Chapter 32

Note: Thanks to Alex for beta reading this!

The water seized Ziamili. A mighty fist of liquid fury that ripped him off my sister. He tumbled through the liquid, held in its crushing grip. I marched on him, glaring at him as Garnet coughed and whimpered on the ground, rubbing her throat.

She stared at me, flashing me such a look of joy.

The tails of my robe swirled about my feet as I advanced, watching Ziamili thrash in the water. It squeezed about him, bringing him closer and closer to death. He twisted in it and kicked with his legs hard.

So hard he burst out of the spell.

I gasped as he hit the ground before the water, dripping wet. Shock struck me. How had he escaped the spell’s power? Just how strong was he?

Before I could react, his head shot up. “From the ground below, let the spikes of Lord Abzu erupt!”

A spike of rock shot at me.

Coughing, Garnet sat up only to see her big brother throw himself to the ground. A spike of rock flew over his head. That big meanie Ziamili had cast it. The armored bastard was gaining his feet. She had to help her big brother.

Wings flapping, Garnet launched her slender frame at Ziamili. His fist flew out and stuck her in the chest. She gasped, thrown back hard into the ground. She hit there, coughing again. Her entire body ached.

She wanted to curl up in a ball. Fighting wasn’t fun. It wasn’t like in Anime. But her big brother needed her. She had to find the strength to stand and fight. She loved her big brother. She would never let him down.

I rolled to my feet and glanced up to see Ziamili’s mouth opening.

“Darkness hides and shadows conceal, let—”

A bar of steel shot from Ziamili before I could finish my spell. I threw myself to the ground, hitting on my belly. The bar hurtled over my head and struck the wall behind me with a loud clang. I pushed myself up only to see the bastard before me.

His fist slammed into my face.

The fairy vanished into motes of light.

Mrs. Zoe Baldwin shuddered. She hated killing. It tore at her motherly heart. She wanted to weep.

The sound of water dripping behind her caught her attention. She turned to see the red cap crawling out of one of the pits that had opened up in the ground to drop them into the water. Mad rage gleamed in the monster girl’s eyes.

She charged at Mrs. Baldwin, holding a silvery hammer. The dryad shifted her roots, growing them at the red cap. They lunged for her feet to grab her.

She jumped.

Her hammer swung down and struck the dryad hard.

Ziamili’s fists battered into Leo’s face, driving him back to the ground.

“Nooooo!” Garnet shouted in horror. She had to do something to stop Ziamili. But what? Everything she had done didn’t hurt him.

I have to infuriate him. What?

Then it hit her. This was a burly man. One who thought himself alpha. A stud. Her powers didn’t let her make weapons out of shadows, like Usiku, but sex toys. The whip was just something she could use in some S&M play.

The fact she could attack with it was a bonus.

She conjured something different out of shadows. A big, floppy dildo made of rubber. She threw the sex toy at Ziamili and stuck him in the head as he drew back to batter his fist into her big brother’s head again.

The floppy dildo struck Ziamili and wrapped around his head. He snarled and snatched it out of the air. His hands clenched on it.

“Why don’t you fuck that up your ass!” Garnet shouted. “I know you’re a big butt lover! Bet you have all your orcs peg your—”

“You bear-fucking bitch!” he roared at her, fury brimming in his face.

“Ooh, do you want me to strap one on and peg you?” Garnet asked. “Kweh, heh, heh, is that why you want me to join your harem. I’ll make the biggest—”

Emasculated fury bellowed from him.

My face throbbed. My brain rattled. I had to think. To fight back. He wasn’t hitting me but ... but...

The world swam around me. I had to ... to...

“Life energizes and enervates, let the grace of Lady Ianna empower,” I muttered.

A sharp focus swept over me. I gasped as my vision cleared. Ziamili was looking over at Garnet. She had stood up and created a strap-on dildo. She was stroking the shadowy sex toy thrusting from her crotch. I had my spear still in my right hand, but it was too long to be used easily with how close I was to him.

“Yeah, this is what I’ll peg your ass with!” Garnet taunted. “You’ll just love it.”

“Sizzling touch, the spark of pain, let the prowess of Lord Enlil stun!” I shouted and thrust my left hand, crackling with electricity, up to touch him.

He battered my hand away and glared down at me. “From the ground below, let the spikes of Lord Abzu erupt!”

The spike of rock appeared between us and slammed into my guts before I could react. I screamed as the pain ripped through my organs and pinned me to the ground. My entire body thrashed. Garnet screamed in horror.

Ziamili smiled. “I will enjoy fucking your succubus when she is mine.”

“NEVER!” I howled as the agony twisted through me.

The rock spike vanished, leaving a gaping hole in my guts.

Mrs. Zoe Baldwin hit the ground, her chest aching. Her ribs creaked. She’d heard wood snapped. Breathing hurt. The red cap raised the hammer to finish off the dryad.

She rolled to the side at the last moment. The hammer hit the ground with a loud thud.

Mrs. Baldwin looked around for anyone to help her only to see Havas, the satyr, getting gored by a unicorn. The poor, busty monster girl screamed in pain before she vanished in motes of light. Mrs. Baldwin was on her own.

She struggled to stand, getting her feet beneath her.

The red cap struck her knee. Her leg folded out from beneath her.

“NOOOOOO!”

Pain, fury, and terror seized Garnet. This time, when she flung herself at Ziamili, she didn’t go to blind him, she grabbed him from behind and seized his neck. She dug her fingers into his throat, squeezing down on his trachea, crushing him.

Her big brother couldn’t die. Not her Leo. She was his. HIS! She would never serve this terrible monster who’d sent monster girls to kill villagers and petrify Halia. Who attacked their home and murdered the man she loved.

“Cunt!” Ziamili barked, forcing the expletive past her choking fingers.

His elbow struck her in the face.

Pain exploded. Her head snapped back and her wings flapped. Her tail swished. Hot blood poured into her eyes, her brow cut. She didn’t care. She kept squeezing and squeezing. She choked the life from him.

“Graven wounds pulse in pain...” groaned Leo, “let the healing of Lord Dumazid flow.”

As he cast his healing spell, Ziamili did another back slam. He drove Garnet to the ground, his body crushing her. The backplate of his armor smacked into her tits. Pain burst from her nubs. Her battered body struggled to hold on to his throat. He lifted himself and slammed her into the ground again.

And again.

On the third one, her hands sprang from his neck. She whimpered, the pain burning through her entire body. Tears spilled from her eyes. She wanted to be stronger. Ziamili rose. But she hurt too much to get up and help.