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Looking around at the so called habitat of this race called the Cflen. Primitive and so simplistic! No real weapons, nothing that was a real threat to him? Dahhan was not relaxing his guard. There might be weapons that could injure him or kill him that he was not aware of?
Mostly females, a few wiry puny insignificant males? So far, so good. The real pleasure lay in sensing their fear.
Their apprehension which was of course perfectly normal with such a stranger in their midst?
On approaching the steps leading into the underground section he saw a lot of Cflen retreat down them. Arvania was pushed to step down them as he followed behind her, staying close to her and making her a virtual shield, in case any of them attacked or posed a threat on entering this place.
Stepping off the last step, he looked to see a large communal area with at least a hundred or so of the Cflen. Open and not boxed in, he could relax. Shoving Arvania to one side, she slumped down. Two females rushed forwards to take hold of her, another grabbed a gown, to wrap her in.
Watching Dahhan, Loki moved forwards to bow! He noted her mannerism towards him was different from some of the others. They may have been hesistant, fearful, even hostile? She was humble before him, subservient? Welcoming him?
Taking her aside, he talked to her. They were being watched by the other Cflen. Dahhan by the time he had finished, knew all he needed to know. Far more than Arvania had ever told him! Telling Loki to follow him as he made his way across the chamber to a section where his next victim could be found.
Esleha had seen him before he had seen her, she had also seen the marks on Arvania all too clear the bruises! the swellings the terror and fear in her eyes? Why was it she knew, knew all too well what had happened. Had Tolgani opened her eyes to the true as he called it ‘Nature of this BEAST? She watched as Loki moved into greet Dahhan bowing to him, telling him they were honoured to have him amongst them. Who was she to speak for her people?!
Was she surprised at how Loki had acted? No! She, had long been one who stirred up trouble. Frequently dominated others, intimidating them, forcing them to do as she told them? Liking control over others? Domineering. The one thing she wanted most of all was out of her reach, she was not born of the Royal Seed, she could aspire to be, a Queen, to rule the people, in her dreams. Reality would never see that happen!
Loki knew as did alll of the Cflen. Esleha held the real power. Their Queen. What she, Loki; desired most of all? Dare she even think on such thoughts as were upon her senses? What this creature had done to Arvania? Pleasured himself! Strong, forceful, intelligent and the means for her, sacrificing herself to him, to take what he had to offer to get HER what she wanted?
The way his eyes had wandered over her body. His hands lingering on it. Squeezing, feeling, wanting? She had let his fingers explore her. Made it clear she was his, his to do whatever he wanted with her so long as she, got what she rewarded? THE power she desired most of all - that of being Queen, of being the one, they bowed to, obeyed without question! HIS Queen?
Dahhan had suddenly felt the flush of realizing what she had said, meant he would be KING? Ruler of these primitives! The more he thought about it, the more she hinted and intimated, that it COULD be such! Why not?! All that stood in his way was some hag who he would soon make it clear, was about to be usurped!
Dahhan moved towards Esleha, to be blocked by two females carrying sticks? Spears? He looked at them, turned hiss at Loki who now told them to step aside! It was clear they were not taking orders from her. Contempt on their faces? Esleha stared at him. “I have seen what you did to Arvania. My daughter was no threat to you! Your actions nothing less than what I was told it would be, EVIL. Designed to intimidate to make us FEAR you?
I sense that you think us primitives?” She was echoing his thoughts, had she read his mind? “You are the one who is primitive! Less than some of the animals we feed on.“ Dahhan was enraged, he screamed at Loki telling her to order the guards to step aside or face his wrath.
Esleha now glared at her. "What gives you, one of the lower caste, the right to order my guards to do anything?” In the middle of Esleha’s head a small device glowed. Loki shrieked feeling a ripple of pain in her head. Her hands raised, gripping it, the pain that searing pain! She staggered back. Dahhan could see the look on her face and the expression of being in pain? The glow of that whatever the hell it was in the middle of this old hags forehead? Somehow it was connected with inflicting pain on Loki? Taking his weapon he took aim and fired.
Killing the two females with ease. They fell forwards to drop at his feet. He could have stunned them, but was to enraged to be reasonable in his choice of action. Now he had their undivided attention. He noted that look of arrogance on the face of the hag. 'I am royalty I am head of the Cflen you are nothing to me.' Look upon her face.
She was no Queen in his eyes, just another BITCH to be subjugated to be put in her place! In front of them all, he grabbed her, throwing her to the floor. His hand on her head, her body kept down by the force of his grip, as some went to move against him? Loki screamed at them to stay put! She made them more than aware of the weapon next to their Queen’s head?
Dahhan pulled an object from his pocket, a band of some bright metallic material placed onto the hags head. It glowed and from the neural pulsator unit, either side of her head, two lengths of the same spreading across her head to drill into her skull sending small like wires, strands that fastened into her brain.
She screamed, the terrible searing pain tore through her head rippling down her neck as her body shook, the screams dying away the pain easing? He stepped back, she seemed to recover then tried to get to her feet, unable to stand she slumped back. Staring at them all. Past him to look at her people.
The words came loud and clear. “Kill him!” Before any more words could leave her lips his fingers activated a remote device at his side. The thing on her head glowed as she felt the terrible pain ripple through her body again. She shook, convulsed as those moving towards him, stopped. The device on her forehead had glowed in response to the pain she was receiving? Her people could sense it, feel it.
He realized that inflicting pain on her caused them pain. How delightful was that?! So the Queen was somehow linked to her people, what she suffered, they experienced? He turned the device off. He turned to face them. “You are all my slaves! From now on if you want your Queen to live, you will do as I order you.“ Esleha, free of pain screamed at them, not to listen to him! Not to give into this evil! He triggered the device again. Her words replaced by screams of pain.
>They too felt her pain, shook with it, felt it ripple through them. She dropped to her knees, her wings wrapped around her. Dahhan was laughing. “On your knees before your new master! Your KING!” None moved except for Loki. To stand next to him, dropping to her knees.
One by one to Esleha’s horror, they dropped to their knees. He felt the flush of victory, the power pulsing through him. She sensed that, knew, he had won. The hopelessness of it all, the realisation that he was far more powerful, than they had ever seen, or contemplated. Her people could not bear to see her in so much pain, feel and know her pain, they knew hers was far worse, than they were experiencing.
Dahhan brought Loki to her feet. Made her stand at his side. "She" He made clear to them was to be his Queen.
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