The Ruby Empire

King Czernobog

Male Monster x Female Reader

There was a strange taste in the air. As you looked around yourself it was as if everything around you had suddenly changed. It all looked the same, but there was an eerie air about that told you that you were no longer standing on the same earth that you were before. You can't understand it, so you keep moving forward. You grip the basket in your hand and you pull your cloak around you tighter.

Behind you, on the trail, you hear a noise. You hear the rattling of armor and the hoofbeats of heavy animals. There had been nothing behind you when you started this path. You step aside and watch as a great caravan begins its procession before you. There are knights in armor so bright and shiny it's like they're made of mirrors. There are strange creatures with fur as white as snow. There are dancers carrying banners and draped in bells. Then there's the great carriage. It's carried by horses as black as tar and eyes shining like gold coins.

You feel fear grip your chest as you look up at it. As it stops in front of you. You feel your heart pump ice, the shards ripping through your body. You become frozen, staring up at the door as it swings open. You don't remember what comes out for you. All you remember was the door swinging open and a dark voice bidding you forward.

You wake up naked and in a bed covered by sheer curtains. Beyond them, you see shadows flitting about. You hear voices whispering and tittering. As you sit up the room goes quiet and the curtain is pulled back.

"So the newly captured has risen," the thing at the foot of the bed laughs. Her voice is high and lilting. Her features sharp like the thorns of a rose. Her hair looked like vines. She tugs you from the bed, ripping you out of the sheets and before the rest of those standing around the room.

They're all naked, and honestly, that's not the most disconcerting thing. The thing that gave you pause was the fact that all of them were so strange and different. Some looked like the thorny girl leading you out of the room. Others looked like birds or lizards. There was a woman whose bottom half looked like a snake.

The thorny girl leads you into a room and she drapes a robe over you. "Where am I?" You ask her.

She laughs and fluffs your hair. "Don't worry about that now. You're here. That's all there is to it."

"That still doesn't help," you mumble as she smears something on your lips that makes them tingle.

"Now, his Majesty has always had a soft spot for your kind," she makes a disgusted expression. "Well, certainly not hard," she laughs at her joke, slapping your shoulder. "But he's never had the chance to indulge until now. So you're going to be in for quite the ride, youngling."

"King?" You gasp.

She looks at you, her eyes so green they look like glass. "Oh yes. He's going to be fond of you for a while. To be honest, though, the rest of us are going to enjoy the break."

"Break?" Your mind is racing so fast with so many questions, you're not quite sure what to ask first.

"You're a concubine now, youngling." She taps the tip of your nose. "I hope you're prepared."

Your eyes widen and your jaw drops. She pushes you away, leading you through a hidden corridor and out through a door hidden behind a bookcase. She shoves you inside and you fall, tripping over the long robe. You look up, watching as the bookcase slides back into the wall. You feel the ice shards in your veins again. Frozen and eviscerated as you sit on the cold floor.

You're not sure what to do. How can you even begin to process what has happened? You had been on the road, delivering food to a sick friend. You somehow stumbled off the path and into a whole other world. You look around the room, seeing a large bed before a lit fireplace. You smell something sweet and your stomach growls with hunger.