Dani's Harem [Reverse Harem]

Dani - Can I enjoy a golden cage just a little?

Once he disappears we both sit there for a while in silence digesting the information he dumped on us. It's insane and I'm trying not to think about most of what he said but in an abstract way, I understand that we aren't on earth so much as in another realm running alongside the earth. Before all this started I was an avid reader and my favorite books were the ones with kickass female leads that sometimes ended up off-world or part fairie or something else strange. My mind tells me this is like that and I am currently playing the part of the kickass hero.

Nathan groans quietly beside me and I decide to take another look around the kitchen for painkillers and see on the surface is now first aid box that was not there before. I grab it and carry it over to the chair thinking a little about its appearance and why the demon provided it. Nathan makes a small sound when I sit close and open the box. I find antiseptic wipes - gauze and even painkillers which he swallows dry with a grunt.

He stays quiet seeming to nod off and I decide to look around the 'cabin' to see how much it is alike Nathans home. The bathroom is different with a giant 5 people sized shower and a giant hot tub opposite which I couldn't wait to use once Nathan can keep an eye open for trouble. I use the bathroom to quickly freshen up and try to tie my hair back to some form of normal. Whilst cataloging my own aches and pains I realize I haven't seen Jock since we were 'snapped' into the cabin by Trent. 

Once I have cleaned up a bit I look around for Jock and find him on the floor by the bed unconscious. I stumble in my haste to get to him and am able to wake him up. He wakes up instantly and is on guard once he has looked around the room he seems to calm and rubs his head against my thigh. I clap him and walk over to the seat and collapse on it with Jock sitting on my foot.

I start to really feel all my aches and bruises and decide to take some painkillers from the box with my now cold drink and sit in silence waiting for them to kick in. Eventually, Nathan shifts in his sleep and hisses to himself as he wakes from the pain. He stirs and then sits up abruptly like someone just stuck him with the sharp end of a spear. He calms in seconds and then just sits there looking at me with a perplexed expression. He opens and closes his mouth a few times before he gets his mind in order.

"Did all of that really happen?" He asks with a disbelieving tone but then continues on before I get a word in. "People-demons?!  Broke into my home and chased us. Did you go all weird and creepy with the triple voice thing? Then a fight and we get transported to some sort of weird mind cave and now we are in my cabin but it's not actually my cabin?! What the actual fuck??!!" Nathan looks at me and I can tell he is on the verge of a panic attack I guess Jock does too somehow because he leaves my foot and thrusts his upper body basically on top of Nathan and starts to cover his face in slobber. "Get off!! Seriously! Jock! Okay okay, I'm fine see I'm okay. Stop. Please." He wraps his arms around him and hugs him tightly while breathing fast. Slowly his breathing slows and eventually, he pushes Jock off his lap and quietly mumbles good boy low enough I'm not supposed to hear it.

"I looked around and it's almost the same as your cabin but the bathroom is completely different. I didn't try the windows or doors because I believe him and I was waiting for you anyway. No point trying to escape when one of your people is unconscious" I tell him as he slowly gets up and staggers to the door. Nathan opens the door and gasps as I walk toward him. We both stand there mute at the complete emptiness in the doorway. It is like a black hole has replaced the space outside the door. It's just darkness and it pulls at the light from inside the cabin as if sucking everything in towards it. Nathan slams the door and looks at me in disbelief.

We say nothing and stand there for a second digesting the strange phenomenon outside the cabin. "I'm going to the bathroom!" He states and stumble-storms to the bathroom. If that's not a word it should be because it's the weirdest tantrum storm I have ever seen! With nothing else to do I decide to sort myself out and lay down on the bed. If I am trapped here then I need to heal and save my energy for when I need it later. No doubt the future is not looking up anytime soon. As I close my eyes my thoughts drift back to my mum and a tear escapes my eye before I can stop it then more traitorous tears follow the first and I'm sobbing into the pillow as pain wracks my chest. They say child labor is one of the worst pains a woman goes through but I would bet a broken heart should be right up there. It feels like I have been hollowed out and a large rock is growing in my throat and a deep pain throbs in my chest like a real wound. It pulses every time I think of mum and I can't help but scream into the pillow in rage and grief! Dead. She's dead. The only person who ever cared about me and she is gone! Alone. I'm all alone now and I just want to die too! 

After a while, I start to drift off to sleep as I calm and I realize that jock is in front of me and my hands are dug into his fur and on my waist is the weight of an arm. I feel safe for the first time since mum died and despite being in some weird mind cage I fall asleep snuggled between a dog and a stranger.

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Hey guys! Merry Christmas and happy holidays for the month coming!

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with this. Life has just gotten busy. Covid has made things difficult and my muse was silent. So whilst you wait for the next chapter here is a recommendation to get you through the holidays and the craziness of your own lives. Try out - The space Merchants by Wendie Nordgren! You will not be disappointed by this awesome reverse harem book following a young girl become who she was always meant to be =) Love you guys and stay safe! x