{Willow Vastos}

She made her way out of her bed and into the hallway. Tonight, she was going to become a real woman. Her Mama had taught her to never trust other women when hearts were on the line, and she felt like his was on the line tonight. She peeked around sniffing. Daddy and Mama were in the upper section sharing the largest room, that left her down here with the other two women and him. Betty was sleeping outside and kept watch for everyone. She bit her lip as she thought about the smell of lust that seemed to flow off him when he looked at her. She shuddered in the dark dreaming of what he was going to do. Shaking her head, she moved to his room, careful not to make a sound. Pausing at the door, she sniffed taking in his scent. He was sleeping, but she knew how to wake him in the best way. She was going to sneak in, climb under his covers and let nature take its course. Coyote and wolves could mix so she was sure she could give him pups. The thought made her freeze, her heart skipping madly in her chest. Was she ready for all this?

She shook, sending her wild hair flying behind her. She was sure, she was ready, she was going to make him hers. Taking a shuddering breath she reached for the handle, turning it slowly and ever so carefully. She frowned in frustration. It was locked? Why was his door locked? This wasn’t fair. She could smell him, hear him sleeping softly, but she couldn’t get to him. She thought about knocking, but that would wake the bunny and she didn’t want to get caught by that one. She growled silently and moved away from his door. Maybe she could talk with him about leaving his door unlocked tomorrow. Padding back to her bed, she opened the door to see that blasted bunny sitting in the dark.

“I told you so.” She said smugly. Willow wanted to rip Snow’s head off, but that wouldn't be right.

“Don’t you have somethin to do?” Willow asked in a huff.

“Yeah, but this is more fun. Want to cuddle?” Willow looked at Snow, startled by the question. “Ket and I cuddle sometimes. It feels nice.”

“I don’t need your pity.” Willow said, tilting her nose up at the white bunny woman. Snow just laughed at her and stood. Willow could smell the lust starting to flow off Snow and it made her own heart quicken.

“Who said it was pity?” Snow said, whispering in Willow’s ear. “Sadly, we still have a few months to go. We all have to wait until winter.” Snow said, closing the door behind her, leaving Willow in the dark empty room. Willow lay on her bed, taking in the other woman’s scent. Why had Snow smelled so good? Willow always thought she liked men, but this bunny was making her head spin. Maybe it was her wolf side and the bunny being a part of his pack. Oh, how Willow wanted so badly to be a part of his pack too, but she couldn’t command those huge Knight things. She would have to find another way to be useful. Mama taught her to cook, and Daddy taught her to hunt. Maybe she could do that. She nodded as a plan formed in her mind. She would hunt at night when they had stopped and sleep during the day as they moved. Would Gen praise her for being a great hunter and cook. Would he rub her head or even, she blushed and hid her face, her tail? She stood and donned her armor before heading out to hunt. Betty nodded at her and let her long tongue hang out.

(Hunt?) Betty asked. Willow nodded at the large black dire wolf.

“Yeah, but don’t tell nobody.” Betty nodded and lay her head back down but put her ears back.

(Stay safe.) She said in a whine. Willow petted the huge wolf’s head and kissed the top before turning away into the wilderness.

“You know I will.” She said sweetly as she took off into the night. This wasn’t her forest anymore, but she knew how to move and how to hunt.

{Gen Savage}

I woke in the morning to the smell of something nice. Once I was dressed and ready, I headed out to find Willow cooking on the stove. She was struggling with the mana stove, but the smell of roasting meat was a nice thing to wake up to. “That smells good.” I said. She jumped and turned quickly, her long tail wagging wildly. “Careful, wave it like that and you may hurt yourself.” I said reaching out to move her tail away from the hot stove. A thrill ran up my spine at the thought of touching it and stopped. Gen remember your promise. I pulled back and saw the wagging tail drop. Looking up, I saw a sad expression on that cute face and her long ears were back. “Sorry about that.” I said backing off. Why was my heart hammering in my chest? She turned with a huff, but I could smell the love rolling off her in waves. It called to my very being and made me want to hold her, to kiss her to do… Gen, STOP! I scolded myself. “I think I should do some morning exercises.” I said turning away. The smell of sadness came to me, and I saw the disappointed look in her eye. “I will be back before too long.” She nodded and gave me a smile that didn’t seem to reach her eyes. I wanted to stay, to comfort her, to do so much more and that is why I had to leave. The next few months were going to be hell on me.

I was working out when I heard a sound and looked over to see Quick joining me. He had a strange smile on his face. “Where’d you serve?” He asked with a sideways smile.

“Serve?” He pointed at my arms.

“That is guard posture form three. I know it all too well. Had a drill yell at me for a month to get it right.” I wasn’t sure what he was talking about, but it sounded like my school training.

“This is normal wolf training.” I replied beaming at him. My tail whipped back, adding balance to the form. He gave me an impressed look as he tried the same move, but nearly fell. We heard laughing and turned back to see Clover sitting on the stairs. Snow sat beside her and the two bunnies held each other as they watched us and whispered to each other.

“Don’t seem fair them laughing at us.” Quick said with a smile. When he wasn’t trying to kill or scare me, Quick seemed like a nice guy.

“I know what you mean.” I laughed moving through the next few steps. When we were done and covered in sweat, I tossed him an extra towel. Normally Snow would join me in the mornings, but this time she just wanted to be lazy and watch. Clover whistled at Quick making him blush as he raised his shirt to wipe his face. It made me smile as I looked over at a blushing Snow as she covered her face. It was clear she hadn’t expected Clover to do that. “Come on, Quick, your girl has breakfast ready for us.” I said with a smile. He took the towel and cleaned the sweat away from his neck and stormed over to Clover, a smile and blush clearly visible. I could smell the love rolling off him and knew what was about to happen. He picked her up and charged inside as she giggled.

“Those two mate a lot.” Snow said, blushing at me. I nodded and turned away my own blush matching hers.

“I don’t doubt that, but it isn’t nice to point it out.” I scolded.

“You could be mating too.” She said sweetly.

“You know I can’t even if it feels like Willow is willing.” She looked up at me, outrage on her cute face.

“I won’t tell anyone so long as you don’t.” She said standing and looking up into my eyes. It was clear she was teasing me again, but I wasn't in the mood for that. I sighed and looked down matching her stare until she looked away. “Let’s just focus on our mission.” I said and she nodded. I could smell the love coming off of her. Why was she thinking about Ket right now? Could she hear the young racoon woman? Maybe Ket was doing something inappropriate. “Come on, let's go get some food.” She nodded at my words and fell in behind me. I felt a weird breeze on my back and turned quickly to see Snow sniffing me.

“You stink.” She said, blushing and sticking out her tongue. She ducked under my arm and into the RV past me before I could react. I followed her in to see Willow putting the food out. She turned to me and sniffed. Her eyes looked me up and down slowly and I swallowed hard. I could see the desire in her eyes and could smell the love flowing off her in waves again.

“You smell tasty.” She said licking her lips. I sat at the table next to a laughing Snow who tilted her head at me.

“You like the way he smells right now?” She asked, leaning in. Ket sat next to me and leaned over to sniff me. Before I could react, she licked the underside of my arm and nodded.

“Why, Ket, just why?” I pleaded to her. She smiled as everyone laughed. I felt like all three were teasing me, but it didn't feel bad.

It settled down when Quick and Clover came back in, both looked disheveled and flushed as they sat down to eat. After eating, Ket loaded up and we headed out. I went to the forward viewing area as Willow went to bed. I was grateful the woman had been up all-night hunting. I wasn’t sure I would be able to do the same. Big sis Yen’s survival class had shown me how to get by in the wilderness, but actually doing it by myself would be a challenge. Maybe Willow would take me out one night. Might make for a fun first date.

The day passed slowly, and I was able to read some more of my book. Big brother had found a tome from his world and had it translated into common. This tome was called Lord of the Rings. It was a challenge to read, but entertaining. It wasn’t popular in our city, but I had read all the good books and was now enjoying the less popular ones. I once read Jurassic Park and loved the idea, but Auntie Debbie had to explain some of the points to me like a zoo or com put ers. Their world sounded amazing, and I would have loved to see it someday.

About midway through the day, Ket came over the walkie talkie. “Five Knights.” She said and I could hear the worry in her voice. I knew she hated fighting, and this was a job for Snow and me. I moved quickly through the RV and called out to Snow.

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“Company, mount up Snow.” We had trained for this, and it took us moments to get into our Knights.

“Bandits.” Snow said, bouncing in her seat. I tried and failed not to look at her ample chest. She was wearing her normal short skirt that seemed to ride up as she buckled in along with a tight tank top. She must have been relaxing in her cabin when the alarm came. I looked away as my heart started thumping in my chest. I was excited about the combat, but also the way she looked. Closing my cockpit, I moved to the hanger door. She slid in behind me and toggled her group walkie talkie. This would let us talk with each other without using the speakers. “I want them.” She said and I could hear the excitement in her voice. Shaking my head, I tried not to get excited about the thought of her still bouncing in her seat. “You stay back.” She said and I could almost hear her wiping the drool from her mouth.

“No.” I said coldly. “We are a team. We fight together.” I heard her groan, pouting like a child.

“But I want to test myself. Come on, please.” She raised the last word into almost a whine. If we were outside of our Knights, I knew she would be pressing her breasts together and batting her eyes at me. She knew how to use her body to get me to do almost anything. Did she know I had a crush on her and Ket? Gods, I hoped not.

“No. We do things by the book. I won’t risk losing you.” I said the last part under my breath, but she still heard me. A gasp came over the walkie talkie that showed me how badly I had fucked up.

“Okay.” She said in a small voice. Fuck, why do I always say the wrong thing?

“Look, I’ll let you take the lead, but I will jump in if you look like you are in over your head. I’ll also have your back.” Maybe this would smooth over my blunder. I felt something bump into the back of my Knight and turned to see the head of her pressed into the back of mine. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I hoped it would save me the beating later. The door opened and we stepped out to see five Knights walking towards us. Ket had stopped and we moved beside her. Snow was on all fours as she walked beside me. We had been taught that some Commanders mistook a Warden for a Dire Knight. It was a deadly mistake; one we could use. “Good call on moving like that Snow.” I said. She nodded at me and moved slowly forward. Someone who was paying attention would notice the Shot Spear on her back, that the shoulders were more to the side or even the fact that a Warden was much larger than a Dire Knight.

Turning to the approaching Knights, I waved. The three older models were armed, one with a sword and two with wands. It was clear they were still using older equipment, but all it would take is one wild card to change things. The other two were new models, one with a sword and shield and the leader holding a huge ax. It would be slow and hard to move but could do damage if it landed. The leader with a huge red crest on the top of his head moved forward, slapping his ax against his hand.

“Surrender in the name of the Deveros Kingdom.” He said with a broad tone.

“Why would we do that?” Snow said with a slight laugh.

“You are outmatched, outnumbered and out classed.” He brought his huge ax to his shoulder and put a hand on his hip. I smiled knowing where this was going.

“Right?” Snow said, looking around. “Where are the real soldiers? I’d rather not fight little boys.” I couldn’t see the leader’s face, but I knew she must have hit a nerve as he jumped and started running at her. It was almost laughable with how large his feet were. She charged forward as he brought his huge ax up hoping to chop her in half. She stood lashing out with her long claws taking off his arms before slamming her shoulder into his chest. The moment he started to fall back; she took his legs off. Standing there, she turned to his men.

“Did you want some too?” She said sweetly as she tilted her head.

“We still have her outnumbered.” The leader said from the ground as he rolled around uselessly. The two with swords charged, the one with the shield taking the lead. The two with wands charged fireballs. I reached over to my swords and stopped when I saw her go down on all fours. She started running at them, and predictively, the two with swords stopped and hid behind the large shield. She leapt onto the shield and jumped over the incoming fireballs. I quickly drew my Saber Shot and shot two ice spikes out knocking the fireballs away and much to my joy, hit the older model in the hip disabling it. Turning back to her, I saw her rip the arms off one and batting the other away with her tail. It kept its balance and fired off a shot at her back. She turned quickly and rolled sending her feet up into the Knight’s chest. She kicked hard, sending it flying. I had been on the receiving end of that move a few times and knew it hurt like a bitch. In my cockpit, I rubbed my chest in sympathy for the Commander if the poor bastard was still alive. She brought her Shot Spear around and took off his arms and legs quickly. Turning back, she saw the last one rapidly approaching. I could almost see the shock in his face as she brought the rod end up and shot a fireball. It bounced off his shield but stopped him in his tracks. Snow took the opportunity to swing her Shot Spear around to take his head off.

Now blind she quickly moved around dismantling the last one. “Now that we are done, leave your Knights or I’ll pry you out of them.”

“FUCK YOU!!” The leader said as he rolled around. Snow walked slowly over, and I feared she was going to kill the man. I wasn’t naive, killing was a part of battle, but this would be cold blooded murder. She reached down and used a claw to pry open his cockpit and looked inside.

“Care to say that again?” She said as she opened her Warden’s jaws, leaning in. He started screaming and she pulled back. “That is what I thought. Ewww, did you just piss yourself?” She asked and I could almost see her tiny nose wrinkle in disgust. I smiled at my battle bunny as she shook her head. The leader crawled out of his cockpit and took off running. I saw the others joining him as they ran for the woods. We worked together in silence as we cut away the engines. They were the only parts that seemed of real value. When loaded on the top of the RV, we loaded back up and kept moving. Quick, Willow, and Clover were waiting in the bay when we dismounted. Clover pulled Snow into a huge hug.

“That was amazing. You did so good.” Clover said, holding her younger counterpart. Snow was blushing and I could smell the joy rolling off her. Willow bumped my hip and put her head on my shoulder. I made sure my hands were in front of me so Quick could see I wouldn’t do anything. He nodded and smiled at me before slapping Snow on the shoulder.

“Good job darlin, iffen we had someone like you in the war...” He trailed off, his eyes moving off into the distance. I had seen that look in old warriors. He may need help from Auntie Batsy or some of the mind wanderers back home.

{Ket Ra Co}

She tossed in her bed. The fight had rattled her in a bad way. It brought back memories from when she was a slave. She hated fighting and needed something, someone to help her relax. Taking a deep breath, she pulled her treasure from the nightstand and headed out. Willow had left and Snow was sleeping in her room. She wished she had the courage to speak the way everyone else could do. She made her way to his room and knocked. He opened the door, and her eyes went wide as she looked up at him. He was so large and strong. She had been in love with him from the moment she saw him and each day that love grew. He smiled down at her, and she had to think about how the ankle joints were connected together and the best way to fix an issue to make sure he couldn’t smell the way he made her feel.

“You, okay?” He asked, looking down at her slightly worried. She got lost in his large golden eyes for a moment, but quickly recovered. The RV was dark, but she could see everything at night. Taking a deep breath to ease her spirits, she grabbed his hand and pulled him.

“Reward.” She said as she pulled him through the RV. She really wanted to push him inside his room and cuddle with him just like when they were little, but she didn’t have the nerve to ask for that and couldn’t take it if he refused her. She looked down as they went to see the thin shirt, she liked to sleep in. Teacher would let her use his shirts on bad nights. Gen smelled a lot like Teacher, but she wanted Gen not Teacher.

Pulling Gen to the rear observation room, she had to take another breath before demanding he sit on the couch. “Sit.” She said looking down, thinking about the mana venting system and the three ways to toggle it along with back up vents. He did so and she handed him her treasure. The small metal brush glinted in the light. Teacher had made that one day as they ate lunch so Mother Hena could brush Ket’s hair. Mother Hena had let her have it afterwards. She missed those days. Hena stopped brushing Ket’s hair when Ket got her first moon time. Along with the blood came a talk about mating. Ket wanted to try mating but had to shake herself. She couldn’t smell like that right now. Not with Gen this close.

He took the brush and she lay down, her head resting in his lap. She would do this with Mother Lily and Mother Hena and wanted Gen to do it. “You want me to brush your hair?” He asked and she tried not to think about how deep his voice had gotten over the years. Why was she so weak? Why couldn’t she show him how she felt, how her and Snow felt? She nodded and she felt something in his pants twitch. The fabric he slept in was so thin and it would be so easy for her to see what everyone had talked about, but she couldn’t work up the nerve. Her eyes fluttered as she felt his strong fingers run through her long hair before using the brush on it. He had ears and a tail too, so she was sure he knew how to brush it without tangling them. He was so soft and gentle with her that she couldn’t help but feel a tingle in her belly. This felt so nice and the way he hummed as he worked chased the bad thoughts from her mind and heart. It was like they were little kids again and he was protecting her, promising that he would be by her side. Her eyes closed on their own and she faded from this world into a peaceful sleep. She didn’t know that her thumb made its way into her mouth or that the thing in Gen’s pants twitched as she sucked her thumb.

{Gen Savage}

WHY THE HELL WAS KET SO CUTE?! She asked me to brush her hair as a reward and was now sucking her thumb like when we were little. I tried not to think about what that would feel like on me, but I failed. She must have wanted Snow to do it but lost her nerve. Once I was Sure she was asleep, I moved slowly from under her, propped her head up on a pillow and covered her with a spare blanket. I couldn’t sleep and was a little wired from the battle today and Ket being that close, so I went outside to train. Maybe working up a sweat would help me sleep. Betty was outside and nodded at me. I swear the dire wolf could understand us.

“Is Willow out hunting?” I asked and much to my shock the wolf smiled and nodded. How smart was this overgrown dog? “Thank you for keeping us safe at night.” I said, patting Betty’s shoulder. She tilted her head to me and flicked her ear. It was clear she was asking me to scratch behind it. Doing so I was nearly knocked down by a thumping foot nearly as large as my forearm. “Is that a good spot?” I asked, scratching harder. She leaned into me as I laughed. The wolf kept leaning until she was laying on her back and I took the hint and started scratching her belly.

“You know normally, she is picky on who she lets do that.” I turned in shock to see Clover standing there in the dark. I stood at attention as she laughed.

“Sorry I didn’t mean to wake you, ma’am.” I said stiffly. She laughed harder as she moved to Betty’s side.

“You didn’t wake me. I was feeling restless after today.” She said shaking her head.

“You weren’t the only one.” I replied. She turned to me and blinked. I was pretty sure that was meant to be a wink, but with one eye it was hard to tell.

“I peeked in on you and the quiet girl. That was sweet of you.” She said, starting to rub Betty’s belly.

"Ket, Snow and I have been together since we were little kids. I gave my word that I would do everything in my power to keep her and Snow happy and safe.” I said with a warm smile. She nodded at my words and gave me a mischievous look.

“Will you do the same for my Willow?” I gulped and nodded. Even though it had only been a short while, I had fallen in love with the wolf woman.

“I will.” I said my voice cracking. She laughed and stood.

“Good, now get some sleep. You’ll need rest if you are to keep all of us safe for the trip to your town.” She said, patting my shoulder and returned inside.