Several hours later, Kane’s eyes snapped open, and his body tensed, but he fought his instincts and didn't move. Memories of the previous night were hazy, and he needed to gather information before making any moves.

Years of living with Father’s constant games had taught him never to act without thinking.

‘Where am I…’ was his first thought. He still didn't move, but rather focused his senses to see if his instincts would warn him of others in the room. When he decided there were no immediate dangers, he started taking stock of his surroundings.

Recognition dawned as he identified his own living room, realizing he was seated on the couch. Arms resting at his sides, neck bent against a pillow, he noticed a damp spot where a little drool had escaped during the night. 'A little embarrassing, but not important right now,' he quipped inwardly.

Checking the time became his next priority. With no windows in the room, he glanced towards the open bedroom door and noticed sunlight and neon filtering into his apartment from there. 'Morning, then,' he realized.

'Now the most important question… how the hell did we end up like this?' he finally thought while lifting his head and peering down.

On his lap, he found Luna. She nestled against him, chest pressed to his, arms wrapped around his body. He realized she was either hungry or horny, because she was nibbling on his shoulder in her sleep, making drool drip down his body.

'Cute,' he grinned inwardly and took a moment to watch her try and fail to bite through his skin.

The most peculiar thing about their situation, however, was that Kane was still lodged inside his partner. He had gone soft by now, but he imagined Luna would be aching a little when she woke up.

'It's a nice way to wake up,' he chuckled. 'But I can already feel myself growing harder, and I should probably pull myself out before there's no going back.'

He lifted his arms, grabbed Luna's firm ass cheeks, and extracted his meaty member from the beautiful catling's insides. Luna immediately reacted by twisting her body and moaning in a mixture of pain and pleasure until finally, Kane flopped out of her, and Luna woke up with a start.

Her eyes flew open, her arms tightened around Kane's body, and she bit down hard on his shoulder while moaning loudly. Her body trembled and shook from the many sensations she suddenly felt. Fortunately, the catling failed to draw any blood.

Kane looked at her with a fond smirk. Despite the situation, he enjoyed knowing he made her feel this way.

After calming down, Luna released his shoulder and groaned, "Uuuugh. That hurt… Why is my entire lower body aching so much?" After taking a moment to realize their current situation, she narrowed an accusatory gaze towards her master, "I assume that's your fault?"

"I assume so as well," Kane chuckled with a hint of amusement. "But my memories from last night are a little hazy. What's the last thing you remember?"

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They didn't move from their current position, as Kane had wrapped his hands around Luna's waist, while the catling draped her arms around his neck. They may be a little confused, but they were comfortable enough with each other to figure it out in their current position.

Luna pursed her lips and frowned, thinking back to what she remembered from last night. "We came home… checked the place for bugs like we always do, and then… we had sex?"

They continued bouncing snippets of memory of each other until the haze on their memories was lifted and they both remembered the entire evening.

"So we both fainted after I came inside you, huh…?" Kane muttered thoughtfully. "I could be making plenty of jokes right now, but I don't really feel like it until we figure out why this happened."

"Well, it's probably got something to do with these changes you went through," Luna smirked playfully. "Which, by the way, I fully approve of. I don't remember ever cumming so hard while you weren't even fucking my pussy for real. Can't wait to see what that's like!"

Seeing a hint of interest in Kane's eyes, she quickly adjusted her statement, "L— Later, though," she gulped a little nervously. "I'm still recovering from having that thing stretching me out all night!"

"Well I'm glad you like it," Kane chuckled softly, amusement dancing in his eyes, before he turned serious. "But we shouldn't have sex again until we figure out what's going on here. If we fall unconscious like that every time…"

He fell silent, but Luna could fill in the gaps: Father would notice eventually and exploit it somehow.

"That reminds me," the catling suddenly frowned thoughtfully. "Why didn't this happen with Alexa? You came inside her as well, didn't you?"

Kane frowned, and realized she was right. Why did this happen with Luna, but not with Alexa?

After a moment of silence, he sighed, "Well, that just proves once again that we know too little and need to take it easy for a while."

"Hopefully not too long, though," Luna pouted impatiently. She didn't want it right now, but as soon as her body recovered, she would!

"Let's just do a little research," Kane grinned, equally impatient as Luna. "If we can't find out anything in a few days, then all that's left is practical research. We still need to figure out what's going on, even at the risk of Father discovering something."

Reluctantly, Luna agreed, and moved to stand up from Kane's lap, her face a little twisted from her aching lower body. "Anyway, we need to get up right? Busy day ahead."

Kane nodded and was about to respond, when he noticed something strange. Frowning, he leaned over, reached out his hand, and touched Luna's naked stomach, "What's that…?"

Luna blinked in surprise and looked down to see what he was touching. "Woah… I know I didn't have that before!" she exclaimed in shock.

On her stomach, between her navel and he waist, had appeared a strange tattoo. It consisted of an ornate pink heart encircling that same unknown rune as kept appearing on Kane's hand.

When he touched that tattoo, the symbol on his hand flared up again and he felt a strange new connection with Luna. A connection of unknown purpose.

Luna felt the same thing, and put her hand on that tattoo as well, intermingling with Kane's. "That's so strange…" she muttered softly, more amazed than concerned by this phenomena.

"Obviously this is related to that symbol on my hand again," Kane mused thoughtfully. "I guess it's become even more urgent we figure out what's going on."

Suddenly, Luna's eyes widened, her gaze fixated on something that had gone unnoticed until now.

"Uh…" she mumbled in confusion. "Master, can you say something?"

"Eh? What do you mean?" Kane responded, equally confused.

Luna nearly did a spit-take from shock when she realized what she realized just now wasn't her imagination. "Master… d— do you realize you aren't opening your mouth when you talk to me?" she stammered in shock.

Kane blinked as if a curtain was suddenly lifted on something that was in front of his eyes all along, "I… believe you're doing the same thing, Luna."