The Adventures of the Jade Dragon

Episode 9

The Jade Dragon’s Return

Chapter 5 The Betrayal

Sun Lin’s usually placid face reflected her concern. She stood close to her superheroine companion Natassia Green, also known as Nova, and conversed in low tones. “They cannot be healed?” she asked.

Natassia shook her head, her midnight hair swirling about her face as she did so. “I have done all I can, but there is something about their injuries that defy the power of the Dragon’s Eye.”

“Suzi said they were attacked by a demon,” Sun Lin said. “Apparently injuries inflicted by such a creature can resist its healing powers.”

“They are in no danger,” Natassia said. “But their injuries will not heal. I fear that they may be incapacitated for some time.”

“What about Melissa?”

“Her injuries are different. I was able to partially heal her. It appears that she was beaten and then gang raped. It also seems that a considerable amount of alcohol was forced into her. It is a wonder that she was able to recover well enough to contact me.”

Sun Lin looked thoughtful. “I think we need help with this. I will go and see the Master.”

“Go then,” Natassia urged. “I can look after them well enough with the help of the girls.”

The term “Master” had only one meaning for Sun Lin and her companions. She went to the home of Zhou Jin, the ancient Chinese gentleman who had taken her into his home as a girl of fifteen and instructed her in the ways of a heroine. She thought of him as a beloved grandfather even though there was no blood relationship. Although Zhou no longer instructed Sun Lin and her companions in the ancient Chinese martial arts, he was possessed of knowledge far beyond the ordinary and she had often gone to him for advice as well as maintaining what amounted to a filial relationship.

She was admitted to his parlor, a room that had a special meaning for her as it had been the room to which she had been shown upon first entering Master Zhou’s home. The ancient Chinese master soon joined her and poured tea, an event that reminded her strongly of the first time they had met.

“Master,” she said after suitable pleasantries had been exchanged. “I need your help.”

Master Zhou listened quietly as she explained her problem and then spoke. “I have encountered the beast of which you speak. A demon is an insidious and powerful opponent. Unlike others you have fought such a creature is not motivated by thoughts of personal gain or the desire for power. It exists for one purpose and one purpose alone, to inflict pain on its victims. It feeds on pain, growing in strength through the suffering of others. It cannot be defeated by normal means.”

“Tell me, Master,” Sun Lin replied, “what must I do to save my friends and end this threat.”

Master Zhou told her and Sun Lin nodded her understanding. “Beware,” he told her before she left. “The demon is a most deadly opponent. He will not be easy to defeat. And your confrontation with him will be extremely dangerous. Take care or you too may become one of his victims. Remember, he has already defeated two of your strongest companions. Do not underestimate him.”

Melissa grunted in pain and opened her eyes. She wondered how long she had been asleep. The last thing she remembered was being settled in the back seat of Natassia’s car and being cradled in the arms of the Jade Dragon.

Her moan attracted immediate attention. “How are you feeling?” Huan Yue asked.

Melissa tried to sit up and then fell back. Sun Lin’s daughter moved to help her. Embarrassed by her weakness Melissa tried to shoo the girl away and then gave up when she realized how weak she really was.

Twin faces appeared in the doorway. “I’ll get mother,” Vala said while her sister Lari moved into the room. She was carrying a pitcher and a glass. Setting the glass by the bed she filled it. Melissa realized that she was very thirsty, but was too weak to pick up the glass. Frustrated she drank gratefully when Lari held it to her lips. A few seconds later Natassia strode into the room. She moved to the side of the bed and sat down.

“Can you talk?” she asked.

Melissa nodded. “I feel like hell,” she replied, “but my mouth still works.”

“Can you tell me what happened?” Natassia said. “Or is it too painful?”

Reluctantly Melissa nodded her agreement, but first she had a question of her own. “Where are Suzi and Solange?”

“They’re in another room. Like you they are pretty beaten up. The power of the Dragon’s Eye is not able to help them as it is not able to help you. I am hoping that you might be able to tell us something that will help.”

Melissa recounted her ordeal, humiliating as it was, especially with the three young women listening. She would have preferred they not hear about her degradation. When she had finished her tale, Natassia leaned forward and kissed her cheek. “You’ve done well, Scorpion. Few others would have been able to survive such an ordeal much less manage to escape”

Melissa lay back in the bed. The recitation had exhausted her. She needed to sleep, but before she did she made sure that Natassia understood something. “The frat boys, Natassia. I don’t want you going after them. I’ll be alright in a few days and then I’ll pay them a little visit.”

Natassia nodded. “I wouldn’t dream of it. You can deal with that scum anyway you want. I’ll be happy to provide backup if you need it.”

Melissa lay back and closed her eyes. Natassia was sort of a mother figure to her even though they were only three years apart in age. It had been Natassia who had given her a home when she had returned from China. At that time she had been a confused young women and Natassia had provided the stability and love that she had needed as well as introducing her to the world of the Jade Dragon. In some ways that first connection was still in spite of all the adventures they had had together.

Sun Lin sat with Natassia. They were alone. Huan Yue and Lari were keeping watch on the three recovering superheroines. They had spent the last hour discussing strategies for dealing with the demon, but couldn’t come up with anything more than simply waiting for him to strike again. “You might as well turn in,” Sun Lin said finally. “I’ll keep an eye on our patients. If I need you I’ll shout.”

Natassia nodded and headed off to bed. Sun Lin looked in on Suzi and Solange and told Lari to go to bed. Then she checked on Melissa and gave Huan Yue the same instructions. She then settled down to wait, a skill she had perfected over the years.

Nothing happened for several hours and then a slight sound brought her to her feet. Setting down the book she had been reading she moved silently in the direction of the sound. Turning into the main bedroom corridor she ran straight into Melissa.

“You shouldn’t be up. Not in your condition,” Sun Lin admonished.

“I’m feeling a lot better,” the tall heroine replied. “I thought I’d make myself a cup of tea. Care to join me?”

Sun Lin took a good look at Melissa. She did look better. Perhaps Natassia’s healing powers had worked after all. She nodded. “Yes, I’d like that.” A cup of tea would give her a chance to make sure that Melissa was really alright.

She escorted Melissa to the well appointed kitchen of Suzi’s palatial home and picked up the kettle. “No,” Melissa said. “Let me do it. I’ve been lying around too much. I can at least make tea and I know exactly how you like it.”

Sun Lin watched Melissa go through the tea-making ritual. During the seventeen years they had spent in the Mountain of Heaven Melissa had studied the art of tea-making and the result was well worth waiting for.

“Excellent,” Sun Lin smiled as she sipped at her tea from the tiny porcelain cup into which Melissa had poured the fragrant brew.

Melissa nodded. “I think I’ve finally perfected the art of tea-making,” she smiled. She slowly drained her cup and poured another.

Sun Lin too refilled her cup. “I’m going to have to congratulate Suzi on her choice of teas,” she said. “This is very special.”

Her companion nodded and drank silently. She watched with a slight smile on her lips as Sun Lin set her cup down and slowly toppled from her chair.

“That was well done,” the demon jeered. “Now you can add treachery to your list of crimes.”

Melissa did not reply. She didn’t have to. The demon knew her every thought. He had risen from her subconscious while she had slept and overwhelmed her mind. Completely under his evil presence, she had drugged Sun Lin’s tea. She now had the most powerful heroine in Metro City completely at her mercy.

“Now the others,” the demon remarked. “I think I will resume my acquaintance with the golden haired heroine and your daughter. We can leave the rest until later.”

Melissa had no choice. Lifting the Jade Dragon’s limp body she carried her to the room where Suzi and Solange were sleeping. It was a simple matter to make sure that both women were rendered harmless by giving them a drugged drink of water. Then she bound all three women and waited for the demon to transport them.

The transportation of the captured women took four trips, including the one that transported Suzi. It appeared that the demon’s powers were not unlimited, perhaps explaining why he had not ordered Melissa to attempt to capture Natassia and the other three girls in the house. She also detected another reason, a slight hint of fear every time the demon’s mind turned to Natassia. An image of the Dragon’s Eye flashed in his mind. It appeared that the mysterious gem and the superheroine who wielded it was something that he did not want to go up against.

That mattered little to Melissa, however, as she shackled her friends and her daughter in the dark vaults of the church. She secured the Jade Dragon first. The oriental heroine was not wearing her costume and Melissa did not bother to strip her, it would be so much more enjoyable to do it when she regained consciousness. She dealt with Suzi next and finally Solange.

Linking chains about the wrists and ankles of her own daughter was an incredibly painful experience. Although controlled by the demon, Melissa was fully conscious of her actions and her every act filled her with revulsion. She knew that immobilizing her friends and daughter was simply the first step. Rape and torture would certainly follow and she quailed at the thought that she might be forced to violate Solange. Unfortunately this was precisely the reaction the demon wanted.

“What is the matter, heroine? Are you not enjoying yourself? Think of how much fun it will be to hear your daughter scream with pain as you slice her breasts. And think of the look on the fade of the Jade Dragon as you watch her raped. It will be incredibly delicious to hear her beg for mercy as she is violated again and again.”

Melissa wanted to scream in protest, but the demon would not allow it. Instead he forced her to stand in front of the three women she had shackled as they slowly came to their senses.

The Jade Dragon awoke first. She stared dazedly at Melissa and then realized her predicament. “Melissa,” she gasped. “What is this? Why am I chained?” She wrenched at her chains, an action that sent shivers down Melissa’s spine.

“What is the matter with me,” Melissa thought. “Am I so perverted that I find capturing and binding my friends erotic?”

“This is so delicious,” the demon taunted. “Your true nature betrays you. I don’t even have to force you to cooperate. You do everything willingly. I shall not have to reveal my true form. Everything that is done to her will be carried out in your guise. It is your name she will cry out as she screams for mercy; it is you she will blame for the pain and humiliation inflicted upon her.”

“No,” Thought Melissa. “Don’t make me do this. Crowding into her brain was the terrible thought of what it would be like to be forced to inflict pain on her friends. And then there was the almost suffocating dread of what it would be like to have to face Solange.

The demon answered through Melissa’s mouth. “Humiliating isn’t it Jade Dragon? You were so easy to catch. You should learn not to be so trusting. Did you not learn anything during your years as a heroine?”

“I learned to trust my friends,” the Jade Dragon replied. “Why have you betrayed me?”

“You betrayed yourself with your own stupidity,” Melissa sneered. “Now you will pay the price for your foolhardiness.”

The Jade Dragon strained at her bonds again. Melissa had chained her identically to the way the demon had secured her when he had subjected her to the violent rape and torture. She was completely helpless and her efforts to escape had Melissa thoroughly aroused. She moved toward the heroine and stopped just a yard away.

“Torturing you is going to be incredibly exciting,” she said, “but first let’s get rid of that clothing.”

The Jade Dragon was dressed simply in a silk shirt and trousers patterned after those worn in China. It was both utilitarian and comfortable and quite enjoyable to remove.

The demon had provided the only tool Melissa needed, a knife with a razor edge. Melissa knew from harsh experience how frightening it was to be slowly undressed at the point of a knife. One slip, deliberate or otherwise and the blade could do more than just cut through cloth. She used the blade to snick off the ties and buttons of the silk blouse. The garment opened exposing the Jade Dragon’s perfect breasts.

The position of her arms over her head lifted the heroine’s pink-nippled breasts, displaying them erotically. Melissa could not resist the impulse of tracing their perfect curvature with the tip of her blade.

The Jade Dragon’s chest rose slowly as Melissa teased her breasts with the knife. A trickle of blood followed the tip of the blade as Melissa applied just enough pressure to penetrate the skin. She stopped with the needle point resting lightly against one erect nipple.

“Superb,” Melissa said. “It’s hard to believe that you suckled a child.”

“You too have given birth,” the Jade Dragon replied. “Have you forgotten that we shared that bond?”

“I remember that your stupidity got us captured and raped,” Melissa sneered. “It was an experience that was burned into my mind. Now you will pay for my pain.”

She moved the knife to the waistband of the Jade Dragon’s trousers and cut through the sheer silk, moving the blade rapidly down each leg without touching the satin flesh inside. The material fell away from the heroine’s body leaving her clad in a pair of silk panties that were so sheer they left very little to the imagination. Melissa removed them with a flick of her wrist revealing the dark triangle that partially concealed the Jade Dragon’s sex. As she did so her loins stirred in passion.

“You are a slut,” the demon observed. “You can hardly control yourself. You’ve already raped one of your heroine friends and can hardly wait to violate another.”

At that moment the thoughts of both the demon and his pawn were distracted by a groan from Suzi. The blonde heroine stirred and opened her eyes. Her first reaction was one of surprise as she spotted Melissa. Then her eyes went even wider as she realized her helpless position and that of the Jade Dragon and Solange.

“Melissa, Sun Lin, what is happening? How did I get here? Why am I chained?”

Melissa was happy to answer all questions in great detail. Like the Jade Dragon, Suzi protested, but her objections only left Melissa even more aroused. Using the same knife she had used to undress the Jade Dragon, she cut Suzi’s nightdress from her shapely body, revealing the helpless heroine in all her nude glory.

Melissa stood back to admire her handiwork. Three women hung in chains; one, her daughter, still unconscious. The other two surveyed her with the calm mien all heroines seemed to possess. But Melissa was not fooled. She had been chained and helpless too often herself not to know what thoughts were roaring through the minds of her captives.

They would be trying not to think too much about what was going to happen to them while at the same time fighting back any sign of fear. But their hearts would be beating rapidly and violent thoughts would be flitting through their brains. Uppermost in their thoughts would be fear of torture and sexual violation.

Melissa toyed with the knife, watching the slow rise and fall of the heroines’ breasts. Both women were exquisitely beautiful, but were a study in contrasts. Suzi, the Scarlet Falcon, was the ideal superheroine. Tall, blonde, large breasted, and possessed of a perfect figure she almost seemed to glow in the dim light of the vault. The nipples of her breast were rose petal pink and matched the flush of her cheeks.

Beside the Scarlet Falcon hung a woman of mysterious beauty. The Jade Dragon’s peach skin, almond eyes and waist-length raven hair gave her an exotic loveliness that made her one of the great beauties of the world. Shorter than the blonde heroine, the oriental beauty was still tall for a woman, standing five-feet-nines inches and endowed with a perfect figure highlighted by round firm breasts, a narrow waist, a long, powerful legs. But it was the brilliant green of her eyes that captivated anyone who saw her. They glowed with an inner fire that enthralled anyone who stood in her presence.

Before these two women Melissa stood in gloating triumph. It was time to begin, as soon as Solange awoke.

Her daughter finally stirred and Melissa made sure that she was the first thing she saw.

Solange moaned. Melissa knew that the pain in her daughter’s arms and shoulders must be extreme. She had been hanging by her wrists for almost an hour. A victim in that position would be in severe pain not only due to the strain on her upper body but due to the settling of blood in her extremities. As the young woman’s eyes opened Melissa saw that she was in terrible agony.

“Mother,” Solange whimpered. “What is happening? Please help me.”

“Help you?” Melissa responded. “I’ll help you alright, you little slut. You let someone in between those smooth thighs of yours while we were on the ship didn’t you? Apparently you need to have your pussy filled in order to keep you happy. It is going to be my pleasure to make sure that you are completely satisfied.”

Melissa’s brutal words seemed to wake Solange up and brought back the horror of what the incubus had done to her. “Mother, please,” she begged. “Why are you doing this? What has come over you?”

“She is possessed,” said the Jade Dragon. “The person you see in front of you is not really your mother. She is an agent of diabolical evil.”

Melissa curled her lip. “Surely you don’t believe such rot. Nothing is controlling me. I am doing this because you deserve to be punished and it is my duty to make sure that your punishment is as painful as possible.”

“What are you going to do?” Solange quavered as Melissa moved toward her.

“Prepare you,” Melissa answered as she began to cut away the nightdress that covered her daughter’s nubile body.

“Exquisite,” the demon chortled. “It is difficult to tell the daughter from the mother.”

Through the demon’s eyes Melissa saw her daughter in a new light. It was as he had said; she and Solange could have passed for sisters. Like her mother, Solange was tall and slender. Her body was supple but full-breasted, and possessed of the same extraordinary strength that characterized her mother. Her ebon hair and dark eyes, however, were gifts from her brutal father, Shark Stevens, the man who had forcibly impregnated her mother.

The girl stared wide-eyed at her mother. Already victimized by the incubus, her fear was palpable as was evidenced by her heaving breasts, but she was determined to show the courage demanded of a heroine and stood silent awaiting her fate. The thin sheen of perspiration that covered her body, however, was further proof of her terror.

“Think of what it will be like to touch the red hot metal to that body,” the demon lusted. “Think of her screams as she begs her own mother for mercy. Think of what she will promise to just have a minute of respite from the burning irons that are destroying her beauty.”

Melissa was also sweating although the vault was far from warm. Inside her mind she fought an endless battle against the demon, trying to fight free of the control he exerted over her. It was a one-sided battle; the demon was far too powerful and could have snuffed out her resistance with ease. However, he let her struggle, holding out the false hope that she might somehow break free. It amused him to do so in the same way that a cruel child pulls the wings off a fly.

“Don’t make me hurt her,” Melissa begged. “Haven’t you already done enough? I’ll do anything you want. I’ll be your slave forever if you just let her go.”

“Your offer isn’t even remotely tempting,” the demon sneered. “I already have you. Why should I accept what I already possess?”

“Please,” Melissa pleaded. “I will stop resisting. I’ll give myself to you willingly.”

The demon’s reply was a cruel laugh. “I prefer you this way. It is so much more fun to torment someone who never gives up.”

Melissa’s eyes moved over her three captives. She was strongly tempted to begin with her daughter. How wonderful it would be to hear her screams, but her eyes stopped on the defiant form of the Jade Dragon. The oriental heroine seemed completely unafraid despite the bloody line Melissa had traced across her breast. For an instant her eyes went to the voluptuous body of the Scarlet Falcon. The blonde heroine made her salivate, however, she had already enjoyed Suzi’s body. The temptation of Metro City’s premier heroine was impossible to overcome.

She wanted something special for the Asian superheroine. Ordinary torture would not be good enough. It had to be something truly horrifying; something that would not only bring acute agony to its victim, but would also fill the other two women with terror. She knew exactly what to do.

“No!” Melissa protested. “You can’t do that. It will destroy her!”

“That is the plan,” the demon replied. “I am going to reduce Metro City’s greatest heroine to a gibbering wreck. She will be mine to use as I wish, a mere extension of my will.” The demon gestured toward the dark recesses of the crypt; a strange scrabbling sound filled the vault as of thousands of feet moving across the stone.

There was a sharp intake of breath from the three captives as dozens of demonic creatures flowed into the vault. Each was a hideous caricature of a living creature; a thing of claws, scales, and teeth. Some resembled large scorpions; others spiders; and still others large insects. A number were in the form of small demons, equipped with claws, teeth, and spiked back and tails. They rushed toward the three helpless women, centering on the one in the middle.

The Jade Dragon flexed her bonds involuntarily as the hideous things swarmed over her. Her body disappeared under the horde of biting, slashing, yowling creatures. They touched every part of her body, invading every orifice, and then they began to feed.

Screams echoed through the vault, but they were not those of the Jade Dragon, they came from Melissa’s terrified daughter. Solange jerked in her chains, twisting her body in a frenzied effort to break free. Blood ran from wounds on her wrists and ankles as she scraped away the skin where the shackles held her. In her terror the girl had completely forgotten her heroine training becoming no more than a terrified young woman.

The demon laughed in glee absorbing both the Solange’s madness and Melissa’s horror. Melissa could sense his strength increase as he fed off the terror generated by his victims.

He was less pleased, however, by the reaction of the Jade Dragon. Covered in crawling, biting, monstrosities, her svelte body could hardly been seen, yet it hardly moved. It was as if the heroine was turned to stone.

“My god,” thought Melissa. “How can she just stand there?”

It took every gram of self-control the Jade Dragon possessed to hold still while her body was invaded by the hundreds of crawling creatures. She almost screamed in terror as dozens of biting mouths and hundreds of claws ripped at her body. It wasn’t just the pain; it was the form of the attack as well. She had a morbid fear of creatures with more than four legs. Like most phobias it made no sense and she had managed to keep it hidden from those around her. But the sensation of thousands of legs crawling over her body had almost destroyed her.

Only her iron will had allowed her to hold up. Had the demon maintained the torment for only another thirty seconds it would have been too much. Fortunately, the demon himself intervened.

“The bitch is inhuman,” the demon growled. “But don’t worry I will make her move. It is time that I revealed myself.”

With a wave of his hand the demon dismissed the insectoid horrors that infested the Jade Dragon’s body and at the same time emerged, seeming to grow from Melissa’s body. To the three captive women Melissa’s body seemed to swell and then disappear, replaced by a hulking red-skinned fiend, the demon’s huge body completely screening the possessed heroine. Melissa was not forgotten, however, as before she was forced to ride pick-a-back inside the demon’s mind, and as before it was a frightening and disturbing experience.

The demon had changed form, this time appearing as a six-limbed beast. He advanced on the Jade Dragon. In spite of the brutal violation of her body, the heroine was still standing, blood oozing from hundreds of tiny wounds that covered her body from head to toe. The demon healed her at a touch, her body arching at the sudden shock of pain as her torn body was repaired. A few feet away Solange continued to shriek in fear while Suzi looked on, her eyes filled with horror and disgust.

The demon was a four-armed apparition, standing over seven feet tall. Cruel barbs ran down the inside of each arm, curved like the thorns of a rosebush and numerous other spikes and spines protruded from various other areas of his body. However, it was his sexual equipment that sent shivers of fear through Melissa’s mind. He was possessed of an enormous double phallus, barbed like the rest of his anatomy. It was an instrument designed to tear any woman apart. Even the Jade Dragon’s calm façade was briefly broken as she saw what she faced. A flicker of fear crossed her features as he stood before her.

“See,” the demon gloated, “even the mighty Jade Dragon quails before me. Soon her screams will echo throughout the room.”

“Stop,” Melissa thought. “Think what you are doing. You will kill her.”

The demon ran his hand over the Jade Dragon’s straining body. Even the fingers and palms of his hands were barbed. Bloody lines scored the heroine’s body as he caressed her, but she made no sound, even though she flinched slightly at his touch. It was apparent that the brutality of the demon was slowly wearing her down.

“She is not as strong as she pretends,” the demon crowed. “Let’s see if we can make her scream.”

The “we” the demon referred to included Melissa. Her mind was inextricably bound to his, so much so that his every action was her action. As before when he had ravaged Suzi, Melissa would experience the full horror of the brutal violation.

Slowly the demon circled the heroine, finally stopping just behind her. Then it moved forward allowing its massive lower penis to brush her back. The heroine shuddered as the massive organ pressed against her. The demon’s huge dual sex organs terrified her. She had already endured torturethat would have broken anyone else and her mental endurance was stretched to the limit.

It almost collapsed as the demon introduced another form of torment. As the demon’s cruelly barbed fingers began to explore her body she willed herself to be still, ignoring the pain as the needle points penetrated her skin. She was unprepared, however, for the sudden surge of anguish that ripped through her body.

“Nnnngghh!” She was unable to hold back her cry as the agony of the demon’s touch superseded anything she had expected. It was as if each barb had injected her with the most corrosive of acids. Her body writhed in anguish so acute she was sure that her skin had been peeled from her body.

Her mouth opened in a silent scream as his hands went to her breasts and loins, the hundreds of barbs injecting her with pain-inducing toxins. Then the demon lifted her heaving body and she felt the touch of his double phallus at the twin entrances of her anus and vulva. She was trapped in the demon’s grasp, his upper arms wrapped about her torso, and his lower arms gripping her hips. He lunged into her.

“Aaagghh!” The scream tore from Sun Lin’s throat. She had been raped before in the most brutal manner possible, but never before had it felt as if her anus and vagina had been injected with sulphuric acid. Even all her strength and training could not hold back her shriek of agony.

Inside the demon’s brain, Melissa recoiled in horror. The ordeal of being a part of what was happening to her friends had her on the edge of madness. The demon gleefully took note of her mental anguish. “You see, even your leader cries out in pain. No one can resist me. Soon I will reduce her to nothing more than my servant.”

Inside the demon’s mind, Melissa’s spirit died. There seemed no hope. She knew the demon’s vile plan. The demon would destroy the Jade Dragon and then use the mighty heroine to conquer the rest of her companions. Even the powerful Nova would be no match for the demon’s power. With the superheroines of Metro City as his willing slaves there would be no way to stop him from spreading his control across the entire country.

The Demon roared in triumph. As the Jade Dragon’s screams echoed through the vault he gripped her hips even tighter and hammered into her struggling body. He had the most powerful heroine in Metro City completely in his power. As she writhed in torment and he injected her with his flesh-eating poisons, he luxuriated in the feeling of power it gave him.

Sun Lin screamed until her vocal cords gave out. No opponent had ever caused her so much pain. It was beyond even her endurance. Her mind swam, a red haze descending over her eyes. With a final cry of anguish her head dropped and she fainted.

Only then did the demon release her, allowing her to slump in her chains. He had broken her physically. Now he would take over her mind. It would be most interesting to see how her friends reacted when they were tortured by their former leader. Licking his lips in anticipation he prepared to invade the mind of the unconscious heroine.

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