Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (115 page)

With the euphoric sensation rippling through his mouth and head Daniel then used all his willpower he could to stay focused and break the kiss with Squeak, taking a moment to regain his senses before he then used both hands to remove her hold on his waist as the ant girl just smiled bashfully at him. After a small chuckle Daniel then knelt down and pulled Alyssa into a kiss, the witch happily holding her arms around his neck as the other girls smiled curiously at him. He didn’t see her as a little girl at all; rather he saw her as a lovely woman, one who he knew he cared about deeply and couldn’t bear to be without. And Alyssa knew she loved Daniel, she had known that about him from the very start, yet now she felt extreme joy at knowing that Daniel was returning those feelings completely.

‘Thank you, Daniel, for loving and accepting me for how I am.’

Once he kissed her long enough Daniel tried to stand back up, with Alyssa still holding on and kissing him deeply as she felt it wasn’t long enough yet. Daniel glanced to the other girls who now watched with dull smiles on their faces before he gently pulled Alyssa off of him and set her down, the little witch smiling innocently at him while giggling a bit.

“I love you, all of you, I know I can say that now without a doubt, and I promise I’ll prove how I feel to each of you every day,” he assured looking around at each of them. Triska slowly brushed her hair back behind her ear while smiling lovingly at him, feeling her worries about almost everything else washing away knowing that she finally had his love. Specca looked down timidly with a gentle smile and glanced up to Daniel above her glasses, her eyes having a warm glow behind them from behind the spectacles as her tail slowly waved around behind her. Squeak smiled and squeaked once while holding a hand over her heart, her words not being understood but her feelings registering loud and clear with the boy. And Alyssa looked down with a gentle smile, relieved that she had finally received his love and that he accepted hers.

Daniel nodded as he took in the image of what was indeed real before him, that all four of the girls were the ones he loved in his life. He couldn’t choose one over the other, and as it turned out they couldn’t bear to part with one another either, so in their own way they had found the only solution, to remain together as lovers, as a family, as the ones who could help instill peace between monsters and humans by being proof of that belief themselves. And with that thought Daniel quickly snapped back to reality as he looked around for his clothes which were lying on the ground near the bed.

“Well, now that that’s settled, we still have the matter of us being stuck here in this town we need to deal with,” he mentioned as he quickly gathered up his clothes. Pausing for a moment he then took notice that all the girls just staring him with coy smiles on their faces, with Triska eyeing him over then shaking her head.

“Daniel, if you want us to be against the idea of being stuck with you anywhere, you might want to put your clothes on first,” she mentioned.

“Won’t help, I still want to be stuck with him even then,” Alyssa said, with all the girls then giggling at that. Daniel smiled weakly and shook his head before he started getting dressed, much to the girls’ reluctant understanding.

“Anyway, we need to find a way to get our caravan fixed. Even if Charlotte does give her approval for my idea we need to head out and find a lot of other monster races to help back us up before we can go to Rockhelm. And if Charlotte
doesn’t
give her approval then we certainly need to get out of her territory as soon as we can,” he reasoned, with the other girls nodding in agreement to that.

“And who do we have to thank for our ride being broken again?” Triska pointed out flatly as she glanced to Alyssa with a dull expression. Alyssa huffed and looked away while crossing her arms with annoyance.

“Hey, you and Specca already punished me last night for that, you can’t keep throwing that in my face now,” she argued.

“Doesn’t change the fact that you still broke our ride,” Triska mentioned while shaking her head.

“And I doubt what we did to you last night was any deterrent in the least to prevent you from making that mistake again,” Specca added dryly, and then glanced to Daniel with a curious eye.

“But I suppose we could check if there are any suitable carriages or wagons here we could use, I don’t believe anyone from this village will need them anymore,” she speculated with a shrug. Daniel finished getting dressed then walked over to the door, with all the girls quickly eyeing him over and remembering how he looked without clothes on again.

“That’s true, we might as well see what we can take from this place before we leave, not like anyone is going to stop us now,” he agreed before he opened the door and walked out of the room, with the girls quickly following after him. Daniel only took a few steps out into the living room before he was quickly tackled to the ground by Luna, the butterfly girl holding onto him tightly while her wings were lowered behind her.

“Please teach me to be good too! Please please please! I don’t wanna be a bad monster, I don’t! Please!” she cried out while sobbing onto his shoulder, with Daniel just looking up at the ceiling with a bewildered expression while the other girls watched Luna with surprise.

“Luna? What are you talking about? And why are you crying?” Daniel asked.

“Better question, why are you two still here?” Alyssa asked tiredly as she looked to see Falla marching over to them, the butterfly girl then yanking her sister off of Daniel before she grabbed him by the shoulders, dragged him up onto his knees, and then started to shake him with frustration.

“Look at what you did to my sister! You got your insane ideas stuck in her impressionable little mind, now she’s really confused about what she is and what she’s supposed to do! What’s your problem? First you try to weasel out of giving me what you promised, then you and your stupid friends treat me like dirt when I was only trying to help save my sister, and now you’ve twisted my sister’s mind with your godforsaken ideas that monsters raping humans is wrong! What do you have to say for yourself?” she demanded loudly. Luna quickly grabbed her temperamental sister and dragged her back while Triska and the other girls helped Daniel onto his feet, the boy watching as Falla was growling and trying to swipe at him with her hands.

“You fucked with my sister’s head! You’re supposed to fuck her in the pussy, not her head! Goddamn you!” Falla yelled out with anger. Daniel just stared at her with confusion then noticed Kroanette watching him with a worried smile.

“Hello again, Daniel, how are you doing on this fine morning?” she asked politely with a small bow.

“Kroanette? What’s going on here?” Daniel asked looking around at the three monster girls.

“You stupid human! You fucked up my sister! And not in the good way!” Falla shouted out with fury. Luna held her back while the other girls watched them with puzzled expressions.

“Please stop, Falla! Please, I need his help to-”

“No you don’t! For the last time, he’s an idiot! Raping humans is what we do, that’s how we live in this world! It’s the natural way of life for monsters!” Falla yelled out at her.

“No it isn’t, raping anyone is an evil thing to do, and your sister finally understands that. You should listen to her,” Specca argued firmly. Falla shoved Luna aside with a yell before marching towards Daniel and holding finger out to him accusingly.

“You! Tell my sister right now that raping humans is what monsters need to do to survive!” she demanded.

“I will do no such thing, how could you even ask me to say something like that?” Daniel rejected while shaking his head. Falla looked at him with wide eyes then slapped him across the face, the boy recoiling from the hit as the girls around him glared at Falla with anger.

“Dammit! You stupid human! If my sister doesn’t rape a man she’ll
never
get pregnant! Quit spreading your ridiculous nonsense about humans and monsters living together in peace, that’s never going to happen!” Falla shouted out. Daniel stared at her with bewilderment before his girls slowly walked past him towards Falla, the butterfly girl backing up with a frustrated expression as the four girls glared at her with rage.

“Number one, if you
ever
touch Daniel like that again, you’re dead,” Triska threatened with narrowed eyes.

“Number two, if you ever
speak
to Daniel like that again, you’re dead,” Alyssa added as her eyes gave off a soft glow briefly.

“Number three, monsters and humans
can
live together peacefully, we’re living proof of that,” Specca informed as she gestured around to the girls.

Squeak squeaked something while pointing to Falla with a stern glare, her words obviously not being understood by anyone there but the general vibe she was giving off showed that she pretty much agreed with what her friends just said, especially regarding anyone mistreating Daniel like that in front of her.

Falla growled loudly as she glanced from one girl to the other, with Daniel’s group standing before him as they all stared down the butterfly girl.

“You’re all out of your minds, all of you! Humans and monsters living together in peace, nonsense! No monster in their right mind would ever agree with what you’re saying, not even the most mindless and depraved monsters would believe in something so preposterous! Anyone that thinks humans and monsters can live together is fucked up in the head!” Falla shouted out.

“Is that a fact?” Charlotte asked from behind. Everyone looked back to seeing the alpha walking into the residence with Apoch and Astreal following behind at her sides, the head witch looking at Falla with a raised eyebrow.

“Charlotte,” Daniel said softly. Alyssa jumped a bit then quickly bowed as she lowered her head.

“My grace,” she greeted shakily, trying to sound formal while her voice conveyed she was fearful in the alpha’s presence.

“Are you saying that any monster who thinks humans and monsters can live together in peace is ‘fucked up in the head’?” Charlotte repeated.

“Yes, that’s right. I mean you of all monsters see how crazy that is, humans would never
choose
to be with our kind, or any monster race, that’s never going to happen,” Falla insisted. Charlotte just stared at her for a moment then glanced to Daniel.

“Funny, as I recall, that human right there took three monsters to bed with him along with a human girl, and I do believe he certainly gave it to them of his own free will,” she mentioned. Falla jumped a bit and tried to form some form of response, only managing to get out a few weak stutters, as Charlotte looked back to her with a dull stare.

“So tell me, if he could do it, why not other humans as well?” she asked. Falla stammered something for a moment before the alpha held her wand out towards her, the butterfly girl then freezing in place with a fearful whine as the witch narrowed her eyes.

“I came all this way, on a lovely sunny morning, to a dead village that is partially burned to the ground, when I have many more important matters to deal with. Now then, why do you think I did this?” she questioned.

“I hope not to kill us, or Alyssa,” Specca mentioned with a nervous smile. Charlotte smirked and tilted her head while watching Falla tremble in fear before her.

“If I wanted any of you dead, I would have had my two helpers dispatch all of you, my presence here would not have been needed,” she replied, with Apoch and Astreal giggling in unison while they held their staves upright at their sides. Falla glanced to Daniel then to Charlotte with disbelief as she slowly shook her head.

“No way, you couldn’t… actually…
agree
with what he’s saying, could you?” she questioned.

“Would that make me ‘fucked up in the head’ if I did?” Charlotte asked simply. Falla gulped then slowly backed up while shaking her head more.

“No, not at all, of course not,” she whimpered. Charlotte slowly lowered her wand then looked to Daniel with a dull smile.

“Before you speak, you and all your friends will
listen
, understand?” she ordered. Daniel and the girls all nodded before Charlotte looked to her wand with a casual flick of the magical stick.

“Now then, first let me congratulate you on your excellent performance last night. I honestly didn’t think you had it in you, but you certainly proved your worth as a male ready for breeding. Good job,” she started with a simple shrug. Daniel smiled weakly to that, not being sure if that was a compliment or an insult, before Charlotte continued.

“Although as I understand it you had some help with a special enhancer, you chose to do so of your own admission and knowledge of what would happen to you, and thus owned up to your word that you would prove your belief to me of willingly mating with not only one monster but three at the same time. So for that, bravo,” she said simply, with Apoch and Astreal merely giving two dull claps each in a mocking response. Again Daniel wasn’t sure if they were insulting or complimenting him, so he just smiled and nodded. Charlotte paused for a moment then glanced to Daniel with a raised eyebrow.

“You have my attention, Daniel, for doing what I thought was impossible. However, the idea of witches and humans living together in peace is just too difficult to see happening, even with your efforts,” she informed solemnly, with Daniel and his group showing devastated expressions to that. Luna and Kroanette looked to Daniel with worried eyes while Falla glanced to him with a smug grin.

“But, my grace-” Daniel started before Charlotte held out a finger to him.

“What did I just tell you earlier?” she asked expectantly, with Daniel hesitating for a moment before nodding slowly and closing his mouth. Slowly Charlotte lowered her hand then shook her head slightly.

“It’s just I can’t see your grand plan succeeding, Daniel.
You
may be able to love a witch, to love a monster, but I cannot see the rest of your kind being as accepting as you are. I couldn’t possibly persuade my sisters or even other alpha witches of such an unbelievable idea as humans and monsters living together in peace as things stand now, I myself am even struggling to believe it can happen. You must understand, I must do what is best, and possible, for my kind,” she explained, with Daniel lowering his head with closed eyes and nodding slowly. The girls all looked to him with remorse before Charlotte smirked and walked towards the boy.