“I don’t know what it is, Mom,” Luna sighed, desperation tinging her voice. She smacked the glass down on the table and spread her arms helplessly. “The first time I listened to them together awakened something inside me, and then I basically threw myself at him the next day.”

As a Core Awakening stage catling, Luna could easily hear everything that went on in the other room because the doorway remained open.

Sounds that had already started drifting in from the other side once again.

“I mean… I’d barely thought about it before then,” Luna continued, a little unsure. “And even after I heard them it took me a moment to figure out, but when I did…”

At that point, Myst started chuckling, “Fufufu, yes, a beastling’s sexual awakening can be… tumultuous.”

She sighed with an air of fond remembrance, “Ah, I remember when it happened to me… I wrung your father dry.” Suddenly, a slightly terrifying, domineering grin appeared on her face, “And I made sure he knew his place.”

Immediately, Luna groaned and looked up at the ceiling, wishing for a hole to suddenly appear and swallow her whole. “Mom… please…”

Returning to normal, Myst giggled. “Sorry, dear. I miss your fathers.”

“Me too, Mom,” Luna sighed, sadly. “Do you think they’re alright back at the camp?”

Originally, Myst and Luna came from one of the work camps where most beastlings lived. There, Myst had become a community leader by securing the blood oaths of several others, making her a Lady, the equivalent of a Lord.

She also happened to have her own harem back there.

At one point, however, she and Luna were forced to escape when the WDD commander of that camp set his sights on Luna and wanted to make her his plaything. Myst’s power and position as a community leader ensured her own safety from a similar fate, but not her daughter’s.

Luckily, they managed to escape with a lot of help from others, including Myst’s husbands, but not without Myst becoming heavily wounded.

The mother and daughter pair desperately struggled to make their way across the wasteland, only to end up in Riftshade, where the weakened Myst was unable to resist capture.

At the time, she feared that she might have gone through all that trouble just for Luna to end up as a prostitute. One could imagine the mother's relief when her daughter was spared that fate by Kane's interference.

Thus, her gratitude towards him knew no bounds, as he treated Luna with respect and ensured her sacrifices were not in vain.

“I’m sure they’re fine, little Luna,” Myst smiled confidently despite the worry in her eyes. Then she shook her head. “But never mind all that. We were talking about you and Lord Kane!”

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The melancholic look in Luna’s eyes was quickly replaced by embarrassment.

Before the young catling could say anything, however, Myst continued in a contemplative tone, “Back when it happened to me, I realized my love for dominating others.”

Before Luna had a chance to die of embarrassment, Myst made it worse by continuing with a mysterious smile and a curious glint in her eyes, “But something tells me it’s the opposite for you, right?”

Luna flushed red and poked her fingers together. “U— Uhm,” she stammered, inwardly cursing her own weakness around Myst. Normally she was far more confident, playful, and happy to talk about sex with Kane. But it was different with her mother.

“Relax, Luna,” Myst smiled warmly. “I don’t mind.”

Luna blinked and gulped a little, “Y— You don’t think I’m weak?”

The truth was, Luna really did enjoy giving up control to Kane, and she was self-assured enough not to feel insecure about that. At least, in front of herself and her master. Once again, it was different in front of her mother.

She had actually been a little afraid Myst might disapprove, knowing her mother’s own proclivities.

Still smiling, Myst stood up and moved to sit next to Luna, where she hugged her daughter comfortingly.

“Of course not, Baby," she soothed. "Everyone has their own desires. Being the submissive party in a relationship opens you up to more risks, but I consider myself a good judge of character, and I’m entirely confident Lord Kane won’t treat you badly. In the end, all I want is for you to be happy.”

“Thanks, Mom,” Luna smiled happily as she hugged her mother back, and a small weight fell of her shoulders. Suddenly, she felt far more confident talking about sex with Myst.

Comforted by her mother’s embrace, she giggled and continued telling Myst about her first time on her own accord, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

“I told you I basically threw my myself at him that day, but that wasn’t entirely true," she chuckled with a little embarrassment. "It was more like Master noticed my frustration and… took charge. Before I knew it, I was on his bed, following his orders the same as I always do… and I loved it! I still do!”

“Loved it, or loved him…?” Myst asked, mischievously.

“I— I don’t know…” Luna pouted, a little aggrieved that her mother was asking a question she herself had been struggling with. She cared deeply about her master. She certainly loved him in some ways, but did she love him in 'that' way?

“Of course you do,” Myst chuckled knowingly. “But it’s not important right now. What’s important is that you decide what you want from your relationship with Lord Kane, because I think that uncertainty is what’s creating your jealousy. After all, you should be accustomed to someone having a harem, right? Fufufu.”

In traditional beastling society, the only ones allowed to have harems were Lords and Ladies, of which Myst was a prime example.

So, Luna nodded. She never had any real expectation of keeping Kane to herself—partly because of his status among beastlings as a Lord, and partly because she was sworn to his service.

Yet, this knowledge made her own jealousy all the more frustrating.

Seeing Luna’s agreement, Myst continued. “We also need to know why you feel excitement at the idea and sounds of your master having sex with Alexa, but I think I actually have some ideas about that…” she finished with a mysterious smile.

After Myst shared her thoughts with Luna, the catling thought for a moment, before nodding, “That… sounds like it could be true, I guess?”

“Of course it does; mother knows best, after all,” Myst chuckled in that devastatingly charming way she did. “Now, can you tell me what your perfect future with Kane looks like? Doesn’t matter how outlandish or strange.”

Luna didn’t actually have to think very long about that, because she had done so in the past already. She may not be ready to declare her love for him, but she had signed away her life, and knew she would be with him for the rest of it.

Fortunately, she was looking forward to it.

In the end, Luna and Myst talked for another ten minutes, before a somewhat excited Myst stood up, followed by a determined Luna.

Then, after grabbing some things from a certain cabinet, the mother-daughter pair moved towards the secret door and headed to Alexa’s room.

It was time to define the relationship.