In_Darkness_Dwells - Sex Stories

In_Darkness_Dwells

... it was like the world had frozen. The barman’s wife was still weeping in the corner, but Sam couldn’t hear her, for to him, all seemed silent. He had killed numerous men during the war, but this felt different from all of them. He didn’t feel weighed down by guilt, questions, or terror. He didn’t feel sin dripping from his hands like blood, and he took a shuddering breath, breathing the clear air as though he had just pulled off his gas mask in the trenches.

“It’s over.” He then grabbed Danut’s cold wrist and dragged him out of the room, with other guests hesitantly stepping out to see what was happening. Sam pulled the corpse outside into the middle of the street. “Everyone! It’s dead! The monster is dead!”

He repeated it in every language he knew, while all around him, candles were lit, and fearful villagers came out of their homes. Several were carrying weapons out of caution, and Volker and Sorine were among those gathering. Under the light of torches, the villagers looked upon the slain beast, gasping in both horror and relief. They nudged it with their feet and poked it with whatever they had in hand, making sure it was dead.

“Let me through, please!” Volker exclaimed, worming his way through the crowd until he could see the body up close. “My word,” he gasped.

Danut was nothing like what he was before the exorcism. His entire body appeared layered with an infected scar, rough with crusted tissue like tree bark, and leaking pus like it was sweat. His ...

... muscles and skeletal structure also appeared to be undergoing transformations as well. The jagged tips of bones had torn free of his flesh, growing too fast for his skin to cover them. His feet had grown longer, letting him stand with his heels off the ground, and his toes and fingers were growing claws in place of nails. His cheeks were torn like a horrific smile, and he had a vertical wound going down the middle of his face as if he had been slashed with a sword. His mouth was slightly open, showing that the middle two teeth on his upper and lower jaw had extended and sharpened.

“Volker, I’d be very interested to know what I’m looking at here,” said Sam.

“I… I honestly have no idea. I’ve never seen anything like this. This is…”

“Monstrous,” Sorine muttered.

The mayor stepped forward and grimaced as he looked at the body. “Everyone, gather wood and oil. We’re going to burn this thing tonight, until not even bones remain. The sun shall shine on a valley freed of evil.” Everyone began to cheer and pray to God to voice their gratitude, and the mayor turned to Sam and shook his hand. “This town and I owe you a debt that can never be repaid. You’ve saved us all, and freed us from the oppression of terror. May God smile upon you always, just as he smiled upon you tonight.”

“Thank you, I just wish I could have saved the barkeeper.”

“You’ve saved the town, no more can be asked of you than—”

The mayor was cut off as he fell to the ground. A fearful scream silenced the ...