fled into the darkness to lick their wounds.
Two retired guards opened their homes to us and we spent the night on a thick mattress with the cat-people curled up on blankets on the floor around us. I was tucked between my two husbands, all of us exhausted from the trip, and I fell into an easy sleep.
After breakfast and a quick clean up, the cat-men left, saying that going back through the Raiders' area during daylight was perfectly safe since they were night creatures, and also they wouldn't be attacking anyone anytime soon. After saying thanks a hundred times, we left them at the south end of the city and found Rysk and Tyrant's horses, stabled on the north end. The horses took one look at Ekho and screeched and reared.
"I hate to tell you this," Ekho said stifling a smile at the guards' annoyed faces, "but unless a horse has been trained to accept my people they won't want to be anywhere near me."
"You could ride ahead of us, lead the way." Perseus suggested.
Ekho agreed it was a good idea, as opposed to being behind us where the horses could see him. They appeared to want to argue, but it was either use the horses or continue the walk, which would take much, much longer.
Odin offered to let Ekho ride him, but Perseus said he wanted him on his back with me. Although Perseus hadn't voiced it, I was sure that he had been just as worried about Ekho's safety as I was when we fled from the fight the night before. At this moment, he wanted the three of us as close as possible. Perseus offered his arm to Ekho who swung up easily onto his back and settled behind me. "Hello, honey kitten," he purred into my ear and kissed my cheek.
"Be good, you alley cat," I laughed as the fur on his cheek tickled my neck as he kissed down towards my shoulder.
"Hey, you two," Perseus chided as he kicked off, "I have a strict rule about fooling around on my back."
Ekho and I both laughed and I leaned forward and hugged him. "Just how many times have you had to use that rule?" I asked.
"It's new." He looked down at me with a grin, his blue eyes dancing.
Because of Ekho's added weight, Perseus couldn't go as fast as before, but we still made good time to the next city, the last leg of our journey. He promised he didn't mind carrying both of us and it actually made me feel closer to the two of them, sharing this together. Instead of just me riding Perseus, Ekho was holding me tightly and joking with both of us.
When we stopped at another rustic home for the evening meal, Perseus shifted right away, anxious to get out of his shifted form and stretch. After we ate and cleaned up in the bathroom, the owner offered us his bed, but since it was the only bed in the tiny house and they had two small children with them, I declined the offer. Instead, we made a camp outside behind their hut, stretching out a blanket and cuddling up together. Finn and Odin were nearby on their own bedrolls and Rysk and Tyrant settled some distance off, leaning against tall trees to sleep. I shifted back and forth on the ground. Although the grass was soft, the dirt underneath most certainly was not.
"Come here, honey kitten," Ekho said with a yawn, stretching out onto his back. "Lay on me. I'm a lot more comfortable then the ground, and I'll keep you warmer, too."
"You don't mind?" I sat up, looking down at him.
"Of course not. Besides, if you can't sleep then we can't sleep either, and I'm pretty damn tired."
I moved over him, stretching out on top of his tall length. My ear pressed to his chest as I lay stomach to stomach with him, my toes against his shins. I inhaled the heady scent of him and my bear rumbled in approval. His arms slid around me as Perseus scooted closer on the blanket and captured one of my hands with his, pressing a kiss to the top.
After some adjustment, I thought I was comfortable enough to sleep when Ekho growled, "If you don't stop wiggling, a part of me is going to make a part of you
Two retired guards opened their homes to us and we spent the night on a thick mattress with the cat-people curled up on blankets on the floor around us. I was tucked between my two husbands, all of us exhausted from the trip, and I fell into an easy sleep.
After breakfast and a quick clean up, the cat-men left, saying that going back through the Raiders' area during daylight was perfectly safe since they were night creatures, and also they wouldn't be attacking anyone anytime soon. After saying thanks a hundred times, we left them at the south end of the city and found Rysk and Tyrant's horses, stabled on the north end. The horses took one look at Ekho and screeched and reared.
"I hate to tell you this," Ekho said stifling a smile at the guards' annoyed faces, "but unless a horse has been trained to accept my people they won't want to be anywhere near me."
"You could ride ahead of us, lead the way." Perseus suggested.
Ekho agreed it was a good idea, as opposed to being behind us where the horses could see him. They appeared to want to argue, but it was either use the horses or continue the walk, which would take much, much longer.
Odin offered to let Ekho ride him, but Perseus said he wanted him on his back with me. Although Perseus hadn't voiced it, I was sure that he had been just as worried about Ekho's safety as I was when we fled from the fight the night before. At this moment, he wanted the three of us as close as possible. Perseus offered his arm to Ekho who swung up easily onto his back and settled behind me. "Hello, honey kitten," he purred into my ear and kissed my cheek.
"Be good, you alley cat," I laughed as the fur on his cheek tickled my neck as he kissed down towards my shoulder.
"Hey, you two," Perseus chided as he kicked off, "I have a strict rule about fooling around on my back."
Ekho and I both laughed and I leaned forward and hugged him. "Just how many times have you had to use that rule?" I asked.
"It's new." He looked down at me with a grin, his blue eyes dancing.
Because of Ekho's added weight, Perseus couldn't go as fast as before, but we still made good time to the next city, the last leg of our journey. He promised he didn't mind carrying both of us and it actually made me feel closer to the two of them, sharing this together. Instead of just me riding Perseus, Ekho was holding me tightly and joking with both of us.
When we stopped at another rustic home for the evening meal, Perseus shifted right away, anxious to get out of his shifted form and stretch. After we ate and cleaned up in the bathroom, the owner offered us his bed, but since it was the only bed in the tiny house and they had two small children with them, I declined the offer. Instead, we made a camp outside behind their hut, stretching out a blanket and cuddling up together. Finn and Odin were nearby on their own bedrolls and Rysk and Tyrant settled some distance off, leaning against tall trees to sleep. I shifted back and forth on the ground. Although the grass was soft, the dirt underneath most certainly was not.
"Come here, honey kitten," Ekho said with a yawn, stretching out onto his back. "Lay on me. I'm a lot more comfortable then the ground, and I'll keep you warmer, too."
"You don't mind?" I sat up, looking down at him.
"Of course not. Besides, if you can't sleep then we can't sleep either, and I'm pretty damn tired."
I moved over him, stretching out on top of his tall length. My ear pressed to his chest as I lay stomach to stomach with him, my toes against his shins. I inhaled the heady scent of him and my bear rumbled in approval. His arms slid around me as Perseus scooted closer on the blanket and captured one of my hands with his, pressing a kiss to the top.
After some adjustment, I thought I was comfortable enough to sleep when Ekho growled, "If you don't stop wiggling, a part of me is going to make a part of you
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