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"This is more, keep you from being harmed or taken, now that I plan on staying."
Flipping Katelyn over she wraps around me and I move the tangle of hair out of her face. "I have never been in one place very long, this is going to be what my kind call a grove. I can't remember ever talking this much during sex about things not sex-related, it feels less frantic and nice."
'What? I'm the only other person you've fucked and you talked all the time.'
'Not now Cinthia.'
"It's what people do when they aren't running from place to place and bedding Inn wenches." Katleyn reaches up grabbing both my arms and squishing her boobs together.
"Ahh, staying in one place and bedding Inn wenches is the key?" She looks sexy as can be, naked, flushed, and messy.
"Not to seem ungrateful, but I'm laying in a soaking wet mess that is getting cold and you're resting on my stomach when I have to go." Katelyn pushes me off.
"Such the romantic." I laugh, "no matter how right you are," taking the time to relieve myself also, cleaning up with the water in the tub, I head downstairs and get my own drink, bread, and some cheese, remove the bar on the door, and take a seat.
"Good," Katelyn nods at my food and glances at the door. "You want anything hot."
"Already had that earlier, Sabina is still in Saedin's home, so it will be a while before we have anything to do."
"You can find her that far away?" She is wearing a simple off-white sundress with lace on the edges, the front dipped down a bit into... "Kae?"
"What?" I look up at her smirking face, "Oh, not her specifically, just that the same amount of people are there with nobody moving north. I couldn't reach that far before. I could send the pup with a message if you want."
"How would that even work?"
"I can send a messenger like the pup or a bird, but it almost never works as people scream or run and miss the message or kill it. Seemed great when I learned it, but in practice, not so much. The other person must know it is coming and the message must be very short."
"What other surprises?"
"Nothing amazing, able to run through the woods faster than most while blending in, much faster with a bow or marking an enemy, animal companions. Oh, and can tell when women are in heat."
"What!?"
"Animal females." I chuckle, "there have been many times when I could reach out and summon a male to get things going for them. Minor healing that works on animals and us, can cause plant growth, entangle vines is a dumb one that never works, nor does the thorn growth as it takes too long. OH! Barkskin, I transform my skin with a covering of bark. "Feel it."
Katelyn reaches over. "Could explain last night." She says and gives me a smirk.
"It is supposed to protect me, but, hmm, this is a bit thicker now, I grab a bread knife and stab it into my arm with Katelyn flinching back.
"What the fuck?"
"Huh, it used to be about as strong as having another shirt on, this seems about as strong as nicely crafted leather at least." Releasing the spell and looking at my skin there is a red mark but no penetration. I might have to rethink a few of the things I've known.
"I might be able to get some mint to grow and they can last a few weeks if trimmed and stored in water, they sell for a very good price if you can get them to market fast enough. Dried and harvested or used in oils, could be a good export for the town, especially if everyone has them in their house and we can sell them in the off-seasons."
"Is that what's in the jar in the kitchen?" Katelyn asks and I nod. She gets up, heads into the kitchen coming back chewing one with a surprised look on her face and hands me one. "They taste great and tingle my body. When you talk it fills the area and kissing is oh so much better."
"Like this?" I say, reaching for her hand and lean over for a kiss that she returns with a passion. "It is also addictive in the sense that the only problem with fixing your breath is that you notice everyone else's quite a bit more than you would without. Like bathing with soap, which you can add dried crushed mint to also and then notice the people around you are not. Next thing you know you're buying enough for everyone you want to keep near you."
"That does sound rather lucrative, and I've never heard any of this and I've been to quite a few places up north and to the east." Katelyn sits back. "If you could teach us how, we could grow it and make it into oils and such. We'd be the only place selling it for quite a while until someone else figures out how."
"Wait! Did you just say I had bad breath last night? That's why you put that in the kitchen?" Katelyn gives me a look and I shake my head.
"Noooo, I wouldn't ever say that."
"Well shit, now I understand why this stuff costs so much as you'll be keeping this place stocked with it going forward or I won't be able to function. I'm going to want to keep some in the windows of every room," she looks over at me, "how long does it last?"
"Not long at all, but it has properties that help your teeth over time, there are other roots and things that fix it longer term. Neem leaves work better." Katelyn gives me a stare.
"Yes, I'll find some for you."
"Thanks, it's nice to have an herbalist staying here that can find and grow his own plants."
"Not doing anything else around here, might as well," said as sarcastically as I can make it.
"Right! I wait on you hand and foot and other parts, the least you can do is give me fresh breath after."
"Well, when you put it like that, I might even put a jar of it in the kitchen for you."
"Good point, what would you like for dinner, anything you want, and I'll find it for you."
"Oh that's easy, the same thing we had last night."
"Well, the day just cleared up of things for me to do." Katelyn laughs.
"Sabina is on her way back with someone else in the cart. If your day cleared up, follow me." Leading her back to my room she took the sheets off and threw the old ones from the corner back on.
"No reason to mess up new." She pushes me down and takes her clothes off, setting them on the chest neatly. "You never smell, your clothes never smell she says holding my shirt. I've washed clothes for more people than I can count and clothes smell, especially after running all day or slaughtering animals. Leaning down, and this, this lovely cock of yours smells woodland musky. Sucking in one of my balls, she lets it out with a pop, same thing, musky but clean, the perfect toy."
Sabina and Heran arrive in town riding up to the Inn. The bows and quivers in the back. "How many are there?"
"Fifty-Seven." Sabina answers and then after a moment of staring at Katelyn she flushes. "We need to talk mother."
Katelyn looks over at me and I shrug, "I'll get Jacob and see what we have here."
"Coward." I hear from Katelyn as Sabina nudges her through the door.
"What's that all about?" Heran watches them walk inside and then holds up her bow. "Thank you again, after feeling all of them, this one is just perfect."
"Good, she obviously thinks the same of you as you two continue to get to know each other," Staring at the many quivers of arrows we take those in first and then start bringing in the bows with the help of the other two after Heran reminds them that help would be appreciated.
"More than enough for everyone, the backpacks are only about half, so we will need to share tools needed to keep the bows tuned up. Quite a bit of string."
"Are we getting Jacob now or..?" Katelyn walks over with two cups for Sabina and Heran.
"Tomorrow should be fine, give'em a days' notice to meet in the hall. I'll be back after telling him to pass the word."
"Hey Aunt Katelyn, I think we are staying with you for a while."
"Always wonderful to have you with us honey," Katelyn hugs her, "it's about time you moved in with me while my sister sails around the world."
"We were in trouble, no crops, no livestock," Heran's eyes grew large and she shook her head, "those jaguars lived right behind our home, then he walks out of the woods, and for an extra bowl of stew, Kaethorn kills them like it was nothing, they were so big, you have to see the pelts when they bring them up, bigger than dad.
"I've noticed that Kae will do a lot for good food, and your mother can cook better than anyone I've ever met."
"Must be," Heran laughs, "he said the pelts, claws, and teeth are worth as much as the boat he gave dad, a longboat with a cabin, it's been crazy, now we're moving up here and, crazy!"
"How's your Mom doing?" Katelyn didn't realize those cats were so close to her sister Agitha and the neice she loves to spoil, Heran reaches into her shirt and pulls out a bag of coins and gives it to her aunt, "Kae gave this to Mom, she is giving this for everything you do for us, it's a lot a lot, don't let anyone see it."
"He has definitely blessed our family dear, it is up to us to keep him; safe." She glances at Sabina who is smirking at her mother. "Sabina, show Heran to her room, bottom floor, give the bigger one to Aunt Agitha down here also, the far end."
"Well, Shit!" Katelyn looks in the bag, 'Fucking Kaethorn!' She whispers and is soaked after hearing Heran talk plus the coin, she could buy the three Inn's at Twin Rivers' with this; she runs her hands over the bows on a few tables grabbing one that seemed a little lighter in color, "I need to get good enough with you to keep him alive long enough to make him understand." She whispers to the bow and takes it and the gold to her room.
Kaethorn finds Jacob at the guard station, "Jacob? Walking through the door he looks around at the small sparse room with a few desks and chairs. Jacob and one other guard is in there. I nod over at the guy and look at Jacob for some help.
"Jamison, Kaethorn" he waves between us. He nods at me and goes back to sweeping the floor.
"Heran is here with the bows, if we can let everyone know to come to the hall tomorrow evening?" Probably tell Tremont first so he can be involved." Jacob turns and gives the other guard orders and then turns to me. "Let's go let Mertil know, she takes most all visitors."
The house was off to the left of the Town Hall and two stories tall with intricate woodwork and a covered porch seating area that let you sit outside but kept the weather out. They had more furniture outside than my old house had inside. Tables and chairs along all three sides he could see with Mertil sitting near the front door watching the approach.
I was surprised to see her smile with what appeared to be genuine happiness to see us. I imagined she would be the stuffy standoffish type person. Waving us under the awning she motions to a few chairs.
She says something to me and half walk runs into the home. Looking over at Jacob he is staring back at me with what I guess is the same question I had.
