As he blinked, the white vanished and I was instead in a dojo, except it was more like a virtual reality hub. In each direction I looked, there were different paths. One direction had men training like samurai, ninjas nearby. Another had a man with no shirt, blue glowing runes on his back as he held up a sword and made lightning flash. Next, a woman floating while meditating, then starting to transform into a dragon. I had to shift to see behind me, I thought, but then it all shifted for me instead. A campfire, and I had to laugh—was I making this happen? Around the campfire stood a barbarian, a druid, a monk, and others. Straight up like Diablo.

  Part of me wanted to attempt the necromancer path, but in reality the idea of dead things walking around and whatnot creeped me out. No thanks to that. Looking at Basty, still standing there and staring at me, I was reminded that he was like an animal, and in ways many of the monsters were. They labeled me summoner and beast master, and I thought maybe something close to nature would work. Like the druid.

  That’s the route I would take then—I would be a druid. I knew it wasn’t an exact one-to-one. This wasn’t some videogame, so it was more of a mental state to direct my power development, but that’s what I decided. With Basty’s help, I selected that option and created what looked like a path. As all else faded, I saw myself evolve over time, with various branching paths to choose. At one moment I was calling on nature to do my bidding, making trees and roots move. Then I was able to create poison in the air, to move it as a cloud of green. Running from it, I shifted into first a bear, then a wolf, then something in between the two. I wasn’t actually powerful enough yet, but given time, all of this would be possible. Maybe even call upon Earth animals to help in times of need? My mind wasn’t ready to contemplate what else, because I was exhausted.

  For the first skill, I decided to wait to actually pick a power, but having the path was good enough for now. And then there was the Prana, which I found I could redirect. My first thought was power, but instead I opted to make it work for speed and defense. Staying alive, when part of a team like this, might be more useful than simply being able to punch hard. Besides, Milrae could do that.

  Giving Basty a nod of appreciation, I opened my eyes and was out of there.

  “It’s done,” I said, smiling. “My path is chosen.”

  “Well done,” Ahlaksiz said, and she turned to see the others already getting comfy in bed. Well, not Jalee of course. She still had her way of doing things, and leaning over to kiss me good night, crouched down and slid into her place under the bed.

  To each their own.

  “Good night, beautiful monsters,” I said, and curled up between Kinara and Milrae. Ahlaksiz, it turned out, insisted on sleeping at the foot of the bed.

  “For defense,” she explained. “I have to be ready to defend you all, should the need arise.”

  My eyes were already closing, my mind overcome with dreams of being a badass druid. It was time to sleep, because I was fucking exhausted. The next day, we would begin our quest to build up the team and form our army. After that, we would go back to find out what the fuck Tooth and the lamia had been thinking, setting us up like that.

  At the moment, I couldn’t be mad though. I’d never been so at peace, so loved, and so damn powerful. Some dragon guys and a snake lady? Fuck ‘em, I could take on the whole damn world.

  THE END

  Meet the Ladies

  I thought it would be fun to include simple drawings of the ladies for you. Below are their real names. Spoiler alert!

  (1) Kinara: A bat girl who Ferris first summoned in his closet thanks to an obsidian bat his brother gave him. His brother didn’t know what it was, of course. Her favorite foods include raw meat, squirrel, and whatever she can catch.

  (2) Jalee: The thunderbird, first summoned out at Big Bear Lake. Her wings come out with electricity. She likes a little spark in her relationships.

  (3) Milrae: She’s a bit of a red-panda hybrid with regular panda, meets demon. Kind of. We’ll find out more soon! For now, suffice it to say she enjoys milkshakes and hamburgers.

  Author Notes

  Stay tuned for book 3! I’m having a lot of fun with this series and hope to make it a long one. That of course depends on you all loving the books. Please leave reviews, grab book 3 ASAP, and be sure to have fun!

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  Book 3 - Monster Girl in the Dark

  SAMPLE:

  Strange, distant chanting. My hand groping as I struggled to open my eyes, then landing on something soft, round… a breast. Not a bad way to wake, but what was the noise? I managed to open my eyes a crack and see the light streaming in from the wooden shutters. A low purr of cars and people moving about and talking managed to work its way in between the chants.

  Of course! We were in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, so this had to be the call to prayer. If that gave me any indication of time, I had no idea what it would be. Not that time mattered much anymore. At some point I figured I’d need to get back to my real life, at least to work on my visual novel and get something out to the world. So far we were doing fine without money, but that couldn’t last forever. The three monster girls I’d summoned from their world certainly wouldn’t have any, but I wondered about Ahlaksiz. Seeing as she was part of the group now—officially linked the night before, after a late arrival in Tunis—if she had money, would it be ours?

  Her situation was tricky, considering the fact that she had been on Earth, by my understanding, something like a thousand years. Was she linked as a show of good faith, or was this more than that? I didn’t want to ask and get a clear answer, because I wasn’t sure I’d be ready for whatever that answer might be.

  “Why’re you pinching my nipple?”

  I looked over to see Milrae—who I’d known as Milkshake until the night before—eyeing me.

  “Sorry.”

  She grinned. “No need to apologize, so long as you know what you’re getting into.”

  I grinned, hand moving to her back as I leaned over to kiss her. She was into it, leg going between mine and pressing gently against my exposed balls. Because of her strange wings, which were basically the skeletal remains of demon-like wings, she had to sleep in her side, and while kissing this way, she didn’t seem to know what to do with her hands. That was okay by me for now, because I wasn’t exactly sure what to think of being caressed by furry, clawed paws. She was, after all, some sort of red-panda-meets-demon monster.

  “Put your pants on,” Ahlaksiz said, and I turned to see her standing in the doorway, already fully dressed and looking proper. She had her hair up in a bun, wearing tan slacks and a leather jacket over what seemed to be a tank top. The look worked for me in a sort of Lara Croft or female Indiana Jones way. She eyed me with a hint of a smile, but shook her head. “We’ll have time for all that again later. Right now, we have work to do.”

  “Work?” Kinara yawned from my other side, wrapping an arm around me, hand going for my balls. Her wing, connected to her arm, draped over me nicely. “Playing is more fun.”

  “Of course it is, but if want to have any chance at this, we need to move. I’m sure Jalee would agree that the longer we take, the worse it’ll get.”

  A bump sounded from beneath us as Jalee seemed to have hit her head on the bottom of the bed. I had no idea why she insisted on sleeping under the bed, but apparently it was a thing some monsters, such as this one, preferred. Part of me wondered if others liked sleeping in closets, but at least Kinara was in bed with me.

  Milrae gave me one more kiss and then pushed herself up and out of bed. She stretched, wings spreading, and a shimmer of something passed between those wings.

  “What?” I started, and took Kinara’s hand as I set up to have a look.

  “What what?” Milrae turned to me, confused.

  “Your wings, there’s…”

  “Let me have a look.” Ahalksiz strode over, and Milrae spread them wide so that we could all see, including herself. Sure enough, there was a light layer of nearly transparent wing there! “It would appear you got an upgrade or two yesterday?”

  Milrae was all smile, but her brow furrowed in confusion. “With all the fighting, I don’t know. It’s possible?”

  “Well, let’s keep it up. Can’t hurt to have three fliers in the group.” Ahlaksiz eyed me. “Apparently, you have a thing for women with wings.”

  “Do I?”

  “You summoned three monsters, and all three happened to have wings. Maybe you don’t know it, but that wouldn’t have happened without a reason.”

  I shrugged. Sure, I’d always dreamed of flying, of being able to soar high above the world, but who hadn’t? Finding wings sexy? I wasn’t sure about that. Then again, on these three, they worked. As Jalee climbed out from under the bed, I was reminded that she didn’t always have wings, though, only when she wanted them. Now that would be a power I’d enjoy.

  “Today we begin our search.” Ahlaksiz went to the window and drew the shutters, earning moans from the ladies. “Today, we form ourselves an army.”

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  About the Author

  Jamie Hawke

  After working on Marvel properties and traveling the world, Jamie Hawke decided to settle down and write fun, quirky, and sexy pulp science fiction and superhero books. Are they all harem? Oh yeah. Oh yeahhhh.

  It all started when Jamie was eleven, creating nude superhero comics with his best friend. What perverts! But hey, they were fun and provided good fodder for jokes up into their adult years. Now the stories have evolved, but they capture that same level of fun. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as the author loved writing them!

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