“Is that all?” I prompted wickedly, earning a jab from her elbow.
“Yes, that’s all!” she hissed. Me and the other two chuckled at her unease, but I dropped it.
“How about this—you go back to The Below—I mean, Paratiisi—while your dad and I help up here. A lot needs to be done now that the old government has been overthrown. The people are itching for new leadership, but there are still those few in the upper caste who are likely to fight us. They enjoy their lavish lifestyles. Luckily, we have power in numbers. The lower castes are the poorest, but the most prolific. They will help usher in a new age.”
Sera cocked her head. “Okay, but how will we communicate?”
“Human technology is what we used in Paratiisi to communicate before—what the Rumilus leaders have been using. We’ll still be able to be in contact with The Above,” Axton told me.
She picked Gizmo, the little beastie, up one more time, peppering his face with roughly a million kisses. “Mommy will see you soon, and then we’ll never have to be separated again.”
I couldn’t deny that my jealousy was still there as I watched the interaction. I wanted her to do that to me.
“Oh, Sera,” her mom whispered as her hand covered her mouth and tears continued to fall down her face. “I feel like I’m in a dream that I’m going to wake up from, only to find you still gone.”
“Mom,” Sera soothed, “I’m real. All of this is real.”
She threw her arms around Sera’s neck once more and kissed her cheek before whispering in her ear, “And you promise your…mates are treating you well?”
I’m assuming she thought we wouldn’t be able to hear her, but heightened hearing had its perks.
I’d wager that all the orgasms that we had given Sera suddenly popped into her brain as I saw her cheeks tint with a faint pink blush, making me smirk in victory.
“I promise you, that is the last thing you need to worry about,” she answered, laughing lightly.
Giving Gizmo a final kiss to his head, she passed him off to her mom before throwing her arms around her dad’s waist as he waited with outstretched arms. “Love you, Dad.”
“We love you more, Sera.”
Chapter Thirty-Six
SERA
If I thought saying goodbye was hard the first time, it had nothing on this. Even though I knew I would be seeing my parents and Gizmo again soon, I still felt like we were being ripped apart. The trauma of the past few days was catching up to me fast, and leaving behind my beloved cat while he howled in sadness nearly undid me.
My Trifecta helped me hunt down the second-in-command to the rebel leader and the previous leader’s successor. Both men were open to talks about creating a united front, planning to get rid of the caste systems and rebuild the nation together.
I’ll admit that at first I was uneasy around the leader’s successor. Although he claimed he was disgusted by his family’s legacy, I didn’t really trust anyone from that lineage, but my crystal gave me a nudge that I could trust him.
The man offered us a shuttle ride back down to Paratiisi, and although I would miss my parents and Gizmo, I was excited to get back and see how much more had changed.
Snuggling into Axton’s arms, I let my mind think over everything that had happened. Comfortable silence stretched between us, and in no time at all, we were back to the caves that led to The Below.
Instead of being afraid this time, I was excited. It helped that there were lights on the sides of this transport, so when we entered the caves, I could still see everything. This was yet another overlooked detail that could easily have helped remedy our fear when the Selected were first sent to The Below.
In retrospect, I assumed the leader did this on purpose, sending us in a shuttle with no lights into an unknown, black cave where we couldn’t see anything as we descended into—what we thought was—hell. Fear was his supreme means of control, even as he was getting rid of us.
The more I thought of it, the more it sickened me.
“Want me to really open this thing up and see how fast it can go?” Axton surprised me by teasing just as we started our descent in the shaft that led to Paratiisi.
“I don’t think that’s possible,” I murmured. “It should be a predetermined speed locked in, and besides…I prefer it nice and slow, thanks,” I deadpanned.
Rowen arched an eyebrow. “You hear that, guys? She wants to take it nice and slow.”
I made a face at him that contorted into laughter. “Don’t you dare! I’m still mad at you about that conversation with my parents!”
I wasn’t really mad, but I had been slightly mortified.
He leaned forward to tug a strand of my long, blonde hair. “You need to lighten up, my gem.”
Sticking my tongue out at him in response, I snuggled into Axton’s chest. No one said anything more, and I started to fidget in my seat in anticipation. When the cave finally spit us out into The Below, I sucked in a sharp breath at the wondrous landscape before me.
It was as if somebody had turned up the color. The world was painted in vibrant shades of purple, yellow, and orange, as well as some hues I’d never seen before. “This really is a paradise,” I whispered.
“And you’re its Queen,” Sylan added, smiling at me in wonder.
There was no other place in the entire world I would rather be Queen of.
Effortlessly, Axton pulled me into his chest firmly as he stood and walked out of the transport after Sylan and Rowen. They nodded to each other before taking off, making me squeal at their speed despite having felt it before. It always startled the hell out of me.
As we approached the castle, the doors were thrown open wide as Rumilus—not Specters—came pouring forth at the sight of me. They all got down on a bended knee to pledge their allegiance to me—their Queen.
“How do they know?” I whispered to my Trifecta.
“The crystal—it probably told them,” Rowen said.
“How?”
I wondered if he meant that the crystal talked to the Rumilus the way it “talked” to me.
“It probably started glowing brighter when we landed, alerting the Rumilus inside,” Rowen supplied. That explanation made way more sense.
The crystal wasn’t tied just to the land and to me—it was tied to all the Rumilus. The giant gemstone truly was a miracle. Walking past the newly transformed monsters, I stared in wonder at the castle. It was the same glittering black as before, but now in the sun’s light, it danced prisms off the landscape around us.
The castle doors were opened, and I marveled at all the light that now filled the inside. All the torches were brimming with bits of crystal that glowed with renewed life. It was truly lovely, and every torch I passed began to burn even brighter, picking up on my energy as I walked by.
Axton escorted me into the throne room, and I was stunned at how many Rumilus awaited us there. On the far side of the room, the dais in which the thrones sat now also housed the pulsing, glowing crystal behind them that used to be in the dungeons.
It was finally back in its home where it always deserved to be.
Instead of only three thrones like before, a fourth had been added—a larger one—the one for the True Queen. I was touched that the Rumilus leaders from before didn’t use it, and they hadn’t set their mate on it. They knew that it was only meant for one person.
The three smaller thrones were now positioned around the Queen’s throne, two to the left and one to the right. Jokingly, I leaned into my mates and asked, “Which one of you is going to be my right-hand monster?”
“Obviously, me,” Rowen announced cockily.
Chuckling, I just shook my head as my mates led me to the dais where the Rumilus leaders from before waited. Their platinum-haired mate stepped forward to introduce herself.
“Hi, I’m Lauren.” She leaned forward to bow, and I quickly took her hand. “Please, no need to do that. I’m so happy to meet you. I hope that we can become good friends.”
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p; She nodded, tipping her beautiful face down in acknowledgement. “My mates and I are so overjoyed that the crystal has found you.”
All three of the Rumilus men got down on their knees at her words. “My Queen!” they intoned all together. Suddenly, the whole room was filled with echoes of “My Queen” as all the other Rumilus got down on their knees.
I turned to face them, a little nervous at addressing so many people. It was one thing to be on camera, but an entirely other thing to look in people’s eyes as you did it.
I didn’t know enough about these lands to tell them what would happen to it moving forward, but what I did know would hopefully please them greatly. I’d keep this short and sweet.
“The rift between The Above and Paratiisi is no longer. Together, we’ll heal both worlds, and humans and Rumilus can find their true mates in peace and live openly together once more!”
A resounding cheer met my words, and I smiled. All the misery that both worlds had suffered for so long was finally over. Axton took my hand and led me to the throne where he sat me down.
It felt surreal, and I fidgeted uncomfortably for a moment at having so many eyes on me. As if it could sense my unease, I felt the crystal blaze brightly, and I took comfort in its support of me.
Axton sat down to my right, Rowen to my left, and Sylan next to Rowen. I took both Rowen’s and Axton’s hands and blew Sylan a kiss before looking over the crowd of Rumilus rising to applaud for us. I barely could believe how much had happened in such little time here.
I always wondered what my fate would be when I was in The Above—if I had a destiny—and when I’d been Selected, I thought that I was cursed. But in truth, it was the best thing that ever happened to me. It gave me my monsters. It gave me a sense of purpose and a place that I now called home.
It gave me love.
I’d been captured by the monsters, and they’d given me everything I didn’t know I needed.
Epilogue
SERA
Three months later…
My monsters had made the rooms within the castle our own, but occasionally, I liked to go back to the home they built me. It was a mental break from the strain of ruling. Sometimes, it was a weight on my shoulders to ensure everything was flourishing, and I just needed a break from it all.
The home Axton, Sylan, and Rowen built was a sanctuary of sorts for me. After long days of overseeing the Rumilus, the crystal would deplete me of my energy. Sapped, I looked forward to relaxing in the soothing waters of the grotto and reconnecting with my mates, as I was doing now.
We had come back to our home for the night, and I was wading in the hot springs, enjoying the light of the crystal bouncing off the gems that peppered the walls. Ever since the land had been restored, the stones seemed even more vivacious.
Given my utter exhaustion, I imagine it was a lot, but nothing that a night with my monsters couldn’t fix. The restless hunger of my heat had been persistent, but the drain from the crystal almost tamped it into the background.
Almost.
When Sylan helped me out of the water and handed me a robe spun of the same material as the dress they had made me, I waved it away. No sense putting something on they were just going to take off. Instead, I sauntered over to the bed, spreading myself atop the soft sheets.
I wasn’t done with them yet for the night.
My naked body gleamed in the crystal’s light, the slight dampness of the lingering water creating a sheen. I arched up, thrusting my breasts in the air in offering. It didn’t take long for my three men to join me.
Rowen got there first, covering my body with his much larger one while kissing me passionately. Sylan sat at the edge of the bed and ran a claw-tipped finger gently down the length of my left side, causing my skin to goosebump at the sensation, and Axton simply watched with his arms over his chest.
Silently, Sylan took over, replacing Rowen’s lips with his. I knew the routine, by now and I wasn’t complaining in the slightest. Sylan would make me come before Rowen took me fast and hard how I liked, but Axton came over this time, which was out of the normal. The rest of my Trifecta paused, as if waiting to see what he wanted.
Axton motioned the others out of the way before scooping me up and pinning me to the wall next to the bed. The movement surprised me, seemingly more of something that Rowen would do. Instinctively, I wrapped my legs as tightly as I could around my monster.
We kissed for what felt like an eternity as I squirmed against Axton’s hold, urging him without words to get going—I was more than wet and ready—but I’d learned that my mates enjoyed teasing me.
As predicted, Axton didn’t fuck me like I wanted. Instead, he stepped back so Rowen and Sylan could come forward. Each one took a leg, still holding me aloft against the wall, now with my legs spread wide, exposing my pussy to their hungry eyes.
Axton sank to his knees between my thighs, staring at my exposed pussy. Seconds trickled by as my anticipation rose for what he would do. Finally, he put me out of my misery, burying his face into my pussy, where he feasted.
Clutching the back of his head, I shoved his face—and tongue—deeper inside of me. Rowen and Sylan kept me elevated, and I leaned into their support to fully enjoy Axton’s talented mouth. A sharp nip reminded me that his teeth were sharper than a human’s.
A bolt of pleasurable pain burst inside of me. Slowly, the feeling blossomed into an unbearable ache. I arched into Axton’s mouth, so close to coming that I could almost taste it, but just as I reached the peak, my mate pulled back.
I whimpered incoherently at the loss, but before I could argue, Axton switched places with Sylan. His gentle touch drove me insane as he used his lips and fingers to bring me back to the edge. It took me a bit to get there, but when the familiar sensation started pulsing deep within my pussy, I chased it in earnest, knowing Sylan would never deprive me.
Until he pulled back, too.
My cry of frustration echoed around our grotto room, and I softly hit my head back against the wall. Whatever game my mates were playing, I didn’t like it. I opened my mouth, intending to tell them exactly this, when Rowen stepped into me.
And gave me what I wanted.
Surging into my pussy with one swift thrust, he began to fuck me exactly how I needed after being brought to the edge twice. The elusive orgasm that kept dancing out of reach came sprinting back, making me cry out as it crashed almost violently over me.
Instead of finishing, Rowen pulled out, and Axton stepped back up. I wanted to ask what they were doing, but I was still riding the high of my pleasure. My brain was mush and no words would form, meaning I couldn’t argue when Axton thrust into me—not that I wanted to.
My already sensitive and tingling pussy seized around his cock, squeezing it rhythmically as my orgasm abated. He barely gave me a moment to recover before he was taking me at a similar pace to Rowen. Shuddering, I tried to arch up to ease the pressure rebuilding at my core.
It was too much, too soon—but Axton wasn’t letting up.
My cries of delight became garbled pleas of me begging him to stop and to also keep going. I knew I wasn’t making any sense, but luckily, my monsters seemed to understand me. Axton pinned me firmly against the wall and slammed into me with the perfect amount of pressure—not too rough, not too light, but somewhere in between.
Total bliss descended over me as I came again, panting from all the exertion—and I wasn’t even the one holding my weight up—while Axton pulled out of me.
In the faint light of the crystal’s glow, his cock glistened from being inside of me, and my mouth watered at the sight for a taste, but I was baffled. Neither Rowen nor Axton had gotten off. Usually, they all took turns coming, but tonight, they seemed to be taking turns making me come.
Sure enough, Sylan came up while Axton took the leg he had been holding. Both Rowen’s and Axton’s long, dark cocks bobbed against their stomachs, throbbing in need. I wished they had come deep inside of me, but I knew better to say anything at thi
s point—they would just tease me more.
Outside of our house, I was Queen, and my word was law, but within these walls, I was at their mercy. Usually I enjoyed our little power-play games, but tonight, I wasn’t so sure. Maybe it was because I couldn’t guess what they were up to. I didn’t know the end game.
All thought flew out of my head as Sylan gently eased the wide tip of his cock into my pussy. Inch by tantalizing inch, he fed me more, the hard ridges on the underside scraping my sensitive insides. I enjoyed the feel of them, but often forgot they were there when Axton and Rowen fucked me fast. Sylan’s slow speed reminded me of their presence, and I was able to feel every delicious ridge.
When he was fully seated inside of me, Sylan repeated the process in reverse, slowly pulling out and then slowly thrusting back in. Although the complete antithesis to Axton’s and Rowen’s movements, the slow pace sent my need into a spiral. Within minutes, I was ready to get off—again.
Sylan didn’t pause or stop as I whimpered needily. It was like my mates were testing me to see what my breaking point was. They wouldn’t stop until they were satisfied that I was boneless from as many orgasms as they could pull from me, and the crystal’s light was nearly blinding at this point from being fed so much tonight.
When the third orgasm exploded inside of me, I went limp in Rowen’s and Axton’s arms, physically spent. My legs began to shake, and Sylan bundled me into his arms, carrying me to the bed, where he laid me down. My monsters wedged together, each fisting their own cock. The sight had my pussy fluttering in anticipation.
It didn’t matter how exhausted I was, my body would always crave more and more from them.
Together my mates pumped their dicks with their hands, the tips occasionally bumping against one another and into my clit. My eyes hungrily drank in the erotic sight of them jacking off over my pussy. Reaching down, I rubbed two fingers over my clit almost absentmindedly. I hissed at the overstimulation, but refused to stop.
We all raced to the finish, their hands flying over the dicks as I pressed harder onto my clit until we all came within seconds of one another. I knew it was my moan of completion that sent my monsters over the edge, and they rained down cum between my spread legs.
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