Chapter 32

The walk was uneventful in regard to block heads trying to convince me to share what was mine, but there were the expected looks. I was a little shocked to see Theresa had made a new dress that was slightly tighter and more revealing than the others she had worn around us in the past. I was happy that she seemed to be coming out of her shy shell a bit, but wondered if my ladies were setting a good example for them. When we arrived Gar’ital noticed us and ushered us to one of the rear private tables. She had already preselected the menu for us, since she was well versed in our tastes by now. The spread of food that she brought for us was delicious and well worth the price we paid. It was nice to talk with Gar’ital, as she had been set up as our exclusive server, which was a perk of using one of the private rooms.

As we left, Gar’ital pulled me aside and said, “If you do choose to come with just your girls, let me know as we have a very discreet room in case you wish to enjoy yourself more.”

A glance in her eyes told me all that I needed to know, and I made a mental note to set up a date night in the near future. We left and I had the weirdest feeling like I was being watched, but I couldn’t see a single person that set off my danger sense. Usually it was kinda like a mental compass that would give me an idea of where the threat was, but this was a general vibe everywhere and that worried me. I continued to look about for the rest of the walk home and I could tell that the others were confused. Only when we got into the atrium, did I calm down as my danger sense stopped warning me of a threat.

“Sorry if I seemed distracted on the way home, but my danger sense kicked in the second we stepped out of the Dark Chamber,” I explained.

“Oh fuck!” Amenthia exclaimed in surprise. “What did you see? Were you able to tell where it was coming from?”

I shook my head, “No. Usually it gives me a specific area to focus on, but this was more like a haze was over my head.”

“Wow, that will have to be something we can talk to Freyja about,” Entivala said, hugging my arm closer. “She knows more about that ability than any of us.”

I sighed, “I know, I just don’t like knowing there is a threat, but not being able to figure out from where.”

We popped into the quartermaster, to check in with Brot’k and to see how he was doing. I wasn’t surprised to see him and Fra’tilia hard at work as always.

“Hey Brot’k, hey there Fra’tilia,” I called out, as we entered. “Don’t you guys ever do anything but work?”

Brot’k laughed as he stepped away from his work area, “Well you keep giving me all these amazing things to work with, that I can’t help but keep busy. Your ideas have been amazing for the pact house, and I believe if we can make this all succeed, others will be doing the same. Oh, Kat’ilth’ana. Good news, I have spoken with your parents, and they should be in town within the next two weeks. I have already located a suitable building for our little business in the market quarter, so we are all set. I still can’t believe you did that Pathios my boy, but I thank you!”

“I was just doing what I could to help Katie to be happy,” I replied. “If this meant her relationship with them would be repaired, and I could help them regain some of their former glory, I had to try.”

“Not many people would have done that master,” Katie said with adoration in her voice. “You show me time and time again that I made the right choice in binding myself to you.”

“Well I will just keep working so that you never doubt that choice,” I replied, giving her a soft kiss on her forehead.

She hummed happily and we talked about the various things on which they were working. Cassie was excited about the various runes she would be able to start working with now that she was level five. She wasn’t sure if she could create a returning glyph like I wanted yet for the shield, but she was confident she would figure it out. Fra’tilia was upset that she was through over half of her stores of the Arachni spider silk, but she was going to save that for any other clothing that we may need made. I promised that if we came across anything else for her so that we could update her collection of materials as soon as we could.

Once that was done, we headed to our dorm rooms to shower and get ready for bed. The others looked forward to seeing what trouble we could get into tomorrow, though I was worried about what trouble could find us. Hopefully, Freyja will have some answers for us, and we could move forward. I opted out of the group shower, as we would be in there for an hour or more before even getting clean. I had to argue with them that I wouldn’t get in the shower with them, individually or together. Regardless of the pouting, we were able to get showered and I was happy to feel them all curled up to me. I had been exhausted from the fight with the necro sphinx, as well as everything that had happened over the last few days. As I closed my eyes, I wondered what would happen next, and hoped that I wouldn’t be seeing Kali or Catherine again anytime soon.

The drip of water and moans echoed through the stone room, cutting through the silence. The sound of footsteps moving closer down the hallway woke Catherine from her meditative rest.

“What do you want?” Catherine asked, the irritation evident in her voice. “Catherine was relaxing, and you fucked that up!”

She glanced over to see a lean, muscular man, dressed only in a collar standing with a cloaked person beside them.

The slave bowed, “I am sorry Mistress, but they were insistent that I had to bring you to them, or I would be skinned alive.”

Catherine’s mood quickly became dark, and she shoved the slave out from between her legs and grabbed the face of the slave.

“You should be more afraid of what Catherine will do to you,” she growled as she sank the clawed fingers into the slave’s face, drawing blood.

The slave nodded and fought off screaming in pain or letting the tears that had welled up fall from their eyes.

“Fuck off and take the other one with you,” Catherine snapped, as they scrambled to escape her wrath. “What the fuck do you want?”

“Kali has requested you to see her,” the cloaked figure explained in a deep monotone voice.

“And she sent you why?” Catherine asked, confused. “She has never had an issue sending a raven to Catherine before.”

The figure sighed, “Due to us preventing the ravens from reaching the village in regard to the village on the third floor, they are being more watchful and diligent with the ravens.”

“Let her know that Catherine will meet her in the usual place,” Catherine said as she rubbed her temples. “Catherine will also talk to her about a different method of conveying this, Catherine was about to cum, and you fucked it up!”

The cloaked figure groaned, “I apologize for interrupting your extracurricular activities, but this was a bit more important.”

Catherine’s eyes narrowed, “There is nothing more important than Catherine getting her cum! If you ever interrupt it again, I will have you bound and raped by a massive dragon cock!”

“I can’t tell if you are serious or not, but I don’t want to find out,” the cloaked figure sighed. “I will make sure that Kali is aware of it for the future.”

The figure bowed and began to leave the room, leaving Catherine alone in her room. Walking over to the table near her bed, she glanced down at the sheet of paper sitting there. A near perfect rendition of Pathios had been drawn onto the paper with charcoal. Grabbing the picture, Catherine returned to her four-post king sized bed and began to rub her pussy to the picture.

“Catherine is going to make you into the most magnificent man,” Catherine moaned as she slid to fingers inside her wet pussy. “Then Catherine is going to make you hers!”

I awoke to find myself in our bed, and I felt a little bit of disappointment from not spending the time with Freyja or Aphrodite, but it could have also been a bit worse. I was happy that we had been upgraded, since Cassie was now sleeping with us. I pulled myself out of the arms of Amenthia and Entivala and went to freshen up for the day. I found Theresa and Dilbar up preparing our morning meal and wished them a good morning. On my way back, I popped in to wish Katie a good morning and I was shocked to see that she was seated at her original potion making equipment, while tendrils extended from her form to work at the other ones.

“Welcome and good morning Pathios,” I started experimenting with this while you were gone and have found a system that allows me to ensure I can make positions nonstop, instead of getting up and going to each station one by one.”

“Good morning sweetheart,” I said with a smile as I walked up to kiss her forehead. “It’s too bad you can’t create a duplicate of yourself to keep working while you’re in the dungeons with us.”

She turned to look at me with surprise, “What do you mean, Pathios?”

I spent the next few minutes explaining how if she had a copy, more accurately a magical construct, she could have it make all the potions for her.

“I never really thought of that, but I am not sure that I could make one with my abilities as they are,” she admitted. “Still it is a goal to strive for. However, if we did have the ability to do that, I would move Theresa into Cassandra’s room and then expand my work into Theresa’s old room. I could then, depending on the requirements to create them, I could have them work on multiple potions at a time and guarantee We never run out.”

I gave her a kiss and said, “We will look into that today if you like, that way we can make plans.”

Katie pulled me into a passionate kiss to thank me for the idea, and I left her to her work. As I entered our room the other three were just waking up. The various curves and valleys on display were both distracting and enticing. Especially when they stretched out their fatigue, but I ignored the urge to ravish them right then and there. I could see from the look on their faces that they were doing those things on purpose. They left with a laugh as they went to freshen up and I decided to help the others to get breakfast ready. We sat down and enjoyed the meal as we planned the day. Cassie was going to work on her runes and see what new stuff she could think up. Dilbar and Ilthvana had plans with some friends from a different pact house and wouldn’t be going into the dungeon today. Theresa wanted to take a day off, given how intense the last few days had been, instead opting to meet with Fra’tilia to talk about clothing making.

For us, we figured we would pop by the guild to make some money, since I had spent so much on those sending stones. Katie had decided to stay back and work on seeing if she could create a duplicate on her own, but she promised she would visit the knowledge center if she needed help figuring it out. If she needed to buy magic to do so she would reach out and then we would deal with that then. I was happy to have Amenthia and Entivala with me, like when I first started. We wished everyone a good day and told them to keep in touch, before we left to head over to the Guild. As we neared the atrium a raven cawed, drawing my attention, and giving it time to land on my arm. Grabbing the document from the bird caused it to disappear and I opened up the parchment to see what it said.

I found the timing of the letter somewhat funny, passing it to the others to read. They agreed that the timing was kinda funny, and we packed the letter away and entered the transit tube. When we arrived, we were waved down by one of their check-in people, who we interacted with sometimes when we visited. Once I was guided to where Esmerelda was waiting, I was shocked at who was waiting with her. Standing nearly six feet, the woman standing next to Esmerelda turned to face me. She was garbed in dark leather armor that covered her torso and arms. Her face was covered in an ornamental mask, while her lower body was exposed, showing her digitigrade legs that were left exposed due to the heavy amounts of fur that covered them. She gave a bow and removed the mask, showing the soft yet attractive features.