This was a special day for Mallory, they made her wear a beautiful white gown and a crown made of flowers has adorn her golden brown hair, as if she was a bride, but it was not a happy celebration and she will not be marrying the man of her dreams.

The village had decided that she will be this year's sacrifice. It's not like anyone would care though, she was an orphan, an extra mouth to feed in the village, she's a virgin, and no one would miss her or throw a fit that she was going to be eaten by a monster. She was the perfect sacrifice. Maybe deep inside her, even when her grandmother was alive, she knew that this will happen someday.

They had made her walk through the forest and into the clearing where the sacrifices would wait for the monster to feed on them. Some girls are taken, some do not return. The clearing never had a spec of blood on it, it was assumed that the girls were devoured whole.

They said that to save the village from slaughter from the monster a deal was made that once every 5 years, a sacrifice must be given to him, a female at around a marital age. But the deal was made years ago, before she was even born, it was so long ago that the reason for the deal itself has already been lost, all that remains is the fear he instill with them.

As she waited for her doom, she fiddled with the sleeves of her gown, she thought, what would the monster look like. Would the monster would be youthful, would he be old, would he be scary, would he be large, would he be small, would he even look human.

While she was deep in her thoughts, she heard a rustle in the bushes in front of her, she was startled enough that she slightly stepped back from her spot in the clearing. As the rustle becomes louder, her legs trembled, but she did her best to stand her ground. However, what greeted her was something she did not expect, it was a black horse with a beautiful black mane. The horse circled her and she noticed a note attached to its reigns, she hesitantly went closer but it was calm and didn't fight back, it even looked like it was asking her to take it.

She pulled the piece of parchment and gave the horse a little scratch on his neck as she reads its contents.

"Ride the horse and hold on tight" was all that it says.

Hesitantly, she climbed up and held tight to its reigns. The horse turned and suddenly run towards were it came from. The horse was running so fast that her flower crown blew away from her head. She held on tightly on the reigns as much as she could, the scenery was a blur to her until she was on the gate of a castle. She doesn't know this place and had never seen it before. The gate opened by itself and the horse proceeded inside and stopped at the large door, it seems to expect her to get down. She patted the horse nose before it left her. She knocked at the door, but nobody answered, so she tried opening it and she found that it was not locked.

"Hello", She shouted, but no answer came.

She threaded the halls slowly and carefully, afraid of what may be lurking in the dark.

"Hello", she tried again, but no answer came.

The castle was huge but a bit dirty, she stepped in the hallway further until the candles on the stairs lit up which startled her. She suppose she was to follow it, so she did until it stopped at a door. She opened it and the room was beautiful and properly lit unlike the other parts of the castle. The room was larger than her own home back in the village, there was a large bed that could probably fit more than 4 people, a bookshelf with various books that she would very much like to read, there was a dining table with a hot meal waiting for her, a walk-in closet that when she inspected was full of beautiful clothes with varying colors and styles, even the sleepwear were soft and made of silk. There was also a bathroom that was almost the same size of the main room. Everything she needed was already prepared for her.

Her stomach growled, she remembered that she has not eaten yet, they were too busy making her presentable that they didn't bother to feed her. The meal was fit for a king, she guess the monster was trying to fatten her up. She huffed and laughed, "Well, better just accept this before she dies", she thought. After eating she finally felt herself getting tired from all that happened today so she decided to try to take a nap, maybe a just a bit before she dies. She went to the closet and put on the silk nightgown she found earlier, it was gray and it fit her perfectly.

She went to the bed and sat on it, it was soft and warm, she had never had this kind of a bed before, all this things in this room is such a luxury. She thought if the other sacrifices before her had to also stay here.

The bed was so comfortable that it was not so hard for her to fall asleep.

She felt a dip in the bed, "Mallory", a soft voice called out to her, "Is it finally you?", it asked. She then felt a hand caressing her face, down her neck and to the center of her chest, then it stopped.

She woke with a start, she wondered who the voice was, it seemed familiar and sad.

Again, a meal was already waiting for her. She wondered where it comes from and who prepares it, but decided not to ponder about it anymore, if the monster was fattening her up why would it matter where the food was coming from, at least here, she was being fed well, unlike in the village. It was not like she was gonna live long enough to know.

It has been a week and nothing has happened, except during her sleep, every night she would hear that voice and his caress would be bolder each day. One night, the hand caressed her bosom and she let out an obscene sound, however, she felt rather odd, it was not unpleasant, as if the caress was familiar.

The other night she felt a mouth kissing her neck and that morning she looked in the mirror and found kiss marks on her. Some other nights the kisses were planted on other parts of her body like her forehead, cheeks, and hands.

She had tried to leave the room several times, but the door was always locked, the windows, although big enough to go through, the problem was the height, it was too high and would probably die if she even tried to escape from there.

She had to admit the late night touches were scary but she was well taken care of here, food, clothes, and a hot bath was always prepared for her when she needed them. However, she still ponders how long will she have to wait for her doom.

Mallory had decided that enough is enough, she has been waiting so long now, if this monster was not gonna eat her, the least he can do is tell her of what he will do to her. So that night she was determined to stay awake, she turned off the lights and sat in the middle of the bed. She will confront this monster and she will demand to know what he will do to her. Then she remembers the touch and kisses, what if it wants something else, this thought sent shiver down her spine and wetness on her underwear. No matter, if that is how he feeds, then he needs to get on with it cause this was starting to frustrate her, mentally and sexually.

Mallory was starting to doze off but tried her best to keep herself awake by pinching her cheeks. Then late into the night, the door to her room opened, it was dark so she was unable to see the face of this monster except for his eyes which was the color of a beautiful blue sky looking down at her.

"I see you are awake, trying to catch me dear Mallory", his voice was like velvet and this sent another shiver down her spine.

She stood from the bed and faced the monster at the door. "I… I want to know how you know my name and what are you going to do to me?", although she faltered a bit, she did her best to show that she was not afraid of him.

As the figure came closer to her, she finally sees it's silhouette and it was tall and it looked more like a human, however, she sees the horns protruding atop its head.

The monster lightly caressed her chin and said,"Ah, but you are my bride, I will only do my best to take care of you and your needs".

"I am not your bride, I am the village sacrifice, you were suppose to eat me, not marry me", she retaliated in her frustration.

The hand touching her chin is now traveling down her neck and she swallowed hard. "Tell me, dearest Mallory, who are you?"

She leaned into his touch and answered automatically as if it was the most obvious answer she could give, "I don't know who I am".

"What do you mean?", he asked again but sounded as if he already knew the answer to it, his hand remained on her neck lightly caressing her pulse point.

A tear rolled down Mallory's cheeks, "Sometimes, I feel like there's someone buried inside me, trying to claw their way out."

The monster wiped her tear and suddenly kissed her lips, the first was chaste as if he was testing the waters, just a dip. Then the hand on her neck moved to the back of her head tilting it for him and kissed her again, this time it was deep and hungry like he was devouring her. She responded in kind, his mouth was so warm and sweet, his tongue seek entrance to hers which she gladly obliged, both their tongues were dancing with each other, tasting each other as if the other was an oasis in the middle of the desert, their first drink in days.

Mallory felt his other hand had encircled her waist and is now resting on her lower back. He parted from her lips and rested his forehead and nose against hers, breathing her in. She couldn't help but do the same.

The monster gently pushed her down to sit on the bed and he keeled in front of her, he slowly traced his fingers from her left ankle up her legs and inside her dress and stopped at her knees.

"So do you want me to eat you now", his voice a tone of amusement to it and all Mallory could do was to nod, she wasn't really sure what she was agreeing to, being eaten or being eaten in another way.

Apparently, it was the latter when she felt the monster proceeded to trace her legs up to her inner thighs and on to her panties, she was so mesmerized by the feeling he was coaxing her that her body dropped on the bed with a moan on her lips as she feels his fingers playing with her clit. Mallory could feel she would moan loudly from his ministration and she covered her mouth to prevent that.

The monster clicked his tongue and stopped his ministrations, Mallory was about to protest when she felt a hand pulling hers that was covering her mouth. "Go ahead and let out your voice for me love, as loud as you want, it's only us here". Then she kissed her hand and placed it on her side.

Then, without missing a beat, his hands were back on the garter of her panties, pulling the material off her. His hand lifted one of her legs and placed it on his shoulder and his head disappeared under her nightgown. She felt his tongue traced up her slit up to her clit which he gave a peck, the sensation made her moan aloud and arch up from the bed. He then continued to lick her slit like it was a sweet treat. Her dress felt too hot for her heated skin, she looked down but could not see him under her dress but she could see the outline of his head and horns.

When she felt his finger going inside of her, she moaned again and gripped the sheet below her. She wanted to see it, she wanted to see how he plays with her precious spot, how he dips his tongue or fingers inside of her and most of all she wanted to scream a name, his name. She pulled up her dress but was slightly disappointed that the darkness is preventing her from seeing him. Then she felt him insert another finger inside her and then curled it, Mallory's hand suddenly gripped one of his horns while her other hand was trying its best to support her up.

The monster let out the most obscene noise she has currently coaxed from him, she smirked, so his horns was a weakness, but she suddenly felt his eyes on her, now it looks like a predator locking onto his prey. Then his ministration became wilder and faster, his fingers was going in and out of her faster, while his mouth was relentlessly licking and sucking her clit, she lets go of his horn to help her grind on to his sinful mouth. She was close, so close, he gave her slit a few more pumps and she cums so hard that she heard the echoes of her voice and felt her entire body shivering and tingling.

"You are very delicious Mallory", when she had the strength to look at him, she saw him licking the hand he used on her as if savoring her taste further.

Still panting hard, she asked, "Why do you know my name, at least tell me yours", it was almost a whisper to her ears.

"Oh, but my dear Mallory you already know my name, you have known it for a very long time, even before you were born". The monster crawled on top of her and his long hair caging them from the outside world, she can only see his eyes and nothing else, she couldn't help but caressed his face until her fingers found his lips.

"If you want to see my face, you only need to remember my name my Mallory". She doesn't know why, but she felt her eyes closing against her will and the last thing she remembers were his lips kissing her hand.

Notes:

-This my very first Smut, like ever, if you've read my previous fics, its all vanilla tooth rotting fluff. So any criticism about it is welcome. Please enjoy.

-This Chapter was posted in my AO3 account since 2018-12-20