Evening in the Palace

Mary lay in bed, curled up on her side with her knees folded up near her chest. She had been lying there for a while, trying to fall back asleep but couldn’t. She felt overwhelmed and exhausted. She realized Brooke was right and that she wasn’t in the best place mentally right now. She also wasn’t exactly sure what was wrong either. About half an hour after Brooke left, there was a faint knock at Mary’s door, followed by the hinges creaking slightly. Mary’s back was to the door, and she didn’t turn around. It’s probably Sam. Brooke said she would send her my way. Without turning around, as the visitor got close, Mary said, “Hi, Sam.”

The visitor sat down on the bed quietly behind Mary. She spoke in a tender voice. “Sorry, but I’m not Sam. I could go fetch her if you’d like.” Mary was surprised by the voice and rolled over to see Freya looking down kindly at her.

“Freya? What are you doing here?” Mary asked while sitting up.

“Believe it or not, taking care of your mental wellbeing is part of my job description. At least helping to take care of it.” Freya continued to smile.

Mary couldn’t help but get lost in her smile as she just stared at Freya. It was only after several seconds of silence that Mary realized she was staring and blushed as she looked away.

Freya chuckled, “Do you want to talk about whatever is wrong?”

Mary weakly shrugged, “I’m not really sure what’s causing this. It might just be burnout.”

Freya gave Mary a look that said, ‘Do you really think I’m stupid?’

Mary defensively replied, “I really don’t know. I’m stressed a lot from a bunch of things, but it isn’t like any of them is the cause, at least by themselves. This is everything piling on, I think.”

Freya reached out and gently stroked Mary’s hair just once. “You really are clueless sometimes. Would you like me to tell you what I think is causing this?”

Mary considered Freya’s offer for a moment and nodded. “Yeah.”

Freya smiled. “First, I should mention we have an eavesdropper at the door. Why don’t you come in, Samantha?”

Mary looked towards the slightly ajar door, sniffed the air, and could definitely smell Sam on the other side of the door. Realizing she had been busted, Sam slowly pushed the door open. “Sorry, I wasn’t exactly meaning to intrude; I was just coming to check on Mary… then I heard you talking and… well, looking after Mary is part of my list of things to perfect, so I felt like I needed to hear this.” Sam walked over and sat on the bed next to Freya. “I also knew you would be okay with me doing that, Mary.”

Mary just nodded. “It’s fine. So what’s my problem, Doc?” She directed the last part directly towards Freya.

Freya hesitated. “It’s… I think this is about your dad.”

Sam looked confused. Mary looked uncomfortable. Sam asked, “Could you explain, Freya?” Sam glanced towards Mary. “Assuming you are alright with it, dear.” Sam put a comforting hand on Mary’s shoulder. Mary nodded as she pulled her legs in against her chest and rested a cheek on her knees.

Freya said, “Very well. I’d like to preface this with: this is just my educated opinion, but part of my job before this season was to observe Mary’s life rather extensively. There have been several times in Mary’s life after her father died that, despite being genuinely positive events, have caused Mary to break down into tears. Also, just random things that reminded her of her father have done that as well.” Mary was pulling in on herself as Freya kept explaining, but didn’t attempt to stop her from continuing. “From what I could tell, it was mostly out of a feeling of disappointment that her father wouldn’t be there for certain things. I would hazard a guess that Mary is feeling down regarding her dad never meeting his grandchildren, or Allie, or you, Sam. Eventually, I think it would be most, if not everyone, in the harem.”

Sam got a little sullen thinking about that, as she definitely understood where Mary was at. “Oh.” Then Sam had a burst of inspiration and perked up. “OH!” Her eyes went wide, and she got excited, slightly startling Mary. Sam asked Freya, “Could you tell me something? Is Mary included as part of the harem for my Ancestors TF? It’s weird sometimes she is included, and sometimes she isn’t when it says a member of the harem. Sometimes it calls her out specifically, and I don’t know why.”

Freya considered the question. “I’m uncertain, but if she’s not, you could likely get an upgrade to include Mary’s ancestors.”

Mary frowned, looking up. “Wait, what?”

Sam beamed. “You already got to meet my dad; even if it was brief, I was thinking maybe yours would be able to visit and meet me and see our eventual children. If nothing else, you could always copy that TF from me.”

Mary pulled Sam into a hug as tears ran down her face. She didn’t say anything for a while. Sam wrapped her arms around Mary, holding her gently. Freya made to leave, but Mary’s hand shot out, and she wordlessly grabbed Freya’s wrist. Freya resumed her seat and shifted to hold Mary’s hand. It was several minutes before Mary let go of the two and wiped her face with the covers.

Sam cupped Mary’s cheek. “Hey, it’s okay to cry.”

Mary sniffed and nodded her head. “Thank you. Thank you, both. Freya, you’re right, I think. Sam, thanks for the hope, even if it doesn’t end up working.”

Sam smiled, “Anytime, love. Allie thought you would need to ugly cry before this was all over.”

Mary half-chuckled, half-sobbed, “There’s still time for that.”

Sam asked, “Do you want me to sit with you?”

Mary nodded. “Yeah, maybe hold me.” Mary turned to Freya. “Thanks for checking on me. I really appreciate it.”

Freya nodded. “I’m happy to help. Rest well, Mary.” Freya gave Mary’s hand a gentle squeeze, stood, and left, shutting the door behind her. Sam slipped under the covers and pulled Mary into her arms, and they lay there for some time, with Mary eventually drifting off to sleep.

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Several hours later, and a bit past lunchtime, Mary woke up in Sam’s lap. Mary had transformed into her dragon form and shrunk down to the size of a small house cat, and had coiled up in her lap. Mary let out a yawn and felt Sam absentmindedly stroking her scales with one hand. Sam was looking at something on the room’s tablet, which she held in her other hand.

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Sam put down the tablet, hearing Mary stir. “Feeling any better?”

“A bit, but I still feel down.”

Sam reached down and held Mary’s tiny squishable face in both hands, and only through extreme effort did she not squish Mary’s dragon cheeks together. “If you need to talk or just a place to relax, I’m always here for you.”

“Thanks, I appreciate it.” Mary reverted to her humanoid form and rested her head on Sam’s shoulder. “Any word from the others?”

Sam shook her head. “Not so far.” A moment later, Mary snapped her head towards a window, and then Sam snapped her head in the same direction; soon after, with a worried look on their faces, but they couldn’t tell immediately why. Sam noticed what they had done first and said, “Mary, did you suddenly feel like something was amiss?”

Mary nodded, “Yeah… but I don’t know what.”

Sam stared off in the direction that both had been alarmed by and stroked Mary’s hair to soothe both of them. “Hmm… Mary, mind if I go get something and come right back?”

“Umm… not really, go ahead.”

Sam got up and rushed out of the room, and a few minutes later returned with a large map and a compass. She laid out the map on the table and put the compass down on it. Then she rotated the map so it would be aligned with the compass properly. “Oh, shit,” Sam swore quietly.

Mary got up and moved over to the table barefoot. “What’s the matter?”

Sam pointed in the direction both of them snapped their heads towards. “That direction is the Temple of Chastity. I think something happened to them.”

Mary said, “That has to be a coincidence, right?”

“I don’t think so,” Sam said, shaking her head. “You snapped your head towards there first. I felt the need to do so a moment later. If Isa got incapacitated, then, Allie, it would explain it. Our hoards would be in danger.”

Allie tilted her head to the side. “You can sense that?”

Sam nodded. “Yes, I also have a vague sense of where my hoard is, and an even vaguer sense of where your hoard is. Like how I know you haven’t done as I asked and gotten rid of your hoard of our panties but simply moved it to that drawer.” Sam pointed towards a drawer in Mary’s wardrobe.

Mary awkwardly looked away like she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar and rubbed the inside of her cheek with her tongue.

Sam sighed, “I’ll deal with that later. The point is, yes, I can feel that Allie is vaguely in that direction.” Sam waved in the direction of the temple. “Laura is that way.” She waved in another direction. “You are right here, but if you weren’t, I’d have a vague sense of your direction. I just knew you were nearby with both of us in the castle, but yesterday, while you were out dealing with the infected, I could vaguely tell your direction. Focus on your hoard that contains Allie.”

Mary considered her hoard of mothers and lovers, and dread came over her. Something was wrong. “Okay, I see your point. Why didn’t I feel it when you were incapacitated then?”

Sam shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe because the other team did something that obscured my location, maybe because I got infected. I’m not sure. I’m just about as new to being a dragon as you are. We might not get an instant sense about our hoard.”

“Hmm… I guess I could sense you when I tried yesterday, and even as a cowgon, you seemed to be able to sense me, as you would redirect towards me when I altered my course.” Mary said, stroking her chin. “Give me a second.” Mary reached out to Laura. “Laura… Laura… Mary to Laura… please come in, Laura… I desire to speak with you.”

“Mary? You feeling any better? Also, why don’t you have to treat me like a goddess to reach out to me like this?”

“Because I’m your Mistress, and the intended direction of worship in this relationship is from you to me. That’s not the most important thing right now, however. How long until your group is done?”

Laura let out an exasperated sigh. “We’re in the orb chamber filling the stupid thing full of mana. But we have to keep the mana flow approximately constant, and we can’t go above a certain level, or it will actually cause the orb to lose mana; same if we stop feeding it mana or just not enough. Talia can’t even use her time shenanigans to help. She estimates another hour or two.”

Mary frowned. “Darn. Sam and I just got a distressing feeling regarding parts of our hoards. Specifically, the feeling is coming from the direction of the other group. Sam thinks Isa and Allie have likely been incapacitated.”

“What about Brooke?”

Mary shrugged. “No clue. I’m thinking about going out and retrieving them and bringing them back.”

“Okay, just be careful, and don’t try to do anything dangerous on your own. We don’t need half the team to be incapacitated and not be able to retrieve them.”

Mary sent a nod over the connection and signed off. “I’m going to go get them.” Sam looked at Mary worriedly. “Don’t worry, Sam, I’m not getting into a fight. If there are enemies I would have to face, I’ll pull back and wait for reinforcements. Most likely the temple caused this. If so, I think they will be lying incapacitated outside of the trial. If Brooke managed to succeed, she still might need help getting them back if Sif was in Isa’s storage cage.”

“Just be careful,” Sam said and pulled Mary into a kiss. “I want my next date night with you. So you best not get captured and miss it.”

Mary nodded as she transformed into a dragon and nearly flew out the window before stopping herself, and she extended a claw out to Sam expectantly. Sam sighed and slid off her panties and walked over and put them in the drawer with the rest of the panties Mary had collected so far. After which Mary flew out the window.

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Several hours later, Mary was flying back towards the capital with Allie, Isa, and Brooke in her claws. She landed in the courtyard. The three of them were bound together by rope as Mary was having difficulty carrying all of them. Mary found Laura waiting for her in the courtyard. “Hi Mary, I see they were indeed incapacitated.”

Mary nodded. “Yeah, I found them lying on the floor unconscious outside of the trial door. Mind helping me get them to their bed?”

Laura nodded and untied them and hoisted Allie and Brooke over her shoulder. Mary scooped up Isa after returning to her humanoid form. They went to Mary’s suite and set all three down on her bed. A moment later, they all regained consciousness. Isa rubbed her head like she had a hangover. “Where are we? Mary? What are you doing here?”

Mary looked at Isa and said, “You’re back at the palace. You were all unconscious.”

Isa replied, “I don’t remember what happened. I was charging into a statue room, and suddenly I was here.”

Brooke smacked her cheeks a few times to make herself feel better. “Yeah, you got a lightning breath weapon hitting you dead on. Allie didn’t last much longer. I only survived as long as I did thanks to my own healing and the fact that the Sam statue took out the Laura statue to get rid of Allie.”

Laura frowned. “Just great… this means Sadie is going to want the rest of us to go do that temple. She probably will insist that I attempt it.”

Brooke replied, “She’d be right to do so too. Honestly, Laura, you and maybe Talia should go do it right now. I think it would take you maybe an hour to complete. Two hours, including the orb, probably.”

Laura frowned. “I’m not getting a chastity belt put on me.”

Brooke stood, pulled down her pants, and pulled off her panties, handing them to Mary. “Do you see one on me? None of us have one.” Brooke pulled her pants back up. “I’m not saying you can’t get one locked on you there, but you should have no issue.”

Mary asked, “Why is Isa wearing paws on her hands and feet?”

Brooke explained the challenges in the trial and what she thought determined the number of statues they had to face. When she was done, she said, “That’s why I think you and Talia should just go do it, maybe take Mary with you so she can get some XP too. All you have to do is cast your delayed orgasm spell on everyone before you go in, and keep it running until you finish the trial. Between the three of you, you’ll also have no issue with the obstacle course either.”

Laura said, “That assumes that the trials remain the same.”

Mary replied, “We can’t do it right now anyway, and I’m fairly certain they remain the same, or at least very similar.”

Brooke asked, “Why can’t you go do it now?”

Mary answered, “The trials can only be attempted once per day. Still, I think Brooke is probably right, Laura; we should go do it first thing tomorrow.”

“Fine, but I swear if I wind up in a chastity belt because of it, I will make you both pay.”

Brooke shrugged. “Whatever. I’m going to go. I’ll see you tomorrow morning, Mary, unless you want to spar some more tonight?”

Mary scowled at Brooke. “No, thank you.”

Brooke smirked as she left.

Laura asked, “Do you actually have an issue with sparring with her?”

Mary tilted her head to the side. “I wouldn’t call it a spar. I would call it a one-sided smackdown. I sparred with Sam on our first date, and I guess that gave me overconfidence. Brooke doesn’t hesitate to lay me out. She also doesn’t seem to have any hesitation about stabbing me with her rapier either.”

Isa replied, “That’s odd. During training, that’s one of the things that Petra mentioned might be rather hard to get past. It took me a while to realize I wasn’t going to actually hurt someone with the swords, or at least wouldn’t hurt them very much.”

Laura shrugged, “I mean the same is true for punching someone, which, from what we’ve seen, Sam probably got rid of that hesitation for her. I’ll leave you three be unless you need me for something else.” Laura said while looking towards the door.

Mary floated over and up to eye level with Laura and kissed her. When she broke the kiss, Mary said, “I’m going to need your panties.”

Laura rolled her eyes and slipped them off and handed them over. Mary frowned when they vanished from her hands a moment later. Laura chuckled and said, “You forgot about that, didn’t you? Sorry, you can’t add it to your hoard.” Laura said while ruffling Mary’s hair as she left.

Allie and Isa lay there on the bed. Mary flew over and landed between the two of them, then she face-planted into Allie’s breasts while wrapping her arms around her. Allie hugged Mary back and gestured to Isa with her head, inviting her to join in. Isa wrapped her arms around Mary’s waist from behind and gently rested her forehead on the back of Mary’s head. The three just remained there holding each other for a time. After several minutes of silence, Allie asked, “Do you want to talk about it?”

Mary took in a deep breath and pulled away from Allie. “I think I’ll be okay. Freya and Sam helped earlier today.”

Isa asked worriedly, “Would you be willing to tell us what was wrong?”

Mary nodded. “Sure. Some of it really is just being generally overwhelmed, but this was because I’m disappointed that there are so many important moments my dad isn’t around for. In the past ten days, I’ve gotten married, engaged, and become an expectant father to two different women, no less.”

Isa took Mary’s hand in paw mittens. “I’m sorry I never got to meet him.”

Mary squeezed Isa’s paw.

Allie gave Mary a quick squeeze. “You seem quite a bit better. Are you sure you’ll be okay, or do I need to make cocoa and serve up some ice cream?”

Mary smiled. “I wouldn’t say no to some hot cocoa, but yeah, I think I will be okay. Sam came up with an idea that really helped.”

Allie had slipped out of bed and started heating water for the cocoa. She looked over her shoulder and asked, “What idea?”

“Well… that I could copy her Secrets of the Ancestors, and maybe I could actually introduce my dad to all of you, and his grandkids.”

Isa smiled, “That’s really sweet.”

Mary and Isa eventually got out of bed together to join Allie at the table for cocoa. Allie asked, “Mary, I’ve got a good idea of the answer already, but do you want to do anything tonight?”

Mary shook her head. “Sorry, love.”

Allie held up a hand to stop Mary. “Nothing to be sorry for. I understand.”

Isa glanced at the door. “Um… that might be a bit of an issue… for both Allie and me.” Isa delicately picked up her mug with both paws and sipped her cocoa.

“Why is that?” Mary and Allie asked at the same time.

Isa replied, “Well… the clothing limitation. I’m not sure how many climaxes you had, Allie, but even at five during the temple for me, that doesn’t leave me with a lot of leeway.”

Mary asked, “How so? What do you need ten articles of clothing for?”

Isa held up a paw. “One.” She held up her other paw. “Two.” She gestured towards the paws on her feet. “Three and four.” The collar around her neck. “Five. So not ten but five pieces of clothing.”

Allie frowned. “That’s a good point and still more than I have tomorrow.”

Mary said, “Does it really matter with both of you incapacitated tomorrow?”

Isa pursed her lips. “I guess not.” Isa looked away a little coyly. (Isa wouldn’t mind showing off a bit for Mary.)

Mary looked at Isa’s paws. “Care to explain what happened here?”

(Isa would rather die of shame!) Isa hid her face behind her mug of cocoa.

Allie said, “It was part of the temple.”

Isa started going red. (Allie, please STOP! Please don’t tell Mary I picked this option.)

Allie continued, “As Brooke explained, we were locked in a room filling with horny gas. If you climaxed, there was a penalty, and you had to start over.”

Mary glanced towards Isa. “I see…”

Isa breathed a sigh of relief but was still quite red. (Thank God that Allie didn’t tell Mary that we got to choose our own punishment.)

Mary let out a single awkward cough and pointedly looked away from Isa.

Isa swore, “DAMNIT! My traitorous body told you, didn’t it?”

Mary replied, “That you specifically picked out the puppy dog paws to wear for some period of time as a punishment? Noooooooooo… No clue what you’re talking about.”

Isa covered her face with her paws. (Kill me now! Why am I so GOD DAMN HORNY!)

Mary asked, “How long are those on your hands?”

Isa had leaned over the table and buried her face in her arms and didn’t reply. Allie helpfully said, “She either has to give ten orgasms using just her mouth or take it ten times doggy style. Also, if she climaxes, that number resets.”

Mary said, “That’s ruff. Luckily you two have all day tomorrow to deal with that.”

Allie took the three empty mugs and started to wash them. “Yeah, well, I’m not pleased about it. I need to give her a lot of orgasms. So you best be prepared for tomorrow, Isa.”

Isa audibly gulped.

Allie placed an order for a light dinner and then started to make the bed. Mary went and got a brush and started brushing Isa’s tail while waiting for supper. Afterwards, the three turned in early with Allie and Isa both holding Mary tightly from either side.

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Sam and Talia were in their room, both waiting for Laura to swing by after Mary got back. Sadie had left the three of them as soon as she got back from the temple. Talia was waiting impatiently, as she wanted some time with her girlfriend before bed. Sam was nervously waiting, as she wanted to talk to Laura about several things.

When Laura finally knocked on the door and entered the room, she was glomped onto by Talia, and the two fell onto the bed together. Laura laughed, “Talia, what’s gotten into you?”

Talia beamed, “I’m just really happy you decided I could have those two potions. Thank you.”

Laura shook her head. “Just use them responsibly.” Laura then seemed to be slightly annoyed. “I got some bad news. Everyone in the other group was incapacitated, and it looks like at least you and I will be doing the chastity dungeon tomorrow.”

Talia frowned. “That sucks, but I’m willing to bet we’ll be fine.”

Sam chimed in, “If you want, I can go with you.”

Laura shook her head. “Brooke thinks it will be trivial for Talia and me to do it. We’ll probably bring Mary along so she can earn some XP. She’s close to level seventeen, which is when she should get a major upgrade. Come to think of it, what did you get when you hit that level?”

“Umm… I’m not sure.” Sam replied, “My character sheet is locked out while I’m incapacitated, and so I haven’t had the chance to check yet.”

“I’ll bet it’s awesome,” Laura replied.

Talia was repositioning herself to kiss Laura again when Sam nervously said, “Umm… Laura… Talia, can we talk?” Sam’s tone immediately caught both of their attention, and Talia simply plopped down next to Laura. After seeing that she had both of their undivided attention, Sam continued, “I talked with Allie about us.” Sam was having trouble finding the right words.

Talia came in to assist. “Because of the agreement you have with Allie, you can only be with one of us, and you were only particularly interested in Laura in the first place, right? I’m not offended, Sam, nor do I have a problem with it. I might be a bit disappointed, but it isn’t an issue.”

Sam breathed out a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Talia. That wasn’t everything, though… last night… I was visited by a spirit. Her name was Laura…”

Laura mouthed, ‘motherfucker’.

Sam hesitantly continued, “Yeah… she openly admitted she didn’t approve of a lot of your choices, Laura, but I did get the feeling she was trying to be helpful and that she cares even if she disapproves.”

Laura asked, “What did she tell you?”

“That… well, that you… Her exact words were that you had started to turn Brooke into your devoted plaything… as… as well as me.”

Laura frowned. “Sam, you don’t honestly believe her. You don’t believe that I would do that?”

Sam cringed slightly as she spoke, “Not deliberately, but the spirit can’t lie to me. As I said, I don’t think the spirit was trying to be malicious, but I can’t say that it isn’t happening at all. I have said or thought things like ‘goddess, damnit’ recently. If the spirit was talking about you inadvertently converting Brooke and me, I could believe that. I don’t believe even a little that you would do that on purpose, though.”

Laura frowned. “I suppose that’s possible. Especially if eating me out can cause that.”

Sam nodded. “I wanted to bring it up, especially since I’d like to see where things go with you.”

Laura perked up, “Really?”

Sam nodded, “Yes, but…”

Laura’s shoulders sagged. There’s always an annoying but…

Sam continued, “I want to know several things.”

Laura said, “Alright, shoot.”

“I guess the biggest one is: what will you do if I end up becoming your worshiper? I know you and Talia are having an issue because of this.”

“I… I don’t know.” Laura replied, “I know I don’t want to end things with Talia. Brooke seems to think that Talia sitting me down and teaching me my own teachings should help things.”

Sam nodded, “I would like to be in on that lesson so I also know what I’m signing up for to some degree. I’d also like to know what you see this sort of looking like both short and long term.”

“Short term, I figure we’d kind of just date and see how things progress. Long term… I’m not sure, but assuming we last to long term, then partners of some kind.”

Sam wasn’t totally satisfied with that answer but let it be for the moment. “Okay, last question: are there any existing restrictions you’ve agreed to with Talia, and are you expecting any restrictions on me?”

Laura said, “There are a few, mostly involving romantic partners, but sexual partners too. I’ll write them all down for you, though Talia and I have revised this a few times. So keep in mind that it’s a work in progress. I don’t really have anything I expect from you on that front, unless you expect something from me about that.”

Sam said, “I might, but I doubt that it’s relevant. So… do you want to see where this goes? As a couple? Also, do you need to talk to Ellen about this?”

Laura said, “Yes, and no. I want a relationship with you. Ellen’s and my relationship right now is… complicated, and we’ve already established we aren’t putting limits on each other. I’ll be telling her about us for sure, but the only limits she would ask for are things you do regarding her.”

The tension seeped out of Sam’s shoulders. “Okay… so… I don’t know about either of you, but I haven’t climaxed today…” That was when Brooke and Sadie walked into the room.

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Brooke went looking for Sadie after she left Mary’s suite. It took her a few minutes of asking the castle staff for information on where she was and how to get there. Eventually, Brooke found Sadie in the palace library. “Hi Sadie, we need to talk.”

“Hi Brooke, and about what?” Sadie replied, slightly surprised by Brooke’s sudden appearance and demeanor.

Brooke spun the chair across the table from Sadie around and sat down in it backwards. “Care to tell me what you’re doing up here? All, by, your-self?”

“I’m doing some research. I’m looking up area maps for the different areas surrounding the locations we think the other team’s base is located, but I don’t like your tone.” Sadie replied harshly, “What are you trying to imply?”

“So you know how one of my transformations helps manage relationships?” Brooke asked, mostly rhetorically, but Sadie nodded all the same. “Well, that doesn’t just include romantic ones. It includes things like rivalries.”

“What are you getting at?”

“Yesterday, to help Laura and Talia with their relationship, I asked Mary to assign their relationship to me to maintain. The thing is, Mary decided she wanted to know something about how my transformation works. So she assigned me something else first. Specifically, the rivalry between you and Chloe. She had no intention of keeping me assigned to that; she just wanted to know what I felt like I would have to do.”

Sadie nervously looked up at Brooke and swallowed. “What exactly is the point of this?”

“I get information about that relationship, how to maintain it and keep it in proper shape if it gets damaged. I also get an inkling about major choices either party is considering that might help or harm the relationship. Like the choice to be a backstabbing bitch, proving Chloe’s view of you as a conniving cunt accurate. So… anything you’d like to tell me?”

Sadie was swearing internally: Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit. She must know… wait… if she knew, she’d probably be calling me out on the specific lie. She must have just gotten the feeling I was considering it. That was probably before I decided against it.

Sadie sighed, “Fine, yes, I didn’t tell the truth about my hint to the entire group.”

Brooke raised an eyebrow, not sure what that had to do with the idea of backstabbing the team. “What was your hint?”

“There would be a chance for last place besides Mark and Mary on each team to betray their team for substantial personal gain. I already decided I’m not doing it, and mentioning it would just cause discord amongst the team. Please don’t go tell the others.”

“Hmm… I’ll consider it, but I think you should come clean to the others.”

“They won’t trust me.” Sadie retorted, annoyed.

“Maybe…” Brooke replied skeptically, “But you’re missing the bigger picture here. Right now Ellen is in last place on the other team. From what Talia said, Laura and Ellen have a way to communicate. If Ellen could coordinate with Laura when the betrayal happens for maximum damage to the other team, maybe there is something we could work out with her. Just a thought.”

“I’d rather just not mention it at all.” Sadie replied, “Besides, Chloe would likely still hold me responsible for Ellen’s betrayal if I told Laura, and Laura persuaded Ellen.”

“Fine, your call. I won’t rat you out unless you actually betray the team.”

Sadie let out a long sigh of relief. “Thank you. I would appreciate it if you could fix Mary’s rulebook before we attack the enemy team’s base. I have a feeling that the opportunity will happen during the attack, and I don’t want to have to choose between breaking the rule to try my best or betraying my teammates.”

“I’ll see what I can do. Now, you should come back with me, as I’m fairly certain Laura is going to want to sleep with Talia and Sam tonight. So let’s go figure out how this is all going to work tonight.”

Brooke really didn’t give Sadie a choice as she walked around the table and started pulling her by the arm towards her room.

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Brooke had heard Sam’s words and said, “That’s actually a really good point; I haven’t gotten off either since Mary said no. I would prefer to be able to wear clothes tomorrow.”

Brooke was looking at Sam. “If you wouldn’t mind helping me out again?”

Laura frowned. “We were having a conversation before you barged in, Brooke.”

“Then you should lock the door if you want privacy. This is my room too for the night.”

Laura’s frown turned into a scowl. “How about this instead, assuming Sadie is cool with it: I’m ordering you to take her back to her room, and you’re to go to town on that fairy pussy until I’m done in here and have to go to bed myself.”

Sadie said, “Umm…” Then she went scarlet and gave the smallest of nods. Brooke noticed, though, and did an about-face and was dragging the now floating Sadie behind her at a rather dangerous speed.

Sam could hardly believe what Laura had done before Brooke was long gone. Sam asked, “Laura!? What was that?”

“A gift she didn’t deserve,” Laura said, scowling. “Brooke already indicated she was interested in being ordered to go down on others now. Her TF doesn’t require her to eat out the person ordering her for her to desire to follow that order. She’s already eaten Sadie out too. Besides, I’d very much like to be able to spend an evening with two of my girlfriends. Especially my newest one.” Laura said seductively as she walked over to the chair Sam was in and pulled Sam to her feet and then onto the bed.

Sam was finding it very hard to concentrate on anything else but the divine treasure beneath her, as she laid further claim to it as part of her magnificent hoard.