Demons Among Us

Chapter 16: Dylan

They were waiting in the front hall for Jenna to arrive, Dylan didn't know what to expect or where to even start but going back to the beach where he found Yazmina was the logical solution.

He looked over at Yazmina and frowned when he saw her looking at her reflection, he couldn't understand why she was looking at her clothes with disgust, she looked beautiful and the colour of her blouse made her eyes even more captivating, did she not realize she was stunningly beautiful. He was lost in this thought when he heard a deep voice laughing.

"Damn girl your fine" a tall and well built man was saying to Yazmina, Dylan felt his temper flare, but was curious to see how Yazmina would handle this interaction.

Yazmina looked at the thing that was looking at her lustfully, it wasn't bad looking but it was saying things Yazmina couldn't understand so Yazmina did the only thing she could do, she walked to the thing and grabbed its crotch.

She felt the crotch lightly with one hand and was throughly disappointed, she was surprised by the look of shock on this things face.

She tried to think of what the human response would be and couldn't think of anything so she looked at Dylan and who was standing there with his mouth open, that was odd thought Yazmina.

"So small" said Yazmina with her hand still on the man's crotch and her eyes on Dylan "are all your males that small"?

She recoiled when a hand forcefully slapped her hand away, without thinking she brought her other hand around and grabbed the guy by his throat, she squeezed harder as his feet lifted on the floor. "How dare you"! Yazmina yelled.

Dylan sprinted forward and tried to grab Yazmina's arm and pull it down but her arm wouldn't budge, how could someone so small be so strong, it was unnatural thought Dylan. This woke a seed of thought in his brain but he couldn't address it now.

"Put him down" Dylan said forcefully, Yazmina looked at him with surprise, did he dare give her a command, and was it making her hot. Yazmina released her grip and the guy fell to his knees.

"Get out of here now" commanded Dylan to the guy who was now breathing hard and struggling to get up, he looked at Yazmina wide eyed as he started to run down the hall.

Yazmina turned to look at Dylan with confusion on her face, "are all males in this realm weak like that one"? Dylan was shocked to realize that she was asking a serious question.

"Uh, um well no, we have all different sizes of uh males" said Dylan still a little confused and continued "some are stronger than others, some are taller"

He felt stupid as he gave her an answer but he didn't really know any other way to explain it. He jumped when he heard the door open and was relieved to see Jenna making her way to where they were.

Jenna walked over to Dylan and Yazmina and could feel that something big just happened, they both had confused looks on their face, "ok, clearly I missed something" said Jenna.

Dylan gave her a run down of what happened ending with Yazmina almost choking the guy unconscious. Jenna had an amused look on her face, "atta girl" she said to Yazmina and winked at her. Yazmina just stared back at her in confusion and wondered what was wrong with Jenna's eye.

They left the hall and started walking down the street in the direction of the beach, it was about 5 blocks away and Dylan hoped they could make it there without any more issues, he was wrong.

Yazmina got distracted by almost everything they saw, she stared at the stores that had lights and bright colours in their display cases, her head moved like it was on a swivel, darting to look at everything that caught her eyes.

Jenna watched her with amusement as Yazmina took in all their surroundings, she couldn't understand why Yazmina seemed so awestruck and fascinated by a garbage bin on the sidewalk or the traffic lights, as she almost walked on to the road into traffic after attempting to catch a cat she saw. If Jenna hadn't grabbed her arm, she was sure Yazmina would haven gotten a lesson about cars she wouldn't forget.

Jenna turned to Yazmina with her mouth gaped open "what the hell are you doing?"Jenna asked breathing hard from the adrenaline she felt after pulling Yazmina back from the car, "you could have been killed".

Yazmina looked at Jenna with a straight face and said "our kind don't die, we age out of ourselves but we can never die" and continued to look around at all the lights and people the were all around.

Jenna and Dylan exchanged glances and Dylan pulled Yazmina towards him protectively.

After the close call with the car Dylan moved Yazmina to the side of him that was away from the road and without realizing it he had grabbed a hold of her arm just above the elbow not roughly but with a gentle touch, he quickly moved his hand away.

He was about to tell Yazmina he was sorry for grabbing her arm but then thought why should he, he's just trying to keep her safe and if she's going to act like a child whose never been outside the house then she should be treated as such.

Turning towards Yazmina he said "you need to listen to us, I can see all this is new to you but if you want to make it the beach you need to listen and follow orders". Dylan felt heat radiate off of Yazmina and got a lump in his throat.

Yazmina couldnt believer her ears or her eyes for that matter, what the hell was all this crap around her, awful noises, carriages with no horses that seem to run magically not to mention the awful smells.

She wanted out of this hell, this poison realm, she wanted to get back to her kingdom, find her father and kill her brother, and now she was with this weird female and a handsome but bossy male who just gave her a command to listen to him.

I give the orders not take them thought Yazmina and could swear she felt her horns glowing hot, without realizing it she moved to touch her horns, and felt a sensation of anger mixed with another feeling she didn't recognize but it made her feel heavy that they were gone.

She turned to Dylan who was giving quick glances down at her, which Yazmina thought was really odd "I need to get home" she said and saw Dylan nod then he said "yeah, you really do" wherever home is Dylan thought to himself.

Dylan looked at Yazmina and had mixed feelings, he didn't understand how someone who was human would be so bothered by something they would see everyday and this whole "crazy act" was getting annoying but then another part of him felt the need to protect her, to make sure she was safe at all times.

Dylan was unsure why all these emotions were coming up, he felt something change within him when he first saw her on the beach a kind of strength growing inside him and felt subtle changes in him happening such as the need to protect her although after seeing her lift that guy up with one hand protection maybe a moot point but still he felt it.

Dylan felt an excited energy course through him now and he put his arm around Yazmina and pulled her into him, he expected her to fight him or pull away but she allowed herself to be guided down the street, a sudden sense of pride washed over him and he felt like he was walking tall.