The New Normal

The great brute growled low, the sound reverberating through the den. At the sound, the trio of dogs rose, slowly and inconspicuously tiptoeing out of the den. It was almost comical. They slunk off as though their master would let his ire loose on them, but Chimera had never raised a paw to them. They simply knew that he wished for space when he was angry. But why was he angry? Maybe he wasn't. Who could really say? Having this new woman here, ripe for the picking. It was raising something in Chimera, and it wasn't all ire.

The girl had no questions and that was good. He didn't like women that spoke too much. As he stared at her, the behemoth wondered what her flesh would feel like between his teeth. What would her blood taste like? What would she feel like beneath him? Would she struggle? Would she stay silent and take it?

"How much did they tell you?" Chimera took a step towards the monochromatic woman, his massive frame threatening and imposing. "Did they tell you what to expect or are they letting you go into this blind?" His voice was a low, quiet growl. He wanted to intimidate her. He wanted to smell her fear; taste it on the air. He could hurt her. He could kill her. Not one wolf would raise a paw against him for doing so. This girl... he didn't even know her name... she was property. He could break her to a thousand pieces and he was within his rights to do so.

"If you ever try to run away..." Rows of wickedly sharp teeth were right beside the woman's ear. "I will hunt you down and make you suffer." Maybe he would snap her legs and throw her in the ocean. Watch her drown and get eaten by the deep sea beasts with whom he shared his teeth. Maybe he would throw her in a deep, dark pit and watch her starve to death. Perhaps he would bury her up to her neck and cover her face with honey so that all manner of insects and beasts would take little bites. Just thinking about all of it brought heat low into Chimera's belly.

"It will not be easy and it will hurt, but if you're a good girl, it will hurt less." With his maw still next to her ear, the beast inhaled the woman's scent, learning it and filing it away within his mind. She was his and she would never, ever be free of him now.

"Chimera"