"Oh, I am very real and you will pay back everything you owe. Worse still, you dared to leave me behind, never looking back. This was not the first time, but the second."
Lucien's voice came cold, distant, and terrifying.
Mai felt her head ache constantly as she tried to understand what had happened.
Why did Lucien survive?
Did he follow her here?
How did he track her?
Alas, no one was going to answer her.
Lucien's eyes glowed pink as star-shaped pupils became visible to Mai.
Immediately, Mai felt her thoughts stop as overwhelming desire clouded her mind.
Instantly, her body heated up as she stuck out her tongue like a dog.
"Lu… Lucien… Lucien…"
Her voice was thin and seductive as her eyes shone a dim pink. She felt like she was losing her mind as her mouth spoke things her mind didn't think of. Her nipples hardened, rubbing against the shirt she wore.
Worse was her trousers. Even through her panties, her wetness was visible as the blue dress rapidly deepened into a darker shade.
A musky scent filled the room as Mai grabbed Lucien's hands.
"Please… touch me… fuck me, please," Mai begged as she clamped her thighs together, her body trembling as lust filled her.
Lucien withdrew his hand, and she fell onto the ground.
Her body trembled as her knees hit the hard floor, but Mai was an awakener. She felt nothing as she lifted her head, looking at Lucien and begging to be fucked.
"Waste," Lucien said as he walked past her and stood near the window.
The five-floor apartment came into view as Lucien calmly observed the small community formed below.
Even though Mai had formed a prototype army, controlling one hundred people was very different from controlling two hundred.
Arguments still broke out.
People still fought with the guards.
Dozens of people were dragged away as Lucien slipped his hands into his pockets.
The violent residents were taken away, likely to be sanctioned in private.
For Mai, this might seem like it would work. If the sanctioning was harsh enough, people would notice that those brought back were much quieter, more obedient.
But this would not treat the core problem.
The fact remained: Mai was leaving power in the hands of the guards, and the guards even with weapons were still just humans to the residents.
This shelter would eventually crumble.
This wouldn't work. They outnumbered the guards five, even ten to one and they already knew it.
This power dynamic, this system, was pathetic.
Mai, I am disappointed. Truly.
It would crumble.
You have to empower the guards, yes but more than that, you need talent. People smart enough to lead. Appoint them. Guards can only enforce laws, not create them.
Lucien shook his head and turned toward Mai.
He dragged a nearby chair and sat down.
"Mai, you can't lead. Even if I leave, this place will fall sooner or later. You haven't grasped how to use power," Lucien said calmly as Mai twitched.
In this state, all Mai wanted was to have sex with him but he knew that once it was over, she would come to her senses and remember everything.
"I will lead now. And this time, you will obey me. You and I were never equals. You will always be my servant, a disposable tool. Know that," Lucien said coldly as Mai twisted her body.
"Lu… Lucien… sex… please…" Mai begged as she crawled toward him, grabbing his leg.
"So pathetic," Lucien said, his expression icy.
The fact that she had left him to die not once, but twice made Lucien realize she was nothing more than a selfish bitch who cared only about herself.
What took him so long to see it?
"Bark like a dog," Lucien said coldly.
For a brief second, clarity returned to Mai's eyes.
"No… I'm not a dog, I—"
Before she could finish, Lucien's eyes glowed brighter.
"I said, bark like a dog. I won't repeat it," Lucien said indifferently.
Silence.
Lucien watched without haste not with a grin, not with laughter. It neither entertained nor bored him.
His eyes carried a different ideology.
Why should he hate or despise something beneath him?
He would become a god.
And she?
She would likely die once he was done with her.
So why should he care?
"W… woof… woof…"
Mai closed her eyes, her body trembling as she barked.
Her mind spun wildly, but no matter what thoughts she tried to cling to, she lost them all.
Her body no longer listened to her.
"I… I did it… so… touch me…"
"Please…"
Tears streamed down Mai's face, but Lucien was unmoved.
"Did I tell you to stop?"
Just a question.
A short sentence.
And Mai's entire world collapsed.
Her self-esteem.
Her worth.
Her pride.
Everything she had built since awakening vanished.
The ease with which Lucien subdued her filled her with fear.
He had been stronger than her before and he was stronger now.
"Woof."
"Woof…"
Thankfully, the room was soundproof. Otherwise, the entire shelter would have heard a dog barking.
Her pitch was high.
Her voice thin.
She didn't stop even as her throat became dry and hoarse.
She barked until no sound came out at all.
"Look at you," Lucien finally said.
He lifted his leg and placed it on her head.
"You are nothing. Get that into your head. Do you think you matter in this new world? You are nothing but mine—my slave. You answer only to me. You obey only me. And that's it. You dare disrespect me? Disobey my command to attack and ran of on your own?"
"How dare you? Who gave you the guts to do that, Mai?"
His voice was like something straight from hell.
Mai's body trembled, her self-esteem shattered, her insides twisted painfully.
She wanted to feel anger.
She wanted to hate him.
But she couldn't.
At this point, her body craved his touch, his breath, his entirety.
She wanted his shaft inside her, twisting her apart and sending her into pure bliss.
Her face pressed against the ground, her confidence completely shattered.
Lucien removed his foot and spoke.
"Take off your clothes… slowly. Then get on the bed," Lucien said confidently.
Mai broke completely.
Even after everything, his words alone made her shudder in excitement—to the point of a small orgasm.
It had reached the point where even his voice made her wetter and wetter.
She was utterly broken.