‘’Wake up, we have visitors’’ Alpha tried mentally waking Kane up as he was
still sleeping. It took him a few times as Kane was vast asleep. He resorted to
nudging him with his snout and finally got Kane up. There was a loud banging on the
door, persistent in tone. Kane’s head seemed like it would explode from all the noise.
‘’Stop the banging, i’m coming’’ Kane yelled and stood up, groggily. Janine
just woke as well and she looked at him questioningly. He just shrugged and stood
up, still naked, walked over to the door and unlocked it. Just outside stood a young
lady, scantily clad. She was just as tall as Kane was, slim and had a nice figure. Her
fiery red hair stood up in a plume and her strong make up added quite the touch.
‘’What… is… your… problem...’’ she said, prodding Kane with her finger each
time she said something. ‘’What is this i hear about you having found a wife?’’ she
yelled. Kane’s guts turned inside out at the sight of her. His previous few night
stander and she thought she had the right to berate him. Not waiting for Kane to do
anything, Janine stood up, still naked, her breasts bouncing up and down as she ran
toward the woman and got into her face.
‘’You have a problem with me being his wife?’’ she said menacingly. Kane just
stepped back, not wanting to get into the middle of it when the two women started
beating each other.
‘’The breasts. The waist. The face. The body, the poor girl started counting,
looking Janine over. She looked down and lost all her flare. ‘’Can i come in?’’ she
asked.
‘’If you had asked so, nicely from the start, we just might have’’ Janine replied,
still angry. ‘’Go home, we do not have any time for this’’ Janine added and slam the
door into the woman’s face, then stomped over to Kane who had moved a meter
away. She narrowed her eyes at him and looked him straight in the eyes. ‘’You got
anything going with someone beside me?’’ she demanded.
‘’No!’’ he blurted out, almost yelling. ‘’No’’ he said again, this time gentler. ‘’She
is just a girl i used to do it with when i was lonely, nothing else. You can hardly blame
me for that, can u?’’ Kane said. Janine just waved it off and went over to the bed,
taking her clothes off the floor, sniffing them and throwing them away again.
‘’U got any female clothing laying around?’’ she asked. He in fact had, and
was glad to give them to her.
‘’Yes i do, that closet over there’’ he said, pointing at a closet near the window.
‘’I won’t even ask why’’ she said, rolling her eyes. She walked over to the
closet and opened it. Her eyes went wide open as she saw all the beautiful dresses
hanging there. A certain dress caught her eye. A scarlet red, short sleeveless dress,
cut just above the knees, with a big cleavage, showing off her perfect breasts. As she
put the dress on, Kane was at a loss for words. It was as if the dress was made for
her personally. She looked like a flaming goddess.
‘’I like!’’ she said, excitedly. ‘’Finally a man with taste!’’
‘’Are you going to walk around like that without anything under it?’’ Kane
asked.
‘’You wish, lecher!’’ she said and stuck her tongue out. He just shook his head.
‘’I am way in over my head with this one’’ he thought.
Thanis just came over at that moment and greeted them.
‘’The women upstairs are all awake, when should i tell them to come down?’’
‘’Right now. It will be a bit cramped in here, but i have something to tell every
one of them’’ Kane said and sat down on the sofa. Janine sat next to him, her legs
wide apart, teasing him to take a look. ‘’You shouldn’t test me, or you might find
yourself in quite the predicament, young lady’’ Kane said, giving her a comical stare.
She just burst out in laughter, enjoying it.
One by one, the women and children started coming down the stairs and sit
around Kane and Janine, some on chairs, others on the floor. All of them had plain
dresses on, anything that was clothing basically. They did look a bit better after the
bathing they had last night and the food, but there was still work that needed to be
done on them before they could start living again. They might have a roof over their
head now, but the trauma’s and nightmares would stay for quite a while. When all of
them were seated and quiet Kane coughed and started talking.
‘’I won’t give you a long boring talk. Just the basics. Janine and myself have
made arrangements for you to stay here. I have given a large sum of money to the
guild master who will take care of you for now. This house will be expanded
manyfold, but it will take some time, so bare with it for now. You will have food
brought to you and some new clothing, furniture and so on. We are giving our house
to you to live in, not to demolish it or to try and usurp it. In the end, everything is ours,
so keep it in mind. But, as far as we care, you can use it until you get remarried,
move out to a boyfriend, die here. Anything. No one will force you out, nor will be
able to take this away from you as long as you live. After a while, you will have to
start working and provide for yourself, our budget is limited, but we have made sure
that you will have a comfortable life for the next year at least’’ he said and waited for
a response. One of the women stood up and came over to him, took his hands in
hers and kissed them.
‘’God bless you, mister Kane. None of us here will ever forget you nor your
loved ones who took good care of us. Most of us know Janine ever since she was
born, so we know that you have chosen yourself a fiery angel. She will take good
care of you, have no doubt. As for us, you gave us more than anyone by saving our
lives, now even this. We have no idea how to ever repay you. Also, we have been
talking last night, and decided that, if you would like, choose one of us present to be
your wife’s servant and one for yourself. No matter who you chose, they will obey as
we agreed on it, all of us’’ the woman said in a long breath. Kane and Janine just
looked at her, not knowing what to reply.
‘’Your offer is very generous, but, we do not want any servants. Feel free to
live your lives as you see fit’’ Kane said. The woman shook her head.
‘’That won’t do. Please make your choice, mister Kane. If there is a need, we
can undress ourselves so you can choose by the body, if you would like’’ she said,
lowering her gaze to the floor.
‘’This is getting out of hand, kind of’’ Kane said. ‘’No taking off clothes or my
darling would probably carve my eyes out. As for the serving, if Janine wants one of
you as a servant, maid or something, i will let her choose. But i do not need one, i
have her’’ he said and kissed his woman. She looked back at Kane, not sure how
she should take his words.
‘’Arlana’’ Janine said, as she looked at one of the girls just under her age,
sitting behind the woman in front of Kane. ‘’Would you like to come with me?’’ Janine
said and smiled, as gentle as she could. The girl, younger by maybe two years, stood
up and walked over to Janine, taking her hands and kissing them.
‘’God bless you, sister. I thought you would chose someone else, but didn’t
dare raise a protest’’ the girl said as she sat down in front of Janine.
‘’Alright, ladies’’ Kane said as he stood up. ‘’We will be off by day’s end. You
should all be more comfortable then. I am off to the guild house to see the progress
of our new mobile home’’ Kane added and walked out the door, Alpha on his trail.
‘’We really didn’t need another someone to protect during our travels’’ Alpha
said.
‘’I know, but, it was hard to say no. They seemed to have thought about it all
night so, who was i to say no’’ Kane replied. ‘’Anyway, lets run over to the guild. I am
curious as to what they came up with’’ Kane said, getting into a run.
Kane and Alpha entered the guilds massive workshop to the right of the guild
house and stopped dead in their tracks. Seven people were adding what looked like
some finishing touches to a cart. It looked more like a mobile house than a cart. It
was five meters in height, six in length. The cart was being kept up by no less than
twelve dual wheels made from a metal alloy and rubber sewn around them. The cart
itself looked exquisite, carvings around small windows on both floors and even a
small balcony for some flower pots? Janine was going to die when she saw this.
‘’Kane, come ere’’ a voice yelled. When Kane turned around to see who it was,
he spotted Guido, the man from last night. Kane walked over to him and shook his
hand.
‘’A fine job you did, Guido. Maybe your finest yet’’ Kane said. Guildo nodded in
appreciation.
‘’When you have an unlimited budget, you can basically make anything.
Though, you will need a lot of horsepower to pull this’’ he added.
‘’No worries there, Guido’’ Kane replied. Even without saying it, Alpha knew
what Kane wanted and Alpha grew in size and strength, manyfold. Guido’s eyes
seemed like they were about to pop out of his eye sockets. ‘’Make a harness
according to his size and specifications. Make sure it is strong enough to pull the
mobile home. He has enough power to, so do not worry about that. Guido just shook
his head and threw his arms up.
‘’All right, i think i have seen it all now. Wolves, giant wolves, wolves that grow
to a whim, change shape, obey people. Blergh. Whatever, come back in an hour and
you can take this thing with you’’ Guido said.
‘’Alright, thanks. Also, make sure it is stocked with guild paper and utensils. I
have a feeling there will be a lot of writing done during our trip’’ Kane replied and
walked back out. Him and Alpha went on a stroll to greet some old acquaintances
and get groceries and some other stuff prepared. An hour later, a big cart pulled
items they bought up to the guild workshop and unloaded them next to the mobile
home. Kane loaded them along with the cart boy’s help into the unit and gave him a
gold coin as a tip, which the boy hid away in his trousers, immediately, bowing deeply
in thanks to Kane. The workers harnessed Alpha up and they slowly left the
workshop to pick up the rest of their party.
‘’What… is… that!?’ Janine asked, exhilarated as she was looking at the
mobile home. She was at a loss for words. So were Thanis and Arlana. As Kane
helped them load over their little things they had in the house, which they were
bringing with them, he noticed Gamma sitting atop the unit. He climbed up and saw
that there was a watch post, spacious enough for one person to sit for a while in
comfort. Atop of the watch post there was another watchpost, but this one for a bird.
Hawk had gone down a bit on his size and fit in, perfectly. He was trampling around
on the beams that were connecting the parts of the cage, excitedly. Kane shook his
head and smiled. Guido really thought of everything. That man deserves even more
than Kane payed him.
‘’Arlana, go say goodbye to your friends. Janine, you as well. We are leaving
immediately’’ Kane said as he had climbed back down. Alpha was annoyed and
growled constantly, being strapped up in the harness. ‘’Easy there brother’’ Kane
said as he tapped the now giant wolf on his back. Alpha just snorted and kept on
growling. Just in time Thanis, Janine and Arlana had come out, the whole group
spilling out of the house behind them. They in turn came up to Kane, bowed and
thanked him. It was a nice gesture of them and Kane smiled, genuinely, wishing them
luck in their new life.
Within a few more minutes the group had finally started moving, Beta keeping
Alpha company, while Gamma was snoring loudly inside of his little home. Kane was
sitting up front, on the makeshift balcony, Janine beside her, and Arlana just inside of
the doorway, keeping them company, getting acquainted with them for a while.
Thanis was enjoying himself in the outpost. It was done out of wood, the flooring,
beams, the walls, window frames. Only the windows, which made out about fifty
percent of the walls were made out of a composite glass mixture, imported from a far
away kingdom. It was very resilient and didn’t shatter easily. Thanis was at a height
of about six meter and had a great view. He had a little book in his hand, a pen in the
other, scribbling some kind of notes, or drawing. Kane couldn’t distinguish what, but
he seemed to enjoy himself.
The road out of Homitage was again the same as they had taken the last few
times in and out. The same guard captain, seeing Alpha and Beta, didn’t even bother
coming out of the guards house, just waved them good luck and farewell. Kane
laughed and shook his head. The foolish guard captain. He would be the first to die if
someone attacked the city. It barely had any soldiers, maybe some hundred
maximum, the guards making up sixty of them, forty patrolling the streets of
Homitage. Now, a good hour out, instead of going on west from Homitage, they had
to take the road leading south, which they did. Their destination was Kravnja. They
didn’t plan to set themselves up inside of the castle, but somewhere just outside of it,
at the outskirts, an hour ride to be close enough, but far enough to spot danger.
A few days passed and nothing noteworthy happened, to their luck. They
weren’t feeling up for any fighting at the moment, just relaxation and traveling. Arlana
and Janine were laying up on the roof sunbathing. Janine was stark naked, as usual,
but Arlana had on some makeshift panties, but was topless. Kane hadn’t seen her
naked, and Janine felt like keeping it, but from what Kane had seen, she was as
endowed as Janine, maybe even more. Some naughty thoughts went through his
mind when Alpha yelled
‘’Janine, Kane is having naughty thoughts!’’ and snorted, which was an
equivalent to laughing for him.
‘’What?!’’ Kane yelled back. ‘’I am not! Liar!’’
‘’Sure is!’’ Alpha yelled again.
‘’Alpha! Stop saying such things!’’ Kane added. The two women on top of the
roof were chuckling.
‘’Honey?’’ Janine yelled then. Kane looked up instinctively and both Janine
and Arlana appeared, bending over the railing. Kane coughed and almost choked,
dropping his face as to not see any more of what was up.
‘’Babe? Are you and Arlana trying to kill me?’’ he said, still coughing.
‘’No. Come on, look up. I am alright with it’’ she said. Kane hesitated and as
she yelled again he looked up.
‘’Are you into kinky stuff, babe?’’ Kane asked.
‘’You wish, lecher’’ Arlana yelled. ‘’No touch, only watch’’ she said and laughed
together with Janine.
‘’Anyway, honey, what do you think who has the better breasts of us two?’’
Janine asked. Alpha fell to his knees and was laughing hard, Beta doing the same.
They basically knew what he had to respond, but also knew as they had looked up,
who the bigger breasts had, and all knew Kane loved size more than anything.
‘’Babe, can i kill myself instead of answering?’’ Kane asked, looking up again,
seeing past Arlana’s cloth wrapped over her womanhood. Blood dripped out of his
nose and suddenly it was as if a dam had burst open and he fainted. Some minutes
later, and some laughter later Kane came to himself, lying in a puddle of his own
blood, Janine sitting atop of him, still naked, her breasts an inch away from Kane’s
face. ‘’You trying to kill me?’’ he said, narrowing his eyes on her breasts, instead of
her eyes.
‘’Sorry honey’’ Janine said. ‘’I was trying out a spell. If you thought anything
more of her breasts than mine, or if you watched at her you know what, you would
have a nosebleed. I think i overdid it a bit, you losing this much wasn’t planned’’ she
said and laughed. At that moment, Arlana walked up to them, also still naked, but for
her cloth, which at this angle didn’t hide much, or, rather nothing at all. ‘’It’s fine,
honey. You can watch as much as you want, as she said, but u just can’t touch. She
and me, ever since we were teenagers, liked to bathe together, walk around naked,
shared some intimate moments. If you don’t mind her walking around like i am, i
would be thankful. She would as well. Thanis, well, he would have to get used to it’’
she said and laughed again.
‘’Can i touch? Maybe later?’’ Kane asked, a wide smile on his face.
‘’I wouldn’t mind, Arlana said’’ looking over at Janine.
‘’Hoe!’’ Janine said, in a sarcastic way. ‘’You think i would share this with
you?’’ she asked and replied ‘’Maybe, one day if i have enough of him’’ she added
and laughed again.
‘’Food is ready!’’ Thanis yelled and came out of the kitchen onto the balcony,
gasped and turned around. ‘’Will you two put on some clothes, please!’’ he added.
‘’Have you no respect for the young?!’’. They all laughed and helped Kane up and
walked into the kitchen, still naked.
Two more days went by without before the first issues rose up. Kane and
Janine were sitting in the observatory, a bit cramped up, reading from the guild
masters grimoire. One a page were written some warnings that a witch had to bond
to someone before she became twenty five of age or she would lose all her powers.
Janine was luckily a few years off, but the bonding ceremony was a bit hardcore.
Bleed in a cup, mix it with blood of your loved one and drink half, each. Afterwards a
life must be taken, the same night as the ceremony, in a ritual. Both would have to
have a part in the killing, and the sacrifice must be a virgin, boy or girl, between
eighteen and twenty years of age. The were disgusted and stopped reading for a
while, not wanting to do it, but subconsciously knowing they had to. That night ended
with the reading session and the next morning already, the castle of Kravnja was in
sight, or rather, city of Kravnja, depending on how you called it.
Some kilometre ahead, Gamma saw an inn at a crossroad, south leading
towards the castle, maybe an hour ride on horse, a few minutes ride to the west the
inn.
‘’Seems we found our perfect spot’’ Janine said, as she heard Gamma’s
thoughts.
‘’Huh?’’ Kane asked. ‘’What do you mean?’’
‘’Up ahead is what looks like an abandoned inn, next to a crossroad that leads
to castle Kravnja, which is about an hour ride on horseback, Gamma just reported’’
Janine replied. Kane nodded his head and jumped out of the cart, ordering Alpha to
stop just ahead the bend, a hundred meters away from the inn.