June was seated one leg across her knee, atop her shirshu when the message came by hawk. Gulping down the remainder of her can of beer, she tossed it carelessly over one shoulder.

"Oof!"

"Sorry," she murmured to the husband of a wealthy earth kingdom woman on the ground behind her.

Before the message, her day had been normal. She and Nyla were given three bounties to retrieve and the old fart caught with his pants down at a popular brothel was supposed to be the last one for the day. After handing him over to his wife, hogtied, his pants still down per request, she had planned to catch her favorite bar in time for her favorite side job, arm-wrestling. Most frequenters of the bar knew better than to underestimate the beauty, but there was sure to be at least one unfortunate tourist she could drain for every gold piece they were worth.

Such plans were cast aside as soon as she read the three words on the letter: Queen summons you. Grunting, the bounty hunter folded the letter and placed it in her breast pocket. Well, there goes her night. The queen was quite different from Prince Pouty in more ways than one and would expect a prompt answer. Yet, she felt apprehensive about going to the alpha's house.

Mai will be there. She thought, rubbing the bridge of her nose.

The last thing she wanted was to see Prince, well, Lord Pouty's omega again. Unfortunately, the choice was out of her hands. She was indebted to Lord Pouty's sister and everyone knew better than to cross the Mad Princess.

She felt her other breast pocket for a fix, forgetting that she had quit the habit a day ago, making her curse under her breath. What excuse did she have? It was either the triad leader's house or the bar. June clenched her teeth, if she were a firebender, she would have smoke emitting from her ears. The thought occurred that she could kill the messenger and claim the letter was lost, but the alpha had other worries, nowadays. The mad princess knew of her attachments and would undoubtedly exploit them if necessary. The decision was made for her.

#

After dismissing her second in command to contact their elusive bounty hunter ally, Azula went back to pacing her office at Mad Princess Headquarters in Republic City, trying to ignore the pulsing pain in her neck. Her omega's mating bite reminded her subtly of what she had lost. The loss sent a blow to her spirit that rivaled the detrimental loss of her agni khai and destined throne to her brother. She managed, with some difficulty to recover from that ill-fated defeat, but she feared losing her wife would be an altogether different battle.

The omega had given her two beautiful pups, a fact she could never forget when she saw them daily, traveling home from school with hired bodyguards. Azula cringed when another painful pulse made her jerk, and cover her neck with her hand. She had to find her omega, even if it meant slaying her enemy-turned-friendly acquaintance, Chief Toph, in the process. No matter her feelings, she knew deep down that reuniting with Ty Lee was necessary or she may never…recover.

It was the fire lord, himself, who gave her the news of her first born. A son, Ty Lee had given life to as a result of hard rutting thanks to the omega's heat the night of their wedding. Ty Lee was a master seductress without the natural lust pattern, but a true sex animal with it. Azula may as well had been an inanimate object as it was the omega who controlled the entire show. Her knot had been squeezed dry by the time her new wife was finished with her and neither was surprised at the outcome nine months later.

It was only now, that Azula paused before venturing into the Fire Nation hospital. The last months of Ty Lee's pregnancy, the omega wanted to go home to give birth in their homeland as opposed to any earth kingdom hospital. Azula agreed, but sent the woman with Mai to keep her company while she attended to business, preparing Zirin and the triad to look after things while she was away.

Now, here she was on the opposite side of the hospital's doors with her brother.

It's going to be ok, Azula," assured Zuko, at her side.

Azula raked her fingernails through her lengthy hair, refusing to continue. She was a sire, now. Had she not been enthralled by her wife and concentrating on increasing drenched depths and rotating hips, she would have known better, yet she was only human and like most human alphas, she was not immune to the instinct of breeding…

Now, she faced the consequences. Instead of answering her brother with an admission, she was not ready to give, she entered the double doors to meet her Ty Lee's newborn pup.

The memory pulled the alpha even now. She thought on tracking down Mai. Azula did not fear the bounty hunter's decline of the mission, she knew better and anyone would common sense could smell the tension between her and the knife-wielder. They needed closure as well, though Azula cared very little for that. Still, she decided against stopping the possible reunion. Mai was more ornery than usual, perhaps a good fuck was due for her oldest friend as well.

Maybe that's all the world really needs anyway. Thought Azula, staring at a ball of azure flame in the palm of her hand. A good fuck…

#

Toph and June made a good team. Thanks to June's smooth speech that easily provoked the two guards to open their guards, meeting the blunt ends of her axe and Toph's warhammer. Freed from the palace's "newly new-new renovated" prison, Toph tightened her fingers around the handle of her weapon, and gave strong swings, demolishing the exit door as her partner fished for the keys to unlock the chi-blocking contraption around her neck.

"Watch it!" Called June suddenly, though a bit too late as the blind chief of police felt pure fear when one of her feet meet open air.

Gasping, the alpha's arms flew up, her Warhammer slipping free from her grip towards whatever abyss awaited below. Thankfully, the bounty hunter's hands beneath her armpits, prevented her from diving head first after the fallen weapon.

"Careful, did you forget we're closer to the heavens in this dumb palace?" Grunted June, breathing hitched from dragging the alpha's weight away from the exit.

She could only sigh in relief as most of her senses returned. She immediately used her seismic ability to read their surroundings, a smirk forming when she also read King Bumi's location just beneath them, sleeping peacefully.

With a strong fist she began to descend when June caught her wrist.

"No, first, we find the omega. He can wait".

Toph snatched her arm away. "Ty Lee…if she's still alive," she shook her head. "Bumi would know," she persisted, turning to lead the way when June's fingers rewrapped around her elbow, giving a strong pull and a menacing tone that made the chief rarely think twice about challenging her.

"Again," hissed June in her ear. "We find the omega. Queen's orders".

Toph's eyes widened. Queen…Azula! So, that was who sent this woman. The earthbender clenched her teeth. Of course, Ty Lee's mate would sense the omega's distress.

"We're going to try the desert. With the lucrative prostitution ring, I am pretty sure Ty Lee would be a hot commodity for the sandbenders".

Desert. Toph felt a sting from her memories. She remembered the library, losing Appa and Aang's anger. She hated the desert.

"Come!" Growled June. "There's no time!"

Toph slowly followed her new captor. She knew there was no getting away from June. Even if she buried the non-bender up to her neck in dirt, she would have Azula and the entire triad after her within seconds. The choice was not hers.

What if Ty's not even there? She thought angrily at the entire situation.

Following wordlessly behind the bounty hunter, they caught a mail carrier descending from the angular building. She did not have a choice in the matter. She was going to the desert, whether she liked it or not. Great…

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Three destinations: a friend's house, the hospital, the desert