The hive expands already?

Thankfully, Chelsea recovered a moment later, but in that same moment Linda realised what had happened: Chelsea was now a part of her, no longer an independent being.

Linda felt the odd sensation of both feeling horrified at the notion that she could spread her consciousness so easily, and horny at the thought of being able to subsume other bodies into herself and gain new holes for her to use.

Taking a few deep breaths with all three of her bodies, her two bodies at the store walked over to the cashier's counter where Chelsea's new coworker Erica was on the till, and the only other person on staff at that time, Susan, the manager, was supervising and training her.

It was only the work of a moment for Chelsea to brush up against both women, which Linda did before stopping herself to think about the implications. After all, her dick was throbbing, Susan was a fox, and Erica, as she found out right after absorbing her, had a side gig making bank showing off her ridiculous curves on various subscription sites.

As she drove home with her new purchases, she did reflect that she now had the slight problem of having far too many holes for one cock. Plus, if she was going to indulge her new tool, she should probably get some protection, so, finding traffic much lighter going the other way, she swung into a pharmacy.

She had intended to be quickly in and out, just grabbing a box of condoms, but when the cashier handed her the receipt, her hand inadvertently brushed his. Thankfully, there wasn't a line so his quick fainting spell didn't hold anyone up, but when he came up she found herself in possession of a body and mind that had previously belonged to a well-muscled, well-hung guy named Benjamin. As with Chelsea, Erica and Susan, she left her Benjamin body at work and resolved to be very careful about not touching anyone else just yet. That was easily enough done at the clothing store, where Susan could approve a managerial override to let them all use the store's gloves, but as Ben she went on break and asked his manager if he could work in the back the rest of his shift, saying that the bright lights of the store floor were giving him a bit of a headache. Thankfully, he was usually diligent enough that his manager was quite understanding and approved his request.

Linda made it back to her apartment shortly thereafter, worrying a bit about how she was going to handle having six bodies, though at least four of them already had lives of their own and, having access to all their memories, she could easily pretend nothing had happened, at least as long as she didn't make skin-to-skin contact with anyone.

The two bodies she had at home, however, were partway through sorting through her clothing purchases--she hadn't paid for them yet, using her status as the store manager to let her take them home to try them on before only paying for the ones she'd be keeping--when suddenly she felt a cold sensation against her back. Multiple cold sensations, in fact, across what felt not just like human skin but other surfaces as well.

"Oh, fuck," she said aloud as she found herself in control of yet more bodies. These ones, she knew, would be quite a bit harder to hide.