Elowyn glared at Hollow. “Don’t rush me, or I’ll cut off a tentacle and use it in a stew.”
Hollow’s human face faltered and backed away.
Elowyn's chant grew louder, more insistent. The coolness in my veins turned to ice, freezing the monster within, forcing it tosubmit. I felt my form stabilize, the human facade locking into place. My claws retracted, my fangs shrank, and my wings folded back, disappearing from sight.
"It is done," Elowyn said, her voice barely above a whisper. “That was too much, too many days for you, Atlas. I don’t recommend doing that to any other monster for more than three days at a time.”
The mayor nodded. “Agreed. Also, Atlas, you’re done. No more suppressants, your body can’t handle it any longer.”
I groaned. My body was exhausted, but I could already feel another problem growing.
Kassie was going to think the worst of me.
I rubbed my head. “Now, I cannot visit her at night?”
Elowyn shrugged her shoulders. “I’m sorry, it’s just the way it is. Mayor Hollow, I suggest you let nature take its course now. Atlas, as the humans say, man up and tell your woman who you really are, sooner the better. You can’t wait until the next dance.”
Hollow growled in frustration.
My antennae twitched. I enjoyed her far too much to reject her. I was a bug, women didn’t like bugs. Kassie has expressed how much she enjoyed shifting animals, monsters of all sizes and shapes, but she has said nothing about… giant cryptids.
I groaned. “What do I do?”
Lucien stepped forward into the group, as always uninvited. “You visit her in her sleep.”
“More of the stalking thing?” I droned.
Hollow cleared his throat. “That might work better. She won’t have as much trouble if she is not your match.”
“You said she liked that,” Lucien replied, rolling his eyes at Hollow. “From that one movie, and what about the wholeit would be so hot if my boyfriend would crawl in my window and have their way with me,thing you told me about.It’s your perfect chance.”
Elowyn blushed and turned her back to us to walk away. “My work is done, good luck.”
Meanwhile, the mayor was intrigued. “Do you wish for me to find out her desires?” He tilted his head. “Find out what she finds extremely arousing?”
I rubbed my hands together and then wiped them down my face in nervousness. “You can do that?”
“Invasion of dream privacy is my thing, I am a Slenderman.” He stood up straighter. “As long as I have your permission to do so, since we are ninety-five percent sure she is your match.”
“Is this ethical?” I asked Lucien.
He shrugged his shoulders. “Dude, I don’t know. We all got here at about the same time. I’m going to say no for humans, but we aren’t, and Kassie isn’t really… normal. She stuffs your pants with panties.”
My cock tapped my slit. “Fine, tell me what she desires.”
Chapter Sixteen
Kassie
Did I dream that?
I sat up in bed and saw that it was dark outside. I rubbed my eyes in disbelief. If I had dreamed it, it was the most real thing I had ever seen.
A whole swarm of Mothmen filled thebreak room of the furniture store, eating lunch as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world. And maybe it should’ve been—eating lunch was normal for anyone, wasn’t it? Even if “anyone” happened to be Mothmen.
I dragged my fingers down my cheeks, feeling the reality of my skin, then glanced down at myself. The black shorts and fishnets still hugged my legs, and my dark purple top still hung loosely off one shoulder… exactly what I'd been wearing when everything went sideways.
Yeah, I remembered getting dressed, pulling this on, and heading out to see him. The picnic basket had been packed, and when I opened the door, those beautiful wings were spread wide before me. Angry, red eyes reflected off every surface in the room until they turned on me.
