The Healing Souls

Troll Brain

(Friday night)

[Rock]

I put the last of the containers into my refrigerator. I had enough food prepared for a few days after I got back from Forrest’s house. My mate would be well-fed.

My house was clean and all of my business was taken care of for the next week. Everything was perfect. I was nervous as hell.

There was a pounding knock at the door. That must be my escort to Forrest’s house. I went to answer the door. He and Elbio were waiting on the other side with serious expressions.

They came in while I did one final check that nothing was on or would burn my house down while I was gone. It wasn’t as if I never left the place for a weekend, but something in me started thinking of all the things that could go wrong.

“You’re not gonna go double-checking your smoke detectors a third time, are you?” Elbio laughed.

“Shut up, Elb. Let him do what he has to do. He’s nervous,” Forrest scolded him. “You good, Rock?”

“I’m fine. I know I’ll be a few houses down, so I shouldn’t worry. I don’t want to bring my true mate home to a burned-out shell.”

He looked apprehensive. “You really think you’re gonna find her?”

“My mom and brothers all found their true mate at their coming-of-age parties. I know I’ll find mine.”

“It was a different world back then, Rock.”

“It wasn’t different. Say what you’re really thinking. I won’t find her because they were full trolls and I’m only half.” I glared at him.

“Most of the women who are coming are old enough to know if you’re their true mate, Rock. We got a handful who are young enough not to know and are interested in someone like you. A lot more people accepted when they found out about the princes and the werewolf coming. The odds of you finding her are low and I want to make sure you’re not gonna cry when you fail.” Forrest scoffed.

“I don’t cry.”

“You cried the last time I sat on you.”

“I was five and you were already over three hundred pounds. If not for the fact that cave trolls can survive crushing weight, I wouldn’t have survived that. And I didn’t cry, there was dirt in my eye,” I growled.

“You cried like a little bіtch.”

“Will you two stop? No matter what, he has to get locked up. He won’t even know what’s really going on, from what my brother said. We need to get moving before we have to do this by force,” Elbio said.

We nodded and followed him out of the house. I locked the front door. There were some races in the fae lands that believed an unlocked door was an invitation to come in and do or take whatever they wanted. I didn’t want to come home to something like that. They wouldn’t be able to take much of value, but once they rearranged my furniture.

Forrest’s house wasn’t far from mine and we walked like we always had. The whole world felt fragile and dim. It was changing, even if I couldn’t see it, I knew it was.

I would be entering his house as a child in the eyes of my people and coming out as a man. And my true mate would be by my side. I knew she would. Just like my mother and just like my brothers.

Once we were in Forrest’s house, he guided me to the bedrooms in the back. Single-level homes were important for larger trolls. By default, I only ever made basements for trolls and never second stories. The basements would have cement and solid stone stairs that were wide enough for their large feet, plus some.

Most of them only wanted a single level, though. Forrest’s home was built for the family he wanted, like mine was. He had a master suite on one side and on the other a hall with three bedrooms. One was built so he could host his coming-of-age in his own home.

Half of all troll strength came from the magic of faerie. I was the tester for these rooms. My full strength was the same as Forrest’s half-strength. He was so large that he could naturally lift more than most human weightlifters.

Elbio and Forrest had already taken the covers off the hooks into the wall. They’d connected chains with shackles to the hooks and a blanket sat near the wall. This weekend was a trial as much as a treat.

No food, no sleep, no water, and no light. It might break weaker creatures, but it was part of what made us stronger. You were an adult when you could stand up to this sort of experience for three solid days.

The iron in the shackles would keep me from being able to see in the dark, too. It was frustrating, like part of me was being taken away. I’d been able to see in the darkest of rooms since I was a child, but now I would be completely blind. No better than a human in the dark.

Forrest had the indoor lights on. It was bright for Elbio and me but perfect for him. Before the other guests arrived, the lighting would be dimmed to a brightness that was uncomfortable for indoor and outdoor trolls. Too dim for one and too bright for the other. As it was, I would have to suffer the brightness for a while.

When we reached the bedroom where I'd be shackled, I felt my nerves coming back, but they were different. It had to be getting close to midnight because I felt the urge to sneak off and look for my mate myself.

That little voice that whispered in my ear when I was sleeping with women was getting louder. It wasn't a second spirit, more like a second personality. Our primal troll brain.

"Strip if you don't want to rip off your clothes when you lose control," Forrest told me.

"You know, I don't think that I'm actually going to have the same coming-of-age as the other trolls," I replied. "I think my human side is too strong. There's no reason to hook me up."

I smiled at them, but neither one of my friends looked convinced. Now my primal brain was having a heart-to-heart about what I was missing out on. It was very convincing. If I could get them to release me, I could leave the fae lands to find my mate.

Carmen's sweet face flashed in my mind. Her. I should have her again. I could run away with her and have her for the whole weekend. I didn't need another woman. I need Carmen. I shook my head, getting the thought out of it.

Quickly, I started stripping. "We need to hurry. No one told me it was this easy to listen to my troll brain."

"Got it," Forrest said.

Once my shirt was off, he secured one of the shackles to my wrist. That was enough to make the lights feel less bright and I could feel the weight of the chains. I took off my pants and handed them off to Forrest as Elbio secured the shackle on my other wrist.

They managed to do my ankles without making any jokes. I didn't like being nude in front of other male trolls, but there was nothing for it. I needed to have clothing to wear at the end of it. I didn't want to walk home naked.

"Alright, how are you feeling?" Forrest asked.

"I'm feeling like fuсking your sister, so pretty fuсking desperate." I scoffed.

He laughed dryly. "You keep talking about my sister and you're gonna regret your situation pretty fuсking fast."

"You're right, I'm sorry. I'm not that desperate. If she shows up, though, make sure the lights stay off, no one wants to see that." I shuddered.

Elbio snorted. "You're on thin ice. You should stop while you're ahead."

"Right. If your sister comes though, send her back."

"You couldn't handle my sister."

"Not what she said the last time, but okay." I laughed.

"It's the troll brain. If he can't fuсk, it wants him to fight. Come on." Forrest told him.

They turned off the lights. Now the only light in the room was coming from the open doorway. I lunged for it, trying to escape the dark. The shackles stopped me halfway across the room and jerked me onto my ass. At least the floor was polished concrete and not something rougher like his bedroom was.

The door closed and I started shouting at them. Anything that popped into my head came out of my mouth. I threatened them, their fathers, and their brothers made comments about wanting to fuсk their mothers and sisters.

That didn't stop them from closing the door and leaving me in the pitch-black of the bedroom. I pounded on the floor, sсreamed, and jerked at the chains. I needed someone, something, to soothe the fire inside of me.

I lay on the ground looking up at the darkened skylights. They were covered from the outside. I helped do that myself. No windows were built into this room. If I could break out of these chains, I could get out through the room next door.

Feeling back to the wall, I grabbed one of the chains and braced myself against the wall before jerking at them. I fought against them for about an hour before I gave up and laid down again. I felt sick lying there, my hands covered in injuries while I burned with need.

My diсk was so damn hard and it turned into a bar of molten torture as every muscle in my body cramped up and tightened. I needed to fuсk something. I had to feel that release.

"Carmen. I want to fuсk my wolf ѕlut." I growled, but I was starting not to care who it was as long as I could sink my diсk into it and fuсk 'til I blew my load.

My primal brain knew I shouldn't be fighting against these chains and straining my body like this. I needed to think more clearly, but it felt so far away just then. The pain, the dark, and my ѕex drive were making me lose control of my mind.

"I need to fuсk," I told myself as I buried my face in my hands.

Just then, the door opened and I uncovered my eyes. The light was too weak and Forrest was too huge. I couldn't see who it was. He pushed someone in and started to close the door.

"I'll be back in thirty," he said to her.

"No problem. I shouldn't have a problem with a weakened half-human." She laughed.

"That's right," I replied, rolling over. "A weakened half-human couldn't stand up to a woman like you. That's the only hope you have of beating me. Everyone knows the goddess always picks the weakest women first. You're probably not my mate. The goddess would want me to have a strong woman."

She growled.

"Aww, are you upset? Poor little thing." I laughed at her. "You keep huddling over there. You couldn't handle me."

Without another word, she attacked me. I pushed against her and tried to force her to her knees. She grumbled something as she grabbed me by the hair and slammed her lips against mine. She kissed me roughly, her mouth spread over mine, and her thin tongue thrust between my lips.

That was cheating, but I was so desperate for ѕex that I gave in to her. She used me for two hours and left after I came. I was right. She wasn't my mate. I snarled.

I needed more. I was ready again and pacing my cell as I waited for Forrest to bring in the next female for me. I would find my mate this weekend and she wouldn't leave me after one fuсk.