[Make her work for it] - [Dominate Thalk]

You feel like she would be fun to tease. What would she look like if you made her work for it?

You push the candy forward with your tongue and hold it between your teeth, pulling back your lips. You groan once as you display it, but she gets the message. She has to take it herself.

She recoils, face flushing, unsure why you're making things harder than your limping dick. Why you aren't giving in as easily as you had with Elx.

"Spit..." she orders again, soft and neutral as her eyes discard some emotion.

"Nuh-uh" you playfully moan back, even giving a little shake of the head.

"Hehe! Ahaha!" Elx and Kaasx squeak a laugh each, their bodies animated and kicking. "Thalk no deal with human. Human only listen Kaasx," Kaasx teases, Elx chiming in as well. "Listen to Elx too!"

You catch a murderous spark in Thalk's beastly pupils for a split of a second. She's been giving a weird feeling ever since you first saw her.

"Spit or..." Thalk says in an ultimatum, voice piercing. Her body tenses, canines showing as she growls. "Rrrr!"

The other two's laughter dies mid-breath, but you hold your ground. Sure enough, the feeling was on point.

You suck the candy back into your mouth and stare into Thalk's eyes with your battlefield-hardened look, as if nothing she can do will make you flinch. Not her teeth that threaten bites. Not her hand hovering inches away from your neck. If you give in now, she will feel herself more powerful than you. And entrusting yourself to her would be like putting your dick in a bear trap.

You feel regretful that the timid one is the most fucked in the head. But even more so that her modesty is nothing but a cover to mislead...

Elx and Kaasx's eyes dart back and forth as you two freeze staring into each other's eyes. Eventually, the one they try to plead to is Thalk.

Because of her, all the good goblin points they had been carefully building could vanish in an instant.

The look lingers, but Thalk senses it. The odds are against her. She flinches first.

Maybe it's the way you look at her now, not as the pretty 'bookworm' who keeps to herself or the shy cook, but a threat in waiting. The little affection you have for her dissolves from your eyes, and the look reaches her. For a second, you see something raw in her pupils. The anger and greed for control are slowly being replaced by fear. She's disposable, as much as that would hurt you.

Down. Left. Right. She looks for anything to anchor onto in order to gain the upper hand. Sadly, she only sees your sword, a reek of goblin blood still stuck to the fading patches of red, and the silent looks of her friends saying not to do anything. That she can't win.

Out of options, she clenches her teeth. There's still a pride in her, unwilling to give in, and you're just as bitter for things to go this way. But it's about survival in the end.

Just as she begins to bow... to submit...

"What happen? Food?" a high-pitched question comes from behind, from the entrance of the cave. "Eh?! Huma-... You?!"

Your muscles tense. One hand moves to the hilt without thought. The last remainders of **** vanish from your eyes, replaced by a resolute stare. Luckily, the goblin didn't sneak behind, or else you'd be in deep shit. He must've heard Thalk's shout.

Elx and Kaasx feel the change, releasing their gentle hold in case it is mistaken for something else. But they don't retreat completely.

"Idiot! Idiot!" Elx scolds Thalk, turning to the goblin afterwards. "No move!"

"What?..." the goblin asks, flabbergasted. He does as instructed, and you catch the relief on his face. But something about it pisses you off... Taking a better look, he kind of looks familiar. And you frown, trying to make sense of this feeling. Where have you seen that face before?

"Human, deal!" Kaasx says, voice low, her palm resting gently on your shoulder. Not holding back. Just reminding you. "No stab..."

But you finally remember. He's the last from the group of three that hurt Beatrice.

You swipe Thalk's hand away, as if discarding her. It finally dawns on her that she's lost her value when she sees the lack of hesitation with which you draw your sword. The bloodlust. The anger. The thirst for ****. She finally realizes she should've just flirted with **** as well instead of trying to put a leash on it.

You glance at Elx. At Kaasx. They flinch, but say nothing. They don't stop you. "That one's gotta die."

The baldie hears the verdict too, taking a step back as he tries to regain balance from the surprise. "Hu-Human! Human!" he shouts, voice cracking as he sounds the alarm.

"No!..." Kaasx pleads, unsure where to look while Elx is holding back tears. "Stupid..."

"Wait!" Thalk begs, placing a hand on your chest as you start to rise. "Queen... Queen want speak with human..."

The candy clicks against your teeth in the silence that follows. You don't move. You don't lower your sword. Just stare.

"...?"

What's this about a queen?