Inky came onto the forward deck looking for Ving and found her staring off into the distance. She knew Ving was worried for Hannah.
"This is her home turf. She will be fine." Inky put her hand on Ving's shoulder as she reassured her.
Ving was slightly startled at the sound and touch but relaxed quickly. "I know, and I weep for whoever gets in her way." Ving nodded off into the distance. "A dark storm is coming and they always make me nervous."
Inky regarded the black clouds barely visible in the distance contrasting with the otherwise bright blue sky. "A storm isn't going to bother her. If anything, it would mask whatever ruckus she's inevitably going to cause."
"She hides it well, but she was nervous, too. With how much she has done for me, I just hate that I have to wait here and not help. Can you feel it? How close we are to whatever is going to happen?"
Inky nodded, holding Ving by the hands as she turned to face her. "You know why Hannah has so much sex? I mean, aside from the obvious."
Ving knew all the reasons Hannah had explained but shook her head because she knew Inky was going somewhere else.
"She is lonely. Or was, growing up. Her parents were always working. She never said as much, but I have known her a long time and it's my best guess. So she sought out others to spend time with and love. She never really had many close relationships with any of them and some things just became a habit. For the longest time, she could only really love someone while she was having sex with them. This ship changed her. I saw it when she arrived after the ship was attacked. She's always been a fighter, but it was personal. I'm not saying she wouldn't have wanted to help free the Emberborn or do anything differently than she has, but it's not just a mission objective with her. There is no way the Hannah I knew would have had the kind of relationship you two have. Maybe you couldn't see it because you were dealing with your own issues but you were giving her something she never really had before. I was just another fuck she got along with after, better than most, and a trusted comrade, but not like you. Certainly not in the way she needed."
"I hadn't ever known her to be anything like how she is." Ving was too busy processing what was being said to manage more than a whisper.
"You were both helped by finding yourselves with a family. Leira doesn't swear as much anymore, Emma isn't so timid. I'm just happy I don't have idiots ordering me about like-" Inky stopped herself before she went into a rant. "Vile got to learn what life was like without a collar. Easy and Mari haven't really changed, but at least they found each other. This ship made us a family. So, Hannah is out there now, on a mission for her new family and nothing is going to get in her way. Not anyone in the city, and not that storm on the horizon. So be content that you have helped her just as she helped you, and come inside to fuck someone."
"I suppose that if we are the ones who need to convince a gaggle of noble generals to side with us without actually saying so, we are the ones with a serious problem and not Hannah." Ving laughed with Inky as they went back into the ship.
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Hannah had a very serious problem.
She was being escorted by a soldier in a private carriage over the plains between the mountain range and the central peak. On one hand, she had the soldier looking at her like he was about to take liberties with her and it was too early in the mission to murder him. On the other, she was really bored and couldn't play the timid street girl in over her head to seduce him. Either she was going to have to kill him for trying to force himself, or sit quietly and not have sex. She moaned in frustration.
"Easy, girl, it won't be so bad. I hear you get to live like a noble when you go up there," the guard consoled.
Hannah knew that just because he was playing nice and caring didn't mean he wouldn't act on his desires, but something about him seemed off.
"Oh, it's me. Sorry, I do stare, don't I? You are just really pretty. Sorry about that." He shifted his seat and looked out the window like a scolded child.
Hannah cursed internally. He was a simpleton! A friendly to a fault and socially awkward type who was self-aware enough of his faults to never knowingly break the rules. Exactly the sort you would assign to watch over a harem girl. Even if seducing him didn't feel utterly wrong, she could never do it. He wouldn't pick up on subtle cues and the direct approach would possibly frighten him. She was going to have to wait for sex, and it wouldn't get any easier to find fun as time went. A very serious problem.
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Hope was happy; the general had already been of the mind that the west kingdom was the safe bet since it already had the support of the capital. So there was little for her to talk about other than if he liked the way the silk fell off her body when they were alone.
He did, very much so. "Never had virgin flesh before."
Hope smiled at his words, having the tact not to explain he still wouldn't. The assumption that just because she was a holy woman that she was also a virgin wasn't something she wanted to correct. Her gasp as he ran his fingers over the freshly shaved flesh between her legs was practised innocence intended to sound like it was the first time it had ever happened.
He withdrew his hands and snapped his fingers. "Get her started."
His aide, a lovely young woman with brown hair and ample breasts under the same though less decorated red uniform as her superior, gently guided Hope to the bed and laid her down. She removed her uniform, piece by piece, as much a show for Hope as it was for the general.
Hope had been wondering why she had followed them into the workroom, but certainly didn't mind as she climbed on top of her and laid her naked body on hers. They kissed, their breasts pressing against the others and teasing their nipples against their skin as they moved. Slowly, the kisses evolved into bites at her neck and then her ear.
"Hardly a virgin." The whisper was so faint Hope almost didn't hear it over the sounds of her moans.
It was obvious from the start to Hope that the woman hadn't thought her a virgin in the slightest. She wanted to ask more questions, but doing so without being overheard would be difficult. The room was designed to keep sounds out so a secret conversation was impossible. Then there was the added complication of her legs being spread and feeling the general pressing himself against her and trying to find the way in. The aide moved herself forward and gave Hope a glorious view of the breasts that quickly gathered saliva from her tongue as they caressed her face. It took a few moments that felt longer than they were, but soon Hope felt her body accept the manhood inside her.
The general's aide gasped as she felt Hope bite into her breast at the moment of penetration, and then moaned as the tongue massaged the marks in her skin. The thrusts shook both of them as he slammed his stomach into her bum, holding it for leverage. It was a welcome change of pace from having his manhood moving inside her as it usually was. However, the enjoyment of being on top of a woman for once didn't last as he pushed her to the side and laid himself on top of Hope. She watched and wondered if the holy woman hated it as much as she did, but noticed a wandering hand reaching between her legs. The penetration was a relief; it had been a long while since a woman had initiated it with her. For once, she drew herself closer to the general, letting her skin touch his so it was easier for Hope to push inside her and pleasure her body.
Hope was starting to get the picture. The woman obviously liked women, and the general was using her to facilitate sex. It pained her that she seemed to resent touching the general and that perhaps there was something to be done about it. Just as she was working her moans into words that might shed some light on what might be going on between them, she felt him thrust inside and hold himself there while grunting hard as his seed emptied into her.
"Clean her up." He snapped his fingers again as he got off Hope.
His aide eagerly plunged her head between Hope's legs and used her tongue trying to avoid the seed leaking from her. Of course, they both knew that there was a better place to use the tongue than where he had left his seed. Hope gripped onto the head between her legs and moaned hard before realising that was a mistake.
"But I want to keep it!" She pleaded, hoping that she didn't appear to be enjoying the aide more than the general.
It was all moot, as he redressed and ignored them as he left. "Be out by the time I have a drink."
When he was gone, Hope shrieked as she could finally let loose with her pleasure of the woman between her legs until a climax tore out of her. Taking her time with such a talented tongue would have been ideal, but they didn't have that kind of time.
"Thanks for enjoying this, it... it has been a while for me." The naked woman knelt between Hope's wide legs as she smiled in gratitude, rubbing her breast where the bite mark was still visible.
"What's the deal with you two?" Hope asked while beckoning the woman closer. "Explain while I return the favour."
The not so subtle hint was more than enough for the woman to put her thighs against Hope's cheeks to feel a tongue explore her flesh with much the same experience she had bestowed.
"I happened to cross his path when his last aide got sick and landed his job. I always had to worry about other soldiers trying something, so being an officer's plaything kept me safe. When he made general it made me safer. He tries his hardest to make me happy but just because his equipment fits in mine doesn't mean it's the kind I enjoy the most." Her story struggled to come out as Hope was making her shudder with every breath. "But like most men in his situation, he sees new girls and wants them. So I offered my services in that regard as well. Most are hired, some want the career boost, and others just wanted me badly enough. He's not that good at it though, so I offered to get one girl 'started' and suddenly she enjoyed it more. So that's how it-" She was almost crying in pleasure as her body shook in climax atop of Hope's hungry mouth.
"If you ever want out, just let me know." Hope enjoyed feeling the woman sliding back down on top of her. "Plenty of women here would protect you."
"Oh, had he not married a cute young thing I might do that. But when we get back home, I'm finally going to be getting some on a regular basis."
"You can bring her if you like," Hope said with a laugh.
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Hannah sat patiently in the gondola, unable to believe that it was the same one she took to meet Liddy for the first time. Surprisingly, the man she had satisfied the last time to get it moving was still working at the same job. He hadn't seen her board, focused on the papers in front of him at the time, but she had noticed him. The journey up was considerably less entertaining without someone inside her. She was in the room where Mari had entertained her mark and wondered what her friend was up to at that moment.
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