Kat PoV


    "Oh little Dogkin~! Where oh where might you be~? I''m starting to get a little... annoyed here, Dogkin. Come out now, Dogkin... If you make me wait any longer, I''ll enjoy your screams as I y the skin off your pretty body..."


    Slithering slowly over the various roots, the Lamia searched through them all incessantly, and I felt my heart pound inside my chest whenever she drew near.


    "I know you''re still here... Erika may have spoken to you, but there was a gleam of intelligence in those amber eyes of yours, Dogkin. The smarter move would have been to hunker down and hide, letting us fight it out before backtracking for you, hoping to find a track to follow... That''s what I would have done, Dogkin, so I''m sure you''vee to the same conclusion!"


    She continued to hiss softly as she moved around the trees slowly, and I held back a flinch as I heard her spear break apart some roots, her anger showing.


    "Fine then... be that way. When I have you screaming for mercy under both my knives and my cock, I''ll point back to this memory fondly, Dogkin. Maybe if you pleasure me well enough, as well as some of my sisters, we''ll let you keep your limbs as youy our eggs... However, if I kill you here and now, no one would know, Dogkin. My spear thirsts for blood, and one wrong slip-"


    Another loud crack echoed around the area as the Lamia thrust her spear into a cluster of roots, splintering them so she could inspect the insides.


    "Would mean your death, Dogkin. So,e on out...e on out before my spear slips and skewers your pretty little skull. I would hate to kill you, but at this point... I''m getting rather IRATE!"


    Snarling, she speared another section of roots, this once closer, only to hiss in annoyance as the familiar voice of Erika returned.


    "What the fuck are you doing, Selessei?! What if you kill her?! We need her alive for breeding!"


    Hissing at the Pantherkin, the Lamia - who I now knew as Selessei - growled "Then help me search through these damn roots, you stupid cat! Finally realize that I was right?!"


    "Shut up! My theory was valid too, Selessei!"


    "Was it?!"


    The two returned to arguing, but I heard another section of the roots shatter as they began to tear the ce apart.


    Oh, what the hell am I meant to do now?!


    "Hey, I''ll let you take her back; an apology for before, alright Selessei? But let me get a taste of her first? Come on, please?"


    Selessei let out a sigh as she opened another section of the roots, her search growing ever closer.


    "Fine... we can enjoy her together when we find her. I''ll bind her up so she can''t resist, then we can share her for a bit... it''s only noon, after all... I don''t need to be back to the tribe until dusk... Hear that, Dogkin~? It''s two on one now~!"


    She raised her voice at the end of her words, taunting me as she slithered around, her spear splintering open the topyer of roots with swiftness, while Erika checked inside.


    Gnawing on my lip, I didn''t like the chances that I had going forwards, but...


    I needed to do something before they found me.


    What awaited me under their ''ownership'' wasn''t pleasant, and I shuddered just thinking about what would happen.


    A small part of me was curious and wanted to be caught, but that small part of me was killed off quickly enough before it could grow.


    No, that wasn''t happening.


    I WAS escaping this, but... how?


    Do I make another run for it?


    Or can this ice cube I made fool them?<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Probably not, honestly...


    How fast could I run though when they''re both working together now?


    Cursing in my mind, I grit my teeth before freezing as a new voice entered the clearing, a deep, raspy voice that made me shiver.


    "What in the hells are you two doing here?"


    The splintering stopped, and silence descended around us all as the neer stomped into the clearing.


    I could feel the reverberations of their feet as they walked, uncaring of whether or not they left a trace behind.


    "M-Mirgraz?! O-Oh, we were j-just..!"


    "Just what, Selessei? You''re causing such a ruckus, you know. A dozen Geri wolves were racing towards this ce, though I must thank you for being idiots; I''ll be eating good tonight. So tell me; why are you destroying the root system of the great trees?"


    The Pantherkin and Lamia audibly gulped as they took a few steps back from the neer - Mirgraz - and Erika said "F-Fuck! Fine! There''s a Dogkin that entered the forest awhile ago, and she''s hiding somewhere under the roots! I think."


    "A Dogkin? You''re both causing this ruckus over a Dogkin? Why?"


    Hissing softly, Selessei said "She''s beautiful, Mirgraz. Plump too."


    "Oh, you want another breeder eh? I understand that... The harsh months just ended, and we''re all pent up. However..."


    Walking closer, the neer growled "That''s no excuse to act like imbeciles, especially not with the various monsters awakening inside the forest. Did you try and speak to the Dogkin? Negotiate with her for something? And I mean negotiate properly, not coerce and threaten her into being your toys..."


    The quiet around the clearing felt heavy, and the neer chuckled as she said "Of course not. Not very bright, are you? Everything''s got a price, especially in a ce like this. Are you sure she''s still here, Selessei?"


    "Y-Yes, Mirgraz. She... hid herself away after we had chased her for a few hours... quick little thing, that Dogkin. Erika checked to see if she might have doubled back, but found nothing, and I''ve been checking here..."


    "Hmm... Well, let''s see then... maybe..."


    My eyes widened in shock as arge, blue skinned hand reached down and ripped the roots above me away, before it shattered the ice I had been hiding in and grabbed me, yanking me out.


    "Well... would you look at that~! You were right, Selessei... she was here."


    I froze as the raspy voice washed over me, and I shuddered as a smirking blue faced woman stared back at me, her eyes ocean blue and filled with mirth.


    A single horn sprouted from her brow, and her long raven ck hair was pulled into a braid that wasden with bones, much like Selessei''s hair was.


    Around seven feet tall, the blue skinned woman grinned at me as she looked me over, her arms rippling with muscle as she held me with one hand, only to chuckle as I tried to cut at her arm.


    "Oh, a feisty one as well~! But..."


    Her grin faded, and I shivered as a familiar glint entered her eyes as she clenched her hand around my throat.


    My de had scored a small gash in her water imbued skin, and the wound disappeared in mere moments.


    "Bad dog."


    She narrowed her eyes at me, and for a brief moment the image of Jahi ovepped with this woman, their simr statures, attitudes, emotions, voice... it all ovepped, and I felt my body go limp in that moment, unsure of what to do.