeds had led her through the woods, his magic flooding her mind with images of shattering her egg, consuming it, or even letting it hatch and tormenting her child.

He had brought her to the goblin caves. Down below, in the darkness, she could hear him scrambling among the bones. The bastard was up to something, she just couldn't tell what.

"Please," she begged. "Just give it—"

A shadow tried to grab her leg, but she released her hold on the ceiling and fell about fifteen feet before grabbing the edge of a stalactite and swinging over to stick to the wall.

What could I do with the child of a cursed union? he wondered in her head. Perhaps it would be best to turn her loose in the city, where there is plenty of prey.

"Not going to happen!" She aimed her pistol at a moving shadow and fired. The brief muzzle flash illuminated the cave and revealed that he was actually hiding far to her left, just beneath a ridge of stone. With a powerful leap, she crossed the space in a moment, her fingers briefly closing on his cloak.