Lucian. So that was my protector's name. I swallowed my pride and wiped away my tears, placing my back against the cement wall. "I just want to go home. I miss my dad," I said.
From below, I heard one of the cages open slowly. "Kahn, stay put. I will be back for you."
"What are you doing? He will kill you next time," Kahn hissed.
Lucian ignored his brother's pleas and walked slowly up the stairs. When he got to the foot of my door, I saw the shadows of his feet. I heard his hands against the door, and then he told me something I never wanted to hear. "You will never return to the land which you love," he said. "We must leave. Together."
"No…" The tears stung my eyes, and I felt frantic and lost, hopeless and destitute.
"I will take care of you,” he said.
"Oh, God, no," I cried.
He punched through the thick wood of the door, ripping the frame back and onto the ground. Walking inside the small and cramped storeroom, he stood above me like a giant version of some sort of twisted spirit. I ran forward, but he quickly caught me in his arms, coiling around me to calm my movements. I screamed, but his hand shut me up.
He didn't say a word, but he carried me down the stairs, lowering me onto the floor when he got to the last step. He turned and opened Kahn's cage. That was when I saw how hurt Lucian was. He had taken care of his bullet wound, but that was the least of his worries. His back was a mangled mess of skin and exposed muscle. It was horrible.
"Your father did this to you?" I asked.
He nodded but remained silent.
"But… why?" I asked.
"We are his tragedies," Kahn grunted.
Lucian sighed, hands clenching at the mention. His muscles bulged, and for the second time, I saw him as someone handsome. My emotional state was not to be trusted. "You were right about us. We are impure. We are earth's evil," he said.
"Brother…" Kahn muttered, but fell short.
"Enough of this talk. These are the last days of punishment," Lucian said, kneeling before me. "I will end my father, end the Great Divide, and ruin Earth. All humans must die."
Kahn stood and growled. "You touch Father, and I'll end you myself."
"Stop it!" I yelled. "Please. I'm begging you. I can't take it anymore."
Their faces were menacing, and it was hard to gaze at them for more than a quick second. Still, the emotion behind their eyes was there, and I started to forget about my situation.
I wondered how they came to be. Were they just like me? Impossible, right?
"He will be gone for the night, shacked away in the city," Lucian said. "He goes there almost every night."
"You don't know that," Kahn urged. "He could be back any minute. Put her back where she belongs."
I looked around the basement and tried to find a way out. My fate seemed out of my control, but there was one thing I could do.
Hesitantly, I reached out and touched Lucian's abdomen, swallowing hard. I felt dizzy and confused. Fear had taken over, but I knew this was the only way. "Wait," I said. "There's something I can give you, in exchange for my freedom."
I couldn't believe I was about to do what I was about to do, but when trapped in a death zone, anything must be done to survive.
We are survivors. The only ones built to last…
A single tear rolled from my eyes, but I prayed he didn't see my dismay.
I lowered my hands down. Each ripple of impossibly strong muscle took me by surprise. I felt something inside of me change as a natural heat swept through my core. I wanted to be held and protected, taken and controlled. I yearned to have what I wasn't allowed to have.
Love, lust, and passion were all things a woman craved, but I never thought it would happen on the other side of the Great Divide.
I touched the top of his pants, clenching my fingers around the silver zipper. Slowly, I pulled it down, and his cock nudged out, a massive piece of flesh rising in front of my face. He tilted his head back and let out a deep moan. It grew harder and harder until it pointed directly at my lips. "You know what I need," he moaned.