The last few days had been very long for the wolf demon. Shopping and the events with the Dragon had taken its toll on her; Katerina was exhausted. With the last of her items bought, she headed to the tavern. The crowd started to die off, which it easier for the wolf demon to move through the people. The day was coming to an end; the townspeople were heading home or closing their shops. “I can’t wait till I get home.” She spoke to herself as she headed up the steps of the tavern. She missed her family like crazy, and hoped her brother was doing okay. Her girls could be a handful sometimes.

Walking into the tavern, the smells hit the wolf instantly. Her senses were more sensitive because of the baby growing within her. The tavern smelled of sweat and beer; she was lucky that she was used to these smells. The nausea she felt quickly passed as she took a deep breath. The wolf needed to eat already, but not by the men around her. The smell of their workday still on them and the beer was just going to get stronger.

Katerina soon made her way to the bar. Taking a seat, the red haired woman dropped her bags beside her. The stool had seen better days, but it was sturdy and clean. “What can I get you, miss?” The barman walked towards her from behind the bar. “Whatever stew you have going, with bread and cheese –” She paused in her sentence when she was about to ask for alcohol, but stopped herself. “And whatever non alcoholic drink you have.” She ended. The barman nodded in response, and walked away to get what she asked for.

The blue eyes of the wolf looked at the mirror behind the bar; looking at every face behind her. For almost two months she had felt a presence watching her. She didn’t see anyone ever following her, but she still had that feeling in her gut. Katerina had a stalker. She looked at all the men seated at the tables; some playing cards, others drinking and laughing, and some eating. She soon looked at a woman by the old piano. She was singing a fast tune over the noisey men around her. The wolf demon’s eyes soon rested on the woman’s breasts, and stared. The warmth spreading between her legs made her swallow. She wasn’t one to stare at women, but she felt different since Adel.

A soft chuckle echoed in her mind, startling her. “What the hell?” She thought to herself and looked around her. No one was sitting besides her, or even near her. What was that laugh she heard? Shrugging off the laugh, her eyes moved back to the woman at the piano. Suddenly it felt as if someone’s arms were around her, hugging her. “Hey!” She turned around to look, seeing no one. Her body soon felt more tired than what she was when she walked into the tavern. “It must be nothing..” She thought, and believed it was true.

“Here you go, Ma’am.” The barman finally decided to speak. He had seen her moment of craziness. He quickly set down her plate and milk. “Thanks.” Katerina said while handing the man a few coins. The barman quickly turned around and walked away. “Crazy…” He said under his breath. The comment made Katerina roll her eyes and stand. She wasn’t going to eat her dinner here. Picking up her plate and mug of milk, she started to head to her room. “Can you send someone up to start a bath for me as well and maybe help with my bags?” Katerina asked the barman as she walked past. He nodded in response then called one of his barmaids.

After heading up to her room, she sat down, and ate at the small table next to the window. The barmaid entered a few minutes later. She sat down the wolf’s bags next to her bed, then started putting buckets of warm water into the bath. Katerina couldn’t wait to soak in the warm water and then to sleep.

The barmaid moved in and out of her room, one bucket after another. Katerina saw that the woman also had a low cut top on. This made the wolf’s eyes look at the barmaid’s cleavage every time she walked passed.

By the time Katerina was finished with her meal, the barmaid was finished with her duties and took the red haired woman’s dishes on the way out of the room. The wolf demon stretched in her chair for a quick moment before she headed into the bathing room. As she entered, she slowly removed her clothes.. Her bright blue eyes look the steam rising from the bathtub, and she noticed the rose petals on top. She smiled, It had been a long time since she had a rose petal bath. Once she was naked, Katerina stepped into the warm bath. “Ahhh..This is amazing.” She sighed aloud as she sat down and leaned back; her head resting on the towel that was placed there. Her eyes slowly closed as her body relaxed.

[OOC: Since the main character I'm using for this is Adel, Natsumi's companion, all regular, bolded text is her.]

Meanwhile, in the still noisy confines of the downstairs tavern, a domino effect was taking place. The exhaustion that Katerina felt while picking up her meal in the piano filled hall had been the result of a demon following her. An energetic vampire had made its way into the lobby, hungry and voracious for the emotions and sensations of those around her. She had been following the wolf for months, waiting for the moment to strike; and now was that time.

But before she went after the red haired vixen that had already escaped to the second floor, she made an appetizer of the patrons downstairs. Her feeding had been evenly divided between each person, and only after the final music number ended did the first victim rest in his meal. One by one they fell, the alcohol in their systems sapping whatever resistance they had to the invisible entity. Eventually, the singing stopped in a clatter against the piano keys, and only the most sober man was left conscious.

Yes, the bartender was the last one standing when Adel finally emerged from her veil. She sauntered over to him, gracefully avoiding puddles of food and beer underfoot. His breath intensified with every effort he made to remain conscious in her presence, but his use of the counter as a crutch betrayed his actual proximity to sleep's door.

"So the woman wasn't crazy." The innkeeper's voice strained, taking just as much effort to maintain as his legs took to endure the pressure of Adel's aura. She did not converse with him, however. Instead, she just smiled back from across the counter. Her form faded from sight once more, and a wisp of wind brushed past the owner's face amidst the pitter-patter of spilled drink. He didn't realize she had moved behind him: not until her arms were already wrapped around his mid-section.

"What are you," he asked with wide-eyed terror once he noticed the woman's cold hands underneath his shirt? The demon only responded with a single word before she drained the last of his essence through her touch.

"Hungry." Then there was a thunk; a splatter; a constant drip, drip, drop. The bartender fell to the floor, knocking off the valve of a nearby liquor barrel as he went. The ale within gushed out over his unconscious body, soaking him from head to toe until, at last, only the final few drops of the barrel reverberated in the room.

Adel's form vanished into the atmosphere once that the final man had fallen. It reappeared near the stairs that her latest interest had gone beyond, but she did not make her way to the second floor just yet. Instead, she paused at the foot of the staircase while the smell of alcohol, sweat and drool swirled around her.

There was someone else in that place: a lone maiden who had wandered in through the back door whilst Adel was dealing with the bartender. She hid as soon as she saw her father's encounter with the femme fatale, scared that she would suffer whatever fate said demon had bestowed upon him. Now she was stuck in a crawlspace under the stairs with no obvious escape, hoping that the woman who had stolen her father's energy would not come for her.

She was well hidden, this Merril. The foul smells of the area masked her scent, and she was quieter than a mouse being stalked by a cat. Not even a wolf could have found her in that place, but still she grew paranoid when she saw the intruder stall by her hiding place. The small slits of light between the steps allowed her to see the pink haired woman in glimmering detail, but they also intensified the anxiety that already hung around her like some fell cloud. She could only silence her heavy breathing in that moment by muffling it with her hands, all while praying that the demoness had not noticed the stairs hyperventilating mere moments ago.

'Please don't let her find me, All Mother.' Merril repeated that phrase over and over as a mental refrain. She only stopped when Adel started walking up the steps, and any sighs of relief from her were withheld until she could no longer hear the creaking of wood. She thought she would be safe then; that the creature wouldn't return. But when she exhaled her stress, she suddenly noticed another presence behind her. A dainty hand reached over her shoulder from the darkness, while a pair of lips nestled next to her opposite ear.

"I see you," Adel whispered, tightening her grip at the same time. Her voice sent spine-tingling chills throughout the girl's body. She tried to scream, but her mouth was immediately covered before she could even utter a sound. Adel dragged Merril back further into the compartment, thereby dealing with the last of the downstairs witnesses.

Unlike the men before her, however, Merril was not incapacitated. Instead, Adel pulled her close in that dark alcove, pouring charm magic into her head while muffling her screams. She became passive the longer she was in contact with the temptress, until, eventually, her breathing slowed and her head came to a rest on the woman's lap.

~There, there. It's not so bad. No one is dead. You are safe.~ Adel interjected her thoughts directly into innkeeper's daughter now that she had calmed down, filling her head with desires along the way. She had successfully hypnotized the girl, and was now deciding on how best to use her. It struck her at that moment that Merril was the perfect cover for a maid, and, given the innkeeper's most recent request from the wolf upstairs, Adel chose to bribe his daughter for a tease.

Like all those under the effects of Adel's charms, Merril was already looking lustfully at her. Her eyes stared at the temptress's lips, following her every movement and word as they poured into her. When Adel started to unbutton her shirt, however, the watcher turned into a predator. Merril tried to passionately embrace her temporary master, to bury her head in that heaving bosom that now lay partially exposed; but she was stopped by a solitary index finger.

~Uh uh,~ Adel said unto the girl's mind while holding her digit against the oncoming, pursed lips. ~First, you have to do a little task for me.~ Her free palm soon revealed a red rose. The flower appeared like any other, but was actually coated in an exotic poison manufactured by the old one's body. It would paralyze the limbs of anyone that touched it after being submerged in water, but do so without taking away any sensation.

Adel handed that rose to Merril and then released her finger from the woman's mouth. ~The woman in room 22 is expecting a bath and luggage delivery from the inn staff. Dress in the garb of your father's employees, bring the bags next to her seat in front of your father up to her, and then go fill up her tub. Put the petals from this rose into the bath before you leave, and be careful not to get wet when you handle them. Remember to act like a real maid. Service must be top-rated.~ With a soft touch, my steward then took Merril's hands and gently placed them directly on her breasts. She was taunting the girl with promises to come, allowing her to take in the shape of her chest before finishing her proposition. Then, with a fallaciously innocent gaze, she looked straight at her lustful puppet and spoke to her mind once more. ~Once you're done, wait until the woman is properly submerged and then return to her. She will not be able to stop you from entering the bathroom. Strip in front of her, taunt her with your body, and then I'll let you have what you most desire.~

Now obsessed with her own lustful dreams, Merril left the alcove obediently. She went into a back room, carefully guarding the rose she had been given, and came out in a completely new outfit. She looked like one of the inn's maids carrying a bucket of hot, sudsy water. It was the perfect disguise, allowing her to seamlessly perform the roll of Katerina's assigned maid without suspicion.

She did as she was told, down to the last rose petal, then quietly left the door unlocked before taking the dishes back downstairs. Only once she heard the water settle did she finally return, anxious for her master's promised reward.

The wolf demon eyes closed slowly. She was so exhausted from the day and her body welcomed the warmth of the water.  Her thoughts soon remembering the woman from the piano, then the maid. She never felt like this towards a woman before. It was all so new to the wolf demon, but she was welcoming it. With her eyes still closed, her hands moved up to her breast. Her fingers pinching and rubbing her nipples slightly. A soft moan escaped her as she continued to touch her breasts.
 
Katerina mind continued to picture the maid who was once in her room. The maid undressing then touching her own breast. One hand soon left her breast, trailing down to her womanhood. Her fingers slipping through her lips and began to rub her clitoris. Another moan left her as she quickened her circular motion of her fingers. She felt herself building up and up, then suddenly….. Nothing.

Right before she was about to have her climax, the maid walked in once more. “Hey! Can you please le–” She was cut off by the maid who made her way before her. The maids hands slowly went up to her clothed breasts, running over them as her eyes stared into the wolf's. “Please… Leave.” Katerina’s voice didn’t sound convincing. She never had a woman come onto her as strongly as the maid.
 
With a roll of her eyes, she tried to stand up, but she couldn’t even move. Her hands were still on her breast and between her lips. They weren’t moving when her brain told them too. Her eyes widened in fear. “What did you do to me? Why can’t I move?!” Katerina’s voice rose, fear spreading through her, but that didn’t replace how excited she was feeling.

The maid didn’t react to what Katerina was saying; she continued as she was told. Her hands came up to the buttons before her breasts; her fingers unbuttoning slowly. After just a few buttons, she slipped her hand inside her top and began to rub her nipples. Her head fell back for a moment and a soft moan left her lips.

Katerina stared at the maid, her body wanted her, but her mind fought against this. This whole thing didn’t seem right, just because she couldn’t move and push the maid out of the bathing room.  “Or into my bed…” The thought crossed Katerina mind and she pushed it away. This wasn’t her, she only liked men. She tried to tell herself over and over she didn’t like this, but the warmth spreading over her body, her heart racing, and her breath quickening told another story. Her body wanted the maid before her.
 
The maid brought her head back up to look at the wolf staring at her and finished unbuttoning her dress. Soon it was on the floor and she was completely naked in front of her. Her hands roamed her body for a moment; her neck to her breasts, and her but. She even turned around and bent over to slowly show her finger going into herself. A moan escaping her as she moved her finger in and out.

After a few moments, she straightened, moving towards the tub where the paralyze Katerina laid Her leg came up to rest on the railing of the tub, right next to the wolf's head. She kept her leg on the railing, making sure she didn’t put her leg into the water. The movement exposed the woman’s womanhood to the wolf before her. Katerina wanted to close her eyes, but she watched; breathless.
 
The woman ran one hand over her breast and started to rub her nipple between her fingers. Her free hand moved slowly down her stomach to her womanhood. Her fingers slowly started to rub the clitoris that was staring only a few feet from Katerina’s face.

Katerina kept trying to close her eyes, but couldn't resist staring at the woman before her.

What followed Merril's return to the wolf was a scene straight out of an erotic novel. Her hands roamed her body in that steam filled room, taunting her captive audience with the body of a young, pliable maiden. Adel was watching the show from afar, examining both participants with the eye of a collector. Her form was hidden underneath a cloak of invisibility for the duration: a garment that was not removed until Merril encroached upon the bath. Her raised leg was the final step: the climax of the scene. All eyes were on her at that point, so much so that the puppet master could make a quiet appearance without immediate notice.

Adel's face wasn't instantly noticeable when the mirage dropped because of this. Only her hands took away attention from the Prima Donna as they slowly reached around her quivering body. She approached Merril's genitals with the grace of skilled prostitute, delicately inserting her fingers deep inside. The girl yelped at this sudden presence, especially since her aggressor also began nibbling at her ear.

"Well done, Merril. Now for your reward." Adel spoke like a tempting snake as she continued to play with her slave. She combed the inside of the girl's vagina with a single hand whilst her other gently massaged a breast. Every movement was as the innkeeper's daughter desired, even as the moans turned to shrieks of pleasure.

"Oh, Edmund. Yes. Yes! It feels incredible!" Her stimulation was already high from the prior masturbation, but even Merril had yet to taste the depths of lust until her temptress joined in.  The demon had been feeding on Merril's memories up until then, prodding her subconscious for its deepest and darkest desires. And now that she found them, she was broadcasting an image of a sexual paradise straight into the woman's mind. For the innkeeper's daughter, she was no longer in a bathroom with two women. Instead, all of her senses told her that she was making love to a childhood crush. And while she felt the plunge of his imaginary phallus deep inside her, her master was free to speak unhindered.

~You're wondering what I'm doing here, Katerina,~ she began whilst removing her fingers from Merril's crotch. There was still plenty of the girl's nectar on Adel's digits after the removal: a collection of fluids that she seductively consumed before any future conversation took place.  ~And yet your thoughts are loud enough to call me from anywhere in this dirty city.~ Smirking at that point, she set her thrall down on a nearby towel, even as the woman continued to scream from the perpetual orgasm she endured. Adel then proceeded to explain what was happening to this woman, almost in a matter of fact fashion. ~Her mind is typical of those that succumb to their passion for me. To justify what they believe is abnormal attraction, they imagine me as the person they actually wish to copulate with: a crush, a spouse, the spouse of another in some cases. In particular, this girl imagines the next door neighbor's son, Edmund, as the one making love to her, even if no one is touching her in the physical realm at this moment.~ Turning around, my steward gave the wolf a sly look. ~You are similar in that you're seeking a substitute for someone. You look at Merril here with such lust in your heart, secretly aware that you're really craving me. But the concept of sleeping with a woman seems so foreign to you that you're telling yourself it can't be. 'I'm only interested in men,' you say, and yet your trembling desire betrays otherwise.~

Adel's clothes disappeared at that point. She approached the wolf with snake-like subtlety, gently lowering herself into the tub. The rose petals didn't affect her as they did Katerina, and so she was able to easily kneel over the paralyzed woman without retaliation.

She could have taken Katerina right then and there, had she so desired: ravished her confused body without consent. But she didn't. Instead, the pink-haired demon remained tantalizing close, hovering right above the wolf whilst encouraging her to beg.

~Tell me, my proud wolf, do you want me that badly?~ Adel's nipples and lips hung above Katerina's, remaining close enough to feel but not touch. The paralytic was wearing off by now, just in time for the wolf's desires to reach a boil. If she didn't succumb now, my steward thought, she never would.

The wolf demon couldn’t understand what was happening to herself. Even though she couldn’t move she could still warmth between her legs. Not once had she wanted a woman this badly. Katerina only went after men. Men could please her like no other. For as long as she could remember, she had never once been with a woman; that was all changing now. Seeing the woman put her leg up and start touching herself was too much for the wolf demon. Katerina wanted to get out of the bathtub and take her. The wolf’s heart raced as her blue eyes roamed the woman’s body. A gasp left her lips upon seeing the newcomer in the room. The wolf was about to scream for the woman to get the hell out, but remained silent. The woman spoke to, Merril, as the stranger called her. “Who ar—” Katerina started to speak but was was cut off by the fingers being inserted into Merril. The stranger spoke then, and the wolf demon could've sworn she heard that voice before. “Who are you? Adel?” She thought to herself. The wolf grew even more confused by the name moaned out of Merril’s mouth. Who was Edmund? Who was the woman behind her? This was a very intense scene before the wolf, but confusion was turning her off. Suddenly, a voice was inside her mind; Adel. She was the woman who took Katerina to see Natsumi. Of course that fox would be behind this. The wolf demon’s mind was soon cleared of all her thoughts when Adel started to speak in her mind once more. As Adel spoke to her, Katerina couldn’t think of anything else. The wolf demon couldn’t say a word to defend herself, because all was true. She wanted Adel now ever since the first time they kissed. Adel was soon naked before the wolf. Bright blue eyes trailed down from the woman’s neck to her breasts and was going lower before the pink-haired woman moved into the tub with the wolf. Katerina was about to tell Adel about the effects of the water, but she moved towards the wolf; unfazed by the water. Kneeling before her, Katerina’s eyes looked at the breasts that were right before her face. Adel was teasing her immensely. She wanted to touch them so bad, but she couldn’t move; or that is what she thought. For a moment, she didn’t noticed that her fingers were moving. A smirk appeared on her lips, now there wasn’t anything holding her back. Grabbing Adel by her neck, the wolf pulled the pink haired woman forward, and kissed her. Katerina wanted Adel and she was going to have her.The wolf demon pulled Adel’s hips over her, making the woman’s legs go on either side of her thighs. Katerina’s hands grabbed her behind and pulled her close so their skin was touching. Breaking the kiss, the wolf’s lips trailed down to the woman’s neck and to her chest. Removing a hand from Adel’s butt, Katerina’s hand moved to cup one of her breasts while kissing around her nipple before taking the nipple into her mouth. She sucked. and licked the nipple before biting it slightly then moved her mouth to Adel’s lips once more.

Sure enough, Katerina could not resist. Adel had always picked her targets well, and the old wolf was nothing special. The last of Nami's toxin still afflicted her mind many years after its injection, making her have an unusually high libido. That's why she couldn't think straight when it came to Jax; and also why her sexuality had changed in recent months. Ultimately, the temptress wasn't fully responsible for Katerina's lust toward her. She was just exceptionally good at taking advantage of favorable circumstances.

Of course, even after Katerina started pressing herself against my steward in those rosy waters, she still misunderstood her position in more ways than one. The most egregious of these was that she thought herself dominant. She believed she was having her way with a petite, submissive girl who had willingly joined her in the bathtub; that she was forcing the encounter to be exactly as she desired. Yet Katerina was still a typical wolf. She didn't realize that Adel had merely allowed her to delude herself, going so far as to tell her, "Good girl," after the nipple bite. In reality, Ms. Silverstein was already slipping, gradually losing herself until her entire mind fell straight into the dreamscape.



The transition was much like a sudden gust of wind on a warm Ignis night. In an instant, Merril disappeared from Katerina's sight, and the entire inn followed suit. She could no longer sense reality after the darkness came over her in that bathtub, and soon she even found herself kneeling on a dark floor with only a disembodied voice to guide her.

"For your honesty," Adel said while hiding in the void, "You deserve a gift; but make no mistake: you are not the dominant partner here." Soon, magic invaded Katerina's body and mind. Her sensitivity and lust grew to tremendous heights in seconds, all in preparation for the mental clone that approached her from the shadows. He looked like a man the wolf had met in her past, and represented her true desire. Long had she lusted for this gentleman, but life circumstances had prevented their union. She had all but buried his memory until the dreamscape's illusion of pleasure brought it back.

In that darkened place where imaginary candles flickered all around, the phantom began touching the wolf. His first caress was enough to send her into a perpetual orgasm, thereby stealing all control from her. In seconds, she was screaming in pleasure, her mind blanking all from a single touch. She couldn't even respond as her tongue flailed about, but that didn't stop Adel from gloating.

"I am somewhat surprised," she said while projecting herself into Katerina's ritual. The man was already thrusting himself into her by then, running his lips all over her chest and neck whilst his master used the woman's flailing tongue to pleasure herself. "The phantoms here represent a person's greatest desire, even if it is buried beneath centuries of time and subconscious neglect. The thing is, I half expected that to be Jax, but this man is clearly not him. Perhaps your affair with the assassin wasn't love after all." Bending back, the psychological version of Adel then climaxed from her prey's tongue. She was already feeding off of her back in the real world, and could barely contain her excitement anymore. "Not that it matters right now," she gasped. "I've already put a spell on you, and so you're mine until you can't stand it anymore. Just let the waves of pleasure and excitement wash over you, my dear. I promise: it'll be a night you'll never forget!"

Just then, the man ravishing Katerina ejaculated inside her. Her next orgasm happened simultaneously, marking Adel's disappearance from the realm. More men in the image of her partner soon appeared, quickly surrounding her in the dreamscape in order to pull her down into a group mating. Katerina didn't care, though. The psionic spells on her mind were too powerful to ignore anymore. Her only desire by this point was the same as Merril's had been: an unquenchable thirst for more that would only end when she could no longer stand.



Meanwhile, the real Adel was enjoying an intoxicating feast back at the inn. Merril had already passed out next to the tub from her own dreamscape experience, and was now twitching on the floor from the repeated orgasms she had endured. Katerina would join her, eventually, but not before Adel finished feeding.

"Oh it tastes as good as I imagined it would." She constantly repeated that phrase during the feast, her voice rising each time until, finally, she reached her high with an enthusiastic proclamation. "Shall we dance, Katerina?" My steward dragged the comatose wolf demon out of her tub at that point, swinging her around the room in a naked waltz. Her partner was screaming all the while, orgasming in the real world every time she did in her mind. But the two maintained that one sided ballroom of sexual tension and domination for five, whole minutes. They knock over furniture and antiquities in the process until, finally, Katerina succumbed to her overwhelming pleasure. She had reached the end of her energy reserves right at the side of her bed: a development which only made her partner frown.

"Done already," Adel asked in disappointment? The silence she received was more than enough of an answer, so she set her wolf demon down on her bed until the morning. What was only five minutes her had been five days for the wolf, after all, and Miss Adel didn't want to break her newest toy. No, instead she would wait at Katerina's bedside until she woke, keeping a watchful eye on all that might harm her.

After all, the deal wasn't yet finished, and Silverstein was still a valuable piece in the temptress's romantic plot between myself and Robin.

Being with a woman was a whole new thing for the wolf, but she was enjoying every minute of it. The woman on her lap, Adel, made the wolf demon’s warmth between her legs unbearable. Katerina moaned softly into Adel’s lips as she kissed her as her hands roamed the pink haired woman’s body.

A gush of wind suddenly hit the wolf’s face, and in that moment she was somewhere else. Katerina was no longer with Adel any more; she grew confused. Where was she now? Where was Adel? Panic rose within the wolf as she looked around; there was nothing there. When Adel’s voice spoke within her mind, her panic eased. When she finished speaking, a great lust arose within the wolf demon, along with the appearance of a man. “Nicolaus?” She asked aloud, she hadn’t seen him in so long. His hands were soon on her and she didn’t think about anything else. She didn’t question the fact he was there while he kissed her. His hands caressing her body. Her body answered soon after, her first climax of many to come.

Adel’s voice entered her mind once more. She couldn’t concentrate that long on it. The man made her climax once more as he moved in and out of her body. Her head fell back and her eyes closed. She didn’t know why this wasn’t Jax, but she didn’t care. The man was making her feel so much pleasure, and she didn’t want it to stop.

Nicolaus soon moaned out, and climaxed with her this time. The wolf’s eyes opened once more, only to see a different man. “Naota…” She moaned out as Naota flipped her over, and started to thrust within her. He kissed her back while he grabbed her breasts making her moan. This made her forget about the change. She couldn’t stop herself from the pleasure she was feeling. It was so incredible, she didn’t want it to stop no matter who it was. She soon felt lips on hers, her eyes opened for a moment to see Nicolaus. She moaned against his lips as Naota continued to thrust within her.

Soon her memories would become hazy. She wasn’t sure what happened next. All she would remember when she woke was the great pleasure she felt.

As the sun shown between the curtains, the wolf’s eyes soon fluttered opened. She didn’t know how much time had past, but she felt exhausted. Her eyes looked around for Naota and Nic, instead she found Adel, cuddling next to her. The memory in the tub soon hit her. She gasped and sat up in bed, her hand pulling the blankets over her.

“Adel!? What happened?! …. I mean… It was amazing….” Katerina said to the pink haired woman, startled. She didn’t know what time it was or how she got into bed. The last thing she remembered was being in the tub with Adel then the two men; Naota… and Nicolaus. Katerina sighed, it was all a dream. She remembered the power Adel had.

Swallowing, she noticed a taste in her mouth, what the hell was that? Her eyes moved to Adel and narrowed. “Why wasn’t Jax in that thing you put me under?” She asked.

The wolf demon soon noticed how high her arm was sitting on her stomach. Her eyes slowly moved down, and a gasp escaped her lips. Katerina yanked off the blankets, and she stared wide eyed at her now grown belly. She looked as if she was seven months pregnant. For a moment, Katerina had forgotten Adel was still there. Quickly, she put the blankets back on her. Her fiery red hair matched what she was feeling. “Adel, what the bloody hell did you do to me!?” She said in almost a panic. She looked barely 3-4 months pregnant coming into this town, now she looked like she was going to be due in only a month or two.

Of course, that intention was short lived. Adel was normally a vigilant predator. She rarely let her guard down, and was always sure of her company in the rare instances she was willingly relaxed. But that trait of hers only applied when she was sober: something she was definitely not after putting Katerina to bed the night of their copulation.

The race of shapeshifters that Adel belonged to could not get drunk off of alcohol like the humans they impersonated. Liquor didn't have the same inebriating effects on them: an advantage they relied on for picking up bar patrons. However, feeding too heavily from said patrons could still cause drunken effects for the feeder in question. If they were to gorge themselves on the emotions and sensations of enough individuals, they would become just like any other human after having one too many drinks.

That was exactly what happened to Adel. After both of her lovers were asleep, she entered a sort of intoxicated trance. She didn't clean up after herself, like she normally did in circumstances like that, and instead took to preparing beds for everyone in Silverstein's room. She brought some extra blankets from downstairs to set Merril on, tucking the girl's nude form in so she wouldn't get cold, and then went to straight to bed with Katerina. There, she cuddled with the sweat drenched wolf, spooning her under the covers before hibernating until the morning.

That's right: Adel stayed the night. Like so many other members of her race had done before their untimely demise, she risked remaining with her latest partner till the morrow; and it was only by sheer luck that she did not suffer the same fate as her siblings. By chance, the people she had attacked downstairs awoke with nary a memory of what exactly happened to them the night before. Their wives came to the bar to fetch them, too, distracting from any attempts to search the upstairs cabins. In fact, the inn was so noisy from the shouting of scorned spouses that followed that the Winking Mermaid became busier before dawn than it normally was all day.

Adel, meanwhile, never really slept during that time. Even though she was heavily drunk, her mind was always wandering; her hands always moving. In fact, while Merril and Katerina slept, the diminutive temptress was raiding her spooning partner's dreams, peeking in on the woman's most mundane complaints. All the while, she was subconsciously changing things about the wolf's body in an effort to "help" her. She accelerated the Katerina's pregnancy, for instance, delicately cradling her stomach after the transformation was complete. She also improved the health of the babe itself so that Silverstein would have no need to worry about complications from the advanced schedule.

Katerina would wake no more than an hour after these changes were complete, though in a far more sudden manner than the Adel probably expected. My steward still clung to her when she tried to recoil, stuck to her like a snake with bed head. In fact, despite Katerina's best efforts, the hung-over dwarf failed to loosen her grip. Instead, she only blinked awake after the third question had been asked of her, having been partially removed from reality until she felt her partner's anger.  

~I think I ate too much,~ Adel said while still naked and attached to Katerina. The pink haired woman took a bit to process everything that had been asked of her, but eventually answered while still hugging the squirming wolf. ~Mmm. As I said, you probably didn't love Jax. Your heart is confused whenever you think of him, which usually means one thing: not true love. As for your stomach, you were complaining in your dreams all night long about having to lug around a cow because you weren't producing milk for Evangeline. I decided to help you with that, so I accelerated your pregnancy while you slept. I also checked on the baby to make sure she was healthy. Didn't want you to have any complications as a result of my meddling.~ At least, that's what she could remember. She had altered the wolf's body in other ways too, but simply couldn't recall how. Rather than try, she just put one of her hands to her head to stabilize the throbbing, then removed herself from Katerina's side.

In the process of that removal, the woman ran straight into a wall. Her stance was obviously disoriented as she tried to stand up after leaving the bed, even though she still managed to somehow conjure acceptable attire in that state. ~I can tell you're upset, so I'll leave you be,~ she said while awkwardly walking toward Merril in the aftermath of the clothing ceremony. She picked the still sleeping girl up upon reaching her destination, slung her over her shoulder, and then opened a portal to go back home. She just about left then without waiting for Katerina to tell her to stay, and only stopped once she remembered her other reason for following that wolf demon. ~Before I go,~ she said to her lovely vixen in this moment of clarity, ~there is something that might interest you, or rather someone. If you're feeling like meeting the woman who could potentially be Natsumi's wife, I'd suggest a visit to the Mori household in the gardens district of Nisshoki tomorrow night. I'll leave a portal by the well outside just in case you're feeling up to it, but be cautious not to be seen if you go. Natsumi will skin us both alive if she sees you.~

With that, Adel vanished, taking the innkeeper's daughter with her. She would play with the girl again another time, but not in Katerina's sight. No, the wolf needed some time to recover, to process what she had just been told. She would go to see Robin when she was ready, but only after getting used to her now heavily pregnant body.

Katerina wasn’t used to waking up besides a woman. The wolf demon was surprised when she opened her eyes to see Adel beside her. For a moment, Katerina thought she would wake up with the two men in her dream. When her eyes laid on the woman, everything came back to her; but only until a glance at her own belly erased the memory once more. She was more shocked about her belly then anything else; she was trying to comprehend that her pregnancy was, clearly, much further along.

Katerina had asked Adel a series of questions, hopeful she would answer them all. Her first words made the wolf demon frown. “Ate too much?”Katerina didn’t understand really what she was saying; sounded like she was more drunk than full.

Adel took a moment to answer Katerina. The answer to her question about Jax upset her; she instantly regretted it. She knew she loved Jax, no one could tell her otherwise. She didn’t believe it; she couldn’t.

The mention of her belly brought the wolf demons attention to her body. Her boobs did feel a bit more tender, her breaths seem shorter and in bursts, and her lower stomach aching a bit. Her mind made her eyes glanced down at her covered breasts; they were quite larger than the night before. She didn’t know whether to be thankful or angry with Adel. The wolf demon could now nurse her daughter, Eva. Even though that now she had less time to enjoy her pregnancy.

Feeling Adel move, her eyes went back to her; her eyes straying a bit to her naked body. That was until she hit the wall. “Are you drunk?!” Katerina asked surprisingly as she watched Adel stumble. “Are you okay?” The wolf demon was a bit worried. Holding her blanket to her chest she leaned forward. It looked like Adel would fall over at any moment. The pink haired woman announced she was leaving; the wolf was a bit grateful. She had mixed feelings about the situation.

The woman’s next words caught the wolf off guard. “Wife!?” Katerina shockingly voiced. She wasn’t sure if what she said was real. The wolf demon smiled; she had to know about this woman in Natsumi’s life. Hopefully, she was a good fit for the fox. Natsumi was a unique woman; her life was much different than others.

The wolf demon’s thoughts were pushed away by Adel’s next words; making her sigh. Couldn’t she just make her way there on her own? The wolf demon hated portals and teleporting. “Alright.” Katerina reluctantly agree.

The last sentence that Adel spoke before she left, made Katerina frown. She wanted to meet the woman when she went there, but the wolf demon decided not to go against Adel. If the the fox and the new women were having a moment, she didn’t want to ruin anything.

Getting up from the bed, Katerina made her way towards the mirror. Her eyes trailing from her breasts to her stomach; where her hands ran up and down. “No way..” Katerina thought when she realized her waist was much bigger; her pants wouldn’t fit her now. “Crap…” Katerina said while leaning down to pick up her clothes. All the while, using the bed as support. “This is just lovely… Thanks Adel. Thank you very much.” The wolf demon threw her pants onto the bed.

Next, the wolf needed to see if her white top fit her. Putting it on, she couldn’t even button it. “Are you fucking kidding me!” Katerina voiced annoyed while tossing her shirt onto the bed along with her pants.

Blue eyes danced around the room, looking for something she could use. The wolf couldn’t go out naked. “Damnit..” She grumbled when her eyes landed on her hooded cloak; the image of a dress coming to her mind. “I’ll get you back for this, Adel…. No matter how… freaking amazing last night was.” Katerina said while she grabbed her cloak.

Looking at the cloak before her, she needed to make it into a dress. Step by step. Katerina made her dress; Ripping out the string at the neck, and tearing two arm holes. Next she threw on the cloak and overlapped the front of the cloak and tied the string between her belly and breasts.

After she finished dressing, the wolf quickly stuffed her clothes into the bag and headed out the room. It wasn’t long before the wolf made it to the portal; she was excited. That was until she reached the portal. A sigh escaped her lips; she hated the feeling caused by quick transportation. Pushing her thoughts aside, the wolf stepped into the portal. The wolf demon gasped as she was brought out the other side. “Holy Shit…” She cursed as she put her hand over her chest. “Hate doing that.” She said.

When the wolf exited the portal, she was hit with the different smells of the area. Along with the wind that hit her face. A smile came to her face when the scent of the fox hit her, mingled with another’s. “That must be her.” The wolf demon said quietly to herself.

The scent of the fox helped the wolf find her location; she moved downwind as she moved along the roofs. Her ears soon picked up the faint voice of the fox, making Katerina stop in her tracks. Her eyes looked at the buildings below, her eyes soon spotted the two as they exited the house. “Whoa..” Katerina thought as she quietly moved along the roof. The woman was human; the wolf could tell from her scent.

The wolf demon wished she could her what was being said below. She could only hear mumbled voices. Soon the wolf had to drop from the rooftop to keep following them; the drop a bit unpleasant due to her new weight. She had never seen Natsumi act the way she did in that moment; Natsumi had put a blanket over Robin and healed her. What shocked her most? Robin touched her and Natumi didn’t seem to mind. “I can’t even get a damn hug from the woman..” Katerina thought with a mental laugh. This girl was very special, and beautiful.

Katerina smiled as she listened to them. She continued to stay down wind, kept hidden in the shadows of the night and behind some trees. Her mind thinking of the woman before Natsumi; who was she, what was she liked, how could she get them together, and how Natsumi needed someone romantically.

Her thoughts were soon pushed away when she heard the girl talk about painting said to Natsumi. It was the most romantic thing she had ever heard anyone say. “Awww! Natsumi!… You have to marry her!” Katerina wanted to scream out at the two with her excitement and decided it was best to keep quiet. “You need happiness, Natsumi, and I think that girl can give it to you.” Katerina paused in her thoughts with a smirk. “Operation Fox and Birdie is in effect!”

Seeing them slowly fall asleep, the wolf demon slowly stepped back; she didn’t want to make a sound. “Now it's time to go home and think of a plan for these two love birds.” With that thought, the wolf demon headed back to the portal and back home.