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Chapter 37

The next morning Mathias took the time to fully tend his nest for the first time in months before heading to the shallows where he hoped to see one of the harpies. He had spent more time than usual on nest tending, so once they got to the shallowest area it didn't take long for someone to show up.

Mathias felt a warm glow when he noticed Cora's legs wading towards him through the water. He started to eagerly swim over but slowed as the happiness morphed into guilt. So when he got to her he slowly popped up out of the water to nuzzle into her belly as he let out a soft contrite, "Sorry."

Alarmed, she cupped a wing protectively around him and counted the swarming merlings before asking confusedly, "Why?"

He wasn't sure what to say, but he tried, "I've been acting..."

When he petered off Cora helpfully supplied, "Off?" At his silent nod her demeanor softened considerably. She combed the tips of her talons over the top of his head as she gently told him, "It's okay. Do you want to talk about it?"

Mathias shook his head and pushed himself up further so she could more easily reach the top of his head and he could wrap his arms around her torso. Sighing contentedly he rested his face between her pleasing little mounds as she caressed his head and sang a soothing lullaby.

Part way through the third repetition Mathias suddenly spoke up, "So do you remember talking about the girls competing to challenge me in a year?" He'd been thinking about what he could do for the harpies since the day before and he thought he might have something.

Chuckling Cora nodded and folded her wing back up as she spoke, "Yes, but we wouldn't want to keep you from your merlings that long."

Mathias shook his head against her chest before asking, "What if I asked Tito if he was interested?"

She hummed thoughtfully for a moment before asking, "Is he as good at catching things on the wing as you are?"

Smiling slightly, he couldn't stop himself from licking between her boobs before answering as she squeaked, "If anything he's better at it. Well at least the aim part. He's smaller than me, so he was able to hunt seabirds longer than I was."

Grinning, she teased a talon tip behind his ear as she said, "Well, we haven't been hired for a proper fight in years so the girls will be eager to compete over the chance." She hummed thoughtfully again as he turned his head to kiss her wrist before warning him, "The competition will take a week though."

Mathias gazed soulfully up at her as he hesitantly remarked, "I still need to talk with Tito, he might not want his first time to be after a fight."

Cora gaped at him, Mathias had given her the impression that merfolk were just as free with sex, although differently so, as harpies, and asked in confusion, "How is he still a virgin?"

With a brief wry smile Mathias shrugged a shoulder and said, "He wants to be his lover's equal, and he's not attracted to men."

"I see," Cora muttered darkly before brightly pointing out, "There are a handful of harpies that fish in the lagoon near the healthier coral."

Nodding thoughtfully he murmured, "I'll let him know."

Ruffling his hair she cheerfully reassured him, "Even if he doesn't want to spar with the winner, I'm sure the captain can come up with some sort of reward to make everyone do their best in the competition."

He relaxed at that and let out a soft, "Alright," before hooking her head down for a deep searing kiss.

Pulling away Cora asked huskily, "What are your plans for the rest of the day?"

"Hmm," Mathias said thoughtfully, "I was thinking of going up river and seeing if I could pull a deer into the water. And then depending on how that goes I might take the merlings further up to check out the swamp you and Callie told me of."

Her eyes lit up as she gushed gleefully, "Oh that sounds exciting to watch!"

Mustering up a chuckle, he gave her a wink as he teased playfully, "Maybe you should see if Callie wants to watch too."

"I should!" she exclaimed eagerly and pulled away to quickly wade back towards land.

Almost immediately she stopped to pat and greet each merling. When she resumed her journey Mathias called after her affectionately, "I'll see you in a bit!"

Waving a wing at him she called back cheerfully, "Most definitely."

He watched longingly until she took off, and then he sank back into the water to take his merlings up river.

He journeyed a bit further upstream than he had been doing, until he found a deeper meander with a grass covered slope that came right down to the edge. After making sure that there were no sharks lurking about, because if Juno had gone gravid then it was spring, and so the right time of year for sharks to be coming up river to birth their young, Mathias set his fry to hunting amongst the river weeds while he lurked near the bank.

After well over an hour, his patience was rewarded as a deer finally stopped for more than a brief drink. Tensed and at the ready, he watched the velvety muzzle tip until the head lifted up out of the water. Then he sprang towards it and grabbed the head clumsily, one hand gripping an ear and the other the back of its jaw. Sinking his claws in, he managed to drag the screaming animal into the water with him. Before he could wrap his coils around it and mercifully snap its neck, it managed to shake the hand on its jaw loose and strike him a glancing blow to the head with a front hoof as it tried to surge towards land.

As he struggled to maintain his grip, Mathias realized his mistake and adjusted tactics. Thinking back to what he'd learned while hunting seals and other mammals, he stopped trying to coil around the doe and grasped the mammal by its vulnerable throat with the same hand it had freed up by shaking him loose.

Crushing its neck with one hand, he yanked its head back with the other as he pushed himself forward to latch his teeth over the jugular near the base of the jaw of the still struggling animal. Ripping its throat open with one bite when he'd expected it to take several, he brought them to the bottom of the meander and held it until its struggles had completely ceased.

Mathias turned to where his wide eyed merlings were watching and called them over to enjoy a meal together. Babbling excitedly, they swarmed over to rub and nuzzle against their father as he ripped open the carcass. Smiling contentedly he pulled out the tougher bits to eat for himself and encouraged them to go after all of the softer, fattier bits.

Once nothing was left but broken hollow bones Mathias peeked up above the water to spot a trio of harpies on the shore. Not only had Cora brought Callie along, but Alula had tagged along as well.

He slipped back into the water, only to pop up again at the bank. Pulling a smile onto his face he propped his arms up on the grass as he greeted the trio with a simple, "Hello."

The sisters swiftly chorused out an excited, "Hi," as Alula leaned down to carefully examine his face.

Holding a slight smile on his face he blinked at her confusedly until she gestured to his forehead and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Huh?" he mumbled as he felt over his forehead. He'd nearly forgotten about the deer striking him there. Shrugging, he dropped his hand back to the grassy bank as he answered, "My head's not singing and there are no swimming lights, but it's a little tender so I suppose it might bruise."

Flashing him one of her rare smiles, Alula straightened up as she remarked, "That's good."

Mathias ducked his head briefly before he looked to the sisters who were giving him a matching pair of lusty gazes. Blushing, he shivered in anticipation before peeking at Alula who was peering dubiously into the deep, for a harpy, water. Guessing that Alula was here to watch the merlings Mathias blurted out, "I'm going down stream about three meanders!" Then he ducked back into the water and called his merlings to himself as they swam back to a much shallower meander.

Chapter 38

Finding the area and confirming that it was the right speed and depths, Mathias peeked out of the water to watch the three circle around to land. Knowing that they could've easily beat him here, a small smile tugged at his lips.

Mathias turned his eyes to the river bank, and just as he'd spotted a place to slide out, Alula beat him there and used that spot to hop into the water with a splash. He gave his head an amused shake and swam over to entrust his youngsters into the trainee healer's care.

Ignoring the amused gleam in her eyes, he clambered onto land and looked nervously back and forth between the two advancing, smirking, nearly identical harpies. He'd continued to be intimate with Cora for the past few months, although it hadn't brought him as much joy as it normally did. But Callie hadn't tried to do anything more than flirt and kiss in that time. And he'd never been with two maids at once before.

With a shrug of his shoulders he decided to dive right in and see what happened, so he scooched further onto land as Cora slipped around behind him. "So, how are we..." he started to ask before Cora turned his head so that her lips could crash into his.

Callie sidled up to him and trailed her hands and lips down his chest as he kneaded at the grass, unsure as to what he should be doing. When she got to the lightly flushed triangle leading to his scales she paused to huskily say, "When you're about to cum tap my shoulder."

"Mmhmm," he mumbled out a muffled acknowledgement as he reached up to hold Cora's head to him with one hand.

Callie's tongue flicked out to lick around the edge of his belly button that was sitting at the top of the triangle of currently extra sensitive skin. Mathias moaned softly into Cora's mouth, his other hand flying up to tangle into Callie's feathery hair as his flushed skin darkened under her ministrations. She trailed a talon tip from his belly button down to his scales, causing the rest of his tail to finally leave the water as it crashed into and wrapped around a nearby tree.

Cora's lips left his when she looked up at the shaking branches of the tree. With a soft growl Mathias buried his nose under her ear as he alternately licked and sucked on her neck. Cora closed her eyes, pressing her chest to his shoulder. Letting out a soft hum of pleasure she tilted her head to give him better access.

Callie was also briefly distracted by his tail. When she looked back to the other two, she chuckled and smirked before nipping at the skin just above his scales with her very human-like teeth. Mathias' abdominals quivered in pleasure as his hands reflexively tightened in both of the harpies' hair.

Delightedly Callie continued her teasing nips until Mathias let out one small desperate whimper. Then she turned her attention to his slowly circling, straining member. However, what she had intended as a teasing kiss on the tip ended with a startled squawk as his length surged into her mouth.

At Cora's laugh and smugly muttered, "Warned you," Callie looked up to spot Mathias staring down at her with a feral lusty look on his face. Duly impressed with his self control she stared provocatively up at him as she languorously suckled upon the shaft in her mouth.

Mathias let out a low throaty growl at that and with deliberate gentleness released both harpies' heads, before tenderly trailing one hand down Callie's wing to her hip. Once his careful kneading at said hip had her closing her eyes in pleasure, Mathias slowly slid his hand around to get a good grip and lifted her up to spin her around, eliciting another started yet muffled squawk.

Darkly chuckling Mathias stared at her twitching, dripping opening. As he was licking his lips in anticipation Cora nipped at his ear before whispering, "She does want you to manhandle her, but you should try teasing her first." Quirking an eyebrow, Mathias briefly looked over his shoulder, so Cora smirked and continued, "Start off with blowing on her clit, and then use the lightest of pressures."

With a thoughtful nod and Cora's warm presence at his back, Mathias adjusted his grip with both hands to tilt Callie to a better angle as she braced her own little hands on his hips so that she could slowly bob her head upon him.

Humming softly he took in her intoxicating scent before blowing gently upon her little bump. Her whole body shuddered and she clenched his skin briefly but otherwise didn't visibly react. Smirking now, he leaned in closer and blew more firmly on that little button. With a harder shudder she gripped him tightly as her tongue started moving in counterpoint to her increasingly paced head bobbing.

Groaning appreciatively, he traced the tip of his tongue along the ridges below her drooling cunt until she started squirming in his hands and whined desperately. Rumbling triumphantly he sucked her clit into his mouth, his tongue rolling and pressing over it as he allowed himself to get lost in her very eager upside down blowjob.

After about the third time that Callie's wings suddenly and briefly fluttered, Mathias felt that he was too close to cumming and he hadn't noticed Callie cumming at all. He was tempted to look to Cora, still tightly pressed to his back, for guidance. He chose instead to double down on Callie's pleasure. He could tell that she was enjoying herself from the way that she trembled upon him, and the dripping of her feminine juices over his face, and especially how her clit twitched in advance of her fluttering. Settling her legs against his shoulders he shifted to holding her aloft with one hand as he groped along her front until he found some pointy nipples to play with.

When her wings fluttered once more, and her breath, hot and heavy flowed over his shaft and into his slit, Mathias moaned desperately and hurriedly tapped on her shoulder before bringing his hand back up so that his thumb could replace his mouth on her clit.

Thrusting his tongue into her depths he dragged her slickness down so he could rapidly circle his thumb pad around her little pleasure nubbing as he massaged her insides with his tongue. He found it hard to focus however as she pulled back to suck on just the tip of his cock. Her tongue pressed and rubbed at it as she sucked eagerly. With only one hand bracing her up the other moved in a rapid firm circular motion up and down his cock, giving him quite a unique sensation from the oddly soft slipperiness of the soft scales on the inside of her fingers and palm.

Soon he had to cease all motion and simply hold onto her as, with a loud breathless moan, Mathias spurted into Callie's gulping mouth. Once his member started its slow retreat Callie rested breathlessly against his torso as he got back to the enjoyable task of trying to make her climax.

Callie quickly started wiggling delightfully against him only for all motion to cease a moment later, aside from her suddenly flapping wings and her pussy spasming around his tongue. Wondering if the breathless harpy was finally going to get her orgasm, Mathias increased his pace until a sudden squirt of fluids from her clit startled him into stillness.

"Goddess!" Callie suddenly cried out as she tried to pull away from his face. "Too much!" Chuckling behind them, Cora ducked down to dodge the suddenly kicking feet.

Alarmed and worried Mathias carefully set the wiggling harpy down. As her legs collapsed he pulled her against his chest and asked worriedly, "You alright?"

"Yeah," she panted out breathlessly, "that's just never happened before."

"Ah, sorry," he mumbled confusedly as he wondered what he'd done wrong, or how he could've made things better for her.

"Why for?" Callie asked dazedly as she gazed up at him, with her legs collapsed the top of her head only came up to his armpit.

"I uh, didn't manage to make you cum?" he mumbled guiltily as he glanced over his shoulder to check on Cora who was busily exploring the muscles on his back.

Cora started snorting and snickering as Callie spoke out in bewilderment, "But I came like five times?" She paused for a minute before musing out loud, "Although that last one was fucking weird, but even it felt good, although too sensitive."

Mathias looked back and forth between the mirthful and the bewildered harpy before Cora kindly stifled her snickers and told him, "Not all girls are loud when they cum. Some, like Callie, are quite silent during a good fucking."

Mathias furrowed his brows thinking it over before he slowly and thoughtfully, almost questioningly, said, "Cora and Clara also flap their wings, although far more erratically when they cum."

"I had to learn to do that," Callie admitted embarrassedly, "because everyone expects a harpy to flap their wings when they cum."

Mathias relaxed slightly at that, but before he could ask any questions Cora was distracting him by nipping sharply along his neck. Shuddering her let out a soft little sound of pleasure as he reached back to caress Cora's face. Huskily he pointed out to the eager harpy, "I do have a refractory period."

"A what?" Callie asked as Cora's mouth was too busy sucking on his ear to do so.

"A refractory period," Mathias repeated before twisting around to drag Cora to his front as he explained, "It's the time between when a man eej... um, cums, and can get erect again."

Hugging both of the harpies close Mathias buried his face into Cora's neck, who quickly resumed nipping and sucking upon his ear and neck while Callie mused aloud, "Lizard men can go twice before they need a rest, and then they need an hour. How long do mermen need?"

"Dunno," Mathias mumbled distractedly, "I've heard anything from five to twenty minutes." However, thinking about time got him thinking about his merlings and so he flopped his tail fin back into the water and lifted his head as he pointed out, "I should go check on the merlings."

"They're happy and playful," Alula breathlessly called out, "So go ahead and take care of Cora."

Mathias looked towards the blushing harpy who was peeking shyly at the trio. He had long gotten used to Callie boldly stealing glances at him and Cora together, so Alula's shy peeks garnered no more reaction than a mild blush.

After a moment's consideration he felt nothing nearby, even approaching the size of his merlings, so he let out a soft little, "Alright," before dropping his head back to Cora's neck to spread a trail of gentle little kisses there.

The sisters took that as permission to rile him back up, and so while Cora renewed her assault on his neck, Callie twisted around in his arm, still unable to support herself but shamelessly willing to use

his

support to run her talons over his ribs while sucking his flat nipple into her mouth.

Mathias gasped and shivered at that, no one had ever paid attention to his nipples before and he found it an oddly pleasant sensation. He wormed his arm under Callie's wings so he could more easily fondle her front, as his lips sought out Cora's in a deep searching kiss. The three of them stayed entwined like that for a bit, with Cora's front wiggling against one half of his torso while Callie teased the other half, and Mathias felt over both sets of perky bosoms.

Cora kept his lips firmly captured with her own for a while, until Callie regained enough control of her legs to push herself up and bite his neck right under the back corner of his jaw. With a shuddering groan Mathias switched to kissing Callie while Cora went back to nipping and sucking on his neck. They continued switching back and forth like that for a while, until Mathias' tail crashing into the tree again let the frisky harpies know that they'd fully succeeded.

After the pair exchanged excited grins, Callie wiggled free to slip around behind Mathias. Once there was only one harpy within his grasp, Mathias yanked her into his lap to grind her wet nethers against his belly and groin. Cora clutched at his shoulders as they moaned out their pleasure together.