The Willing Prey

by Scarlett Sunday

  “Tanis, it’s almost unbelievable.”

  “Here’s where I merge with my lover and my friend. We need each other from time to time. The chair envelops my body and stimulates it in the same way I stimulate yours when we make penetrating love. Zana always takes me to orgasm. I can’t describe the feelings generated here, except they’re intense. Always after such a session, there is an aura of great happiness in the ship. This happiness I can only describe as extreme sexual satisfaction. Generated by a deep love shared. If we must leave a dying world, Zana scans for the prey worlds I need for my survival. There aren’t many. It’s why I’ve stasis chambers. She programs herself. She can repair herself in the event something goes wrong.” She smiled at the confusion on Diana’s face. “Zana can sustain me in space when all ten of my stasis chambers are full. For a period, more than five millennia before my life becomes endangered. Which is more than enough at the speed we are travelling. When I found Earth, I was down to my last stasis victim, which was Shani. I had entered my fortieth galaxy. I kept Shani until last because of her strength and fighting ability. She served me for a long time as a host. I only had to feed her now and again.”

  “With human prey?”

  “Yes. In those times, the life of a slave or prisoner came cheap. When Shani lost Welland and Freyja, she began to age. Other hosts have only given me a century or two, though all were exceptional specimens. You, Diana, are another Shani because I Tanis love you and not Freyja.”

  “Am I so strong now?”

  “Your love for me makes you so Diana. What you see before you, my world and not a dream. All this is yours when you have passed the final test… If you still want it to be.”

  “Are you kidding Tanis? What you’re offering to me as existence is priceless. I love you, and nothing can ever change the fact. I would kill me if you wanted to take back what you have offered. I like Zana, would die of a broken heart. I am a part of you now as she is… What final test?”

  “I want you to look on the face of Zana. I need you as much as you need me, Diana. Without your love, I’m lost. You’re the only person on this earth without whom my people couldn’t exist. You’re everything to me. Your fruitful body is my species’ only means to certain survival. You’ve given me the ability to be a Queen. You have the body to incorporate my strength and power. With my mind and our love, we’ll be another Shani. My hosts must be exceptional warrior women. I say again, you have the strength of Shani. You know what she accomplished.”

  “You mean it, Tanis.”

  “Yes. With all my alien heart. When I met you that night at the self-defence class, I knew straight away your body’s potential. Even so, didn’t know if I could seduce you into being my lover. When we talked, your shyness, your body language and the look in your eyes told me I could. When you shook your hair back to expose your throat. Then leaned forward to show me your breasts. It confirmed you were mine. You couldn’t hold my eye contact for more than a few seconds. When you did, you’d all but surrendered to me. All I had to do was to touch you in the shower. When you sensed my pheromones, you became my prey. You were inviting me in.”

  “Christ Tanis! You sound as though you were hunting me.”

  “I was hunting you, Diana. It’s an exciting game. I’m an expert at it, and I always play to win. The intense feelings I generated for you. Were the same for me except, in my case, I was a predatory Vampire hunting her prey. The fluttering in the pit of the stomach. The dry mouth, the fast heartbeat, the wet feeling of opening lips, not to mention the erection of your clit. All in anticipation of a wanted sexual contact. I wanted your body for sex or food Diana. You wanted to surrender it to me for those purposes. It’s a natural feeling, and it’s electrifying. I loved hunting you, and you loved the chase. We couldn’t fight our natural attraction to each other.”

  “The first time I saw you I couldn’t stop myself from shaking Tanis. I’d never met anyone with so much sex appeal before. You exuded it from every pore of your body. When you seduced me in the toilets, I couldn’t help myself. Your touch and arousal made me yours. What happened afterwards at the flat was my absolute Heaven. You could’ve done anything to me at the height of my orgasm, and I wouldn’t have been able to stop you. I belonged to you from the moment you took my virginity. You’re the ultimate predator, my love, then you know it. It must be satisfying for you when your prey surrenders?”

  “It is, and some prey always takes longer than others to trap. One partner is always the hunter and the other the prey, although both may not know it. Gender mix does not count, only the desire for sex, dominant or submissive. Either way, I know my prey is willing before I begin my seduction.”

  “Well, I’ll admit I was easy prey for a beautiful human Vampire.”

  “Humans sense the arousal in others around them and alcohol dims their resolve, Diana. I’ve been around long enough to notice this weakness and I use it in my hunting techniques. Many times, I could move in on my prey because of them watching others engaged in soft sexual contact. All I had to do was to sit next to them, touch them or let them sense my pheromones. Afterwards, they were mine.”

  “Your arousal turned me on, Tanis. Freyja’s beauty would’ve done it also.”

  She held Diana’s face in her hands and gazed into her eyes. “I think our talk has aroused you, Diana, I can see it in your eyes. I want you to experience something you’ll like. It’ll only take a few moments, maybe even seconds, and it’s your last test. Afterwards, we can make love again.”

  “Okay, I’m up for it Tanis.”

  She led Diana to the chair and spoke to Zana in her strange language. The chair opened like an aroused cunt. She stripped Diana naked and told her to sit in the chair. “I promise you Zana won’t hurt you, Diana. You’ll gain complete satisfaction from your experience.”

  Diana lowered herself into the chair. Its soft wet flesh oozed around her and into every crevice in her body like a hungry lover. The feelings she experienced were exquisite. Every nerve-end screamed for relief in a rising crescendo of intense sexual excitement. It only took seconds for her to explode into the strongest continuous orgasm of her life. It was as though a thousand stars had burst inside her. Sending the force of their explosions throughout her tight, constrained body. What little seen on her face lit up like a red beacon. She had never experienced anything like it in her life before. Supple fingers of love were invading all the orifices in her body at once. She couldn’t take the sheer ecstasy of it for long. So, lapsed into a dreamy semi-conscious world of unimaginable happiness. After her first spasm had subsided, she came again into the full bloom of her second coming. In silence, she endured the second. Not wanting to disturb the delicate vibrations from the first. Which still vibrated throughout her being. In a dreamlike state, she whispered. “Ohhh Myyy Goddd Tanis! What an exquisite feeling.”

  Tanis kissed Diana on her lips and waited. Until she had descended from the dizzy heights of her fantastic experience. “Stop now Zana,” Tanis said. She watched as Diana became aware of her surroundings again. “Well Diana, tell me what you felt.”

  “Heaven, absolute Heaven throughout every part of my body Tanis. It felt as though two giant fingers of light were invading my insides. My skin tingled, and I felt a thousand lips kissing me on my throat and between my legs all at the same time. My mind filled with visions of fantastic sexual intercourse with thousands. I could see many faces in my mind; yet, only one stood out. The same beautiful face I’d seen floating in front of me the other night when you left your host. You were smiling as though you too enjoyed the exquisite sensations I was feeling.” Puzzled, her beautiful eyes on Tanis, she whispered. “What was happening to me, Tanis? I’ve never experienced such delightful pleasure before…except in your arms. The pleasures were different. because I was made love to by pure, untainted energy filled with a deep love for me, of thousands.”

  “You were. Look in front of you and tell me what you see Diana.”

  Diana watched the beautiful naked bo
dy of a ghost-like woman appear in front of her. In response to her continuing pleasure. It spoke to her in a voice, which was both erotic and soothing. She could feel the gentle touch of light fingers moving over and in her body. She sighed in ecstasy and sensed the words. ‘Hello Diana, I am Zana.’

  “Oh Tanis, it’s you?”

  “No Diana. It’s Zana. What you experienced was Zana making love to you. The face you see is a face in your unconscious. It’s the face of the person you love more than life. The only woman, who with a touch of her hand, can lift your mind into your idea of Heaven.”

  Diana, her eyes unable to leave the exquisite face before her, sighed again. “It must be you I love more than my life Tanis. How beautiful you are. Like the Angel of the other night. She’s the real you, isn’t she?”

  “Yes, she is. When I saw my face on Zana, it was the final proof. If it had been Freyja’s face, you loved her not me. I know you love me now and you could never bring yourself to hurt me.” She laughed with happiness. Zana has done her work. She has removed any doubts about my future life with Diana. I am, indeed, a Queen to my people.

  “When you walked into my life Tanis, you gave me everything I needed. I don’t feel like your prey. I feel privileged you chose me to be your next host. I feel unique in the sense you fell in love with me as against all the thousands of other women you’ve known.”

  “I didn’t choose you, Diana. Your body and your perfect genetic code chose you. You’re the perfect host for me. Sound genes, attractive, young, and strong. Nature made you a magnet for me. It was our destiny to meet. No ordinary human can resist my advances for long unless a mental aberration is present. You are special Diana. Your love for me has sealed your fate and our future. It binds you to me forever. When I took your virginity from you, with your consent, it only strengthened our bond. We’re both at a point in time, which has come together, a point, which will change this world as we know it. Fate brought you to me. Our love has made us a Queen to our people.”

  “I feel it too Tanis.”

  Tanis led a dazed Diana back to the bedroom she had created for her. “You’ve been through a lot in the past few days, and I need you to rest Diana. Before I go, I need to take from you only what your body can give me. After I’ve gone, you’ll be safe here with Zana. There is no way anyone can enter. If you want to sit in Zana’s chair when I leave, do so. I should caution you though, Zana has developed a great hunger for your body. You’re still only human Diana.”

  “You’re right Tanis. I need some rest. But only after you’ve taken what you need from my body.”

  Afterwards, Zana found them lying together in a loose embrace. Their bodies, and minds content, their lips wet with each other’s moisture. They kissed in quiet solitude to bring each other down. On one elbow, Tanis pushed Diana back onto the bed and gazed into her eyes. “I must leave you now Diana. I have something to do, and it’s important.” She left an exhausted and happy Diana in Zana’s care. Then returned to the house where she phoned the office to see if Jean had left her a message. There was nothing.

  ****

  The next morning, she returned to the Starship and woke Diana. “Come, my love, it’s time to go. Monday already. I’ll see you tonight. I have the key to the flat, and I’ll wake you when I return.”

  ****

  That evening she arrived at the dojo and went upstairs to Diana’s flat, thinking. I must be careful with Diana. Though she’s strong, she does not have my stamina for sexual athletics. Every time we have sex, I’m drawing on her vitality. After tonight, she must rest for a week. Her love for me will endure. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It makes the hunger stronger too.

  When Diana entered, she said, “What are you thinking Tanis?”

  The light touch of soft fingers on her neck and throat, and the soft, happy voice of Diana. Brought Tanis back to reality. “About you and how my demands on your body are starting to exhaust you.”

  Diana looked down into Tanis’s eyes as she massaged her throat and shoulders. “Yes. I do feel a little depleted Tanis.”

  “Nothing, which a little rest will remedy Diana. No matter how strong you are, my body is stronger. When I make love to you, I draw from your body not only your sexual fluids. But also, the essence I need to keep my host’s strength up. This depletes your energy reserves. My host also becomes tired. It’s when I must feed. My predatory instincts are strong. Also, I have a voracious sexual appetite, which must find satisfaction. It’s hard for me to keep my hands from your body Diana. Even so, I must. You’ll dehydrate if I persist in having sex with you. Too much, and we’ll be of no use to each other.”

  Diana’s gentle fingers had stopped their silent caress on Tanis’s neck. “Oh Tanis, I feel awful.”

  “You feel as if I have abandoned you, Diana. Let me finish. We’re going straight to your flat after our lesson tonight. Then we’re going to spend the next three nights in each other’s arms. Yet, we’ll not make physical love. I’ll place you in a trance to let you rest. While you sleep, I’ll kiss caress and fondle your body for my own satisfaction. I’ll take nothing from it. I must emphasise the importance of complete rest Diana. I promise I’ll never leave your side until you wake. You’ll not eat at that time. Don’t worry, my venom will sustain you.”

  Diana’s fingers had started their soft caress again with a pronounced excitement. “I understand Tanis.”

  Tanis looked up to see new happiness in Diana’s face. “I don’t feel much like training tonight Diana.”

  “Neither do I?”

  “It’s settled then.” She drew Diana’s head down to her and kissed her hungry lips. “I was coming to tell you I couldn’t train tonight anyway. So, things have worked out for the best.”

  “There’re enough instructors here to take over Tanis. So, let’s go and see Steve.”

  Steve looked at Diana. “You do look drained Diana. Tanis is right to take you home to rest.” He smiled. “She’s taking a lot out of you.”

  Tanis glanced at Steve and smiled. “No more than I would take out of you if I were your lover Steve. If I fix a foursome up for dinner next Saturday will you come?”

  “Yes, I’ll come with you, Tanis. Keep it social to start with. I’ll need to look at the goods on offer before I commit myself to come.”

  She laughed. “When you see your date Steve you’ll come for certain. Come on Diana, let’s go and start your treatment.” Once in the flat, they locked and bolted the door behind them. She turned to Diana and stripped her of her clothes. Diana’s eager nipples, already hard in her fingertips, she said, “I meant it Diana, no sex.” She teased Diana’s long nipples with her lips. “After you’ve rested, I’ll think about a short session. For now, lie on the bed tits up and find a comfortable position.”

  Diana obeyed, her eyes following every movement Tanis made as she undressed. “Christ Tanis! How can I not touch your body?”

  “Simple, I’ll either have to tie you up or paralyse you. The latter, I think. Afterwards, you’ll be unconscious and enter a dream state. Tonight will be different Diana. I want you to see an episode of my Viking life. All I ask is you trust me. Nothing can happen to you while you sleep because you’ll be in my arms and within a dream. When I come to you, it’ll be as in your first dream. In a moment, I’ll kiss you on your throat to inject my venom. It will induce you to dream of Shani. It will be in Shani’s arms you’ll be resting. The dream will depict actual events as they happened over one thousand years ago. These events I’m not ashamed of as it was in my nature to be ruthless with my enemies, my prisoners and my slaves.” As she spoke, she strapped on a dildo.

  Diana watching her with welcoming eyes. “I trust you, Tanis.”

  “In your dream, you’ll see all the real horror and brutality of those far-off times and in every gory detail. It wasn’t an easy time for those who lived then. Their lives could change overnight. Every battle could be their last. To lose a battle could see them move from freedom into slavery or even death at the
whim of their conqueror. You’ll see how ruthless I had to be to survive. To the victors went the spoils. Shani and I were always victorious. The top leaders took the most prisoners, the best of the treasure, and the most beautiful slaves. To resist was to die. The strongest then, I’m the strongest now. You’ve tempered my strength with your love. So, don’t condemn me for what you see in your dream Diana. Learn from it, as I’ve learnt from your love. Now you have a law for all, which is sometimes lacking in fairness. Even so, the law all the same. I can’t go around killing people as I used to Diana. Stop the brain, and you stop the man, was my motto then. To function now I’ve to keep in the shadows. It’s in my nature to rule, as I’m the top predator. Those who deserve to die will die, and those who deserve to live will live, is my motto now. In time, the law will become my law, fair to all.”

  Her eyes on the dildo Diana said. “Are you so powerful Tanis, your species can take the world and shake it into what they want it to be?”

  “Yes. We’re so powerful for we are Mantis. This world needs a strong hand to bring it out from the darkness. The Dark Ages were not yesterday Diana. They’re with us now. In a few centuries, you humans will have destroyed our world, if we let you. You are our natural prey, nothing more.”