The Hawthorne Accord - Chapter 4

Story by JakeXtraTall on SoFurry

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Neville watched in terror from his hiding place in the trees as the kobolds dragged Jake into their camp.Neville

had heard many stories as he'd grown up about how dangerous and vicious

the kobolds were and how they fed on the corpses of their enemies.  They hadn't torn the smith apart

yet at least.  They appeared to be taking him prisoner so perhaps

there was

still some faint hope of Jake surviving this, for a while at least.They

were speaking but he could not make out any of what they said from this

far back.  He knew they spoke the same language as him but it was

spoken too softly and from too great a distance for him to understand.

 It was interspersed with the occasional louder yip and cackle or short bark

that might be laughter or an angry exclamation.  He just didn't

know.The

clearing was too large and open and there was nowhere closer to

hide than where he was.  Any attempt to move his mostly naked and

very pale body closer would result in the campfire lighting him up like

a beacon.He stayed within the low brush between the trees and watched.He could see the three kobolds on the

log were watching with what looked like snarls on their faces as the

other two approached with their captive.  Neville couldn't say if

they were snarls of anger, or sneers of hatred or what expression they

might be showing.  The kobolds looked like a cross between a dog

and a jackal and he could not read their alien expression.The

two kobolds were a little more than half the size of the man they were dragging

but they were strong and the load did not seem to be too much for them.They

spoke to each other as they brought their burden in to camp and at one

point one turned his head and moved his lips in what looked to

Neville like a snarl toward the other.  He

saw one of the kobolds on the log sneer and cackle at them and

then say a few words, and then the two carrying Jake said something in

anger back at him and then sneered at him.  There was some more

exchange between all of them and then they all suddenly cackled like a

pack of hyenas followed by more exchange and more cackling by the

group.It seemed like they were arguing or joking about what

they were going to do to the man.

 He couldn't tell which.  One thing was certain, they were

always sneering at each other and it reminded the boy very much of the

look on Braddock's face as he had tortured Neville earlier.He

wished he could get close

enough to hear their words instead of just seeing their lips moving and

trying to read their expressions. He just couldn't risk getting any

closer or he

would be revealed by the firelight.He waited and watched as the two dragging Jake set him face down in front of the others...."Oh, my sweet Jex, you should not have hit him so hard, my love," scolded the first kobold.They

had just entered the camp and were dragging their captive to the three

kobolds sitting on the log, who were all smiling broadly at them."I'm

sorry Beowul my dearest, you know I get carried away if I think your life is

threatened.  How was I to know he was unarmed?" asked Jex.Beowul chuckled, "If you would have taken even the smallest moment to look,

you would have seen he has nothing but trousers on him.  He is

clearly no soldier to be dressed this way.  You

have injured a civilian.""I

feel badly enough about it without

you scolding me thank you very much.  Why ever would he be

wandering alone in the dark out here anyhow?  I tried to hit him

just hard enough to disable him momentarily.  I've examined him

and his

skull has not been cracked.  He will be unconscious for a good

long while, but he will be fine given sufficient time to rest.

 His

sweet lovely head may ache for quite some time though, poor thing.

 As

for you, I

shall keep my mace in its holder the next time I feel you are in need

of my aid," Jex pouted."I'm sorry, my cherished sweetheart.

 I did not mean to be so short with you.  I know you acted

out of fear for me and I love you for it.  Please accept my

apology," said Beowul.Jex then changed his pout to a grin and made a kissing motion

with his lips at Beowul across the slumped form of the man

being dragged between them and then winked at him.As

they arrived in front of the other three kobolds with their load, one of

those who was sitting on the log grinned at them with affection and

laughed."You

two love birds are forever scolding and then apologizing and then

kissing and making up.  You have shown you are perfectly well

practiced and ready for the routine of marriage to each other.

 When will you be asking the Chieftain to tie the knot for you?" asked the third kobold."Silence cur!" Beowul said in mock anger and then smiled and looked over at Jex."Yes,

silence indeed!  Our plans for our future are no affair of yours Tithan!"

growled Jex, and then he grinned and said, "Though I will

still expect you to be my best man at the wedding.""And my best man as well!" said Beowul, "You know we love you dearly, don't you my sweet, wonderful Tithan?"Tithan chuckled and smiled lovingly back at them, "To my endless

delight you have both shown it to me countless times in our bed.

 Who will be my best man on the wonderful day that I am wed to the two of you then?  Will it be you, Lox?"The

fourth kobold who was sitting next to Tithan on the fallen log said,

"I would gladly do it my love, if I were not already married to you myself!"They all laughed.The

fifth kobold who was sitting at the end of the log then said, "When they finally wed me to the four of you,

a day I look forward to with all my heart my loves, I shall need no best man,

for I am already the best!"They

all laughed again and the four looked at him with the deepest affection

and love and Beowul said, "We are indeed the four luckiest

kobolds to have won you over, Stenwul my sweet.""What beautiful visitor have you brought for us then?  He is magnificent!" exclaimed Stenwul.Beowul and Jex gently lowered the smith face down in front of the three on

the log.  To the dog-like creatures face down was a more natural

and comfortable position than face up.  Jex then

pulled the man's trousers off and set them aside so they could see his form in its natural state."He is absolutely stunning!  Have you ever seen anything more appealing, my dearest Stenwul?" Jex breathed."I most

definitely have not.  I have never seen one so closely before who

was still alive and fully disrobed.  We've had to kill so many who

were armed and armored and bent on our destruction.  Would that

they were not so cruel to us when they are so beautiful and we only

wish to love them.  The skin on his back looks so smooth with the

lack of fur

and his hair so long and soft and features so blunt and fine.  The soft

light fur on his arms and legs is so appealing and in contrast to the

thicker fur he has under his arms and at his wonderful crotch," said

Stenwul as he stood and went around to crouch at the smith's head

and gently lifted it up to look at his face.The

other kobolds got off the log and came around to other side of the

smith's body, with their backs toward Neville, and they crouched down

beside the man to examine him more closely."Look

at the wonderful shape of his feet.  Look between the legs by his

big furry balls; his cock lies there soft and beautiful.  He wears

it on the outside even when he is not aroused, like the other races!

 His legs are so long and

powerful, and those arms!  Oh, how I would love having him buried

deep in my ass with those powerful arms wrapped around my waist and

gripping me tightly as he humps away at me with abandon!  Every

inch of him is

so appealing, it's all too much beauty for one creature!" exclaimed

Tithan.Jex was at the smith's ass and

he reached out his forepaw and lovingly stroked the powerful muscle and

then ran one of his fingers down between the man's ass cheeks to

lightly touch his hole."I am feeling very strong urges at the moment, my loves.  They are difficult to resist," Jex said.He

gently spread the smith's legs a little and then moved his long slender

snout in to snuffle at the base of the man's big ball sack, and then he

extended his very long pink tongue and lapped at the wonderful tasting

sweat along the smith's crack.  He then began to lap at the man's

pucker to clean it and get the flavor of him.  He probed his

tongue harder at the smith's anus and then worked it right in to sample

the wonderful taste of the man's essence.  The kobold was rapidly

becoming very aroused and was having trouble controlling himself.Beowul, Tithan and Lox, who were crowded along Jake's side,

leaned in and started to snuffle at him as well in order to get a better scent

of him and to rub their noses along his skin and into his arm pit and

along his side.  They caressed his smooth skin with their forepaws and they licked at him softly to taste his salt and

sweat.Stenwul, who was at the smith's face, leaned in

and rubbed his muzzle at both sides of his face.  He then gently

kissed the man's closed eyelids, then his nose, then moved down and

kissed him on the lips.  He extended his tongue and inserted it

past the lips while gently pulling at the man's chin to open his teeth.

 He explored the inside of Jake's mouth with his soft pink

tongue and sighed and pulled his tongue back out to speak."He

tastes like honey.  I think I understand why we are not allowed to

approach humans who are not bent on killing us.  We would forget

all of our duties and simply fall under their spell and make love to

them until the end of our days," he said breathlessly.Jex raised his head from the trough between the smith's

muscular buttocks and leaned his head back and howled softly with

yearning....Neville could not see exactly what was going on but he

began to panic.  The kobolds had all gathered around Jake with

their backs to Neville and had taken off the smith's trousers.

 Now they were leaning their heads in.  He could not see past

the crowd of kobolds so he could not tell what they were doing to him.

 They moved slightly from side to side and forward with their

heads leaned in and bobbing up and down as they crouched beside the man on their hindpaws.They must be starting to eat him!He wanted desperately to

leap out from his hiding place and charge at them but he knew it would

be madness.  He was in agony not knowing what to do.Neville

could not let them eat him.  He had to try to stop it.  Just

as he was about to rush out of hiding one of the kobolds tilted his

head back and howled.  Neville

noticed there was no blood or gore at all on the kobold's white snout.

 Perhaps they hadn't started their feast yet?He decided to hold his position and he watched and

waited to see if he could get a better idea of what exactly they were

doing and with monumental effort he contained his urge to rush in until he knew what he might be facing....Jex regained his composure and

spoke again, "I have never seen anything I have wanted to fuck more

than this beautiful specimen.  The

humans are so impressive they make my loins boil over.  This one smells like a potential mate to me.  Would that

they

were agreeable to our style of play.  I think I will keep him for

myself and use him for a while before he regains his consciousness.

 What harm could it do?""Keep him for yourself?  You

know it is not allowed.  Besides, he is nearly twice

your size and three times your mass; you would be able to share

him easily with me

I think.  You know full well if he smells like a mate to you, he

smells that way to us all equally.  You should not be so greedy

and

selfish with your beautiful new lover, my dear," scolded Stenwul.Jex pouted again, "Fine, I will share if you insist, but

I lay claim to his fine muscular ass.  I will tie to it with

ardor!  You may have the sweet mouth my love.  Do not tie

though!

 We cannot have him suffocate.  No further harm should come

to him, the poor, sweet thing.  I have done enough injury to him

already,

clubbing his lovely head with my mace, and I shall feel the shame of it

for quite a

long time indeed.""Agreed then, we shall share him," said Stenwul, "I lay claim to his sweet mouth.""Wait

a moment, are we saying we're going to break the law and do this thing?

 What if your sire were to find out, Jex?" Beowul asked."How will he ever know about it?  The lovely man is unconscious and

will never

know himself.  If we never tell anyone ourselves then we are safe.

 We may never get such a chance again.  I have coveted the

humans from afar for so long.  He is absolutely

irresistibly beautiful and I must put my cock in him and give him my

seed to show him how much I adore him.  Please, my love?" begged Jex as he blinked his big eyes at Beowul pleadingly.Beowul could not resist his lover's adorable face, "Very well, you

know I cannot bring myself to disappoint you, my sweet, but

if the two of you use his only two available holes, then what of the

rest of

us?  I will be quickly in the throes of passion watching you enjoy

yourself so.  Where will I put my straining cock?""I

have a hole in back myself, my dearest love, and it will be quite

available as I hump this wonderful creature.  I would be most pleased and honored

if you would use

it for the seven hundred and seventy-seventh time while I am buried deeply in our guest,"

said Jex sincerely, and then he grinned."I

cannot remember the last time I have ever had such an appealing offer

my sweet," said Beowul while grinning back at his love, "Wait, it has just come to me.  It was the time you

offered it to me this afternoon and I used it well, and the time before

that just this morning.  Oh, but I did enjoy it so!  I accept!"They all laughed again."Let us place him on the log then, so that we may get in a proper position," said Jex.The kobolds

stood up and four of them each took a corner and lifted the man while

the fifth kobold placed several large sleeping pelts of soft lamb's wool along the

length of the log.  The smith's

unconscious form was laid gently on it face down along the length of the log with an arm and a leg

hanging down on each side of it.The kobolds began to disrobe and all dropped their weapons and armor to the ground until each was completely

naked....Neville

was watching from the trees with relief as he saw when they moved Jake onto the fallen log that he was still

unscathed.  They had not been eating him after all.  He

wondered why they were all undressing

suddenly.  He did not like where this appeared to be going.He was able to get a better look at the monsters now though.With

all of their armor removed, Neville noticed that the beasts

were in fact quite beautiful.  They were covered in short and

thick soft fur

like a dog.  They had long, wide ears that stood nice and straight

and

fairly pointed at the tip and cupped forward like a fox's ears.

 They had long, slender muzzles and sharp, white teeth and

long, pink tongues that could extend a very long way from their mouths.

 They had large, sparkling eyes and long, bushy tails that curved

upward.

 They looked from here to be just a bit taller and heavier than

Neville so they were much smaller than the large smith.They

looked very graceful even in their upright position, though they looked

somehow like they would be just as graceful, or perhaps more so, on all

fours.  Their hindpaws were large and wide and their forepaws were

slender and long somewhat like a raccoon's and looked very dexterous.Each

of

them had slightly different colors and patterns than the other.

 One of them was brown and had lovely white sock patterns on his paws

and a large white patch along his breast and under his chin, and a star

shaped white patch on his forehead that extended down between his eyes

to the top of his snout.

 The one that had howled earlier was mostly white all over but had large, brown patches

here

and there and a large, black patch over one eye.  Another was all

black from head to toe and yet another was a beautiful golden

color all over.  The fifth had the most amazing fur pattern he'd ever

seen made of various very narrow tiger-like stripes of different shades of light

and dark brown and black that would be vertical if the creature was on

all fours.  The pattern of his coat seemed almost to shimmer in the

firelight as he

moved.  He had a jet black breast and black sock patterns on

his paws and small white patches on each of his eyes.  He was

the most attractive of them all.Neville could clearly see they were

all male because each had a very large, furry scrotum with two big balls

hanging in it and he could see the pointed red tip of a dog-like penis starting to peek

out of each of their sheaths.Neville

could still not hear what

was being said but it was becoming obvious what was about to happen.

 He started to become angry but tried to maintain his cool as his

father had done back at the inn when this very same thing was happening

to Neville himself at the hands of Braddock and his men.His love was about to get raped by a bunch of vile and evil

soldiers just as

Neville himself had been.  Thankfully Jake was unconscious for now.

 Neville silently prayed that he was alright and that he would

come around eventually, but not until all of this was over....Jex moved behind the smith and straddled the log to take his

claimed position at the man's muscular ass.

 The kobold's large, pointed, wet, red organ had already begun to slip

well out of its sheath.

 He moved forward and coupled with the large man by grabbing him around the waist and began humping

like a dog.  When he felt his penis engage deeply into the man's

rectum he increased the pace in short sharp jabs and began to pant.

 Saliva dripped from his hanging tongue as his eyes glazed and

half closed while he let himself be carried away in ecstasy.Stenwul, who had claimed the mouth, moved to the smith's head and carefully

lifted his face and inserted

his slick red penis between the unconscious man's lips.  He began

to buck very slowly and carefully so as not to harm their captive.

 He looked all the way across the smith at his lover Jex who was

facing toward him while deeply buried in the smith's ass and humping

hard and his heart swelled at the love he felt for the kobold as he

watched him lose himself to his rapture.  Stenwul then closed

his eyes to enjoy the sensation of his leaking penis rubbing along the

man's warm, wet tongue and he smiled his happiness.Beowul

moved in

behind Jex at the back and inserted his growing wet member into

his

lover's tight asshole while moaning his delight.  He gripped Jex's

waist tightly and leaned his full body against him and began to

hump rapidly.  He alternated

his humping so that he was moving his hips in as the other was moving

out and after just a moment of adjustment the two were fucking with

abandon in perfect alternating rhythm.Lox

moved in behind Stenwul while watching him hump at the smith's face and

he stroked the beautiful kobold's back lovingly and whispered, "May I

enjoy your sweet, tight hole once more, my love?  Each time I

do is

more wonderful than the time before and I simply cannot resist!"Stenwul looked back at Lox with love in his eyes and nodded

and said, "I feel empty when you aren't there.  Please give your

seed to me again, my sweet."Lox then moved in and engaged

his straining penis into Stenwul's eager hole and began to fuck him

in the same way as the first two, with a perfectly timed, alternating

motion like a well-designed machine.It was very clear

that all of them were well practiced at fucking this way, one behind

the other in perfect, alternating unison.  None of them slipping

out and all of them getting deep thrusts from the tip right to the root.Tithan stood back and watched the beautiful sight of his four

lovers coupling

with abandon.  He panted with anticipation and he could not resist

getting involved as well.

 He got in the middle and straddled the smith with his back to Jex, and started simply humping his large, red,

very

wet and slippery cock against Jake's warm, smooth skin while it

leaked copious amount of precum.  The kobolds were

small enough in relation to the smith that there was room for all.He

looked longingly into the face of Stenwul who was fucking the

smith's face.  The two of them were closely facing each other now

and Stenwul smiled and leaned in and inserted his long pink tongue into

Tithan's mouth.  Tithan stretched out his tongue into Stenwul's

mouth and their tongues lovingly entwined and shared the taste

of each other as they moaned softly.Jex,

now seeing Tithan's ass right in his face with his big bushy tail

curved up and exposing his sweet,

tight asshole, could not resist

putting his muzzle against his lover's beautiful hole and inserting his

long

tongue into it to taste his wonderful essence.  As Tithan humped

forward rubbing his hard, red cock and big balls along the smith's now very well

lubricated back, Jex's tongue began

to get pulled out of his anus.  As he humped back, Jex pushed his

tongue back in trying to give his lover the best possible sensation.The

five kobolds were now all intimately connected in a long chain that

stretched across the smith with him connected in the middle as the center link and the kobold chain connected

across his back by Tithan.  The kobolds were all in the throes

of passion and their movements had an almost choreographed grace that

belied the heat and lust they all felt....Neville did all

he could to suppress his rage at what he saw.  He could not afford

to give himself away so he kept quiet and fumed as he watched them

raping his love while they buggered each other as well.When he had listened to Braddock speaking back

at the inn he had begun to suspect that the other races might have actually been given a falsely bad reputation.

 What he was seeing now showed they were just as vile and evil as

Braddock and his men.Why was the world so full of horrible

people who must use and humiliate others to make themselves feel powerful?...The five kobolds were so fully aroused that the coupling did not last long.Stenwul, at the blacksmith's face, recognized that his big knot was

starting to get stuck inside the man's mouth so he quickly pulled it

back before it got too

large.  He humped more carefully to keep the knot on the outside

as it continued to grow so the man could breathe properly.  Before

long he stopped and pressed his hard, bulging knot firmly against the

smith's mouth while moaning

loudly, releasing his

voluminous seed into the man's throat.  The smith's body

instinctively and involuntarily swallowed down the sweet nectar even

while he was

unconscious.Lox's penis locked hard into Stenwul as he sensed

the pulsing of his lover's anus and it brought him over the edge.

 He thrust hard one last time and held the position to tie to his

lover as his knot expanded to its fullest and his thick, red cock begin

pumping his seed into Stenwul's bowels.Jex pulled his tongue out of Tithan's rectum and cried out

in ecstasy and tied to the smith's tight hole as he thrust

forward hard.  He had never been this aroused in his life.

 He realized immediately that he would be stuck in this position

for quite some time but he had never felt such a powerful release

before.  He settled in for the wait while his loins began pumping

his nectar into the beautiful human's rectum.  He moved his muzzle

back down, slipped his tongue back into Tithan's sweet anus who was humping the smith's back, and began

to tongue

him harder to help him reach his climax.Tithan did

not last at that point.  He could hear the sounds of moaning and

grunting and

pleasure all around him and could feel the long tongue of his lover

snaking around inside him sampling his essence and tickling his anus, and his throbbing red

member with the big knot

that he'd been furiously rubbing against the man's beautiful smooth skin began to

squirt stream after stream of his seed out onto the man's back as the kobold

moaned and groaned with pleasure.Beowul was the last to go.  He could not last any longer as

his own red cock was being squeezed rhythmically by Jex's pulsing

anus and he grunted and

moaned out his pleasure loudly as he thrust deep into the love of his

life and tied to him and began to send his seed into him.All

five of

the kobolds began to come down from their orgasmic high.  The

kobolds who were tied, or who were tied to by another, had to hold

their position and wait as their throbbing members continued to pump

their cum into each other and into the smith.  Tithan

was not tied to anyone so he got off and moved closer to the fire and

lay on his

side to begin licking his swollen member in order to stretch out his

good feeling while cleaning himself.Stenwul backed carefully away from the smith's face with Lox still tied behind him.

 The two maneuvered around in what looked like a well-practiced ballet as they moved next to the fire and lay together to

wait for Lox's knot to go down.  Clearly they'd done

this before.  Stenwul began licking his red

member just as Tithan was already doing while Lox was still

tied behind him and lovingly stroking Stenwul's back and waiting to be freed.Beowul

and Jex could not move since Jex was tied to the smith's

rectum and Beowul was tied to Jex's hole.  They held

their positions with contented smiles on their faces with Beowul

nuzzling the back of Jex's neck and softly growling his love for the

kobold as the last of

their seed leaked out.After

a while there was a sucking pop and Beowul came free from his lover.

 He moved over by the fire to join the others and began licking

his cock.  Lox's cock slipped free from Stenwul by the

fireside and he began

cleaning his own as well.  Now all were free but Jex, who

was still tied to the smith's anus and was leaned over his back smiling and enjoying the stretched out afterglow of his orgasm.More time passed as the other four all finished

cleaning themselves and their swollen cocks had shrunk back down and

were finally retreating back into their sheaths.Jex was still tied to the smith and he spoke softly while he waited for his release."I

have never felt my knot so strongly before.  This has been the

most satisfying experience I've ever had.  It may be a while

before I can untie from this achingly beautiful creature.  What shall we do

with him then?" he asked."He

is desirable beyond measure.  I think we should ask the chieftain

if we could break the rules and have him tie the knot between this man

and us.  Would he not make the perfect sixth for our little

family?" asked Tithan."He would indeed," said Beowul, "but the law is ancient and the chieftain is unlikely to

allow us to change it.  We cannot mingle with the humans and must

remain isolated from them except when threatened by their armies.""Perhaps we should simply release him

then, as a thank you for allowing us to enjoy him so?" asked Jex."A

great battle is coming and will take place near here.  Their armies have scattered and weakened

and the chieftain intends to invade their lands within the week with the orcs to

destroy what's left of their armies so they can attack us no more and

we can retreat back into our isolation.  We cannot release him.

 He would be in great danger and we must keep him safe from it.

 He may know

something of the human armies even if he is not a soldier.  We'll

have to bring him back to the main

force and speak to the chieftain to see what he wishes.  He will

at least want to talk to the man to see what information he may have, my dear," said Beowul."Agreed,

we must bring him back to our army.  It's the only thing to do, my loves," said Stenwul, "The orc scouting

party should be coming by to relieve us soon so we can

head back and bring our wonderful guest to the chieftain."There

was a sucking sound and at last Jex's erection

slipped out of the blacksmith's anus followed by a slow and steady stream of

his seed running down the inside of the smith's thigh.Beowul got up and went quickly to begin licking up his lover's

sweet cum as it leaked out of the man and then began lapping at the

gaping hole to clean it and help it relax shut again.  Lox came over

and began licking up Tithan's semen that had been

released all over the smith's back.Jex went to the fireside to lie down and clean himself with the others."At

last, it's astonishing how long that took, my dear sweet love.  I

have never seen you tie so long before.  You must be very much in

love with him," said Stenwul to Jex, "Let's

get some rest

now, my dears, so we can travel hard and fast in the morning.  Who

will take

the first watch?""I

will do it, my love.  You know how I worry about you all.  It

eases my heart to watch over you while you sleep," said Tithan.The others all got up and four kobolds once again carefully lifted the smith from the

log.  The fifth took the lamb's wool skins and laid them out on the ground

and the others lowered the man gently onto them and placed him in a

comfortable position.  One of them retrieved his trousers and worked them back onto his legs and cinched them up, then they then bound Jake's hands and feet.With

the captive taken care of, four of them went and settled in together in

a loving pile near the fire while Tithan, who had volunteered to

take the watch, got dressed in his armor and put on his weapon.  He

moved to the other side of the fire, and then turned back and surveyed the scene

momentarily.He gazed longingly at his four lovers as they

wiggled against each other to get comfortable in their pile to settle

in for their night's sleep.  He had chosen his mates well and he

was thrilled that they'd chosen him.  He could not wait until the

day they were all officially sworn to each other in wedlock for the

rest of their lives.  He felt like the luckiest kobold in the

world."Rest well, my dearest, sweet loves.  I

shall miss you all sorely until I see your lovely faces smiling at me

in the morning," he said, and then he turned to face outward towards

Neville's hiding location and began to stand watch over them....Neville

realized that the monsters were finally done violating the smith and they

were

settling in to sleep.  They'd set him down and bound his hands and

feet so he was clearly still alive and he looked unscathed.  He

was still unconscious so he did not have to suffer the humiliation of

the rape.  The one whose fur was black from head to toe had donned his armor and weapon again and had taken the watch.He

had no idea what

they'd been saying while they'd used his love so cruelly.  He'd

heard

their hyena-like cackles as they appeared to laugh before they laid

into

him.  They reminded him of Braddock and his men.  Perhaps all

soldiers were simply pure evil.  It seemed his dream of being a

fighter should simply be dropped.  He did not wish to become

anything like any of the ones he'd seen tonight.  Perhaps this is

what drove Jake to abandon soldiering and change his vocation to

smithing.  Neville wondered if

this sort of evil is what eventually becomes of all men who make it

their livelihood to kill other men.He

was enraged

at what they'd done to the smith but he knew that he could do nothing

about it.He

began to think maybe he should simply raise his arms and walk into

the camp and surrender to them.  They could speak his language so

perhaps he could plead with them.  He could tell them how much he

loved the smith and would do anything to get him back.  If there

was even the slightest bit of caring buried somewhere in their dark and

evil souls they might recognize the anguish on his face and let them go free.He doubted these vicious beasts would listen to reason

though, and he was certain there could be no hint of caring in them for

a human.  They were the enemy and they were armed and they were

trained soldiers.  Even their teeth would likely be enough to tear

Neville to shreds if they saw him and attacked even while they were naked.

 He knew they enjoyed

feasting on human children and he did not intend to do them the favor

of an easy meal.He would need to wait and see if the lookout they

posted would get distracted, need to relieve himself, or perhaps fall

asleep.  He had to try to sneak in and free Jake from their vile

clutches.He

settled in to wait while thinking of how unjust it all

was.  Just as he'd finally realized his fantasy of being with the

smith, the dream had been cruelly taken from him.He was not going

to let it happen.  He would find some way to free Jake from the monsters.He sat

quietly in the dark and leaned back against a tree and watched and waited for his chance.He began to succumb to the bone-weariness his

body was feeling.  He hadn't slept at all at the inn after a long

busy day's work prior to his

rude awakening and the horrible events that followed.  He and the

smith had been running for almost an hour after that ordeal.  The sudden

relief and

joy of discovering the smith's feelings for him followed by the shock

of the loss of him and witnessing his rape had drained the last of

Neville's reserves.  He was now running on vapors.His

eyes began to close of their own volition and his head lolled and

then snapped back as he fought his weariness, but try as he might he

could not resist the siren call of sleep and he drifted off.He woke with a start in the full daylight of late afternoon.  He jumped in fear and looked toward the camp.They were gone!He

crashed out of the bushes and ran to the ashes of the dead fire where the kobolds had been sleeping.

 He looked around desperately but could see no sign of them or the smith, nor could he see which way

they had gone.He

moved in a growing circle around the camp site

but could see no trace of their passage anywhere.  Neville was

just a boy

and these were trained scouts who knew how not to leave tracks of their

own.  They could have headed out in any direction and there was

absolutely no chance

that he would be able to find them.The love of his young life was gone.A

sudden and sickening realization dawned on him.  Jake had wanted

to leave last night and it was Neville that delayed them.  If he hadn't

stopped to pleasure himself when the smith had washed his face, and if

he hadn't convinced the smith to let Neville take the time to pleasure

him as well, they would have been well on the way long before the scouts were upon

them.If he

would not have wasted so much of their time

they

would still be together.  It was all his fault.  For

all he knew they may have already eaten the smith or they may be taking

him back to the rest of their army to share as a meal.His

heart was hammering against his chest as another thought occurred to

him.  After the way they'd used the smith last night, they were

likely bringing him back to their army to be fucked to death by all the

others!

 Jake had saved Neville from that fate last night and it

appeared Neville, by not doing the responsible thing and going with

Jake immediately as the smith had wanted to, had caused the man to now

face that very same horrifying end. He

was completely devastated.His heart sank to its lowest depths ever as he

realized that he had lost his newfound love forever to a cruel fate at the hands of

his most hated enemy and it was all his fault.