We are finally on our way back to the territory.
We made a short stop at the inn, getting our stuff back and transferring back to the carriage.
Ghost is again the assigned driver but Alpha suggested that he drive instead, much to Ghost's relief.
Orm is sitting alone at the middle as he takes too much space and according to him, doesn't made him feel nauseous unless the speed is increased like before.
And I'm sitting between Lion and Sly, who are both sitting too close to me for comfort.
I'm starting to consider sitting beside Orm when I noticed that it is snowing gently outside the window.
I excitedly requested Alpha, who seemed to enjoy looking at me getting animated, to stop the carriage as I wanted to go down.
Everyone looked fondly at me as I got down from the carriage and twirled excitedly under the snow.
I just felt happy, that's all.
Maybe because of everything we went through, I'm just glad that everyone survived.
I soon forgot that everyone is watching me that I kept on dancing under the snow.
I noticed a tree and sat down underneath it and leaned back my head on the trunk of the tree.
I remembered a tune that I heard about when I was a bit younger and tried to sing it.
The song was about a fairy, who was waiting for her love to rescue her as she was being held as a prisoner by her love's enemy. It tells about her yearning for him and how she patiently endures her hardships as the years went by without any news from him. The song ended with her finally dying without seeing her love.
Why am I singing such a sad song? I was feeling happy awhile ago.
Now I'm feeling down.
I sighed and got up and started to go back when I saw Lion standing a few steps behind me.
Good thing I didn't yell in fright since he has a sad look in his face.
I asked him what was wrong and he embraced me. He promised me that he would always try to find me and he would try his best not to let me wait for a long time.
He seemed to remember our past experiences in which he added that he would try hard to become more stronger in order to protect me.
I placed my head on his chest and told him that I would also try my best to protect him as he is my heart.
I then placed my arms around his neck and kissed him gently.
....
We travelled straight to the palace without stopping.
Everyone felt exhausted especially Alpha who is handling the carriage.
Alpha groggily lead the way to the throne room while the rest of us except Lion kept yawning.
Lion looked alert as we are nearing the throne room, holding my hand as we went inside first, followed by the rest of the pack.
The throne room was filled with all sorts of creatures as the Chieftain Monarch is present, sitting on the throne.
Good thing they have no etiquette here or I would definitely fall asleep while curtsying.
The carpet on my feet looks very inviting.
I was listening half-heartedly, as most of what they talk about are mumble jumble or I'm just too tired to listen properly.
I was about to take a quick nap while standing when I heard the Chieftain Monarch calling me.
Oops.
I gave an awkward smile while I'm at loss on what to say.
Good thing that I didn't say anything as he just wants me to follow one of his attendants.
Uh, where am I going?
I glanced at Lion, who gave me an encouraging smile and followed the attendant out of the throne room.
....
Ah.... Now this is the life!
I'm inside a huge gazebo like room where there's plenty of flowers surrounding me.
It is a secluded open space, surrounded by weird trees and flowers who has a nice scent to them.
There's a cloudlike bed at the center, that reminded me on my first meeting with Lion.
I lie down on the bed and closed my eyes.
I'm just going to take a quick nap.
....
I woke up with a start.
I felt that I had another nightmare in which I couldn't remember what it is.
I glanced around and noticed that it seems peaceful here.
I took a deep breath and felt refreshed.
I stood up and stretched my arms and started wondering where I can find food since I'm getting hungry.
I saw the attendant who accompanied me earlier approaching me and signaled me to follow it. (Seemed like a neutral)
I was ushered inside a room where I took a bath and was being fed with small pieces of fruit by some small flying creatures which I find cute. They looked like little bumblebees carrying the tiny pieces of fruits. Their colors are different from bumblebees since they have only one color which is purple, with black stripes.
I soon became full and the little purplebees (I named them that!) looked so sad that I had to eat a bit more until they looked satisfied.
I'm being overfed.
But they looked so cute.
Some female attendants made me dress into something that looks straight out of an erotic boutique on earth.
Oh no, not this time. I'm not wearing that!
Somehow, one attendant managed to convince me by telling me that a lot of female creatures are finding Lion and the pack very alluring and might offer them a quick tryst or even offer themselves as possible mates.
What the.
Give me that! I told the attendant.
No way I'm letting those witches have my mate.
....
Now I'm curious what the event is.
I'm dressing into something that looks flattering and arousing at the same time that I'm tempted to offer myself as mate to myself.
It barely covered my private parts.
But still, it looks great on me. Back on earth, I won't have any confidence on wearing this.
Wait a minute, I'm getting distracted. What is tonight's event?
It turns out that it's a erotic festival among the high ranked creatures to promote mating and intercourse.
It started centuries ago, when there was shortage of offsprings because of uncontrolled killing. Females are getting rarer to the point that one female has many male mates. To avoid it from happening again, they encouraged this festival among the elites, giving free pass to everyone as long as you do not give birth to a bastard offspring.
It's a night of debauchery.
I want to kill Lion for not telling me about this.
....
Since I'm feeling shy, I asked the creature some materials to make something which I know, nobody has ever tried before.
I smirk to myself, excited to see Lion's reaction.
....
My footsteps echoed through the throne room as everyone stopped what they are doing and turned to look at me.
I smiled mysteriously as I'm trying to find my prey.
I saw him surrounded by scantily dressed female creatures who tried to get his attention when they heard the sound of my whip, dragging on the floor.
They all turned to look at me as I smiled at them, telling them that he's mine.
Lion widened his eyes when he looked at me.
I pulled him towards me and whispered to his ear,
Are you ready for a night of pleasure?