Jake groaned as he slowly woke up, his body stiff and sore. He shifted, only to find that he was partially restrained. Once his pain-addled mind allowed him to focus a bit more, he realized that he was naked, chained up by his wrists in a large stone room. The walls were lined with various sorts of torture devices, the types of which seemed to span many centuries and cultures.

He hung limply there for a while, glancing about, trying to fully take in his new surroundings. There were several racks of hand-held 'tools', but also some larger devices with chains. A rack, several types of torture chairs, an x-frame, and various other equipment lined the room.

After a while, the door opened, and the Demon Lord, Gevaudan, entered. Accompanying him were several of the small chittering imps. Jake narrowed his eyes hatefully. "What have you done with Star?!"

The black-furred wolf demon was bare-chested, powerfully muscled, and wore only a black leather loincloth, and armbands of black stone. He walked slowly around Jake, looking him over. "So... You're the mortal that has managed to steal away my daughter's heart..."

Jake snarled and struggled against the strong chains. "Leave her alone, filth! She's your own daughter, and yet you have tortured and tried to kill her!"

"That may be so, but she is still my daughter, and even as a half-breed, she still has my powerful blood flowing within her. I will not allow her to waste herself on a mortal such as you."

Jake glared hatefully, but then gave a dark mocking smirk. "Too late for that. You have no claim to her. She's mine."

Gevaudan raised an eyebrow curiously at this. "Cocky, arn't we? No, I have other plans for her. And for you as well..."

The kat narrowed his eyes coldly again. "And just what the Hell do you want with us? Why did you bring me to this world?"

"What makes you think I had anything to do with it? You cast the spell."

"Star had nothing to do with it! It wasn't her I saw in the dreams, who told me how. You sent that succubus for me once I was pulled here!"

"True. And as for why, it's because with the portal now closed, I cannot enter the mortal realm on my own for another thousand years. This is the second time that my daughter has done this to me."

"So you brought her here so she can't stop you again... but what the Hell do you need me for?"

"Because there is another way for me to enter the mortal world, but for that, I need one from that world."

"I'll never help you, beast!"

"Oh but you will. But not yet. As with most spells and rituals, they must be done at the precise time. And that time is not yet here. We still have a while yet. And in the meantime, I think I shall enjoy teaching you a lesson. Star is half demon, and my daughter. Therefor, she belongs to me..."

The imps chittered excitedly as the demon walked over to one of the racks. He picked up what appeared to be a 3' long rod with a shackle at each end. He also picked up a metal collar, and two short lengths of chain.

"And what is mine, I will not allow another to try and claim. So, you need to learn your place. You like dominating my daughter? You're about to learn who's really in charge in Malfeas..."

Jake tried to struggle as the demon came back over to him. Four of the imps grabbed his legs, holding him while the fifth climbed up his back, it's sharp claws digging into his flesh. It gripped onto his neck, and dug it's claws into the sides of his head, holding him still enough for the demon to easily put on and secure the collar.

He then attached the two lengths of chain to the front of it. The imp hopped down off of Jake as Gevaudan now hooked one end of the rod onto his right ankle. Forcing Jake's legs apart, he secured his other ankle to the rod, it now holding his feet 3' apart and unable to move. Gripping the middle of the bar, he then lifted Jake's legs up to attach the chains to each end, forcing him into a very uncomfortable position. The demon grinned darkly at the kat's struggles.

He walked back over to the rack, and took another larger metal clamp and more chains. then went back to Jake. The demon fastened it around Jake's waist, attaching the two lengths of chain to the back of it. The other ends he attached to the shackles on Jake's wrists, now lifting him up into an even more uncomfortable position, and completely unable to move. Jake tried to struggle, but was already hurting and cramping up from the unnatural way he was chained up. and there was nothing that he could do as the demon now came up behind him, removing his loincloth.

Gevaudan's long claws gripped into Jake's scalp, drawing blood as he jerked the kat's head back until the tom thought his neck would snap. The demon leaned forward, over Jake's back, and Jake could feel the wolf's hard maleness pressing against him even as he felt the hot breath against the side of his face. The wolf's jaw were only an inch away from his left ear. "Now you shall learn who is truly the master here."

Realizing what it was that the demon intended, Jake began struggling even more out of fear and desperation. Gevaudan gripped Jake's hips, digging his claws into the kat's flesh as he thrust forward, impaling himself into the smaller tom. Jake screamed out in pure agony, feeling his flesh tearing and his own blood beginning to flow down his let as the massive demon began thrusting forcefully into him, literally ripping him apart from the inside. Never in Jake's life had he ever felt such extreme pain, and eventually it became so unbearable that the kat fully blacked out from it and the blood loss.

Jake had no sence of time in that dark stone room. He couldn't tell how long he had been raped, or how long that he had been unconscious afterward. All he knew was the throbbing pain throughout his body, but especially in his rear. He felt as if he should have been dead after the damage done to him and the loss of blood, and yet he wasn't.

When he did eventually wake up, it took him a bit to realize that he was no longer hanging on the chains, but rather strapped down onto an x-frame. He didn't even try to struggle or test his bonds, knowing that even if he could get free, there was no escape from this Hellish place. Especially now with as weak and hurting as he was. His mind drifted, and he wondered at what tortures had befallen his lover, now that he knew exactly how sadistic and evil her father really was.

Eventually, Jake was unsure of just how long, the door opened again. He expected to see the Demon Lord, but instead saw another demon enter. The male was tall and well built, but still not as large as Gevaudan. His features were more those of a kat rather than a wolf, though his fur was dark brick red, and he had jet black hooves and curling horns, also being clad only in a leather loincloth. The beast smiled as he entered, carrying a large leather whip in one hand.

"My liege has asked me to continue with you for now, as he has other matters to attend to. Mainly concerning his daughter..."

Jake glared hatefully at the demon, though this time he didn't struggle, knowing that he needed to save what strength he still had. The beast looked him over for a moment, then set down his whip, intead picking up a glass container of thick 3" needles.

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Star hung in the same type of small featureless room as before, only this time, the shackles were different, preventing her from being able to pick the locks and escape. She looked up and snarled as the door opened and her father entered. The Demon Lord merely grinned darkly at her. "Ah, so you are awake. Good."

"Where is Jake?!"

"Your lover is elsewhere. Would you like to see him?"

She pinned her ears flat and glared hatefully. Star knew that there had to have been a reason for him to be asking that. Without even waiting for an answer, Gevaudan summoned up the swirling red mist again, and once again an image formed within it. Star saw Jake in the torture room, and the red demon there as well, setting down his whip in favor of a container of spikes.

The Demon Lord smiled cruelly at her expression as she realized what was about to happen. "I now understand why you chose him. He has more vitality than I would have expected. Small for a male, but with a surprising amount of energy."

Star snarled viciously and struggled fiercely against the chains. "What did you do to him?!"

"Nothing too much... Yet... It's still some time yet until the ritual, so I though to have some fun with him first."

"Let him go!"

"Oh no. I need him. Not necessarily in one piece though."

Star was then forced to watch, and to listen, as the red demon began to torture Jake, stabbing the thick needles into his flesh. He started with the palms of Jake's hands, then the soles of his feet. Star winced at each scream, her ears pinned flat as if trying to block out the sounds.

The container held close to a full gross of needles, and the demon used every one of them, one at a time. The torment lasted for hours as each one was forced into a muscle, into joints between the bones, and in other more tender areas. Jake's arms, legs, chest, neck, and groin were lined with them, and he was actually loosing complete feeling in his extremities from the needles pressing into the nerves.

Gevaudan stood calmly the entire time, watching the meticulous process. He glanced over at Star, who now hung limply from her chains, her head down and her muzzle wet from where the tears dripped down it. "This no longer interests you?"

"Please... No more..."

"Why?"

"I can't... why do you force me to see him suffer like that?"

"Because you need to learn. These mortal emotions of yours are what makes you weak, my daughter. Love is weakness, as it leaves you vulnerable. Love, compassion, trust... A feast for fools. You must be strong, and forget such trivial things."

When the red demon had finally used up the entire bottle, he just turned and left, leaving Jake laying there, his body a literal pin cushion. The Demon Lord also turned to leave Star's cell, though this time didn't dispel the image, leaving it there for her to continue to see.