Chapter 11

Cerys

Iwoke up in the middle of the cell block and blinked with confusion. The last thing I remembered was drinking a coffee that Daylen had handed to me when we went to talk. I sat up and was greeted by monster faces all around me. Some of them were clearly curious why I was here, but some of those faces were filled with menace or lust. I looked around and spotted a small shank behind me. I grabbed it before standing up and scrambling backwards. I climbed on the bed, and a large bear paw swiped at me. I stabbed at it and the bear yelped as it sliced into the paw.

A large snake monster shoved the whining bear away and quickly wrapped his long tail around me. I tried to stab at him but the blade barely penetrated the thick scales. I wriggled and squirmed, but he just seemed to squeeze tighter, and an unpleasant smile crossed his face as he watched me. Fear settled in my stomach like a swirling maelstrom threatening to overtake me. I wanted to scream, but my throat was dry and wouldn't work. I gasped for breath. The snake picked me up off the ground with his tail and moved me so I was face to face with him. Scales ran down the humanoid torso and shimmered with each movement he made.

"You smell tasty, and I haven"t had any decent food since I arrived here. Fear is such a delightful seasoning."

His voice was sibilant, but that didn"t make his words any less terror inducing. I didn't want to be eaten by a snake. Frantically, I swung my head side to side. I couldn't see Cam anywhere. My stomach sank. He wouldn't leave me here unprotected. Something was horribly wrong.

The snake leaned closer to me, his face nearly touching mine. I tensed, ready for the worst. Ready for the pain to hit.

An axe swiped past my face. I didn"t even have time to flinch before it was gone again. A look of shock registered on the snake monster"s face before his head slid sideways off his neck and hit the floor with a sickening thud. I hit the floor about the same time as a scream finally ripped from my throat. It was short-lived as I felt rough hands grabbing me and pulling me across the floor. I clawed at the hand holding my arm, and kicked as hard as I could at the thick green legs. Kicks that I"m sure would have hurt a human just bounced off the hard muscles. I was unceremoniously flung behind a sideways table in the main area between the cells. I scrambled to my feet ready to fight whoever this was, and came face to face with the orc from the medical ward.

"Stay in here, out of the way. There"s about to be a ruckus."

"What? A… what ruckus?"

A broad grin crossed his face.

"The one I"m about to start. I wouldn"t like these fellas looking at my mate like that. So, I"m gonna tell them off till your boy gets here."

"Cam?"

A flicker of hope lit up in my stomach, pushing away the roiling fear.

"Aye, I can hear him coming. Seems right mad."

Before I could ask anything else, the orc turned and ran back towards the rest of the monsters. I peered around the table just in time to see him take a running leap into the air and come flying down, arms and legs outstretched, on a group of monsters like a humongous, screaming spider monkey with an axe. Bodies crunched underneath him and went flying to all sides. I ducked back behind the table, not wanting to see the carnage unfold. I could hear sickening thuds and crashes interspersed with shouts of what sounded like pure orc joy.

Cam is nearby, I have to get to him.

There was a lot of fighting going on between me and the exit. I heard a loud crack and then the scream of someone in a lot of pain.

"Take his eyes out, Bloodletter!" the orc roared.

I didn"t know who Bloodletter was, but I absolutely did not want to see any eyes coming out. I needed to sneak out and try not to be noticed in the chaos. My hands were shaking and I wasn't sure my legs were going to work, so I took a few deep breaths to try to calm myself. It didn't work. I peered out again. The orc was swinging his axe with a practiced efficiency that was almost beautiful. The very large axe that he should not have in prison.

Really not the time to be worrying about illegal weapons, Cerys.

Most of the fighting was in the back of the room towards Cam's cell. It seemed like most of the monsters had joined in on trying to bring down the orc. But there were a few standing around the edges of the room just watching and cheering. I couldn"t see a clear path. I needed to get to Cam. It was all I could think about.

A rumble shook the walls. Then another slightly louder. One louder again. Some monsters were looking around now. Then the wall at the end of the cell block seemed to explode, sending rubble flying at everyone. Bodies bowled across the floor all over the cell block.

As the dust cleared, a large black furry body straightened up and Cam stood there, eyes red and glowing with fury. He threw his head back and let out a deep echoing roar that shook the entire cell block. Almost every monster in the cell block flinched or took steps back away from him. I knew instantly, maze madness. My stomach clenched. I didn't know if I could calm him out of a full-blown episode.

"Behind the table," the orc yelled from the floor, before charging out of the hole Cam had left in the wall and disappearing.

I stepped out and Cam locked eyes with me. I thought I saw a moment of comprehension, but then an ogre stepped between us. He rubbed his hands together before pulling a nasty-looking dagger out of his waistband.

"I"ve never killed a minotaur before," the ogre said in a whistly voice.

Cam ran at him, head down and horns first. He impaled him before lifting him in the air above his head, and then pulled both of his arms off like it was nothing. Blood spurted out in arcs over Cam. He threw the ogre down on the ground before his eyes locked with mine again and he strode past the wailing monster. I fought the bile that was threatening to escape my stomach and crawl up my throat.

As Cam strode towards me dripping with blood, I stumbled back. He"d just ripped someone"s arms off. I nearly fell over, but he caught me and picked me up again, holding my face in front of his. Hot breath covered me as he snorted. The wetness in my panties took me by surprise. He threw me over his shoulder. We spun around and he charged back across the cell block and out of the hole he had made.

The corridors outside the cell block were chaos. I hadn"t realized with all the noise of the fighting, but it looked like none of the guards had any clue what was going on or what to do about it. Monsters were flooding out of the cell block behind us. My heart ached as I thought of my friends. I didn"t know where any of them were, or if they were okay. Cam was running, and I wasn"t sure if he even knew where we were going. People threw themselves out of our way as Cam charged along. My brain could barely grasp what was going on around me. But as we charged down a corridor, I recognized the door to the therapy block.

"Left," I shrieked.

Cam veered left.

Okay, he can hear and listen to me.

I shouted directions to him until we reached the back entrance to the prison. He charged right out of the doors horns first. I felt splinters of wood hitting us, but he didn't stop. Other monsters were right behind us. No one seemed interested in hanging around. Cam's hooves thudded against the concrete until we left the grounds and were racing through the forest. Squelching noises as he ran told me it had rained at some point. He charged forward, grunting and panting now, but never slowing. It felt like we ran for hours, but it was probably only minutes. My ribs were throbbing.

"Cam. Please, put me down."

He kept running. Charging forward like a literal angry bull.

"Cam, it hurts hanging here like this."

He immediately stopped and dropped me to the ground. I thudded onto my ass on the grass.

Right back to when we met.

I sat, trying to process the sudden change of perspective, and saw his red eyes looming over me. He was snorting and wild. But he had heard me and responded.

"Cam. You can calm down now."

I put on my best soothing therapist voice. But he was looking me up and down, the rage in his eyes mixing with pure lust. I felt my body respond. We had just escaped a prison. I had seen some things that I would need to process later. But right now adrenaline flooded my veins. I needed Cam. As he was. This wild beast. He kneeled and reached around the back of my neck and pulled me up towards his face. Our lips met, and heat flowed around my entire body. I"d never needed anyone the way I needed him right now. The chaos and blood drifted away. I moaned into his mouth, and his body pressed against mine, pushing me back into the soft earth. Rain started to fall, but I didn't care. His weight on me was both arousing and soothing all at the same time.

This was exactly where I was meant to be. Here with my mate. I was safe. I felt him hard against me, that huge cock that had frightened me before. I needed it now. There would be time for gentle lovemaking later. I was sure of that. But right now, I need this wild creature to claim me. The monster that had braved his maze madness to get to me. Who had charged through prison walls to keep me safe. He pulled at my clothes and ripped them off me, grunting with impatience. I could hear sirens in the distance. I didn"t know how far we had run, but we couldn"t stay here indefinitely.

"Please, Cam. Quickly. Please."

I was begging, and I didn"t care. I felt like I was the wild animal. He climbed between my legs and before I could say any more, he was pressing into me. It felt even bigger than it had looked. He stretched me beyond what I thought was possible. It hurt, but my gods I didn"t want him to stop. I needed to be filled with him. Cam began thrusting further and further into me, and I half squealed and half moaned as my body struggled to accommodate him. When his thrusting body was finally flush with mine, I gasped with pleasure, and he roared into the night.

He looked into my face, eyes still red. He was wild and untamed, and that just made me even needier. His hands pinned my arms down over my head. I ground against him, desperate for more. There was nothing now but me and him, experiencing each other.

His thrusts were aggressive and hard. I felt the wide flared head and ridges moving against my walls inside me. He was pounding into me now and quickly pushed me over the edge into the hardest orgasm I"ve ever had. I screamed his name, and soon after he roared mine as he filled me.

After a few moments of catching our breath, I heard voices shouting in the distance. Cam looked at me, his eyes black again now.

"Mine," he said simply.

"Yours," I replied.

"Are you okay, my love?"

"Oh, yes."

"You weren't scared of me? Like that?"

"I'd never been safer."

He pulled out of me and then lifted me gently to my feet, and we stood looking back at the direction of the prison. I could hear voices shouting as they desperately tried to stop the monsters escaping.

"We will find the people you care about. We must go now, Cerys, but we will find them."

"What on earth happened down there tonight?"

"I don"t know fully. But I think I know a shadow demon who does."

I pulled back on the tattered remains of my clothes. Cam took my hand and pulled me through the forest. I didn"t know where we were going, but we couldn't go back. Not now. But if we were together, that was all that mattered.