Chapter 10



Hunter has my legs up. He humps me. His dick goes deeper inside of me. He gets deeper and deeper. He's grunting and moaning as he presses his body up against my ear. I'm panting as he does it. I'm feeling this deep connection as he unloads his nut inside of my asshole.


That doesn't stop Hunter. He keeps fucking me.


“It's so...tight. God. I can't stop myself,” he says, “You're so fucking amazing.”

Hunter's dick stretches me out and I stop him from talking by aggressively grabbing his lips and pulling them to my face. I suck on his mouth and we kiss deeply. I massage the back of his neck. I feel his muscular back as those muscles tighten to define every stroke that he has. Our bodies become one. I've never felt the passion that I am feeling right now.


Pious walks over to me. He has knife in my hand.


“You two are my favorite,” he says, “That's real passion right there. That's real love.”

The fucker has under a spell. The fat fuck plays with his dick as he watches Pious and I. Other people are having sex in the room. Noah and Demona are deep into it. They are fucking like rabbits but Pious has no interest in anyone else in the room but us. I want to feel sick to my stomach when he walks over to us. He brings his head so close to Hunter that he licks the side of Hunter's face. I hate it. It's pointless though.


Hunter and I can't react to Pious doing it. Hunter stroke just gets harder. He just keeps having sex with me. He just keeps moaning.


“Your so tight. I'm about to nut again,” Hunter tells me.


“Nut inside of me.”

“Ok baby.”

Pious is amused, “That is some real passion right here. See. I'm a black mage. I work for Manolo. When I started the game he gave me a special skill. I can create potions that bring out your deepest hidden sexual desires. I mixed the potion in your alcohol.”

Pious is enjoying every moment of this. He places his hand on the back of Hunter's ass. He is examining the curve of Hunter's ass and feeling Hunter's thrust as he fucks me. Every thrust is like heaven to me. Even thrust feels like I am about to feel the gates of paradise open up. I find myself nutting on my stomach without even noticing.


That's when I see Pious take his finger, scoop up my nut from my belly button.


“Give it to me. It's mine. He's all mine,” Hunter states.


“You want it?” Pious asks Hunter.


“Yes GIVE IT TO ME!” Hunter pleads.


Pious grabs his finger and shoves my nut into Hunter's mouth. Hunter sucks up every drop of my manhood off of Pious's finger. This only seems to drive Hunter and I deeper into this passionate lust for one another. We are literally clawing at each other's skin to get closer, deeper and more intense. My heart is racing so fast that I think I'm going to have a heart attack.


Pious laughs at that moment, “Killian I am amused. I've used this spell on so many players and I've never seen passion like this. I can watch the two of you for hours. Tiger told me about you were formidable Killian. I didn't believe him. I just thought he was incompetent.”

“I love you,” Hunter tells me.


It comes out of no where when Hunter says it. We are kissing again though almost immediately. His tongue is down my throat. He is fucking me deeper and deeper. He is humping me. He is thrusting his dick so far into my ass that I feel him in my stomach.


“Did you hear that?” Pious laughs, “Now that explains this, I guess. I'm amazed. If it were up to me I'd keep you boys alive. This turns me on more than you two can imagine. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury to do that. You see Manolo wants you dead Killian.”

Oh fuck.

Oh FUCK NO!

“This is the best sex ever...” Hunter is saying.


“Deeper go deeper,” I reply.


My mouth isn't reacting to my fear. I watch as Pious reaches over to my head. He grabs one of the pillows. He's slow. He's deliberate. He's struggling between his perversion and his duty. I am panicking inside but my panic isn't showing with my body.


Slowly Pious puts the pillow over my head.


I see darkness at that moment. I feel passion. I feel intensity, but I feel darkness. Pious is suffocating me and I don't have the willpower to stop him. I am completely under his spell.


I am dying.


I can feel myself struggling. I can feel my body deeply giving up.


And then I feel nothing.


He isn't putting pressure on the pillow anymore! I hear a scream! The pillow slides off of me and I realize that someone has come back in the room.


Madden is there and he has stabbed Pious repeatedly in his back with his broad sword!


“No...”

Pious falls forward, curls up and dies right there. Within the next second he crystallizes and disappears.


I am out of my trance.


“Oh my god...”

Hunter looks down at me. He is back to himself as well, “Damn. Hold on...I'll pull out...”

I'm beyond sore. This is the most awkward thing in the world. Hunter has fucked me so hard that I'm literally bleeding on the pillows.


“Please go slow...” I say.


This isn't the easiest thing to talk about especially with Madden looking on about a foot away. Madden doesn't take his eyes off of us either. I literally want to KILL myself at that moment. Hunter pulls out of me at that moment as slowly as he can so that he doesn't hurt me. He's done his damage though. I can barely walk. I grapple to pull on my clothes.


“What the fuck was that?” Demona states.


Demona has been riding Noah's dick for got knows how long. She walks over. Her hair is in shambles and her armor is in her inventory.


Noah looks over at her, “I don't know but why'd it stop...”

He laughs. He thinks it's funny. The rest of us have this deep awkward vibe. Demona looks horrified that she just had sex with Noah. Then there is Madden. Madden is just staring at Hunter and I. He's not hiding it. He's never been the type to hide his emotions. Madden looks pissed.


“Madden you came back for me,” I state.


I don't know why I say it. I want to bring some sort of light to this situation. I want to make this situation a little less stressful and awkward then it was. I walk forward and stretch my hands as though trying to acknowledge him but he pulls away before I can touch him.


“Wash your hands before you touch me,” Madden says almost rudely, “You have HIM all over you.”

Madden sounds disgusted. I feel like shit. This wasn't supposed to happen like this. Madden was the guy that I loved all my life and for some reason I feel like I've just broken his heart into pieces. The look on his face is haunting. His eyebrows twist downwards and his forehead frowns up. He tightens his lips. I'm kind of scared. I'm not scared that he is going to do something crazy. I'm just scared that maybe there is no coming back from this.


Then there is Hunter. He mumbles something under his breath.


“Say that again?” Madden says, “Bitch boy.”

This wasn't going well. Madden's fists tighten up. The moment he calls Hunter a “Bitch Boy” I know that things are about to take some sort of turn for the worse.


“Madden, stop,” I state.

“I said I'm not only all over him. There are some parts of me probably still IN him,” Hunter states, “Matter of fact---if he was a girl he'd be pregnant by now---with twins.”

Noah breaks out in an uncontrollable laughter. Hunter was quiet but he'd come out of no where all of a sudden with these deep penetrating stabs. Assassin definitely suited him. Demona still seems like she is too embarrassed by what happened her damn self to address this situation. I feel this deep sense of awkwardness. I don't see it coming. I don't think any of us see it coming. All of a sudden Noah isn't laughing anymore.


Madden punches Hunter so hard in his face that he falls back on the floor! I hear this sound that I swear scares me to think that Madden might have broken something on Hunter. Hunter is quick on his feet though. He recovers quickly from the attack. He jumps into the air doing a back flip, opens up his inventory and by the time his feet hit the floor he is fully in armor.


Madden is not far behind. Within the next second he in full warrior armor equipped with sword and shield.


“We're not doing this.”

“Step aside, Killian,” Madden states.


There is a deep tension in the room. There is a darkness and there is nothing funny about the hatred between these two boys at this moment. I am really scared at this moment that this was when my guild would be completely torn apart.


I had to fix this. I had to find a way.


“He's right Killian. Step aside. We have to settle this like men,” Hunter agrees, “It's not going to work here.”

“Killian is right. We don't have time for this,” Demona responds, “We were all under a spell. A lot of weird...things just happened. All of us are highly emotional right now but let's not do anything rash.”

“You know when Georgina says let's not do anything rash then you're really going too far,” Noah says, before quickly adding, “Let's just calm down everyone.”

I've never in my life been so happy to see my friends. Hunter is the first one to stand down. I assume he would be. Madden has that pride that lets me know that he's never really going to be the first one to step down. I can see something was deeply wounded in Madden. He did give me the ultimatum that he would leave this guild is Hunter was going to stay in it. I wondered if Madden was thinking about that now. I'm beyond scared about whether the passion between Hunter and I ruined things with Madden forever.


He can barely look me in my eyes even when he steps down. He goes and stands next to Demona instead of me. I can see this glazed over look in his eyes as Demona tries to talk him down some more. They have that weird Warrior connection going on right now. I don't care. Whatever works to calm Madden down I was OK with it.


Hunter doesn't need to be calmed down. He just sits up against the wall and crosses his arms as though things hadn't gotten heated just a minute ago. Hunter isn't as emotional as Madden though. I don't know what is on his mind at this moment. I can't tell. He's back to his old self. He's back to putting that wall up that I can't see through.


It takes a few minutes for us to calm down and then I realize I have to get my guild back on track.


“We have other things to worry about. Pious is dead but Joaquin is on his way to get Sarafine. He's on his way to the guild house. We have to teleport there...immediately...” I state.





The guild house is in ruins when we get there. Sarafine's flower arrangements are everywhere. I'm scared out of my mind when I see it.

What if I'm too late?

“Split up,” I tell everyone.


Demona starts down one hallway but when she notices Noah following behind her she decides to go down another. I can tell she is trying to avoid Noah but none-the-less he follows right behind her like a dog in head. It's clear Noah has a little crush on Demona and the way Demona is blushing I'm wondering if the feeling is mutual.


The last thing I need to worry about though is Noah and Demona. When I see Hunter head upstairs I notice Madden's eyes trail behind him. I see so much anger and resentment in Madden's eyes as he watches Hunter go up the stairs. Madden's eyes get to mine and it's almost the opposite. While he is staring at Hunter with all kinds of hate, he seems to just avoid my eyes. He heads down another hallway.


It's Hunter who finds something first.


“Up here!”

We all run up the staircase. I'm hoping and praying that things are OK. As we get up the staircase we see there definitely has been a fight. However it's interesting to see who lost the fight. Joaquin is laying on the carpet. He is an archer which I think is pretty interesting. He has his bow in his hand and is just laying there motionless.


He's knocked unconscious.


“Stand the fuck back,” a voice says.


I turn and see that Sarafine is being held hostage. I'm even more confused when I see exactly who Sarafine has been held hostage by. She is sitting there being held hostage by my brother.


Shaunie has a knife at Sarafine's throat. It's clear that Shaunie must have defeated Joaquin and is now holding Sarafine hostage to get out of here.


“Shaunie...what are you doing?” I ask.


“How the fuck do you know my name?” Shaunie asks me.


The others look at me. They are looking at me as though I have some sort of issue. It's kind of annoying to get these stares.


“Shaunie...I'm your brother, Killian?”

“My brother?”

Shaunie looks so confused at that moment. He stares at me. He is staring so hard that he doesn't realize Hunter lean up against the wall, drift into a shadow and then turn invisible.


“Shaunie it's me...Killian,” I state, “Put the knife down OK?”

He shakes his head.

“This is a some sort of trick,” Shaunie tells me.


He really doesn't remember me. He really is standing there acting as though he doesn't even know who the fuck I am. I am shaking my head. I'm beyond confused right now.


“Shaunie why would I be tricking you?” I ask him, “It's me. Your little brother Killian. I'm in this game. I'm in Play Dead Online. I'm playing with you Shaunie. I don't know how you are here. I don't know how you are alive. I'm here though. I'm here with you. Right now. Please put your knife away Shaunie. You are scaring Sarafine.”


“This is a trick. You're working for Manolo. You're working for...”

“Shaunie...do I look familiar?” Madden asks.


Shaunie looks hard at Madden. His eyes seem a little bit more gentle. They seem a little bit more calm.

Right before he opens his mouth I notice Hunter appear from behind him. Hunter has a powder in his hand and he slaps the powder on Shaunie's face before screaming out his a command.


“SLEEP!”

Almost instantly Shaunie hits the ground.


Within seconds Sarafine runs over to my arms. She's crying probably scared and a little shaken up. It's weird holding her knowing I'm comforting a computer glitch. I go along with it regardless however.


“What the fuck did you do to him?” Madden asks running over to my brother.


Hunter just crosses his arms, “I used the SLEEP skill. It's an Assassin's skill. It's harmless. He'll just go to sleep for a short little while and when he wakes up he'll be fine.”

“He was recognizing me,” Madden states, “He was going to calm down.”

I notice Madden's panic. I can't say that I'm not concerned. Here was the guy that Madden was so in love with at some point and he had returned. I should be upset as well. Shaunie is my brother. I don't feel upset though. I feel the same feeling that I've always felt towards Shaunie. I have this feeling that I'm just not good enough. Would Madden be so upset if something like that happened to me? I just...don't think so.


“You don't know that,” Hunter responds.


We all know what's about to happen but luckily we have something else to worry about. The two are about to butt heads. Right now Joaquin is getting up off the floor.


The guild surrounds him. We all have our weapons out. Joaquin looks up at us and put his hands up. He knows he's surrounded before he even goes anywhere.


“Give us a reason that we shouldn't kill you right now,” Demona says.


“I was under the control of Pious. I didn't have a choice in helping him. For some reason...I'm not under that control anymore...” Joaquin says.


“Pious is dead,” I state.


Joaquin looks at me for a minute. He looks at me for a moment and at that moment he gets to his knees. Joaquin is on he knees in front of me.


“I owe you, Killian,” he tells me, “I owe you and your guild. Big time. Let me join. I can help you...”

The others look at me. They are looking for leadership. I'm still getting used to this position. I'm still getting used to making the decisions here. I'm confused. On one side Joaquin could be a good edition. On the other end how could I know for sure that he is to be trusted. Even if he was under some digitial mind control who knew if he was a good person. Who knew if I could trust him?

“He has a point,” Hunter says putting his hand on my shoulder.


It's odd to see Hunter trusting someone. I don't know the extent of their relationship though. Who knew how much sex Hunter had with Joaquin before I came to save him. Hunter was enjoying himself over at the Lawless guild house. Joaquin was handsome. He looked better than me.


Everything seemed to be going wrong. Madden's interest was back on Shaunie. Hunter's interest was clearly back on Joaquin. Now I was just alone. I could just feel like I did before I started this game. It was just a matter of time before the men in my life realized that they could find someone better. It was just a matter of time before they abandoned me.


I stand there for a moment and I can't deny my emotions are getting the better of me.


“Do we have any rope?” I ask Noah.


“Sure do,” Noah says.


“Tie him up.”

The others seem fine with it. Hell Joaquin doesn't even protest it. I don't trust him. He has to know that. Even Hunter seems to panic a little.
Hunter grabs me at that moment, “Why?”

“Because I said so,” I respond.


“Wait....wait you're in danger.”

The voice comes from Joaquin. I turn at that moment. It's Demona who draws her axe and presses it up against Joaquin's throat. He's made a pretty a big mistake just now and he seems to realize it when he sees that Demona isn't the type of person you want to fuck with.


“Did you just threaten my guild leader?” Demona asks him.


Joaquin shakes his head, “It's not a threat. It's a warning. Release me. I can help you.”

“I don't need your help with anything,” I say.


Was this some sort of trick to get him released? I don't trust this guy. He was part of the Lawless guild. They had tricked us into a sexual frenzy and were about to kill us. Trust wasn't a commodity I had much of these days.


“They are coming. The moderators know where you are now. They'll stop at nothing to get Sarafine. All of you are going to die...”

The room gets quiet. Joaquin's threat is loud and clear. The others are looking at me waiting for me to respond. I don't know if Joaquin is telling the truth or if he is just trying to kill us. Either way I don't think releasing him is a good idea. I nod at Noah. Noah and I have become so close lately that he seems to know what that means. I see him pull out rope out of his inventory. I can see Hunter's eyes burning holes in me as I walk out of the room.





CELESTIAL LIGHT


TI shoot into the mob of creatures in a field. There is an explosion of light that blinds me for a minute. After a second my bow clears the field. I look down at the Celestial bow. This thing was powerful. This bow had to be the strongest bow in the game.

It's the day after returning back from the Lawless guild. I head back to the Fire Walkers guild house. I'm sweating and a little stinky. As I walk into the guild house I am surprised to see Demona chatting it up with Noah. They barely even notice me as I make my way up to my room.


I take a long shower.


All of you are going to die. Joaquin's warning plays over and over in my mind. I'm afraid. I'm terrified actually. These people have gathered around me and trust me to make the right decisions. I don't know if I am making the right decisions. A part of me wants to go back to just playing this game alone. I take a cold shower. The water trickles over my body. I hope it would relieve my stress, but it doesn't. I'm scared shitless.


All of you are going to die.


Was he trying to trick us? Was he telling us the truth? It's impossible to tell. Either way when I get out of the shower I'm reading over my own stats. I am level 50 now. I've caught up to Demona. I need to be even higher though. I need to be even stronger. Maybe it's best that Madden and Hunter both seem to be interested in other people. I shouldn't be spending my time chasing guys. I should be getting stronger. I should be leading the Fire Walkers.

“Why is he still asleep!”

I don't even notice the door open but it flies open quickly and Madden walks into the room. I'm completely naked when he does it.


“What the fuck? Can't you knock?” I ask.


Madden turns away for a moment, long enough for me to pull up a towel. I haven't seen him since yesterday but I have no doubt where he's been.


“I'm sorry...” he says.



I have my towel up by now though. It doesn't even matter. I can't help but to think that I am kind of overreacting to Madden. I hate that he is so blind he can't see that he's been treating me completely different since Shaunie has been around.


“What do you want?” I ask him.


I'm being short. I know I am. I know I am being a little bit rude. I can't help it though.


“Shaunie is still asleep,” he explains.


“So?”

“So why is he still asleep?” Madden asks me.


This guy was serious. He really walked up to me just concerned about Shaunie. The first thing he says to me all day is him talking about my brother. I shake my head at that moment. I didn't know much about Shaunie. We were never super close but one thing I did know was that Shaunie was straight. Here I was, a gay guy who crushed on Madden for years and all I wanted was a little bit of attention from him. Instead he was giving it to my straight brother. This shit was all wrong.


“Why the FUCK are you asking me?”


To say I'm going off at this moment was an understatement. I'm louder than I've ever been with Madden. I even walk up to him and give him a solid push towards the door.


“Whoa...what's the issue here?” Madden asks.


“Nothing.”

Before I can move away Madden grabs onto my arms. His chinky eyes glare into me. He bites the side of his lip at that moment and just stares at me as though not ready to let me go unless I spoke to him about how I felt exactly. I hate the fact that I have to tell Madden anything.


“Aren't you my guild leader? Shouldn't I come to you about problems? Your brother has been asleep for more than 24 hours after what Hunter did.”

“Well go talk to Hunter about it,” I respond.


“You're being such a fucking dickhead,” Madden says, “Shaunie is your brother.”

“What's your point?”

“You haven't even been happy to see him. It's almost like you don't want to have Shaunie around. I'd think if my brother...who I thought was dead, came back around I'd be excited. I would care a little bit more.”

“Why should I? Seems like you have concern enough for Shaunie for everyone.”

The words just come out of my mouth before I even think. I can't stop it. I know how it sounds. The tone I'm using is forceful. I sound like the jealous brother. Hell. Maybe I am the jealous brother. Maybe I'm not as excited as I should be that Shaunie is still alive. When I thought Shaunie was dead I figured that I meant something. Now that Shaunie was alive I was just the forgotten brother all over again. I was just the boy that wasn't as strong as Shaunie, or as handsome as Shaunie. I wasn't even as smart as Shaunie was.


And Shaunie had one thing that I could never have. Looking at Madden I knew it.


Shaunie had Madden's heart..


“So this is what this is about? My feelings for Shaunie.”

My feelings were out. The room gets awkward between Madden and I. He bites on his lower lip. I rrealize Madden seems to do that often when he's stuck in his thoughts. He bites hard on his lower lip.


“Do you still have feelings for him?” I ask.


“I haven't even thought about that,” Madden explains to me, “Right now all I'm saying is that I want your brother to recover. I want to know what happened to him. I want to know why we all thought he was alive and he's not. You should be worried about the same thing.”

I nod.


“You're avoiding the question...but it's OK.”

“I'm not avoiding the question,” he says.


“Then answer it.”

“I DON'T KNOW! I haven't thought about it,” he explains, “I need time.”

“Shaunie is straight. What part of straight don't you understand?” I ask.


It's getting heated between Madden and I. It sucks that he doesn't see how close we had gotten when Shaunie was gone. The moment Shaunie comes back there are all these fucking problems between the two of us again. Madden just keeps shaking his head. I know he's going to beat around the bush about his feelings for my brother regardless.


He crosses his arms and gives me a stern look, “I've been patient with you haven't I? I caught you having sex with Hunter. How do you think that makes me feel?””

“Are you serious?” I ask, “I was under a spell.”

“It makes no difference. I feel different. I can't help it. I can't help that Shaunie is back and I'm...”


Madden pauses. I don't now what he's about to say. He seems to realize that he let a few more words slip out than he intended to. Shaunie is back and he's what? My eyes glare at him and I know that Madden isn't going to finish his sentence. I can't help but feeling hurt at that moment. I can't help but feeling like things aren't going to be the same anymore.


What's the point of even arguing about this?

“Go to Hunter,” I tell him, “Find out why my brother isn't awake.”

“Killian...”

I don't want Madden to say anything else. I put my hand up stopping him. This shit hurts too much. It's emotional pain but it translates almost into physical pain. I am literally sitting there in pain as I feel this anger and disappointment.

I should be happy my brother is back. I'm not happy. I'm sick to my stomach.


“I'll talk to you later.”

Madden tries to grab me. I think a part of him regrets this conversation we just had. It was revealing in so many ways. I shake him off before he holds onto me though. Even when I walk into the hallway Madden is coming after me and calling out to me. I can't let him distract me though. I could care less about this situation. Right now I just felt like going back to training.


I walk out of the guild house and into the fields. I am heading back to level up but then I realize Sarafine just standing there at the gate of the guild house. She's just staring.


She is motionless.


“Sarafine?”

Sarafine's eyes are huge, “Someone is there.”

“Where? Point...” I state.


Sarafine lifts up her finger slowly and precisely. Her eyes are wide as she is looking at the trees. I lift up my bow at that moment. My heart is beating fast but I slowly take out my bow. I stay quiet drawing back the string and releasing an arrow towards the tree. Within seconds I see a player fall out of the tree where I shot.

Sarafine was right...

“Who is it?” I ask her.


She is afraid when she turns to me. It's clear she is afraid.


“The Warriors of Light. That was was a scout but they are here. They are here to call us. They are coming up the side of the mountain.”

Sarafine can feel their energy. She can feel them coming towards us. My heart is racing. This is too soon. I needed more time. I needed more time to train and get stronger. I needed more time to know what the fuck I was going to do.


“How many?” I ask reluctantly.


“All of them...”

Fuck.


This wasn't happening. This wasn't happening now.


“Call the others.”

Sarafine takes off back towards the guild house. I am still at the gate. I go to the threshold of the gate. The mountains kept us safe for this long. It kept us hidden. That wasn't going to work any longer. Right now we are in danger. Right now everything that we thought kept us safe wasn't going to keep us safe any longer.


All of you are going to die.



I stare out into fields. Sure enough there is movement. The scout in the tree was just a warning. They were coming from us.


They were coming to kill us.


I look down. There has to be at least a hundred of them walking up the side of that mountain...


“Holy fuck,” Noah says.


The others have walked up to me. Demona and Noah both pull out their weapons. They stand behind me. The army is walking up towards us. I look up at the sun. It was a good day to die. They weren't going to take us hostage. I knew that much.


“Where is Hunter and Madden?”

“He's gone.”

I turn and see Madden standing there. He has his full armor on. He has a sword and shield. He walks up with only Sarafine by his side. Where the fuck is Hunter?

“Gone?”

“I told you not to trust that guy,” Madden explains, “I never fucking trusted that guy.”

My heart is racing.


“What are you talking about?”

“Hunter betrayed you,” Madden states, “He released Joaquin and the two of them ran away...”


I shake my head. I don't want to believe it. I know Madden wouldn't lie about that though. I can't believe Hunter. I can't believe he would do this to me. As if I didn't feel hurt enough about Madden's relationship with my brother now things were just worse.

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