“If you want to play some more I’m game,” she dared with her eyes giving off a deep glow for a moment.
Clover growled furiously at the girl as she quickly grabbed another arrow and took aim for her head.
“Enough of this!” Daniel shouted out. Everyone looked to him as he appeared ready to break down in his frustrations, eyes glaring at Kitten while he stood up with his hands clutched tightly into fists. “You, get outside this instant and don’t touch anything. Don’t you touch Kroanette, Lucky, or even a single flower. Get out there and be quiet until I can figure out what to do with you!”
“I can think of a few things you could do to me,” Kitten purred while eyeing him over with a smirk.
“Get out of here now!” Daniel roared, with all the girls including Kitten jumping from the outburst.
“Sure, no problem, master,” Kitten nervously agreed with a weak smile before quickly running for the entryway. Kroanette yelped and ducked down as the cambion flew out of the room and into the air with her wings. She soared over the grass then touched down on the ground next to the hill away from the campsite. With a peaceful yawn she stretched out her arms then lied down and relaxed on the grass while looking up at the sky with a calm smile on her face.
Kroanette watched the cambion settling down away from the caravan then leaned into the cabin entryway again with growing concern.
“What are we going to do? How will we get Triska back if that demon is so persistent like this?”
“I’m done trying to help you people,” Clover growled while slowly rubbing her arm against her chest. “Just let me know when you’re ready for me to put an arrow through her eye socket.”
“We can’t kill her, we’ll kill Triska too,” Alyssa argued.
“Do you think Triska’s even in there anymore?” Luna worriedly asked. Everyone turned to her as she whimpered and looked down to her lap while fidgeting her hands together. “What if… what if she’s really gone, like Kitten said?”
“We’re not even considering that option!” Specca snapped at her.
“As if we can trust the words of that demon,” Kroanette derided.
“But what if it’s true?” Falla spoke up. The group looked to her as she slowly sat up from Squeak’s embrace with a troubled frown. “I don’t want it to be true. I’ll be heartbroken if Triska really is gone. But… what if she is? What if there is no changing her back?”
“I don’t want Triska to be gone though,” Pip whined. “I want her to come back. She’s nice. Nicer than that demon is.”
Daniel slowly took a few steps, eyes wearily staring off into space as he remembered Triska laughing and smiling at him when they first started their journey together. He recalled holding her close and kissing her under the stars, the way she was always there for him and how she had chosen to come out on this dangerous quest all because she loved him. With a pained expression he lowered his head and closed his eyes, struggling to hold onto hope that Triska was still alive somehow while all the girls watched him with concern. Taking a moment to wipe away a tear that escaped his eye he slowly breathed out and tried to remain composed as he knew he had to for the sake of everyone.
“So are we putting her down or what?” Clover asked him with a raised eyebrow.
Daniel slowly shook his head while keeping his eyes closed.
“Then what do you plan to do about her?”
“I don’t know,” Daniel softly admitted.
“You know she needs to be killed, yet you won’t do it because she looks like Triska,” Clover complained with aggravation. “Just let me go out there and-”
“We’re not killing her!” Daniel shouted out. All the girls jumped a bit as he felt his frustrations building again. “Even if Triska is gone, even if… even if that demon took away my mate, I can’t bring myself to kill her, I couldn’t allow anyone else to. She’s… she’s… she’s all we have left of Triska now!”
“That’s not Triska!” Clover yelled back.
“We are not killing her!” Daniel sternly ordered her, the elf leaning back with a startle as he glared at her with both fury and sorrow. “I’ll find a way to bring Triska back! I won’t lose her! We won’t lose her! We may not have the solution now but we’ll find it, we’re getting Triska back no matter what!”
“We will,” Specca softly voiced in agreement. “We’ll find the key to saving her. There must be a way to convert her back, to save Triska’s soul and return her to us.”
“She’s gone!” Clover argued. “That demon even said so. Dan ordered her to bring her back, and she said it can’t be done. She had to have been telling the truth. Triska isn’t coming back. You need to let her go and kill that demon before she takes the life of someone else!”
“We’re not killing her!” Specca screamed out at her. “We can’t do that, we can’t lose Triska like this! That is simply not an option for us!”
“Well it is for me,” Clover snapped before she holstered her quiver and stood up, taking out an arrow and holding it in her bow while she scowled at the group. “I’m done with this bullshit. It’s insane enough that you insist on keeping a Darker One in your midst, but I am not traveling home with that demon coming along for the ride. If you all won’t do a damn thing about her then I will.”
“You couldn’t kill her even if you tried,” Alyssa retorted. “Like you could even hit her with one of your arrows. And even if you did manage to hurt her you can be damned sure we’ll make you sorry. So very sorry.”
“Are you fucking kidding me? You’re actually going to defend that demon? After all she’s done to you?”
“We need her alive to bring Triska back,” Specca firmly stated. “And we will bring her back. There isn’t anything in Eden that’s going to stop us.”
Clover growled at them with frustration then turned to Daniel as he watched her with a solemn expression on his face.
“She’s gone,” Clover forced out through her teeth.
“I can’t accept that,” Daniel said shaking his head. “I don’t expect you to understand, Clover. Triska means so much to us, more than she does to you I’m sure. We can’t just accept that she’s gone when there’s still hope to save her.”
“How can you have hope for that?”
“Because that’s all we can do. Hope,” Daniel reasoned before he walked over to the entryway. He stopped as Kroanette backed up and watched him with wonder, his eyes gazing out at The Outerlands while he fought to believe that Triska could be saved still.
“You’re fucking crazy,” Clover scorned.
“Probably,” Daniel replied before he hopped out of the cabin.
“Hey! Where are you going now?” Clover shouted before she and the girls rushed after him.
Daniel held his hand back to keep Kroanette from following as he walked off towards where Kitten was lounging near the hillside. Kroanette reluctantly nodded and stepped back while the other girls quickly jumped down from the ride next to her and watched Daniel with confusion.
“Daniel, wait!” Specca called out, taking only a few steps before Kroanette quickly jumped in front of her.
“Hold it,” the centaur ordered.
“Kroanette, get out of my way!” Specca shouted out as she tried to move around her.
“I said hold it, Specca. He wants nobody to follow him. Just have faith that he knows what he’s doing,” Kroanette asserted before watching Daniel approaching the demonic girl.
“What is he doing?” Luna nervously asked.
“Perhaps he’s going to try to reason with that accursed demon,” Kroanette speculated. “If anyone can talk a monster down and bring her to her senses, it’s him.”
“Dan, you’re a fucking moron!” Clover called out.
Specca shouted with annoyance before slapping the elf across her chest, causing Clover to squeal and drop to her knees while holding her arms around herself.
“Just shut up, Clover!”
Daniel carefully made his way towards Kitten, the girl watching
him with a slick grin on her face while she lay on the grass with her wings spread out at her sides. He walked up and stood before the cambion with a determined expression on his face, seeing the girl he loved looking up at him while gently running her hands down along her body towards her skirt.
“Please fuck me, master,” she purred with a gentle shake of her hips. “Take all your frustrations and anger out on me, make me scream your name. Make me beg for your forgiveness.”
“I told you, I would only make love to Triska, not you,” Daniel condemned while crossing his arms.
“But Triska’s not here, and I am,” Kitten reasoned as she sat up and tilted her head with a playful smile. “So since we’re both here right now how about you fuck your slave? You deserve a treat after all.”
“I only want Triska, not you.”
“Why?” Kitten groaned with annoyance as she dropped onto her back. “What’s so special about that bitch anyway?”
“I love her. I want her and not you.”
“But I’m better in every way,” Kitten reasoned with a hopeful smile. “I’ll do anything you say, master. You can fuck me whenever, wherever, however you want. I’m more than powerful enough to protect you from anything in Eden, nothing will ever lay a hand on you again. You have everything you need with me, you don’t even need those other bitches anymore. Who needs a stupid harem when you’ve got a slave like me? Just take me, fuck me, use me, I’m yours forever, master.”
“I don’t want you. I only want Triska.”
“Why?” Kitten shouted as she got back onto her feet. She looked around in frustration as she grabbed and tugged on her hair, a strained groan escaping through her teeth before she turned to Daniel with disbelief.
“I don’t understand, why won’t you fuck me? Why aren’t you excited that you have me as your slave? Dammit, I’m yours forever, don’t you get that? You can do whatever you want to me! I can’t say no to you! I have to do everything you say! You could bend me over and fuck me in the ass, you could order me to drop to my knees and suck you off, you could have me kill anyone who bothers you; I’m the perfect girl for you, master!”
“I don’t want you. I only want Triska,” Daniel solemnly repeated.
Kitten yelled out in frustration as she held her head, her tail snapping around behind her while near the caravan the other girls were watching with growing concern at seeing the cambion becoming angered near Daniel.
“I don’t understand,” Kitten growled while shaking her head. “What makes that bitch so much better than me? Tell me! She’s not as strong as I am, she’s not as sexually capable as I am, for crying out loud she doesn’t do anything but yell and scream nonstop! She hasn’t even shut up once since this morning!”
She gasped and looked to Daniel with wide eyes, seeing him staring at her with surprise while her voice echoed out across the land. With a gulp she slowly stepped back and lowered her wings and tail, watching as Daniel narrowed his eyes at her and took a step forward.
“What did you just say?” he carefully asked. “Did you say Triska’s been talking to you since this morning?”
“What? No, no, no,” Kitten nervously said with a weak smile. “I didn’t mean it like that, it’s just… I remember from having her memories that she used to scream so much, so… um…”
“Kitten, don’t lie to me,” Daniel sternly ordered, with the cambion flinching from that. “You said Triska isn’t here anymore. Was that a lie?”
“No! It wasn’t, I can’t lie to you, master! She’s not here! See? Look around you, only me here, no Triska.”
Daniel glared at her as she nervously giggled and shook her head. He looked down for a moment then back to her while getting closer to her.
“She’s not here, but she is, isn’t she?”
“W-W-What do you mean?” Kitten stuttered with a worried smile. “She’s not here, master. Look around, no Triska anywhere around here.”
“You’re taking that question literally,” Daniel realized as he stepped closer. “You’re answering it as if I’m asking if Triska is physically standing here with us, even though you know that’s not what I mean.”
“Um… well, she isn’t,” Kitten reasoned with a small shrug. “See? Not lying to you. Heh heh?”
“But what about inside your mind?” Daniel accused, with Kitten freezing with a squeak. She glanced to the side and saw a hazy image of Triska smiling brightly at Daniel while still bound in chains, then looked to him as she backed up with him marching closer to her.
“What do you mean inside my mind, master?” she nervously asked. “I don’t… I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“You hear her, don’t you?” Daniel demanded. “You can hear her inside your head, can’t you?”
Kitten opened her mouth to protest then froze, shakily taking a breath before she slowly nodded with a cringe.
“…maybe,” she reluctantly answered, with Daniel showing surprise to that. “I mean it’s probably just my imagination, that’s all. I do have her memories after all, a lot of them with her yelling at you and treating you like a pack mule. Wow, she really was a bitch, wasn’t she? So glad she’s gone now. Anyway, they’re nothing more than old echoes of her past. That’s all. Don’t worry about it.”
“What is she saying?” Daniel shouted loudly. “What is Triska saying? Tell me right now!”
“What was that?” Kroanette called over as the girls exchanged puzzled looks with each other.
“Um, well, uh, you see, uh,” Kitten stuttered while looking down and away with a weak smile.
Daniel grabbed Kitten’s hand and started dragging her towards the others, the cambion weakly tugging back as although she wanted to get away she couldn’t force her body to go against him.
“Hold on!” she pleaded desperately. “Can’t we just fuck instead? Please, master!”
“What’s going on? Did you say something about Triska just now?” Specca asked as Daniel pulled the cambion over towards them then shoved the girl off to the side.
“No more games!” he shouted while pointing to her. “Do you hear Triska talking to you? Tell us right now!”
“Wait, she hears Triska?” Alyssa quickly asked.
“I… um…” Kitten stuttered with a nervous smile.
“I order you to tell me what she’s saying right now!” Daniel yelled out.
Kitten looked around at seeing everyone watching her sharply, her lips quivering as something was being forced out of her throat against her will, then shakily trembled while shutting her eyes as she was forced to obey his order.
“Help me,” she softly conveyed, with the group jumping in surprise as the cambion slowly repeated what Triska was saying in her mind. “Please… get me out of here.”
“Oh my lord,” Kroanette breathed out as all the girls leaned closer with wide eyes.
“Triska?” Daniel quietly asked as he walked closer to Kitten. The cambion struggled to keep her mouth shut and shook her head, with Daniel narrowing his eyes at her in anger. “Is she still alive in your mind? Is she still in that body? Answer me! What is she saying?”
Kitten trembled while breathing heavily through her nose before slowly looking to him and nodding slowly, with Daniel and the girls staring at her in shock as she lowered her head slightly.
“I’m inside her mind,” she reluctantly relayed. “Help me, Daniel.”
“Triska!” Specca screamed while holding her hands over her mouth.
“She’s still alive!” Alyssa exclaimed pointing to the cambion.
Daniel grabbed Kitten’s shoulders and stared deep into her glowing eyes, feeling renewed confidence in saving his mate who was so close yet so far from him.
“Triska! Can you hear me!” he shouted at her face.
“You don’t have to shout, we can hear you just fine,” Kitten mentioned while leaning back from him. “Whatever I see or hear she does too.”
“I thought you said she wasn’t here,” Clover demanded while keeping on guard. “Now
all of a sudden she is? This is just some sort of trick so we won’t kill you, isn’t it?”
“She’s not here,” Kitten reasoned while holding her hands up defensively. She then slowly pointed to her head with a weak smile. “She’s… in here.”
“What? She’s in your head? How does she fit in there?” Luna asked with wonder.
Kitten glanced to her with a raised eyebrow then back to Daniel.
“Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with her?”
“Never mind her!” Daniel yelled out. “If you know Triska’s inside of you then let her out! Give her back her body!”
“I can’t!” Kitten pleaded while shaking her head. “I’m not lying to you, I don’t know how to give her back her body! All I can do is hear her in my mind, like she’s my imagination.”
“She’s not your imagination, she’s our friend!” Falla shouted at the girl.
“Yeah, well not for long,” Kitten quietly mentioned while glancing away.
“What does that mean?” Daniel sternly asked. Kitten looked back to him with a worried smile as he got close and grabbed her by the shoulders. “What are you talking about? What’s happening to Triska?”
“Nothing! Nothing! She’s fine, she’s safe and sound inside my mind,” Kitten assured him, then slowly looked down and shrugged. “For a few more hours at least. Then… she’s going to fade away.”
“What?” everyone shouted out. Kitten cringed then slowly nodded with a nervous smile at Daniel.
“Just what I said. She’ll dissolve into nothing but a faint memory in my mind. So… if you want to say goodbye now-”
“Get her out of there right now!” Specca demanded with a stomp of her foot.
“I can’t!” Kitten snapped at her. “I can’t just hand over this body and mind to her, they’re mine now. I told you all before I’m not possessing her or anything, I just happened to take over her body completely when I came to be. There’s nothing I can do to bring her back. Not like I would want to anyway.”
“You’re just as horrible as a Darker One,” Kroanette scorned. She blinked, looked to Pip who was hovering near her shoulder, then glared at Kitten again. “Actually you’re worse. This Darker One next to me is an angel, but you’re nothing but a wretched demon.”
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