Demands My Soul

A Transgender Heroine's Journey & Romance Novel

From THE ONE Universe

Chapter 23: Shattered Spirits

By Ariel Montine Strickland

After Beau arrives will Delores' chosen family leave her to suffer the appellate court defeat and Serina's departure alone?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes death isn't the end. Sometimes, people can come back with new lives and new powers. This is one of those times.

This is a serial story with litrpg and gamelit elements.

For two thousand years, demons and humans waged war against each other. Twenty-five years ago, that all changed. Now two demon princesses must navigate a world that's been forever altered - and yet they'll soon find that far too much of it remains the same.

This is the story of Mikaela, and Charlotte, twin princesses (born to the protagonists of Demon Queened), forced to become adventurers as a rite of passage. In theory, it'll be easy! They're literally demi-gods after all. It's not like anything can hurt them... but will it really be so simple for two pampered princesses to live the life of adventurers?

From prejudiced humans to old demonic grudges, hidden villages, romance and potential heartbreak, the girls will soon find that there's a lot more to life than they realized.

This is a sequel to Demon Queened, but I'll do my best to make sure you don't need to read the original to make sense of it. I still recommend the original - it was a good series, in my opinion! - but reading it shouldn't be a necessity.

Chapter 16

The next morning, it was a slow start for most of the residents of the apartments. It was Angie wanting her breakfast that roused Marian and Ken, with the added complication that they needed to shower and dress before going downstairs. They did find something in the kitchen to keep Angie satisfied.

When they got to the restaurant, they found Willow sitting alone.

“Good morning, Willow. Where’s Garry?”

During his few hours in NYC and before heading to Albany, Jak had bought a second-hand iPhone and a PAYG SIM card at a shop near Grand Central Station. His old phone was wrapped in foil in his backpack in an attempt to stop his father from tracking it and, by implication, him.

Santa's Little Helper

Out of work actor Nicholas Cooper takes a job working as an assistant to a department store Santa. The only catch is that he must present femme for the role. No stranger to performing in drag, 'Nikki' arrives at Santa's Workshop to find that the store Santa is a lecherous misogynist and a lush. Desperate to keep her job Nikki has to decide if she is willing to put up with Santa's foibles and inappropriate advances. A naughty Christmas romp (in every denotation of the word) with a happy ending (in every denotation of the word).

Matty Caff AI Comic Fantasies: These are independent stand alone AI and Face Swap created comics of fantasy and some personal experience. I use my face in every comic.

Muse
A Short Story

“You do believe that my work is art, don’t you,” said Claude.

“Of course I do,” Blythe said. “And I only want to play a role in helping you to be that artist.”

And that is the title and essence of this story.

Mark and Tyler's birthdays are a day apart, so they've always spent them together. Mark has a crush on Liz, so Tyler suggests a way for him to get a date with her while the two of them spend their days together just like they always have...

Note. After some encouragement I have extended the original story. I hope readers might enjoy the extra pages at the start.

A general sat behind a large desk. Behind him picture windows showed a drop of sixteen floors to a parade ground far below with marine recruits who looked little bigger than ants, being put through their paces by drill sergeants.

We awoke fully transformed, at least in terms of the breasts and sexual organs. We stood and looked at ourselves and each other for a bit. And we liked what we saw. I had worn C-cup breasts with the falsies, but the ones that had grown in on my chest appeared a little larger and were probably D-cup. And before we got done admiring ourselves, Marco had his first erection, and I think he was a little bigger than I had been, unless it was just an illusion due to it being on his smaller body.

Brett's slender fingers trembled as he stood before the mirror, his reflection a stranger to him.

Sara and Jill, his two sultry friends, had talked him into this, convincing him to surrender to their feminine whims.

He'd always been a bit of an outsider, his ethereal beauty often mistaken for girl-next-door charm. But this... this was different.

As they worked their magic, Brett felt his body transform, his skin tingling with each gentle touch.