All Chapters of Home for Horny Monsters (Book 05): Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

"I won't even pretend to understand what you're doing," Sofia muttered."I'm multitasking." Eulalie stared at the data as it came in on multiple screens. Her spider eyes allowed her to watch all three at once, and she sat back on her rear legs and used her front legs on the touchpads of the computers to help her navigate. "Looks like the drone is up."On their screen, the house came into view. At first, it looked normal, but Eulalie realized that something was off. The yard was disproportionate to the house, and it seemed smaller somehow."Weren't there three levels?" she asked. "And the porch looks tiny. Wasn't there an extra room over here?""Shit." Sofia leaned in and squinted at the screen. "This is the version of the house that appears when the real house is asleep. That can only mean one thing.""Which is?"Sofia shook her head. "The Caretaker has died. Something has happened to Mike in Oregon, that's the only explanation." Tears shimmered in the corners of her eye."Oh." She fe

Emery tumbled from her shoulders and disappeared into the forest. She fared only slightly better as she crashed through the trees, splintering branches as she tumbled through them. Folding her wings in to protect her body, she slapped her tail into a thick pine to alter her trajectory at the last second and crashed into a shallow stream. The ice exploded as she came to a halt."What the fuck was that?" She stood up and shook the water off of her wings. "Emery? Can you hear me?"There was no answer from the imp. Grumbling, she splashed her way out of the stream. Broken branches littered the forest floor, and she contemplated them for a moment. She frowned, realizing that she had forgotten something.The phone! Gasping, she ran back to the stream and stumbled in. It took her almost a minute to find Mike's phone beneath the water. It was supposed to be waterproof, but the giant crack on the screen wasn't a good sign."Merde!" She tried to power it on, but it was no use. It had broken in

"Bargain for what?"His voice was now above her. When she looked up into the trees, all she could see were a pair of blazing eyes. He was backlit by the fading light of day, so little else was visible."I am building a new world, Abella. A place where creatures like us can be free to be ourselves. No hiding away from the men in white coats. No curious humans. This place could be our oasis, a land that we can call our own.""You are offering me...real estate? To betray my Caretaker?" She sighed in disgust. "I was honestly expecting something better. I decline."He shook his head. "I offer far more than real estate. This is a legacy. This man of yours, how long is he truly expected to live? Whatever he offers you will be gone in a matter of decades, but this?" He gestured at the woods around them. "I wish to build a paradise that will be here long after humans cease to walk this world. Caretakers come and go, but this place will be my legacy. And perhaps yours, too."Abella frowned. "Yo

"What are you doing?" Beth asked."Isn't this what you wear to fight the monster in the basement?" Lily stuck out her tongue, and Beth laughed. It helped lighten her mood immensely, and she pulled out her phone to snap a picture. Maybe she would make a photo book of how fucked up her week had been and look at it fondly while being absolutely tanked on wine.They opened the door and stared at the looming darkness. The bottom of the stairs wasn't visible, so Beth went to get a flashlight from the kitchen. When she returned, she clicked the light on and sighed."I don't remember this many steps," she said."Nope." Lily looked at Beth, then took the colander off her head and threw it down the stairs. They could hear the colander crashing against the concrete steps for quite some time before it finally went quiet."I hate this." Beth started down the stairs, but Lily grabbed her by the shoulder and stepped ahead."I can take a punch far better than you can." She winked at Beth. "And a bull

The sword came at her again, and she dodged to the side. This time, her foot landed in one of the shifting shadows, and she sank up to her shin."Oh, fucking hell!" She tried to pull her leg out, but a spectral hand came with it. The other shadows now moved toward her, and she saw the sword coming her way again.Tick Tock shifted violently, and then a pair of metallic arms swatted the sword out of the way. Beth said a silent prayer and tried again to free herself. The whispers from the painting were making her teeth itch. There was a loud thud, followed by the same tearing noise, and Lily's legs now dangled from the ceiling up above."Fuck you!" shouted Lily before her legs were slurped back up like spaghetti."Lily, I'm being eaten by the floor!" Beth saw that another shadow was coming close. Her leg was going numb below the knee.There was a loud thud, and then Lily's head appeared from a nearby wall. Her eyes were bright yellow, and her horns were covered in black blood. "Then you