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There he
was, arms like hanger steak padded on to bone, all gristle and muscle with
snakes of throbbing veins warning of the tempest of blood that rushes to his
hands gripping the ragged old fan belt he had hanging on his grease stained garage
filled with rotting hamburger bits and dried cum. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;He was pacing, forehead tight and wrought with
overworked veins, beads of sweat desperately trying to cool a mind filled with
rage. Jaw tight and flexed, hiding gnashing teeth and a tongue searching for
the answer to life’s questions in the inside of his mouth: frantic, panicked. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
“Why,why,
why?” He kept asking the chair, the table, the beat up cheap plastic chandelier
and fan combo barely able to turn, much less provide ventilation, as if it too,
was cutting through the tension of the air.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
He kept
pacing, playing with the plastic belt, slack and tension dancing an all too
familiar dance. His head was swiveling up and down, left to right, exploring
all three dimensions of the air around it. Incensed by this, he wraps the fan
belt around his head, from the top down to his chin, like a little oily, 5 o’clock
bearded little Bo Peep. Then he started tugging, the sharp and ragged edges of
the belt streaking red on his bare scalp and turning the sides of his head into
its own personal railway.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
“Mmm… hmm…
urhmm,” was all that she could muster, lying slack at the corner of the little
apartment. Her flimsy dress worn thin by years of hand washing was now soaking
up the grime and month old piss that she sat on. She was wringing the front of
her dress to a tight little ball wet with sweat and tears. The straps were
taught with the effort of keeping the dress in one piece, digging into her shoulder
blades which were colored like a two-day old eggplant: mostly violet, with a
splash of green and mottled veins.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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“You’re
making me do this, you bitch,” He whispered. “I told you to wash the dishes after
you washed the clothes, but what do I come home to?” His voice trembling,
rising like the sea, crashing in a scream, “A sink filled with filthy dishes!” &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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If you were
there, you would have sworn it was not a person he was castigating, but a stray
cat, too frail from countless nights in the rain, eating only what the gravel,
and other strong vermin, left for it to eat. All you could hear were quiet
whimpers and labored breathing, as if the tension in the air made it more
difficult to breathe, clawing at her trachea, drowning her in fear.&lt;/div&gt;
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In a split
second, the fan belt was slashing through the air, like bloody thunder crashing
into her cheek, reopening a wound two weeks old that never got to heal because
of the constant kind open palm slaps. A foul smelling mix of blood and clear
fluid drained out of the wound, now two fresh channels of exposed flesh, the
new path starting as white snow, only to perspire beet colored blood.&lt;/div&gt;
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“You’re
making me do this!” He screamed as he cocked back for another blow. “You should
listen! Everything I tell you is simple! Are you really that dumb?” He belts
out as he lashes once more. Aiming for her legs, which have countless scars in
different states of healing, making her once creamy skin look like an archipelago
of long, keloidal mountain ranges, fresh new wounds, a kaleidoscope of bruises
and smaller islands of dried, caking scabs.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Lash, after
lash, after lash. Like a familiar love song she hears on the radio when the DJ
plays old classics in the dead time of the afternoon, she knew the beat, rhythm
and rhyme of this activity. He got like this every time he felt guilty of
something, lately, it’s that whore dispatcher from the job he has on the new construction
site. His twelfth job this year. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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She isn’t
stupid. In fact, when they first got together, people frowned upon her decision
to hitch her blooming office career to his down and forgotten star. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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But from the
first moment they kissed, she knew, she knew deep down, that she had to have
him. That she’d face hell and high water to be with him. He needed a part of
him. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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A part of
him.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Just a
little part of him.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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And that’s
what she got. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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As he was
lashing him, a steady, perfected process that is second nature to him, she
tripped him, and let him fall to the shearing scissors she was hiding. The
scissors were those you would normally see in sweat shops; big, solid that
makes short work of thin leather. As he fell forward, the scissors punctured
the top center part of his abdomen, piercing the lungs and heart in an upward
angle.&lt;/div&gt;
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She held her
tight in a soft, calming embrace, running her free hand through his hair,
staring deeply into his fading eyes, listening as you would an old classic, for
his last dying breaths… and she kissed him. Deeply, as though she wanted his
life to be transferred to her body through one kiss. &lt;/div&gt;
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“I’ve loved
you, ever since I met you. I know I never could survive without you,” she
whispered lovingly as she turned the scissors around, warm blood sputtering
from the gaping hole she’s created, the resistance of his innards a feeling in
her hands that reminded her of mixing together a nice dough for sourbread. “I
could have taken the beatings, in fact, I have. I loved the pain, and the
pleasure we share afterwards,” the life was leaving him now, fleeting
electrical impulses sent out by a panicking body the only thing keeping him
alive. “Don’t die on me, not just yet,” she said as she forced him to look at
her. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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“But you
should’ve known… I never liked to share.”&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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And with
that, she lost the love of her life.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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But she
knew, that she still couldn’t live without him. That she wanted, nay, needed a
part of him to survive… just a little part.&lt;/div&gt;
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---&lt;/div&gt;
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“Damn,
McGregor, I’ve seen some crimes of passion, but not like this,” said the grizzled
detective to his youngish partner.&lt;/div&gt;
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“The perp
sure did a number on this fella, sir. Even forensics would have a hard time
piecing this guy back together.”&lt;/div&gt;
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Far into the
forest she walked. Dazed, hungry, thirsty, her feet proving to be no match for
the terrain of the woods. But she didn’t care, she was stroking him, his best
parts, tied to a string like a necklace, like a sick pendant, his severed dick
and balls.&lt;/div&gt;
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“I don’t
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
They love us
now. We have become, in this mercurial world of short attention spans and
effervescent attention whores, a glamorized, demystified, made-safe-for-public
consumption avatars, fads and trends that now find a gag-inducing cutesified
version of what we truly are. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
We have
become more like Hello Kitty, far removed from the feral truth of our
existence. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
We, the
supernaturals, made into t-shirt prints and mobile phone trinkets.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
How
disgusting. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
And to be
stacked with Zombies in this multi-truck highway collision, a confused amalgamation
of myths from different times, of stories told to scare children, tales spun to
explain things that go bump in the night. Stories of my kind.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
And so many
people re-imagine our existence. From scientific explanation of blood thirst,
to sentient beings brought about by the faith of men – how arrogant of them to
think that their faith can create Gods —to the sickly glittering mutants that splash
across the silver screen. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;So many mortal
minds have created alternate realities of what we are and how we came about.
History is chock-full of people who’ve flirted with the knowledge of who we
really are. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
Monsters. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
Abominations.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
There is no
class in the thirst for flesh.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
People think
that there are only vampires, werewolves, trolls, and all the other mythical
beings they were told of. People think that we have identities exclusive to the
countries they live in. That a vampire from Europe is different from the &lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;BrahmarākŞhasa, just because mortal eyes wanted to paint a different
picture of death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;But there’s nothing romantic about needing to rend flesh from human
bone. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;There’s nothing regal about wanting to taste the rich iron in human
blood trickle down your throat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;So much history, so many variations of what we are. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;They call us the devil’s minions. Or the wrath
of God. I wish it was that simple. Many mortals imagine covens, broods and
armies. Organized systems with distinct hierarchical foundations. They think we
can think and act like them. But how can you, when every waking moment is
governed by a need to feed. One thing is true, though, we were all humans once.
I was, many lifetimes ago. But that is but a distant memory. Now, my days are
spent thinking about how to feed this hunger, and nights are spent making the
plans reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I really don’t how I became like this. A monster. All I know is that I
wake up one night with a bite at the back of my neck, a small one that I
neglected. One that swelled with thick yellow pus, making my hair smell like
some sick man’s sickness left in a pan for weeks. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;Then, it started. I felt it first when I started staring at the fresh
meat in the market, excited by the still warm, quivering flesh of newly
slaughtered animals. The first time it really sunk in what when I first sank my
teeth into a fresh beef shank, excited and yet repulsed by the taste of
uncooked flesh. That was when I knew that I had fallen, and fallen deep. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I started with fowl first. I bought live chickens and ducks from
farmer’s markets. Only to rip their heads off with my bare teeth and suckle on
the thick, dark blood that spewed from the irregular cuts I had made with my
teeth. The satisfaction of taking a life sending electric currents down my
spine, turning my flaccid penis rock hard with excitement. Every hair in my
body stood up as I felt the last instinctive tremors in the birds’ body as life
left it and succumbed to my hunger. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;From then on, it was all instinct. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;There’s nothing beautiful about this hunger. There’s nothing romantic
about the need. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I’ve met creatures like me, stalking the night for prey. People with
eyes that shift endlessly, the hunger gnawing at them each second it is not
satiated. They, with the anxious looks and downplayed attires, lounging in many
a derelict bar or hole in the wall joint, looking for the opportune time to
strike. I’ve never really talked to them, my brethren, nor have I had the
pleasure of meeting my maker, the one who turned me, not that I would like to.
The hunger is all encompassing. There were no other worthwhile activities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;My first encounter with human prey was anything but storybook like. I
figured, after having an extremely hard and messy time with a small pig, that animals
are simply not worthy prey. So instead, I commissioned a high end prostitute,
because they always put a premium on being discreet. I told her I had “special”
needs. All she did was smile at me and tell me that at the right price, there
was no need she could not whet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;How wrong she was. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I told her that I was into bondage, she set a price and we agreed. She
was hesitant to go to my house, she said we can fulfill my desires in a good
motel room. I told her all of my toys were at home. I threw more money at her,
and she complied. When we arrived home, she showered and I prepared my things.
I read many books in sadomasochism and bondage, so I knew what was acceptable.
I play characters pretty well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;She came out of the shower, breasts taught with excitement, hair
trickling with water, but most importantly, her body was stripped of all the
perfume, powder and other gunk they put on themselves. She smelled fresh. She
smelled of excitement, of sex, or at least the anticipation of it. She smelled
like this was something she’s always wanted to do. She whipped off the small towel
enveloping her and her cunt was wet, almost dripping with the viscous liquid of
need. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;But I had a very different need in mind. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;She pushed me to the bed and started to undress me. Wildly, like a
beast that wanted to play rough with her prey before devouring it. She bit my
ears and ripped my shirt off. She unbuckled my belt and hit me with it, the end
tip of the best whipped right across my left cheek. I felt it, but strangely,
it didn’t hurt. It felt good. The blood rushing to my cheeks felt right,
awesome, even. Seeing this, she was worked into a frenzy even more. She pushed
me so that I lay flat on the bed, and then put her sweating cunt right on my
face. Like a boy given a lollipop, I devoured her, licking and slurping,
gnawing on the many bits and pieces, knowing that, in a few minutes, this
tasting menu of flesh will offer up its blood spattered piece de resistance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;Her back arched with the wracking of pleasure and she deftly turned
and enveloped my phallus with her mouth. Expertly, like the professional that
she was, she tried to get me excited. Her tongue flicked like a lizards,
exploring nooks and crannies that were all too familiar to her, the pleasure
points she was sure would get any man excited. She sucked, licked, gently bit
and toyed with my penis but there was no stirring in mu loins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;“What’s a girl to do to get you hard?” she whispered to the top of my
prick.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I flipped her so that she was facing me and forcefully, flipped her
again so that I was on top of her. Then bit her lip, just enough so that it
bled. She whimpered in a mixture of pleasure and pain as we fell into a deep
kiss. The blood that was flowing from the small wound brought blood rushing to
my penis, and she noticed this, caressing my testicles and shaft while her
tongue explored my mouth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I strapped her on the waiting leather bonds that were tied to the
bedposts, noting the she bit her lip each time I tightened the bonds, winced in
appreciative pain when I strapped them on tightly, not wanting her to suddenly
slip. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;She was so aroused that her vagina was oozing, and I sipped her juice like
you would an aperitif. I slipped the gag ball onto her mouth and saw her eyes
turn into mischievous little slits. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I took a moment to look at her: pliant and willing, not like an animal
whose survival instincts tell it to never get into a situation where it is
powerless. I thought, is this the mark of higher intelligence? Overcoming your
instincts because you live in a world where survival of the fittest is an
obsolete concept?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;I dove into her cunt again, now with more biting and force. She
enjoyed it at first, her body gyrating to the waves of pleasure and pain. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;Then, I really bit. I tore her labia apart and her muffled screams,
coupled with the oozing blood were an sensory overload of pleasure, as she thrashed
and tried to break free, in one instant realizing that the game I wanted in
mind was far from the sensual pleasures she was so used to giving and
receiving. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;As I was drinking her blood, I chew on the fleshy labia I tore away
from her cunt, it was nothing like the raw meat and fresh fowl that I had
before, it was a supremely different experience. When I had it down, and the
bleeding cunt was slowing down, I went down further her thighs and gnawed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;It isn’t like our teeth was made to rip through flesh. Even a tough
piece of beef will prove a worthy opponent to our measly incisors. I guess I
still was evolving, becoming a monster, but just not there yet. So I bit off as
much as I can, chewing the fat and muscle, enjoying the warmth that emanated
from her. With every bite, her thrashings grew stronger. Trembling, she tried to
fight, but it was too late.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;Then I hit the jackpot. I hit her femoral artery, and a river of
blood, dammed by flesh and skin, came rushing towards me, and I sucked hard.
Ecstasy overcome my body, I came, my seed trickling from my prick down to the
satin sheets that was my dinner plate. I chewed on her luscious thigh muscles
as the life left her, reduced to electric impulses, her body was no more like
the chickens that I had before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;But her taste. How can I describe such a primal pleasure? From the
soft muscles of her thigh I partook in the most ethereal meat, forcing sinew to
break and feasting on crimson red meat that satiated the hunger for a while. Her
cheeks, breasts and abdomen proved to be the tastiest morsels: soft and laden
with fat, they offered less resistance once I chewed off the flesh. I bit down
on her lower lip and tugged, a different texture yet again, more collagen, like
a bloody and meaty piece of pudding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;st&quot;&gt;After feeding, it was as if the sky opened and hundreds of seraphs
floated down from the heavens to serenade me. It was pleasure beyond reckoning.
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