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79 - Penetrations

Breann gawked at the capri when the rest of the party arrived at her cottage at the edge of the forest. Although she had her shop in the city, she didn't want to live in it and preferred peaceful nature around her. 'I am becoming very curious about you all now.' she said as she tried to remember anything about construction magic that could resemble the unique mounts.

Iphigenia chuckled. 'I'm not sure if we have time for the whole story, but let's just say Ulric knows things not of this world.'

Breann looked at him with a curious smile. 'Mmm.. I've seen a lot of things over the years, but you are special.'

He raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't think you'd have seen that much when you're still so young.'

She nearly purred as she ran her fingers along his ear. 'I know ways to keep my youthfulness.'

He chuckled. 'I'm not going to ask something that's impolite.'

She looked at the girls. 'That's some gentlewolf you have here.'

Elzbieta cleared her throat and put her hand in his neck. 'That is correct. So, can we begin talking about what we came here for?'

Breann giggled. 'All right, come inside and I'll tell you what I know.'

She gathered everyone around the table in her living room and placed a book on it. 'The reason why Sorcis sent you to me is because I came across some information about a secret gateway to the demon lord's residence a long time ago, and during my research I met him.' She opened the book on a page with a drawing of a stone ring. 'I showed him what I had found, but it was only after knowing me for years that he revealed one of the pieces was held in the royal castle.'

'You had never seen one before?' asked Valdys.

Breann shook her head. 'Even the information I have here was hard to come by. The ring was divided a very long time ago and each part sent off to different places in secret, but over the years people discovered one of them, or servants saw them and gossiped. Putting all those little bits together took time, but with this I have some clues on where you might find more artefacts.'

'You trust us enough to tell us?' asked Iphigenia.

'I trust Sorcis enough to help the ones he trusts.' Breann pulled out a folded sheet from between the pages and revealed the map drawn on it. 'These are the possible locations.'

Valdys leaned closer and pointed at two of the marks. 'We already have those.'

Ulric examined the marking spread out over the world map. 'We're in for a very long trip. And then we still have to recover any pieces that are in the demon's hands.'

'Not to mention that we're now branded as criminals.' said Elzbieta. 'Even if we somehow could prove we're not, people won't easily believe it once they heard the opposite.'

Iphigenia looked at Rachael and Handil. 'At least you two weren't listed, so you can go about freely now.'

'About that.' said Rachael and looked at Handil next to her. 'I'd like to join you.' She looked at the others again. 'For one, to take back what Sorcis entrusted to me, and second, to defeat them and prevent their plans as my way of taking revenge.'

Iphigenia glanced at Handil. 'It will be dangerous.'

'I know, but I feel I have to.' Rachael said and took Handil's hand in hers as she looked at her lover again. 'I'm sorry, but I can't simply go back as if nothing happened. Even if it is to fight the trolls at home.'

Handil gave her a quick smile. 'I understand. That's why I want to come with you and give all the support I can.'

'Are you sure?' said Iphigenia. 'You're risking your life, especially when you're not used to fighting.'

Handil looked at her with determination in her eyes. 'I can't go back and worry about Rachael for who knows how long until I hear from her. Or from someone else in the worst case scenario.'

Iphigenia glanced at the others, and Ulric gave her a nod. 'If you both understand what it means and are sure, we won't turn you away.'

Rachael and Handil gazed once more at each other. Rachael knew she couldn't refuse her foxy girl, nor did she really want to. 'We're sure.'

Ulric stroked Susi's head. 'Let's draw up a plan.'

***

Iphigenia pointed at one of the marks on the map after going through all the information Breann had gathered. 'So we head here?'

Ulric read the notes on the vampire controlled country again. 'We'll first need to figure out a way in, what with their huge border walls and cliffs blocking access.'

'You can try talking to the one who escaped and spoke of a special stone.' said Breann. 'It was difficult enough to make him speak of what I wanted to know, but maybe you'll succeed in finding out how he passed the walls.'

Ulric looked at the others. 'We should sneak when it's dark again.'

Valdys put her hand on his arm. 'Yes. It'll also give us some time to recharge, my love, but we'll have to be quick because nightfall is coming soon.'

He gave her a quick nod and laid his paw on her hand. 'Indeed. This may be the best opportunity before we face whatever danger we may encounter on the trip.'

'If you need any restoration potions, I have several.' said Breann.

Iphigenia chuckled. 'We have a special method that only works for us.'

'Oh.' the wizard said and thought about asking more, but figured they couldn't tell her.

'We'll need a quiet and private place for the ritual though.' said Valdys. 'Anything good nearby?'

Breann thought for a moment. 'There's an old ice cellar that's no longer used. It's at the clump of trees farther down the path here.'

Ulric looked a little doubtful with one ear to the side at Valdys, who giggled. She pat his paw. 'It'll do, my love. I don't need much more than you, after all.'

Iphigenia embraced Elzbieta's arm. 'We're coming as well. We both can use a boost after that last fight.' She looked at the others. 'Anyone else need one?'

The other girls blushed and shook their heads. Kaui fiddled with her thumbs. 'If only we had more time and there was no need.'

Ulric chuckled and placed a kiss on her forehead. 'Yes. But maybe we'll have time later.'

Rachael and Handil shared the same puzzled look with Breann, but thought the party was strange enough to have their own unusual methods.

The three girls and Ulric arrived soon at the trees and the small dome made of stone covering stairs leading underground. Elzbieta shone her flashlight around when they reached the bottom, and lit up the separate holds where they used to store the ice. 'It really is chilly enough down here to store ice.'

Iphigenia ran her hand along Ulric's back. 'We'll soon feel hot enough.' she said, and laid down the thick blankets they had brought with them.

Ulric kissed each one of his beauties while he undressed them, and licked his lips as he gazed at the hard nipples on their breasts as the girls stood before him. 'I can't complain about what this temperature does to certain parts of your bodies.'

Iphigenia giggled and booped his nose. 'Don't expect us to live in the cold all the time, Wolfie.'

Elzbieta put her hands in her sides. 'Nor to wait long for you to give us your warmth, darling.'

He chuckled and pulled all three of them in his embrace. 'I'd only ask for the cold if it means I could constantly keep you all warm.'

Valdys kissed him. 'Good answer, my love.' she said and slipped her hand along his growing dick. 'Now stoke up the fire and give us what we need.'

He growled in her neck. 'The pleasure is all mine.' he said and lowered himself enough to slide his hot tongue all over their cold breasts and replace the reason for their nipples to be hard.

The girls moaned softly as their chests warmed up in the shared rising arousal, and ran their fingers through their lover's fur on his head and in his neck, while he growled more in hunger at the taste of their skins and their scents filling his nose. The glow in their bodies descended with his attention to them and they wriggled their hips when his muzzle brushed their pubes in turn, and the tip of his tongue sought out the familiar shape and taste of their hardening clits.

Deeper moans and growling filled the stone chamber as eager hips pressed more against the hungry predator's muzzle and paws and claws gripped and caressed three pairs of tight buns. Iphigenia gripped Ulric's head. 'Take me now, Wolfie.' she breathed while her heart pounded and her mind swam around. 'I'm about to come.'

He sat down on his knees and she straddled him, kissed him deep, then sighed in satisfaction as she lowered herself onto him and pressed her mound down hard against his hilt and gripped him tight with her abdomen. She rode him slow to savour his hard flesh rubbing against her tight insides, while he growled in increasing pleasure and licked Elzbieta's and Valdys's wet slits, and massaged their eager pussies deep inside with his fingers.

The triple stimulation echoed between the girls like their moans against the cellar walls, and Ulric's lust for them reached its peak again. His low growl resonating through the chamber and their bodies as he came and filled Iphigenia's depths triggered his girls to lose their minds in their climax.

He held Elzbieta and Valdys upright on his fingers while they leaned on his shoulders and their pussies pulsed around the soaked parts of his body. Iphigenia kissed him sloppily while the heat inside her abdomen spread out into the rest of her body. 'So good, my Wolfie.' she whispered.

Ulric bit gently in her lips. 'It's all thanks to you girls, my sweetie.' he whispered, and kissed her until they were ready to switch places.

Valdys laid down on her back and Ulric moved between her spread legs, slipped inside her with ease, and pressed hard against her as she clung to his neck. 'Fuck me as if you won't be able to for weeks, my love.' she breathed.

Ulric growled in amusement. 'All right.' he said, bit her in her neck and pounded his hot dick hard into her willing pussy. Valdys cried out in startled pleasure along with Iphigenia and Elzbieta, and gripped him tight with her lower body.

The bloodwolf instincts stirred at the lustful cries of his helpless girls, and Ulric growled on the edge of the predator mind, the carnivorous and carnal hunger spilling over into the link. Valdys gasped when it kick-started her lifeless heart and it pounded as if to catch up on all the years it had laid still. She gripped his dick so tight, Ulric didn't even have time to feel his climax coming. He roared when he came hot and hard into her, and sent the three of them again into a void of bliss.

He had to let them catch their breaths as they lay on the blankets, and gently licked his bite marks in Valdys's neck. She smiled at him and stroked his cheek when she regained her senses. 'You brought me back to life for a moment, my love. Now I really want to find out if you could bring me permanently to life when this is all over.'

He gave her a kiss. 'I'd be very glad to try, my dear.' he said, and pulled slowly out of her.

Elzbieta pushed herself up on all fours. 'If you want to ravage me as well, go ahead, darling.'

He chuckled softly, moved behind her, gave her no mercy by sliding his dick into her red and dripping pussy and forced a sharp moan out of her, then pulled her back by her hips against him as he sat up on his knees. 'I'll torture you by having you endure it slowly, my proud and naked elf.' he growled in her ear, and grabbed her breasts as he ground his dick into her.

Elzbieta moaned in his strong embrace while shocks of electricity filled her chest with each pinch and pull on her nipples. 'So rough, darling.' she moaned.

Ulric growled more in her neck and bit her gently. 'I wonder what they would say if they ever saw the lust in your face, my dearest elf beauty. Or if they knew how much you love the dirty things I do to you.'

Each image in her mind of being exposed for who she really was washed shame over her along with intense arousal. Although she had confessed she had sex with her bloodwolf lover, she dared not reveal just how much she wanted to be used by him to any outsider. But the thought that it could happen thrilled her to her core. She moaned louder as she squeezed around Ulric's dick and saw the knowing grins of lust on her fellow harem sisters' faces. Ulric sensed her tension around him, growled louder in her ear, and slipped one paw down and between her legs, and pinched her clit.

She cried out as the sudden flash of lightning shot though her, and Ulric came inside her as she trembled fiercely in her orgasm.

The lovers relaxed for a short while before the girls licked and sucked the mix of their juices from Ulric's ever ready dick until he was clean, and he washed them with the water from the two large sacks he had carried on their way here, and they dressed before their arousal became strong enough again to continue sharing their carnal desires.

When they arrived at Breann's cottage, Kaui came out and blushed hard when she hurried to Ulric. 'Master, will you hold me when I let go of my block? Please?'

He gave her a loving smile and ran his fingers through her curly hair. 'Of course, my cutie. It's the least I can do.'

Iphigenia giggled. 'Don't make too much noise though.' she said, and went inside with Elzbieta and Valdys.

Kaui looked up at Ulric, then down. 'Oh no, I might embarrass you if I do.' she said and placed her hands on his chest. 'Maybe it's better to forget about it.'

'Nonsense.' said Ulric, pulled her tight, and kissed her hard.

She let go of her block and her moans of three quick shared orgasms were muffled by the deep kiss. She sagged a little in his arms and kissed him until she regained the strength in her legs.

She smiled softly at him. 'Thank you, Master.'

Ulric nuzzled her small snout softly. 'It's a shame it didn't last longer.'

She giggled. 'But then I'd want Master to take me right here and now.'

He grinned a little. 'And I likely would, so unfortunately it's for the best.'

Kaui stepped back and looked at the cottage. 'The other girls want to do the same now, Master.'

He took a deep breath in a burst of masculine pride. 'Let them come out in turns then.'

***

The asylum stood near the city wall in a quiet neighbourhood, and a high, iron fence surrounded it. Ulric didn't expect it to look like the ones in horror movies, but was still a little disappointed at the reasonably bland look of the mansion, with two wings connected to the main building in an H shape. He observed it with Valdys and Breann from a dark corner outside the fence. 'It seems rather large for this city.'

'That's because it houses most of the patients in the country.' said Breann. 'That's why I met that escaped slave here, despite that he was found almost at the other side of the country.' She pulled a sketch of the floor plan from a pocket. 'He's in the left wing and in the basement, cell fourteen.'

Valdys and Ulric memorised the location and the route drawn. 'If we don't encounter anyone, we should have little trouble entering and exiting.' said Ulric.

'It should be a rest period now, so little chance of meeting any of the staff.'

Ulric looked up at the spiked fence. 'Here we go then.' he said, gripped one of the iron bars and placed his hind paw against the one next to it, and suppressed his groan as best as he could as he pried the two apart.

Breann gazed with wonder at the bars as they bent. The only one she knew that was strong enough to bent those was a berserker after gorging on every kind of potion and magical boost. She wished they could stay longer so she could study him, but knew she could only hope for them to return after their quest was finished.

Ulric tested the gap by slipping through it, and held out his hand to Valdys to help her through. 'We'll return as soon as we can.' he said to Breann.

She nodded. 'Be careful.'

The two crossed the garden lit in the grey-blue light of the ring and moons, moving along the shadows underneath the few trees between the fence and the building, and stopped at a side door in the middle of the nearest wing. Ulric listened with his ear against the wooden door for any sounds, and gave a nod to Valdys. She poked her hood, and Trixy's ghostly form slipped through a crack of the door.

She returned a little later, gave the okay sign, and her skeleton part performed her finger unlock trick on the door's lock.

Ulric sneaked in first and surveyed the tiled and candle lit hallway, and beckoned Valdys to follow. The only open door they passed was the one of the laundry room, and Ulric had to close his nose at the lingering strong smell of wet cloth and soap until they reached the central intersection with the hallway along the length of the wing. With only silence surrounding them, they went along the hallway to the main stairs, and went down into the dimly lit hallway of the basement, where locked gates did not stop them for long.

At the door to cell fourteen, Ulric peered through the eyehole into the darkness of the cell. 'I smell a very dirty man in there, but I can't see him.'

Valdys twisted her flashlight until it gave a faint light, and handed it to Ulric. 'Try this.'

He shone the light inside and spotted the faint image of a bed and someone lying on it. 'There he is.'

Trixy unlocked the door, and they moved cautiously inside. Ulric went up to the bed and nudged the man. When he mumbled and blinked his eyes, Ulric pushed his paw over his mouth and held him down before he could make a sound. The man stared at him with wide open eyes of fear.

Valdys came close and gestured for him to stay silent. 'Shhh, we're not here to harm you in any way. We only hope you can answer some questions for us, do you understand?'

The man nodded slightly and quick, and Ulric pulled his paw back slowly. The man gazed from the bloodwolf to the pale woman and back. 'Who are you?'

'That's not important right now, but if you help us we might help your people.'

'My people? Who?'

'Aren't you the one who escaped from the neighbouring country?'

'I'm only here to escape from the bugs.'

Valdys glanced at Ulric. 'You weren't a slave from the vampires?'

The man cackled once. 'Oh no. That's the guy who was here before me. I heard he was taken farther down.'

'Farther down?'

The man nodded and grinned, and pointed to the floor. 'The special ones are moved to the basement cells.'

Valdys looked at Ulric. 'We'll just have to go there.' she said, and he nodded. She turned to the man. 'Will you stay silent?'

He nodded. 'Of course. If I make too much noise I'll attract the bugs.' He frowned. 'I don't like the bugs.'

Ulric moved slowly back, and the man kept quiet, and they left the cell. Valdys pointed at a steel door at the end of the hallway. 'Let's have a look there.'

Her hunch was correct, and the door led to stairs going down. Ulric went in front again, and stopped at the bottom of the stairs where they encountered a wide hallway and wailing from various cells. The first priority suddenly became the two troll guards sitting at a table in a larger space in the middle.

80 - Reaching Ends

Ulric and Valdys slipped into a niche close to the base of the stairs.

'More trouble.'

he growled.

Valdys took a peek.

'If we attack them even when they don't see us, there'll be more trouble afterwards when they're found as they'll want to find out who broke in here.'

Clanking of a latch came from a door behind the trolls, and a man and a woman dressed in long white robes stepped out of a cell. 'We're done for now.' said the woman to the trolls, and one of them stood up with a grunt and went to the cell with a keyring, while she and the man headed towards the stairs.

Valdys leaned back into the niche against Ulric.

'They're coming our way and we have no place to hide!'

Ulric pulled her around and pressed her against the back of the niche.

'Stay still.'