Kane and Myst stared at each other, tension rising between them. Meanwhile, Luna stood on the side, a little anxious, and hoping one of them would back down soon.

Finally, Myst started exerting a little of her Core Linking stage pressure. “If you won’t tell me out of gratitude, then tell me because I deserve to know what my little Luna is getting involved in.”

“Don’t you mean ‘Luna’ deserves to know? You and I aren’t having sex, Lady Myst,” Kane responded, trying to keep a straight face.

Myst’s pressure was making his legs tremble, his heart shake, and his lungs contract, yet he refused to show it. He may be constantly living under Father’s boot, but his pride was quite high.

He also counteracted her pressure a little by covering his body with soul and spirit power from his cores.

Seeing the strain her mother was putting on Kane, Luna pouted angrily, “Mom! Don’t do that!”

“And will you tell her?” Myst asked, a little suspiciously. She ignored her daughter, and didn’t let up on the pressure.

“I tell her everything…” Kane stated in a strained, yet calm manner.

Sweat trickled down his back, and he wasn’t sure how longer he could remain standing. “That said, I don’t actually know much. But I’d prefer not to talk about the specifics in a room outside of my control. I doubt the Opal Circle is listening to us, but you can never be too certain…”

Another silent staring contest ensued, beastly green locked with calm, yet trembling, amber. The very room seemed to hold its breath as tension coiled around them.

Then, Myst glanced at Luna, who looked back at her mother with determination, and a little annoyance at Myst’s behaviour. “You know I trust him, Mother. He doesn’t lie to, or keep secrets from me.”

After another moment, Myst finally sighed and released her pressure, causing Kane to stagger and pant a little, but he quickly righted himself and recovered. Luna rushed over to support him, glaring a little at her mother.

Myst looked at the two of them and chuckled, “Fufufu, look at that. You’ve made my daughter glare at me, Lord Kane. I’m losing her,” she sighed, exaggeratedly.

“I’ll take good care of her, Lady Myst,” Kane chuckled, his body quickly returning to normal. He didn’t mind what she did at all. He could appreciate a loving mother trying to protect her child.

Meanwhile, he caressed Luna’s hair, causing her to smile contently. She didn’t mind being taken care of. At least, not by Kane.

“If I didn’t believe that, I’d have already killed you, Lord Kane,” Myst grinned viciously, causing Kane to gulp a little.

Naturally, he realized that would mean she’d be killed by the Opal Circle, while Luna would likely take her place. But all that meant was that Kane had to be truly terrible in order for Myst to take that step.

Regardless, it was still an effective threat, because he knew she cared enough about Luna to see it through, and she certainly had the required strength.

“Anyway,” she continued casually, while moving over to the bar to make some drinks for them all, “take a seat. We still have a little time. And let me just say that resisting my pressure was impressive, but try not to let that pride get you killed in the future, alright?”

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Luna followed her mother to help, having already forgiven her for pressuring Kane, mostly because her master didn’t seem to hold a grudge himself.

“I’ll remember that, Lady Myst,” Kane smiled softly. He made his way to one of the sofas. ‘Although I’m no longer sure if this feeling inside will allow me to submit myself to anyone without overwhelming force…’ he thought, a little concerned.

He did feel like he might prefer death over submission, if it ever came to that. He just didn't want that decision to cost Luna her life as well. And currently, he didn’t feel like he’d have a choice in the matter.

While Kane was lost in his thoughts, Luna and Myst had made some drinks and returned. Luna carried both of their drinks, and took a seat on Kane’s lap, curling her tail around his waist possessively.

First, they all took a moment of silence, to sip their drinks and take in the events from earlier. “So, Lord Kane,” Myst suddenly spoke up, her lips parted in a playful grin, “no matter what else, that thing between your legs was impressive. Any interest in entering my harem?”

“M— Mom!” Luna exclaimed, her eyes widened with alarm, and her tail gripping Kane more tightly.

“Fufufu,” Myst chuckled at Luna’s reaction, but didn’t take her mischievous eyes off of Kane, waiting for his answer.

Kane was a little amused by Myst and Luna’s similar abilities of swapping quickly between serious and playful. She’d threatened his life, no more than a handful of minutes ago.

“Apologies, Lady Myst,” he shook his head with a smile. “No offense to you, or your husbands, but I don’t share. And, assuming I will ever even have something akin to a harem of my own, I don’t think I’d want a serious relationship with a former escort.”

Luna sighed in relief after hearing his answer. She may have just become Kane’s Valkyrie, but she still felt a little inferior to her mother. In every way.

That said, she wouldn’t mind seeing her mother be dominated by Kane. She actually got a little excited at that thought.

Myst sighed with disappointment, although clearly, she had expected this answer. “Oh well, so be it than. What about Alexa? I know she likes you quite a bit, and I'm pretty sure you just made all other men seem inferior to her.”

Recalling what just happened, Kane formed a predatory grin, “You might be right about that…"

Before getting lost in lust again, he shook his head to rid himself of those memories, and answered Myst's question. "Anyway, I like Alexa… and she's clearly a lot of fun, but her liberal attitude to sex makes me wonder if I truly am her only sexual partner."

“I don't think you need to worry about that,” Myst chuckled, sipping her drink. "That girl basically lives in this building, and I've never seen her with any man… in fact I think they might be avoiding her," she suddenly frowned thoughtfully.

"That's… curious?" Kane wondered with a raised eyebrow. "I wonder why that is…"

While they talked, Luna was lost in her own thoughts about Kane fucking her powerful, strong-willed mother into submission with a strange grin on her face.

“So, Lady Myst,” Kane asked, changing the topic to something more serious. “I’m sure you used your senses to try and understand what was happening to me back there. What did you find?”

Myst frowned, now also turning serious, “Not much, to be honest… Somehow, you not only managed to suppress Alexa’s three cores down to your own levels, but you were also generating some kind of energy with your actions, energy that then went to nurture your cores."

She sighed a little helplessly, "Honestly, I’ve never seen anything like it. I’m guessing you don’t know either?”

“No clue…” Kane shook his head, frowning in thought. “I have a suspicion of where this came from, which I’ll discuss with Luna later, but that’s all.”

Myst nodded slowly, “Something to do with that mark on your hand, right? I feel like I’ve seen or heard about it before somewhere, but I can’t remember…”

They remained quiet for a moment while Myst tried to recall what she knew, but the mature woman finally shook her head. “Well, I’ll try to remember and tell you next time you come here."

Then she smiled, "In the meantime, you don’t need to worry about anyone finding out what happened here. I hope you know you can trust both me and Alexa, even if keeping quiet wasn't in our best interest as well.”

After that, Kane thanked Myst, and the conversation moved on to more inane things. Luna and Myst caught up with each other, they told Myst about the Beastling Alliance, and about the appointment for tomorrow.

Finally, an hour later, Kane and Luna left the Opal Oasis.