10. The Princess' Jewel
#10 of Iron Author
Iron Author submission for HandofBlades
When a lone husky thief breaks into a building to steal the precious jewel of the royal family, he comes toe to toe with the serpentine heir to the crown Tass who quickly decides he'd do well never to cross her.
"The Princess' Jewel"
The air of the night was warm, it was a summer night in the city of Chicago and it was about as warm as the windy city got in June. No less windy though almost eighty stories up on a high rise as Thorn scaled the sheer glass surface of one of the newest and tallest buildings in the city. His clothing, as tight as it was fluttered in the breeze, almost causing the suction cups on his hands and feet to break free of the smooth surface of the glass. He froze and his muscles tensed up until the blast of wind finally subsided. He inhaled and exhaled slowly as he looked up toward the roof which was only a few floors above.
It was high enough, he thought. This had to be the right floor. Taking a small pin from his belt, he placed it onto the glass, just under where his hands were situated. Then he took another small pin and placed it just above where his feet were. Automatically, they came to life and they quickly and quietly connected and made a full circle in the center of the window. He pressed the miniscule button on one of the devices as it completed its circuit and it gave a sudden nearly audible noise that caused the cut glass to evaporate into dust. It was the latest technology and was almost completely undetectable by the most advanced security systems. He slipped through the hole and into the building.
It had to be here; the Aurora Topaz, which belonged to the royal family. He'd planned this heist from the moment he'd heard that the princess and her entourage were going to be touring the states. In particular visiting the new building being constructed in her honor. The upper floors were still under construction, judging from the sound of air escaping in above, but the vault containing the jewel would still be somewhere in here. The husky slipped his mask off and pulled a small computer from his belt. As it came to life, he looked around to make sure no one had been waiting in the dark for someone like him. He didn't smell any guards, and the air didn't smell like gas, so he figured he would be safe. But an experienced thief never takes a moment to relax. He tapped through the screens and began a scan for the jewel's unique reading. After a few minutes, he began to grow worried it hadn't detected anything; had he been wrong? Did she not store it here? He knew he had it on her, it was supposed to be stored here in an act of good faith between her country and theirs. But over fifty floors picked up no--
Just as he began to wonder, the handheld device beeped at the husky and he saw the signature reading; it was three floors below the main lobby. Thorn groaned a bit and put a hand to his face. Of course they would hide it underground past the security stations downstairs. He would need to find a way down there in order to steal it from under their noses. Putting his computer back into his belt Thorn put his mask back on and made his way to the elevators at the end of the corridor. They were obviously in operation due to the soft blue glow of the light that indicated where it was; it had moved from the third floor to the second as he watched, he sighed. This would make things tricky, but he'd worry about that later. He took another small device from his belt and pressed it into the crack of the door. Tapping it, there was a gas powered pop and the door was suddenly opened by a long metal arm that had shot out from the capsule. He ducked under it and wrapped his legs around the thick chain that held the elevator in place before reaching and grabbing the toy back and returning it to his pouch. Rule number two of his family's thievery past; never leave evidence behind that can be traced back to you.
Descending the rope was relatively the simplest part of his job, even though going down eighty stories would be an incredibly arduous task, his suit was set up to withstand the friction of rope burn and he was soon sliding down at a high speed, gripping his knees and hands on occasion to slow his drop. Even then it took three minutes for him to reach the point where the elevator was. It was late, and it was unlikely to be used again for a while. Just as he thought this though, he heard the sound of the elevator's interior door opening, and the sounds of voices entering the compartment. Thinking quickly, Thorn pressed himself between the beams that lined the elevator shaft and lodged himself in with his elbows and knees. As the elevator began its ascent, he turned his head to keep his snout from being torn off. The fit was tight though and the shoulder of his uniform was torn by the edge of the elevator, exposing a gray muscled shoulder underneath, cut sheer down to his nipple. Breathing a sigh of relief, the thief took the emergency ladder and began to climb down more. At the first floor, the ladder stopped, though the shaft continued on downward, another security detail for sure. He took a small glow capsule and dropped it down the shaft, judging the distance to the floor. He tied off a rope he carried on his back to the bottom rung of the ladder and rappel down toward the bottom. There was plenty of rope to spare by the time he reached the shaft's floor, and as he approached the doorway leading into the bottom floor, he confirmed with his computer that it was indeed on this floor.
The canine's sensitive nose detected two men behind the door, carrying on in a fairly... "unprofessional" manner with each other. Not that he cared much, but they were just another obstacle in the way of his goal. He pressed a small pill to the crack of the door and held his hand over the snout of his mask as the pill started to hiss and emit a smoky substance which crept through the seal into the room. After several seconds he heard the sound of two bodies falling to the floor, mentally he counted about sixty more and then used the other capsule to force the door open. The males were slumped together, Thorn lifted one's head to keep from choking on the other's junk and he moved on into the hall. The vault was located near the end of the hall, and Thorn hooked his handheld computer up to try and get into the system.
It took about thirty seconds before the computer's coding managed to crack the vault door. There was no way it should be this easy, the jewel was practically lying around waiting to be taken. The first vault door opened, then the second wound up and opened another way, leading the way into the small room where he noticed something within was amiss.
She was wearing a long, flowing green gown as the snake's reddish colored eyes met the light outside the vault door. Her long snake tail unfurled from behind her and fell past her ankles, dragging onto the floor below where she was sitting. Her scales were a brilliant shade of yellow, while her underbelly was white. Her gown was quite sheer, allowing the observer a clear view underneath. Under it she wore a matching ensemble, a spaghetti stringed blouse with secondary strings that hung delicately over her shoulders, a skirt that didn't even really go past her upper thighs at all. The way she sat cross legged it seemed was about the only way to keep her from showing more to herself than met the imagination. Golden laces wrapped around her ankles, hanging off in teardrop adornments by her clawed feet. She held a glass, half filled with a purple substance in one hand as she rested on her other elbow.
"Well, well." She said softly, her tongue flicking out inquisitively as the husky stood upright in surprise. "Look what we have here." She said, her lips curling a long, seemingly gentle smile.
Thorn noticed the topaz jewel hanging around her neck, almost glowing on its own as it reflected the light from the other room as well. "Wh-what?" He stammered.
"Aren't you going to greet me, ssstranger?" She asked, her tongue elongating her 's' into a long hiss. Even as a snake, Princess Tassannass was a being of elegance and beauty. The confident, assuring smile on her face would make any man with a faint heart topple over in dedication to her. Tass unfolded her legs and sat up, letting the strand at the top of her top slip just a little bit more. She took a sip from her wine and sighed softly. "Not even a 'hello'?"
"H-hello." Thorn said automatically as the female as she stood and started toward him. He wasn't sure exactly what to do, he hadn't expected the princess herself to be in the vault holding onto his prize. Her steps were sure and confident as she walked toward him, her eyes were quite captivating and he couldn't look away from them. She reached him, and was almost his exact height. She slowly lifted the mask he'd forgotten he was wearing and kissed him.
As the snake's tongue wrapped around Thorn's tongue, she slipped his mask completely from his head and tossed it aside. He couldn't resist her and his hands ran along the smooth, sheer gown that trailed along the floor behind her a few inches, broken only by her long tail which had risen while she walked. "Mmm..." she moaned softly as her hands caressed the husky's face. "Thorn Walker, I hadn't expected a visit from the best of the best." She admitted before running her tongue along his neck. "It's a pity that you have to make this so easy."
"I couldn't have said it better, princess." Thorn said as he brought his hand behind her neck and unhooked the clasp of the necklace, casually allowing the jewel to fall to her cleavage before innocently plucking it out. She grabbed his hand as if to stop him, but ran her fingers through his fur instead. "If you will excuse me, I'll take my leave no--"
Suddenly, Tass grabbed the husky's wrist and twisted it back. "HA!" She cried out as she spun around and struck him with her large tail, sending him flying headlong into the wall. She coiled the necklace around her fingers for a moment before placing the jewel on the control panel that opened the vault. "I'm sorry, my dear. I can't allow you to do that." She said as she unclasped the button of her gown and let it slide gently from her shoulders. "If you want my jewel, you will have to take it from me." Her tongue slipped out as she put her hands on her hips.
Still stunned from the throw, Thorn got to his feet and wobbled a bit at her approach. "I am not going to fight a girl." He said.
"Then, you may leave." She said. "But you will not take what you came for without coming through me first."
Thorn's eye turned to the jewel, he knew he wasn't going to be leaving without it, he'd never given up on a goal in his life. He rushed toward it, spinning around the princess as she lunged toward him, but narrowly missing it with the tips of his fingers as he was pulled back by her hand. She swung her fist at him, but he managed to block it and countered with a strong punch to her arm, knocking her back. She hissed indignantly and coiled her tail around the necklace, snatching the jewel from him once again.
"Over here, loverboy!" She taunted as she swept the necklace just out of his reach and ducked under an attack from the thief. "Bad! Down!" She said as she released the necklace from her tail and struck the husky in the abdomen with her tail then swung it up to knock his chin upward.
Instead of falling, Thorn ducked under another swing from the snake's tail and leaped up into the air, spinning through a coil it had developed before landing in front of her and punching her square in the snout. "Sorry, princess. I need this more than you do!" He grunted as he spun around and received the brunt of her tail across his face, sending him tumbling over the control station and onto the floor.
"Do you now?" Tass said with a hiss as she rose to her full height, hoisted a bit by her tail. "Not if I have anything to say about it." She sniffed a moment and realized that her nose was bleeding from the male's strike. She rubbed some of it off onto her finger and looked at it a moment before laughing. "I say, this is no way to treat a lady." She said, noticing that the husky had gotten back to his feet before she suddenly lunged toward him again, propelled with her tail she had the strength to forcibly slam him against the wall. He winced, but when he opened his eyes he found himself locked into her crimson gaze. "Or at least your princess..." She hissed, glaring into his eyes.
Thorn gasped as he felt his fingers start to go numb, a slow, crawling chill crept up his arms and from the pit of his stomach the same feeling went down, numbing the husky's legs. His wide-eyed expression was frozen in the stare from the predator whose tongue reached out and licked at his neck. The husky's teeth chattered together, he wanted to cry out in his surprise, but the strange sound of air escaping his lips took over. "Le-let... go..." He said weakly grabbing at her arm that had pinned him against the wall. He should have had easily enough strength to overtake her, but he was captivated by the snake's eyes, which now appeared to glow a bright red into his own.
"You will submit to me, Thorn, you are mine..." She hissed, the glow from her gaze intensifying as the husky's grip faded to nothing.
"Y-yes... my princess." He said softly.
"Remove your clothing, Thorn and sit in the vault." She commanded.
Immediately, the husky obeyed her, first removing his tattered shirt, revealing a well toned torso with little more than a few nicks and scratches from previous adventures that ruffled his fur in spots. She helped him to remove his pants, sliding her fingers into the waistband as he shook his waist and let them fall before stepping out of them. The clunk of his loaded belt hitting the ground echoed briefly and faded to complete silence, and he walked over to sit on the shelf in the vault as she observed his fine body and his thick cock, already becoming erect, which made her anticipate making him submit to her. She slipped her top off, revealing a pair of well formed breasts and a slim figure. Without removing her skirt, she approached the husky and climbed into his lap, letting his member slip underneath to tease her wet vagina as the two parts pressed together. She stared into his eyes intently and hissed. "Lose yourself to me completely." She said as she stood on her knees and then came down on his length. She cried out loudly as he penetrated her. The husky didn't even break his eye contact with the snake as he ran his nose and tongue along her breasts, his hands wrapping around behind her waist as he pushed up into her. "Yessssss...." She hissed again, leaning back as she began to fuck him. her tongue slipping from her lips as she resisted the urge to look away from him. More than a moment of breaking her eye contact with him and the spell may break. His eyes glowed red in respect of her own. After several minutes though she slowed and then lifted herself off of him. She got down and leaned against the vault door, bending down enough to reveal her pussy to him. "Fuck me like you mean it, slave." She said commandingly as Thorn got up and walked over to her.
Grabbing the female by the neck to pull her back against him, Thorn penetrated her again, this time making her cry out in pleasure. She thrust herself back against him, feeling his cock enter her completely again and again as her tail and one of her legs reached up behind him and shoved him firmly into her. It was hard to make out which one was in control, especially when the male's arm wrapped around her waist and his grip around her neck tightened into the crook of his elbow. After a few moments, he grew impatient and grabbed her leg, spinning her around as he caught her against the vault door as he lifted her into the air. Now face to face, the princess clawed at the husky's pelt as he began to pound into her so hard that the thuds were heard echoing throughout the room. They both climaxed at the same time and Thorn let out an extremely loud howl as he came, suddenly exploding into the snake, and not really rousing until he could hear the dripping from her overflowing cavity.
Slowly, the buzz from her entrancement began to ebb off, Thorn slowed his thrusts as she moaned and he began to realize what it was he was doing. "P-Princess... what is this? What am I--?"
He looked up, his voice faded as she stroked the fur of his mane and her hypnotic stare caught him again. His jaw slacked and he became lost in her gaze once more. "I never said you could go anywhere, did I?" She asked, grinning widely at her new slave who again seemed more than eager to please her.
THE END