<~> Chapter 168I woke up with a groan. It took me a sed to realize why my ass hurt so much but I remembered where I was after I looked around bleary-eyed. I reached bad touched my sensitive butt. It felt bruised, not a feeling I could say I was used to. I was sleepiween Man and Mimi, she must have e in at some point while we were still asleep.

  Grace had somehow gotten iween Man and Bel, she was now fully nude as well and Man was sleeping on her chest, basically using the woman's rge breasts as pillows. Everyone looked pletely out of it, sleeping deeply, except frace whose eyes fluttered open while I was looking at her.

  "Did you sleep well Lilith?" she asked.

  I slumped back down against Man's bad groaned. "I don't know if that even ts as sleep, I passed out after our... 'session' st night... and my ass still hurts."

  Grace smiled with an impish grin. "Good, then you will be sure to remember your punishment."

  I sighed. "I didn't realize you had such a mean streak in you."

  She idly traced her fingers along Man's back. "I would not say I was being mean st night. But I will not lie and say I did not enjoy our sessioher. This tends to be my role here at the Ruby Vixen, ohat I do relish."

  Chug dryly I leaned up to get a look at her. "I didn't realize you worked as a dominatrix here, I assumed your role was more strictly atied."

  She nodded. "Most of the time, yes, but I also work as a dominatrix for those willing to pay for the experience. My prices are not cheap, after all." She sighed a Man's hair. "That was ninally my iion for st night but based on what Raya told me, I thought the experience would do all of you some good."

  "What do you mean?" I asked.

  "Hmm... Well, from what Raya told me and what I gleaned from the bond, I could tell there was some lingering guilt betweewo of you. Being 'punished' absolve you of that a you move past it. Hopefully while allowing you to take the experieo heart. As for Man... I get the feeling that she is still holding herself back a little. In a way, being a succubus is... freeing. It gives you an excuse to have sex for sustenand takes away some of the hesitation. She doesn't have that freedom so I believe what she needs is a bit different. Last night, she o have some barriers broken down. So, I dangled a reward in front of her while leaving her a way out if she , I gave her the excuse she o explore her desires with you and with Bel. Being a lesbian and pining solely after women before meeting Bel makes things a bit more plicated for her, I do not think she was fully fortable with Bel's anatomy and I suspect she still is not fully fortable with it. All of you will o explore more to suss out her boundaries but I'm sure you hahat from here."

  "You've given all of that a lot more thought than I would have expected."

  Grace smiled. "Well, I have worked with a lot of people over the years. I may not look like it anymore but I have been around for a long time," she said with a wink.

  I kissed Man's shoulder and leaned on her agaie how much my ass still hurt it felt nice being sandwiched between my lovers. At some point Mimi's 'sleeping' state had incorporated naturally breathing so I felt the reassuring rise and fall of her chest and the breath on the bay neck as she slept. I drifted bato a light sleep until Bel finally awoke.

  With a groa up and rubbed her butt while looking over the pile of bodies in the suite's bed.

  Grace turned and smiled up at her. "How are you feeling Bel dear?"

  "Mmm, my butt is sore..." Bel grumbled out.

  Grace giggled. "Lilith said something simir when she woke up."

  "I'm sure, it didn't feel like you went easy on us... I heal the bruises yet?" she asked.

  "Sure, I feel like you have suffered them enough."

  A pale green glow of magical light lit up the room for a moment and Bel sighed in relief. She sank back down on the bed and rolled onto her back. "Ah, much better."

  I groaned in jealousy. "Ugh, Bel, would you mind doing me ?"

  She sat up and looked at me with a gentle smile. "Sure thing." She leaned over the two bodies between us and I felt her magic soothe the pain while she gently groped my butt.

  I chuckled. "You don't have to be shy, you feel me up whenever you want. That feels good, keep doing that."

  In response, she stopped healing me and pulled away which made me sit up a little in fusion.

  "If you wao keep going e over here then," she said as she patted her stomach.

  I shimmied out from between my two irlfriends and slid off the bed to join Bel oher side. Once I climbed back up she guided me over to her. "Here, y on top."

  She pulled me into a position where I was straddled over her stomach with my ass cheeks in each of her hands and my breasts in her face. I don't think I had been flustered very much with Bel tely but this pose felt a bit promising and I could feel blood rushing to my face. I wasn't sure what exactly was embarrassi I couldn't help it.

  She began to gently grope and massage my ass as her healing magic soothed the pain. She took the opportunity to cate of my nipples in her mouth to gently su while she tio massage and grope my butt. The feeling was nid I began to grow wet at the attention. It was incredibly erotic to look down and see her mouth sug at my breast with her eyes closed.

  She tinued like that for a while, even a bit past when my butt was fully healed, but she eventually let go of my nipple and stared up at me. "I think it was true that I wasn't being ho about how I felt... I am okay sharing you with others but... I don't want to be left behind. I want to stay by your side. ...I want you to give me attention too." Her ears went bad she turo the side, uo keep eye tact with me. "You made me feel so special when we first met and I want more of that feeling. I know you still love me and I feel it through the bond. I'm probably being a little unfair but there's been a lot of people trying to get your attention since we've e to the city and I still want some of your time to myself..."

  I slid down to y o her and I pulled her into a hug. "It's okay Bel. I'm sorry I didn't notice how you were feeling sooner. It's true that I haven't made enough time for you tely, I promise I'll make it up to you. You are special, not just in general but to me."She squeezed me harder and buried her fato my neck. I kissed her forehead and traced my fihrough the back of her fur as I ehe peaceful moment.

  "I promise to make sure we have some aloime when we but you have to promise to tell me when you . I'll do my best to make sure we have time for things like dates and cuddling but please talk to me before we get to this point again, okay?"

  "Okay," her muffled voice replied.

  "Good." I kissed the top of her head again and just y with her for a while longer.

  ***

  I leaned down to ce up my boots. I had hoped to get a bit of an earlier start today but after st night all of us needed a little bit of extra time to recover this m. We were supposed to meet Cecilia at the stables ahe st of our supplies ready for the trip. That means refreshing our rations and some of our other able camping supplies.

  Man, Bel, and Torien were sitting around the coffee table drinking tea while Mimi sorted through some of the miseous stuff in her pocket ste. She told me she had been able to increase it a bit with some of the experience she was gaining from fighting moely but that meant she o rearrahings in her space. I didn't pletely uand how her ability worked so I didn't question it and just watched as he pulled things out and put them back away.

  When everyone was finished with their tea and Mimi was doh... whatever it was she was doing, all of us filed dowairs to where Raya, Sibyl, and Silva were waiting for us. Raya and Sibyl had empty-looking backpacks on, just full of some of the few possessions they kept. They were going to need new supplies for the trip. The more I thought about it the more I was excited for them to join us tomorrow. I liked the two of them a lot and Raya in particur felt like a boon to my mental health, she proved to be very grounding and I felt safe talking about some of my insecurities with her. Things I don't feel as fortable talking about with my actual lovers. I also didn't dislike the idea of sharing a bed with the two of them from time to time either.

  Theo was across the room eating breakfast in the er and he gave me a short wave wheiced me. Silva had talked him through the pn tomorrow but being mostly uninvolved he wasn't going to head to the stables with us. Instead, he was going to sort out his own gear he needed for the trip. I offered him some money for supplies but he turned me down, it seems he still had a bit of money with him despite everything he had gohrough sining here.

  Grace was already back behind the brothel's desk in a fresh and outfit. She looked like she was in a great mood this m and even gave me a wink wheiced me looking at her. I smiled bad gave her a small wave. I already liked Grace quite a bit but st night's py/couples therapy session was really hot. I would miss her when we left, she robably the one I felt closest to that wasn't going to be ing with us. Even if she did want to e with, there was way too much going on here for her to leave. The Ruby Vixen needed her and she still o help her sister adjust to her new circumstances. I still wasn't pletely fortable with what had happeo Lia but only time would tell how things ged for her. I'll make sure to get an update when we pass through Goldeh again.

  "You ready to go Lilith?" Sibyl asked. "We're running a bit te aill o pick up our supplies."

  I nodded. "Yeah, I'm ready. Let's go."

  roup was getting rger all the time. Bel, Man and Torien, Mimi, Silva, and now Raya and Sibyl. Though the tter two would be traveling with us they wouldn't be part of our party proper, at least nht away. Raya still needed some training, both in magid general survival skills. We'll be training her up in both as we went along. It would be good practie as well, I could use a crash course in survival teiques even if I had been doing some of that already. Theo also promised to teach me some Enha Magi the trip across, that was ahing I was looking forward to.

  We once again found ourselves in the shop I had bought my st set of gear from in Goldeh si was on the way to the stables oher side of town. The old man at the ter reized me and roup as we came in. The prices of everything seemed quite high, especially the traveling rations, but all of that was expected uhe circumstances. He told me that despite the food shes he was able to secure some rations to sell to travelers, it was one of the major purposes of his shop after all. He also told me that the food situation was looking like it would start to stabilize soon with caravans from the capital and Traehall finally ing in to supply extra food. Goldeh was going to o import food until their harvest but unless something major happened again, things wouldn't get worse from here. Kno wood.

  Once we finished buying our supplies and filling Raya and Sibyl's backpacks with camping gear, we headed off to the stable.

  Saine

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