Craving Red: Paranormal Erotic Retelling of Red Riding Hood (Erotic Kingdom) Read online

  The pack! Why does he have to be so damn loyal to his pack?

  The rejection from this man she desired so intensely was nearly more than she could take. “Do you think I give a bloody fuck about the pack and their laws, Dane?” she hissed, the hurt gouging deeper into her. “Remember, I did not sign up for this, I was forced into this. As far as I am concerned, you can do whatever you damn well please!”

  “Kaia, please. It is not that simple. To make love to you would be to sign my death wish and likely yours, as well,” Dane tried to explain, hoping to ease the hurt she obviously felt. “Do you not realise? They would smell the blood of your innocence the instant it spilt and would be on us so fast. Thorin would never stand for another male taking away the right to your virginity from him.”

  “But my virginity belongs to me, no one else, and certainly not to him!” she disputed. “And if I want to gift it to you, then that should be my right.”

  Dane was flattered by her words. But still, he had to make her see. “Unfortunately, that is not the way he sees it. I’m sorry, Kaia, I won’t risk it. I will just have to wait for my designated turn with you.”

  “Designated turn?!” she screamed. “That is not what I want, for you to be the last in a succession of men to breed me! I wanted to make love to you, here, now, just you and me. For it to actually be something special— like I thought maybe we had. Apparently I was mistaken.”

  Oh No. She is in this as deep as I am. I have to be the strong one. I have to put an end to this. It’s the only way. Otherwise, it will only mean heartbreak for both of us.

  She couldn’t think like this. He couldn’t think like this. It would only lead to heartbreak for the both of them, not to mention a heap of trouble. If she even survived this process, still she would never be his. She would only be a bitch of the pack. Community property. But always the Alpha’s first. And Dane had sensed Thorin had taken a particular liking to this female. He would use her for all she was worth before he let any of the other pack mates have their fun with her. Not that that was how Dane regarded her.

  “I guess you were,” he replied, doing all he could to keep any sign of his true emotion from bleeding into his voice. “I am just here to carry out orders, Kaia. I have been told by other females how much I excel at my job. Looks like it’s true.”

  His words slashed at her heart. No, I cannot believe that is all I am to him.

  Dane swallowed back the huge lump in his throat. As the final insult which he hoped would rid her of any precarious feelings she had for him, he reached up and re-shackled her wrists, locking the mechanism. Then without another word to her, he stepped from the tent and called out something in their unique language.

  A moment later, the young blonde girl, Lilja came and he told her, “Take the female back to her cage. I have more important matters to attend to.”

  Chapter Four

  His words had cut so deep into her. Thrown back into the degrading reality of the cage, Kaia’s tears burst forth before she had the chance to harden her heart.

  No. I cannot cry for Dane. I must stop this foolish recklessness with my heart. My feelings for him cannot be real, anyway. How could I have developed feelings for such a brute of a man like him, even if he was gorgeous? No, they must be merely a side effect of my vulnerability. But I refuse to be vulnerable any more. If I am destined to be here, then I shall embrace it. I won’t merely be another bitch in the pack. I will be THE bitch. And I plan to relish every moment of it, everything it has to offer.

  Like having my choice of six hot men. I won’t have my virginity stolen from me. Rather, I will present to them on a silver platter. To six men at once. And they will treasure my generous gift. Yes, how many girls can say that they had six of the hottest men on Earth for their first time? And I am determined to be the best they have ever had. None of them will have need for another female again.

  Kaia smiled to herself. She could see it now, they would fall all over themselves, forget their loyalty to the pack trying to get to her.

  And Dane will be wishing he hadn’t declined my generous offer to give it to him alone first. He will be insane with jealousy when he sees me being worshipped by each of his brothers. He will wish he had taken me for himself while he had had the chance.

  The next day, Dane did not come for her. But the other males did. All day long, they paced around her like a wolf circles it prey, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce.

  To say they were arrogant would be a severe understatement. Entirely unashamed as she had seen any man before and completely devoid of a smidgeon of concern for typical societal etiquette, they leered at her, devouring her body with their eyes, making lewd comments to which her ears had never been exposed before. They made her feel dirty and low. They taunted her, stroking their bulging cocks before her, saying, “You want this don’t you, you little bitch? I can smell how bad you want it.” A couple of them went so far as to push their cocks through the bars of her cage, forcing her to suck them.

  Kaia had never imagined she could feel so deeply mortified. Instead of the worshipped Goddess she had envisioned being to them, she felt worse than the lowliest street whore.

  As the week passed, their Alpha male, Thorin began smelling her as he went by, keeping check on the progression of her scent.

  Even though she refused to answer, he would go on to say, “I’m going to give it to you really good when you’re ready. Why don’t you show me how much you want it? Go on, spread yourself for me.”

  Utterly humiliated, Kaia’s hand went to her naked privates, and spread herself apart as commanded. She didn’t know what to feel. Though she had often thought of it, Kaia had never touched herself there before. The deeply ingrained fear of going to hell had always prevented her from exploring the idea any further. Now here she was doing it for a man, and a man who was not even her husband, no less! She was no better than a common street whore!

  Yes, I am surely going to hell now!

  “Come on, female, part your legs further so that I may get a good look at you!”

  The humiliation sank in deeper even as her body betrayed her with a sickening jolt of pleasure at being looked at as this. The sight of his large, erect cock certainly did nothing to help matters.

  “That’s right, bitch, you touch yourself as you think of this sinking deep into you, pounding you into oblivion.” He gripped his hand tight about his cock and thrust it towards her face. “You know you can’t wait to have my monster cock claim your sweet little virgin pussy. You may act all good and innocent, but I remember how much you liked my tongue melting you the other day, releasing your inhibitions. Yes, you are indeed going to be a fun one to initiate to the pack. I think you will relish being fucked by six strong men, won’t you?”

  Kaia nodded her head, partly out of fear of defying him, and partly from the confusing effect the pleasure of my body was having upon her rationale.

  Thorin moved in closer, lowering himself to the ground where she lay and pressed his face to the bars not inches from her sex.

  “Mmm,” he murmured inhaling in her bolder scent. “That’s a good girl, make yourself all wet for me.” He rose up on his knees, his cock filling her sight as he stroked it before her. “Think of how you will be feeling this inside of you very soon.”

  Kaia’s eyes focused on his cock, on the way he stroked the veined skin slowly back and forth, exposing the purple head with each retraction of his hand. She couldn’t help but imagining it was Dane’s she looked at, him inside of her, its length reaching the deep ache she was now feeling.

  Next thing she knew, her lips parted, an involuntarily moan escaping her.

  “That is right, female, moan for me. Now suck it. I want to see that pouty little mouth of yours taking in my cock, your lips wrapped tight around it as you suck it as though your life depended on it.”

  Kaia did as she was ordered, part of her despising him for degrading her in such a manner, and the other part more excited than she cared to admit. She half
hoped Dane would pass by and out an end to their humiliating treatment of her. But then again, she did also did not want him to see her like that.

  When she had satisfied him, Thorin withdrew himself from her mouth, getting down upon his hands and knees again, bending down closer to inhale of her deeply. “Mmm, yes. I can smell how much you enjoyed that. You are so close now. You will be ready for us tomorrow night.”

  Kaia’s eyes widened as she stared up at him.

  “Are you ready to surrender your purity to me and my pack brothers, pretty female?” he asked cockily, though she understood it was not literally a question. Nevertheless, without even intending to, she realised she was nodding her head.

  “Good,” he replied proudly. “My brothers will be pleased to know that.”

  He strode off, calling back, “See you tomorrow, female!”

  Again Kaia was left with an amalgam of emotions, one of which was disgrace, the other a sickeningly overwhelming desire which she had not asked for. But she comprehended that it was not rightfully for the Alpha male who had prodded her.

  When Gisli came with her dinner that evening, Kaia decided to try to get her to talk to her some more. Not having anyone to talk to was beginning to drive her crazy. Besides, she wanted to find out more about the way they did things around there.

  “Gisli, will you just stay and talk to me a few minutes?” Kaia asked. When she hesitated, Kaia resorted to pleading. “Please?”

  Gisli smiled. “Alright. But I can only stay for a minute or two.”

  “Thank you.” Kaia’s face almost lit up. “Gisli, I am curious, do any of you women have a particular male you consider to be your mate?”

  The redheaded girl looked at her as though she didn’t understand the question. “No… I am afraid I don’t really understand.”

  Kaia tried to figure out how to explain to her, though that response alone should have told her everything she needed to know. Nonetheless, she pressed for more. “For example, does one of the females only mate with one of the males and none other?”

  Gisli couldn’t stifle her laugh. “No, that would be ludicrous! Who would do such a preposterous thing?”

  Me, for one.

  “Have you never heard of love, Gisli? Marriage?” Kaia tried again, even while realising her efforts were fruitless. Still, what else did she have to do?

  “Yes, I suppose I have a vague recollection of those terms from my prior life. But still, are they really feasible?”

  “They seem to work fairly well in the world I come from.”

  “Well, in case you haven’t noticed, this is not your world,” Gisli pointed out harshly.

  “Yes,” Kaia answered, feeling discouraged. “Still, have none of the women ever fallen in love with one of the men here?”

  “No. Never,” Gisli replied. “We do not allow ourselves to have those types of human emotions. Instead, we prefer to conduct ourselves more in the ways of animals. They can share a fondness for one another, a protective connection, but would think nothing of copulating with any available member of the opposite sex who crosses their path. While sex is unquestionably a most enjoyable pursuit, we recognise that its main purpose is for proliferation of the species.”

  “I think I understand,” Kaia said, filled with disillusionment. “Thank you for talking with me.”

  Gisli gave her a genuine smile before turning to go.

  I am fooling myself if I think he will ever be able to feel anything more for me than just a female to breed with.

  Chapter Five

  The day of the mating had arrived. Tonight Kaia would surrender her virginity. Give herself to six men.

  Just prior to evening meal time Astrid, the beta female, came. As she unlocked her cage, she explained, “Because you are to be mated to the pack, you will eat with the women tonight, and every night thereafter.”

  Kaia didn’t know what to think of this. On one hand, since she had eaten virtually every meal for the past ten days within the confines of her cage, she was relieved to be treated like a human again. On the other hand, she didn’t quite know how to interact with these women who had not only contributed to treating her in such a manner, but were also nothing like the usual women with whom she had socialized in her real life.

  Her life before being brought to this place by them.

  Funny, it is already beginning to fade away, as though it had been merely a dream. Is this what happens when one is ripped away from everything they ever knew only to have a completely altered life forced upon them?

  Kaia stepped up out of the cage, grateful for the chance to stretch out her legs, her knees aching from being bent so long.

  “Don’t worry,” Astrid began, “that is the last you’ll see of that cage. That is, if you are obedient for the mating tonight. Which I am sure you will be, right?”

  What other choice do I have? Kaia looked at her and nodded slowly.

  “Good girl,” Astrid responded with a smile, placing her hand upon the small of Kaia’s back. “That always makes it so much easier on everyone involved.”

  Astrid urged her forwards through the camp. Kaia did not see any of the men. She supposed they were occupied with their own pre-mating ritual. Though, only God knows what they would do at such an occasion.

  The other three women were all gathered about a camp fire, a slab of meat roasting over it. The aroma filled Kaia with an intense hunger. She had eaten so scantily since she had been here.

  “Welcome, sister Kaia,” chimed Gisli and Lilja together. As usual, Synnove, the alpha female, ignored her. Kaia didn’t take it personally. She supposed she had seen her share of human women come in and out of their camp. Likely she didn’t feel the need to get to know them until it seemed they were actually going to make it through for the long haul.

  Gisli rose up and gathered some food. When she walked over and handed Kaia the cloth filled with a generous portion of meat and warm bread, Kaia truly was grateful.

  “Thank you, Gisli.”

  Gisli smiled. “Sure.” Kaia thought she was really a very pretty girl, with her curly red hair and green eyes. They had to be about the same age.

  Hungrier than she had ever been in her life, Kaia scarfed the food down, listening as they talked.

  “Kaia,” Astrid began, “I know you are scared and feeling a bit resistant. But keep in mind that this will all go much better if you do not resist, but rather embrace it as the true honour it is. It is our place to do what we can to help you learn how to do this, just as it was Dane’s during this past week. Soon, we will begin the preparation ritual for the mating. Please open yourself to the process.”

  At the mere mention of his name, Kaia stopped listening. She felt her body respond, her mind floating off somewhere else. She couldn’t deny that she was more than a little anxious to see him again, even if it had to be under these circumstances. It had been a long two days without a single glimpse of him. She wondered if he had been thinking of her, too. But then her mind replayed his last words to her and she bristled against her foolish thoughts.

  I am nothing more than just another female to him to which he was assigned to carry out his duty. He said as much himself. He fulfilled it and now he is done with me until duty calls again. In a matter of weeks, he will be assigned to woo yet another scared, young captive female. I must rid myself of these feelings I foolishly believe I have for him.

  Snapping Kaia out of her trance, Lilja told her, “Here, smoke this.” She placed a roll of something between her lips. “It will help you relax.”

  She took a short puff off it and choked.

  “Breathe it in slow and deep,” Astrid instructed. “Let the essence of the herbs flow through you so that they may be of benefit to you. Soon you will be feeling so good, you won’t care about anything else. I promise.”

  Kaia tried again, taking it in with a slow, deep breath. She instantly noticed the difference, as the foreign substance filled her chest and head. After a few more puffs, it was working its way through he
r entire body. And just like Astrid had said, she was filled with a sense of relaxation. She took another puff and then another. Before long, she felt as if she hadn’t a care in the world.

  Astrid stood and announced to the small group of women, “It is time for the cleansing ritual.”

  Kaia giggled. Mostly because of the silly sound of what the beta female had said. Suddenly, she felt as though she were in a dream. A really bizarre dream. She decided right then to go along with it and make the most of whatever else happened in this crazy dream.

  “I’m pleased to see you are more relaxed,” Astrid remarked, leading her by the arm to a vat of water. She twisted Kaia’s hair into a crude chignon atop her head and secured it with a couple of twigs.

  “Step into the water, Kaia,” Astrid instructed.

  Kaia attempted to do as she was told, though she found she was so relaxed she had trouble even lifting her leg. Of course, her weakened condition at having been half starved and locked up for the past ten days might have also had something to do with it. Gisli reached down and assisted her, lifting her legs one by one, and guiding it over the side.

  Kaia sighed out in contentment when she was in the water, the warmth of it soothing her. It immediately brought to mind how being up against Dane’s warm body had made her feel. She forced the thought away.

  Surrounded her, the three women began to pour cupfuls of the warm water over her, careful not to get her hair wet, lest she catch a chill. Kaia let her eyes fall closed at the pleasant sensation. Then she felt three pairs of hands on her, gliding over her body as they doted upon her, washing her. Just the feel of it already had her pulse quickening, the newly familiar ache beginning to build in her groin.

  While Astrid set about cleansing Kaia thoroughly between her legs, Gisli and Lilja placed their mouths upon her nipples and began suckling. Endeavouring not to think about Dane and how much she loved it when he suckled her, Kaia moaned out in pleasure, allowing herself to delight in the novelty of the beautiful feminine faces at her breasts. Diligent in her quest to assure the virgin’s cleanliness, Astrid worked her fingers through every crevice and fold, swiftly exasperating Kaia’s condition.