Astra PoV
"Well then, Sarnai, are you more... understanding of what it means to be apart of this family?"
Choking down large gulps of air, the Leopardkin blinked away the fear and nodded hesitantly, trying not to stare at me for too long yet having to since I was making her; on the one hand I could tell Rhefia wasn't terribly pleased by this development, but after a look she just shrugged and let it be.
Besides, as she had seen with the other two, so long as I was never given a reason there was never a looming threat for them to deal with, so for Sarnai her life wasn't going to change because of what I had done.
It was just... insurance, which I was intending to pay the premium on to keep things as they were... forever.
"Y-Yes... I am..."
"Good! Now, I have a few more questions in regards to... well, just you. The whole mercenary thing is interesting and I certainly do want to get into that later, but for right now I find myself more focused on this."
Tapping her sculpted abs, I gave her a smile before plopping back down on my own couch, waiting for a response and idly enjoying the muscular woman's beauty from afar, finding two very~ good reasons for why Rhefia had done what she did.
Taking a few more breaths and evening her breathing, Sarnai swallowed hard and bit her lip, staring at me and seemingly waiting for me to ask another question instead of explaining herself, though I had to admit I wouldn't be quick to speak either if someone had done that to me...
"This isn't the first child you've ever had, right? Have you raised all of them, are you capable of doing so..? That sort of thing."
"Oh, um... So like I said, I was from a Tribe of other Leopardkin, and we operated with a core set of tenants given to us by Tigreseta. The strong rule and the weak submit. Warriors are the lifeblood of the Tribe and as such they deserve most of the resources... which just so happens to include the Tribe itself.
When I was but a whelp I wanted to become a warrior, just like everyone else. I trained, I fought, I bled... but I was weak. So I was claimed. I've been 'owned' four times, and each of my owners put a few kits in me each time. But I was also a warrior, so I never had the time to properly care for my kits. After the first two or three months when they were just a baby, I would go back to fighting and hunting before eventually being impregnated again.
I think... in total I left around a dozen kits in the Tribe before I left, and each only stayed with me until I recuperated enough to get back to fighting and hunting. I always ended up surpassing my owners and freeing myself, but the problem with that was the attention it drew from the stronger warriors..."
She just shrugged after describing what most 'normal' women would consider hell, and although I personally thought that such a society would be very~ fun to participate in, I also had the luxury of knowing I could dominate it because of my body.
Children that only want to remain with me, intoxicating pleasure unachievable with anybody else, and magic that could make most seasoned warriors uncomfortable was definitely a lineup waiting to take over most places.
"You are under the understanding now that Rhefia is your 'owner' then, correct? She is vouching for you as her new woman, so therefore..."
Gesturing at her stomach again, I made the Leopardkin smile wryly as she nodded before she took a glance at her new 'owner', who was just leaning back against the couch with a small smile as she held her daughters.
"I am expected to be a Mother now instead of just a woman who pops out babies? I... think I might be able to manage, but I've lived this way for a long time, so understand that I will be... most certainly making mistakes. I also... well..."
Scratching her cheek and blushing a little, the large woman almost made herself seem small as she peeked at Rhefia again, who was now somewhat stiff as she tried to stop herself from getting erect after Sarnai said something quite~ arousing.
"I'll admit that sometimes I rather enjoyed being owned... the liberation that came with submission was sometimes rather alluring, and a few of those kits were certainly created because I yearned for it again, so..."
Taking a deep breath and calming herself a little, Rhefia leaned over and whispered "Then rest assured the instant you give birth I will be working very hard to put another one in you, Sarnai...", causing the Leopardkin to blush even more as she nodded eagerly.
"Well, that's gonna be a problem isn't it? We don't really have the space for this sort of breeding anymore, sadly... Unless we start expanding deep underground, but I... that idea just makes my skin crawl."
Sari leaned over and rested her head on my shoulder as she stared at Rhefia, who was very clearly trying not to get erect now as she looked anywhere but at any of us, all while enduring the plight of having her two daughters dozing quietly in her arms, firmly snuggled against her.
"Yes... Rhefia, I'm assuming then that the Dogkin Aethisia brought back is also..?"
She just nodded, making me smile wryly since there was a good chance the older woman might have more than just a single pup - something I learned about with my time spent mating with both Fenkar and Luna, who had almost put multiple pups in me.
The System prevented it, yet it meant that the 'natural' state of any Caninekin breeding resulted in multiple babies; even the insanely hung red Wolfkin Goddess I had been bred by almost put a dozen pups inside of me, yet she hadn't... because of the System...
"Y'know, I think it might be time to ask Renna about combining our lands together and expanding above the ground as well... Which also means that we need to meet with a few higher ups in the city - besides the Duchesses, of course - to obtain permits to build something bigger than just two or three stories..."