Animalistic Desires

AHaCaS Part 5

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"Please!" Cried the princess. "If you have mercy on my father, I'll willingly be yours!"

"Mercy?" Replied the gargoyle king. "You want me to show him mercy?  The same kind of mercy that he showed my brothers?"

"You took my daughter against her will!"  Her father cried.

"I merely took what was mine!" The gargoyle king proclaimed in anger. "I took what you promised me!"

"What are you talking about?" The princes asked in confusion. "Father, what is he talking about?"

"You mean you didn't tell her?" The gargoyle king asked as he looked at the king.

"Tell me what?" Cried the princess.

"Your beloved father, your dear king." The gargoyle king replied in disgust. "Promised my brothers, and me, any virgin bride we desired in the kingdom. In exchange we would protect his precious kingdom from any, and all invaders. Apparently your father didn't care which peasant girls we selected. But he had decided that his own daughter was too good for us. However, that was not specified when we made our agreement, and by then it was too late. I had already fallen in love with you."

"Father!" The princess cried out in horror. "Please tell me that its not true!  Please tell me that you didn't offer up your female subjects as payment!"

As she looked at her father, she could see the tears that were welling up in his eyes. He then shut his eyes, and turned his head away from her. She knew at that moment, that her father had made such a horrific bargain.

"I'm sorry, my daughter." He replied. "Please forgive me, but I was desperate. The last battle against one of our neighboring kingdom, ten years ago, completely wiped out our reserves. We were able to to defend the kingdom, but the losses were too much. I had gotten wind that the kingdom, that we had beaten back a decade ago, was building their reinforcements. We wouldn't have stood a chance. I needed a way for us to defend ourselves. So I sought out the gargoyles. And even though it was the virgins of the kingdom that they wanted, I never dreamed he would asked for you."

"But I do want her!" Sneered the gargoyle king. "My brothers and I fought valiantly for you. And how did you repay us?  You joined forces with your former enemy. You worked together to destroy us. Since we fought for you against them, they hated us!  They had no qualms about joining forces with you to destroy us!  I am the last of my kind. My brothers have all died, and as a consequence, they have all turned to stone. But the arrow that you used to try and pierce my heart, miraculously missed by a few inches. And unlike man, a gargoyle can heal if he is not fatally wounded. The next time you try to silence an entire species, make sure you that you've destroyed all of them."

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"Are you hungry?" Gabriel asked. "It's five AM, but I think we both slept good ten hours."

"I guess I haven't eaten in awhile." Cali replied, as she nervously looked at the floor. He smiled at her, and then gently took her hand.

"Come." He said as he pulled her along with him. "I'll make us something to eat."

"You want to go downstairs like this?" She asked. He then looked at her and chuckled. With that he walked over to a chest of drawers, and pulled out a t-shirt and a pair of boxer shorts.

"Here." He said as he threw the boxer shorts at her. "You can put these on." As she caught them, she watched him put on the t-shirt. She hated to admit it, but he did have an impressive build. But he must have caught her looking.