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Fenris dropped the murderer's body in front of the guards and one of them handed him a bag of coins. Fenris counted it befoee walking. out of the bounty collection point, the others waiting, now including Riley, who had the same sword she had stolen from him slung across her back.

"Well, that's it for jobs," Fenris said. "Let's head back to the inn. We're taking the rest of the day off."

Naomi and Eileen sighed in relief, Sofia and Riley both cheering. Fenris walked behind the girls and watched Riley carefully. She was taking her father's death better than he expected. She was hurting, he could see that much, but she seemed happy traveling and working with him. She was also a skilled thief and pickpocket, as she had proven earlier that day by pickpocketing a crystal ball for a healing spell Mein as they were passing her in the bazaar. And that spell was then given to Eileen, who apparently had a healing affinity.

Andrea, on the other hand, was taking her husband's death about as Fenris would expect. She was broken. Aside from doing her job, the only words she had spoken were to tell Fenris that she wouldn't charge him as long as he kept his group restricted to the four spare rooms on the top floor where her and Riley's rooms were. That wasn't a problem, since there were only four of them, but he was hoping to fix that soon. Riley had yet to officially join the harem, and Fenris hadn't even bothered to ask if Andrea wanted to. Her answer was written all over her face. Riley seemed willing, and even a little eager, but they had yet to make it official yet since Andrea would definitely not be pleased. Getting her to agree to allow Riley to even travel with Fenris had been a pain in the ass. After the funeral, Andrea had rescinded her permission, and Fenris had had to argue it with Andrea for several hours, alongside Riley herself, to get the permission back.

Fenris pulled himself out of his thoughts as they entered the inn. The girls were all laughing and making small talk, but Fenris didn't feel like celebrating. So when the others headed for the bar, Fenris headed to bed. However, less than ten seconds after he lay down, the door opened and Sofia walked in. She closed the door behind her and walked over, sitting beside him on the bed, gently combing her fingers through his hair.

"It wasn't your fault," Sofia said. "You couldn't have saved him."

"I don't care about him," Fenris said.

"No, but his death hurt Andrea and Riley, both of whom you do care about," Sofia said, then pressed a finger to his lips as he tried to argue. "I know, I know. It was just sex. But I know you care. You're terrified of showing you care, and I can't figure out why, but you care. It's why you get so stressed out and withdrawn if any of us are hurt." she leaned down, kissing him gently. "It's okay to care, and it's okay to be vulnerable. It's natural. None of us would ever judge you for it."

Fenris stared uo at her in silence for a moment before grabbing her and rolling, Sofia squeeling in surprise. He straddled her as soon as she was on her back, pinning her to the bed and pausing as she smiled radiantly up at him.

"I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure it's your turn," Fenris said finally. "And I believe I have a standing vow to get you addicted to keep."

"I think I remember something like that," Sofia smiled. "So, what are you waiting for? Kiss me."

Fenris smirked and captured her lips with his own, the kiss quickly dissolving into a haze of heat and lust, Fenris starting to lose his senses, jhst as he had the last time. He struggled against it, fighting to remain in control, but try as he might, his dominance fell away entirely as soon as Sofia was ready for it to. Fenris felt frustrated. No one else provoked this reaction, and he didn't like it. He liked being powerful, in control. Being like this, submitting to someone, especially as Sofia was able to get him to, it felt wrong.

He fought to regain control, tried desperately to stop himself, even as his hands drifted over Sofia's bare skin, needing to feel her, and his lips ravished Sofia's own, desperate to her touch, her taste, her presence. He needed her, and he didn't like it. It scared him that he was so desperate, so dependent on her, so powerless before her.

Sofia moaned freely as his lips met her lower set, his tongue working her wet folds relentlessly. He wanted to say it was to make her submit, to make her be the one who needed him, but it wasn't. He was being so diligent, so attentive to her needs because he was addicted. He was desperate for more of her. Her touch. Her taste. The noises she made when he would make her feel good. His name on her lips as she climaxed from something he did. The loving embrace he would share with her afterward. Everything she was, he craved. Needed. He needed her. True to her word, she had gotten him addicted. right from that first kiss, he had never been able to get enough of her.

Sofia cried out as she came, Fenris locking his lips around her opening as she squirted, greedily drinking her sweet nectar. She tasted like cherries in a way so literal that he would laugh at it, if he wasn't busy trying to get himself more, his fingers flying over her clit. Finally, she pulled him away, kissing him hungrily, his head spinning so fast he thought he might faint. He couldn't help it. Everything she was, and everything she did, pulled at him. Her tast, her lips, her hunger. It was sending him into an overload. But he couldn't stop. Not now. He needed more. He needed her.

Fenris's breath hitched as she slowly enveloped him, taking him all the way to the root, moaning his name as he filled her completely. They moved together, in sync from the moment they began. Fenris tried to take control, tried to be strong, but the sounds she made as he filled her again and again shattered whatever meager attempts he made at building his defenses back up. He couldn't even think past the feeling of her tunnel squeezing and twitching around his member, and her gasps and cries of bliss. And he couldn't breathe. He was suffocating beneath his need for her and he couldn't catch his breath. He mashed his lips to her, desperate for more of her. As she returned the kiss with every bit of the frenzied, desperate passion with which he gave it, he gasped for breath, breathing her in and panting, her presence, and her smell aleviating the suffocating need slightly. Enough for him to breathe, at least.

Then, she arched into him, tunnel spasmkng and twitchi g as she cried out in euphoria, his name flying from her lips in joy and need in equal measure, as much a plea for more as an exclamation of his success. And he felt pride. He had made this angel, this goddess, feel like this. He was the reason for the pure bliss shining from her face as he continued to thrust into her as she shook and bucked beneath him, her fingernails drawing blood from his back.

And he continued. He couldn't help it. It was the same as the last time. From the moment her lips had met his, he had been coming apart at the seams, unravelling into a pile of thread, awaiting her command, prepared and wholely willing to stitch himself into whatever form she deem worthy. And, just as before, when she brought him to his own end, it shook him to his core, all of his strength flooding out of him along with his seed, filling her to overflowing in seconds, setting off another orgasm for her as it did. Then, as he lay beside her, spent and panting for breath, she gave him one last kiss. One more chaste, and gentle, and loving, and innocent than he had ever felt. And it gave him the command he needed. As she kissed him, she expertly stitched him back together, once again reforming the tapestry of his life, exactly as he had been before, and yet, he felt somehow different. Somehow...more. In a way he couldn't explain.

"Still the most amazing sex I've ever had," Sofia smiled.

Fenris smiled, pride sweeping through him. "And you're still the only person capable of breaking me."

Sofia smiled, kissing him innocently again before laying her head on his chest. They lay there for a few more hours, drifting in and out of sleep, before finally dressing and heading downstairs. They sat at a table where Naomi and Eileen were chatting with Riley, and Naomi and Riley both grinned knowingly at them, Eileen ignoring them.

"You look much happier now Fenris," Riley smiled. "If she's good enough to make you smile, I can't wait until she finally gets around to welcoming me into your harem."

"You'll habe to be patient," Sofia smiled. "I'm too exhausted for anything right now. I don't even know if I'll be able to walk back up the stairs again."

"Hah! I can sympathize," Riley smiled. "Trying to sneak away after me and mom fucked him was hell." Her smile faltered, then fell. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be," Fenris said. "What's done is done."

Riley nodded, smiling. "Was it at least worth it for you?"

"Well, I've never landed a mother and daughter together before, so yeah, I'd say I made out pretty well on that deal," Fenris said.

"Oh, you definitely make out well," Riley smirked.

Sofia laughed, Eileen grimaced, and Fenris rolled his eyes. Naomi crossed her arms, pouting.

"What's wrong with you?" Fenris asked.

"I want to fuck you but I'm not allowed," Naomi pouted.

"Exactly, so quit whining," Fenris said. "Besides, I heard the noises coming from you and Eileen's room last night. You're just fine."

"She saved my life and I wanted to thank her," Naomi shrugged. "Plus she's good with her hands. Not as good as you, but still good."

"Mhm," Fenris hummed. "Whatever you say whore. More important topic, I want a drink."

The others laughed and Riley left to get drinks before returning and passing them out. She retook her seat and Sofia raised her pint.

"To good pussy, Fenris's magic cock, and a fun life as immoral scum making tons of money," Sofia smiled.

Fenris laughed, Naomi and Riley cheered, and Eileen groaned, all of them toasting and racing each other to the bottom of their mugsb Fenris beating Sofia by a second, both beating the rest by multiple.

"I'm not an immoral piece of trash like all of you," Eileen said.

"If you just accept it, it's much more fun and rewarding," Sofia said.

"It's so worth accepting it to get to be with Fenris," Naomi smiled.

"I'm perfectly happy admitting I'll never have better sex than with him," Riley said.

"You're wrong about that," Fenris said. "Sofia will without a doubt be the best sex you ever have, no contest. I don't even compare."

"Mmm, if that's true, now I really can't wait to get a turn with her," Riley grinned.

"And you will, eventually," Fenris said. "Now, another round?"

"Coming right up," Riley smiled, collecting their mugs and going to refill them."

"I think getting permission to live here was the best idea you've ever had," Sofia said. "I mean, besides getting me kicked out of Motoyasu's group."

"Don't put that on me," Fenris snorted. "That was all you. All I did was seduce you the night before."

"I'm pretty sure she seduced you," Naomi corrected.

"No one seduced me," Fenris snorted.

"No, I definitely seduced you," Sofia smirked.

"Well fine, I got Motoyasu drunk to give us the chance to fuck," Fenris said.

"Now, that one was entirely you, you're so good at your job," Sofia teased.

"Hah hah," Fenris grumbled.

"Aw, he's pouting!" Naomi teased.

"Well done Sofia," Riley smiled, setting down their mugs again, along with four more rounds. "So, what are we up to tomorrow?"

"We'll think of something," Naomi smiled.

"We always do," Eileen sighed. "They never get tired of scamming people."

"True," Sofia smiled. "It's almost as much fun as sex."

"That hurts," Fenris said.

Sofia smiled, giving him a kiss. "You're still the best."

"Nope, you stole that title," Fenris said. "Anyway, we've got an observer."

"We do?" Riley asked, struggling not to look around, the others all showing no sign that anything was wrong.

"We do," Fenris nodded. "There's a young girl with blue hair in a pair of ponytails wearing a blue dress sitting in the corner that keeps looking over at us."

"There's also a woman with shoulder-length black hair and plain clothes watching us who has the bearing of a skilled spy."

"Well well," Fenris grinned. "A shadow. Which makes the girl the crown princess, if I'm right. Princess Melty. This aught to be interesting."

"She's underage," Riley said.

"Oh please," Fenris snorted. "I'm not going to seduce her. I'm going to scam the hell out of her."

"Good luck," Sofia smiled.

Fenris grinned and stood, draining his current drink before walking over with his next and sitting across from her. "It's an honor, your highness."

"Don't call me that please," Melty said. "Just call me Melty."

"As you wish," Fenris said. "To what do I owe the honor of being stalked by a princess?"

"Naofumi sent me," Melty said. "He refused to associate with me, so he told me to find you if I have any problems, and my problem is that ai'm supposed to reconcile with him."

"Keep at it," Fenris said. "He only accepts those who prove that they have honest intentions. Which is why he refuses to hire me. I'm not honest in any way. My advice costs a gold, by the way."

"He warned me you're a con artist almost as skilled as him," Melty sighed, setting a gold on the table.

"Now that sounds like a challenge," Fenris smirked. "Game, set, match. So, is the shadow here to protect you from me hurting you, or keep me from trying to seduce you?"

"Ew!" Melty said. "You're disgusting!"

"I was just asking," Fenris said. "I don't do children. You're safe."

Melty sighed. "For the record, I don't know."

"I see," Fenris nodded. "Maybe she's here for me then." He grinned. "Hope so. She looks like she knows what she's doing. Or she's a virgin." He glanced at the shadow, who was watching him, and ignored Melty's complaints about the topic. "Anyway, yeah I basically live here now, so if you have anything you need, you can leave the payment and request with Andrea, the hotel's owner. I charge ten silvers for monsters, twenty for murderers, fifty for rapists, a hundred for thieves as a new rule, or we can negotiate the price if it's complicated. Oh, and if me or any of my girls almost die, it's an extra gold. Id any of them do die, it's your ass on the line. Bear that in mind when you decide to send me on jobs."

He stood, walking back to his table and sat down, draining his drink and picking up the next. The others stared behind him and he sighed, taking a sip before tilting his head back. Melty is standing behind him with her arms crossed.

"May I help you?" Fenris asked. "You're making it pretty hard to enjoy my buzz."

"I have a job for you," Melty said.

"Which is?" Fenris asked.

"Escort me to my father," Melty said.

"Twenty gold," Fenris said. "I don't like dealing with him."

"Five," Melty said.

"Deal," Fenris smirked. "I love conning rich people. Anyone want to go for a walk with me?"

"I'm going to welcome Riley to the harem," Sofia smiled. "I believe in you, though. You might not get lost."

"Funny," Fenris said. "Naomi? Eileen?"

"I'm sorry," Naomi said. "I need to clean my wound."

"And once she finishes, I'm going to heal it," Eileen said. "You're a big strong man. You can handle it."

"If you get me killed by jinxing me, I'll haunt you," Fenris said, standing.

He walked up to his room for his sword before walking outside and heading toward the castle with Melty, the shadow following. They reached the castle in a few minutes and walked to the throne room, finding Motoyasu was present, flirting with Mein while some reward was gathered for him.

Melty handed Fenris the money she promised him and walked away as a courier walked over, holding out an envelope. Fenris opened it and caught five gold as they fell out, raising an eyebrow and reading the short letter.

"Duel Motoyasu and humiliate him. Five up front, three after. Naofumi. P.S.: If he wants to know why, say it's for being a dumbass who's wound around Mein's finger."

Fenris let out a bark of laughter, drawing everyone's attention as he slipped the note and coins back into the envelope, putting them in his pocket and walking over to Motoyasu, tossing his right gauntlet at his feet.

"What do you think you're doing?" Mein demanded.

"Challenging Motoyasu," Fenris said as Motoyasu knelt, lifting the gauntlet and handing it back.

"Why?" Motoyasu asked.

"I was payed rather handsomely to humiliate the dumbass wrapped around Mein's finger," Fenris said. "And there's almost nothing I won't do for the right price."

Motoyasu glared at him before smirking. "I'll see you tomorrow morning then."

"I can't wait," Fenris smirked, turning and walking away.

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