As she half-stumbled into the front room, Betty was seriously considering making the rooster that had awakened her into lunch by going out and wringing its neck. As she passed a window, she saw a man she didn't recognize walking toward the house in the faint morning light, carrying a basket covered in cloth.
"Must have woke up with a bone," Ghent remarked.
"Gods..." Betty groaned.
"What is it?" Jan asked as she wandered into the front room and yawned.
"Already some randy bastard here at the ass crack of dawn. Go get some coffee on. Ghent, let him in, and then go rouse Lana."
"Yes'm."
When Ghent opened the door, she heard the first hump of the day say that he'd brought some vegetables. When he lifted the cloth, Ghent stepped to the side and looked back at Betty.
The basket was full and would be a welcome supplement to their stores, so she nodded. "Take that to the kitchen, honey, and then go get Lana." She forced a smile and waved the other man inside.
His eyes focused squarely on her breasts as he approached. He was in his thirties at most, and not all that bad looking. A bit of a surprise — especially at first light. She patted the couch next to her and asked, "Early riser?"
The corners of his mouth curled into a grin when she twitched her eyebrows to punctuate the double meaning of her words.
"Sorry I look a fright, but we all just got up," she informed him as he approached. "Can you wait until we get a cup of coffee in us, honey?"
He looked a little disappointed, but nodded as he sat down. His eyes barely strayed from her breasts, which gave her an idea.
"We do appreciate it. Let me show you."
His eyes went wide when she yanked down on the bodice of her dress and let her tits spill out one after the other.
"A little something to wet your whistle until we get woke up," she said as she gave a shake to make them jiggle. "Come a little closer and see if they feel as good as they look."
He did, and Betty again wondered why he needed to visit a whore while letting out little moans to encourage him. He had a gentle touch that set her nipples to hardening. She eliminated one possibility when she reached between his legs. He was hard and not small, so that wasn't it.
A hand on the back of his head pulled him to her breast, and he was quick to suckle her nipple. His clothes weren't threadbare. No wedding band. His enthusiastic attention to her nipples was making her wet. He was one of the riddles she liked to solve in order to pass the time while a man humped her.
Over the top of his head, she saw Lana enter the front room from the hall. Lana pointed at the man sucking Betty's tits and lifted her eyebrows. Betty gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Lana said, "Well, I was going to say good morning, but looks like someone is saying it better than I could." She moaned as she sat down on the couch behind the first customer of the day.
Betty moved her hand from the back of his head to his cheek and asked, "Lana will take good care of you, if you'd like?"
He released Betty's nipple, glanced behind him, and then took the hand Lana extended. Betty stuffed her saliva-slick breasts back into her dress as Lana led him back to her room. Jan emerged not long after with a welcome cup of coffee.
"Here comes another one," Ghent said while sitting at his post in the chair next to the window.
Betty said, "Damned rooster isn't the only cock crowing this morning."
"I've got him," Jan offered, and then walked to the door tugging on the bodice of her dress to expose more cleavage.
Only a few seconds later, Betty heard a high-pitched, warbling grunt coming from Lana's room. Mystery solved. He couldn't keep his cum down once he got his pecker wet. If he came back and it didn't seem as though it would offend him, she'd have whoever humped him suggest that he learn how to lick a pussy to compensate for his lack of stamina.
While it might seem counterproductive to teach a man to get pussy for free, it hadn't been the case at the Kip. Men needed to feel some kind of connection as much as they needed to spew their seed, even if they wouldn't admit it. Gently teaching men to be better lovers was another facet of what had spread the Kip's reputation, bringing in more men to replace those who found someone to hump for free with their new skills.
Jan's first poke of the day was paying in coin. Word was obviously getting around. That was both a blessing and a potential curse. It meant more coin filling the strongbox, but it also meant the golden bitch might very well discover they were still around soon.
There was nothing they could do but ride out whatever storm came along until the bully boys from the Kip arrived.
****
"Mmm... Thank you, honey," Betty said in languid tones as the sellsword placed a couple of extra coppers on the bedside table. She giggled and waved to him as he exited the room.
The moment the door closed, she winced and grabbed her tits, which were aching. He had wanted to take her from behind, and her large breasts had been swinging around everywhere as he pounded her. She scrunched up her nose as she parted her thighs. She had to reuse a rag from a previous hump to catch the sellsword's cum.
It wasn't even lunchtime, and sixteen men had already been in and out of the door that she knew of. She wasn't sure if the sounds of passion she heard coming from elsewhere in the house were part of that tally, or from men who had arrived while the sellsword was beating her pussy up and trying to knock her tits off.
She cleaned up as best she could, dressed, and headed for the outhouse. When she saw Pallah standing outside with a bundle of fresh cloths cut from a sacrificed sheet, she said, "Oh, thank you, honey."
He said, "I put a clean bucket of water in both stalls."
"You are an angel," she said as she took two of the cloths and proceeded to the outhouse.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she returned to the front room and didn't see a man waiting his turn. "New boys?" she asked Ghent while pointing toward Lana and Jan's rooms. He nodded. "Eighteen, then?"
"Yep. Last one brought in a nice cut of beef rump. Piece of ass for a piece of ass."
Betty rolled her eyes and chuckled. "That would be nice if they'd let Jan get off her back long enough to cook it."
Ghent said, "Janus is going to run into town. Want to get into the strongbox and send some coin with him?"
"Think it's safe for him?" she asked.
He shrugged. "Should be. He's used to getting hassled anyway."
Betty pursed her lips and hummed in thought. "Might want to see if there's anywhere else we can get things besides Hard Creek. The golden bitch is going to find out we're here before long, and she's not going to be happy about that. Go ahead and get some coin. You know what we need."
Ghent nodded. "I'll make a list and see if he knows of anywhere else we could buy stuff."
Betty sat down and groaned as she hefted her still aching tits. Not long after, she grinned and waved for the last two men as they left in turn. When Jan returned Betty asked, "Feel up to cooking?"
The busty blonde answered, "I'm starving." She then reached behind her and cupped a hand between her buttocks. "Don't think I want to sit down for a little while anyway."
Betty grunted in sympathy for Jan's abused ass. "If you need some salve, just ask."
She shook her head. "He wasn't exactly hung like a horse. Just stings a little. I'm going to roast that rump and try not to think about mine."
Lana looked just as relieved as Betty had felt when she returned to the front room. She plopped down next to Betty and said, "I think that last boy was part jackrabbit."
"I think mine was part ogre. Damn near shook my tits off."
They both laughed. Betty saw a hint of movement outside and leaned over for a better look through the somewhat wavy glass of the small, thick windows. When she saw three men in matched, well-cared for armor, riding what could only be warhorses, she muttered, "Oh shit..."
"The law coming to roust us?" Lana asked.
"I hope not. Tell Ghent to stay in the house. One look at him and people think he's a threat. I'm going to talk to them."
Lana nodded, popped up from her seat, and hurried toward Betty's room. Betty straightened her clothing and opened the door. She saw Janus already approaching the riders, who had stopped before reaching the house.
"Is there a problem, General Corra?" Janus asked, revealing the identity of at least one of the men.
"Not yet," the man in the center of the trio answered in a thick Draxnian accent. "You are aware that certain parties will not be pleased to find there are other whores stealing
her
business?"
The way Corra sneered the word
her
was at least promising.
Janus said, "Well, I'm not really worried about what the bitch thinks, General."
Corra broke out into booming laughter. "A man after my own heart," he said. "I may have a couple of men watch the area. I would dearly love to sting my countryman by arresting his assorted criminals and drunks. There seems to be a fine trap here, waiting to be sprung."
"Well, you'll hear no complaint from me about that," Janus said.
The general chuckled, then turned his attention to Betty. "These are your girls, yes?"
Betty answered, "They are, General."
Corra nodded approvingly in response to her respectful use of his title. "You have men to protect you?"
"One for now, another with sharp eyes, and more on the way."
"You are wise to be cautious. These are honest whores, I trust?"
"I don't tolerate any of my girls stealing. We've got potions to keep us from catching ill, so we won't be passing along any sickness either."
"Very good. I fear my men and I may have frightened away a few who would have sought your door as we rode in."
"To be honest, we're a bit knackered already and can use the break, General."
He chuckled again. "Still, I apologize. I will tell my men who have liberty that they are free to visit, should they choose. That should provide some recompense, and a boost to morale."
Betty smiled, winked, and said, "We'll take real good care of anyone who comes along. We have a stableboy who will take good care of your fine steeds as well."
"The foolish grins we saw as we rode in suggest this to be quite true. I will take my leave and wish you good fortune."