“He’s going to kill me,” she said matter-of-factly. “Please, Alice, stop him.”
“I don’t know what I can do,” I whispered softly. “I…what could I possibly do? Do you know what I’ve done? What you telling him has led to?”
“What?” She asked, seeming desperate for the information as if it held some key for her.
“He owns me now. I’m his…thing,” I said, my cheeks heating. She hummed, her head moving up and down as she looked me over.
“What sort of thing are you?” She asked. Her fingers reached for the fabric of the dress’ skirt and hovered over the material. She performed a slow motion over the fabric as if she was touching it.
“He’s dressed you up like a tart at a teaparty,” she told me. Which was an odd comment. This dress certainly didn’t look like one for tea.
“What does that mean?” I asked and she chuckled, pulling her hand back and finally, shuffling back a few paces. It felt like a corset being undone, the first full breath of air finally filling my lungs.
“Tell him, Alice. Tell him not to kill me.” She shifted back further, down a hallway without light.
“This is ridiculous,” I sighed. Mad Hatter was paranoid and this seemed like a delusion to me. Kill her for giving her the information he asked for? “And I’m the last person you should be asking help from.”
Purple flickers of light sparkled in her eyes like distant stars as she pulled deeper into the shadows.
“Not only the last one but the first one too. You are the only one I can ask.Youare why he’s going to kill me,” she said. I made a frustrated noise and looked back down at the rabbits. They all face toward the room with all the laughter and music.
I looked back up. Mad Hatter was gone.
Chapter6
Alice
Imoved into the main room and was startled to see it looked entirely different than when I’d arrived yesterday. Before, it had been a sprawling room with a low ceiling lined with booths. It was intimate and cloistered but with the charm of warmth and closeness. It had been eclectic and bohemian, dense with fabrics and smoke.
Today it was a grand room with a soaring ceiling. My neck stretched as I stared above me. Moss and luminescent mushrooms were growing from the ceiling. My head swivelled back down to the stage where a line of men and women in dresses grasped their skirts and swayed them jovially, swishing them higher and higher until the entire room could see their tight undergarments barely containing them.
The crowd roared as the dancers stomped and sashayed, showing off their sex in tight, nearly translucent undergarments. The puckered lips of labia and the soft press of robust balls and captured cocks bounced in front of everyone.
My gaze travelled to the top of the stage, where a large grey-blue cat paced back and forth on a high ledge. His green eyes watched the crowd, a smile sprawling over his face as people spilled drinks and roared in entertainment. A master purveying his kingdom…a beast watching his prey.
The music and shouts of glee raced over me, making me feel as if I ate a pound of sugar. My fingers tingled and my eyes bounced around in delight at all the chaos and exhilaration around me. I’d never seen anything quite like it.
This was a stark contrast to England—a different world entirely. One with much different rules and where pleasure was the main goal. These people had shucked off their mortal coil, shedding it like a cocoon to become fluttering butterflies flying in ecstasy.
Some sights were even more vulgar than others. Like the couples fucking out in the open. I saw a man’s hard cock shoving into a woman with her skirts held up. Each time he pulled out he was slick with her wetness before he grunted and thrust back in. Over and over he went as she cried out in pleasure, her face flushed with revelry.
My tongue swiped over my lips and I felt the presence of eyes on me. I looked back up to the beast who owned this kingdom. Cheshire’s large green eyes were on me. I would never forget he wasn’t just a cat, that there was more. That there was a man with an enormous cock that he planned to shove inside me much like that couple openly fucking. Would he do it like that? For everyone to see?
I swallowed and looked away from him. My eyes found people slumped against the wall in a stupor. One glossy-eyed patron looked up at me as if sensing my perusal. His eyes stayed half-lidded, his expression apathetic as he sighed and fell over in a heap in his pile of pillows, passing out straight down in the fabric. I wondered if someone would move his head or if he was suffocating against the pillows.
I stepped towards him but the music suddenly stopped.
Cheshire leapt from the ledge. A light of some kind swivelled to spotlight him, tracking as he arched through the sky.
Everyone was silent. This didn’t feel planned. People were wide-eyed in surprise, waiting to see what would happen. He twisted into a ball and shifted his form until a naked man landed in front of me on his feet—Cheshire, inallhis glory.
Gasps rang through the crowd—a ripple of shock that he ignored. His wide eyes were on me alone. His hand darted out to wrap around my neck and pull me into his naked body until I could feel the press of his hard cock trapped between us. His pupils dilated swiftly and his smile stretched wider, showing off sharpened teeth as his eyes scanned my face.
The entire room was on pins and needles. Clearly, they’d had as much idea that Cheshire could be a man that I did. Which surprised me. Not a single person in the room looked like they’d had any clue Cheshire wasthis.
I felt his tail wrap around my ankle, soft and warm. I stood there with a grimace as he continued to hold me by the neck. I didn’t fight him at all, didn’t even consider it. I looked away from him as I felt flutters in my stomach. The truth was I was delighted by the way he handled me, my rough owner showing everyone how much he wanted me.
His other hand swept down my waist, feeling the tight, thin fabric of my dress. It felt as if he were touching my bare skin. My nipples hardened against his chest. Everyone was still watching, waiting. It was silent except for me struggling to keep my breath calm. I thought back to the openly fucking couple and imagined him bending me over right here, letting everyone watch as he took me.
