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Beast
Date: 8/11/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: billybroadband, Rating: 13, Source: LushStories
as well as my surveillance. You are not welcome here.” In response, he slowly walked toward me. I watched carefully, trying to gauge the speed in him. His strength was obvious, from his shoulders through his chest and into his legs. Bile bit my tongue like the juice from an acidic fruit. I heard him sniff and then he chuckled softly to himself. “She smells deliciously ripe, does she not, old sod?” His smile revealed white fangs in the moonlight, and I noted the pale yellow glimmer of his eyes. “Come with me, stripling. I claim the privilege of the challenged. I would prefer we do this in private.” She slept, and I did not want her sleep disturbed by the yowling screams of two tom cats outside her door. “Of course, grandfather. You did not have to cite the formality. You will find me very accommodating.” There was not a hint of fear about him. His tone was not bluster, but rather the arrogant confidence of youth. I turned my back to him and moved toward the grove of trees behind Elizabeth’s house. A small field overgrown with wild flowers and tall grasses bordered the grove. It was here I led him. When I stopped and turned he was on me. A loud roar came from him as his first blow landed squarely on my face, knocking me backwards and off balance. A second blow followed, cuffing the side of my face and sparking bright diamonds of light on the corners of my vision. The third and fourth were ripping strikes from his claws, which opened my face from jaw to brow, barely missing an ...