<~> Chapter 149Lia's words were both reassuring and frightening to me at the same time. On one hand, I don't o worry that she would have too much trouble adjusting to being a woman. Oher hand... I couldn't help but worry the transformation altered her mind, and that it was my fault.

  Lia looked down at her body. "Oh gods, my dick is huge and I covered myself in jizz..."

  I had half expected Grace to be mortified by watg but she looked happy, any awkwardness of the situation hadn't even fazed her. She stood up and brought over a towel. "Here you go Lia," she said with a smile.

  Lia took it and began wiping herself off. "Thanks sis... This is a little weird huh?"

  Grace ughed. "It is, how do you feel?"

  "I feel great, I... I don't think I've ever felt better in my life. I 't even describe how much better my body feels, I feel so light, so much stronger, I feel more awake than I ever have before."

  Tears rolled down Grace's fad she pulled Lia into a hug. Lia pulled her closer and they held each other while Grace cried. It slowly turned from quiet sniffling to full-out sobbing. "I am so happy yoing to be alright," Grace managed between sobs.

  Lia squeezed Grace tighter. "It's okay big sis, I'll be okay now. You don't o watch me waste away anymore."

  I was gettiional just watg. Did this make things worth it? ging someone on a fual level in exge for g their siess?

  Bel, Eira, and I took a bit of distance from them and gave them space. Grace cried for aen minutes or so before pulling away and wiping away her tears. She sniffled and reached over to hand Lia her clothes.

  She took the shirt and held it up to herself, it looked ically small o her new body and rge breasts. "This isn't going to fit..." She looked at Grace's chest. "I think we might share sizes now..."

  Grace ughed and wiped at her face again. "I will g you a shirt... and a brassiere from my room. Then we go talk... Lilith will probably be busy the rest of the night helping the irls." She got up and quickly left the room.

  The three of us averted aze while Lia explored her new body but all of us could feel the curiosity aement flow through our new e with her, it was safe to assume she was attracted to her new body. Grace came back with a small pile of clothes and hahem to her. "I brought you some of my clothes but... I do not think my underwear would fit you so I brought a long skirt instead..."

  Lia ughed and took the pile of clothes and started putting them on. Grace had to help her with the brassiere but they were so simir in size that it only took a few minor adjustments.

  Once Lia was fully dressed Grace turo me. "Thank you, Lilith. I want to talk with you ter but I think we have kept you from the irls long enough tonight. Will you fiomorrow m?"

  "Sure," I said with a smile.

  She smiled iurn before the two of them left together. I took a deep breath and turo my friends. "You ready for the rest of tonight?"

  They both nodded and smiled as we made our way bato the main part of the room, dropping away the silence spell behind me.

  ***

  Ihe main part of the suite, I overheard Oe finishing up expining the transformation. She spared me from having to repeat myself again while I was busy with Grad Lia. After seeing Raya, Sibyl, and Nadia already, it didn't seem like anyone doubted the transformation this time and most of the girls were talking to each other about whether they would gh with it or not.

  Tisha and Jade found me as I left the suite's side room. While the two of them looked nearly identiow, the bond made it easy to tell them apart. Tisha stepped forward with a small smile. "Lilith, we wao talk with you before you got started."

  "Sure," I replied. "What's up?"

  "The ability the ge granted us allows us to share the [Succubus Bond] and use [Bonded unication] with people that don't have the ability. There are a few people we've been talking to that I think would feel better about the ge if they could share the link with you before we get started."

  "With me?"

  Tisha nodded. "Yes, the bond is good at revealing people's true feelings and motives. Some of the people I think the ge would help the most are wary of joining the 'family' of someohey don't know and don't trust. But we help with that!"

  I smiled in uanding. "Sure, point the way. I'm curious to see how your ability works anyway."

  Tisha took my hand and led me through the room to a couple of women sitting by themselves in the er. Bel and Eira split off a over to the bed where the rest of my party had gathered.

  "Olivia, Lily, this is Lilith. She agreed to meet you before she got started with everyone else."

  They were a pair of beastfolk, a minx and a ferret. Olivia, the minx, looked unfortable and Lily seemed quiet and shy.

  I nodded. "o meet you two, Olivia, Lily. Tisha said that she could use her ability to let you ee through the bond. I want to stress that everything is voluntary, I don't want to pressure you into anything you don't want to do but Tisha thinks that you two would be from it. Do you two want to try?"

  The two girls looked at each other nervously while Tisha and Jade gave the two of them puppy dog eyes. I thought it was better not to push for it and ultimately I didn't mind if they turhe transformation down but I was curious to at least see Tisha and Jade's power firsthand and if the bond would help these two then I was happy to do it.

  "It won't hurt or anything will it?" Olivia asked.

  Jade shook her head. "Of course not! The bond feels... iing. And the transformation itself feels really good. You'll be able to see some of the irls experie first and you'll be able to see for yourself."

  "O-okay. I'll try it."

  "Me too, I'll try the bond thing," Lily quietly agreed.

  Tisha cpped. "Great! Okay, everyone hold hands."

  I nodded and took Tisha and Jade's hands who got oher side of me with the two new women in the middle. Tisha and Jade took a synized breath and I felt something akin to magic flow through me from both dires. Only moments ter I felt the two new girls ect to the bond and a flood of their emotions came through the bond all at once.

  Ay, fear, loneliness, distrust, yearning, pain. I took a deep breath to settle myself aheir feelings crash over me and recede like the tide. I thought about my new family and friends. Bel, Mimi, Raya, Sibyl. I wao share how close I felt with them, how amazing it felt to ect to those with the bond on such a personal level. Oliva and Lily released a shuddering breath.

  I let my feelings flow through my words, "I want to build a family. People who trust each other, help each other, rely on each other, love each other. I don't want to trick other people, I want to help them. If the ge isn't for you then I don't want you to bee a succubus but if it would help you and you don't mind the drawbacks, then I would wele both of you as family."

  My words resonated with the two, with the bond so open and clear they could feel the siy of my words and I could feel that it struck a chord withihey were lonely and closed off, for them the brothel was the only home they'd found and they still had trouble trusting people, even here. I didn't know what it was but there was a lot of pain in their past that they kept bottled up and hidden away.

  Lily's words were raspy but fident, "I'll do it. I trust you."

  A moment after Olivia's words followed. "I'll do it too... I want to be able to share this feeling with others, other succubi, whenever I want."

  I nodded. "Then please join my family tonight," I said with a smile.

  The temporary bond faded away and that felt rather odd to me. It was the first time I had ected to someone else through the bond and that e pletely closed. Evehers closed off the e, I could still feel them. This was the first time they were just gone. It was kind of a sad feeling but I knew I would ect to them again, the certainty I felt in their emotions was clear.

  I turo Tisha and Jade. "Thanks for that experience, your ability to share the [Succubus Bond] is incredible."

  Jade smiled. "That's not the extent of it, we live and breathe the bond. I feel all of the succubi through their bond no matter the distance, even the ones oher side of the building."

  "...Isn't that a little overwhelming?" I asked.

  Tisha shook her head. "No. We feel them from wherever we are but their emotions aren't as... tangible? At least pared to the ones in the same room as us. We feel the surface emotions but not as clearly as if they were in the same room."

  "What about the range? How far you feel others?"

  Jade smiled. "We could feel you, Mimi, Raya, and Sibyl leave the city today. While out there we could tell you split up. Mimi felt anxious while away from you and relieved when you reunited. We haven't talked with any of you since, so we don't know what happened but we could tell that much."

  I felt nervous about the extent they could track others, in a way it meant none of the succubi would have privaymore... It became another drawback of the transformation.

  Tisha touched my arm and snapped me out of my thoughts. "I feel your worry but there's no need. We won't do anything to hurt our family or create any more drawbacks to the ge. We're still trying to figure out and trol our powers but we already learned we shut that particur ability off. We'll only trad find people in emergencies."

  Through their emotions I could feel that they were both itted to that promise, they were both well aware of how invasive their powers could be. It didn't pletely alleviate my worries but it at least tempered my .

  Jade cleared her throat. "But that brings us to the other thing we wao ask you. While we don't want to watd track all of the succubus... we know that you'll leave the city eventually. The two of us feel it, you still io leave once your work here is finished. We wao ask if we could keep track of you, know where you are, know if... you're alive. At least to the extent that our ability allows us."

  I sighed and looked at the ceiling. Taking away other's privacy without se invasive but I did trust the two of them. I don't think I would mind.

  "Sure. You keep tabs on me once we leave town but only if you promise not to share the information with aher than other succubi you absolutely trust. I don't think I would mind if Oe raew but it's not something I would like everyoo know or for either of you to spread around. I think there's a ce going forward that my friends and I are going to make enemies and I don't want our whereabouts actally leaked to them."

  Tisha smiled and nodded. "Of course! That's great, I'll feel so much better about being able to see where you're at once you leave."

  I nodded and then had a thought. "Not tonight but ter on... would you mind using your ability to share the bond with Man and Torien? They haven't decided to bee Succubi yet but... the idea of sharing the bond with them, even temporarily, would mean a lot to me. There's something truly special about being able to tell someone you love them, and feel it through the bond."

  Jade smiled. "We would love to." She turo Tisha. "I know firsthand what you're talking about."

  Tisha blushed and looked away.

  I smiled and stood up. "Thanks for that experiend nice meeting the two of you. I'm sure I'll see all of you ter tonight but I've probably kept everyone waiting for long enough.

  I figured that based on what had happe time, it would probably be a good time to s my css out for [Novice Prostitute] to take advantage of the ing y. I wasn't sure how helpful the ranks in that css would be but it wouldn't hurt to take advantage of the situation.

  I looked over Oliva and Lily o time before bringing my attention back to the densely packed room. A rge portion of the Brothel must be in here, waiting for what Oe and I promised them. I think it was time to get started and add more people to my quickly growing family.

  Saine

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