Rose Ra
and before hurrying away. Looking down I realized I held the handle of a large basket. "It is wine
ber down a narrow corridor which opened into a wide an
unds the village. The sacrifice will move directly into
s, and now I was to be cast out as if I didn't matter as if I were not a human being...as if I were only a sacrificial animal to be slaughtered and forgotten. The doors made a horrific screeching noise as they ope
e floor. I took another step forward. Despite my fear, my deep longing for the freshness of the rich smell of grass coupled with the crisp clean scent of the night air, compelled me forward. Leaving the oppressive chamber
y voice was hoarse. Pressing my back against the cold metal, I slowly slipped to the ground. Scalding tears fell down my cheeks as I tried to figure out what to do next. As I stared across the clearing, I co
ark force, although never named, was like a black, creeping cloud. An evil rising smoke. Never the shape of a man. The five men stalked forward. As they walked more fully into the
ck of wolves. Turning, I desperately banged on the door. "Help me! Help! You must open the door. These aren't wolves."Through my cries, I
see them-out of the corners of my eyes, I saw them closing in on each side of me. I could taste them-taste the blood on my tongue from biting my lip in order not to scream as I ran. I could feel them-a strong hand on my upper arm, seizing me, flinging me backward, capturing me,
. I turned my head to look up into amber eyes. Piercing eyes were so fierce and similar to eyes belonging to a wolf, but instead, th
much louder than a whisp
my arm asked, "
, with unshaven faces and long, wild hair, these men had wolf characteristics but were not animals. They studied every inch o
ou see? Te
y face as he shook me slig
ding me."The man's grip eased up, and I could hear his breath hitch."Glenn," a man from the left of us said
her man added. "I don't know if it's the fucking c
epping in closer to us. "My bo
close enough that Glenn snarled at the man in warning."No," Glenn roa
rment that stood in the way of what he planned to claim being ripped from me. I wanted to fight or offer some sort of resistance, but the pure terror and shock of what was occurring paralyzed eve
maidenhead. He did not care as my white gown fell to the ground with the red cloak piled beside it. Glenn was nothing more than a predator, I the prey, my red cloak acting as the blood I shed in this war already lost. I stood naked before five men. Five men who, although they we
ey were tru
knees and palms and gave slightly with my weight. The cool air against the bare flesh of my most intimate places made all the more obvious by the position I was in, was a jolt to my soul. I had to fight
ept the fate that has been presented before us. What is done is done. What ha
stopped trying to crawl away. His stinging correction was a warning, a
t maybe begging would cast some lig
n for you, and not wait our turn," a vo
to turn my head to know that his bottom half was bare. I felt the hardness of his sex press up against my ass, demanding so mu
long time ago. You shoul
needed to remain where they were. His touch didn't hurt, but it violated everything I'd once believed t
hit me that my body was betraying me. This demon and his dark magic had t
ng, Glenn's finger penetrated my opening. The shocking invasion had me crying out, though the cry wasn't one of pain or even disgust. It was unfamiliar just as the sensations sizzling over my body were witchcraft, Sorcery? The darkest forc
nger afraid? Why was I consumed by sinful thoughts? Why did this devil have
r me, and placed his fingertip on my lips. I could
r it. "Because we all do what we must to keep the darkness away.
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