The sun had finally disappeared, leaving behind a pitch black sky and no stars. Outworld was a dangerous place at any time, but nightfall felt especially cold and cruel. Yet it didn’t put fear in Kai’s heart. She was only concerned with putting food in her stomach.

She’d lied in wait most of the afternoon, hiding herself in the forest that outlined the Osh-Tekk lands. There were a couple fields dedicated to agriculture and earlier she watched the farmers and gardeners tend to their cattle, fruits, and vegetables. Kai was envious of their bountiful crop. She hadn’t seen that much food in weeks.

Her home of Edenia was shrinking in people and resources by the day as other territories stole what little they had to provide for their own. Kai wasn’t sure if the emperor of Outworld, and native to Osh-Tekk, knew of her people’s turmoil, but she figured it wouldn’t hurt their harvest to take a little back to Edenia.

She just had to be careful. The Osh-Tekk people were a fierce kind and the sunlight only fueled their strength and ferocity. Kai could protect herself but even she didn’t dare step foot onto their land during the day. Now that it was night, she knew the people were slightly weakened, and she could shield herself in the darkness to grab what she could and escape back home.

She crouched behind the wide trunk of a tree and observed the garden a final time before she sprang onto her feet and crossed the soil. She dropped low again to cover herself behind the tall stalks of corn just in case there were any lingering eyes around. Once she deemed it safe, she quietly but quickly snatched a few husks of corn and shoved them into the empty cloth sack around her waist. Kai peeked her head around and dashed across the field to the tomatoes. As she plucked a few from their stems and dropped them into her sack, she was beginning to think this was too easy. Surely with such a full harvest in a starving Outworld, the Osh-Tekk people would expect intruders. Yet as Kai moved onto another patch of vegetables, filling her hands with potatoes, she realized her sack was full and she could leave with no disruptions.

As Kai crouched low and dashed back through the tomatoes, she suddenly heard rustling behind her. Her heart thudded hard in her chest and she didn’t wait to figure out if it was an animal or a guard. Yet when she heard a voice shout, “Stop in the name of Kotal Kahn!” Kai broke into a full sprint. She reached the edge of the garden when she heard loud, vicious growls close behind her. She turned to see two large, black jaguars on her heels and she screamed as one pounced onto her. Its heavy body crushed her to the ground and Kai yelped in horror as it flashed its teeth and roared in her face. The other jaguar circled them before she watched it morph into a tall, nude man with teal-painted skin.

“You will come with us,” he said, staring down at her pinned below the jaguar. Kai shakily nodded her head. The animal on top of her then morphed into a man with teal skin. Kai shivered, both frightened and amazed to see them transform right before her eyes. She knew the Osh-Tekk people were shapeshifters, but she wondered the ability was brought on by the power of the sun.

One of the men yanked her up to her feet by her arm and the other took hold of her shoulder as they forced her to walk with them towards the stone palace just beyond the garden. Kai struggled in their clutches, hoping to break free, but it was futile. If they were still this strong at nightfall, she was in trouble.

“Please let me go!” she cried. They didn’t respond to her. Kai felt helpless as they dragged her into the tall, golden temple. They passed by more guards on their post at the entrance and Kai realized it would be nearly impossible to escape from the inside. She cried out again but the men did nothing but lead her deeper into the palace and down a wide hallway lined with fire torches on the tall walls. They reached the end and Kai saw two double doors with golden adornments, like the jaguar head that separated down the middle as the guards at the threshold pulled them open.

The sanctuary was grand and furnished with more fire torches and glistening gold decor, the most eye-catching being the giant throne that sat in the center of the room. A man nearly as large as the throne sat upon it and Kai was in awe to see Kotal Kahn, the emperor of Outworld, up-close. She at all times believed him to be a handsome man but she’d only seen him from a distance at parades or the Kahn’s arena where he watched over the people of Outworld, his glowing blue eyes thoughtful. Yet now he cast his glare down onto Kai, making her feel small.

She took in his demeanor as he graced his throne. His rippling muscles were tinged with the color teal like the rest of his people, yet his broad chest, abs, and legs were wrapped in golden tattoos like sacred armor. His head carried a golden helmet that sprouted blue feathers, and he wore nothing else besides a belt made of bones that held his kilt on his waist, the short cloth falling between his parted, thick muscular legs. Even as Kotal glowered at her, Kai felt humbled by his attractiveness. Yet she could feel his vehemence radiating from where she stood and her heart pounded hard in her chest.

The men bowed in his presence and forced her to do the same. “We caught her stealing from the garden, my lord,” one of them said. “What is your judgment?”

“Let me free!” Kai barked and jerked in their firm grasps.

“The only freedom for you beyond this room is death,” Kotal’s deep voice boomed. It struck fear through her body. “We do not take kindly to thieves pilfering our land.”

“There are thieves who steal from my people constantly,” Kai whimpered. “Edenia is dying. I only wanted to take enough to survive.”

“I am aware of the plight Edenians face,” Kotal said. “I am taking action to put it to an end. Yet this does not excuse your crimes.”

Kai’s mouth dropped in shock. She at all times believed that Kotal was a fair ruler with empathy for his people. When he defeated the tyrant Shao Kahn to become emperor, it was a revolutionary moment for Outworld. But as she stood face-to-face with him in the aftermath of her struggles, she felt fooled.

“I am hungry,” Kai pleaded. “I thought you were the compassionate Kahn, unlike the last.”

“I show compassion where it is warranted,” the emperor said sternly. He then studied her, his luminous eyes slowly taking in her body barely covered by her makeshift burlap dress, and her brown skin that faintly glimmered with sweat and dirt. Kai felt hot under Kotal’s gaze and wriggled uncomfortably in the men’s arms.

“Release her,” he added. “I will administer her judgment myself.”

“As you wish, my lord,” the men said and Kotal nodded in thanks. They bowed to him once more, dropped Kai to the floor, snatching away her sack and gathering the food that spilled from it, and exited the sanctuary. Kai rolled onto her knees and rubbed her elbow that stung from the blow to the ground. As she did it, her eyes nervously wandered to Kotal as he scrutinized her.

“What are you going to do with me?” she said, her voice thick with tears. “You shouldn’t punish me for starving.”

“Leniency only leads to greater transgressions,” Kotal said.

“Are you really going to kill me?” she asked quietly.

Kotal didn’t respond right away but continued to watch her with what Kai assumed was disdain. His full lips were a scowl on his handsome face and Kai worried he would rip her heart out right then.

“Come to me,” he said instead. When she didn’t move, his thunderous voice filled the room as he exclaimed, “At once!”

Kai scrambled to her feet and crossed the sanctuary until her toes touched the stairs that led to his throne. She hesitated to take another step before Kotal commanded, “Come.”

She slowly climbed the steps and started to tremble as she stood mere inches away from the emperor of Outworld. No one got this close to him unless they were members of his entourage or seconds away from death. Kai kept her head down, her eyes on the ground.

“On your knees,” she heard him demand.

She didn’t stop to think or disobey as she sank down to the floor before him. Kai realized she was essentially between his legs as she faced his lap. She noticed a thick imprint growing behind his kilt and her body responded against her will. She felt warm between her legs and she took a shaky breath as she willed herself to glance up at Kotal. Kai felt her heart begin to race as he looked down at her with a look that she now realized was lust.

Kotal silently moved his hand to his lap and pulled his kilt apart to reveal his long, girthy cock protruding from a thick tuft of black hair. It was the only part of him that wasn’t painted teal, but rather his cock was a tanned, light brown color with taut balls that looked almost bronze. It hung over the edge of his throne and curved to the right, its wide head seeping a thick, clear fluid. Kai felt betrayed by her body once more as the mere sight of the emperor’s formidable cock made her cunt become moist. She was stunned she could feel even a slither of arousal when her life hung in the balance.

“You dared to test a god,” Kotal said, his deep voice sounding almost sultry, “and you will atone for your crimes.”

“H-how?” Kai muttered but she knew the answer was in front of her, hard and throbbing.

“You claimed to be famished. You will fill your stomach with my seed,” Kotal replied. He took hold of his long cock and lifted it to her lips. “Open your mouth and feast on me.”

Kai felt herself part her lips before she fully accepted her fate. She felt his smooth, warm flesh slide into her mouth and tasted his clear, sticky fluid on her tongue. Her cunt was now wet as despite herself, she liked the feeling of his thick cock filling her mouth. Her jaw ached a little as she tried to fit all of him, but she didn’t stop moving her head up and down to adjust. She heard Kotal let out a hushed moan as she sucked on him, and she hoped it would be enough to spare her life.

“Take more of me,” he commanded as he shoved his cock into her mouth. She gagged as it prodded the opening of her throat. Her eyes flashed with a little discomfort as Kotal tried to push his cock into her throat again.

“Yield,” he said to her in a husky voice. “Yield to me.”

Kai tried to do as she was told. She took a deep breath before she let him thrust his cock down her throat. It squeezed around him and made tears spring to her eyes but she didn’t dare pull away as Kotal cradled her face in his large hands and slowly pumped himself in and out of her throat.

The more he plunged his thick cock into her mouth and down her throat, the more confused Kai felt by her rush of emotions. She was pacified and aroused by the feel and taste of him, yet frightened by his power and what he’d do once he was finished with her. Kai didn’t plan to be caught by the emperor of Outworld and tasked with servicing his cock as her punishment…but she was beginning to discover it an unexpected pleasure. Even as she gagged on his cock.

“Breathe,” Kotal demanded as he grabbed a handful of her hair and pried her off his cock. Kai gasped for air and slightly choked on her own saliva from drooling on the emperor’s cock. He watched her catch her breath before beckoning her to let him in again. She steadied herself on her hands and knees before opening wide and sucking him back into her mouth. Kotal groaned as her tongue washed over his veiny, wide shaft, and he held her by her hair to control her pace as she tried to swallow him again.

Kai received no warning that Kotal was about to orgasm other than his cock growing harder and tasting saltier on her tongue before she felt the warm, thick ropes of his pleasure coat her throat and slide down into her stomach. Her eyes rolled in her head as he held her in place and grunted with each spasm that sent copious amounts of his seed into her.

When he finally yanked her head back, his cock still hard and weeping with white fluid after he slipped out of her throat, Kotal breathed almost as heavy as Kai as she struggled to reclaim air in her lungs. Yet that was less of a concern to her as she laid bewildered eyes on him. She was aroused by him, yearning to worship his cock a little longer…and she was afraid of him, her mind racing in fear of his next plan of action. Kotal reached a hand out to her and she squeezed her eyes shut, yet his touch was surprisingly gentle.

“Your sacrifice honors me,” Kotal said. He cupped her chin in his hand and looked her in the eyes with his glorious blue gaze. “Your atonement is accepted and you may leave in peace.”

“Really?” Kai asked in disbelief. “You’re letting me go?”

“Yes,” Kotal replied. She was reluctant to leave his sanctuary for a couple reasons, one being she worried it could be a cruel trick. He seemed to sense her distress and said, “If you wish, my guards can usher you to Edenia to assure your safe travels.”

Kai glanced up at him in need and thought if he could see it in her eyes. She wasn’t ready to exit his palace. Her body reeled from his cock, her cunt still wet between her legs. She could feel his seed in her stomach but she wanted more. “I’m still hungry,” she said softly. Kotal’s eyes widened at her admission.

“Are you not yet full?” he said curiously.

“No, my lord,” she said. She carefully reached up and wrapped her fingers around his huge, curved cock. The emperor sighed with pleasure as she slowly stroked him, and she watched him pull his bottom lip between his teeth.

“You wish to prolong my mercy,” Kotal breathed and Kai nodded, bringing her lips to his cock and kissing its head.

“Rise,” he said and she got on her feet. She was slightly confused as she wondered the emperor would make her taste his cock again but instead he lifted up her burlap dress to her waist. Kai suddenly felt demure with Kotal’s eyes on her bare cunt and she gasped when he slid two thick fingers between her thighs. His fingertips grazed her clit before he pushed his fingers between her soft, wet folds and caressed her. Kai couldn’t help the desperate moan that escaped her as Kotal slowly slipped his fingers along her cunt.

He then pulled them away and she worried that perhaps she violated the rules of his judgment by taking pleasure in his touch. Yet Kotal only observed his fingers glistening with her desire and said, “Your lust is abundant.”

“Yes, my lord,” she whispered.

“As is mine,” he said and took hold of his hard cock. He used her fluid to lubricate himself and then grabbed Kai by the hips, pulling her on top of him. She nearly swooned from his strength as he positioned her to straddle him before he reached behind her and guided his cock to her waiting, wet cunt. When she felt the head of Kotal’s thick cock nudge her opening and push inside, Kai let out another sharp moan.

She’d only just gotten used to his cock filling her mouth, and feeling it stretch her cunt as he wedged himself deeper made her feel like a virgin. Her pain, pleasure, and angst married and birthed a new sensation within her, one that had her whining and clinging onto the emperor with her nails pressed on the skin of his strong shoulders, and her face buried in the crook of his neck. No man had ever elicited this reaction from her, but Kai wasn’t certain that Kotal was merely a man. It was only when he finally fit as much of his long cock as he could that she stopped whimpering and heaved a sigh of relief and delectation. She felt stuffed with his cock nestled inside her, pressed against her every tender spot, and when he began to thrust, she knew she would soon succumb to climax.

Kai’s head fell back and she held onto his shoulders as he grasped her hips and drove himself in and out. She heard Kotal’s low moans in her ear as her cunt gripped him, and she moaned back as he pushed on her g-spot. Whether or not it was his intention, his next push overwhelmed Kai with an orgasm so intense she felt transcendent. She sobbed and shook with each throb of her cunt and tried her hardest not to scream her pleasure for the guards on the other side of the door to hear.

When she came down, she met Kotal’s soft eyes with her own dreamy gaze and their lips briefly brushed together. It made her feel bashful, surreal. Kai would have never wondered she’d meet the emperor, let alone suck and ride his powerful cock on his throne as a sadistic punishment for her thievery. She was certain she wasn’t supposed to enjoy her judgment yet her cunt still pulsed in the afterglow of her orgasm and with every thrust of his cock. From the look on his handsome face and his shallow breaths, Kai could tell Kotal was thoroughly enjoying himself, as well. He abruptly pulled out of her, picked her up, and gently placed her on the floor in front of him. She watched Kotal grasp his curved, hard cock in his hand and stroke it before pressing it to her lips.

“Drink from me,” he demanded urgently and Kai wasted no time opening her mouth and letting him shove his cock into it. Kotal groaned as her lips tightened around his swollen shaft and pumped his white, warm satisfaction into her. Kai felt her mouth swiftly fill up with his seed and she drank it, closing her eyes and relishing in the taste of him. Guilt tried to surge within her for her newfound excitement being the emperor’s whore, but it was quickly drowned out by another flood of his milk and her moans as she devoured it.

Kotal fondled her head with his hand as if to commend her before he slid his cock from between her lips. Kai coughed a little as she swallowed the last drops of his seed and glanced up at him as she licked her lips. He watched her with his glowing eyes that made her tremble in a new, delicious way.

“I imagine your stomach is now full,” Kotal said as a handsome smirk touched his lips. Kai nodded wearily but smiled. She sat at his feet for a moment longer, uncertain to move without his permission. “Or is there more room?” he asked.

“I don’t want to be greedy,” she teased and heard the emperor lightly chuckle.

“You wish to stay, then?” Kotal inquired as she remained on her knees. If she had the energy to climb back on top of him and stuff herself with his cock again, she would stay.

“I wish to be invited back in the future,” Kai confessed in a small voice. “Not as your captive…but as your mistress.”

The emperor looked thoughtful before he said, “Such an unusual request. Yet I would like to see you in my bedchamber, as well.”

Kotal offered his hand to her and pulled her onto her feet. He then stood up and loomed over Kai like the god of man that he was. She felt delicate in his strong hands as he held her by her waist and hunched over to touch his lips to hers, his kiss tender. She placed her hands on his broad chest and leaned into him, wanting to feel him and his warm, hard body surround her. When his kiss ended, she felt interrupted from her arousal already reawakening. She pawed at him and his kilt, her fingers grazing his cock.

“Reserve your ardor for when we meet tomorrow,” Kotal said with a seductive grin and Kai felt her heart pound in anticipation.

He then arranged for her departure, his guards escorting her from his palace and leading her to a horse-drawn carriage. Kai was flattered by Kotal’s chivalry to a thief like her, and grateful she didn’t have to tread the three miles back from whence she came. As a guard held open the door and she stepped inside the carriage, she noticed a large woven basket on the seat. It was filled with tomatoes, potatoes, corn, fruit, and parcels that Kai recognized as meat. Her face broke into a smile and she silently thanked Kotal for sending her on her way to Edenia with a new appreciation for the emperor of Outworld.