Leave the inn

Alea wasn't certain how much time had passed, just that by the time she was finished with her marathon fuck-session she was both hungry and thirsty. Despite spending most of her time in bed, she wasn't sure if she'd gotten any sleep. Based on the light coming in through the window it was daytime and Alea remembered she wanted to scope out the Throbbing Immortal Fist School to see if she could learn anything about the trials she'd be attending soon.

Somebody knocked on the door, and Alea had one of the three betas peer through the eyehole to see who it was.

"A big, tall alpha. Lots of muscle on her." The beta reported.

"Sounds like Yadra." Alea muttered. "Buy me a minute."

The betas slipped the door open, not bothering to clothe themselves in the process and leaving little doubt about how they intended to buy Alea a minute.

Alea picked Jenna up off the bed by the ropes. Alea finished draining the last of the Resolve she'd put into the beta, leaving Jenna even weaker and more submissive than before.

That done, Alea rummaged around the room for Jenna's loosest robe. She quickly found something and untied Jenna's legs so she could walk. A second rapping of an axe handle against the door told Alea to hurry, so she pulled the shirt's top on.

Jenna's arms were still bound behind her back, but her shirt was loose enough it merely looked like she was standing with her arms close to her side. After a bit of examination, Alea determined an onlooker wouldn't be able to see the ropes without looking very closely. Yadra wasn't known for such close examinations, so Alea called that good enough and splashed a little water on Jenna's face to wake her up before getting the door.

"Hey squirt! Jenna!" Yadra said as soon as Alea opened the door. "Don't tell me you two are going to sleep the day away? Just because we've sold the bandits doesn't mean we don't have more to sell still."

"You're right." Alea said. "And I'd still like buy get a cultivation vessel's tattoo for Thali." Alea jerked her thumb to the beta behind her. She was laying on the ground, snoring, with Alea's fluids still dripping from her snatch, now completely free of a cock or balls.

"Well, looks like you're growing a spine after all, Alea!" Yadra laughed. "To be honest, if you asked me a month ago how I thought you'd end up, I'd have said you'd become a beta for sure. But this Resolve cultivation stuff seems to really suit you!"

Yadra gestured to Alea's swaying cock, which had grown a few fingers longer of the span of the night.

Alea blushed and hastily put on her own clothe.

"And Jenna..." Yadra frowned as she looked at the daughter of her employers. "I can't help but think you look a little bit different..."

Jenna shifted uncomfortably, but her hands were still bound behind her so she could do little more than shuffle on the bed.

"Aha! I got it!" Yadra pointed a finger at her accusatorily. "You're hair is wet! Having trouble waking up?"

"Yeah..." Jenna said. "I thought some water might help."

"Not as much as fresh air!" Yadra laughed, then picked Jenna up by the shoulder and hauled her to her feet.

Afterwards, they roused Thali, who didn't bother getting dressed and followed Alea to the door.

"Bye! Come back again soon!" The three betas at the in waved at Alea.

"I know I will, you sluts!" Yadra chuckled. "I can see why Alea and Jenna slept so late now."

Yadra shot Alea a glance, and Alea frowned thoughtfully at the look. Yadra had an unfamiliar expression on her face, and Alea couldn't quite place it. Just as quickly as it appeared, the expression vanished, and Yadra wore a confident and boisterous grin once again.

The group quickly made it to the edge of the inn, but a feeling of nervousness crept out of no where and poked at the corners of Alea's heart as she gazed out the open door.

"What's wrong, mistress?" Thali asked.

"I... don't know." Alea put a hand to her chest and felt the rapid thumping of her own heart. Something was screaming at her not to leave the inn.

The sensation was so strong that it felt like a physical barrier had been erupted in front of her. She couldn't so much as push her hand through the doorway.

Yadra waited on the street just beyond the inn's door. "Whacha taking so long for, Alea? We don't have all day."

Alea remembered what the shopkeeper in the Number One Weapons Shop Under Heaven said.

"Go to the inn and stabilize your cultivation. Do not leave until the trials begin."

As she remembered the words, the sensation of terror at the thought of leaving the inn doubled in strength.

Was that really it? Was Alea really so terrified of disobeying the orders of one random shopkeeper?

That thought scared Alea more than anything. A beta could be compelled by the lingering wishes of their mistress, but Alea was a free and independent futa. Her destiny and choices were her own!

And now Alea was a cultivator at the fourth layer of Resolve Condensation. She was already a powerful futa, and she knew her path wouldn't stop here. And she certainly wouldn't be frightened away from her bath because she was scared of a doorway.

So Alea braced herself. She cycled her Resolve through her legs , waist, and mind, preparing herself.

She took that sense of dread and squashed it in her mind before springing forth with all her strength. She shot forward and the sense of fear increased as she got closer to the doorway. But the **** of her charge kept her moving forward, afraid or not. Just as quickly as it had come, the fear faded. She was through the doorway and back onto the streets of Hardrock.

"Well, okay then." Yadra snorted. "Come on squirt! Let me show you how an alpha haggles with a tattoo artist!"