Chapter 20: The Key[r]
"Do not fear Other Kind, we will make you feel good"
The obsidian maidens led him into the largest treehouse in the settlement.
It had several flora growing in and out of it. Some opening as they stepped closer while some shut their petals.
"Who would have believed we would be serving the Other Kind in our lifetime?" The lady on his left chuckled as bit into her second finger.
The treehouse parted into a large steaming bond that resembled a bathhouse.The air tasted of crushed orchids and something metallic, a cloying sweetness that clung to the back of K’s throat.
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You’re being exposed to an unknown substance!
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+1 Endurace
+1 Endurance
+1 Endurance
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Steam curled in thick, milky ribbons around the interior of the massive space, the walls polished to a mirror-like sheen.
"Strip," the one on the left commanded. Her voice soft like a lullaby.
K stopped, his boots splashing in a shallow pool of warm, scented water. "I’m not doing a damn thing until I know what this ’test’ is."
She chuckled, a dry sound. She reached out, her blood-soaked fingers tracing the edge of his combat shirt. The heat from her touch burned through the fabric,
"Other Kinds are infamous for being defiant."
The other lady did the same, biting her fingers and using her blood to sear through his pants.
"The test begins with the shedding of the old skin, Other Kind. You cannot enter the Oracle’s grace wrapped in the filth of your world."
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Host is exposed to unknown substance.
Limit of weekly points gained reached.
Host is compromised.
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The second attendant stepped behind him, her hands sliding over his shoulders. Her touch was heavy, possessive and hot.
"We must shed you off your world’s impurity."
With a sudden, coordinated movement, they both tore the remains of his clothes from his body. K lurched forward dizzy, but the attendants were faster, their strength unnatural. They forced him down into the basin of iridescent water. The liquid felt thick, like oil, coating his skin in a shimmering film that made his nerves tingle.
"Cleanse him," the first attendant murmured.
They began to scrub him, not with sponges, but with their hands and rough, silken cloths.
"You’re trembling," one of them whispered, her fiery eyes, locking onto his. His vision was starting to sway, it was getting harder to know what was going on "Is the Other Kind afraid of a little water?"
"I’m not afraid," K gritted out, though his heart hammered against his ribs. Heat surged relentlessly through his body.
"Your heart says otherwise. It beats like a trapped bird."
She dipped her hand into the water and flicked a spray of the water across his face. The moment it touched him, heat exploded in his gut, turning his frustration into a heavy, pulsing ache between his legs.
"There it is," she purred, her gaze dropping to the bulge in his trousers. "The seed awakens. Praise be to the star!"
"Fuck you," K groaned pushing them off as he tried to cover himself, though the insult lacked conviction.
The wooden doors at the end of the chamber groaned open. Iniko stepped inside, her silhouette framed by the violet light of the forest. She wore nothing but a loincloth of woven vines and a necklace of polished bone, entirely different from the clothes he had seen her in. Her breasts swayed with every step, the heavy globes bouncing with a weight that made K’s mouth go dry.
What?
"Is he ready?" Iniko asked, her voice echoing in the humid space.
"He is primed, Priestess," the attendant replied, stepping back but keeping her eyes on K.
Iniko approached the basin, her bare feet slapping softly against the wet stone. She looked down at K, a small smile playing on her lips.
"We would never harm you, K, this test is more of a gateway. I am your key" she tore the cloth off her body, revealing a Vashki ring insignia entched into the space between her chest.
"To each generation of my lineage is born a key, we are raised to await the coming of the Other Kind to show them the way to the Sacrilege star so do not be afraid K. I’ll will be your guide."
"What is this, Iniko? What did they do to me?"
Iniko sat behind him by the edge of the pool, her thigh brushing against his shoulder. "The prophecy says the Other Kind must be merged with the key to prove worthiness and grant access. My body is your bridge. If you can handle the fire of a key, then you can handle the truth of the Oracle."
She reached down, her fingers tracing the outline of his face and turning him to face her. His pale face a bright flush of red.
"Here feed on my fire."
She guided him toward her, her hands gripping his shoulders to pull him between her thighs.
K swallowed. He looked down at the junction of her legs, where the dark curls of her hair gave way to a glistening, swollen fold of pink flesh. A thick, translucent liquid leaked from her, smelling of scorched cinnamon and musk.
His throat felt dry.
The air around him seemed to sway.
He licked a long, slow stripe from the base of her opening up to the hooded peak of her roused clit. Iniko let out a sharp gasp , her fingers digging into his scalp.
"K," she breathed.
K felt a shift in his own mind.
He opened his mouth wide and engulfed her clitoris, sucking the small, hard nub into the heat of his mouth.
"A-ahh~wait!"
A loud, wet squelch echoed in the basin as he pressed his face firmly against her. The taste was intense—salty, sweet, and metallic, like copper and honey. He began to lap at her with broad, rhythmic strokes of his tongue, swirling around the sensitive head of her clit before diving deep into the wet channel of her pussy.
"Oh gods!"
Iniko pushed at his head trying to get away from the building pressure K dished but the man did not budge. He seized her, one leg locking her thigh and the other pressing down on her stomach, keeping her pinned to the ground.
"Oh gods, please. My belly feels weird!"
She trembled beneath him, her thighs shaking as her climax crashed upon her.
K stood as Iniko collapsed back onto the moss, panting and spent. He wiped a string of saliva and her nectar from his lip, tasting the lingering fire.
"L-look, the symbol...it’s n-nearly complete"
Iniko parted her boobs, showing the half completed ring that sat there.
"And look, your eyes."
The man cracked his stiff neck, his once left blue eye had turned complete fiery gold.
"I will bring you as your key"
