{"id":117,"date":"2013-11-18T13:23:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2013-11-18T13:23:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T21:23:12","slug":"hellfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Hellfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>328 years ago:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When the first torch touched the kindling at the base of the wooden pole, Mary Sturgess moaned and writhed against the rope binding her in place.\u00a0 She dug her bare feet into the dirt underneath her as if to dig her way out and away.\u00a0 The wood to her left caught quickly and she felt the sudden heat in the warm night air.\u00a0 The first Elder stepped back, his eyes shining in the flickering light.\u00a0 The second Elder stepped forward and quickly set his torch to the wood to Mary&#8217;s right.\u00a0 Younger than the other two and only just raised to his rank, he didn&#8217;t raise his eyes to the woman in front of him.\u00a0 The younger man&#8217;s hand trembled so badly that it took three thrusts before the flames caught.<\/p>\n<p>Fire licked at Mary&#8217;s feet and her flesh boiled.\u00a0 She screamed and tried to pull her feet away but her binding was done well.\u00a0 &#8220;Mayor!&#8221; She screamed.\u00a0 &#8220;Mayor Whitham, please!\u00a0 I beg of you!\u00a0 You can stop this.\u00a0 Oh, dear Lord, you can still stop this, please!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The third Elder stepped forward, pushing past the other two.\u00a0 &#8220;You dare?\u00a0 You dare call on the Lord, our savior for succor?\u00a0 Did you listen when the babe cried for his mother?\u00a0 Did you listen then?&#8221;\u00a0 The mayor&#8217;s face contorted into a mask of rage and he stepped closer.\u00a0 His lips pulled back in a snarl as he approached the woman.\u00a0 He could feel the intense heat around him but his own blood boiled hotter in his anger.\u00a0 The hem of Mary&#8217;s dress billowed too close to the fire and she screamed when the thick fabric started to burn.\u00a0 &#8220;The Lord has no mercy for one tainted by Satan.\u00a0 Get used to the flames, witch.\u00a0 For, where you go, the flames burn yet hotter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mary spate at the Mayor and he wiped his face while he lit the last stack of wood.\u00a0 His eyes never left Mary&#8217;s eyes.\u00a0 Four children.\u00a0 All thought lost to the elements until they found the fourth tied to a stump in the woods.\u00a0 Young Mary held a skinning knife in her hand and she was bloody up to her elbows.\u00a0 The child had been opened from navel to neck and most of his blood was collected in a bowl.\u00a0 The young child&#8217;s mother stood weeping in the crowd behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Bloody sores were opening and oozing around blackened skin along Mary&#8217;s thighs as the flames burned higher.\u00a0 &#8220;Damn you!&#8221; She screamed.\u00a0 &#8220;Damn you all.\u00a0 I curse you and your small minds.\u00a0 I curse you in the name of my protector, Lord Taelish of the Seven Eyes!\u00a0 I curse you to-&#8221; Mary&#8217;s voice rose to a sudden shriek as her charred feet split open and her beautiful golden hair caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor stepped back, his eyes feverish in his faith.\u00a0 He made the sign of the cross and, in a voice ringing with the strength of his devotion, he led the small group of villagers in prayer for the children&#8217;s unbaptized souls.<\/p>\n<p><b>2013:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, listen.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not inviting her to my birthday party and I don&#8217;t care what she does.&#8221;\u00a0 Trish held her cell phone against her ear while she carefully added a layer of polish to her toe.\u00a0 She set the brush back into the bottle and looked at her toes with a critical eye.\u00a0 All smooth and even and not a ripple of paint.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Her parents?\u00a0 Are you kidding me?\u00a0 My dad runs this damn city now.\u00a0 He could buy Becky&#8217;s dad&#8217;s company tomorrow if he wanted.\u00a0 So, she can run and whine to her parents all she wants but I&#8217;ll make sure my dad knows that I don&#8217;t want her here.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a little whore.\u00a0 No, I saw her with Trevor.&#8221;\u00a0 Trish lay back on her pillows with her feet out in front of her.\u00a0 She wriggled her toes, enjoying the feel of the small cotton balls between them.\u00a0 She grabbed her stuffed lion and held it to her chest while she talked.\u00a0 She&#8217;d had the little toy since she was a child and, even at 17 years of age it still calmed her.\u00a0\u00a0 She liked to snuggle it between her modest breasts and feel the softness against them.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with her friend turned to other things &#8211; school, the teachers they hated and the few they liked and then, finally, what Trish thought she was going to get for her birthday.\u00a0 She felt sure she&#8217;d get a car.\u00a0 She&#8217;d seen her dad looking at car magazines and he wasn&#8217;t the type to bother with things like that.\u00a0 Usually he had his nose stuck in a business journal or the local newspaper so she was sure it&#8217;d be a car.\u00a0 Every year she expected one for her birthday but her parents told her again and again that a car was a serious privilege.\u00a0 They just couldn&#8217;t understand how it made her feel at school to be dropped off by her mom every morning.\u00a0 Especially when they were the richest family in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Trish hung up on her friend.\u00a0 She glanced at the clock and smiled &#8211; nearly time for her date.\u00a0 Tossing away the cotton balls, she sat in front of her lit mirror and worked on her makeup.\u00a0 Fifteen minutes later, she closed her desk drawer and then turned her face left and right to admire her work.\u00a0 If there were one thing she was proud of (and there were many) it was how good she was at her makeup.\u00a0 A touch here, a brush here and it looked like she was wearing hardly anything at all.\u00a0 Next, she grabbed a short sleeve dark green top and a black bra.\u00a0 She hummed a simple little tune while picking through her panties until she settled on a pair of silky black ones.\u00a0 Her lucky panties.\u00a0 Although, she reminded herself, she didn&#8217;t plan on getting lucky in that way any time soon.\u00a0 A black skirt completed the outfit.<\/p>\n<p>It took fifty strokes of her brush until she was happy with her shoulder-length auburn hair.\u00a0 She thought about using a bow to tie it back but decided to let it hang free.\u00a0 The lights around the mirror made it look like her hair was on fire as she looked.\u00a0 Silky and shiny and a fine mix of brown and red.\u00a0 Her hair was yet another point of pride for her.<\/p>\n<p>Trish&#8217;s phone buzzed the text message she&#8217;d received told her Trevor was waiting.\u00a0 &#8220;Time to go,&#8221; she said aloud.\u00a0 She grabbed her phone and her purse and opened her door.\u00a0 The plush white hallway carpeting absorbed her steps as she made her way to the staircase and then down.\u00a0 Her little sister was watching cartoons on the couch and her parents were in the kitchen.\u00a0 She heard her mother laugh and she walked in on the two sharing a smiling kiss.\u00a0 Trish rolled her eyes and stepped around a new batch of her father&#8217;s campaign signs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dad,&#8221; she said.\u00a0 &#8220;The election is over.\u00a0 When are you going to get rid of these things?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her father turned to her and grinned.\u00a0 &#8220;Hey, kiddo.\u00a0 I was actually thinking about using them for wallpaper.\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0 The walls filled with &#8216;Elect Mayor Whitman &#8211; The Best Man for the Best City&#8217; signs.\u00a0 Eh?\u00a0 Eh?\u00a0 Good, right?\u00a0 You could stare at them while you fall asleep.\u00a0 Better than your Bieber posters, yeah?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Daaaad,&#8221; Trish whined.\u00a0 &#8220;Come on.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t listen to him anymore.\u00a0 You know that.\u00a0 I have to go.\u00a0 My ride is here.&#8221;\u00a0 The young girl turned and walked to the front door and her father followed her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, Trish.&#8221;\u00a0 Her dad&#8217;s eyes were semi-serious.\u00a0 &#8220;You be good with that Trevor boy, all right?\u00a0 I know you&#8217;re smart but I remember being a kid.\u00a0 Keep your phone on you and call if you need something.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be in a meeting late but I&#8217;ll come get you if you call.\u00a0 Okay?\u00a0 Promise?\u00a0 And text me with where you are?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish sighed.\u00a0 &#8220;Dad, I know.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to do anything.\u00a0 We&#8217;re just going to get something to eat and hang out for a while.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be safe and I&#8217;ll call if something happens.\u00a0 I gotta go.&#8221;\u00a0 Trish went to her tip-toes and gave her father a quick kiss on the cheek as she opened the door and left.\u00a0 She heard his whispered &#8216;I love you.&#8217; but ignored it as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s black Dodge Challenger rumbled at the end of their driveway.\u00a0 The heavily \u00a0tinted windows were rolled down and she could see her boyfriend staring at his phone.\u00a0 She walked a little faster and felt herself blush.\u00a0 Trevor was, in her opinion, the most handsome boy at her school.\u00a0 And, definitely the star basketball player.\u00a0 Over six feet tall and a dancer on the court.\u00a0 Sometimes she thought about writing poetry about him but she blushed furiously every time she tried.\u00a0 Trevor shut off his phone and looked up when she got to the passenger side.\u00a0 He grinned at her and she could see the slight spacing between his two front teeth.\u00a0 Trish thought it was adorable, even if he hated it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hop in, beautiful.&#8221;\u00a0 He told her.<\/p>\n<p>Trish settled in the car and buckled herself in while Trevor shifted gears.\u00a0 The car growled to life and lurched forward.\u00a0 Trevor&#8217;s hand settled on Trish&#8217;s thigh and she felt a warmth in her cheeks.\u00a0 A large part of her wished he wouldn&#8217;t do that but a very small part of her loved how his large, strong hand felt against her leg.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor watched the traffic while he talked.\u00a0 &#8220;I thought we&#8217;d grab some food and go up to the End and sit for a while, you know?\u00a0 Sound good?&#8221;\u00a0 The young boy jerked the wheel as he changed lanes.\u00a0 &#8220;Jesus, man!\u00a0 Learn to fuckin&#8217; drive!&#8221;\u00a0 Behind the heavily tinted windows, the boy flipped his middle finger to a larger truck while he passed on the right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Y&#8230; yeah.\u00a0 That sounds good, Trev.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t been there before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The boy grumbled a bit and then glanced at Trish.\u00a0 &#8220;Yeah?\u00a0 Huh.\u00a0 Well, you&#8217;ll like it.\u00a0 You can see the whole city from there.\u00a0 You okay with burgers?\u00a0 Good.&#8221;\u00a0 With another sudden jerk of the wheel, the car swerved into the Terry&#8217;s Burgers.\u00a0 Trevor waiting impatiently in line behind other cars until his turn at the window.\u00a0 &#8220;Yeah, can I get two bacon burgers, a strawberry shake and&#8230; uhhh&#8230;&#8221; He looked over at Mary and then turned back to the young girl behind the window.\u00a0 &#8220;A veggie burger and a cup of water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish almost spoke up to say she&#8217;d take a normal burger and a Coke but her brain quickly played out the scenario.\u00a0 Trevor liked skinny girls and there was no way she&#8217;d take a chance at him thinking that she normally ate food like that.\u00a0 So, while her stomach groaned in protest, she sat quietly and waited.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Would you come early to my party tomorrow, Trev?\u00a0 So you could be there with me when people show up?&#8221;\u00a0 She wondered if she should hold his hand while he held her thigh but she worried it&#8217;d be awkward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your&#8230; oh, uhh&#8230; yeah, of course, babe.\u00a0 Yeah. \u00a0What time does it start?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish silently bristled.\u00a0 <i>What the hell do you mean, what time?\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been talking about it all week!<\/i>\u00a0 &#8220;Oh, five o&#8217;clock, remember?\u00a0 Tomorrow, at my house?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor grabbed the bags of food and then the drinks from the girl at the window.\u00a0 &#8220;Oh, yeah.\u00a0 Sure.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll be there early.\u00a0 Hey, hold this, okay?\u00a0 And don&#8217;t get any grease on the seats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish held the bag of food on her lap, grinding her teeth slowly at the thought of the grease getting on her new skirt.\u00a0 <i>God forbid I get his car dirty,<\/i> she thought.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s car slipped in and out of traffic as he drove out of town.\u00a0 When the paved road turned to a small dirt road, Trevor grumbled at every little rock that dinged against the side of his car.\u00a0 Slowly, the road started to rise until they were climbing the large hill outside of town.\u00a0 Trish had lived in Portsmouth her entire life but had never gone to the hills surrounding the city.\u00a0 Finally, the car slowed to a stop atop the largest hill.\u00a0 The area opened into a huge, flat area overlooking the entire city.\u00a0 Trish stepped out of the car and took a quick breath.\u00a0 The air seemed to shimmer with an unnatural heat and there was a dryness in the air that, living next to a busy sea port, she was completely unused to.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the clearing , a large blackened rock towered over the area.\u00a0 Smaller black rocks were scattered around with other plain white stones.\u00a0 Trevor carried the two cups over to the large rock and sat against it, facing the city in the distance.\u00a0 Trish swallowed and followed him.\u00a0 There were no trees or bushes and no small animals scurried for cover while she walked. \u00a0The air felt dead around her.<\/p>\n<p>When Trish settled with her back against the rock, she hissed and sat up.\u00a0 The large black rock felt like a furnace against her back.\u00a0 She looked at Trevor but he seemed to not notice or care as he sat trying to suck his milkshake through the straw.\u00a0 Trish rolled her shoulders and took her small burger from the bag.\u00a0 With a silent sigh, she bit into the burger and ate.\u00a0 Trevor finished his first burger when she was half-way done with hers.\u00a0 His second was finished just as she ate her last bite. \u00a0Her ice water was tepid and tasted of some odd chemical but she was extremely thirsty so she drank it anyway.\u00a0 Trevor tossed his wrappers to the ground and then put his arm around Trish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You like it?&#8221; He asked.<\/p>\n<p>Trish nodded.\u00a0 &#8220;Yeah, it&#8217;s pretty.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen the whole city before.&#8221; \u00a0The city lights were twinkling as the sun set behind them.\u00a0 Portsmouth was a busy city, even at night.\u00a0 Trish could make out the blinking lights on the crane working downtown.\u00a0 Bank of America was building a ten story office downtown and it was the largest in the city.\u00a0 The city spread out for miles below them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, you should.\u00a0 Your dad&#8217;s the mayor now.\u00a0 A hundred and fifty thousand people.\u00a0 Look at all of them.&#8221;\u00a0 Trevor&#8217;s hand slipped lower until she felt his fingers brush against her breast.\u00a0 She shivered at his touch but ignored the feeling.\u00a0 Or, tried to until he started groping her with his large hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trev, stop.\u00a0 You know I&#8217;m not ready for any of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s hand continued squeezing her slowly.\u00a0 &#8220;Come on, babe.\u00a0 You&#8217;re my girlfriend.\u00a0 This is what we do.\u00a0 Boyfriend and girlfriend.\u00a0 Relax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish bit her lip and did her best to ignore the clumsy way Trevor was squeezing her until she felt him pinch her nipple.\u00a0 She squeaked and pushed herself away from him.\u00a0 &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not like that, Trev.\u00a0 You know I&#8217;m not.\u00a0 Come on, let&#8217;s just sit here and watch the sun set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor threw his hands up and rolled his eyes.\u00a0 &#8220;Fine, Jesus.\u00a0 All right.&#8221;\u00a0 Trish settled back against the boy and his arm held her close.\u00a0 She wanted to talk to him but his silence was oppressive and purposeful.\u00a0 After a few minutes, Trevor&#8217;s hand again touched Trish&#8217;s right breast and she felt his fingers rub against her.<\/p>\n<p>Trish stood.\u00a0 &#8220;Trevor.\u00a0 Stop.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not doing this with you.\u00a0 Not right now.\u00a0 So either calm down or drive me home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor frowned at her.\u00a0 &#8220;Why you gotta be such a&#8230; you gotta be so cold, Trish?\u00a0 We&#8217;re just playing around.\u00a0 It&#8217;s harmless.\u00a0 Come on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No.\u00a0 I&#8217;m serious, Trevor.\u00a0 I&#8217;m waiting on this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s frown deepened and he stared at the young woman.\u00a0 Minutes passed until finally he spoke again.\u00a0 &#8220;I been talking with Becky.\u00a0 I&#8217;m wondering if maybe you and me aren&#8217;t right for each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish&#8217;s face was suddenly burning and she knew it wasn&#8217;t the unnatural heat.\u00a0 &#8220;You&#8230; Becky?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeah.\u00a0 Becky.\u00a0 She makes me laugh and she ain&#8217;t so fucking hard-headed like you are.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thinking we should maybe break up, Trish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh&#8230; oh, Trevor.\u00a0 But&#8230; my birthday&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trevor shrugged.\u00a0 &#8220;I could still come if you want me to.\u00a0 Just not with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish felt the tears rolling down her hot cheeks.\u00a0 She couldn&#8217;t remember walking back to Trevor but she was suddenly in his arms, crying.\u00a0 His long arms wrapped her completely but he held her silently.\u00a0 <i>Becky,<\/i> she thought.\u00a0 <i>Fucking&#8230; Becky Johnson.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean&#8230; unless&#8230;&#8221; Trevor&#8217;s hand touched Trish&#8217;s breast and she felt small in his large hands.\u00a0 She wanted to push him away again but, what would everyone think?\u00a0 Frigid Trish couldn&#8217;t keep her boyfriend?\u00a0 They&#8217;d laugh at her.\u00a0 <i>Oh god,<\/i> she thought.\u00a0 <i>My makeup.\u00a0 Oh god.\u00a0 I must look horrible.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Feeling like the worst person in the world, Trish turned her head up and lightly kissed Trevor&#8217;s lips.\u00a0 <i>Surely just a kiss and a little feel would be okay<\/i>, she told herself.\u00a0 <i>That&#8217;s all it has to be and Trevor wouldn&#8217;t leave me.\u00a0 That&#8217;s it.\u00a0 Just a kiss and let him touch my-<\/i>\u00a0 Trevor&#8217;s hand reached into her blouse and she felt his rough hands against her soft breast.\u00a0 She tried to tell him to stop but then his mouth was on hers and his tongue forced her mouth open.\u00a0 At a little over five feet tall, she was a mouse to his lion.\u00a0 Transfixed and powerless.\u00a0 She winced when he pinched her nipple and the pain went all the way down to her lower belly.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, the rock flared in white, blinding light.\u00a0 It burned her and she wanted to scream.\u00a0 When she could see again, Trevor was on top of her and her blouse was rolled up.\u00a0 His fingers worked behind her until her bra became unlatched.\u00a0 Hot.\u00a0 She was burning up.\u00a0 Sweat rolled from her face and body.\u00a0 <i>Why isn&#8217;t Trevor<\/i> <i>burning, <\/i>she wondered.\u00a0 <i>Oh god, I&#8217;m on fire!\u00a0 Oh Jesus!<\/i>\u00a0 Waves of heat rolled over her and she gasped for air.\u00a0 Each breath singed her lungs with a bitter, sulfur-like taste.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor&#8217;s mouth was on her nipple and she felt his tongue flick her suddenly rock hard nipple.\u00a0 When his teeth bit against her, the pain she felt previously was now replaced with pleasure that reached deep into her belly, loosening deep inside of her until she gasped in a sudden different kind of heat.\u00a0 Trish moaned, twisting her head over and over as she grabbed Trevor&#8217;s body, pulling him hard down against her.\u00a0 The boy&#8217;s dick slammed against her mound and she hissed out through her teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor moaned.\u00a0 &#8220;Yeah&#8230; see?\u00a0 That&#8217;s- hey!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trish felt her blood boiling.\u00a0 She grabbed Trevor&#8217;s chest and hip and twisted, flipping him hard on his back.\u00a0 Her breasts dripped sweat off of her erect nipples.\u00a0 Trish breathed in deeply and smelled fire and blood and her own dripping wet vagina.\u00a0 She rubbed herself against the boy under her, grunting as his length pressed against her suddenly engorged clit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh&#8230; okay, yeah.\u00a0 This is fucking great.\u00a0 Jesus, you&#8217;re burning up, Trish.\u00a0 What-&#8221;\u00a0 Trevor tried to reach for Trish&#8217;s chest but she growled and grabbed his hands, slamming them down to the ground.\u00a0 Her breasts touched his hairless chest and she pressed her nipples against him while she worked her ass up and down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I- Trish, I can&#8217;t move my hands.\u00a0 What- It hurts.\u00a0 Oh Jesus, Trish.\u00a0 I&#8217;m&#8230; Fuck!\u00a0 You&#8217;re too damn hot!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A strand of perfect auburn hair fell to the ground next to Trevor.\u00a0 And then another.\u00a0 And another.\u00a0 Trish sat up, pressing her pussy hard against Trevor&#8217;s cock.\u00a0 She could feel a pinch against her waist as her ass swelled slightly, pressing hard against the band of her skirt. \u00a0Her panties stretched to breaking as her hips nearly doubled in size.\u00a0 The fabric pulled tight between her ass cheeks and pussy lips and she moaned at the feeling of it.\u00a0 Now her pussy lips were bare and she rubbed them harder against Trevor&#8217;s cock.\u00a0 The boy&#8217;s pants were soon soaked with her pussy juice.\u00a0 Trish reached up to her head, grabbing and pulling and scratching.\u00a0 Thick pieces of hair came out as she rubbed her scalp until the ground was littered with her hair.\u00a0 Now, completely bald, she looked down at the boy below her.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor was terrified.\u00a0 He struggled beneath Trish but couldn&#8217;t budge her.\u00a0 His dick was starting to hurt from all the rubbing she was doing.\u00a0 Her hips looked cartoonish with her slim upper body.\u00a0 As he looked down, he watched her skirt split from her growing waist.\u00a0 Trish&#8217;s panties were stretched to unbelievable limits until the band around them finally broke.\u00a0 Her pussy felt like it was on fire and the heat radiated from her body in continuous waves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ow, fuck!&#8221;\u00a0 Trevor screamed.\u00a0 Something hard had cut into cock.\u00a0 Looking down, he could see something metallic around Trish&#8217;s clit.\u00a0 Something green and metallic.\u00a0 Trish leaned back, moaning and Trevor was thankful for the brief respite in her attentions.\u00a0 She reached a hand down to her pussy and he watched the tip of her pointer finger tear apart as a sharp, black claw grew out.\u00a0 And then another finger followed.\u00a0 And a third.\u00a0 And a fourth.\u00a0 Her hand was swelling to fit the talons growing into place and, when she touched herself, Trevor heard the sharp &#8216;click&#8217; of a fingernail against something hard.<\/p>\n<p>A scale.\u00a0 A large green scale had grown into place directly above her vagina.\u00a0 As he watched, the skin next to the scale softened and turned slightly white before fading to a light green color.\u00a0 The light green darkened into a nearly hexagonal scale that overlapped with the first one.\u00a0 Trish moaned and Trevor looked up.\u00a0 Her breasts were growing.\u00a0 The flesh around the nipples pressed out and one new-clawed hand reached up to massage the itching flesh.\u00a0 Her already hard nipple swelled even larger and she pinched and pulled at it, as if to encourage its growth.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor hadn&#8217;t noticed when exactly she&#8217;d grown taller.\u00a0 She was now at least his height and perhaps bigger.\u00a0 Trish mewled and Trevor watched her lips and nose darken into a pure black.\u00a0 Her canine teeth grew, cracking and breaking the teeth next to them as they lengthened into razor points.\u00a0 More teeth fell out as new fangs pushed through her now black gums.\u00a0 The skin on the back of Trish&#8217;s hands changed color in the diming light.\u00a0 Smaller scales grew into place along the back of her hands and she flexed her claws as the skin changed.\u00a0 Her ears lengthened slightly while her hazel eyes turned a bloody shade of red.<\/p>\n<p>Trish looked down at the small thing under her.\u00a0 She was growing.\u00a0 She felt her shirt snap under the strain and she smiled at the feeling of her flesh being completely freed from the restraints of clothing.\u00a0 The immense heat she was feeling was becoming welcome to her.\u00a0 No, more than that.\u00a0 It drove her.\u00a0 She felt it deep within her being like a slow building orgasm.\u00a0 She rubbed her massive tits and felt how rough her hands had become.\u00a0 Her beautiful, scaled hands.\u00a0 She saw black skin on her palms and saw the way the flesh swelled.\u00a0 The feeling of that roughness against her nipples drove her even more wild.<\/p>\n<p>A pain in her lower back brought her to her hands again and she roared, rolling her shoulders as green-tinted skin pushed from the base of her spine.\u00a0 Trish felt a moment of vertigo and, when she blinked she saw more than before.\u00a0 Her vision swam with two sets of eyes and it took several dizzying moments to realize she was seeing from her eyes as well as eyes looking behind her.\u00a0 She turned and saw what was growing from her spine.\u00a0 A huge snake, as large as a boa constrictor was slowly growing from her tailbone.\u00a0 Inch by inch it grew, shedding its skin over and over as the scales covering it adjusted to its length.\u00a0 With some as-yet uncontrolled muscle, the snake turned to look at her and she saw herself.<\/p>\n<p>She was three times the size of the thing underneath of her. \u00a0The forgotten thing.\u00a0 Scales were growing up her spine and shoulder blades.\u00a0 Her lips and nose were black and, when she opened her mouth, her gums and tongue were the same shade.\u00a0 A faint light roared deep in her throat and she could feel the fire burning in her belly.\u00a0 Watching herself like this, she saw what caused the sudden pain near her shoulder blades.\u00a0 Skin and scales split apart and thin bones pushed through the openings.\u00a0 Something cracked on her shoulder blades and the thin, long bones pushed out further.\u00a0 Wet black skin hung from the bones and she 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through it&#8217;s easy to see the small human.\u00a0 Its flesh turned a violent shade of purple and black as the poison inside of her snake coursed through its body.\u00a0 She watched as it&#8230; no, she feasted on the thing&#8217;s flesh.\u00a0 The human.\u00a0 The boy.\u00a0 She feasted and yet, it was not nearly enough.<\/p>\n<p>Taller she grew and she went to one knee as it happened.\u00a0 A thin, pale green layer fell away from her body as she molted and grew.\u00a0 Cum slid down her scaled legs as the fire burned her.\u00a0 Pleasured her.\u00a0 Drove her.\u00a0 Fire and hunger.\u00a0 So hungry.\u00a0 Thirty feel tall.\u00a0 Forty.\u00a0 Fifty.\u00a0 She was a titan and she could see the world around her.\u00a0 Her wings spread out behind her and she had to dig her claws into the ground to keep from taking off.\u00a0 She sniffed the air and smelled all the flesh of the city.\u00a0 With ease, Trish reached down and grabbed Trevor&#8217;s car.\u00a0 She looked hard into the 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