Chapter 2: Building Tension
Daisy hummed to herself as she washed down the second to last pig in the row. The late morning sun filtered through the loose planks of the barn, casting a warm golden light over everything. The smell of fresh hay and manure hung heavy in the air, but Daisy loved it. It reminded her of home, of her childhood spent on her family's farm in Tennessee.
Things felt so different now that she knew about the glamour spells her animal companions had been under. She couldn't look at her pets the same way again. Though, she hadn't seen all the animals in their human forms. At least not yet. The only one she had seen in their full human form was Itsuki, her cat from childhood who had been with her since she was five.
Daisy sighed as she finished hosing down the last pig. She set the hose down and leaned against the wooden railing, gazing out at the sprawling ranch land beyond. "Thanks for the bath, sweetheart." Said one pig. He had an older, husky voice. Daisy looked at him in confusion as she wasn't sure what he looked like as a human, nor did she think she wanted to as his voice was so unattractive.
But she kept her thoughts to herself and simply nodded. "Anytime." She replied, suppressing a shudder.
As she was about to leave, she slipped on something. But when she tried to get up, she was sprayed with some sort of sticky substance. She gasped when she saw spider like threads binding her body.
She tried to kick or tug, anything to break free but the threads held on tight, clinging to her skin like a second layer.
"What is this?" Daisy demanded, trying to keep the panic from her voice.
The spider-humanoid Naught cackled as he hung upside down from the ceiling. "Just a little fun, darling!" he said, his grinning face pressed between two thick strands. His eyes glinted mischievously in the dim light of the barn.
"You see, I've been watching you, Daisy. Ever since you arrived here at the ranch, I've heard things. And since then I wanted you."
Naught grinned, those sharp teeth on full display as he crept even closer to Daisy.
"What?" Daisy asked, taken by surprise. "What do you mean?" Her mind raced as she tried to make sense of what Naught was saying.
"I have observed you, as I have said, and I have seen the desire in your eyes when you thought no one was looking." Naught's eyes trailed down Daisy's body, lingering on her chest.