Chapters tagged dark

A lone guard. by bopoznuvt

Chapter 17

"I have to be careful," Althea whispered to herself, dagger clutched tight in her hand. Each step sent a tangible sloshing throughout her modest potbelly. Padding softly, the priestess kept her knees bent and skulked to the wall with the utmost care not to make a sound. Better if...

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She freezes in terror and fails to act. by bopoznuvt

Chapter 18

Unnerved by the guilt of stabbing someone in the back and too frightened of the unknown that lay beyond the big, wooden doors, Althea froze. Dozens of possible deaths and dangers lay in wait, and unfortunately this cost her the scant bit of time fate had provided. At last the cul...

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A deep, wormy kiss. by bopoznuvt

Chapter 19

Althea struggled in the rotten man's grip, but he was too strong. Thrash as she may, his fingers stayed locked around her wrist. A dark, soggy chuckle rose from the cultist's worm-packed throat, and he slowly rotated her arm in his grip, bending it at the elbow before shoving her...

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No, her struggles attract more unwanted attention. by bopoznuvt

Chapter 20

Althea shook her head against the imminent blackout. No! She was a priestess of Helestria, and she would not break here! The maggot-filled man swayed slightly as the purple worm thrust in and out of her tightly-clamped mouth. Between each dizzying deluge of the slimy maggot stew,...

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She casts a spell, but something goes wrong... by bopoznuvt

Chapter 27

Althea clutched her belly, not to shelter the monstrous thing inside, but to squeeze down on her burdensome dome of flesh and suppress the arrival of the demon lord's spawn... her baby. No, there was no time to dwell on that now. Helestria's light burned bright within Althea's he...

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A mother's touch and a son's desire. by bopoznuvt

Chapter 30

The macabre, bestial creature loomed above its mother. In such a short time it had grown so much. Althea sat speechless as it took a plodding step forward, sprouting a new patch of the tenebrous fungus in its wake. They were alone now, and the priestess feared for her life. Thoug...

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