2 Months in the Umbra.

Slowly opening her eyes and smiling as she stretched her arms, Karen awoke lounged in the grass clearing found in the umbra. Looking around her she could find werespiders, weresnakes and other werewolves sleeping, eating, or playing in the clearing or heading out to hunt or find other monsters to slay. It had been two months for her, two months of just being a wolf in this dream-like paradise. And why not see it as a paradise? It was wonderful, the umbra was a wonderland of the most beautiful landscapes Earth had to offer. She had hunted through pine forests, tropical forests, tundras, savannas, and grasslands brimming with verdant growth. Crystal clear skies that showed day and night on a whim and changed the weather at a whimsy’s notice. In the real world, she was always afraid of breaking something or hurting someone with her strength… But here? Here she could just let go and relax, to just be a wolf and let the complications of her life just melt away.

Smiling sleepily to herself, she rested her lupine head in one of her palms, her saurian tail flicking idly like a cat while her litter of cubs curled up against her breasts and stomach. She took Pam and Bruce’s advice to enjoy the moment, now she was a mother again… And she loved it. Aloe Vera was right; she had been so stressed tending to her children in the real world she never gave herself time to appreciate having more. Seeing Bruce and the others returned with food for everyone, Karen’s smile widened as she picked herself up despite her litter’s protests and sauntered over to the Wolf King, wrapping her four arms around his waist and shoulders and kissing him deeply while the others smirked.

“Welcome back love… Your cubs have been restless.” She swooned, licking Bruce’s nose affectionately while the rest of the pack settled in. Feeling him wrap his arms around her waist and pull her close that her six breasts press against his chest and neck made Karen smile to the point of giggling.

“Hey! Quit hoggin’em Pee Gee, you’re not the ONLY one who gets’em.” Smirked Harley as she nudged the tall krypto-wolf with her elbow. Cradling a swollen belly that jolted against her hands as she calmed the storm of kicks from her unborn litter.

Hugging him more tightly, Karen shared a smile with the albino wolfess, fluttering her eyes and lifting her foot up to play up the ditsy love-struck blonde. “But Harley, he’s like so, totally dreamy!”

Rolling her eyes, Harley crossed her arms, her smirk staying on her snout as the pitch of her voice changed. “Please Karen, now you’re just maintaining a stereo-type.” Scoffed Harleen playfully, tossing her long white hair over her shoulder as she sashayed over to join the others.

“We came back with food for everyone Karen, how have your children been?”

“OUR children are doing well Bruce, hmm but they miss their father’s attention… So does their mother.” She whispered into his ear, licking his face, and taking up his side as they walked deeper into the clearing where the others had gathered their hunt. Joining the others as they ate, Karen returned to her cubs after they stirred awake and cried out for her attention. The massive krypto-wolf fell to all sixes and licked them affectionately before bringing her seven cubs to her breasts to feed. Fluttering her eyes, Karen loved the sensation of nursing her children, swooning as she felt their teeth bite at her nipples and suckle at her milk. Feeling Bruce lounge behind her, Karen sighed as she felt him wrap an arm around her shoulder. Looking over her shoulder, Karen’s snout was captured in a kiss, a kiss she happily moaned into as Bruce spooned close and held her tenderly.

“I should have joined you all in here years ago…”

“I agree.” Replied Aloe Vera, joining the two and crouching down to lounge in front of the couple. “You could have gotten all that stress out of your system, live it up a bit… Smell the roses.”

“Guarding the Umbra is a duty Aloe Vera, one we do fervently.” Answered Bruce, stroking Karen’s shoulder as she rested. “But it does have its benefits… It’s not a burden after all.”

“No, it’s a sanctuary for us, one where we can flourish without harming humanity.” Giving Karen a sly grin, Aloe Vera turned her attention to the other lycanthropes resting in the clearing. “So, Karen, any of the other males catch your eye?”

Blinking back at the response, Karen did not know what to say to that as Aloe Vera’s smile became impish. “W-what? I couldn’t possibly… With someone else? Who...”

Rolling her eyes, Pam rolled onto her back and waved her hand defensively at Power Girl’s reaction. “Relax girl, I’m just offering you options instead of hogging Bruce all to yourself while you’re here.”

“Well…” Seeing that her kids were finally full, Karen sat up and hugged herself at the prospect of being with anyone other than Bruce. “I don’t know…” Looking between the red and black wolves with her, Karen looked up to find Harley joining them after finishing her meal, licking her fingers clean and joining the trio with the bundle of sleeping cubs between them. Grinning at her three lovers and sitting next to Aloe Vera, Harley chirped in. “So Red, did you tell her she can fuck the others yet? Cuz I’m STILL waiting for my turn with Brucie-poo!”

Her eyes going wide, Karen covered her lupine face in embarrassment, her spines running down her back rattled behind her, just as Pam gave Harley a dirty look that made the albino wolfess shrug. “What? YOU want your turn just as bad as I do.”

“Harley…” Moving over to sit next to the larger krypto-wolfess, Aloe Vera pulled down her many hands from covering her snout and pointing towards the other lycanthropes in the clearing with them. “Seriously though Karen, there are a few suiters here you can be with, look over there.” Pointing towards a tall and muscular looking male werewolf with red fur and what appeared to be briar thorns growing out of the back coat of his fur, Aloe Vera whispered into Karen’s ear. “That is Thorn, one of my kids, you might like him… The girls certainly do, oh! And there’s Harley’s twin boys Abbott and Costello.” She gestured to the pair of grey furred male werewolves fighting over a flank of venison from the pack’s hunt.

Staring up at the handsome red furred werewolf, Karen found herself staring but continued to doubt on the matter. Noticing her hesitation, Aloe Vera brought her open palm to her snout and blew her pheromones towards the blonde wolfess, making Karen blink as the pink mist seeped into her skin and made her feel woozy and blissful. “See that big rugged wolf over there Karen?”

Smiling more deeply, Power Girl nodded with a swoon. “I bet he’s just DYING to meet you as you are to meet him, why don’t you introduce yourself?”

“Kay…” Slowly picking herself up, Karen staggered away from the group and made her way over to Thorn who finally noticed the towering Krypto-wolfess when she drunkenly approached and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, collapsing on top of him when her mass shoved him onto his back. Smiling as she watched Karen make out with Thorn, Aloe Vera looked to Bruce and Harley who both gave her a look. “What? She needed a little ‘liquid courage’ to get started. It’s not like she’ll do anything she’ll regret when she sobers up.” Looking back at the new couple, the Wolf King and Queens grimaced when they found Karen smothering Thorn with her cleavage before pulling his head up to one of her breasts, smiling drunkenly as he fought between sucking on her nipple and gasp for air.

“Well… At least she likes him…”