“Welcome back,” an elven archer greeted with a wave.
“Are you alright? You’re back awfully early.”
“Any luck finding your friend?”
“Not yet,” Clover answered shaking her head. She got off the horse with Daniel dismounting after, the two walking past the elves who closely followed behind them and over to the campfire where Sheal lowered her head slightly with a quiet murmur.
“You know you can go inside if you want,” Daniel spoke up. “You don’t have to stay out here day and night like this.”
“I don’t belong in there,” Sheal raspingly replied shaking her head. “It’s okay. I’m fine staying out here. I don’t mind. At least here nobody will be upset for me keeping a fire going.”
“Daniel?” Alyssa asked walking over to him. “Why are you back so soon? Did something happen?”
“I had to come back,” he answered, bringing the witch closer and holding her near. “I… I’ve been neglectful with my duties as your mate. My family needs me right now. I can’t put that aside any longer.”
“Daniel,” Alyssa whimpered, grabbing hold of his arm and nuzzling closer to him.
Daniel lifted the witch up into his arm and kissed her, the girl holding onto him closely while the elves behind were watching curiously.
“One man is really the mate of all these girls?”
“Even Clover’s?”
“Clover, you really share him with them?”
“No,” Clover said shaking her head. “They share him with me. They had him first after all. I’m just lucky to be chosen as his and allowed to be with him as well.”
“I’m sorry,” Daniel said breaking from the kiss. “I’m sorry for not being here when I should have been. I was so focused on not losing another one of my mates that I pushed all of you aside in the process. Please forgive me.”
“It’s okay,” Alyssa replied as she hugged him around his neck. “We know you wanted to find her before something bad happened to her. I’m just glad you’re here now. And I’m really glad for that kiss, I’ve missed you so much even when you were here.”
“I missed you too,” Daniel said as he set her down. “I missed all of you. Tell me, where are the girls right now?”
“Falla and Luna are in the bedroom,” Alyssa answered looking down with concern. “Falla… she’s still in pieces after losing Squeak. All this time and she still hasn’t managed to find the strength to get out of bed. Specca’s in the library, nose deep in a book as usual. Though I think many of Twilight’s tomes have a few tearstains in them now. Kitten and Pip are out searching for Kroanette.”
“No they’re not,” an elf interjected. Everyone turned to her as she pointed behind them, with the group then seeing Kitten standing near a tree while watching them with a wagging tail. “Your demon friend landed there just as you rode into camp.”
“Kitten?” Daniel asked.
“How did she see me?” Kitten demanded with a stomp of her foot. “Goddammit, how sharp are the eyes of elves anyway?”
“I actually heard you,” the elf called over before she tapped her ear. “These big ears aren’t just for show you know.”
“Kitten? What are you doing over there?” Alyssa asked.
Kitten flew over to the group and landed in front of Daniel, the cambion smiling weakly with a shrug at him before looking down to the crying fairy in her chest with a dull grimace.
“We were searching for Kroanette as my master ordered, but this one again broke down into a sobbing wreck. I was going to continue the search before I spotted my master returning. Sorry, master, but I got curious seeing you coming back so soon. Is everything alright?”
Without a word Daniel pulled Kitten closer and kissed her, freezing the cambion with a stunned squeak while her wings swooshed open wide behind her. Sheal tilted her head curiously as she saw Daniel holding Kitten close, the embrace finally coming to an end as he backed up and saw the demon staring at him with a deep blush.
“Master…”
“I wanted to come back and see my family,” Daniel answered.
“Your family,” Kitten repeated. “Oh, right. So, you mean Triska then? Was that kiss for her?”
“And you,” Daniel corrected, with Kitten gulping while her tail quickly wagged behind her. “I consider you both as my girls, Kitten. Your current standing with your co-mates aside, you’re still part of this family and I have missed seeing you as well.”
“You… have?” Kitten faintly replied with a growing smile.
“Of course,” Daniel replied with a nod. “Should I lose you I would be just as distraught as I have been during these past few days.”
“You would?” Kitten stammered out. She squealed and hopped about excitedly on her feet while the elves backed up a bit as her wings swung around near them.
“You just made her day,” Clover mentioned.
Kitten jumped around with joy before Daniel grabbed her hand, the girl looking to it then him as he showed a faint smile briefly before he reached into her bosom and took hold of Pip.
“Master…” the cambion purred with a blush.
“Pip?” Daniel asked as he brought the fairy closer.
“Daniel?” Pip whimpered. She quickly lunged onto his face with swiftly beating wings, the tiny girl whining and nuzzling against the bridge of his nose while Daniel could very easily see the gloom in her eyes.
“Daniel! We couldn’t find Kroanette! I don’t know where she is! I couldn’t find her or her boobies! What if she’s… what if she’s… what if she’s…”
“She’s going to be fine, Pip,” Daniel assured, gently taking the fairy off his face and holding her in his hands. “She’s going to be just fine. We’re going to find her and bring her back safely. We will not lose her, I promise.”
“I miss her so much,” Pip sniveled as she held onto his thumb. “I hope she’s okay. I really do.”
“Me too, Pip,” Daniel agreed as he lightly brushed the fairy’s hair. Glancing to Alyssa he saw her eyeing over his sword and shield before catching his gaze. “And the others? Where are they?”
“Cindy’s inside with Snapper and her mother,” she replied, turning to the open doorway of their home for a moment before over towards the nearby landscape beneath them. “And Doku and Star are keeping busy down there again today.”
Walking over to the edge of the bluff Daniel surveyed the area with a quiet sigh. Before them in what was once the centaur homeland of Koskaysil was now a massive scar that occupied the space where a monster kingdom had stood before. And between the giant crater in Eden and the hill that he stood upon was a large encampment of elves that had taken refuge in the land. Tents and slants were erected and spanned all over the base of the knoll where campfires were set and elves were seen moving about. Some were running between their camp and the woodlands to the south and west while others were standing guard at the base of the hill to keep their people from disturbing the ones who rescued them from The Sisterhood.
“How are they doing?” Daniel asked.
“They’re doing just fine thanks to you,” Clover commended.
“They’re better survivalists than we gave credit for,” Alyssa added. “They foraged the surrounding woodlands for fruits and animals to eat, fashioned shelters to sleep under, and brought fresh water to their people from the river that runs to our south. They had pretty much made a new home for their community in less than a day.”
“We’re used to living off the land,” Clover humbly admitted. “Drop us in the middle of nowhere and we’ll thrive just fine.”
“Your friends have been an amazing help though,” an elf from behind spoke up. “Your shaman has been healing our wounded. Your twin-tailed neko has been helping our hunters. And you, Daniel Sorres, have lifted the spirits of our people to new heights.”
“Me?” Daniel asked looking back to her. “But I haven’t spoken to them at all since they arrived here. I haven’t done anything.”
“You saved us,” another
elf dearly said. “You saved us from The Sisterhood, from those horrible demons that enslaved our people and murdered our priestess. Your name has spread to every single elf down there in that camp. Everyone, mother and child, sends their prayers to you in thanks for all that you’ve done. You’re our hero, Daniel Sorres.”
“Hero?” he softly repeated.
“If it wasn’t for you we would all be fucked,” Clover told him. “I would have died long before reaching my home again and my people would have been doomed to being slaves of war by those murderous fuckers. Every elf here, myself included, owes you their life.”
Daniel turned his gaze down towards the encampment of elves, taking in their words and coming to realize how many lives he had touched by embarking on his quest.
“If it wouldn’t be too much to ask,” an elf hesitantly spoke up. “I’ve been very curious. What became of The Sisterhood’s leaders? I heard from our rangers that you challenged them to combat in the name of our salvation. What happened to them? Did they… did they flee with their accursed followers?”
“Something happened to them,” Clover mused while watching Daniel closely. “Right, Dan?”
“Yeah,” he agreed with a slow nod. “Kitten? Please go down there and tell Doku and Star to return home. I need to speak with all of you right away. We have much to talk about.”
“As you wish, master,” Kitten replied with a bow. She flapped her wings and took off into the air, flying out ahead of the group then swooping down towards the elves with a swift glide.
“A succubus flying down into their camp, and not a single scream is made,” Alyssa pointed out. “Now that’s something I never thought I’d witness.”
“Your demon friend is quite revered amongst our people as well,” an elven archer commented.
“We’ve seen her flying around this land, watching over us and reporting back to Daniel Sorres here. We know she’s with him, and find great comfort knowing a succubus is protecting us as a personal slave of his.”
“Personal slave?” Daniel repeated with a startle. “Wait, who told you about that?”
“She did,” an elf answered with a shrug. “That’s actually how she’s been introducing herself to our rangers. She is, and I quote, ‘your personal bitch’. If I may ask, how in Eden did you make a succubus your bitch? I swear, every time we hear something new about you it just blows our minds away.”
“Has Kitten really been going around telling everyone that?” Daniel tiredly asked.
“I think she’s just trying to brag to everyone that she’s yours,” Alyssa reasoned with a roll of her eyes. “I overheard her yesterday telling a few elves about how you fucked her into submission and made her your slave.”
“How did that conversation even come up?”
“She just brought it up,” Alyssa dryly replied. “Just started talking about it out of the blue. And she really went into detail about how you raped her senseless too. Like, stretched it into an hour long tale.”
Daniel sighed and shook his head before seeing the elves now staring at him with wonder and noticeable blushes.
“Is that how you accumulated so many mates? Did you fuck them all into submission?”
“Clover too? Oh my god. Clover? Is this true?”
“You bent Clover to your will by raping her to the point she lost her senses? You animal!”
“You brute!”
“You beast!”
“You bastard!”
“Why are you all saying that while smiling at me?” Daniel asked as he saw the elves showing nothing but excitement and eagerness towards him now.
“Our savior is a horny warrior,” one of them purred.
“With never-ending lust and stamina. His seed must be divine just as he is.”
“How many more women did you plan on subduing? Is there no end to your lustful cravings?”
“Are we next on your list? Are we all going to be blessed by our savior now?”
“Surely he wouldn’t… subdue us all, would he? Or would he?”
“Oh my fucking god, our people are going to be so pumped! And I mean that in both the figurative and literal way!”
“Hold it!” Clover shouted at them. “Don’t get the wrong idea here! Dan’s already got his mates and that’s us, we’re not taking in any more girls! The only ones he’s going to be fucking senseless are us!”
Daniel lowered his head, covered his eyes, and shook his head with a quiet exhale while Alyssa glared at the elves as she nodded in agreement. The women sulked and pouted as Clover stepped closer to Daniel’s side and firmly grabbed hold of his hand that she held near, with Daniel keeping Pip close to his chest and feeling the elf squeezing his hand tightly now.
“She’s right,” he had to agree with. “I’m not looking to take in any more mates. Please don’t go around spreading those rumors with your people. The last thing I need to deal with right now is a horde of lustful elves who all have the wrong idea about me.”
“Very well, if you say so,” an elf reluctantly replied.
“I do indeed,” Daniel said before leading Clover towards the carriage. He stopped next to the campfire and noticed Sheal just watching him from under her bangs. “Sheal, you need to come inside with me now.”
“What?” she exclaimed with a hop. Her eyes quickly looked down to his crotch then back up to his face and around at the girls. “But… me? But why? You… you just said that you weren’t going to… that you wouldn’t… I… I’m not worthy of such a blessing, I’m really-”
“Not for that,” Daniel corrected shaking his head. “I’m going to be explaining to my family what happened during that night in Green Haven. I want to know more about what happened between you and Squeak when we were separated.”
“I already told the girls everything,” Sheal insisted. “They can fill you in on what happened.”
“And now you can tell my man everything,” Clover retorted. “Including any other questions he may have for you. He said you need to go inside with him, do as he says.”
“But…” Sheal worried as she turned her eyes back down to the fire. “I don’t… belong in your home. In… Squeak’s home. I’m not worthy of that. I shouldn’t…”
“Sheal, please,” Daniel gently requested. The salamander glanced up to him as he gestured towards the open doors. “I’m asking you kindly. Please come with us and tell me everything that happened with you and Squeak. I want to know what my mate did before… we made our last stand together. And I want to hear it from the one she treated like a trusted friend. Please.”
Sheal paused for a moment then slowly nodded and stood up, eyes nervously looking away from everyone before peeking back at Daniel.
“If I do, could you help me understand something that I want to know?”
“What’s that?” he asked.
“Why did Squeak save me?” Sheal wondered with a saddened frown. “Why… why did she save me of all monsters in that forest? Why did… why did she think I was worth the trouble?”
“I have a pretty good idea,” Daniel answered with a shrug. “Based on how you’ve been behaving with us these last few days, I’d say Squeak was right about you. Come, let’s go inside and sort everything out together. Squeak considered you a friend before she died. That’s good enough for me to invite you into our home.”
“If you say so,” Sheal worried as she again lowered her head.
Daniel led Clover into the carriage with Alyssa and Sheal following after. The elven rangers watched them enter the small ride with amazed looks before turning to one another in question.
“I still can’t wrap my head around how that little cart is able to hold so much inside.”
“That man and his mates can do anything and make anything possible, I swear.”
“He said he was going to talk about the battle. Should we go in and listen as well? I want to know what happened.”
“Don’t you dare,” another sternly warned. “Our heroes have done more than we can ever repay them f
or. We shall not defile their generosity and kindness towards our people by showing such disrespect.”
“Clover will tell us what we need to hear. Until she does, back to your posts. Do not let anyone disturb our heroes while they commune in their home.”
“I suppose you’re right. Still, I do wonder what it’s like.”
“Living in a mind-boggling home that defies all fucking logic?”
“No,” the elf giggled with a blush. “Being taken as a mate by that man. Clover, that witch, that demon, all these strange and nice girls who have cared for us. If one man is able to subdue all of them into being his mates… what would having sex with him be like?”
“I can only compare it to one thing,” another reasoned with a shrug. “Having sex with a warrior from the heavens. Honestly, I do fear he would destroy me should he take me to bed. He has the stamina and strength to fuck all those girls by himself. If I was alone with him I’d be fucked to death, no question.”
The elves nodded with immoral grins to that thought, all of them obviously imagining such a thing as they walked off-balance back to their positions around the campsite while giggling and purring to themselves as they became noticeably distracted from guard duty.
*****
Inside their bedroom Daniel stood before the shelves that held small framed pictures of scenery and marble pottery, as well as the fragment of Twilight’s key that he gently picked up and distantly gazed at. Sitting on his shoulder Pip watched the artifact being tilted around in his hand before they noticed more of their family entering through the archway. Doku and Star walked into the bedroom, both turning their heads slightly to see their mate watching them with a solemn expression before passing by towards the bed. Behind them Specca and Triska walked in, the nixie wiping her eyes behind her glasses before she looked at Daniel with a worried glance. Triska gently pushed her forward towards the bed before stopping and leaning against the archway as she rested her eyes on Daniel. Feeling as though he had everyone’s attention now, Daniel set the artifact down and turned to see a large gathering of monstergirls waiting for him to speak.
Sheal kept to herself while sitting on the floor near Triska, the salamander having her legs tucked up close to her chest and tail wrapped around her feet. Sitting on the cushioned stool by the mirrors Specca gently straightened out her skirt while keeping her eyes on Daniel. Cindy was seated on the edge of the bed with Snapper in her arms, the youngling again having her face buried in the girl’s sandy bosom as she growled and chewed on her with a small buzz of her wings. The sand wraith’s expression was of sorrow just as many of her co-mates displayed, her saddened eyes and quiet demeanor bringing out a concerned look from Felucia as she stood beside her daughter while gently petting the girl’s head. Next to Cindy was Clover, the elf having an arrow in her hands that she fiddled with while she kept her eyes locked onto Daniel with heightened interest.
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