"What the hell were you doing?" Seth slammed me against the dirty wall in an alley near to the seedy bar where we were getting high.
"I'm doing nothing. That guy was being kind to me. Do you want me to be an asshole?" I spat with rage.
"Kind?" Seth's smile was twisted, "That asshole wanted to fuck your ass and dump you. Like you deserve."
"And what if that guy actually likes me? What if I find someone that thinks I'm good enough?" I was being bold.
Seth laughed cruelly, "Dean, you will never find that someone stupid enough to pick you. I already fucked you in a way that nobody will ever want you."
"What are you talking about?" For some reason those words made me shudder in fear.
"It's a deadly giveaway I already gave you, honey. Even if you escape from me, you won't ever escape from my gift." Seth told me and then walked away from me.
I needed a speedball. Seth never again talked about that issue. He's full of shit anyways, this is sure more bullshit.
...
I don't know why I remember this shit. I don't care anyways. I'll ask Seth about these stuff when I see him again. Roman is looking at me with intensity. Yeah, that's what I need right now. I really enjoyed his kisses. The ball is my yard now. If I want Roman, I could…
However, I haven't figured out what I feel. Don't know if I'm a victim of the charms of The Lord of the Lust, or maybe this is grateful for a help that anyway I'll pay handsomely, or maybe this trip is making me develop some sort of feelings for him... and that's the worst possibility.
He's a demon and I'm a human who is still alive…
"At dawn we're going to the Kingdom of Astaroth, my darling Dean. If you want to know, that place represents the pride." Roman says as he pets my hair.
It feels so good. I feel my cheeks redden furiously as he traces my lower lip with his thumb. His eyes show a mixture of lust and something else... something I don't understand or maybe I don't want to understand.
"Sweet Dean, I'm totally crazy for you." He softly whispers.
Fuck, I feel the shudders in my body. I'm weak. I don't know what is happening to me. He's over me on the big bed, all I can think is him taking me. He's so fucking gorgeous. I take him by the neck and crash our lips. We're kissing passionately again, he leads his hands to my butt.
I tighten the grip and a moan escapes from my lips while he is still squeezing my buttocks and rubbing his crotch against mine. I can't believe we're making out. His hands are like fire and I want to burn myself on his heat. Damn demon he's so fucking irresistible.
He untied the robe revealing my naked figure and my hard dick. He licks his lips, I can't remember when someone licking his lips was this sexy. Roman is something else. He smiles so sinfully as he licks one of my nipples. I'm on fucking fire.
"Roman…" I can barely talk.
Roman looks at me with intensity, "Don't worry babe. I'll make you feel good. But we're not going all the way… yet."
Then he kisses my chest, my belly, my hip… fuck he's avoiding my dick on purpose.
"Roman please…"
"Please what my darling."
"I need your…"
I can't finish that sentence because Roman is sucking my dick. This is something so glorious. I have never felt something like this. His tongue is pure sin. Well, perks of being a demon. I writhe in pure pleasure as my whole body tightens and I can't help but moan like a bitch.
Totally different. Roman is focused of giving me pleasure instead of taking it from me. He's teaching me a different way of lust and I like it… I love it.
His tongue is making me feel sensations I didn't even imagine existed. "Roman.. I can't hold on. I'm gonna… I'm gonna."
Roman suck even harder and I fill his eager mouth with my cum. It was so glorious, it was all about me. He wasn't using my body to his own pleasure. I need to do something for him.
"Roman," I can barely talk, "Roman I can do the same. You can even.."
"It's okay honey. It's dawning and we don't have time. But I'll take your offer, don't worry." Roman smirks.
...
Arriving at the Kingdom of Astaroth. I can't help but admire the wrought iron gate that looks very heavy. A huge creature with imposing appearance and red eyes, like the demons of cartoons, but without the horns, bows at Roman and opens the door for him.
This place is different, the location is circular. There's a huge outdoor arena in the center that is the pit of souls of this kingdom. The sides are surrounding for a garden with huge and strange trees. The palace is on the right side and a huge field with small bunkers, spiny fences, winding roads as a concentration camp is on the left side.
Now I can see souls walking covered in wounds, they're plowing that horrible stony field with his bloody hands. This is horrible, at least in the other kingdoms, the souls were tortured inside the buildings.
Several creatures like the gatekeeper are beating the souls with whips, there are even teenagers in this horrible place. Although they're all dead, the whole place smells like blood. If these people were proud now they can't do more than submit to the will of their punishers.
Some of them are hanging from huge wires tied on the trees, receiving horrible tortures. Most have lost their will but the pain makes them scream and beg for mercy. No matter how evil they were, this is absurd, no one deserves to be punished in this way.
"Seth's not here, he was very proud but he's not here." I can't believe I thought that out loud.
"His biggest flaw and what caused his death and your ruin, was the anger in him. So he's not here." Roman say completely serious, I can see almost empathy, in his eyes.
"This is horrible... Are they torturing him? The place where he is... is even worse than this?" I ask feeling my voice breaking, I can't stand that idea.
"It's a possibility." He softly says, "After seeing the pandemonium he caused in your world, it was obvious where he would be located."
"Why didn't you bring him immediately with me for the deal? Why are you making me lose my time while he suffers? You're powerful, I'm sure you could avoid all this!" I angrily say as several tears slide of my eyes, "Why am I here?"
The gesture of empathy vanishes and now Roman is angry. I'm screaming, but I can't help it, I know Seth was manipulative and selfish but this is too much. I can't accept that Seth is going through something like this.
"I told you all the souls receive a fair punishment." Roman tells me angry, "You think it would be different with him because you think you love him? I thought you were different, but you're doing the same. Putting the blame of your boyfriend's faults in others!"
"Fair punishment?" I feel the anger running through my body, "You have left him to suffer as we walk in this goddamn valley! I hate you!" This feeling of powerlessness is poisoning me.
My anger is at a level that had never been before. I throw myself on Roman and try to hit him. He takes me by the arms and we begin to struggle.
"What the hell is this?!" A voice booms in place and I stop my outburst.
A huge creature, like the others but even more imposing, with dark skin and bright red eyes appears before us.
"Brother! How do you let a being so inferior treat you like this? Have you lost your mind?!" His voice is so guttural that instills fear, "It is a shame... Get out of my kingdom with that thing!"
Roman looks at me holding his anger and I debate into feel desperate, ashamed or angry. I want to scream, to cry but I can't do anything. What have I done? My tantrum is going to cost us the whole damn trip. Roman walks behind his brother.
"Brother, you must have heard the rumors so I'll save the explanations." Roman has a different attitude, is serious and angry.
"Yes, I know you took a mortal lover. What I did not know is that your lover is a volatile creature who even tries to touch you in anger. A being that you can easily destroy and you left him behave like this with you!" Astaroth turns to see his brother, "How could you bring him inside this valley?"
"I was having sex with Pythia, the guardian of the door that connects the valley with the living kingdoms. She told me a story about a specific time when this valley connects with all the other worlds. Some days for a weird reason all the worlds that have living creatures on them, agree with a day in which there's a great flow of energy because of the rites and spells. That is something that happens every 10,000 years. As a result, a disturbance is generated in the entrance gate."
Roman is trying to keep an impassive face.
"Those days Pythia needs to strengthen her surveillance, living beings don't know it but these days they are able to do what we do, to cross the gates. To bring Dean here, I fooled her and she never knew that I entered with him."
"That he had been able to enter, does not mean that he should be here. You are stupid and impulsive!" Astaroth is so angry, "That thing will be your ruin. Abaddon, the king of all these kingdoms will give you a punishment that will make our camps seem like recreational parks. You might even be exiled, but you already know that."
Roman can be punished... he never said anything about that.
"I need your permission to go through your kingdom, brother." Roman's voice softens a bit, maybe feeling he must not be fueling the anger of his brother.
"My answer would be no, but my curiosity to know what punishment Abbadon will impose in you is greater. I will give you the permission but he must win it."
I can see a hint of fear in Roman's gray eyes, but he immediately changes his gesture and smiles mischievously. He's still avoiding to look at me. I don't want to admit it but it hurts, even if I'm still angry with him.
"Do you really want to challenge a weak creature like him? That's ridiculous..." Roman is challenging his brother, "Why don't you let me try? I'm sure I'll get it... or maybe you're afraid..."
Astaroth grins, "Is it serious? Do you really are going to meet a challenge for this creature?!"
"That's my business. But to be honest, I must admit that being able to brag that I'm so good that I could win in one of your games, also motivates me... a lot."
Astaroth grins. "Such pride... You know how much fascinates me to take away the proud in conceited bastards, no matter if they are of my own lineage."
"So please, don't make me waste my time. Tell me the task." Roman sultry smiles.
"You just need to win a battle in my pit of souls." Astaroth says pleased.
"Just that?" Roman looks at the arena with disdain.
"Don't feel so confident, little brother. This fight has two rules." Astaroth's smile becomes devilish, "First you can not use magic, if you do it I immediately will send your lover back to wherever he belongs. Two, he will be tied to you."
Roman's smile soften a little. Astaroth smiles even more devilish.
The slaves tie my left leg to Roman's right one and leave us in the middle of the arena. Roman still doesn't look at me. I know that the cord combined with his need to protect me will going to make this fight far more difficult.
Despite my tantrum, he continues to do what he's done since we came to this valley: protecting me. So he steps a little ahead of me. I can see all the slaves, watching our fight.
"Stay behind me, all the time. Don't be stubborn." Roman talks to me without looking back. "Make sure to keep your distance, only one wound and your end of the cord will immediately be empty."
"I want to help you. I am a wrestler." I say watching around us.
"You're nothing here. If you want to help… then don't hinder... It was enough with your tantrum." Roman is avoiding me like I was a leper.
I deserve it.
The slaves cheer when five creatures step inside the arena. The creatures are twice as high as Roman and are quite heavy and solid. And to worsen our situation they have swords and we are unarmed.
"They are my five best warriors. Little brother, you just need to defeat them and keep alive your fuck toy." Astaroth laughs, "I want to see if your body works for other things more difficult than fuck other creatures."
Roman's sultry smile is plastered on his handsome face again to chagrin his brother.
"Stay back!" He says as he looks at the creatures. "Those are poisoned swords. If they touch you, you know what will happen."
"And if they touch you?" I'm worried.
"Think about yourself. You just have to survive." I can feel his guard up, "You're slim and agile so you must dodge their attacks. That's all I need you to do."
I nod. I'm still worried, this is an unfair fight.
One of the giants attacks him, Roman turns back to his opponent while I dodge the attack of the other. He hits the giant in the crotch while other two are thrown over me. In my desperation to dodge the attack I run in the opposite direction and realize that the cord is stretched. Both giants fail the attack and I'm now quite away of Roman.
The idiotic slaves clash against each other in their attempt to attack me with those swords, one of the swords blows up. Roman with an incredible speed manages to grab the sword making an almost acrobatic movement, the next thing all of us can see is the lord of the lust beheading one of the giants in a single stroke.
The cheers cease and Astaroth's triumphant smile fades. He didn't expect his brother to be this skilled. He didn't use magic to defeat one of the warriors. The slaves immediately take the beheaded body that is still moving. Well, the only reason because that thing is still moving is because they aren't alive, so they can't die. The head is yelling and crying so loud. I can see the horrible effect of the poisonous swords. They can't die, so those weapons hurt them in a horrible and painful way.
People say that the survival instinct leads us to do unthinkable things, because never in my life thought I could run at this speed. The giants are agile with the swords and strong, but not very fast. Roman uses the cord to pull me and I crash against his chest. He takes me by the waist pointing at the smaller giants.
"We'll entangle these two with the cord, while dodging the two biggest. Then we'll run in opposite directions. You can't let them touch with those swords, not even a little, nothing. When they be entangled, pull the cord with all your strength, I'll do the rest."
Then he throws me hard in the opposite direction as I follow his instructions. I have no time to see how Roman defend himself. I just hope he doesn't leave be touched by those swords. In the midst of this challenge I'm realizing how much he matters to me. I run desperately and repeatedly meet Roman in my way. I hear his signal and immediately pull the cord with my hands. I see one of the giants coming toward me and I dodge the attack but I'm not enough fast, because he gets to cut part of my hair. The next thing that happens is that Roman buries his sword in one of the tied giants while the other is hit by the giant I just dodged.
The screams of the giants are horrible. Even the two that remain standing help him to out from the arena. Roman approaches me at full speed. Astaroth is very angry. It has a sword and bury it his defeated warriors, increasing the pain in them.
"If you let them defeat you, I will torture you forever!" Astaroth angered roars at the wounded warriors. Then he gives two swords to the warriors that haven't yet been defeated. Now each one have two swords and Roman have one, I still unarmed.
"This is going to get tougher." Roman whispers, never once looks at me.
"I'm sorry for what I told you." I tell him and took his face forcing to see me. Then I let go when feel the giants back into the arena.
Again I'm trying to dodge one of the giants while Roman is fighting sword to sword against the other. These two are much stronger, though still somewhat slow. Despite that, Roman's not going well. I can see small cuts on his body. His face has a look of pain that is trying to silence.
I ain't doing better, even though I run with all my strength the other giant has cut my clothes and several cuts have been buried in the ground, millimeters of my body. I run so the cord is been tangled in the legs of giant chasing me and although I try to use the same strategy, it doesn't work this time. I pull the cord but the giant stand firmly and I crash headlong into the ground.
I try to turn around quickly and see the sword coming towards me. Goodbye Roman, goodbye Seth… sorry I couldn't reach you. I close my eyes and hear a plaintive wail. I open them and Roman has buried his sword in the giant's chest just before the blow can strike me. The giant dropped his sword at my feet. Roman throws him aside and those seconds of neglect are enough for the last giant. He buries his sword on Roman's back, the tip of the sword pierced his chest.
The scene made my blood boil, I haven't felt so desperate since... since I saw Seth's body on the floor full of knife wounds.
Roman cries heartbreakingly as his body falls heavily in the ground. I took the sword at my feet and I don't know where I got the strength, but I bury the sword it in the chest of the last giant. His reaction was the same as Roman's.
"Take it off!" Roman screams full of pain, I immediately obey.
The wound festers a green thing that makes it remains open, I can even see it making bigger. Astaroth walks toward us visibly angry.
"He gets to save you and defeat all my warriors... You won." He angrily roars, "I will not help you. I want you out of my kingdom. Take that asshole and go away the way you can."
"How can I cure him?" I ask despite knowing that he won't help me.
"You must get to his kingdom quickly and make the ritual of healing," Despite the punishment he inferred his brother, Astaroth is still angry about the defeat, "If you do not get it, he is going to stay with that wound for a complete century, writhing in agony."
Roman is writhing and begins to spit blood. Then closes his eyes. He has fainted because of the pain, at least I hope so. I carry him on my shoulders and start walking towards the exit of the kingdom, fortunately the next stop is his home.
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