My new women enjoyed both dinner, and our night activities, and their Gold rings were place upon their fingers. After breakfast, I went out near the mill pond, specifically to the section of the bluff that was yet untouched, there I attempted using Earth Magic to make a cave structure, pushing the dirt to the sides, and condensing it into rock. The fact it left no seem where anything joined was quite surprising. I dug deep into the earth, and fashioned a decent sized room, in which I placed a bed, and a set of drawers, as well as a wardrobe for hanging clothes. Once done with that, I installed six different doors, all sound proofed. When I had completed that, I carried Eavena into the cave, still sleeping, and placed her into the bed. Then I left the room, taking the light with me, as I knew she really didn't need it, and closed all six doors.

My project for Eavena had taken me till lunch time, and I went to the dining hall, but on my way, an issue was brought to my attention. "Mark husband, I have an issue." I smiled encouragingly at her. "I'm all ears, hopefully I can help." She smiled back, though I noticed a little shimmer on her scales. "Well I laid my egg, which is good, but the thing is, well, my milk comes in right away, and I need someone to keep it flowing till the baby hatches!" She said in an embarrassed rush, and I stood stunned for a moment. "Well, I have no issue helping you with that, though I expect my attention alone won't be enough. Surely all the other girls will help with this." Taking a deep breath she calmed a little. "Can you drink some now? I realize it might embarrass you to drink from me while everyone watches, but I really need the help."

Rather than answer, I just pulled her into the hall, and sat her on my lap in front of everyone. She attempted to only lift her top a little, but I pulled her shirt clean off, and hung it over the seat, then proceeded to drink deeply from both her breasts. She couldn't help but moan slightly, as she had clearly put it off for a tad too long already. "Mona dear, are you nursing?!" Asked my mother. "Yes, I am, my milk comes in almost as soon as I lay the egg, but if I don't get milked frequently from then till the egg hatches, my milk can dry up." Marina nodded. "I heard about that, same thing for Harpies, though it starts a little later. I definitely don't mind getting some of that action." Just then, a knock came from the door. Harmony answered the door, confused as to who might be calling. Upon opening the door, a strange man was standing there, holding a new born, perhaps only three days old, and crying fiercely. "Is the head mistress of North Haven's Orphanage here?!"

Jessica stood up, and approached the man. "Yes, I'm the Head Mistress, my name is Jessica." The man thrust his baby rabbitkin girl into her arms. "Please take my daughter, her Mother died, and I have no way to raise her. She can't take animal milk, she just throws it up, and if I can't feed her, she'll die. I've got no chance of raising her right, the only way she can have any life is if I leave her with you!"

I stood up at this point, and took the baby myself, and brought her over to Mona, who put her to her breast without a moments hesitation, smiling tenderly at the little bundle who latched like a champ and drank for all of two minutes before she fell asleep. "Oh no you don't little one!" I said, and gently spanked her bottom to wake her up again. Everyone was stunned at my actions, and naturally the little one cried for a moment, before she latched back onto Mona's nipple to continue drinking. "What did you do that for?!" Asked a very irate Mona, and even mother looked askance at me. "She's too hungry, and weak to keep nursing on her own. She's finally getting what she needs, and she fell asleep too fast, the poor girl is starving, we've got no choice but to keep waking her up till we know she's properly fed. I don't like doing it either, but if we don't she might not make it."

Mona calmed down, as did everyone else, including the baby's father. "As to the future of the baby, I'll be taking her, not only can Jessica not feed her, but I've already pledged to adopt all the girls to come to the Orphanage going forward. That way she won't ever become a slave. Best part for you sir, is you can visit her when you have the time, you know where she's going to be living after all. This would break my heart, even knowing it was the right choice, so you have my sympathies. This doesn't change that you are her father, but rather than being a parent, you'll be an elder friend who sometimes comes to see her, at least I hope you will." I extended my hand to the man, and he took it in a double hand shake, tears dripping onto my hands from his bowed head. "Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I'll move to this town, so I can be close to her, I just hope my next wife won't be as unlucky. The healers said there was nothing they could do."

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"Probably a blood incompatibility. There's multiple types of blood, and the baby can take after any of its blood grandparents. SO, if the baby's blood was incompatible with the mother's blood, either one, or both could die as a result. So sorry for your loss!" He nodded his head. "At least you gave an answer, the healers couldn't even do that much. Was,... was there anything that could have been done?!" He asked with a sob. I waffled my hand side to side. "Yes, and no. There is a method of doing it, but I don't actually know what it is. The place that does it, is too far away to get help from, and I don't know the specifics, aside from it being an injectable medication. Something like an Alchemist Potion, but refined to a point that it's perfectly clear, and can be put directly into the blood stream through a special needle called a Hyper dermic Syringe, which I can make, but without the medications, there's not much point."

Anther sob, "So, if we had been in that far away land, I could have saved my wife, and had my family intact?" I nodded, "Providing you had medical insurance, or else enough money to pay for the treatment. Honestly, they think of children as an investment in the country's future, so they make plenty of resources available to ensure they survive to adulthood, and have proper education, and skills to help them gain employment. Not that you care too much about that now."

The man nodded again. "I think I need to leave now, have to get my head straight. Take care of her will you?" I squeezed his shoulder. "You have my word, my name is Mark, and aside from my Mother, and Jessica, all the rest of these women are my wives, so this little one will have plenty of love, rest assured of that. May I know your name, and hers as well?" He chuckled at himself. "Damon, but I never named her, my heart wasn't in the right place to do it, you should name her." I nodded at him. "Hope then, as it is our hope that she will be the vision of her mother so she can carry on in her stead." "Hope, I like that, be well my Hope!" He waved his hand at his child, then basically fled due to his emotions.

"Not exactly the most pleasant way to get a baby, but then it never is when someone has to leave their own flesh and blood behind." Jessica had a somewhat depressed look on her face after her statement. Everyone nodded. "I wish I could just stay here, instead of going back to the Orphanage, maybe even be Mark's wife too, but I don't have anyone I could leave the Orphanage to, but honestly I don't know how many more scenes like that I can handle. It just breaks my heart you know?!" All the kids near her crushed her in a group hug, and she smiled slightly. Theresa's sisters both chimed in. "I'll do it!" They looked at each other, and laughed. Theresa piped up. "Are you sure?! It's in North Haven, and you'd have all the boys to take care of, except for one." They smiled. "Mark will make sure we get proper funding, and there's two of us, so it's already going to be easier for us than Jessica, besides Mom doesn't need us at the Inn, she never has. You'll take it over when she's ready to retire, the Genius Chef, and getting all Mark's recipes out of him. It's a stable job, and we'll enjoy it. We'll get to come visit here too, so that's even better."

"Ahem, well I appreciate the offer, but I think perhaps letting your mothers know of your plans would be a good idea." They smirked at me. "Mark, we each have an understanding with one of the older boys, not saying which, we'll tell Jessica first, so she can release them early, then there's no conflict. In other words, we're getting a job, and working with our own husbands. None of them are going to object to us taking first wife position in our respective families, especially with men who you taught to be proper men." I just shook my head. "You should still tell them, it's only polite, but then again, you're adults, so it is ultimately your decision, assuming Jessica thinks you're up to the task." Jessica just clung to the girls in question, no words were needed.