The Ranger Ch 06

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Team1: Heran, Evaine, Niviena, Ewlene, Yesime, Anders, Isabella

Team2: Sabina, Annalise, Desa, Abigale, Amber, Treya, Ivana, Joan

Team3: Katelyn, Beau, Erika, Alexandra, Triss, Abby, Jenna, Amelia

Team4: Jacob, Dustin, Jamison, Anton, Petra, Erika, Regina

Merchant Ship: Saedin, Agitha, Cassandra

Back at the Inn:

"Hmmm?" I feel Katelyn's hands squeeze my shoulders and everything else fails me. "Ugh." That feels, great, I was still strung pretty tight, there was a moment there when I thought I was going to get put down.

'What!? You doubted us?' Grayson chuckles, 'That was great by the way, felt good to get back out there, you doing the talking wasn't as embarrassing as we thought it would be.'

'How do you both feel, how long can you keep that up?' I ask, as I figure that they were only out and attacking for a few moments, it would be nice to know how long we have together in a scruff.'

'Same amount of time we spent the other night, figure about 15 to 20 minutes before a long rest.' Cinthia replies. 'Pay attention to Katelyn.'

"I bet you're tight after everything I saw, it was you standing up front doing everything, having people pop out of you can be stressful, trust me, I know." Katelyn laughs at her own joke and it makes me chuckle.

"I didn't get to see them so well, had my eye's on Bjorn. I know he's a bad guy but he was strangely upfront and honest about everything he said, he knew the situation."

"If you forego the stealing and raping and slave labor part of it, he could visit and play with you." Katelyn squeezed me shoulders and chuckles.

"Shut up." laughing because I get it, but there's bad and then there's evil, "I meant he wasn't an out-of-control type, could have gone badly." Leaning back I look up at her and get a kiss on the forehead.

"Made you laugh, so, yeah." She laughs again and walks into the kitchen, "Too early to get drunk?"

"Do we have any from Beau?" I yell back.

"Such a snob," Katelyn yells back. "You're lucky you saved my life a few minutes ago or I'd be offended."

"So?" I ask watching her bring two cups.

"Yes, she brought a cask over because you mentioned how good it was." Katelyn "Thanks for that, she always made me come over to get it."

Trying to take a drink, my hand was shaking to the point I just rested the cup on the top of my forearm. Katelyn watches but doesn't say anything. "You were talking about a Glade earlier?"

"A clearing in the forest, I have a small one further south that is nice, I consider this entire town a glade when you look around us on all side, there's a nice one between here and Saedin's."

"We have nothing to do today, care to show me?"

"Sounds like a great idea, you're kicking ass at distracting me."

"I know, I'll get a blanket." Katelyn's eyes sparkle to match her smile as she turns down the hall adding a little more sway to her hips.

"Why wasn't everyone excited? Beau was right, everything worked out perfectly." She yells from down the hall.

"Cinthia and Grayson making an appearance scared them." I took her from beginning to end to include what Cinthia told me.

"You pretended to be a necromancer? Well shit, I can understand them being afraid, there was a war before I was born to get rid of a bad one that took over most of this area. It is why most of the commerce and cities are to the East, we were starting up a new town to get things started again." She walks back in with a blanket.

'Did you know about that?' I ask Cinthia.

'Nah, was just winging it, would explain why it worked so well.' I hear her and Grayson laughing.

"It was to scare Bjorn's people, it stopped everything and they left."

"Of course they did." Katelyn says wiping down the table, she has these little towels she has all day, every day,.

"Well now you know Mertil and Beau trust you completely if they didn't care." She lets go of my arm and moves behind me going into a side trail. The lack of undergrowth and bushes makes walking easier and the view around us with the light rays breaking through the canopy removing most of the gloom of most forests.

"Jacob didn't budge either, I like him," I mention going over what I remember.

"Your drinking buddy? He's been a good guy since he got here, little over a year and he's been with Joan the entire time."

Walking down and past the road that turns into trail leading to Saedin's home, her arm hooked in mine, I turn her off the trail after a few minutes.

"I've never seen them talk to each other." Thinking back I can remember a few looks between them that I missed as being anything, figure Anton, Dustin and Jamison are seeing people also. No trail leads into Allo's glade, but there is enough room to just walk wherever you wish around the trees.

"They almost never, oh, wow!" Katelyn sees a small area with grass, the sun shining almost straight down into the clearing. "Give me a moment if we are going to put that down, I walk over to the grassy middle and reduce the growth of the weeds and wild flowers, will put it back before we leave. Been here for years and never saw this from the trail to Anitha's

Taking Sabina's bow, "let me get this out of the way." Should take about an hour to get the first set of enchantments sealed in. Sitting cross legged the attunement enchantment slides in like water, Focus and sturdy enchantments going in just as easy. I feel the reduction in power, but that was way too easy compared to Willow.

"That was quick, let me have yours," I repeat the same on hers and it takes a little longer but not much. I am feeling it now though, laying my head in her lap. "Need a quick nap, too tired from."

'Hey babe, maybe not do so much after we also used your power, didn't we just talk about this last night." Cinthia is looking down at me from above.

'What happened?'

"You passed out after pushing too hard, Katelyn was getting worried so I told her you were okay and just sleeping, it's time to wake up."

"Hey," I say looking up at Katelyn. "Hope I didn't worry you."

"At first yes, Cinthia was nice, you talk in you sleep, it was entertaining." She smiles and rubs my cheek.

"What did I say."

"You talked about a bear, and then talked to Cinthia about me, it was cute." She leans in, "Can my bow hear me, it has been acting weird."

"Ugh, no it should just be tuned to how you fire it and adapt, communication was not part of this," I reply and look over at her bow, too tired to do identify for changes.

She pulls her dress up and over her head in one move and leans down., her nipple fits perfectly in my mouth so why not, she reaches under my pants and starts loosing them up. "I'll take care of the first part, you just suck and wake up, fully." She strokes me, Katelyn's lustrous black hair is on my face and head as I just enjoy a soft boob hard little nipple. Lifting my ass off the ground and I feel her feather her fingers from balls to head, "I've been amped up watching you, basically by yourself, send them away rudder between their legs, I'm so horny."

Lifting and shifting her up I can see her not wearing panties, left her thigh slick with her juices. Turning her around and taking in the perfect skin, a few freckles across a perfect copper back and a plump jiggly ass that is great for pushing into.

"You dirty boy, doing me like this for your, ugh, oh, fuck Kae." Katelyn starts until I push in, then her cheek is on the blanket and her eyes close as I push down between her shoulder.

"Face down and ass up should get you to make the noises you asked about." Crouching above and pushing down into her. "I prefer my rudder, between your legs woman."

"Mmm, ugh, hmm, ugh, ohh, guh." Katelyn's cheek on the blanket, she looks at me crouched behind and above her and she groans. "Never, Ugh, fuck, like this, Gods, Kae." Her voice not getting loud, just grunting and moaning.

'Your welcome,' I hear Cinthia whisper. She was the one that taught me to do this. 'I know, thanks babe.' I send back.

Breathing hard and realizing I can't hold this much longer, "Good Gods, you are the sexiest bitch in town,"

'She's close but not ready, push some mana into that gaping pussy Kae.' Cintha says and it sounds like she is totally into this. I push the little mana i have left into her and she squirts around my cock and down our legs.

"Holy Fuuuck!" she collapses down onto her stomach, 'fucking sneaky cheater, huoah, that was intense." She rolls off to her side.

"Shh, get dressed, stand behind me, we have company." Pulling my pants up from around my boots and turning towards the wolves.

Sending out recognition to them the alpha walks into the clearing, there are six of them now that I'm paying attention, they snuck up on us during my nap and then got distracted with Katelyn. He is huge, almost dire wolf size but without the dire markings. He sniffs a few times and sends me images of the jaguars.

I send back that they are gone.

"Whats going on?" Katelyn whispers.

"One sec."

I can take control of any of his pack, but he would attack. I've been through this dozens of times, and know the routine.

"He sent me that they were here before and are back now that the cats are gone." I say to Katelyn.

'Welcome, we live in the town to the north,' I reply and he acknowledges that he knows this already.

"He sends that I am not welcome to join his pack," I say to Katelyn out of the side of my mouth.

"I'm just acknowledging, and sent back they are free to every part of the lands except for the town, the people or the peoples animals." The moment he looks at Katelyn she steps further behind me, his neck twitches and the pack turns and they disappear to the west.

Turning to Katelyn, "He smells the wolf companions from the past on me, let me know I was not welcome in his pack, they will leave the town alone."

"At first I thought we were in trouble, I forget you can talk to them." Katelyn pushes me a few steps. "Did you really call me your bitch so they could hear it?"

"Didn't know they were there, but they knew what we were doing and were waiting for us to finish before making contact."

"Jack.Ass," Katelyn mutters folding the blanket.

"People can take that as good or bad, I meant it as you really are, the sexiest, and another benefit is you could walk the woods on your own now and they would leave you alone, or at least not hurt you as they know what you mean to me based on our meeting."

"Did he think you would steal his mates?"

"He thought I might try, so he was warning and setting up boundaries."

"Are they gone?"

"Yeah they are south of Mertils house."

"So, stayhere or head back?"

"It's fine, our place here was properly broken in as far as I'm concerned. Let me show you what I showed Heran and Sabina just southwest of us. We walk just west of Saedin's, "These are Neem trees and take years to bloom and then bear fruit, but they work much better than mint for hair and skin, I used it to keep bugs away from the gardens or salve to help with bugs biting people. You don't have the same amount of bugs here that I'm used to in some of the places I've been.

"How did you find all these in just a few days of being here?"

"Years of having to walk my mentor, Minerva's glade, gathering ingredients, cataloging animals, and skills that let me find any plant if I know of them already."

"She took you in and taught you everything you know, including the magic stuff? I nod and she pulls her bow in front of her. "You are named Minerva."

"Good name, she was the kindest person I've known, but she gets strict when she knows you know, and still get things wrong."

I walk her through the Mint and Lavender, turning north and walking us back to town hand in hand where we can walk side by side. Nobody is out in the streets when we walk back and into the Inn.

"Good to know I'm the prime, I still get a little jealous seeing the younger women flirting with you every chance they get." She smirks at me. "Though with Mertil and Beau never flinching and supporting you today, I'm guessing Mertil is next in your collection of the old ladies."

"What? Me? Sabina set up Beau and Mertil has a husband." I know what Ninhersag wants, but that is a hurdle I can't cross.

"Tremont allows Mertil to see whomever she wanted as long as nobody found out. He hasn't been able to do anything for years. Beau and I are her closest friends so we know of course, but Tremont regretted the deal and started calling her names for doing what he offered."

"I knew you agreed with her, but didn't know you were secret sharing friends."

"She came into the Inn after a fight, we were best friends at that moment, when he goes off on her when I'm around, I make sure to piss him off more than she does so he turns it on me as I don't care. We meet often for wine nights."

"I've been interrupting ladies night?"

"I'm sure Beau and Mertil will let you in our pack as an honorary member."

"Nice one," wrapping her up, "You used that pretty quick with that giant mind of yours."

"I'm going to heat up a bath, relax for a bit and then join me in your room." She turns to walk in the kitchen and I stand up to follow her.

"No, bad Kae. You did good today, let me do something," leaving me no option but to sit back down.

"While they heat up, let me see if Mertil and Beau can come over." She walks to the door. "One ale, or they might sense weakness and pounce." She laughs as she leaves.

Katelyn passes by Beau's dark home and turns to Mertils, Beau is out front in a chair. She can hear the fighting before she gets to the stairs.

"Going at it because of today?"

"Mmmhmm." Beau nods to the seat next to her. "He thinks all of that was unnecessary and he would have handled it better."

"And we'd be heading north right now." Katelyn answers, with Beau nodding, "or raped and killed here, if not worthy of the trip."

"Good for her." Katelyn whispers as she hears Mertil talking back for once.

"His face turned purple when she told him he should be thanking Kae." Beau chuckled, "I left right after that and came out here to sit. I give her another few minutes before she rooms with me tonight."

"Another one of those? How about we go to the Inn, Kae heard about our wine sessions."

"Was Kae as alpha male as he looked?" Katelyn chuckled at using the term after the glade.

"They weren't here to barter," Beau leans towards Katelyn, "and Kae wasn't bluffing, I think he could have taken them all when his two friends came out." Beau's pupils where dialated and her face flushed.

"He took me.."

Mertil blasts out the door and right down the steps walking towards town, Beau stands up and stops as Tremont follows. "Fucking whore! You two get out of here."

"Having sex once a year doesn't make one a whore T." Katelyn answers him.

"Don't call me that and feel free to follow your idiot to Twin Rivers."

"I'm not following you to Twin Rivers, T." Katelyn smiles at him.

"Not me, you grrr!" Tremont turns and slams the door shut as they chase after Mertil.

"Mertil, wait." Beau slides up next to her. "Staying with me for a few days?"

"No, he'll show up and try his, I didn't mean it makeup, if I stay at the Inn, Kae being there will keep him away."

"Kae!, come downstairs." Beau calls out halfway through the common room.

Heading downstairs you can feel the anger coming off Mertil, I take a chair on the other side of the table.

"Kae took me down to his spot in the woods, we met some wolves, he showed me where some of the plants were.." Katelyn takes a sip of wine.

"Whoa, back up, more details, wolves?" Beau looks at me and I nod.

We walked down to this clearing in the woods with a blanket, the sun was shining in, we sat in the grass." Katelyn has both their attention.

"That sounds lovely." Beau has both elbows on the table, "What a great idea Kate."

"Yes, it was magical, that's for sure,"Looking over at me she shakes her head, "and then these wolves show up to ask Kae a bunch of questions and let him know that he cannot be a member of their pack, and then they left like it was no big deal at all that we were just standing around talking."

"Oh, and then I said he could be part of our pack on wine night, if that is okay?"

"If I can get a blanket picnic, minus the wolves, sure." Beau answers.

"Aye." Mertil raises her cup.

"Was that for the picnic or the joining?" I ask.

"It was." Mertil still seems angry.

"Is this some kind of test, Kae gets used to Mertil, so she's going to step it up a notch? I ask and Both Beau and Katleyn laughed, Mertil just smiles and nods at me.

"I'll go to Twin Rivers tomorrow, this will get me out of Tremont's way for a few days as I shop for some new clothes, these are going to be threadbare soon."

"Don't push too hard all by yourself." Beau answers with a stern motherly look. "While there the Viscount will be looking for you after his plan failed. That Bjorn and his men counted the same as we did on how many women were available."

"What are you talking about?" Katelyn turns to Beau.

"Bjorn was the main guy, he asked Kae how many women were here, when Kae stated 29, he knew the number was off, having been told by Aberdeen or his lackeys. Kae left out Heran, Mertil and Agitha and said the rest of us were his." Beau nods at me, "They thought it was funny, until he made them leave."

"I heard T say that earlier," Katelyn shoulders me, "A bold statement, eh?"

"They had exactly as many men as we have women, how many women do you think they would have taken, men and or women killed along the way?" I reply looking from face to face to gauge their understanding.

"All, they, ugh, all of us." Mertil sets her cup down and walks into the kitchen.

"What the fuck are we going to do, are the girls safe in Twin Rivers now? Is the Viscount going to take them and wait for the Skaldians to return?"

"That is, true." It finally hits me, standing up I jog up the stairs and get my boots on, grab my knives and bow and meet them all standing at the bottom of the stair.

"What? You can't go up there alone?" Katelyn blocks my way.

"Not a single guard stepped forward earlier, I don't see their help in this now, and, they would slow me down. I'll send messages back, leave the door open for the animals I send back, they won't harm you."

"Shit, this is; be careful Kae." Mertil pulls Katelyn towards her and out of the way. "We can't leave them there unaware."

Passing Beau's home I begin the jog, feeling the wolves close in on me from the northwest I pause long enough for the alpha to step in front of me and ask what I am doing?

"The cowards to the north wish to steal my women and children, I am going to get them back." I send back, with a moments pause they turn and head back to the west. They stay to my west for another hour before breaking off an heading their own way.

A couple of hours later I feel the first sign of people, farmhouses on the southern side of the town, an excited pup runs at me as I get closer until I stop and it rolls over to show its underside. Stepping closer, "You have a job to do little girl." 'At the farms before Twin, going to get our people now.' The pup flips over and starts running towards the location I gave her of the Inn.

The outskirts of the town are filthy and smell of a mismanaged harbor, no walls or towers, though double sets of guards walking the perimiter cause me to duck in and out of the shadows where available until I reached the docks to the east. Saedin's boat is easy to find with women on deck and Saiden out front talking to another man.