The Basilisk Princess

by Rozie Marshall

  I began to feel guilty about everything these three had given up just for the sake of peace in the Kingdoms. Did I really have the right to run away when they had sacrificed so much? Not counting Zugo, and the possibility that he may have given up his freedom entirely to sign that Treaty.

  “You can go. I’ll be up later. I’m going to walk outside in the courtyard.” I stood and Emot stood with me. He didn’t say anything, but I knew he was watching me as I walked away. I rounded the stairs until I reached the main hall; the guards opened the door to the courtyard as I approached. I wasn’t used to all the pomp and ceremony around this place and it was beginning to grate on my nerves.

  The night air was cool against my face, and I couldn’t help the sigh of relief at being alone. My thoughts raced in all directions. The kiss I shared with Kai. Being thrown into the Kingdom I really knew nothing about, and was expected to rule. The Treaty that signed my life away to four men I had never met. My mother’s fate; was she alive or dead? My father; was he still in the Earthly realm or had he somehow made it back? Zugo; if he even still existed and if Viper could find him. Emot and Sic; everything about them had me questioning my life.

  I was walking along the parapet wall as my mind turned over all these things. And then there was Sam. I realized I was crying when I reached the corner of the outer wall and the landscape before me was blurry.

  I heard a soft giggle off to my right and swiped away tears just as General Thuzo and Sage rounded the corner. “Oh, Your Majesty, so sorry to disturb you,” Thuzo’s voice was soft, as he tried to pull Sage back around the corner. Sage stopped him and whispered something and then he nodded and walked off.

  “Your Majesty? Is everything alright?” Sage asked, as she stepped closer. Maybe if I had someone to talk to, I would feel better. Before I knew what came over me, I was spilling everything that had happened in the last several days, even going so far as to tell her about Sam, the guys. I didn’t mean to spill it all, it just tumbled out, and by the time I was finished I was bawling again.

  Sage hugged me close and rubbed my back while I cried it out on her shoulder. “No wonder you’re so distracted. I would be too if my life had been upended like that. But I can tell you, Kai, Sicrin, and Emot are good men. They love their Kingdoms and have helped so many in need, without ever being asked.” She circled her hand over my shoulders the way a mother would to her own child. “My humble opinion, for what it’s worth. I think you should give them a chance, at least get to know them before you make any decisions about going back. I also know that if your mother is still alive, she would tell you the same thing. If she is alive, I can feel that she is trying to get back to you.” My tears had stopped, and I realized she was a voice of reason I had needed.

  “Thank you, Sage and I’m sorry for ruining your date night.” I smiled and wiped the last of the tears away.

  “Thuzo and I have many years ahead of us, with date nights aplenty. You are our Queen, and we both want to see you happy. All of Lasina wants you to be happy, because it means that we have finally achieved unity.” She smiled at me and then asked, “Do you want me to walk with you back inside?”

  I shook my head no and said. “I’m going to stay here a bit longer. You go be with Thuzo, and thank you, Sage.”

  “Have a wonderful night, Your Majesty.” She remarked before walking off towards the lower courtyard. I watched as Thuzo embraced her when she reached him, and then they walked towards the outbuildings.

  I looked up at the deep purple sky and took a deep breath. I would do as she suggested and try to get to know the guys and Lasina. My mother would have wanted that, and if she was dead, I would honor her memory this way, at least.

  The sound of dripping water was all I could hear in the pitch-black darkness. No light permeated the dungeon as I slumped against the wall in my chains. Chains that had kept my basilisk locked away for ten whole years. The day after I signed the Treaty, Vago had my family killed and I was placed into this cell. I knew deep down he couldn't kill me, or the terms of the Treaty would allow another to take my place, but after years in captivity I had lost all hope of freedom.

  I sat silently, contemplating the ways I could hurry my death along, when a new sound began to reach my ears. The sound of sandpaper grating against itself was deafening in the silence surrounding me. My dark adjusted eyes barely made out the snake slithering through the bars of my cell, and I welcomed the bite it could give.

  Instead of the strike I hoped would come the snake transformed into a woman barely visible in the dark. "Are you Zugo, the Duke?" the woman standing before me whispered close to my face, as it hung limply against my chest.

  "I used to be, but that was a very long time ago. Now I am just seeking death," I whispered back.

  She began to reach for my wrists, and I began to hear metal scraping as she did something to the cuffs. After several moments, I heard a click and felt my wrist slide free of the metal that had bound it tight. She moved to the other side and began to repeat the process. Once I was free, my basilisk screamed to life and I shifted unwillingly in the too small of a space.

  "Hey buddy, you're crushing me into the wall. Mind shifting back?" the small woman's voice sounded strained, as my basilisk began to slowly recede into my human form. She gasped for breath and grumbled about big snakes, before saying a grudging 'thanks'.

  I turned swiftly and grabbed her by the throat, pinning her to the wall. "Who are you, and why are you here?"

  She held up her arms in a gesture of peace, but I still didn't release her. I squeezed just enough to get her to speak and she hissed, "My name is Viper, the Queen sent me to find you. So, found you I did. Now I'm going to get you out of here and at least to a safe house until they can come rescue you." I stopped squeezing and dropped her to the floor, again my energy spent.

  "What Queen? Clara?" I asked, as she adjusted her clothing and began walking towards the cell door. She began working a set of tools into the lock and focused on her task.

  I heard the click of the lock and then she answered my question. "No, the Queen of Lasina sent me. Your mate, I believe." She swung the door open and looked around the hall. "It's clear, let's go."

  She worked her way down the hall, making several turns until we reached an area with low light and I had to shield my eyes at the brightness. I saw half a dozen bodies around the floor as my eyes slowly began to adjust to the low light. She grabbed my hand and pulled. "We don't have much time before the changing of the guards, and they find this mess. Let's go." She swung open another door and the smell of fresh air blasted my face.

  We ran out into the night and I felt tears sting my eyes as the implications of my freedom fully hit home. She kept running until we hit the tree line and I dropped to the ground shifting to rub my scales against cool dirt and rough rock for the first time in ten years. "I'm free," I whispered into the dark, as I watched her shift into a saw scaled viper. She slithered farther into the forest and hissed. I followed her until we reached a stream with a little cottage tucked into the side of a hill.

  Viper shifted swiftly and pounded on the door. It opened just a crack and an identical young woman whispered something I couldn't hear, before the door was swung wide and Viper looked at me to shift. I shifted back and walked into the one room cottage. The smell of fresh meat and food had my empty stomach aching.

  The young woman placed a large bowl of stew down at the table and I attacked it the way a hellhound would attack a leprechaun. They continued to whisper as I shoveled food in as fast as possible, not even bothering to chew. Viper walked over and placed a hand on my shoulder. "You will be safe here until I can get a rescue team together. Try not to hurt my sister. Cobra will see that you have plenty of food and a place to sleep."

  With those words she walked back out the door and left me with this 'Cobra' woman. I heard a lock fall into place and then she slid into the seat across from me. "Would you like a bath? I can have one ready for you shortly." The idea of cleaning years of grime of
f my body sounded heavenly so I nodded while I continued to eat.

  Cobra stood and walked into a room, I heard the sound of running water, and then she walked back out to the table. "Why don't you take a break on the food, so you don't get sick, and you can get washed up." She pulled the almost empty bowl away and pulled me to stand. She led me into the bathroom and helped me step into the tub. I hadn't even realized that my clothes had disintegrated years ago.

  I sat in the steaming water and sighed as the heat worked its way into my bones. She sat on a stool and helped me wash my hair and back. It was the first real contact I had had with anything in ten long years, and I couldn't help the way my body reacted to her touch. My cocks hardened at the thought of feeling a woman for the first time, and I rushed to cover them, only to hear her soft laugh.

  "I'm a prostitute Zugo, there is no need to cover what I see more frequently than you do." Her hands trailed over my chest and then were wrapping around the base of both my cocks. She squeezed them together and began stroking me. I couldn't hold back the groan as pleasure began to run away with my senses. Her soap coated hands slid in a steady rhythm until I was gripping the side of the tub. I moaned as my release spread through me, relaxing me even more.

  Cobra used water to rinse my cum off, and the soap that still coated my body, before helping me stand. "I won’t have sex with you, if only because you're mated to the future Queen, but I will gladly help you in any way I can. Now, after you dry off, come sit by the fire and have some more stew. We need to get you back to full strength.”

  Several days had passed since Viper left on her mission when she arrived back at the castle. I just walked in from the courtyard and was about to get ready for bed when I heard her distinctive slither. Chills raced up my spine as she entered the main rooms. She shifted in the main room before knocking on my door then walking through the opening. "I have found Zugo and helped him escape from the dungeons he was held captive in," she blurted as soon as she was through the door. "He is currently in a safe house with my sister."

  My basilisk hissed at the thought of him with another woman, but I had never met him so why did I care? I pushed my basilisk down some and she began to talk some more. “He was being harnessed by magic cuffs that wouldn’t allow him to shift or escape. He’s very weak at the moment but should recover. My sister is an amazing healer, when she’s not busy with a client.”

  Her words raced by me and I realized the guys needed to hear this. I ran to Kai’s door, not bothering to knock, and opened it wide. Just as the door hit the wall, I saw Sic and Emot on their knees, each one bobbing on one of Kai’s cocks. I had totally forgotten they were in there and the sight had me blushing, while my basilisk hummed her appreciation. I couldn't look away from both men as they worked in a rhythm of one on, one off. Kai’s hands were fisted into their hair and his head was thrown back. Viper stood next to me in the doorway. “Well now, I could watch this all night.”

  Kai’s head pulled forward at Viper’s words and his eyes locked with mine. His face a picture of ecstasy, as he groaned his release. I couldn’t help but shift from side to side as I realized how turned on I was by watching them. Just rubbing my thighs together had my basilisk scales rising to the surface of my body. Viper hummed her own appreciation as Emot and Sic stood. Kai quickly tucked both his cocks away and then was walking toward the door.

  He pulled me into the room and then shut the door in Viper's face. "I'm sorry Maisie, you shouldn't have had to see that. You also shouldn't be shamed in front of Viper like that. Can you forgive us?" He truly looked worried about my reaction.

  Sic slid closer and flicked his snake tongue out. His eyes darkened before he spoke softly, "Can't you smell how wet she is Kai? Watching us turns her on. But that isn't why she interrupted, is it?"

  I couldn't look away from Kai, worrying my lower lip, and trying to rein in my basilisk who was fighting for freedom with what she wanted as hers. "Viper found Zugo," was all my tongue-tied self could manage. Emot sped past us and opened the door again, walking into my bedroom.

  "You found him, where, and how can we get him out." Sic and Kai followed as Emot began throwing questions at Viper, and I just stood battling my basilisk back, so I didn't shift.

  "Slow your roll, sonny. He's safe. I was able to break him out of the dungeon, and he is currently with my sister recovering. She lives out in the forest, and only she and I know where the house is. He needs to gain some strength before we try to get him over the wall," she was brisk in her explanation, but the guys were still not satisfied.

  "Can we send a healer to him? Someone we can trust." Sic asked, while Viper's gaze swung my way.

  "I figure it will take a week for him to gain enough strength to be able to travel to the wall. It's only a two-hour hike from her house, but it's up the mountain on the far north side. Your rescue team will need to skirt the wall until you hit the sea, and then you will be close to where the meet up point needs to be." She ran through more details as the guys listened and her gaze swung to mine after answering all of their questions. "I believe, I've more than upheld my end of the bargain. Now for my payment," Her words softened, and she licked her lower lip.

  "You want her to pay up now?" Kai asked, as she smiled.

  "Most definitely. Call it motivation for me to want to continue to help your friend." She crooked her finger in my direction and I stepped forward some.

  "I've never been with a woman before," I confessed, and the guys all swung their gazes my way. I blushed under their scrutiny.

  "Don't worry, Your Majesty, all you need to do is lay back and enjoy." She circled behind me and whispered into my ear, "Maybe we should let the guys watch." She pushed me towards the bed, while the guys stood mesmerized. "Yes or No, Your Majesty?" I couldn't make a coherent sentence if I tried, so I just shook my head yes as if hypnotized.

  She spun me around so I was facing the door, I couldn't help but blush as I realized the guys would be able to see everything. I watched her movements closely as she grasped the hem of her shirt and pulled it up over her head, revealing her full breasts. She dropped her pants quickly, so she stood naked in front of me. Her lips descended on mine and my eyes slid shut to drown out everything but her.

  Viper's hand slid down to my waist and slowly inched my shirt up until she had to break our kiss to remove it altogether. I felt her mouth return to my lips briefly, before she kissed her way to my neck and began a heated descent towards my collarbone. I felt her hands flick the button of my pants and then she was pushing them down taking my panties with them.

  Her head dipped lower and I felt the heat of her breath on my nipple just before she sucked it into her mouth. I felt her tongue flick my nipple as she sucked, first one side and then the other. By the time I felt the cool air on my hardened peak, I was aching for more. I opened my eyes momentarily. "Climb up onto the bed but stay on your knees," was all she said, when I locked eyes with her.

  I crawled slowly to the center of the bed and felt her slide up behind me. "Turn around Your Majesty." I turned and got a quick glance at the guys all groaning as they watched Viper touch my skin. "Should we make them give us a show while I make you scream in pleasure?" her question was rhetorical, as she barked orders, "You wanna watch, strip." I could feel my pussy flood at her command, and all three began shedding clothes like they couldn't do it fast enough.

  She pulled my hand to her body and began to caress her own breasts with my fingers, while she trailed her other hand down towards my clit. I closed my eyes as her finger circled my clit once before trailing between my lips for the wetness there. Her nimble fingers worked their way between my folds briefly, then slid back to that bud of nerves, and she began in earnest. My fingers continued to explore her body until I was mimicking her movements as my own hand slid down to her core.

  Viper slapped my hand away and commanded, "Just feel, my Queen, let me worship you.” She began to sink her mouth lower capturing my nipple between her teeth and I couldn't hold back my moan.
She looked up my body and then whispered, "Watch them stroke themselves just for you." I couldn't help but look up at the guys and she had been right all three had cocks in hand, stroking away. "Just keep watching them, my Queen."

  My eyes were glued to all three as I felt her tongue dip into my navel before continuing further still. I gasped out loud as her mouth descended onto my core and her fingers began to slide deep into my body. Her hum of appreciation vibrated through me and my body began to tighten as she drew me closer to orgasming.

  I felt a tingle ripple across my legs and briefly glanced down to see that Viper has shifted into a very large python, her forked tongue still flicking my clit. Viper began to wind herself up my thigh and around my waist squeezing just enough to lift my breasts high. She draped herself over my shoulder to flick her tongue along my nipple just as I felt the tip of her tail enter my pussy. It felt so much better than I would have ever imagined a snake’s tail to feel. Her body flexed and relaxed as she began using her tail to fuck me. The guys all groaned as they watched my snake dressed body and they pumped themselves in time with Viper.

  She rolled her muscles along my clit sending shockwaves through my body as I got closer to sweet release. My basilisk purred her happiness and it came out of my mouth as a moan, and then I felt Viper curl her tail just a touch, and I broke. My screams of release had my eyes closing and my head falling back, while my body clamped around her tail. She continued to thrust harder and faster. The more I reacted the harder she fucked, until I was lost to nothing but sensation. She brought me to orgasm after orgasm without even giving me a moment to breath. The guys finished rapid fire while she had me overwhelmed by sensation.

  She slowly unwound before shifting back then I collapsed onto the bed. Viper slid up my body and kissed my lips one last time, tangling her tongue briefly with mine. I vaguely felt the bed dip as she slid off it, blissful sleep taking over.