I would spend two more days in the medical ward. Two long, restful days before I got sick of it and decided it was enough.

-You're not gonna keep me tied down to this bed anymore doctor Warfarin.

-Maybe we really should tie you down Tacet, for your own damn good.

-Sounds like a barely disguised fetish but are you going to risk your skin to try?

-Humph. Fine. As long as you come every day for a check-up and take your prescription.

-That won't be a problem doctor, thank you.

-You should probably report to Doctor and Kal'tsit if you're gonna walk now.

-''I shall Warfie.'' I replied, and she winked at me her approval to get out faster.

I took on a fresh uniform brought from my room and left the medical ward to another one. There I met doctor Kal'tsit as she was leaving, and I was entering.

-''I'm guessing rightly that you're here for her?'' Asked Kal'tsit looking at me level eyed.

-I am.

-I shouldn't let you... but you may. You need not worry further. Provence's condition is stable now, though she was close to death when you brought her in.

-Considering the report you gave yesterday I will overlook your partial mission failure... Tacet, you've done well bringing her back.

-It is comforting to hear that from you doctor.

I passed inside as she left, and I entered her room after I checked in with the nurse in charge. Provence lay unmoving in that bed with too many bandages, tubes and wires hooked into her. I pulled a chair and sat beside her. She was still unconscious and hadn't woken up yet. I resisted the temptation to caress her head. She was still ever so beautiful even in this state. So vulnerable, so endangered. After everything I have lost I felt that I couldn't stand to be deprived of her out of all.

My heart felt clenched in a tight grip. It was my desperation, my fear of Provence losing her life. Losing her even before I could reveal how I felt. Before I could find out if... she felt the same. The pain of possibly losing this lupa was an existential planescape of torment for me.

I would continue to visit her once every day, standing by her bedside as if a guardian of the soul. I would be given leave for some time after this mission, but I would keep to myself, away from most. I was in no mood to entertain socializing as before during this time. It would be a little over a week later when I came to visit again that I saw her tubeless and less covered in bandages. And more importantly, awake.

-''Tacet! Kal'tsit said I might have a visitor.'' Beamed up Provence as I entered her medical room. ''I'm glad to see you are alive.''

-''I should be saying that to you Provence!'' I replied honestly after I first gave a light chuckle at her worry.

-She told me you visited every day, worried about me?

-''More than you'd know.'' I replied sincerely.

-Oh?

-Of course I was worried about you. I feared I would lose you Provence. Especially as I hurried with you bloodied in my arms.

-Tacet, perhaps you should fill me in on what happened.

I took my time relating what had happened from the fight in the woods until I brought her back. She seamed impressed for some reason. I was sitting on the medical bed with her besides me as I related the story.

-I saw you fight then. I am ashamed to say, but I was in shock. In shock from those children attacking us and... you killing them.

-I tried to make it as quick and clean as I could. There was no other way I could to stop them at that time.

-''I... I know that. And I don't blame you.'' She spoke with sincerity in her words and she continued.

-I don't think even the Radiant Knight herself could have done a better job holding that tide either, but I remember you had your own dire wounds as well.

-I just pulled through, I had to get us back after all. A few bandages and some painkillers kept me going.

-I think it was more than just that.

-''You're right.'' I admitted.

-You pulled a lot of strings just to take care of me. Are you sure it as worth it?

-I couldn't stand the thought of losing you Provence.

-''Tacet... am I that important to you?'' She asked gazing into my eyes, wanting a certain confirmation.

-''You are.'' I confessed, and my heart beats were rising rapidly with this line of dialogue.

She approached me slowly, grasping onto me. I followed suit as I clasped my arms around her gently, and we kissed for the first time. Simply, and then passionately as we felt each other's palpable eagerness. My right hand slipped onto her furry ear and head as we continued in our embrace. She let me freely feel her and I sensed my touch excited her.

I felt so relieved that I could finally embrace this violet lupa. To see her feeling for me as I felt for her. All the horror and madness of my past were washed away, and she was the light that dispelled it. I felt relieved of a great burden and reinvigorated in a rush of life force coming from this amazing wolf girl. She pulled back and looked at me now with knowing eyes of what we felt for each other.

-''Perhaps we should spend more time together. Once I am relieved from intensive care.'' Provence suggested with a smile that was filled with intent.

-Yes, we should catch up on quite a few matters.

It would be another week later when Provence would be finally released from medical care and two more days before we would meet for a rendezvous. Time in which I continued to visit her every day and keep her company. Once out she proposed we go have a drink in private, and I invited her to my own place. It was thus that the setting sun enveloped my living room in a warm glow with a soothing music from my own time in the background. Enjoying a glass of fine wine each while talking of various more intimate things of each other. The bottle of red Siracusan wine was already half empty.

-First time I spotted you I thought you were a Reunion hunter. And when I saw you I only thought my fears true, clothed in that Reunion cloak as you were.

-A stalker out of the far north that kept trailing me no matter how far I went. I actually feared for my life I have to say.

-Where did you really come from Tacet?

-From a very lonely and cold place in the unexplored north. And you... I just followed to civilization.

-''Liar.'' She said with a light, knowing smile.

-''And because I found you bewitching.'' I added.

-''So you risked death approaching me so daringly then. How reckless... I am flattered.'' She said before continuing.

-But you say it was the first time that you gazed upon a lupo such as me?

-Yes. Though your kind was known to me under... different circumstances. More feral, but gracious, wild and free. Deadly.

-And yet you followed me. And when I could flee no more you approached me. You walked calmly towards me while I was aiming at you. As if death was nothing to you.

-''I could have taken your life then.'' Provence ended saying.

-You could've, but you didn't.

-''Hm, I should have realised that you had something for me when you stepped in between me and Projekt Red. Even when you realised who that operator was.'' Provence noted.

-''Yet you weren't content with it yourself. You protected me knowing all to well who your fellow operator was.'' I said before I continued.

-Though I know it was the care you have for others, even for strangers.

-''No. I mean, it was all that. But I was also feeling something more, something new.'' She said.

There was a small moment of pause as if she was pondering if something was worth asking.

-''Tacet, I don't mean to pry. But I feel there's something you're holding back.'' She said looking at me hesitantly.

I took another moment of silence, thinking.

-''Heh, I wouldn't want to bring the mood down with my little life's story.'' I said looking into my drink.

-I would like to know you better, if you don't mind Tacet.

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-''Hmm.'' I pondered for another moment, and then relented.

-I am not from this age. That is why I knew nothing of this world when I met you. I was frozen in time for I don't know how many thousands of years. I had only revived for about three months when I had finally met you back then.

-My civilization, my race, everything that was of my time is no more. Only ruins and remnants of the cultures back then.

She was looking at me shocked but determined to listen and understand all that I would relate.

-Back in my time there was a war. The last few that survived before its conclusion called it the End War. It was terrible and ended all I knew.

-''Who did you fight against though?'' She asked.

She then noticed my hesitation to answer.

-I guess they could be considered the primogenitors of the races that inhabit the world today. My kind played God.

-They wanted to create something unique, beautiful, from the human race and that of other species. They wanted to create people like you... but instead they created monsters.

-They were unleashed or escaped, the reasons matter little now. Humanity at that time was already decadent and fractured while these new races spread rapidly.

-We were losing, even as we were fighting each other among our own race. In the end humanity's most devastating weapons were unleashed on Terra, hoping to annihilate all living beings.

-Apparently they didn't work, and the new races seem to have eventually evolved into what my kind wanted and failed to create.

-Where were you all that time?

-''... On the battleground.'' I said, not wanting to add further.

-And what happened to you?

-I lived to see most of it until I had nothing left to fight or live for anymore. I went to sleep in a special device, never thinking I'd wake up again.

-Tacet, I've seen your eyes hiding things in the past when you looked at some of us...

-''I don't hate you Provence.'' I said heavily, my words full of meaning.

-I believe you, but there is a weight there still. We remind you of it, don't we?

-Those memories are of the past, not of the present.

-Did you fight my kind back then?

-''... I fought mostly your kind.'' I answered sincerely and painfully.

-I understand. Tacet, thank you for trusting me with this.

She now sat beside me on the couch, grasping my chest. She looked up at me with a heavy and unsure gaze that needed another confirmation.

-Your past still haunts you, that is why I must ask. Are you sure you really like me, Tacet?

-I've never been more certain of something.

-''I like you so very much, my dear lupa.'' I confessed as I embraced her.

She didn't deny my advance and was grasping onto me as our lips found each other's, clasping together. Letting our passion take over. At one point she pulled back. Her expression happy at my confession though a mischievousness crept up as she spoke again.

-Tacet. There is a certain rumour going on. Do you like lupos~?

Why did I feel more damned answering this question than confessing my love to her?

-It's true.

Provence seamed pleased with my answer. She came up and planted herself on my lap, facing me. She had a daring and seductive air about her now. Her beautiful golden eyes of a predator that looked deep into mine's. I grasped her hips as she made herself comfortable on me.

Her long, fluffy tail coiled around me like a caught prey. I felt cornered, trapped. My heart started beating faster and strange, haunting sensations tried assailing me. Yet I was honest with myself, I wanted this. I wanted this lupa to approach me and I wanted to give in to her. Deadly as she was I welcomed it and I pulled her tighter onto me.

-So, I am the lupa of your dreams then~? No wonder you turned down Lappland and even Franka when they offered themselves to you. Oh yes, I know about Franka too.

-You saved my life.

-''And now upon you stands one of the kind that you fought for so long. Even so you still pull me closer.'' She said in a playful and endearing way.

-Do you desire me that badly?

-''I do.'' I answered with a fine sense of absolute in my voice.

She closed in, and we kissed, more passionately than ever before. I could feel her sharp canines brushing against my skin, reminding me of the danger of her kind. Yet it only excited me more. And I knew this was playful, she wanted it as much as I did. This longing for each other, it was there all along from the start.

We pulled away slightly as we breathed in much-needed air, and I was stroking one of her ears in my hand. This wolf girl was mine, she already gave herself to me by her body language alone. My heart was beating hard but not from trauma, not anymore. It was from the passion I had for her. It was from the intimacy I yearned so much with her.

-I love you, Provence.

Her large fluffy tail bristled, surprised to hear those words spoken for the first time. Taken aback, yet I could feel a sense of passionate joy flowing inside her at this.

-I must confess, I have fallen for you too.

-This lupa is yours. So please, take me~.

We resumed where we left and we kissed passionately. Then, slowly, we touched each other's bodies, curious, wanting, our clothes giving way to each other's touch. Her legs were bare alongside me as I grasped them. Feeling them, making my way up my lupa, as both our hands touched and explored. I discovered the satisfaction that she was having as I caressed her ears and head.

And she looked at me passionately as my hand went down and caressed her cheek. But then we became more daring, wherever we touched our clothes would loosen and fall. Soon we were already half dishevelled of our attire. I have felled her bra, only her panties and her fallen jacket covering her hips and bottom like the petals of a flower. And this wolf maiden looked mighty a prize on my lap.

She was inexperienced I could tell, but she was natural at it. She was playful but patient, relishing her time with her new mate as much as I did. We savoured each other without rush. Our lips clasped again. Our tongues now caressed each other's before they coiled around one another's, ever more daringly. Again I could feel her sharp canines, and it only aroused me more knowing this unique lupo girl was mine. It was exotic to me, and intoxicating.

I picked my naked lupa up in my arms as I rose. Wrapping both her arms and tail around me with a knowing smile. She was liking where this was going. I brought her to the bedroom and laid her down on it. She gave me a sly smile as she took on a bewitching pose. Lifting her tail, revealing her amazingly rounded bottom and her delightful legs. She was seducing me.

As I approached to her surprise I started biting her soft furry ears playfully while I groped her wonderfully voluptuous breasts. My hands wasted no time in grasping them fully, and she gasped at the sensation. Hear breasts were warm and soft to the touch. Beautifully carved as was all her body. I couldn't resist savouring in her beauty. Her shapes were perfect. It had all the femininity a woman in her young prime could possibly possess. Her form was gorgeously voluptuous, balanced. She was perfectly sculpted as if by the ancient Greek gods themselves. Her lupo features only adding to her already prime beauty.

I knew something had awakened in me, but now I realised I wanted more from this amazing lupa. I knew she was the one I wanted to have children with.

-''Mmmmh~.'' She moaned happily at my touch.

I was playing with her ears in my mouth when she turned around towards my neck. Brushing her sharp canines onto my carotid artery, biting in a playful but menacing way. However, it thrilled me with the danger that she could take my life so easily in this intimate embrace. I brought my hand onto her cheek then gently grappled my thump into her mouth, pulling her away from my neck.

She was obedient to my touch and I pulled her chin up to look at each other. I opened her mouth carefully to better admire her sharp teeth that could easily pierce my thumb if I wasn't careful. I smiled looking at her, and she started licking my fingers while giving me a seducing look.

This lupa was truly captivating. As one hand kept fondling her ears one reached her most intimate spot as I started touching it. She twitched as I expected her to and gave a light gasp. I was rubbing her precious cherry spot, alternating with caressing her folds and dipping my fingers shallowly into her. She was twitching and moaning more as I was now also caressing the more sensitive parts of hear ear.

It was adorable having this deadly wolf girl squirm in my embrace. Her body flinched and squirmed as I excited her more and more. She was already wet, her love juices soaking my fingers. She looked delightfully at me as I pulled out and soaked both our intimate parts in a special lube. But soon her confidence would begin to shatter as I grabbed her with force and purpose, laying her down in a submissive position.

-''Tacet...'' She dared to speak now.

-You know that lupos mate for life?

-I know~.

-''Please be gentle, it's my first time.'' She said with a voice full of eagerness and trepidation alike.

My member was almost painfully erect at my expectation and Provence looked at it with delight and a little worry. I rubbed my erect manhood against her wet pussy, prodding it shallowly between her folds up and down. I could see that she was apprehensive but eager. I held onto my rod and prodded deeper and deeper. Her gasps were getting more audible and insecure at what was about to happen, and then I slowly pushed inside of her.

She arched awkwardly in pain and gave a barely controlled hurtful moan as I went inside her. However, I didn't reach all the way yet. Her body was inexperienced with this and as much as I eased her into the mood the muscles of her private inner parts were clenching hard around me.

I pulled back and then slowly I pushed with force inside of her again. She bellowed louder this time as I felt the tip of my manhood reach against her womb. It felt incredible, and she tightened around me with great force that was painful to me. Yet I was enraptured in it nevertheless. I could see the proof of her purity as her virgin blood engulfed my manhood along her wetness. She was panting, and I took a moment of pause for her to recover herself. I rubbed her cheek and she opened her eyes at me, her expression still pained.

-It feels like you're squeezing the soul out of me.

-''Your soul is mine now.'' Declared Provence with a content and satisfied expression of the fact.

I grinned at this and grabbed her legs. She gave a weak yelp and I started to slide my manhood leisurely in and out of her. I could see how valiantly she was enduring it. She tried to tame her gasps and moans of hurt. But steadily I could feel her body detense. Her grip around my manhood slowly alleviated. Her moans became more and more mixed with pleasure, and her tail now coiled with vigor around my waist whenever it could.

The feeling of holding and becoming one with this lupa was heavenly. I felt as if losing myself in mating with this wonderful creature. I felt complete with her. And I felt like satisfying a hunger that I never knew I had. I relished in dominating this graceful and deadly lupa. I wanted to make her mine in every possible way and taint her insides with my seed. She looked at me with the same kind of passion and desire as we mated. Her body becoming more in sync with my moves and receiving me more eagerly now that the pain was diminishing.

I could very well understand. She was tasting this new kind of pleasure for the first time, and it was intoxicating her. Making her instincts take over. An almost animalistic desire was in her to have me as well. To mark me as hers and let herself be marked by me. Her moans were now delightful and hungry. She whimpered softly, signalling she wanted more, and I indulged. My thrusts became faster, more powerful. Ploughing her with more vigor as her moans became more ecstatic. Her breasts bouncing beautifully on her chest as I rocked her body on the wide bed.

The lupa in front of me turned into a lustful creature. Her expression was pure instinct and desire and by now her movements became completely in sync with mine. As much as I was ploughing my manhood roughly into her, she took it all with little care of the pain that was left. The wet slapping noises of our lovemaking reverberated throughout the room. Our sweat and intimate juices were by now thoroughly mixed, and I realized the danger I was putting her in. My pre-cum must have been mixing well by now deep inside her.

And even with just that I knew I could leave her pregnant. I truly knew the danger of it, with her affliction. Yet I would not hold back. My desire was true, and I could not stop. I wanted to make her mine, and I wanted her to bear my children!

Her legs gained more vigor as she was trying to clench them around me. I knew her instincts demanded the same, so did her will as I could see. Her eyes showed she was still there, guided by passion but still conscious of the love she had for me. She wanted me, and she wanted it wholeheartedly as much as I did. I felt my endurance ever so slowly crumbling against her lascivious ministrations on me.

I was now thoroughly wracking her body with my violent and ravenous thrusts. My manhood was going in as deeply as her body would allow, and she had engulfed me fully though painfully at first. She was now singing out sweetly with shameless moans. As I was reaching my limit I couldn't think of anything but to taint this lupa with my being. To mark her with my seed and plant it deep into her fertile body. I lowered myself close above her and clasped one of my hands onto hers. She wrapped her own fingers onto mines as she looked at me. She knew that the end would come soon, and she seemed hesitant in her eyes.

But her body seemed eager as ever, and she would not plead me to stop. In fact her fervour seem to rise with mine. Her instincts as a lupo flaring, encompassing her, making true her wish to mate to the end with her new partner. To reach that critical ecstasy and to fulfil her instincts true purpose, to bond and to conceive a child.

I quickly fastened my moves for the last few moments before I ended with a sudden and powerful thrust that pinned my manhood tight against her womb. I felt as I let loose wave after wave of my seed inside her most deepest spot. I released everything I had pent-up and felt her own body reacting to mines. She was bewildered by the incredible mix of sudden pain and pleasure before Provence reached her own critical ecstasy. Which washed everything away in a sense of fulfilment that she had never experienced before in her life. She arched her body and endure it all, her face flinching in a tense expression as she took in everything I had to offer. All while our hands remained tightly clenched, handholding each other.

The tempo of our motion stopped, and we remained tightly onto one another. Breathing heavy gasps as my manhood was pulsing with the final waves of warm seed into her. I caressed her cheek, wishing to comfort her and to know she was well. She opened her golden eyes and looked at me, a smile forming on her lips. I lowered my head, and we kissed while my hand slipped up from her cheek onto one of her fluffy ears. Breaking away she was the first to speak.

-Bear my pups, Provence!

-Yes~! Yes!

We both gazed into each other's in the aftermath of our climax. A pair of the deepest sky blue eyes that were now unique on Terra with the gaze of a predator's rare breed of golden eyes.

-I adore you, my lupa~.