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To Ashes

Chapter 6: Mixed Messages

Sneak Peek

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He looked up a couple places the night before where he could get the gem appraised and sold at the mall. There was a corner store that sold fancy watches and jewelry and they seemed like the best place to help, though he didn't know much about the jewelry business. The place was simply called Vault, and it had two people working. It was a simple little curved hall with display cases on either side. There was a barn owl on one side who looked like he specialized in the watches while the other was a robin with feathery hair. She looked to be the jewelry expert.

“Um…sorry to disturb you, but I had a question." Asher stood before the robin woman. She looked up from her phone and gave a dazzling smile.

“Of course sweetie, you looking for something nice for yourself or someone else? The name is Lexi. How can I help?"

“I'm actually here to have something appraised and potentially sell it," Asher smiled. “I have an old family heirloom that I wanted to sell."

“Well, we don't typically take in product outside of what our venders provide, but I can take a look. What is it that you got? A ring or broach?"

“It's actually a…well," Asher blushed. “Sorry, I've never done anything like this."

“Let's start with getting a look-see." Lexi encouraged Asher.

“Of course," Asher dug into his satchel and quickly found the gem and pulled it out.

“Oh my, what sparkle," Lexi's eyes twinkled. “May I?"

“Yeah, sure," Asher handed over the gem and the girl gave it a once over.

“Oh my, quite heavy too. Not just paste here."

“It's a pink diamond."

“I doubt that," Lexi shook her head. “Not to disrespect your great grandma or whoever, but something this big and refined doesn't go unnoticed. On its own it would be worth tens of thousands of dollars."

“I'm pretty sure it's a diamond," Asher nodded. “But I guess that's what I'm here for." Asher sighed. He would have to play along for now. He already had to lie about where he got it. He expected it would raise less questions than the truth.

“Right you are," Lexi nodded and took the gem over to a counter behind the display cases. “Rex, do you have time for an appraisal?"

“You know I do," the barn owl replied in a sing song tone. “What do we got here?"

“Old family heirloom," Lexi clarified. “The customer says it's a pink diamond."

“Well, really easy to test for that," he dawned some gloves and took the gem up to his mouth and huffed over it, his hot breath rolling over the crystal. He then inspected it, paused, blinked, and did it again.

“Holy shit," Rex gasped.

“What?" Asher asked.

“It didn't fog up." Rex replied. Lexi even seemed shocked.

“Well…is that a good thing."

“Well…" Rex looked over the diamond with wide eyes. “A diamond doesn't fog up because…well…their too densely packed and refined for condensation to cling to."

Asher simply crossed his arms. Rex dug into his slacks and pulled a pen light from his pocket. He clicked the end and a black light started to glow.

“Wait, do diamonds glow under a black light?" Asher asked.

“Well, not all diamonds have fluorescence, but it's an easy test to—" He brought the pen to the diamond and it glowed, shimmering with so much glitter and luster that the cuts and facets in the diamond glowed blue while the rest of the diamond radiated a peachy pink-orange.

“Pretty as a picture," Rex's mouth hung open. “That's some of the most beautiful fluorescence I've seen."

“Is it real then?" Asher asked.

“I'll have to do a few more tests, and then asses it's purity. It might take a few minutes." Rex set the gem down and put his UV light away. “Did you want to sit down in our break room for a minute?"

“How long do you think it'll be? Should I go and come back?"

“No, no, no," Rex dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand. “I'll be but a few minutes. Have a seat and help yourself to the coffee. I just brewed a new pot."

“I brewed the pot," Lexi rolled her eyes. “Come on dear, let's get you settled in."

Lexi lead the drake to their back room and asked if he needed anything or wanted company. He politely declined.

It was a lot like the backroom at Rox, only none of the cabinets had locks on them. In the corner was a mini fridge and a half full coffee pot. Asher took the offer and grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down with his phone to finish setting a few things up. He logged into his apps and started going through his backlog of texts and the phone calls.

Sure enough, there were two missed calls from Fynx, one text, and a voicemail. The text was one word, “answer." Asher decided to take the time to go through his voicemail and clear anything out from the time he was missing.

The first couple of messages were Marcus freaking out and his sister calling because Marcus called her to see if the drake would answer his sister's calls. Though, between those sincere calls, was a single call that struck him deep. It started off with the fizzle and crack of a cigarette as someone drew on it.

“Answer your damn phone," Fynx growled into the receiver. Asher felt the anger and annoyance in his voice, the threat was real. He could practically smell the smoke curling around his teeth. “I won't ask again."

Asher didn't realize it, but when he heard Fynx's voice his legs had shuddered and spread apart. He quickly pressed his thighs together, his pussy warm from those simple two sentences. The bruises and healing wounds all over his body ached in a sinfully delightful way. Such a powerful and profound reaction.

“Would you like to hear that message again—" Asher didn't let the automated voice continue, he just slammed the repeat button and put the phone back up to his ear to hear the crackle of that cigarette.

“Answer your damn phone. I won't ask again."

Asher's lips parted gently as he took in a deep breath. He wanted to simultaneously claw Fynx's face and ride his dick while the big guy spat in the little drake's mouth. His pussy continued to warm, getting puffy with need as he pressed the button to listen to it a few times. He imagined the snow leopard behind a big office desk looking over the city while smoking, not giving a shit that he's not supposed to smoke indoors. Calling his bitch up for a quick lay.

“Would you like to hear that mess—" slammed the button, rubbing his thighs together as his petals started to glisten.

“Would you—"

_ “Would—"_

_ “Wo—"_

Asher was hitting the button before it could get to the end of the message, making it replay his favorite part. The command, the deep, rugged voice of his bully and rapist just demanding him to answer his phone. To give him attention. To come crawling back. Asher sighed as his need started to drip into his panties.

“You doin' okay in here?" Lexi cracked the door open. “Thought I heard a little peep or something."

“No!" Asher almost dropped his new phone as he clutched it to himself, the same automated voice mumbling into the threads of his sweater as he held it to his chest. “No, I'm fine. I'm just, on my phone."

“It'll only be a few more minutes dear," Lexi's voice said from beyond the door and closed it.

Asher let out a shuddering breath. He quickly saved the message and moved onto delegating the others.

He finished that up and confirmed a few things on his social media as well as settings on browsers. He set his phone down and took a sip of his coffee. How long had he been here? They said it was only going to take a minute, right?

Asher started tapping his heel as he watched the minutes tick away on his phone while sipping on his coffee. He decided he might want to go shopping anyway. He deposited his phone in his satchel and went up to the door.

As soon as he opened it he saw a duo of mall cops talking to Rex. Asher glanced over at a computer screen and saw the original necklace that the diamond was from. It didn't take a genius to put two and two together. Asher froze and he looked over at the owl and the security guards, all three of them meeting his eyes.

“Come with us son," one of the guards swaggered forward, a large hippo with bulky arms.

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