I wasn’t afraid anymore, but I sure as hell wasn’t going to go out without a fight.

The monsters eyes only glowed brighter at my words and she moved close once again.

I jerked away from her as much as I could.

She reached out and her claws pressed into the bare flesh of my hips.

As she leaned in to my ear, my head went dizzy.

“You smell even better when you’re so angry, little one,” she growled, “**** it’s so hard not to devour you.”

I opened my mouth to swear at her, but what came out instead surprised me.

“Then do it.” My voice was almost a whine.

Her claws pressed into me harder, stinging at the very edges of pain, and I shivered.

“If you want to kill me, devour me, why don’t you just do it?” I asked.

I watched as her pink tongue, long and slightly pointed at the end eased out and licked at her sharp teeth. Mesmerized for a moment as I watched it, for a brief second wondering just how sharp her teeth were. If they would cut me with just a simple touch, or how much pressure would need to be applied.