"But I prefer black ones," he said with a grin.
"AND PINK ONES," Sabine said loudly as she continued her assault on Rista.
"Yes, and pink ones," he said with a chuckle at Sabine's cheery tone.
Sharee for her part had the most perplexed look on her face at their banter.
"You get used to it," Mina said to her friend, laughing at the incredulous look she was giving her.
"I think I will pass Mina. While he sounds fun I prefer a little more fur on my mate." Sharee said before her face fell in grief, the loss of her mate coming back to her all at once.
Cade and Mina shared a look and a grimace as their banter brought back her pain.
"What was his name again!?" Cade asked his mate through their mental link.
"I don't know! I was there for only a few days before they were attacked by Rista. Sharee's mate and I only interacted once on the first day when I beat him during our mating fight. She was the only one who talked to me after that."
Mina's reply was rushed as she pulled the distraught Sharee into her arms, and began her soothing ministrations once again.
He stifled a snort as his mate's tone signaled her lack of empathy for the male's demise.
"Can we continue then, I don't want to stick around here for longer than necessary. Sabine looks like she will be finished soon also."
Cade's attention shifted to his little snake as she sprung forward suddenly, sinking her fangs into Rista's shoulder.
"I can do both at once my Cade, remember I was partially in your head for a full day before, with you none the wiser." He only nodded his reply as his control over Rista's body was ripped from him as Sabine stepped back from the mind mage.
Watching with interest, Cade tried to make the orc woman stand.
All that happened was a flinch from her arm that caused Sabine to chop off the limb in reflex.
"Don't do that my Cade, I almost killed her," Sabine said as she watched the bleeding stump heal over.
"Go kill some rapists or something I will be done soon," she said as she turned back to working the slack-jawed Rista over.
"Ok... have fun," Cade replied as he moved into his mental space.
Arriving in his front yard Cade walked up to the small porch on the front of his home and with a small force of will created a swinging deck chair to sit on while he waited for his wife.
Mina appeared a few moments later smiling at him as she made her way over to sit down next to him.
"So why are we changing the plan my Cade, what happened to all the taps we were supposed to signal you with?" She asked her smile growing after he placed a kiss on her cheek.
"I assumed the ones that were being assaulted would find waiting to kill their attackers unmanageable. So we bring them here and explain the situation then set them free to get some well-earned revenge. You my pretty kitty are here to keep them from venting their rage on me."
"Is my Cade afraid of a few angry people?" Mina asked with a grin.
"No, I just don't want to have to subject them to any more strain than I need to. I think they have been through enough, don't you?"
Cade finished his reasoning by pulling each of the slaves he held into his mental space.
Appearing in staggered groups they took up the whole front yard until nearly one hundred of them stood frozen in front of Cade and Mina.
"Ready whenever you are my Cade," Mina said as she stood up ready to battle the group for her mate.
An aggrieved sigh escaped him before he released the group all at once.
Many stumbled as their mental bodies suddenly became their own once more.
Some of them lashed out in rage, instincts kicking in as they prepared to defend themselves.
Cade looked at Mina expectantly as the group began to devolve into a free for all, males fighting other males and quite a few females joining in the brawl.
His Dresk rolled her eyes before she stepped to the railing and roared at the fight group.
All eyes turned to her as he watched her back straighten, her commanding presence stilling the large group.
"My people pay attention, you have been freed from your captivity by my mate. Bow before him and be glad for his kindness that has kept you from being sold like livestock."
Mina's commanding voice cut through the general murmuring of the group, as he saw a few of them drop to their knees and do just as she had commanded.
The majority of them stood by with unhappy looks on their faces, a few of the male's faces held open hostility.
One exceptionally large specimen of jaguar man pushed his way through the crowd to leer at Mina and glare at Cade, his challenge clear.
"Quiet woman before I come up there and close your jabbering mouth for you. And you human who are you to command supplication from us?"
As the rude jaguar man finished he returned his leering gaze to Cade's mate, who had become still not even her long tail moving and inch.
Mina stiffly turned around to look at her mate, her expression so blank and emotionless that he was afraid to speak.
"Do you want to handle that mess over there my Dresk?" He asked cautiously, fearful that a wrong move would have the rage and righteous anger he felt through their link aimed his way.
"Yes please."
"He's all yours, my love, just don't make too big a mess," he answered, glad he wasn't going to be on the receiving end of the ass whooping Mina was about to dish out.
Cade watched his mate stiffly walk off the porch to stand in front of the idiot who had challenged him.
"Does your mate not know how to fight little one? Is that why you have come over to get a taste of a real man?"
As the clueless jaguar man laughed loudly at his taunting, Cade leaned back in his swing eager to see the man get his comeuppance.
The jaguar man's laughter was cut off a moment later as he squealed in pain.
His high-pitched squeal muffled a moment later as Mina stuffed his open mouth with his genitalia.
Cade and every other male in attendance hunched forward in an instinctive need to protect their twigs and berries.
He watched with a grimace as his mate lifted a clawed foot and used it to slice the man open from sternum to crotch.
As the village idiot went down to his knees Mina whipped around backhanding the now crying man sending him to the ground.
Cade wished he had a camera to take a picture of Mina's face as she walked back over to stand next to him.
A snort left him as he felt the intense feelings of smugness and joy pouring from his mental link with her.
"I'm almost sorry I can't kill him here," Mina said in a sweet tone as he allowed the jaguar man to heal and stand up.
"Maybe you will get the chance to remove him from the gene pool if he doesn't learn his lesson about powerful women wrapped in small packages," Cade said as he looked into the rage-filled eyes of the jaguar man, who had clearly not taken the lesson to heart.
"Ohh he didn't, he didn't. Hurry up my Cade so I can make him try something and make him eat his dick for real this time." She said as she clapped her hands and bounced in place like a child that had got exactly what they wanted for Christmas.
Rolling his eyes at her enthusiasm Cade addressed the crowd.
"Ok, I'm going to make this simple so we can get on our way so listen up. All of you are going to be released in a second, those of you who want to vent some anger do it only to the slavers. Those who are not interested collect all the supplies in the camp in front of the house on the river bank. Those that complete their revenge or whatnot will help collect supplies. My Mina will be your contact for that. She speaks with my voice so anyone who disrespects her disrespects me. Everything will be split evenly between all of us. If you wish I will be building a mining city to the south, anyone who wants safety and security for themselves or their families please let my Dresk know and she will give you directions to the site. Does everyone understand?"
He received a "yes Cade" from the whole
group except for the douchebag that was still cradling his package, glaring at him and Mina in turn throughout his speech.
Cade looked at Mina with a shrug before he released all the former slaves.
After all of them had popped out of existence off his mental plane he gave Mina one last kiss before he hopped out of his mind.
Cade was greeted by a flurry of activity as he returned to his physical body.
Ignoring the jaguar men and women running to and fro, he looked over to Mina as she gave Sharee's back on final light pat.
"Go git him my girl, and I want him to cry for his momma before he dies," he said to Mina as a smile split her face.
"You are so good to me my Cade. I am glad the trip to Opect will take so long because you will be spending most of it inside me." She said as she gave him a quick peck before she shoved Sharee into his arms to rush off to erase the idiot from the jaguar gene pool.
"Are you ok where you are or do you want me to move?" He asked Sharee, the flinch from earlier coming back to him.
"I would like to sit where I was if that is ok with you Cade?" Sharee asked softly not meeting his eyes.
He was quick to give the woman the space she needed as tears began to flow again.
"May I rub your back?" He asked as the jaguar woman began rocking back and forth.
All he received was a quick jerky nod before he began to rub small circles on her upper back.
As he provided what little succor he could for Sharee, he looked at his basilisk mate as she performed a coup de grace, lopping off Rista's head with a flourish of her tail blade.
"Do you feel better now my Sabine?" He asked as she slithered over to snuggle herself under his unoccupied arm.
"Much better my Cade I found out who ordered the raid on our nest. The asshoe just happens to be the head of the slaver's whole operation in Opect, a dead man by the name of Graft." She said as she rubbed her gore-covered face into his equally gore-covered shirt.
"Looks like we are going to be busy once we reach Opect," he said before he remembered to move the house from its lofty position overlooking the camp.
Cade rattled off the to-do list as he moved the house to the rally point for the former slaves to drop off the supplies he had told them to collect.
"We need to find a way to sell off all of the supplies we don't need. Then we need to convince the high chief to give up Laurith, who I have to fight and maybe die to bond. Then we doubly need to wipe out the slaver's headquarters. AND THEN we need to find a way to convince Havrai to give up the slave trade and switch over to a mining economy. I think that's about it, did I miss anything my sweet."
"Ooh, I like that one use it more. I know I would prefer a different color for our home and I am sure Mina would too, right now it hurts my eyes to look at it. You also did forget your two mates who need your babies pumped into them at every opportunity. I think that should be it." He stilled as Sabine finished her and Mina's honey-do list as Sharee's face turned to them.
"I'm going to go and help with the supplies," Sharee said as she scurried off, her quick steps belaying her calm tone.
"I think we scared her off my sweet," Cade said with a laugh.
"More for me then," Sabine said as she pulled his arms around her as she slithered her ass into his lap sideways.
"Hmm much more for me," She said with a sexy purr as she wiggled her ass and felt Cade's dick begin to rise despite his and her gore-covered forms.
"Fuck, as much as I would like to take what you are offering my little snake, I need a shower and then a bath and so do you my sweet," he said as he felt Sabine's tail blade cut a hole and free his dick from his pants, lightly stroking it with a warm but blood-splattered hand.
"Oh no I made a mess, looks like I will have to clean it up," Sabine said as she completely ignored her mate and slipped off of his lap to swallow his dick whole.
"Fuck it. They can just watch then, but nothing else and only one load for you. We can continue this later, I want you on my tongue before you get another taste of this." Cade said as he flexed his dick in his sweet's tight wet throat as Sabine took him to the base.
Laying his head back he decided to enjoy the affections of his sweet Sabine as she pleasured him and herself as he heard the wet sounds of her fingers toying with her tight entrance.
She had him growling out an orgasm minutes later as she went over herself.
"I love doing that, you feel so good in my throat and even though your seed should be put to better use, I love its taste enough to spoil myself," Sabine said as she licked a small spot of his seed off of her lips.
"I'm not sure who is getting spoiled here but I'm glad to know you enjoy it, I know I do," he said as he tucked himself away and repaired his pants with a thought.
Their little public tryst had gone pretty much unnoticed as people ran through the camp, single-mindedly collecting and sorting through supplies.
"Let's give our Mina a hand getting this mess organized so we can make our way to Opect my sweet." He said after he lifted the slim woman into his arms.
"That sounds wonderful my Cade," She answered after giving him a full-body hug.
Cade smiled at his mate as she settled her weight on him, claiming his shoulder to ride head and shoulders above the others as they walked toward their home as it stood at the shore of the small beach he had left it at.
Spying Mina and Sharee sorting through the massive pile of supplies and gear that the former slaves had thrown together Cade picked up his pace, glad to have this part of their adventure out of the way.
He was equal parts excited and anxious for the next leg of their trip, the thought of having to play court politics giving his guts fits.
He brought himself back the here and now with a whole body shake that caused Sabine's human half to sway on his shoulder eliciting a small fit of giggles that rang like glass bells in the humid jungle air.
Cade grinned as his mood lifted, with his mates by his side there was nothing they couldn't accomplish together.
Epilogue
After Cade and his mates had completed their assigned duties they retired to the armory in their home to organize the fruits of their labors.
He had been surprised at his little snake's clerical skills.
Sabine had the massive pile of food, armor and the odd bits of necessary equipment need to keep the slave operation running accounted for and split up between the many groups of ex-slaves in record time.
Smiling at his luck in finding such skilled mates in and out of the bedroom, he watched in awe as Sabine set up herself in front of a table she had asked Cade to create in front of the disorganized mess.
Sabine inventoried the mishmash of random items on a sheet of rough paper she had found in a neat flowing script that was as beautiful as it was easy to read and follow.
Mina for her part directed a small group of female ex-slaves that ran the gambit of most of the fantasy races Cade had known of.
Cade thought he even saw a sphinx in the mix her leonid body causing his survival instincts to scream at him to run even as he was struck by the beauty of her face.
His honey-do list was shortening by the second as he finished putting up some drapes on the bedroom windows, the chore thankfully one of the last things his mates had on their honey-do list as the sounds from outside ceased.
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