Chapter 14

At first, my surprise wish fulfillment seemed harmless enough. Welta brought some kind of skin bag out of her things and started pouring a cup of it for each of us. I was delighted after the first sip. It didn't taste exactly like beer and it didn't foam much, but it wasn't exactly wine either. It did taste great though and there was no mistaking the alcohol content.

There was no lack of kick either. After one cup I knew I'd be better served without another one, but I couldn't resist. At least I didn't let her give me a third round.

The kids got a small cup each too - except Sika, the baby. It did a number on then, and every one, even including Sika was asleep in less than half an hour. We adults were having a big time enjoying each other's company after that.

When Mary flicked the switch to turn on the lights our new members were every bit as surprised as Reela, Keela, Mecha, and Kemela had been the first time they saw the trick. It wasn't the last surprise though. Chris plugged her iPod into its external speakers next, and before I really knew what was happening Garth Brooks was singing about his friends in low places. None of the downtimers could understand a word, but they caught on to the beat right away and Chris pulled me to her for an impromptu dancing lesson.

Garth's tempo was a little fast for learners, but Chris switched to one of her favorites next. Gentleman Jim Reeves was more to her liking anyway. Before the friend had to go I was showing Welta what it was all about and with pointers from Mary and Chris she had her head on my shoulder and my hands were full of splendid cheeks while my boner pressed against her rock hard abs. I even showed her what a French kiss was like at the end.

It was a lesson for each of the rest after that. Gentleman Jim sang over and over and I groped every ass that came close. I figured I'd be raring to get it on with what I thought of to my self as my mini-harem of Chris, Mary, Reela, Keela, Mecha, and Kemela after the lights went out, but I was Wrong with a capital W.

Earlier, while I'd been putting the final touches on the front wall, I hadn't had time to keep up with where the furs were being spread. When I finally glanced that way I knew there'd probably be more entertainment tonight than I had even a hope of getting through. From the way our sleeping furs had expanded it was obvious I had a full grown harem now. I must not have been paying close enough attention at some point. Without a doubt every one of the widows was scheduled to sleep right in the pile with us and I had a feeling we wouldn't be sleeping anytime soon. I finally got a turn at being right.

Mary didn't dim the lights until every female even close to adulthood was bare assed, and they'd done it semi-slowly, one at a time. Of course I was the star of the show for a couple of minutes after that. I didn't give one shit about it either. The alcoholic drink we'd had put me in the proper mood for new social situations and I wasn't one to look a gift horse, or pussy, in the mouth. When my clothes were off I crawled directly to the middle of the bed and took Welta in my arms. There was no chance I could do them all tonight, but it was time for the old schoolboy try.

With the help of the good lord I made it through all the mothers plus Kemela and Mecha. That was it though. I was done for the night. If I'd stayed away from the alcohol drink I might have held on for one more, but there was no sense in showing off. After Mecha and I finished doing the nasty I simply conked out.

When I woke the next morning I only had a trace of a headache. Three big cups of water and one hell of a breakfast cured it and it was time for the door. Of course we didn't have a damned thing for hinges. I didn't even bother trying leather straps since the door I intended to build would be way too damned heavy. I settled for two short pieces of half-inch chain I rescued from one of Jim's junk boxes. The door didn't open so much as we dragged it. All the chain accomplished was keeping it from falling. It did work though.

The effort was worth it big time. Every single female in the place came over to thank me, except Sika, and she gave me a big grin. They were sincere too and it made me feel good about providing them a safe place to live, even if it wasn't going to protect their virtue. Hell, if anybody's virtue needed protecting it was mine, but I didn't have any.

The new arrivals didn't sit around on their cute asses either. Because of the buffalo hunt and the bear massacre we had lots of skins that needed tending and meat that needed attention too. Chris sent me out for stout poles to make stretching frames and drying racks and that was all the help they needed from me.

Some of the women tied the racks together, stretched the skins on them, and commenced scraping while others built the drying racks and finished cutting all the meat into strips and laying those strips on the racks. I finished the day by finishing the outhouse. Since the women were still working after I called it quits, I settled into the middle of our sleeping furs for a few minutes of wrasslin' with the three youngsters and finished off with fifteen minutes of tickling and rocking Sika. Damn it made me feel important and I noticed that all the women approved.

During supper Chris had a little news for me.

"Do you remember back when we were trying to decide where and when we were?" she asked.

"Kinda."

"Well you hit the nail on the head for part of it."

"Which part are you talking about?"

"We didn't necessarily move in year long increments," she said.

"Huh?"

"The autumnal equinox was a little over two weeks ago."

"You mean all the snow outside is in the second week of October?"

"Yes, and Mecha says it's light this year so far."

"Good God. Does she think we'll have enough food to make it?"

"Yes, she thinks we have enough, but if you want to do a little hunting she doesn't think it will go to waste. She even says she knows of a valley, not far from here, where horses hang out. She thinks you could get a couple without any problem."

"Damn if that's so. If I go after any horses it'll be to catch them for riding and working," I said.

"I told her that and she was amazed at the thought. Still, if you get caught up we might want to take another look around for more bison."

"We can do that in a day or two. I want to build us a big dining table, but that can wait too. I'm going to take a couple of days off after all this building though. Let's plan on hunting three days from now."

"We'll get ready for it then."

The bison hunt didn't seem like it would be much of a problem but the news about horses had my interest. I wanted some. Reality set in though and I knew it would have to wait until spring. We'd never be able to feed them through the winter this year. Next spring I could figure out a way to store some hay, but there couldn't be enough time for it now.