Roxy loves the damn thing, of course we can keep it.

Roxy took to our new friend way better than I expected it took Kay longer but by the time we made it back to report our success she had warmed up to it as well.

We got it a collar and worked on a name, we had to go register it as a tamed monster and again I was thankful for how unfamiliar people here were with the my family's God, the one with most knowledge was the head official and even he was not familiar enough to call me on it.

Rook was the name I went with.

"Rook? That's the name you're going with really."

"Well yeah, think about it, we finally have our fourth member. I was always going to call them rookie, you always tease the new guy and if they don't suck tease 'em good-naturedly."

"I guess, honestly I was fine with never having a fourth member but if we've got to have one, it being this adorable bastard is probably the best outcome, "

"Yep and now we don't have to worry about possible awkwardness with a fourth member because we, well, Were Us. "

"Mir, you make that sound like a problem." Roxy joins the banter, we've been getting her to speak up, more and more, she was coming out of her shell and it was beautiful.

"But we are a problem, but only for everybody else, that's what makes loving both of you so easy. "

"'That we're a problem for everybody else' Kay I love you but you're a menace."

"And you wouldn't have me any other way, would you?"

Oh that smug look on her face drove me crazy and I knew she was trying to provoke me again, wanted me to take her to task in public so she could take me to task in the bedroom.

Sucks to be her because I was going to make it worth it.

"You're right I want you that way, because if you were any less of a pain in my ass I'd feel guilty for this, I know we just got back but we're going to fix a few things."

"Mir, I don't like that tone, that tone scares me, Miranda quit walking away! Come back here!"

"Come along you three I've got to file a formal complaint with your Goddess, and probably your mother. Then work on you breaking formation."

"Mir?!"

"Miranda?!"

"Cooooruuu?" The way it tried to imitate the other two was so adorable.

----

"Roxy I'm too frustrated can you explain to Kay's mother the problem, while I go in to probably get smote."

At the stunned look on her mother's face and both of my fiance's moving to stop me.

'I exchange my fate for yours'

I swapped places with one of the other staff and walked up to the altar.

"Athena!"

Everyone else Frozen in shock as I yelled at their God and stepped up to the alter, a few of them after the shock wore off shifted into a combat stance.

It seems a few of the people here aren't of the renewal aspect.

I idly wondered if it was a war aspect or some other one that could be used for fighting.

'Child I know your anger, but please temper yourself.' Instead of Athena it was my own Goddess.

'Only for you and even then I still will have words with her.'

'Be careful, I can't defend you here, this is her place of power and if she wants to she could shut me out easily.'

I stood there with no response for a moment then I knelt down, placed my hands on the altar as if I were to pray, instead I pumped, not my godly essence, but my own, like I would if I was running dry.

I wouldn't be able to do this if I hadn't become so familiar with the feel of my own essence and my fiance's.

The rituals to form a pact took a little bit of your essence to spark the connection, that same spark is what I was hoping to imitate.

The altar drunk greedily and I was over halfway empty before something happened.

'Ballsy little mortal aren't you. Just like your goddess.' Athena had once again appeared before the Mortals of this church, all the worshipers save the High Priestess and my fiances immediately bowed in full prostration.

"I simply take my Oaths seriously."

'I can see that, 'not let those that hurt them live in peace' indeed.'

"I'm assuming you know what my quarrel is."

'Of course, it was my hope you two would be stubborn enough to stick by her despite it, I never imagined you'd be stubborn enough to take the grievance to me.'

" It seemed foolish of me to try and train out of her The Rage of a goddess, I was hoping the goddess in question would have a solution."

' The template it's already caste, to remove that which burns your angry would remove the blessing that let's her fight alongside you. The one piece of Solace I can give you is that the rage will only hit that hard when you see that infection.'

" Great so she is only going to break formation when we're fighting the most dangerous thing."

'If breaking formation is primary concern, that I maybe able to help. The mark and the rage I can do nothing about.'

"Thank you, I just need her to not lose herself so much in the fight that it gets her killed."

'Not you or your other? The anger and mark are so easily dismissed as concerns?'

"No, because if her actions caused me or Roxy to die I know she would not linger long in this world before following us. Anger, unfair restrictions, and surprise body changes are something we're familiar with however."

'@#$&$ Really did find someone special in you, in the interest of my child surviving long enough to bring more ruin on our enemies I will hear your plea and I will grant you this.'

A searing came from your hand, a line flowing around the palm and front, made up of repeating 'theta infelix' symbols, burned its way all the way down to the bone before healing and leaving a permanent scar with a black tattoo on top.

"Gaahhh! Fuck that hurt!"

The higher pain tolerance from your own blessing is likely the only reason you didn't pass out.

'Take the pain as the light chastisement it is, for the Liberties you took, find joy in the fact I'm fond of you three. Anyone else that pulled the same theatrics would have found themselves a smoking crater on the ground. '

"Thanks, worth it if it helps her."

'It will, you may not like how though, you now hold a leash, use that to force her to behave. It will require your own willpower to help her push through the rage and pain. It needs not essence of either variety, it will run purely on Willpower, the real cost is the feedback you will receive. Take this gift and leave before my patience fully Runs Out.'

And like that she was gone again.

My own Essence was nearly drained.

With that dismissal I stormed out of the temple to the gaping looks of all the worshipers and staff.

I stopped only when I was next to my fiance's and Kay's mom.

"I got what I needed Roxy, did you convey the disappointment I had in the lack of details?"

"I think you did that enough for both of us, uh are you OK Mir."

"Good let's go, we have some training to do before we go on another mission tomorrow."

I left without another word and ignored their calls.

"Mir you didn't answer us, are you OK?"

At least not until they caught up to me, temple long behind us.

It was only when we were alone that I answered, "I will be, fuck, shit hurts, what was I thinking?! I TOLD OFF A GODDESS, fuck. But it worked..."

Rook found his way to me and nuzzled into my side, not understanding, but clearly wanting to provide comfort.

"Yeah it did, you fucking psycho, I was already deeply in love with you before you threatened my mother, then more so after, I didn't know I could love you this much but After watching you tell off a goddess because you're worried about me... fuck.

And now you've got my leash to tug on when I get out of line. I guess if I get to treat you like a toy in the bedroom you can treat me like an attack dog on the battlefield."

Despite how offended I could have felt, I was just blushing and I could see Roxy was too.

"Don't call Mir that!"

"She knows I mean it affectionately. Look at that goofy grin on her face. "

"I think some of that's from Rook."

"Well yeah he's a good boy."

As we devolved into banter all three of us understood it would be okay.

Not yet but soon.

----

"Rox, I need you to go all out in the most annoying way you can."

It was two on one, Kay was going to be my support, Roxy was going to do her best to force her out of position by harassing her.

I didn't need a full simulation of what would happen because I really didn't have infection on hand, but I wanted it at least a little bit of an idea.

It didn't take as long as I thought it would Roxy, had gotten good at reading Kay, it took cutting her favorite bandolier irreparably, but Kay lost her temper and was about to leave formation, instead of me catching it and ordering her back ,giving her a second to reassert her control, I raised the hand with the burned in leash.

And felt all of her anger and willpower struggling, it was difficult to keep a clear head, but I put my willpower on the scale and could slowly fill her coming back to herself.

As discussed Roxy stopped her assault when she saw me raise the leash mark.

"Fucking hell, that was, my anger washed away, good job boss lady." She was more chipper than normal likely a side effect from my willpower joining hers to fight the anger.

However I was having trouble keeping my temperament, and I could tell my own willpower was greatly drained, "Fucking hell is right, Kay you feel this way every time you want to break formation?"

" You felt that Mir."

" Yeah it's like I expected just the actual experience is more, I felt what you felt and I had to put my willpower on the scale between rage and control."

" Sorry about that but yeah that's basically how it always feels. "

" Then I do not give you enough credit when you listen. "

" If that's her normal anger how are you and Kay going to handle a Goddess'. "

" Honestly I'm still going to try but me, you, and Rook are going to have to make different contingencies based on when she loses control. I've got an idea to help me fight the godly rage but I won't be able to test it. "

" Well it sounds like I'm going to be kind of useless for that you three work on it and I'm going to go buy myself a new Bandolier... because that was a sacrifice we had to make today... "

----

We spent the rest of the night making plans before going back home, I was so wrapped up in my contingencies that I forgot about what would happen when I crossed the door.

Roxy didn't and the smirk on her face let me know she had been looking forward to the stress relief.

If I wasn't so single-mindedly focusing on protecting my girls, I would have been looking forward to it too.

Now it was here, I was going to enjoy it.

We shared a chaste kiss before we washed up, the fun only started when I dried off and put on only the apron.

"Roxy, what would you like tonight, I'll make something good so you two we'll have enough energy to use your toy." Just saying that made me melt.

I loved it.

"I want you to make whatever you can manage while I have my fun."

Before I can fully process what she had said, she had me bent over and was plowing into me, my body was puddy in her hands.

She kissed and bit me, caressed and raked her nails over me, forcing the strap in and out the whole time.

" ooohhhmmmmm, gu-uess it's... Guh! Mmm, r-rations!"

" That's fine, enjoying your body is more than worth it."

"Oh Rox, remind me of what I really am."

"Oh, and what are you?"

"Yours and Kay's, I'm yours, your housewife, your toy."

"You got to the good part already, I love seeing this, bring her over here, can't let her slack off of my needs." Kay had gotten home and I hadn't heard her, the joy that filled me at that pushed me over the edge for the first time of the night.

"Ooh god! "

"Our perfect little housewife cumming at the thought of being a good girl for Kay." Roxy cooed into my ear as she led me over.

That would have made my legs weak if they weren't already jello.

"I'm yours to use." was all I said before diving into Kay's waiting lap.

Her moans and hands in my hair adding to Roxy's own actions made me feel like there was nothing that could make this more perfect.