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Sadly, that means no toyhou.se link for them (yet), but hey, you at least get to enjoy some very fresh, virgin characters :P\n\nI'm actually rather happy with how this one turned out, and the length just edges out Beneath the Moonlit Hollow, though I think the quality of writing and character development is better.\n\nLet me know what you think! :)\n\n[b]Story & Characters[/b] ©: @Varwulf\n\n[b]Character(s):[/b]\nMain Characters\nIaxiar\nHersia\nKaeva\n\nSecondary Characters\nKetaryita\nSisali\nTasiye\nNethyrae\n\nMentioned Characters\nVisby\n[url=https://toyhou.se/6536035.serrula]Serrula[/url]\n\nThumbnail Character Art ©: TheCynicalHound", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Oh boy, if you really like a slow burn with some drug use and femdom stuff, this one is probably for you!

I actually wanted to write this one for a good while, especially since the main cast are fairly new characters for me, and thus, this is the first debut for many of them. Sadly, that means no toyhou.se link for them (yet), but hey, you at least get to enjoy some very fresh, virgin characters :P

I'm actually rather happy with how this one turned out, and the length just edges out Beneath the Moonlit Hollow, though I think the quality of writing and character development is better.

Let me know what you think! :)

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Character(s):
Main Characters
Iaxiar
Hersia
Kaeva

Secondary Characters
Ketaryita
Sisali
Tasiye
Nethyrae

Mentioned Characters
Visby
Serrula

Thumbnail Character Art ©: TheCynicalHound", "writing": "\tIt was yet another calm and relaxing day in the Helyg Derwydon grove, nestled deep in the forested hills near the center of the land of Aeyturn. A husky, brown furred coyote sat calmly near the top of one of these hills, his orange eyes casting out onto the lower lands surrounding him as though he was keeping an eye out for something in particular. He took a deep breath, his lungs filling with the sweet, earthy air of the lush, healthy forest that surrounded him. As his nostrils took in those delightful aromas, he idly nibbled on one end of the twig he held in his mouth, the other end tapering out a half a foot in front of his nose with a single leaf dangling off the forked tip. It would be so incredibly easy to close one?s eyes and to lie down, allowing the birdsong in the canopy above his head as well as the gentle autumn gusts blowing through his fur to lull him into the most relaxing of sleeps. If only he didn?t have a duty to attend to.\n\n\tHis orange eyes drifted casually from side to side as he kept his watchful eyes attentive to his immediate surroundings. He could hear the sounds of young acolytes playing and frolicking together off to his right as they received their daily lessons from one of the elder druids of the grove. To his left and down into one of the gullies of the wood, he could hear the subtle sounds of some of the other denizens of the circle chatting together as they gathered wild mushrooms and other herbs and reagents necessary for the many potions and rituals that took place throughout the year. Even further off in the distance he could hear another group of druids and non-druids gathering up edible plants and other materials, likely to cache them for the coming winter and the leaner months that came with it. The coyote could be forgiven for feeling as though his purpose as a guardian was quite pointless at this particular point in time. What threats or dangers could fall upon his friends and comrades in a place so perfectly peaceful as this? Surely, his time could be better spent collecting food and reserves with the others. And yet--it was because of the diligence and pragmaticism of he and the other guardians that this sacred place was as safe as it was at present.\n\n\tHis eyes had drooped half-shut once or twice, though his ears stayed finely attuned to his surroundings. Even as he focused more on more distant and unfamiliar sounds, he snapped to full alert at the sharp crack of a twig breaking just down the hill, near his six o?clock. His head snapped around and his orange eyes fell on the silvery-white fur of a familiar figure walking up the hill toward him, a large brown dried out gourd covered in a brown moss dangling from her neck, fastened to her body with a vine strap. Just as quickly as he was pulled from his comforted state, he felt the slight tension in his back and shoulders recede and a slight smile formed at the end of his muzzle.\n\n\t\"Can I lend you a paw?\" he asked softly of the arctic fox vixen climbing the steep grade to get to him. He could smell on the air that the gourd currently weighing her down was filled with a nourishing mixture of fresh meats and greens. He had lifted himself up off of his haunches to turn and to aid his companion, expecting she could use his assistance while carrying a load that seemed a quarter as heavy as she was.\n\n\t\"No, no, do not trouble yourself, Iaxiar. I can handle it,\" the vixen replied with a warm smile, though the tongue lulling from the side of her muzzle indicated that she was indeed strained by her efforts, and her thickening winter coat probably did well to aid in raising her temperature thanks to the physical activity.\n\n\t\"It?s no trouble at all,\" Iaxiar responded quickly as he sprang to his paws and made several strides down the side of the hill toward his friend. He was as gentle as ever as he gently nipped her scruff, helping to take some of the weight off of her as he guided her the rest of the way up the hill before letting go, allowing her to sit down and to catch her breath. He would join her promptly, smiling down at the smaller northern canid as he did. \"You bring a meal to me every day, Sisali. You?d think by now I?d be better prepared to receive you upon your arrival,\" the coyote commented, his tone taking on a slightly humorous tone as he spoke to her.\n\n\tSisali, now panting softly, had turned to smile up at her larger friend, though the gourd attached to her did prevent her from fully lifting her head to greet him. Her tail swished from her left side, facing him, to her right side, so that she could turn to address him more properly.\n\n\t\"Well, as I tell you every time you mention it, Iaxiar--I have you to thank for why my cubs and I now call this place home,\" she told him, the tone in her voice a combination of relief and being labored from her recent exertion. \"There simply does not exist, a place like this in the frozen north, where my cubs can harness their crafts while being safe, happy and healthy.\"\n\n\tIaxiar by this point had leaned in, attempting to loosen the gourd from Sisali?s neck by nibbling at the vine coiled around her neck. As he worked his teeth into the vine, he responded to her: \"You know, they?re not really cubs anymore, Sisa. They?re practically adults,\" he commented idly before freeing the gourd and lifting it and the vine attached to it entirely up and around the head of his friend before setting it on the ground between them. He received another whiff of the contents within, and his mouth began to water a little bit.\n\n\tSisali sighed softly as she felt the weight lifted from her neck and shoulders. She had taken the liberation as an opportunity to stretch her forelimbs and her hind legs a little before she turned toward Iaxiar and gave him a knowing smile. \"They?ll always be my cubs to me.\"\n\n\tThe coyote chuckled softly and nodded his head, understanding her response completely even though he had no pups of his own. He leaned down and nosed the gourd over, causing some of the contents within to spill out onto the ground between them. \"Cubs they are then,\" he told her with a chuckle. \"Well, I am sure you could use a little rest, Sisa, and I don?t mind sharing some of what you brought for me, if you?re a little hungry,\" he mused, already pulling some of the food from the gourd and gently plopping it down in front of her dainty forepaws.\n\n\tSisali could not help but to smile. Even though their exchange had mostly played out the same way each and every time she paid him a visit, he always seemed keen to offer her some of his meal that she had brought for him. It was hard not to find some gentle amusement in his hospitality in the face of her own toward him. \"You know,\" she started, \"I don?t live in the frozen north anymore. It doesn?t make as much sense to consume so many calories as it once did. Besides, a girl needs to watch her figure, does she not?\" she asked him in a playful tone, already knowing what he was going to say ahead of time.\n\n\t\"There?s nothing wrong with your figure, Sisa. Besides, I know how much running around you do for the grove,\" he told her, \"plus, it would be rude of me to eat all of this in front of you. We?d not be able to have much of a conversation now would we?\"\n\n\tSisali was still smiling at him. Though she had gotten most of the words correct, he did have a habit of also mixing things up just a little bit to keep her on her toes. She flicked her tail and sighed softly, seemingly giving in. \"Very well,\" she told him, \"a picnic it is, then.\"\n\n\t\"That?s the spirit,\" Iaxiar told her warmly as he had already begun to dig into a helping of the nutrient rich meal. As the two started to share their meal together, Iaxiar thought to start them along with their daily socialization. \"How?re the girls doing with their training?\" he had asked her as he swallowed some of the meat and plant matter down. \"Hersia seems to be getting on well, and I hear Tasiye is taking to her duties as a tender nicely as well.\"\n\n\tSisali nodded her head as she too finished swallowing down a helping of her portion. \"All three of them love it here,\" she insisted, licking her lips clean of some juices and organic material, \"I?ve never seen Hersia so excited and lively, and Tasiye is really enjoying her time spent with the other tenders. Kaeva is doing alright too, though I think she is having difficulty keeping control during some of her training.\"\n\n\tIaxiar nodded his head gently as he went in for another bite. \"Each student, in my experience at least, seems to blossom in different ways--some excel at group learning, while others are better with a more individualized approach. I am sure Kaeva will find her space soon enough,\" he insisted as he chewed his mouthful.\n\n\tSisali sighed softly as she quietly went in for another bite, chewing on that for a moment before taking the time to respond. She made sure to swallow her portion before speaking. \"Oh, I am confident she will,\" she added, swishing her tail idly for a moment. \"I just feel like, between the three of them, she perhaps might resent me a little bit for taking her away from home to come here. I just feel like--she isn?t as open to the idea of what life here can offer her--at least, not to the extent that her sisters are.\"\n\n\t\"It can be hard at her age to adapt to such a significant change,\" Iaxiar mused, happy to offer his words of wisdom, especially if it helped ease his friend?s concerns, even a little. \"From what I have seen, she definitely has the skills necessary to become a talented druid. I?m not all that worried about her. Here, she is in good paws.\"\n\n\t\"I certainly hope so,\" Sisali smiled, and before long, she glanced down and realized that the majority of the meal had already been consumed during their exchange. She lifted her right forepaw to her lips, feeling a little burp billowing up in her chest. \"Oh, pardon me,\" she added in a whisper with a mildly embarrassed quality to her voice.\n\n\tIaxiar could only chuckle slightly as his eyes glanced from his friend down to the nearly emptied gourd. \"You see?\" he asked, his tail flicking to the side as he sat up from his haunches, \"I knew you were hungrier than you claimed to be,\" he insisted, before lowering his head and working his snout into the vine that was looped around the gourd before lifting his head, causing the gourd to slip down onto his neck, though it would only go so far down his body in comparison to her own.\n\n\t\"You know, I am capable of returning it on my own,\" Sisali mused as she smiled up at the larger canid. \"It?s the least I could...\"\n\n\t\"I won?t hear of it, dear Sisali,\" the coyote responded promptly, shaking his head and even closing his eyes as he did so, for a slight dramatic effect. \"I can bring it back quite easily when I am finished with my post today. You shouldn?t have to worry about it,\" he insisted.\n\n\tSisali could not help but to smile, even giving her head the slightest of shakes in response. \"Ever the gentle ?yote,\" she mused through her smiling teeth. \"Well, I suppose I have taken up enough of your time, and your meal today. I should probably be getting back so that I can make sure that other guardians receive their meals.\"\n\n\t\"You?re never a bother, Sisa,\" Iaxiar responded promptly, even as she began to rise to her paws again, giving her legs a little stretch as he did. He turned to look her way as she began to make her way back to the hill already. \"Your company is always a pleasant distraction to my daily commitments.\"\n\n\t\"Ever the gentle ?yote,\" she murmured one more time as she glanced at him from over her shoulder one last time, her tail swishing in the form of a subtle wave before her silvery-white fur began to disappear into the brush and tall grass along the slope of the tall hill. Once again, Iaxiar would be left to focus on the many woodland sounds that surrounded him and that gentle feeling of the wind blowing through his fur now that he lacked a delightful chatting partner.\n\n\tHis attention was quickly diverted back to some of the louder, closer sounds. He could hear the sounds of some of the young druids and apprentices who had just finished their lessons and were likely playing and frolicking with each other in the clearing down the hill and through the brush, a couple hundred meters from where he sat. As his ears honed in on the sounds, the coyote lifted his head and turned his gaze toward the source of the sound. He had paused for a moment to listen in, detecting no immediate change in what he had heard before, other than the fact that the sounds he had heard from the other two groups had vanished entirely. It was quite likely that those gathering food and the others gathering herbs and reagents had moved deeper into the forest and closer to the listening ears of another guardian. That meant he had even less to worry himself with, and so, with a fully belly, he sat back upon his haunches and settled in for what he suspected would be an eventless remainder of his shift.\n\n\t\"Iaxiar,\" a familiar voice called out suddenly. The coyote had nearly fallen asleep and was pulled out of his comfort by the sudden appearance of the voice. He could recognize that soft, almost monotone feminine voice anywhere, and it was clear that she had approached the top of the hill without him realizing, which was at least a little embarrassing for a guardian.\n\n\tThe coyote looked over his left shoulder, his orange eyes meeting the bright green eye and the brown eye of a familiar red fox vixen. She stood several paces from the top of the hill, her posture stiff, her ears perked and her gaze set. He could tell by the way her tail swished from her left side to her right, however, that something had gotten her riled up. \"Yes, Aryita? What can I do for you?\"\n\n\tAryita was a little less subtle and a little more abrupt as she replied to the coyote?s question. \"I just had a breakthrough, and I could use your steadfast eyes, your keen ears and your knowing nose, back at me den to check my work, so to speak,\" she insisted, her ears still perked and her eyes set on his as she spoke. However, her expression did shift ever so slightly into something of a smirk as she caught his gaze. Clearly, she saw some humor in complimenting his attributes while revealing to him that she could best his senses at the same time.\n\n\tIaxiar felt his chest tighten a little. He knew that he had been caught with his guard down, though she was not the type to openly brag about it or try to damage his reputation as a diligent post, it still pained him to realize he had been bested in this way. On top of it all, she was requesting that he leave his post to accompany her back to her own den? What a strange request, albeit, not the strangest one he had been subjected to, especially when it came to Aryita.\n\n\t\"Aryita, you know as well as I do that my post isn?t over until the moon reaches the sky. The sun hasn?t even set yet, and I...\"\n\n\t\"I have already spoken with Nethy, and she?s going to take your post for you,\" Aryita responded promptly, as though she had already considered this issue and had solved it ahead of time. The fox seemed to be rather smug in her tone, which only made the coyote feel more awkward and out of sorts. \"Besides, the only group of critters nearby at this point is that small band of acolytes down the hill, and they have an elder druid with them. There are better things you can be doing with your time,\" the vixen added.\n\n\t\"Well,\" Iaxiar said, sighing a little, \"I appreciate the sentiment, Aryita, and I?d love to help you, but my duty is to protect the grove,\" he responded. His ears lowered a little as his tail fell limply from his haunches, and his orange eyes seemed to droop slightly.\n\n\t\"You can protect the grove from back at my den. Besides, like I told you, Nethyrae has already agreed to take the remainder of your post. She should be here relatively soon,\" the fox responded, her voice sounding almost like she was begging him.\n\n\tIaxiar grumbled slightly, his tail thumping the grass. In a way, it was a little annoying to have his friend just go behind his back to change his schedule for the day without confiding in him first, but at the same time, she did seem rather desperate for his help, for one reason or another. \"It sounds like this is very important, Ketayrita,\" he responded in a relenting tone, using her full name, likely as a sign of his displeasure about this whole affair.\n\n\t\"Oh, it?s important, alright,\" she replied, her tone shifting just a little, from the slightly annoyed sound that had been in her voice, into something that seemed almost a little more devious. Her green eye was locked on him as her tail swished in front of her, and she took a few steps up the hill toward him. \"Besides, I wouldn?t have bothered you if it wasn?t something you could really help me with,\" she added, her voice sounding a little more genuine now.\n\n\t\"Alright, alright,\" the coyote relented, standing up off of his haunches finally, and beginning to make his way down the hill. Aryita smiled a little, her ears perking. As a fellow guardian, it was not often that Iaxiar had any reason to visit her at her den, and if he was honest, he was at least the slightest bit curious as to whatever it was that she had managed to accomplish in her free time. She sometimes could become quite obsessed with her creations.\n\n\tThe fox smiled and gave a nod. \"Alright,\" she agreed, her tone shifting a little, as though she were preparing to get down to business. Her eyes were focused on the coyote, watching as he stepped down the hill and toward her. It wouldn?t take terribly long before the two of them were halfway down the hill and Nethyrae was approaching them, coming from the direction they were headed. Aryita?s eyes narrowed a little. \"Oh, Nethy, perfect timing,\" she greeted the red wolf.\n\n\t\"I hope now is a good time?\" the she-wolf replied, her tail swaying back and forth behind her with that youthful enthusiasm she was known for.\n\n\t\"As fine as any,\" the fox insisted, \"though, you may want to hurry up the hill. The post is already vacant. Just keep an eye on the clearing down the opposite side of the hill, and you?ll have no issues.\"\n\n\t\"Alright!\" the wolf chirped, seeming happy to hear the news. \"Have a good night, you two,\" she added as she began to make her way up the hill passed them and toward the summit, her tail swishing a little as she went.\n\n\t\"A nice young thing,\" Aryita started before turning her attention back to their descent down the hill.\n\n\t\"Indeed,\" Iaxiar mused, \"she always seems eager to help, or to pick up an extra task or two when needed,\" he added.\n\n\t\"Mhm,\" Aryita mused, her tail flicking a little. She wasn?t too interested in hearing the coyote ramble on about the qualities of their mutual acquaintances, however, and was quick to add, \"We should probably make haste. There is a lot of ground to cover, and the sun will be setting soon. We should be at my den before it gets dark,\" she insisted, picking up her pace as she spoke.\n\n\t\"Right,\" the coyote agreed, though his orange eyes were fixated on her. It was hard to ignore the way her tail was moving, how the fluffy appendage flicked and swished, almost like a beckoning hand. It was a gesture that Iaxiar was more than familiar with. Though Ketaryita was a somewhat reclusive vixen with her strange obsession for making new elixirs and cures, he knew most of vulpine kind to be rather good at using their wiles to trick or convince others into doing what they wanted. Not that he would accuse Ketaryita of using her tail as some sort of instrument to seduce or otherwise hypnotize him into being more complacent with her requests, it still caught his attention ever time he was close enough to see it moving in such a manner.\n\n\tHe sighed softly and shook his head, deciding not to let the motion distract him as he kept walking alongside her, toward her den, where it seemed she wanted him to inspect one of her newest creations. As far as he could tell, she was not asking for his help so much as his approval, and it seemed that was a lot to ask of him, especially if what she had made was going to be a permanent addition to their community.\n\n\t\"So, what is this new miracle elixir?\" he decided to ask her as they walked together, though he was not expecting a clear answer. \"A cure for bark rot? Mossgall? Maybe Thornlung or redtongue perhaps?\" he asked her, his tone sounding uncharacteristically snarky in quality as he followed close behind the vixen.\n\n\t\"Not here,\" she told him, giving him a side eye, as though she knew he was trying to pry a response from her and she had no intention of falling for it. \"You?ll have to wait until we are back at my den,\" she added sharply.\n\n\t\"Very well,\" Iaxiar relented, chuckling a little. \"You know, I?m only ruffling your fur a little, right?\" he asked her, perhaps a little worried that he might have unintentionally offended her with his mild jest.\n\n\t\"I?ve not known you to be much of a tease, Iaxiar,\" the fox mused in response, though her voice sounded somewhat more playful than accusatory.\n\n\t\"I?m not, usually, anyway,\" the coyote admitted. \"I suppose I am still a little put off by you having my post reassigned without even speaking to me first,\" he told her, though there was a playful edge in his tone as he did so.\n\n\t\"It was for the greater good, you?ll see,\" the fox insisted.\n\n\t\"I trust your judgement, Aryita, don?t worry,\" he told her in a reassuring tone.\n\n\tThe two walked in silence for a short while after that, making their way through the thick forested area of the grove. The path they followed was worn and well used, and as a result, the going was fairly easy for them. They had walked this path countless times, both individually and together, and so there was a certain sense of comfort between the two of them, even if Iaxiar still did not know exactly what it was that he was going to be looking at or approving. He just knew that Ketaryita had always been a good friend, and so he wanted to be supportive of her side projects whenever possible.\n\n\t\"Not far now,\" Ketaryita had murmured, nearly under her breath, even though she knew well enough that Iaxiar knew where she lived. They had slipped off of the main path now, and were now travelling on a trail that based on the wear of the grass and twigs along it, only was travelled by one or two creatures on the regular. The fox had always had a certain fondness for the quiet and private, and so she had chosen a den that was out of the way, away from the hustle and bustle of the other druids.\n\n\t\"Just a little farther,\" the fox called out once again, though Iaxiar knew that they had arrived, and that his friend was likely just making an effort to fill the silence. \"And here we are,\" she called out, her eyes shifting to look over her shoulder at him, a smile upon her lips.\n\n\t\"Indeed we are,\" Iaxiar replied softly, his gaze immediately falling upon her monochromatic eyes. \"So, are you going to show me this new creation of yours?\" he asked her, finding it curious that she had gone from almost annoyingly excited about showing him what she had done, to now seemingly stalling for one reason or another.\n\n\t\"Of course,\" the vixen assured him, nodding her head as she turned her body and approached the entrance to her den. She paused only briefly, her ears perking before lowering again, her tail flicking a couple times as she stepped inside the dwelling.\n\n\tThe coyote was quick to follow her inside. He had only visited the fox?s home on a couple occasions, and so he had almost forgotten how cozy and quaint it was inside the main living area. He knew that she had dug out another room toward the back of the den, however, which is where she did most of her work. He could not stand at full height inside of her den, as it was dug for a canid of smaller proportions, and so his ear tips brushed the dirt ceiling. The floor and the walls of the den were mostly compacted soil, and so there was not much in the way of natural light, save for the opening the two had entered through, which was currently illuminated by the the deep orange of the fading sunset streaming into the den.\n\n\t\"If you?ll just follow me, I can show you the newest elixir,\" she offered him, her tail swishing as she made her way to the back of the den, her tail tip brushing his nose and the end of his snout gently.\n\n\tThe coyote smiled, thinking very little of what he perceived to be an accidental contact of her tail tip to his nose. It was in fact, fairly tight quarters for more than one animal, let alone one who was larger than a fox. He watched her carefully, his eyes following her as she led the way into the back room, and as his eyes adjusted, he could see the soft, blue glow of some kind of reagent that was littered across the ground, as though it were broken up and separated in relative haste. There was also a pungent odor in this portion of the den, likely the result of housing all of the many different mosses, grasses, mushrooms and roots she collected for her experiments.\n\n\t\"This is a fairly new creation, or rather, one I?ve been trying to perfect for awhile now,\" the vixen mused, her gaze drifting back to Iaxiar, a smile across her muzzle. \"Only now, do I think it is ready enough for a test run on another subject, or--subjects,\" she told him, her voice taking on a playful, teasing tone.\n\n\t\"How long have you been testing it on--I assume to be, just yourself?\" he asked her, sounding curious as to how long she may have been tweaking and adjusting this mixture in particular.\n\n\tA slight blush had formed on the vixen?s features as she drew closer and closer to revealing the purpose of this cocktail to her friend. It was as though he was edging her along with these adjacent questions. \"Well, I would say the better part of a year,\" she started, pausing for a moment before adding, \"maybe--two years, actually,\" she told him, sounding slightly embarrassed.\n\n\tIaxiar was surprised to hear that his friend had been working on this particular elixir or potion or whatever it was, for quite so long. It certainly made him all the more curious to see what was so special about this particular brew.\n\n\t\"Anyway,\" the vixen continued, her tail swishing as her eyes glanced back toward the mixture that lay in a half-gourd bowl on the ground, \"the final ingredient was the trickiest part, it had taken me so long to find a component that gave it the--perfect kick, shall we say,\" she stopped and turned her attention back toward the coyote, her tail curling a little around her body as her ears lowered, almost as though she feared being judged by him. \"But, I believe I have finally gotten it just right.\"\n\n\t\"And that?s why you?ve brought me here,\" the coyote concluded. \"You want me to be the next test subject, for your new elixir,\" he continued, sounding quite sure of himself, which caused the fox?s blush to spread a little further, and her ears to lower a little more.\n\n\t\"Well, here?s the hitch,\" she started, lightly sinking her teeth into her lower lip, \"you?re not exactly the test subject, not officially, at least. The brew is to be sipped by another, and their body?s reaction to it would be one of the tests. However, how you reacted to their reaction, that?s the rest of the test...\" she trailed off, her eyes looking almost embarrassed as she did.\n\n\t\"You?ve lost me, Aryita,\" Iaxiar told her, his head tilting slightly.\n\n\tThe vixen looked as though she was not sure if she should go on, and was now regretting bringing her friend to her den at all. However, it was too late to take it back and she was far too eager to put her potion to the ultimate test. She knew she had to continue.\n\n\t\"Okay,\" the vixen started, clearing her throat as her ears pinned back and her tail lowered itself. \"To put it plainly,\" she continued, \"I have created a sort of an--enhanced aphrodisiac and analgesic...\" she trailed off again, almost immediately expecting a protest from her fellow guardian. \"If I were to say, have a lap or two of the brew, it should within a reasonable window of time, cause my body to behave as though I am in estrus, though I won?t be. Not exactly, anyway. I, or rather, we, will have the opportunity to gauge your reaction, which will determine the efficacy of the elixir, in part,\" she told him, her eyes shifting away from him slightly, almost as though she were expecting him to become angry with her. \"The potion will be a total success if my behavior somehow--convinces you to want to mount me, to mate with me, we both have a great time together, and I am not left in a good deal of pain afterwards--due to the size of your, well...\" she trailed off, her gaze shifting back to him, her cheeks now noticeably red beneath her beige cheek fur\n\n\tIaxiar was now staring at Ketaryita in stunned silence. His jaw had slightly dislodged itself from the rest of his maw, hanging open slightly agape, but not exactly hitting the floor.\n\n\t\"Ketaryita, listen...\"\n\n\t\"Iaxiar, you and I both know that you do not participate in the summer or winter solstice events, you do not have any sons or daughters to your name, and quite frankly, you work your tail off around here,\" she started, interrupting him on the spot. \"Forgive my saying so, but--you must be incredibly--pent up,\" she told him, her eyes drifting to the space between his front legs again, not that she could see much with his chest and his fur in the way. The gesture was just to get her point across to him. \"You?re perhaps the most assiduous members of the grove, you give back way more than you take in return. Don?t you think you deserve a moment or two of, well, letting it all hang out? Just having some guilt free fun and ridding yourself of any and all stresses in your life?\" she asked him, her ears folding back a little.\n\n\tThe coyote seemed speechless. He didn?t know how to respond. On the one hand, what his friend was saying sounded true. He had not partaken in the community orgies for a variety of reasons, and his focus on his job, on serving the druidic community, and on ensuring the safety of the grove, had certainly made his personal life suffer as a result. However, he really wouldn?t have it any other way. To him, his life was his duty and he had little use for any activity that got in the way of that.\n\n\tHowever, when Aryita phrased it the way she had, he couldn?t help but wonder. Had he earned a reprieve? Was there any real harm in him having a little bit of fun every now and then, even if it was a little taboo or out of character for him?\n\n\t\"Ketaryita,\" he started, his orange eyes locked on her monochromatic ones. \"I--I don?t know what to say,\" he told her, sounding somewhat defeated.\n\n\t\"Say nothing,\" the fox replied, her lips curling into a smile. \"Just enjoy yourself, okay?\" she added, her tail beginning to sway back and forth behind her. \"It?s just a little friendly fun, no strings attached,\" she continued.\n\n\tThe coyote had closed his eyes at that point, exhaling deeply. He now couldn?t help but to wonder exactly all the ways Ketaryita had tested the various stages of this brew of hers over the years. Was he truly the first she had come to with a request of this nature? Sure, she was something of a loner, but he knew that she had participated in at least one or two of the solstice orgies that he knew about at least. Why exactly did she need him so badly? Here and now?\n\n\t\"You--make a very tempting offer, Ketaryita. However, please don?t be offended when I tell you that--I see you as a friend and a colleague, the idea of--breaking through that barrier for an evening of unbridled passion, even if it?s purpose is to test something that will undoubtedly be very popular during the druids? solstice rituals, I don?t know,\" he trailed off, sighing as he stared into her desperate and pleading eyes. \"I want to help you, but--I respect our relationship far too much to risk it over something like this. I?m sorry,\" the coyote told her as he exhaled sharply again.\n\n\t\"But that is why you?re the perfect individual for this test, Iaxiar. If the brew can make the idea of taking me tempting enough to convince you--well, then it?ll work on just about any male. Imagine how many more smiles you?ll see around here if it works? A happy druid is a more successful and productive druid, right?\" she asked him, her ears twitching ever so slightly.\n\n\tIaxiar closed his eyes again. \"You make a strong argument, Ketaryita,\" he told her with a heavy sigh. \"However, I feel as though--if the goal was to just seduce me, why not brew something that would--you know, put my guard down more and make me more receptive to your offer? Other than--the pain relief aspect of your creation, it doesn?t seem like there is much value to it from the perspective of the female in this equation,\" he pointed out.\n\n\t\"I had thought of that, Iaxiar,\" she started, offering up a slight, hopeful smile. \"The product you describe would have very little value to the rest of the grove outside of our current situation. You are an outlier here, heh--most males don?t need an incredible amount of convincing to jump on top of a willing female, especially--druid males,\" she told him.\n\n\tIaxiar sighed softly, understanding well enough at least what she was getting at. She had placed him in an awkward position though. He had never really viewed Ketaryita in a romantic or even a sexual light before, though she wasn?t exactly asking him for romance in this situation. Still, it just felt so wrong to him, to try to force this kind of an engagement rather than allowing it to occur naturally. On top of that, he really did not want to drive a wedge between them in their professional relationship.\n\n\t\"I?d--love to help you, Aryita, I really would,\" he added with another sigh, his gaze drifting away from her at this point. \"I?m afraid you?ll have to convince someone else to help you with this task. I?m afraid I?m just not comfortable with the idea...\"\n\n\tBefore he could finish, Ketaryita quipped in response, \"If not with me, then what about Sisali?\"\n\n\tIaxiar?s eyes shot open, his ears standing at attention as he stared at his friend. He had not expected her to make such a bold suggestion as that. She had clearly hit him closer to home with that suggestion, stirring something within him--or rather, multiple somethings. It also proved to him that her intentions were more on testing the capability of her new brew, rather than just receiving a quick and dirty lay from him under the umbrella of wanting to test her brew.\n\n\t\"That--is a very bold suggestion...\" the coyote told her, his tone coming off as a mixture of being pained by the suggestion, but also somewhat ashamed as well.\n\n\t\"Why?s that?\" Ketaryita asked him, her concerned and desperate demeanor shifting into something a touch more playful. Her tail swished behind her, as she knew well enough that the coyote had at least some sort of an interest in the arctic fox mother. \"I?ve seen you two together and I?ve heard of the cute little ways you banter back and forth when she brings you your meals up on top of that hill. You?re telling me the two of you don?t have an unusual chemistry? At least, as it compares to you and any other female in the grove?\" she asked him, her tail now dancing in a slow but mischievous way behind her as her monochromatic eyes bore into the very soul of her coyote companion. She knew that he could not deny what she was suggesting.\n\n\t\"Ketaryita...\" the coyote grumbled, prompting her to continue.\n\n\t\"Well, if not Sisali then,\" she started with a shrug, \"maybe you?re more interested in your own kind? Why not Visby? The prodigal little druidess in training? Everybody?s talking about how natural her abilities are. Some are even saying she could make archdruid someday,\" the vixen started, her muzzle already twisted into a mischievous grin, as she knew the coyote?s mind was entirely on Sisali at this point.\n\n\tIaxiar shot Ketaryita an almost offended glare at the suggestion she made. \"Visby?\" he asked her, scoffing slightly. \"She?s still a pup, more or less. No, I will not be the one to deflower a gifted young druid like her. She?ll have to learn on her own time how to navigate her sexuality--and all of the free-spirited ways in which a druid can explore those things here,\" he told her, firmly.\n\n\t\"Well, I feel like most of the denizens of the grove are already pretty comfortable with sex and mating,\" Ketaryita started, pretending as though she were trying to think up more options he might seriously consider, even going so far as to lift her left paw up to her chin as she thoughtfully gazed toward the sky. \"The only other females I know of who could use a good introduction to dick might be--well, there is that lupine lass, Serrula. She seems pretty gifted in her own right--though you might need a few stepping stones in order to mount her properly,\" the vixen smirked, \"it?s just as well though, I hear she?s something of a prude about sex as you are...\"\n\n\t\"I barely know her, Aryita...\"\n\n\t\"Hmm, perhaps someone a little closer to your own size would be better,\" the vixen continued, her smirk becoming even more mischievous as another idea popped into her conniving mind. \"Oh! You could try it on Nethy. I think that place where you work all day would be a very romantic place to usher that youngster into adulthood, wouldn?t you say? And just between you and me, I think she has a pretty nice backside, don?t you think? For a wolf--and a girl, at that,\" the vixen snickered.\n\n\t\"I barely know her, Aryita,\" the coyote repeated dryly.\n\n\t\"Okay, okay, so it has to be someone you know well? Hmm, if it?s not me, or Sisali, the only others who come to mind are her adorable daughters. Hersia, Kaeva and Tasiye if I remember right?\" the vixen suggested, questioning their names as though she may have actually forgotten them, though Iaxiar knew better than that. \"I know they?re young too, but arctic foxes tend to have their breeding season in winter, which isn?t too far away now. Think of it as part of their training before their first heat,\" the vixen offered up, her twisted sneer pointed right at him, as she knew he would be uncomfortable with that idea.\n\n\t\"No!\" Iaxiar declared, growling softly as he turned his narrowed, orange eyes straight onto Ketaryita. She had never seen him get quite so defensive before, and so she reacted in surprise. \"That is out of the question, I could never think about doing that to them--behind their mother?s back especially,\" he barked, the fur on his spine rearing up as the suggestion more than riled him up.\n\n\tThough her smirk had faded, and she had realized she may have overstepped her bounds a bit, she felt as though she was making progress, and so Ketaryita relented on that topic in particular. \"Okay, okay. You?ve made your point, Iaxiar. I?m--sorry I brought them up,\" she started, sighing softly, \"but, it does seem clear to me that Sisali means a lot to you. Her opinion of you perhaps even more so? I?ve never seen you flare up like that, just at the mention of her offspring,\" she added, her tail flicking slowly as she turned her head to gaze around her room for a moment. There was plenty of absorbent moss, and Iaxiar still had that gourd hung around his neck from earlier. The vixen offered the coyote a smile as she picked up a piece of the moss and brought it toward her brew, gently dipping it inside the half-gourd bowl.\n\n\t\"What?re you doing now?\" Iaxiar asked her with a sigh, he was becoming quite fatigued by her antics thus far.\n\n\tAs the moss fully absorbed as much of the elixir as it could, she lifted the damp and now fairly heavy pile of moss from the bowl, gingerly making her way over toward the coyote. He hesitated, but allowed her to get close enough to drop the sopping moss into the top end of his gourd carrier.\n\n\t\"Ketaryita...\"\n\n\t\"Just hear me out, okay?\" the vixen replied, backing away from him just enough to give him a little space. She felt the faintest bit of her brew dangling from her lips, and so she quickly swiped it off with her tongue. Seeing his eyes widen a little, she smiled and shook her head. \"Relax, it?s not enough to effect me. But listen. Here?s what you do. Take the moss and the gourd over to Sisali?s den, ask to come in. I believe her daughters are still out training, so it should just be you and here. Tell her you?re bringing her gourd back to her and then--politely--bring up the topic of my potion. Ask her if she?d be interested and be up front and forward with her about it, and what it?ll do,\" the vixen continued, \"and--if you?re feeling brave, tell her you?ve had feelings for her for awhile now--and suggest that, if she feels similarly, that you two can try it out together. The pain dulling properties should make the matter of your size over hers less of an issue, and--you two would be doing me a huge solid,\" the vixen finished, puffing her chest out with a smile.\n\n\tIaxiar rolled his eyes slightly, his gaze drifting toward the interior walls of Ketaryita?s den now. He was so embarrassed, and ashamed, he could not look her directly in the eye anymore. Even if her antics had been rather rude up and to this point, he had to admit--what she was asking of him now was not entirely unreasonable, and in a way it might be nice to let Sisali know that he did potentially see her as more than just a close friend. Maybe it would almost be a relief to get that out in the open, only to find out that she didn?t share the same feelings back? Then he could come back to Ketaryita, tell her to find another guinea pig, and then go back to his guardian life. No harm, no foul, right?\n\n\t\"Fine,\" he told her as he contemplated this arrangement. \"I?m not happy with the idea, but--if it?ll satisfy your curiosity--and you promise not to bother me about this any longer, regardless of the outcome, I?ll go see if Sisali would be willing to try it...\"\n\n\t\"Iaxiar,\" Ketaryita started, her muzzle already shifting into a warm, loving smile. \"If you do this for me, I?ll never ask anything of you again. You have my word.\"\n\n\t\"Very well then,\" the coyote replied with a heavy sigh, already turning to walk out of her back room and into the main portion of her den. She was quick, however, to rise up onto her paws and follow him as he made his way toward the exit.\n\n\t\"Eager to get started, are we?\" she asked, as she stopped just at the opening to her den, watching as he walked out and began to disappear into the growing darkness.\n\n\t\"Eager to get it over with,\" he retorted as he slowly receded into the dark brush.\n\n\tAfter a period of momentary silence, Ketaryita sat there, her tail twitching and a smirk on her muzzle.\n\n\t\"Go get and get her, big guy...\"\n\n***\n\n\tIaxiar had been wandering for what to him, felt like hours now, though he knew based on how far away everybody?s den was from everyone else?s that it couldn?t have been more than ten minutes time. Still, his heart was thumping and he knew he was more nervous about this interaction than he had been about anything else he could think of that had happened to him earlier in his life. This all just felt so--wrong and even if he had plenty of excuses and even an offramp or two he could use if Sisali became suspicious or otherwise skeptical of his intentions, he still couldn?t get out of his head the possibility that she might think lesser of him even for asking.\n\n\tAs his paws began to feel heavier and heavier, as he drew closer and closer to the small entrance to what he knew was a fairly large den inside, Iaxiar cleared his throat and swallowed hard. There was no real sense in delaying the inevitable. It was probably best to just get it over and done with, since whatever was going to happen was going to happen regardless. With another sigh, the coyote closed his eyes, lowered his head, and slipped his way into the arctic vixen?s den, the gourd still dangling around his neck as he lowered himself nearly to his belly to fit inside.\n\n\t\"Sisali?\" he called as he squirmed all the way inside now, having to slouch even more in this den than he had to even at Ketaryita?s own dwelling. \"Sisali? Are you in? I don?t mean to barge in, but--I hoped we could have a chat...\"\n\n\tThe coyote?s ears were met with the slight echo back of his own voice and then only silence. The smell of the four distinct arctic foxes was pretty strong on the air, but he could tell rather quickly that despite this, only Sisali had recently been in and that the younger vixens had likely been out since this morning for their training. Iaxiar exhaled deeply, relieved somewhat by the fact that nobody was home and yet, this did also mean that he would be forced to endure the terrible anxiety welling up in his chest a little bit longer. The question was, what to do about this situation? Should he go out and try to find Sisali? What if he bumped into another soul who found themselves curious about the strange scent emanating from the gourd dangling nearly at the base of his neck? As he stared around the dwelling?s interior for a moment, running each option through his head, another sigh escaped his lungs. Surely she wasn?t terribly far away and would be home any minute now, right? Or what if she had been delayed because another critter on one of her food runs had been even more chatty than he had been with her today?\n\n\t\"This is--pointless,\" he muttered under his breath as his eyes landed on a particularly soft patch of moss near the south wall that looked like a perfectly acceptable spot for a nap. Second guessing himself for a moment, he lowered his head and lifted his right paw over himself and onto the back of his neck, gently catching the vine strap of his gourd container with his claw and two of his digits. He slide it forward and over his ears before gently laying it on the ground near the center of the dwelling?s main chamber. It had been a long day, after all, and rather than sniffing around and searching in the increasing darkness for Sisali, it seemed much wiser to wait for her to come to him. Perhaps, after a brief nap, he would find himself in a clearer state of mind; better able to tackle the difficult conversation he was likely to have with her upon her return. With the gourd now removed from around his neck, the coyote started to crawl over toward the mossy patch, deciding it best to make himself at home. She would surely be back sooner rather than later. He was going to tell her the whole truth of what was going on, and surely, she would not think less of him if he was upfront with her. He could go back and tell Ketaryita that he had tried and it was a no-go, and they could all move back on with their lives.\n\n\tAs he laid his belly down onto the soft moss and spread his forelimbs out in front of him, crossing one paw over the other and resting his chin down upon his paws, he sighed softly. The moss sure did feel nice against his fur. It was warm and comforting, and best of all, it smelled very much of one of his dearest friends. It would be easy to catch a wink or two under these conditions, even if he was nestled in an unfamiliar earth. He yawned and stretched his hind limbs out behind him now, and soon, his eyes would fall closed and he?d drift off into a deeper sleep than he had perhaps had in a great many moons.\n\n\tIt wasn?t long after he had drifted off when a few distant noises began to pull at the edges of his mind. He was hearing things from a long way off, things he couldn?t make out or even describe with words, and then those noises grew closer and more familiar. Was that--giggling? Laughter? Muttering? His ears twitched, but he did not budge. It had only been a short nap, or so he felt. Maybe he was just still dreaming and the voices were in his mind? No, it was definitely not a dream, it couldn?t be. He could make out the sound of hurried and hushed whispers as well as some additional giggling, though as he was slipping back into consciousness after his powernap, it was difficult to tell for sure exactly what it was that he was hearing.\n\n\tHe groaned and slowly rolled himself from his belly and onto his side. He stretched all of his limbs outward at once, then relaxed all of his muscles again, and slowly his eyes began to part, just slightly. His gaze drifted outward, and the coyote could tell immediately that there was some form of movement in front of him. Two figures were seated upon their haunches, surrounding the gourd that he had left laying toward the center of the den?s main chamber. It was then that he could actually begin to make out some of the words and whispers being uttered only a yard or so ahead of him.\n\n\t\"There?s a lot of liquid in the center of it,\" the familiar voice of Kaeva had said in a hushed tone, \"but--it does have a nice, sweet taste to it,\" she then added, the sound of her smacking her lips and licking her chops soon followed suit.\n\n\t\"Well don?t hog it all, I?d like to have some too,\" the second of the two vixens, Hersia, replied, attempting to nudge her younger sister to the side so that she could sneak in and gobble up some of the strange concoction.\n\n\tBy the time that Iaxiar had fully composed himself and had realized what was going on, he jumped up in a panic, immediately bashing the top of his head on the dirt ceiling, which hung lower toward the outer edges than it did in the center of the den. He yelped in surprise, the commotion causing both of the vixens to turn around in a hurry, startled by the sudden noise and the movement behind them.\n\n\t\"Oh! Iaxiar! You gave me a fright!\" Hersia exclaimed, some of the red liquid already dribbling down her white chin as she stared at the coyote, her light blue eyes as wide as as the moon at its zenith, her tail tucked nervously between her hind legs.\n\n\tKaeva had even managed to emit something of a his and a snarl instinctively as she too spun around to greet the abrupt noise behind her.\n\n\t\"Gosh!\" she barked. \"You scared the daylights out of me, Iaxiar!\" she grumbled, still showing her teeth, her light green eyes glowing in the darkness at him, narrowed into slits.\n\n\tThe coyote had lowered his head and was rubbing the space between his ears with his right forepaw, though his physical pain was decidedly minor compared to the panging guilt and worry in his chest at the time.\n\n\t\"Ah! I?m--sorry, girls! I was--I was waiting for your mother to return, and--and--you drank from the gourd!?\" he exclaimed, now having recomposed himself enough to stare, wide eyed and bushy tailed toward them and the half empty gourd lying on the ground in front of them. Before he could say another word, however, Hersia had smiled and swished her tail behind her.\n\n\t\"It was a very strange meal, but it was very nice of you to bring it to us after such a long day training,\" the eldest of the two young vixens declared, immediately shifting into a bright and thankful smile. \"You really didn?t have to do that for us, you know.\"\n\n\tKaeva had shot Hersia a skeptical glance, even going so far as to quirk a brow as she did so. \"Uh, Heers, I think he?s upset because the meal was meant for mother, not us,\" she murmured in a semi-monotone voice.\n\n\t\"Oh?\" Hersia replied, blushing a little, her tail still swaying to-and-fro behind her for a moment. She stepped toward the gourd, placing a paw on it and gently balancing it more onto its bottom so that she could have a look inside. \"Well, I?d say there?s still enough for mom left in here, if that was the plan,\" she replied sweetly and innocently.\n\n\t\"N--no!\" Iaxiar exclaimed, shaking his head in a distraught manner. \"There--there was no plan, I--this was not some sort of scheme, or anything--I just--I just needed to talk with your mother, and--oh--oh has this all gone horribly wrong...\" the coyote murmured, nervously approaching the gourd to have a sniff and a look at it himself. He then lifted his head and saw Hersia?s confused eyes glancing back at him, and Kaeva?s ever suspicious green eyes leering back at him as well. He probably looked like a complete lunatic to them both now, and his heart was now racing nervously in his chest. What had he done?\n\n\t\"You two--you two really shouldn?t have--have had any of it...\" he muttered in a defeated tone, his body falling back upon his haunches, a look of complete terror plastered on his muzzle and his features. He didn?t exactly blame them for sticking their noses into the gourd, he knew he was to blame, but he still couldn?t believe just how quickly things had gone awry, and worst of all, he had no clue how he might fix this, let alone before Sisali made it home with her youngest likely in tow.\n\n\t\"Are you--okay, old timer?\" Kaeva questioned him, glancing quizzically from her sister and then back to Iaxiar. \"Look, it?s not that big of a deal, mom?s not going to be back for awhile--you can just go catch her a few mice and she?ll never know that Heers or I had any of it. It?s just a bit of food...\"\n\n\tHersia smiled, nodding her head as she approached Iaxiar?s side and she lifted her right paw to gently tap him on the lower shoulder, as though trying to comfort him. \"Kaeva?s right, you know. Why, we can even help you hunt some mice. As for mom, she got roped into helping some of the druids with a few night time errands, so you have plenty of time,\" she insisted, her tone sounding as upbeat and positive as ever as she turned to glance back at her sister. \"What do you say, Kaeva? We can help him fetch a couple of mice, right?\"\n\n\t\"I mean, I guess so?\" Kaeva replied unenthusiastically, even yawning a little bit to signal her disinterest. However, shortly after her little yawn, she had managed to hiccup unexpectedly, and she brought her paw to her chest a little as though to apply some pressure to it. \"Say, what exactly was in that gourd anyway? It smelled almost like food, but--it?s sort of wreaking havoc on my insides...\"\n\n\tIaxiar?s panic levels were now off the charts. He was torn between using his own body to block the entrance and to keep the two girls inside while the effects of the portion tore through their systems in an attempt to keep them both safe, not just from others, but possibly from himself as well. His other option as he saw it was to try to drag the both of them back to Ketaryita?s in the hope that she may have some kind of a fast acting antidote. He suspected that she might not, and that she would give him a very hardy dose of admittedly well deserved harassment for the mess he had gotten himself in, as well as wasting her first batch of her precious elixir to boot. Still, it seems very unlikely that blocking the two girls into their own den would be an effective solution either. How long even was the effect supposed to last? And how would he explain his situation to any passersby, or worse, Sisali herself if she came back to find him imprisoning her daughters with half of his body used to plug the entrance to her den? This was a mess that required a quick solution.\n\n\t\"Girls, I need you to come with me to Ketaryita?s immediately,\" he insisted, speaking firmly, though with an understandable shakiness to his voice as well. \"I cannot explain to you exactly why, but--you have to trust me on this one. That--meal--was not meant for your consumption. That?s--all I can say...\" he told them, his head was held low, as he struggled to look either of them in the eye at this point.\n\n\t\"Um--why, exactly?\" Kaeva asked, quirking a brow in her accusatory way. \"Listen, my paws and my legs are tired today from all of that training. I just want to lay down and relax a bit, so unless you give me a very good reason to get up and go anywhere, I?m not getting up from this spot,\" she insisted, and as if to make her point, she plopped her haunches down onto the dirt floor beneath her.\n\n\tHersia took one step back from Iaxiar and she gazed up at him with a questioning and concerned look in her eyes. With a half-quirked brow, she sighed softly. \"Mister Iaxiar, you?ll have to forgive my sister?s and my skepticism, but--this does seem kind of fishy? Are you suggesting that we--drank some poison or something? And--if so--why did you bring--poison to share with our mother...?\"\n\n\tIaxiar turned toward Hersia first, expecting her to be the most reasonable and the most levelheaded. He had to think fast, of course. How could he explain this as honestly as possible without giving up the entire story as well? It wouldn?t be an easy thing to tell these two young girls that he had come here with the intention of mating with their dear mother. Not only did it feel like a betrayal to Sisali, but he also didn?t wish to scar the two girls by revealing that information either. He could be vague about his intentions, but he could also admit, without saying everything, but perhaps even worst of all, the longer he tarried, the more suspicious he likely looked to them both, especially to Kaeva. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth, hoping the words would come to him as he spoke.\n\n\t\"Well, girls--the thing is--I needed a chance to talk with your mother in private, and--and I knew she had a lot of work to do, so--I had hoped to take some of the burden off of her, and--and so I made a potion for her, with the help of a friend,\" he explained, the half-lie coming out with more conviction than he had expected, and yet it still felt wrong. He could not bear to look Hersia or Kaeva in the eye, even now. \"The potion was meant to help her relax a little and feel more energized, but also--well, you know--she?s been through a lot. Your father and I were old friends, and when he died, well--let?s just say that I had hoped that the potion would also help her with--well, with her feelings about him...\"\n\n\tHe glanced upward and over toward Hersia, and the expression upon her face was one of sympathy and pity, rather than anger or confusion. Even the look in her ice blue eyes seemed softer and more gentle, which he hadn?t quite expected.\n\n\t\"So, you were trying to do a good deed,\" she replied, nodding her head slowly as she glanced back at Kaeva, who had rolled her eyes. \"That?s so sweet of you, mister Iaxiar.\"\n\n\tKaeva, however, was still suspicious, and she huffed and grunted softly under her breath. \"You?re leaving out a few key details, old timer. For instance, what did the potion do that you and this ?friend? you mentioned weren?t capable of doing yourselves? You could have easily just taken her out to a meadow, or helped her hunt and then sat down together and had a chat. So what was the big, special purpose of the potion? What did you need to talk about that was so important you couldn?t talk with her in public?\"\n\n\t\"Oh, Kaeva, stop,\" Hersia retorted, her head tilting to the side a little bit as she looked toward her sister, a small frown on her muzzle. \"Can?t you just accept that mister Iaxiar had good intentions?\"\n\n\t\"Look,\" Iaxiar interrupted, turning toward Kaeva more than Hersia at this point, seeing as how Hersia, at least for now, appeared to be on his side. \"I?ll do my best to explain all of the details on the way, but I must insist that we get the two of you to Ketaryita?s den sooner, rather than later. Trust me--you?ll thank me later...\"\n\n\tKaeva scoffed, shaking her head, but at the same time, she had begun to feel even more off, and so, against her better judgement, she slowly rose back up onto all four paws and took a step forward. She had started to feel a little dizzy even after that single step, and the fact that her body had started to feel more sensitive than usual hadn?t escaped her attention.\n\n\t\"You owe us a really, really good explanation, Iaxiar. Like, the best one ever. For starters--why am I starting to feel light headed and a little dizzy?\" she asked him, her eyes narrowed into slits before she turned to look over her own shoulder, her tail was raised and she swished it back and forth a little bit. \"On top of that, my hind legs are feeling very rubbery--and I almost feel like I have to--pee...\"\n\n\tIaxiar was now panicking even harder. He couldn?t believe how quickly the concoction was hitting one of the two vixens, and he suspected the other one was not terribly far behind showing signs of her own symptoms.\n\n\t\"Come on, Kaeva, Hersia. We?re going, now,\" he told them, turning and taking a few steps toward the exit. He was still hesitant to leave, considering how quickly the potion was having its affect on the two, there likely would be little chance in getting them to Ketaryita?s den before they were completely under its spell. Yet, he could not bear the thought of the two of them suffering because of his own selfish actions.\n\n\t\"Oh!\" Hersia exclaimed, and a soft, quiet gasp had escaped her as she took a step back from the coyote. Her eyes went wide and she glanced around the room, her ears lowering slightly and her tail tucking between her legs as well. \"M--mister Iaxiar, I am beginning to feel very--strangely as well. Am I--feeling the same symptoms that Kaeva is feeling? And does it have anything to do with the strange, ahem, meal you left in the den?\"\n\n\tThe coyote had frozen in his tracks. He slammed his eyes shut and he clenched his teeth together tightly for a moment. He wished he could be anywhere but where he was now. He wished he had just taken Ketaryita up on her offer and tested her damned elixir with her instead of making such a fuss over it. Then at least, he could have spared these two innocent young females from this troublesome situation.\n\n\t\"Girls, please,\" he started, \"I need you to try to focus on following me now. What you are feeling now--they?re--side effects, caused by the potion. As I said--it was meant for your mother to help her relax, and--and it?s not meant for young foxes...\"\n\n\t\"Relax?\" Kaeva questioned, her voice was now starting to sound a little strained and breathy. \"This is not relaxing. My muscles feel like they?re tensing up and I can?t keep myself balanced. I also think I need to go lay down, and maybe pee, too. I?m starting to feel a little nauseous, as well,\" she explained, taking a couple of wobbly steps forward, her legs were shaking, as though her bones and her muscles were starting to fail her.\n\n\tIaxiar had quickly moved toward Kaeva, and the scent wafting from her had immediately hit him in the face, causing him to stumble a bit. He knew the scent well, though being foxes of a northern species, it wasn?t quite as potent to his coyote nostrils as it would have been if they had been wolves, coyotes, or other members of the dog family. If he kept his mind on getting them the help they needed, he was confident he could power through any instinctive actions his mind and his body were driving him toward. It was the vixens he was most worried about. How unhinged, or, worse still, demanding might they become before getting them to the relative safety of Ketaryita?s den? He felt compelled to scruff Kaeva and to begin dragging her out of the den if she still refused, or otherwise, was incapable of moving. That probably would not go over well if a passerby saw him dragging her away, kicking and screaming like that. He had a better idea.\n\n\tIaxiar flattened his belly against the ground, making sure his nose was as close to ground level as possible. He laid himself as prone as possible, to make his latest request of them as simple as he could.\n\n\t\"Girls, please. I need you to climb onto my back and hold on tight. I?m going to take you to Ketaryita?s as quickly as my paws can carry me,\" he pleaded with them in a serious, panicked, yet as patient as possible tone of voice.\n\n\t\"But--that?s--so far away...\" Hersia replied, her voice sounding distant and far away, and yet it was not. \"And, my legs feel weak and tired. I don?t think I can walk very much farther...\"\n\n\tIaxiar knew the effects of the elixir were only going to get stronger, the longer they tarried. He was not willing to wait until both vixens were on the ground, their hind legs spread, their desperate voices begging him to rid them of the flurry that had taken hold of their loins. He turned his head to the side, his eyes focused on Hersia first.\n\n\t\"You have to, Hersia,\" he pleaded with her, his gaze shifting toward Kaeva as well, \"you as well, Kaeva. This was not how this was supposed to be, and I now have to protect you from the consequences of my mistake. Please. Just--trust me, okay?\"\n\n\tKaeva and Hersia exchanged glances, though it was clear the younger foxes were both very apprehensive about climbing onto the back of the male. The potion was affecting their thoughts and their reasoning, and yet their instincts were telling them to stay away from him and run from the situation, even while their bodies were being affected, their minds were still fighting the effects.\n\n\tKaeva had nervously approached the coyote and sniffed him curiously. The scent wafting from him, a distinctly male musk, even if from another species, was beginning to send her mind reeling, and the heat within her own loins was growing ever more demanding as a result. She felt an incredible, unexplainable desire to mount the coyote, to wrap her paws around his shoulders and thrust her hips against his side. Her expression twisted and contorted uncomfortably as she attempted to grapple with these strange new feelings tearing at the very core of her psyche, but instead of acting on her first instinct, almost as if involuntarily, she turned away from him, lifted her tail, and presented herself toward him, her hind quarters rising up and her forequarters approaching the ground. She gazed pitifully over her shoulder at him now, her half-lidded emerald hued eyes now questioningly pleading with him to cure her of her ailment.\n\n\tHersia, watching her sister present herself to Iaxiar, and knowing that she had done so involuntarily and without much, if any, control of her own actions, was horrified. Her heart was pounding within her chest and her eyes had widened as she took several steps back. She couldn?t believe what she was seeing, and the shock and horror upon her features had only intensified. She turned toward the coyote, a look of panic in her eyes as she took another few steps back, her tail was now tucked between her hind legs and her rump end had now pressed up against the wall of the den.\n\n\t\"Please--mister Iaxiar--help her,\" she begged him, her voice was wavering as she spoke, and she could hear her sister whimpering pitifully in the background, and it broke her heart.\n\n\t\"That--is what I was trying to do...\" Iaxiar sighed in a defeated tone. He knew now the only option was to usher the two girls into the back of the den, one of the back tunnels, so that he could keep them together and safe, barring entrance to their shared room from any intruder who might be drawn in by the enticing smells wafting from the den. Kaeva was now too far gone and incapable of being easily transported anywhere, and he was certain Hersia would soon join her.\n\n\t\"Girls, I need you to run to the furthest chamber of your den. Both of you. I will bar the way--and make sure else happens to you. Understood?\" he asked in a firm tone of authority, hoping that would be enough to convince them to move their paws. Perhaps Hersia could make it on her own still, but he suspected Kaeva would need to be dragged into the back by the scruff of her neck. He had already seen the vixen in her current position and was fairly certain that she wasn?t going to move herself from it any time soon, not until her body received what it desired most.\n\n\tHersia was reluctant, but she was beginning to feel a similar urge in her own loins and the desperation in the coyote?s tone had been convincing. She turned her head and looked back toward her sister, a soft frown on her muzzle, and she sighed heavily.\n\n\t\"I--I?m sorry, sis. But--we need to do what he says,\" she insisted, and then turned her head back toward Iaxiar, who was waiting for her response.\n\n\t\"That?s it, Hersia. Now, I will carry your sister back. Please, go as quickly as you can,\" he instructed her.\n\n\t\"Y--yes, mister Iaxiar,\" she replied, and her pace had quickened.\n\n\tHe watched as Hersia hobbled uncomfortably into the deeper recesses of the den, her tail no longer between her hind legs, but lifted high up and graciously offering her sweet aroma to be carried off to the rest of the world in the process. The coyote shivered, having stood back up now, he soon approached Kaeva, trying his best to loom over her and nip her scruff without actually bringing his belly into contact with her back at all. The scent radiating from the vixen was incredibly tempting, and his own instincts were starting to kick into high gear.\n\n\tThe coyote clamped his teeth into the scruff of the young vixen, and she let out a soft, muffled whine, but her body was now limp and unresisting, allowing the male to drag her back with him. He dragged her through the dirt, his front paws digging into the earth in an effort to pull her along without accidentally mounting her in the process. With his nose and his mouth occupied, he could not speak, but as the effects of the elixir began to burrow deeper and deeper into the vixen?s system, she found herself attempting to find purchase for her hind paws, so that she could spring her loins up and into Iaxiar?s belly. Every fiber of her being was telling her to assume this position, while he loomed over her, even as he dragged her along the ground. Her body was desperate to feel his warmth against her back, and her loins were burning and aching for his touch.\n\n\tFinally, he had dragged the vixen into the small room where Hersia was waiting, the elder sister had now found her way onto her back, however, her tail was cast to the side and her hind legs were parted. Hersia was no longer able to contain the desire burning within her and had begun touching herself, with her shoulders against the wall, she was able to run her paw down between her hind legs, her digits now sliding into her increasingly damp mound. A soft whimper escaped her maw as Iaxiar dragged Kaeva toward the center of the chamber.\n\n\t\"I?m--I?m so sorry, girls. This is--this is all my fault,\" he mumbled, releasing Kaeva?s scruff and immediately turning toward the tight opening that led to the chamber they were now sharing. He stuck his head inside, his posture half slouched as he did his best to turn his body into a door, or rather, a wall, locking the two vixens within behind him and keeping any curious snouts and the young males they belonged to from getting in.\n\n\t\"Please, try to stay quiet, and try not to move. I will try and get help, but--\" he sighed softly, a look of utter disappointment in his features. \"I?m afraid the elixir has taken hold of you now, and you?re both likely going to have to be brave and--endure--until the effects wear off.\"\n\n\t\"Mister Iaxiar--please, we--we need--\" Hersia whimpered pitifully, her paw still buried between her hind legs, stroking the rim of her little vixen spade as the fire burned even hotter within her, and she felt a sense of shame wash over her. The fact that she was touching herself in front of the coyote made her feel a little less guilty, considering her mind was no longer fully her own. She could barely contain herself anymore, and yet, her sister seemed to be suffering more.\n\n\t\"No, Hersia, don?t listen to him, and don?t listen to yourself,\" Kaeva pleaded, her body trembling slightly as she struggled to resist her own instincts. \"If we fight this--maybe--maybe it won?t be so bad? We--we just need to be patient. The effects should pass. Eventually. Hopefully.\"\n\n\tThe vixen sounded as though she was attempting to convince herself as much as she was trying to convince her sister. Her body was shaking, her own paw was already between her hind legs after she rolled onto her own back, stroking the soft fur on her mound and occasionally sliding a pad or two over her increasingly wet entrance, her juices were running freely from her nethers now, and the heat within her was burning like an inferno. She could not remember the last time she had felt such a strong desire, and the fact that she was not able to release it was maddening.\n\n\t\"He?s right, Kaeva. We should just--endure,\" Hersia whimpered, her own paw was now stroking the outer rim of her virgin spade, her digits pressing and teasing the moist flesh contained within. A soothing moan escaped her maw and her whole body began to shiver. \"Maybe, if we?re good girls, he?ll make it better...\" she whispered, a sign that she was not as entirely in control as she thought she was.\n\n\tIaxiar?s ears pricked up nervously when he heard her speaking in such a lewd manner. These girls were entirely innocent until consuming that elixir. He had to wonder if there was even more to the elixir?s properties than Ketaryita had let on?\n\n\t\"Oh, no no no no,\" he protested, turning his head and peering inside the chamber with wide eyes, his gaze darting between the two sisters. \"Girls, please. Try to remain focused. You?ve got to--\"\n\n\tIaxiar?s voice had trailed off, and his nose twitched a couple of times as the sweet scent emanating from the two young vixens continued to fill the air. His heart was pounding rapidly within his chest and the urge to go deeper, into the chamber, was beginning to burn and fester in his loins. He couldn?t bring himself to finish the sentence. There was nothing either of the girls could do at this point, not that they were going to stop what they were doing, anyway. They were too far gone and were now helpless victims of the potion he had accidentally forced upon them.\n\n\tThe vixens had already given into their urges, their eyes half-lidded, and they were moaning softly. They had each rolled onto their backs, and their hind legs were spread. Kaeva?s forepaws were rubbing her mound gently, her hind pawtoes splaying as she continued her act of self-service, while Hersia was sliding a pawtoe into her depths, a soft whine escaping her maw.\n\n\t\"Girls...\" Iaxiar had started, his orange eyes now firmly locked onto the impossibly tempting display before him. He was unable to look away. Even as he had spoken, his voice was low and gravelly, and his breath was coming out in ragged bursts. He knew it was wrong, but the more his eyes drank in the sight, the more the temptation burned within his mind.\n\n\t\"Mister Iaxiar,\" Kaeva whispered, her voice was breathy, and her eyes were still half-lidded. She could not believe what she was about to say, but she could not help herself. The potion was clouding her thoughts and her judgment, and she felt like her very life depended upon the coyote.\n\n\t\"You have to take care of us...\" the vixen told him, her emerald green eyes now pleading with him. \"The burning is unbearable and it feels like it?s only getting worse...\"\n\n\tIaxiar swallowed hard. He wondered, if he could just bring the both of them to orgasm--maybe that would be enough to start to counter the effects of the potion? It seemed like the best solution at the point, being as how Sisali could possibly return at any moment, or Tasiye as well. What then? It seemed like the best option was to try to get both of these girls out of this involuntary state as fast as possible, so that there could still be a chance to salvage this horrible evening.\n\n\t\"Alright,\" he relented, clearing his throat again. \"Just--relax, okay? I?ll--try to help you two out, but--I can only do one at a time, unless you--move closer together...\"\n\n\tKaeva and Hersia glanced at one another and immediately understood what was being suggested. The two vixens nodded to one another, and then they shuffled their bodies toward the center of the small chamber, their hind legs remaining parted, and their loins dripping and pulsating with need.\n\n\tIaxiar hesitantly turned away from the tunnel leading to the chamber, and he nervously padded on over to the two needy vixens. By now, even if he wouldn?t admit it, he could feel the tip of his member had swelled up enough to free itself from his sheath. He grinded his teeth nervously as he laid himself down on the ground, just in front of both vixens. He hoped the lower he was, the less he would be subjected to their scents--and he was still a tall enough creature compared to them that he could easily see what he was doing, and lend a paw to each of them individually.\n\n\tThe coyote took in a deep breath and slowly reached his left forepaw out toward the Hersia first. He placed his large, worn central paw pad over her mound and he immediately heard a gasp of pleasure escape her maw.\n\n\t\"Mmm,\" Hersia whimpered softly, a look of satisfaction crossing her features as she felt the warmth and weight of the coyote?s paw on her loins. It was exactly what she needed.\n\n\tHe didn?t want to keep Kaeva waiting either, so he extended his right paw over in her direction as well, worming his large paw between her legs and planting his warm pad over her wet, burning little mound as well. He proceeded to rub both vixens gently at first, feeling very much out of his element.\n\n\tIaxiar closed his eyes, his nose twitched as he felt the young vixens? loins throbbing and both of their hind legs coiling partly around his forelimb, pulling is paw in closer, and trying desperately to guide his paw into giving them both what their bodies craved most.\n\n\t\"Please...\" Kaeva begged him, a pitiful tone in her voice. She had been holding back, but her instincts were telling her she needed more. \"Rub harder, please, mister Iaxiar. And faster,\" she told him, a desperate need in her voice.\n\n\tThe coyote swallowed nervously, and then nodded his head. He had to do this, not just for them, but for Sisali?s sake as well as his own. His paws began to move back and forth, side to side, forward and back in a gradually increasing pace. It would become quite clear rather quickly though that this was only going to get the two girls so far. They both still had a burning sensation, and it was not fading.\n\n\t\"It?s not enough, mister Iaxiar,\" Kaeva spoke once more, her voice was wavering slightly, and her words were coming out a bit more rushed and panicked. \"Please, the burning--it?s--more on the inside than--than the outside...\"\n\n\tHersia was also whimpering pitifully, and her body was beginning to squirm and wriggle.\n\n\t\"Yes, I--I can?t take it anymore, mister Iaxiar,\" her own pleas were growing more and more desperate.\n\n\tIaxiar swallowed nervously and glanced between the two girls, who were both staring toward him, their eyes half-lidded and desperate, their features were pleading, and their loins pulsing with an uncontrollable desire. The scent emanating from both vixens was incredibly intoxicating and was causing his member to continue swelling and throbbing, even while partially concealed within the confines of his sheath. He could feel the tip of his member digging a small trench into the dirt floor, causing him to grumble uncomfortably.\n\n\t\"Alright, alright, just--hold still, and--let me know if this works,\" he spoke in a defeated tone. He adjusted his paws just enough so that he could rub each vixen?s mound with a single digit each, rubbing back and forth--back and forth--while applying more pressure as he did. His paw was considerably larger than even their mothers?, so one digit was more than enough, and even as his digit gradually sunk in and slipped into the sopping and needy tunnels of each vixen, it was obvious that it was still a tight fit. Iaxiar had closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, but the sounds of their wet flesh giving way to his pawtoes was more than a little enticing. The moans that escaped their little maws too, only added to the chorus of lewd delights.\n\n\tBoth vixens began to whimper softly and their bodies were soon wriggling and squirming beneath the coyote?s touch. His paw was rubbing both of them in an increasing rhythm, and the fact that the older male?s digits were so much thicker and longer than their own was a boon. Each time his digits would press deep enough, the pads of his pawtoes would press and rub against the tender inner walls of each vixen.\n\n\t\"Ungh,\" Kaeva moaned, her body was shuddering with every movement of the coyote?s paws.\n\n\t\"Ah--ohhh,\" Hersia was groaning, and her hips were rolling against the pawtoe buried deep inside her.\n\n\tThe coyote had his eyes closed, but his snout was twitching, and he was listening to the sounds emanating from the two sisters, taking some degree of pleasure from the moans, knowing that they were enjoying the act of his digits sliding in and out, in and out, as the pads of his pawtoes rubbed and stroked the soft inner flesh of their virgin vixenhoods. He could feel the tips of his pawtoes occasionally pressing up against something firm yet smooth within each of their tunnels, which caused the moans from each of the vixens to escalate, and he could feel the muscles within their tight vixen spades clench and squeeze his digits tightly.\n\n\t\"Ngh, ah, ah,\" Kaeva had started panting. \"Oh, gods--ah, yes, it?s--it?s working. But, don?t--stop, don?t stop,\" the vixen was begging.\n\n\tHersia?s body had begun to shiver and she was letting out soft little cries, her hips rolling and bucking. \"Mmm, ahh--please, don?t stop,\" she whimpered, her voice was wavering slightly.\n\n\t\"I--I won?t,\" the coyote assured the two of them, his voice trembling, though if he had to admit it, he was getting more confident by the minute. His paws began to move faster and faster, rubbing the insides of their little snow white crotches with an increasing tempo. He could feel their wetness coating his digits, and he could feel their insides clenching and squeezing him, their muscles tensing, their little forepaws desperately gripping at the top of his paws.\n\n\t\"Nnngh, yess,\" Kaeva cried out, and then she let out a sharp cry of pleasure as a wave of bliss suddenly washed over her. Her entire body stiffened and her muscles tightened, her loins clamping around the coyote?s pawtoe as she climaxed for the first time. A trickle of her juices dripped from her depths and ran down the length of the male?s digit.\n\n\t\"Oooh, Iaxiar, oh gods, I?m--\" Hersia couldn?t finish her sentence, but her body was stiffening as well, her hind paws pulling in and her legs trembling as she suddenly released. Her loins were spasming and a dribble of her juices were now flowing freely from her entrance, down her tail and onto the coyote?s paw, running over his digit and making his fur slick, wet, and smelling very much of vixen spunk.\n\n\tThe coyote could feel the sudden surge of juices escaping from both vixens and the muscles in their spades suddenly clenching and unclenching. He had no choice but to pause his movements, allowing them both a moment to enjoy the sensation of release. Both vixens had let out a loud, long, cry, but their bodies slowly began to relax and the tension in the room began to ease. He soon sighed with relief, believing full well that he had avoided catastrophe, and that both vixens would soon begin to come down the high of their early, artificial heats.\n\n\t\"Well,\" the coyote finally managed. \"At least you?re both--\"\n\n\tIaxiar?s ears were still erect, his sense of hearing was still heightened, and he could hear a strange sound emanating from the two girls. As he looked between the two vixens, he could see their bodies were trembling again, and their loins were clenching and relaxing, over and over, even around his pawtoes. They had a look of utter desperation in their eyes, and their breaths were coming out in ragged gasps.\n\n\t\"What? What is it?\" the coyote asked, sounding a bit frantic. He did not know if the potion had somehow changed them, or if he had done something wrong, but the expressions on their faces were making him worry that maybe he had failed after all.\n\n\t\"The--the burning,\" Hersia whimpered, a helpless look in her eyes.\n\n\t\"It?s--worse,\" Kaeva finished her sister?s sentence, and the two girls looked at each other and then back toward the coyote.\n\n\t\"Wha--? What do you mean, worse?\" Iaxiar sounded almost terrified at this point. \"How can it be worse?\"\n\n\t\"I don?t know, mister Iaxiar, but--the burning is still there, and it?s only gotten stronger!\" Hersia explained, sounding more and more panicked as the seconds ticked away.\n\n\tKaeva could feel the muscles inside her clenching and unclenching repeatedly, her entire body was trembling and she could feel a pressure building up within her, as if a dam were about to burst. Her emerald eyes were wide, her pupils were dilated, and her breathing had become erratic.\n\n\t\"You--you have to put another inside us, and--please, move faster. Rub us--harder. Deeper. Please, I?m going to--\" she couldn?t finish her sentence, and her voice trailed off. She was shaking, and she looked like she was about to go mad if she couldn?t relieve herself of the burning sensation.\n\n\t\"An--another?\" Iaxiar asked, mostly to himself, his eyes glazing over and his face turning as pale as could be. They already felt impossibly tight, clasped firmly around his pawtoes. How could he possibly get a second one into each girl?\n\n\t\"Hurry,\" Kaeva gasped, her body trembling and her insides squeezing his digit. \"Oh, please, hurry,\" she was pleading with him, her body shaking and her paws clinging desperately to his, as if trying to make him go faster, deeper.\n\n\t\"Do it,\" Hersia pleaded, her body was starting to shake. \"Do it, now, before we--!\" she clenched her teeth and slammed her eyes shut, her voice wavering, and her body was trembling.\n\n\t\"Oh--okay--le--let?s try something else...\" Iaxiar exclaimed, attempting to insert each pawtoe deeper into each of the vixen?s little bodies. He applied enough pressure until he felt the tension being lifted around the very tips of each pawtoe, as both digits entered each vixen?s little vestibule. The two vixens groaned out loud, their voices were filled with a mixture of pain and pleasure, and they clung tighter to the male?s forelimbs.\n\n\t\"Ahh!\" Hersia gasped, her entire body going rigid.\n\n\t\"Gods, it?s--too big,\" Kaeva cried, her entire body writhing in place.\n\n\t\"No, please, no,\" Hersia was practically shrieking now, her voice rising in pitch. \"Please, Iaxiar, more. Put it in. All the way,\" the young vixen?s voice had become more shrill, and her eyes were watering.\n\n\tThe coyote hesitated, swallowing nervously, and then he nodded his head and pressed his paws a little bit deeper. There was a slight resistance at first, and then suddenly the pressure was lifted, and his pawtoes sank the rest of the way in. At the same time, he attempted to shift his paws so that he could begin rubbing another digit around the vixens? mounds, rubbing the sensitive flesh between their sex as well as their tailholes.\n\n\t\"Yesssss,\" Kaeva hissed, her body shaking and her loins clamping around the coyote?s massive digit.\n\n\t\"Aah!\" Hersia was groaning loudly, her entire body was shaking. \"Yes, gods yes, that?s it. Do it. More, please. More, please,\" the vixen begged, her voice wavering, and her tone bordering on hysterical.\n\n\tThe coyote did exactly what was requested of him, and his paws continued to move faster, deeper, and harder. He had already pushed his digits in as far as they would go, and the pad of his central pawtoe was now pressing up against something smooth and solid within each vixen. The pad itself was also rubbing and stimulating the sensitive flesh surrounding their sexes, while his digits were thrusting back and forth, in and out, in and out. He could feel both vixens? muscles tensing and relaxing, over and over, and the sensations were causing his member to pulse and throb, and his testicles were churning. He couldn?t remember the last time his body had reacted in such a way.\n\n\t\"Gods, yes, I?m so close. It?s coming, mister Iaxiar. Please, don?t stop,\" Kaeva was practically screaming now, her voice filled with pleasure, her eyes half-lidded and a stupid grin on her muzzle.\n\n\t\"I?m so close too. Yes, don?t stop, mister Iaxiar. Keep going, keep going,\" Hersia was also practically screaming, and her voice was filled with the same kind of ecstasy.\n\n\tThe coyote grunted, his breath was coming out in short, rapid bursts. He didn?t know how much longer he could hold out. The scents, the sounds, the sights, and the sensations of two vixens squirming and writhing beneath his paws was proving to be almost too much.\n\n\t\"Just a little more, a little more,\" the young vixens? voices were both practically screams of euphoria now, and the muscles within their tight little tunnels were beginning to clamp down hard, and their bodies were tensing, as if about to reach the point of no return.\n\n\t\"Oh--gods!\" Hersia squealed.\n\n\t\"Mmhmm,\" Kaeva grunted, shaking her head while clenching her teeth and her eyes shut, and then suddenly both girls? bodies went rigid. Their little hind paws pulled in, their tails curled and their backs arched. They could feel the dam bursting inside them and their juices were gushing from their little spades, showering the coyote?s pawtoes with another helping of their slick vixen nectar.\n\n\tIaxiar let out a grunt of his own and closed his eyes, doing his best not to look at either girl, or listen to the moans escaping their little maws. The sensation of both girls climaxing at the same time while their muscles clenched and squeezed his digits was almost enough to push him over the edge. He could feel the tension easing and their bodies relaxing, and the sounds of their pleasure dying down. He let out a sigh of relief, feeling like he had once again dodged a bullet.\n\n\t\"Alright, that should--that should do it. Both of you, are--are okay now, right?\" the coyote asked, his voice was shaking a little bit, and he was a little concerned that they might not be done, despite the fact that the two vixens had climaxed a second time, and with more intensity than the first. He was so desperate, perhaps hopeful that he had solved the problem once and for all, that he had risen from the floor now, and was half standing behind the two vixens, forgetting about his swollen member now dangling between his hind legs.\n\n\tBoth girls had collapsed into a heap on the ground, their hind legs were spread, their pawtoes curling and uncurling, and their little tails were cast off to the sides of their little bodies, though their spades were gaping, and their loins were leaking, their fur thoroughly soaked. Both were panting heavily, and it took them a moment or two to catch their breath and regain their strength.\n\n\t\"Are you two okay?\" Iaxiar asked again, his voice growing in concern, his ears folded back against his head.\n\n\t\"Yes, mister Iaxiar, we?re fine,\" Kaeva told him, though she had yet to lift her head.\n\n\t\"Thank you,\" Hersia mumbled, sounding equally as tired.\n\n\tThe coyote nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the worst was behind them.\n\n\t\"But--\" Kaeva started, causing the coyote?s ears to perk up, and a look of horror to cross his features.\n\n\t\"What? But--what?\" Iaxiar was practically shrieking himself.\n\n\t\"It?s--still there. It?s still there,\" Hersia whined, sounding even more desperate than before.\n\n\t\"I...\" Iaxiar trailed off, clenching his teeth and shaking his head now. \"I just--can?t believe it--what--what kind of a potion did she...\" he trailed off again, desperately trying to figure out what had gone wrong in his head. How was he going to solve this mess not? Surely, Sisali was well on her way home by now.\n\n\t\"Please,\" Kaeva whined. \"Please, don?t stop. Please, keep going,\" the vixen begged, turning her head to look at him with an expression of complete and utter desperation.\n\n\t\"We need more,\" Hersia added, looking up at him with the same look in her eyes, tears welling in her eyes.\n\n\t\"Please,\" they both pleaded. However, at this point, now that they were looking up at him looming over them, their eyes made contact with his fully erect member for the first time. The sight of it seemed to make the two vixens shudder, and their loins began to clench and release repeatedly.\n\n\t\"You need more?\" the coyote asked, looking incredulous. \"What do you mean, ?more??\" the question was ludicrous, given the circumstances.\n\n\t\"We need--we need,\" Kaeva had been saying, but she stopped, trailing off as she stared at the coyote?s throbbing and twitching member.\n\n\tIaxiar stared down at the two vixens, a look of befuddlement firmly plastered on his features. It was then that he noticed them both staring near his belly, and it dawned on him exactly what they were both gawking at. His member was pulsing and twitching, the tip oozing pre-ejaculate. He had been so focused on the two vixens, and their needs, he had forgotten that he was still very aroused. He looked away, grumbling under his breath and then slowly nodded his head, as if accepting the inevitable.\n\n\t\"I?m--I?m sorry,\" he said, sounding defeated. \"This is--all I have,\" he finished, and then he took a step forward, closing the distance between himself and the two vixens. He bent his front legs, lowering his head, his eyes locking with Hersia?s for a moment. Then, his ears flicked forward and he moved closer, pressing his nose against her cheek and letting out a hot breath, followed by a slow lick along her neck and throat.\n\n\tThe young vixen shuddered, but she did not object, instead turning her head and lifting her chin, allowing him better access. Her little paws came to rest tucked against her chest, while her tail moved toward his side, gently brushing his flank. He growled softly, licking her cheek again, and then nibbling gently at her neck, drawing a moan from her lips. He lowered himself down onto her more firmly, his chest now pressed against her own. He could feel her little heart thumping in her chest against his own. His body told him to do one thing, but his mind won out--and he slowly pulled back from her, working his nose, his whiskers and his muzzle down her belly and finally, between her hind legs.\n\n\t\"If--this doesn?t do it...\" he trailed off, before completing the sentence in his head. He could feel the young girl?s little hind legs pressing against his ears, and her tail curling around the back of his head. His snout rubbed up and down her slit, and he could smell the scent of her heat, her desire, her need. She whimpered and whined softly, squirming and wriggling beneath his muzzle.\n\n\t\"Please, please, do it,\" Hersia begged.\n\n\tThe coyote?s tongue darted forward, swiping over her little spade, tasting her juices and feeling her muscles tensing beneath him. He could feel her body reacting to his touch, and he could hear her breath quickening. Her hips moved, trying to match the rhythm of his tongue, and her little paws pushed against the sides of his head, holding him in place as best they could.\n\n\tUp close, her scent was overpowering, but the taste of her was even more dangerous. It was intoxicating, and the coyote could barely resist the urge to bury his snout deep inside her. As his tongue slipped into her mound, he could feel her insides clenching, and a trickle of her juices running down his muzzle. He attempted to worm his tongue inside of her as deeply as he could manage, suspecting his digits were just not long enough, or agile enough to satisfy either of them. His tongue lashed and whipped around inside of her vestibule before venturing further into her vixen tunnel. He could feel her muscles gripping his tongue, and he could feel her loins tensing and releasing, clamping down on him.\n\n\t\"Gods,\" Hersia moaned, her voice filled with a mixture of pleasure and pain. \"Please, tha--that?s the spot,\" she said, her voice rising in pitch.\n\n\tKaeva watched on with an almost impatient jealousy, her tongue lulling out of the end of her maw and raking itself over her lips and whiskers from time to time.\n\n\tThe coyote grunted, moving his muzzle back and forth, pushing his tongue in and out of her. His snout was wet and slick, and his chin was pressed up against her tailhole. He was breathing heavily, and his chest was heaving, and it was difficult for him to breathe. His tongue darted in and out, pushing and prodding, and licking and lapping, and every movement brought another moan, or whimper, or mewl from her lips.\n\n\tHersia was panting heavily, and her body was trembling. She was clinging to the coyote?s head and her hind legs were wrapped around his ears. Her pawtoes were curled, and her little tail was twitching and writhing against his muzzle.\n\n\tThe coyote?s eyes were half-lidded and his pupils dilated. His body was beginning to tremble, and his hips were starting to move, rocking back and forth. In what might be his last moment of conscious thought, he had to give Ketaryita some props. He hadn?t consumed a drop of the potion, and yet, he was being subjected to its effects the same as if he had, if the reaction of these two vixens was anything to go off of. Before he could bring himself to finish off Hersia with the use of his tongue, he found himself slowly pulling back, a strand of his own saliva connecting his tongue to her beckoning mound as he widened the gap between his lips and her little sex. He could see the look of confused pleasure in her eyes, a look of near betrayal as she appeared to be questioning why he had stoped.\n\n\t\"I?m--sorry, Hersia...\" he told her in a pitiful voice. Kaeva was forced to watch as the coyote threw himself upon the smaller canid, his large body easily enveloping her own in the process. He struggled to find her rump with his left forepaw, but when he found it, he cupped it beneath her rump, lifting her hind quarters up despite her position still on her back. He angled her crotch toward his own as he began to thrust forward, his hips guiding the tip of his member right toward her gushing orifice after a few ranging attempts.\n\n\tKaeva let out a soft gasp and her eyes widened, watching the coyote?s member slip and slide around the outside of Hersia?s mound before finally catching on the rim and driving into her. A cry of pain and pleasure escaped her little maw, and her entire body jerked.\n\n\tHersia?s eyes were wide and her mouth was open, her tongue lulled out, and a look of shock was frozen on her features. She was shaking her head back and forth, but the coyote paid her no heed, instead continuing to force his length deeper and deeper into her. Her eyes were beginning to water and her ears were pressed flat against her skull. Her petite hind legs began to thrash against his underside, trying desperately to push him away.\n\n\t\"T--too--m--much,\" the vixen whimpered.\n\n\t\"Ohhh, gods,\" Kaeva muttered, her eyes transfixed on the scene playing out in front of her.\n\n\tShe could see the vixen?s little mound straining, her loins bulging from the inside as the coyote?s mammoth member filled her to the brim. She could see his length buried within her, though not entirely, about half of Iaxiar?s length being buried into her sister?s body. It was incredible that such a thing was possible.\n\n\t\"S--stop. St--op, ple--ase,\" Hersia gasped, her voice was strained and her body was tense.\n\n\t\"S--sorry...\" Iaxiar whimpered, and yet, his hips continued to instinctively drive his member forward and back in rapid succession, the tip of his member driving far deeper than his tongue or his digit had done up to this point.\n\n\tHersia could barely speak, and she was panting heavily, her lungs struggling for air. Her entire body was tingling and her muscles were contracting and relaxing involuntarily. Her hind paws were pulling in, and her tail was curling, and her hind paw claws were gripping his fur and her hind legs were shaking and spasming.\n\n\tKaeva watched in a muted mixture of horror and barbaric intrigue. In a way, it was hard for her to not imagine herself being used in such a way by the aggressive male. The thought sent chills down her spine.\n\n\tHersia was letting out a low, guttural growl, her teeth were clenched, and her eyes were narrowed. She was shaking her head from side to side, her teeth bared, her lips curled and her whiskers flared. Her hind paws were still trembling, and her little body was convulsing, her tail spasming against her rump and the coyote?s underbelly. She could feel her loins tightening and the sensation was growing more intense, and she could feel her inner muscles clenching around the coyote?s member. Her breathing had grown more labored, and she was finding it difficult to keep her eyes open, her eyelids fluttering closed and open repeatedly.\n\n\t\"I?m--so sorry,\" the coyote whispered, his voice was filled with remorse, and his words were tinged with guilt.\n\n\t\"It?s--it?s okay,\" the young vixen whispered back, her tone wavering.\n\n\t\"Gods, it?s so--beautiful,\" Kaeva breathed, a shade of drunkeness in her voice, her eyes locked on the sight of the coyote?s thick and throbbing length pistoning back and forth into the young vixen, the shaft slick and coated in her juices, and the tip glistening with her nectar.\n\n\t\"Mhmm,\" Iaxiar grunted, nodding his head while on autopilot, his eyes wide, his pupils dilated, his breathing heavy.\n\n\tHersia?s body had finally begun to fully enjoy the abuse it was receiving, and more and more audible little whimpers and moans began to emanate from her throat. Her eyes were still shut as she writhed and trembled beneath the coyote. Her breathing was becoming heavier and more ragged.\n\n\t\"Ooohh, gods, yeeees,\" Hersia suddenly squealed. \"Yes, yes, yes, yes!\" her voice was becoming louder, and her body was shuddering, her loins clenching.\n\n\tKaeva watched, transfixed, her eyes wide, her jaw hanging open, and her tongue lolled out of the end of her mouth. She couldn?t take her eyes off the sight, and a small trickle of her juices began to drip down the inside of her hind leg, dripping onto the floor and making a small puddle below her.\n\n\tIaxiar?s jaws were tightly clenched, and his eyes were squeezed shut. His ears were pressed back against his skull and his paws were clutching Hersia?s rump. His member was beginning to throb and twitch and his loins were tensing, the muscles contracting.\n\n\t\"Mmf--almost,\" he muttered, his voice strained.\n\n\t\"Gods, me too,\" Kaeva whined beneath her breath, watching as Hersia?s body quivered, and her tail began to flick and wag back and forth. Her hind legs were beginning to twitch and quiver, turning into jelly as they did.\n\n\t\"Yes, yes, yes,\" Hersia whimpered pitifully, her body writhing and her head thrown back against the dirt floor beneath her.\n\n\t\"Hnngh,\" the coyote grunted, his eyes closing even tighter, and his entire body going rigid. He was trying desperately to hold himself back, but his hips were thrusting more rapidly, and his member was pulsing and throbbing harder and harder. His knot had by now, inflated entirely, far from within the vixen?s body or within her vestibule at all, still exposed to the cool, damp air of the earth around them.\n\n\t\"Ahh! Aaah!\" the vixen cried, her back arching and her tail twitching. \"G--gods, yes,\" she moaned, her voice trailing off, her body tensing. Her hind paws were pulled in and her pawtoes were curling and uncurling, and her tail was twitching, and her eyes were fluttering closed.\n\n\tThe coyote growled, his jaws parting slightly, his tongue lulled out, drool dripped from his fangs. His muscles were clenched and his eyes were squeezed shut. He growled deeply and his claws dug into Hersia?s rump, breaking the skin and even drawing trace amounts of blood in the process.\n\n\t\"Hnngh--Sisali--f--forgive me,\" he groaned, his voice a deep, guttural rumble. He could feel that his testicles were on fire and he knew he was about to burst at any moment. It both pained him to think about Hersia having lost her virginity to him in this manner, but deep down he was also a little bit excited to see her lying on her back, her little vixen spade pooling with several years worth of his pent up seed.\n\n\t\"Y--yes, gods,\" the vixen cried, her body shuddering, her tail spasming, and her little paws transitioning to her sides, her claw tips digging into the dirt floor. Her body was quaking and her loins were contracting and releasing.\n\n\tThe coyote?s eyes opened slightly, his gaze fixated on the sight of the young vixen?s swollen and dripping loins, her muscles clenching, and her insides rippling, her juices seeping out of her opening.\n\n\t\"F--forgive me,\" Iaxiar groaned pitifully one more time.\n\n\tWith a loud, guttural grunt, he pushed himself forward, forcing his length even deeper inside the vixen, and her entire body jolted. Her eyes flew open, her pupils dilated, and her muzzle fell open. Her entire body trembled, and her loins contracted. She was panting and gasping, her mouth gaping, her tongue hanging out.\n\n\t\"Ooohhh!\" Hersia suddenly howled, her back arching, and her tail flicking wildly. \"G--gods,\" she moaned, her voice strained and her body quaking.\n\n\tThe coyote roared, his head thrown back, his eyes shut tight, his jaws parted. He knew it was a futile thing to try to hold himself back any longer, his body had not been subjected to anything this wonderful in more moons than he could count, and the sensation of this tight, vixen tunnel clenching against his member with a seemingly impossible degree of tightness would send any heterosexual male over the edge, perhaps even earlier than he had managed with her. For a moment, his hips locked in place, his shaft entrenched within her as deeply as he could manage, the tip of his member nearly kissing her cervix.\n\n\tHe let out another loud growl, his body trembling, his jaws open, and his fangs bared. He could feel the first wave of his ejaculate surge up his shaft and shoot forth. He could feel his seed splattering against her inner walls and his member throbbed and twitched and his knot bulged. The sensation was like nothing he?d ever experienced.\n\n\tHersia?s head was thrown back and her eyes were squeezed shut. She was moaning and whimpering, her body quivering and shuddering. Her tail was twitching, and her loins were on fire, convulsing and releasing, clamping down on the coyote?s member as she felt the torrent of his ejaculate enter her virgin body, filling her insides to the brim.\n\n\tIaxiar could feel his member pulsing and twitching, and the sensation was so intense, he almost wanted to scream. He managed to hold himself in place for a moment longer as he endured the most intense of orgasms. His hind legs momentarily regained their composure and he was able to pump into her two more times before he lost his hold of her rump, her body slipping to the floor beneath him, causing his member to slide out of her and several more ropes of semen to splatter out against her crotch and her lower tummy. The sudden change in her position beneath him, and perhaps the realization of what he had just done hitting him once again, caused him to rear back and he even toppled backwards, landing on his back with a thud. A few more streams of his seed shot into the air before crashing down on his lower belly.\n\n\tHersia remained on her back, her forepaws still clenching the earth beside her, as her chest heaved up and down intensely and an eruption of coyote semen pooled from her sore and well used little vixen spade. Iaxiar was on his back, heaving with intensity, his member still pointed straight up, and Kaeva found her gaze drifting between the two of them for a moment now as the room filled with the sounds of heavy panting and gasping. She had been ignored for a considerable amount of time at this juncture, and watching her older sister being worked over in such a manner had only heightened her elixir fueled urges. Her green eyes soon locked on the fully exposed and still erect coyote member and she found her tongue running over her lips as she stalked her way over to him now, her predatory eyes locked on her prize.\n\n\tIaxiar looked down his body, his gaze meeting the young vixen?s own as he found her crawling up his hind quarters, her green eyes locked on his own, a look of determination in her eyes that made the male coyote a bit nervous.\n\n\t\"W--wait,\" he stammered.\n\n\t\"No,\" Kaeva hissed, her eyes narrowed. She was confident he was in no real position to resist her at this point, and her urges had reached a fever pitch. She was going to get hers and he was going to be the one to give it to her, whether he liked it or not.\n\n\t\"Kaeva,\" he groaned. \"N--no.\"\n\n\t\"You did the same thing to Hersia,\" the young fox protested, her tone firm.\n\n\t\"It--it was wrong of me to, I--I don?t want to hurt you...\"\n\n\t\"I?m not a cub,\" Kaeva spat, her eyes narrowed.\n\n\tBy now, she had already climbed up onto his loins and her hind legs were straddling each flank of his member, still pointing straight up. She licked her lips as she gazed between her four legs, trying to get the position correct, her crotch looming right above his still dribbling tip. She couldn?t wait anymore. Her body was burning for the release that her older sister had already enjoyed.\n\n\t\"Kaeva,\" the male warned.\n\n\t\"No,\" the vixen responded again. \"I?m not a cub, and you?re going to treat me like an adult. You?re going to give me what you gave her,\" she said, nodding her head back toward Hersia. A low growl rippled from her throat as she began to rub her fuzzy loins against him now, attempting to get the angle just right.\n\n\tIaxiar?s eyes slammed shut and he felt the top of his head meeting dirt, as he stretched his neck out and exhaled sharply. Even just her fur rubbing against his freshly spent phallus was still enough to send chills right down his spine, the guilt he was feeling washing away in an instant.\n\n\t\"Ohhh, gods...\"\n\n\t\"Yeah,\" Kaeva grumbled, licking her lips. \"You?re going to lie there--and take it--just like you make Hersia take it.\"\n\n\t\"Mmf,\" Iaxiar grunted, his muzzle pressing up into his forepaws as his body shivered and his tail flicked back and forth.\n\n\tThe vixen continued to grind her little body up and down, side to side, trying to angle herself so that his tip might find her petite vixen spade. The longer she worked, the more frustrated she became.\n\n\t\"Dammit, I can?t get it in,\" the vixen groaned, a look of irritation on her face.\n\n\t\"You--don?t need to do this,\" the coyote muttered between gritted teeth.\n\n\t\"Yes--I do,\" the vixen spat.\n\n\t\"That?s--the elixir talking, Kaeva...\" he stammered out through clenched teeth. But before he could complete his sentence, he suddenly froze, his eyes widening and his body tensing as he felt the warm, wet sensation of her little vulva kissing the tip of his sopping member. She had found her mark and he knew what was going to come next.\n\n\t\"Ah...\" Kaeva murmured, exhaling and closing her eyes as she felt the inviting sensation of his flesh prodding against her own. \"Tha--that?s the stuff...\" she added, her lips pursing at first, but her canines slipped free and she?d press them sharply into her lower lip.\n\n\t\"Kaeva--\" Iaxiar began, his eyes still wide. He had no idea how the little vixen would react when her body was finally penetrated. He knew the elixir would dull the pain, but he had no idea how the pleasure would hit her.\n\n\t\"Mmm,\" the vixen moaned, her little paws gripping his underbelly as she began to slowly push herself down onto his rigid member. Her eyes widened and her body tensed, and her breathing became heavier.\n\n\t\"So--son of a...\" Iaxiar gasped, his jaws parted. His eyes were locked on the sight of the vixen?s body stretching around him. It felt incredible. Her insides were like a kiln, and his ears pressed back and his muzzle hung open as the vixen?s tiny frame began to swallow his shaft inch by inch.\n\n\tKaeva had winced more than once, but the elixir had done well to dull her reaction to pain. Once she had thought she had bottomed out on him, her hind paws pressed into his sides and she slowly pulled herself back off of him. Iaxiar might feel a sense of relief, perhaps hoping that maybe that was enough for her--but deep down, he knew better, and before he could eek out the slightest quip, the vixen had slammed herself right back down on him again, her hips expertly pistoning her little frame down against him.\n\n\t\"Ngh--gods,\" the coyote moaned.\n\n\t\"Oohhh,\" Kaeva whimpered. She had never felt so full, or so good in her entire life. It was a feeling of euphoria that very likely was a once in a lifetime sensation, and the vixen?s mind was reeling from the sheer ecstasy coursing through her body. \"Yessss,\" she hissed, her forepaws and claws digging into the coyote?s lower chest as her body melted on, and around his swollen shaft.\n\n\tIaxiar?s head rolled back, his jaw hanging open and his tongue lulled out, drool dripping down his chin and onto his lower neck. He couldn?t believe how tight the little vixen was.\n\n\t\"Si--Sisala,\" he whimpered pitifully.\n\n\t\"No,\" Kaeva growled, her voice strained, and her body shaking, her eyes narrowing. \"N--not Sisala. You?re f--for me--right now. No one else.\"\n\n\tIaxiar?s eyes shot open and his heart dropped in his chest. The little vixen?s words sent a chill through his body, and his paws reached up and grabbed the back of the vixen?s haunches instinctively.\n\n\t\"Mmph,\" he growled, his body tensing and his hips thrusting upward into her, pushing her to the limit, his tip kissing the back of her tunnel and stretching her insides in the process.\n\n\t\"Aaahh!\" the vixen suddenly squealed, her paws digging into the coyote?s fur as she shuddered and her body tensed. She lifted her right forepaw in the moment and slammed it down against his lower chest. \"N--no--I?m the one--in control of this...\" she hissed at him, her hind legs trembling as his tip skimmed her cervix.\n\n\tIaxiar let out a low rumble, and his gaze fixed on the young vixen. She was looking down at him with an expression that he wasn?t used to seeing, and he suddenly felt his paws sliding down from her haunches, his digits curling and his claws scratching her flesh. He wanted so badly to just grip hold of her petite little frame and pull her entire body down onto him, to impale her with everything he had. In a way, it was a terrifying realization for him. He had never been this sexually aggressive in all of his life. Just what did Ketaryita?s elixir have in it that caused it to hit so powerfully?\n\n\tHe wanted to argue, and his mind raced for the words to try to reason with the young fox. But before he could utter a single syllable, the little vixen was bouncing up and down, her lithe body riding him with an expertise that should have been beyond her.\n\n\t\"Oh, Ka--Kaeva,\" he groaned, his eyes wide, his muzzle open and his tongue dancing between his teeth as his panting intensified, his heart seemingly about to leap from his chest.\n\n\t\"Y--yeah,\" the vixen stammered, her body writhing and shuddering on top of the coyote?s. \"Y--yeah, you like that, huh?\"\n\n\t\"Gods, y--yes,\" the coyote breathed, his paws returning to the vixen?s rump, and gripping the back of her haunches firmly.\n\n\t\"I--I?ll bet,\" the vixen replied, her breathing ragged and her eyes narrowed.\n\n\tThe coyote?s paws were clutching the fur and flesh of her flanks tightly, and she could feel the tips of his claws pressing against her skin, and she realized that the male was struggling to retain his composure.\n\n\t\"S--stop holding back,\" the vixen growled, her tone commanding, and her eyes fixed on the coyote?s, \"I know you l--like it, you filthy--pervert...\" she was taunting him, but it was a taunt that was working, and Iaxiar?s grip only tightened.\n\n\tHe said nothing, but his exhausted orange eyes did gaze back at her with a flurried mix of shock as well as arousal by her tone and demeanor. He breathed heavily, his eyes squeezing shut, and his body shivering beneath the vixen?s.\n\n\t\"Y--yeah,\" the vixen hissed. \"Just lay b--back and take it--you disgusting perv...\"\n\n\tHer words were doing something to the coyote, and he was finding himself struggling not to completely lose control. He had already unloaded an incredibly thick, large amount of semen within the vixen?s older sister. And yet, his body seemed intent on giving the younger one the same experience.\n\n\t\"I?m gonna f--fill you so much, y--you?re gonna look p--pregnant,\" the coyote managed to limply taunt back, the strain becoming all too much for him as her body bounced up and down against his loins faster and harder.\n\n\t\"That?s right, you?re gonna give it to me--every last drop,\" the vixen demanded, her tail whipping around wildly as her loins contracted around his member, and her body shuddered.\n\n\t\"Hnnngh,\" the coyote groaned, his jaws parting, his claws digging into the vixen?s backside.\n\n\t\"Ohhh,\" the vixen cooed, her muzzle opening and her tongue lolling out, drool running down her chin. Her entire body was quivering and she could feel an intense burning in her loins and a wave of ecstasy rushing over her. For reasons her young mind could not explain to her, the pleasure of feeling her lower extremities filled to their absolute limit kept her mind reeling, leaving her wanting more and more.\n\n\tThe coyote?s body shuddered beneath her, and his eyes widened. His hips thrust upward into the young fox and he growled, his seed soon erupting within the vixen?s small and virgin frame. His back arched as the waves of intense pleasure rocked his body. His paws clutched the little fox?s rear, holding her in place as his seed spilled inside her and her body trembled and shook on top of him.\n\n\tKaeva?s head was thrown back and her entire body was on fire. She had never experienced a sensation like this before, and the intensity of her orgasm was unlike anything she?d ever even imagined. Her little paws were clutching the coyote?s upper chest and her muzzle hung open and her tongue was dangling free. Her tail twitched and spasmed, and her loins quivered and contracted and released, milking every drop of semen from the older male?s still throbbing phallus.\n\n\tIaxiar was panting heavily, his eyes squeezed shut, his jaw hanging open, and his tongue lulled out, drool pooling down his chin. He was spent, and he could tell by the intense vibrations he felt within his forepaws as her body shivered and trembled above his own, that the vixen had to be nearly done as well. She still held herself up, for the most part, though he could see with one half-opened eye that her forelegs holding up the majority of her weight were becoming shaky. \n\n\t\"Ka--Kaeva...\" Iaxiar whispered, the sensation of guilt once again entering his mind as post-nut clarity once again seeped its way into his consciousness. He couldn?t believe that he had actually taken these two young and inexperienced vixens and worked them both over like this, though in so many ways, it was more like Kaeva had worked him over. Out of concern, he canted his head to the side slightly to have a look over at Hersia to make sure she was alright too. The elder vixen was on her back, her forepaws up and resting across her belly. She was still breathing heavily and her eyes were half-opened, though she was definitely awake.\n\n\t\"I--I?m s--sorry,\" the coyote mumbled.\n\n\t\"Shut up,\" Kaeva grumbled, her body falling limp atop the coyote?s, causing her to sprawl out over him. All energy had been sapped from her muscles and as she slid forward, his member would slip free from her vulva as well, soon coming to rest against her backside, nestled neatly against the left side of her rump, cum still pooling from his tip and dribbling down to coat her fur.\n\n\t\"I--I just mean, I?m sorry for--all of this...\"\n\n\t\"Stop talking,\" the vixen muttered, her muzzle pressing into the coyote?s neck and her forelimbs wrapping around his bulky frame as best they could. \"Y--you?re ruining the moment...\"\n\n\tThe coyote fell silent, his paw moving to gently caress the fur at the base of the young vixen?s head, working its way down her neck and down to her spine as her body rested on top of his own, her soft white fur contrasting with his dark browns.\n\n\t\"You--don?t regret it, do you?\" the coyote asked, a note of genuine concern in his tone.\n\n\t\"No,\" the vixen replied flatly, her breath hot on his neck.\n\n\tThe coyote said nothing at first, his mind mulling over the question of whether or not he did, himself. He tried to turn his attention toward Hersia again, a soft sigh escaping his otherwise panting muzzle. \"And--wha--what about you, Hersia?\" he asked, his tone gentle.\n\n\tHersia was silent for a few moments before she responded. \"It?s hard to think clearly at the moment,\" the elder sister answered, her voice soft. \"I?m--a bit sore. But--other than that...\"\n\n\t\"Do you feel guilty, Iaxiar?\" the Kaeva asked from atop his chest, her voice sounding sleepy.\n\n\tThe coyote was silent for a moment, his brow furrowing. \"Yes,\" he finally admitted.\n\n\t\"Why?\" the younger vixen asked, her head tilting to the side and her green eyes gazing up at him.\n\n\t\"Be--because,\" the coyote answered before pausing briefly, \"this--this was meant to be a night between--your mother and I...\"\n\n\t\"You still can,\" the vixen replied simply promptly.\n\n\tIaxiar exhaled sharply, simply looking up at the ceiling of the den now as he rubbed Kaeva?s back, just behind her shoulder blades. Somehow, he doubted that such a thing would be possible.\n\n\t\"I don?t--think she will be terribly thrilled to learn that I deflowered two of her daughters...\" he responded in a skeptical tone.\n\n\t\"Deflowered?\" Kaeva asked.\n\n\t\"Yeah,\" the coyote said. \"Means you?ve--lost your virginity.\"\n\n\t\"Oh,\" the young fox replied somewhat dryly.\n\n\t\"Well,\" Hersia spoke up, \"maybe if you don?t tell her, then she won?t find out,\" the young vixen suggested through her labored breaths.\n\n\tIaxiar sighed. \"That?s not--how relationships should be built,\" he told the elder sister with a light groan. \"You need to be honest with--anyone you hope to build a meaningful relationship with...\"\n\n\t\"Why?\" Kaeva asked, her voice a bit muffled against the coyote?s neck fur.\n\n\tIaxiar opened his muzzle, but no answer would come forth. Why, indeed. Why couldn?t he just keep his mouth shut about this whole thing and carry on with the vixens? mother? He knew it was a stupid idea, and it was not the way he wanted to conduct himself or his affairs. Before he could develop and answer and respond, however, another inquiry reached his ears from the vixen lying on his chest.\n\n\t\"What did we drink, anyway?\" the vixen asked, her voice sounding slightly concerned.\n\n\t\"An elixir that--Ketaryita made,\" he told the younger vixen as he gently stroked her spine still. \"She wanted to make something that--could be used during the solstice rituals--to make the events more fun for all who partook in the event...\"\n\n\t\"More fun?\" Hersia asked, her tone incredulous.\n\n\t\"Well,\" the coyote stammered. \"It--did have the intended effect. You two went from--virgins who knew nothing about mating--and became so hungry for it that--that I couldn?t keep myself from giving in to your needs...\" he admitted, his tone sounding incredibly saddened by that fact.\n\n\t\"It?s okay,\" the young vixen whispered into his ear, her paws pulling his neck closer and her body shifting slightly against his own.\n\n\t\"That--remains to be seen,\" Iaxiar replied, sighing again. \"I need to come clean with your mother--and hope that she forgives me for what had transpired here...\"\n\n\t\"Do you--really love her?\" Hersia asked, a tone of uncertainty in her voice.\n\n\t\"Yes,\" the coyote whispered. \"I believe that I do, at least. I?ve never really had a mate before--and I know since your father had passed, that she...\" he trailed off, not entirely sure that he should be discussing this with the two young girls.\n\n\t\"Go on,\" Kaeva murmured softly.\n\n\t\"It?s--difficult, when someone close to you passes away,\" the coyote offered. \"Especially after you had been together for as long as your mother and father had been. They had built a life together, they had created several wonderful sons and daughters, and they had a home that was a testament to their commitment to one another. I know I could never replace your father in your mother?s heart, but--I wouldn?t mind being given the chance to try...\"\n\n\t\"Why do you want to be with her?\" Hersia asked.\n\n\t\"Well,\" the coyote started, sighing, his paw continuing to slowly massage the Kaeva?s back. \"Your mother is one of the most remarkable creatures I?ve ever known. She?s kind, loving, giving, generous, and caring. She?s always willing to put the needs of others before her own. And well, I just feel like if she is missing--companionship in her life, that maybe--well, I could help fill some of that void for her...\"\n\n\t\"I?m sure you would,\" the young fox purred.\n\n\tIaxiar clenched his teeth, that purring sound in her voice leaving him feeling a little uncomfortable again about the filthy deeds he had partaken in on this night. \"We--should probably clean you both up and put you two to bed,\" the coyote offered, his ears flattening a bit.\n\n\t\"What?\" Kaeva whined, her paws clutching his neck fur a little more tightly. \"But--but I?m comfortable right where I am!\" she complained with a soft whine.\n\n\t\"Your mother--will be home any minute, and I will need every chance I can to plead my case to her and--beg her forgiveness,\" Iaxiar replied to Kaeva with a soft groan. \"It?s going to be much harder to do that if she walks in on the three of us like this and...\"\n\n\tHe cut himself off when a sound reached all three of their ears, coming from down the tunnel that led into the main chamber. Something was approaching them now, walking on soft, cautious paws toward them. Iaxiar froze in place, his blood freezing in his veins while Kaeva barely lifted her head to look on toward the tunnel. Hersia had managed to sit up slightly, her back against the inner wall, but her sore body was still on full display.\n\n\t\"Too late...\" Kaeva whispered in a monotone voice before emitting a slight yawn.\n\n\tIaxiar had slammed his eyes shut and he clenched his teeth so harshly he thought he might chip a tooth. He waited for the inevitable sound of a panicked Sisali?s voice to ring out behind him, likely followed by shrieking in gekkering. He would likely be chased out of her home and his entire reputation he had built up over the years would be ruined in an instant with many of the denizens of Helyg Derwydon. He knew he had to face the music though, and own up to his crimes, even if it meant he would never be trusted by his dear friend again. As he slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the tunnel, he could hear a voice ring out behind him.\n\n\t\"Ka--Kaeva? Hersia? I--Iaxiar?\" a confused sounding, feminine voice started before trailing off. To Iaxiar?s ears, it sounded far too young to be Sisali.\n\n\tAfter craning his head and landing his orange hues on the subject, he could see it was Tasiye, the youngest of the three sisters, standing there with a bewildered look on her face, her yellow eyes wide and her tail quite bushy. The most noticeable feature of all, however, was the slight red stain coating her lips--the same stain he had seen on Hersia?s and Kaeva?s lips when he had awoken from his nap earlier in the evening.\n\n\t\"Tasiye, dear,\" the coyote spoke, his voice gentle and soft despite the panic billowing up inside of him. \"You--you didn?t drink from the gourd--d--did you...?\"\n\n\tThe young vixen was silent for a moment as the three siblings, the two elder sisters sitting up a bit straighter, Hersia especially so, before they turned their heads toward her and gave her curious stares. She stood there in the tunnel?s entrance, her paws together, her gaze drifting away from the three of them for a moment, a small frown forming on her muzzle.\n\n\t\"Y--yes,\" she admitted in a sheepish tone, looking as though she had done something wrong, though she didn?t know what it was. \"Was--I not supposed to?\" she asked in a pitiful tone.\n\n\tBefore Iaxiar could speak, Kaeva had begun to snicker mischievously despite her fatigue, her eyes drifting over to Hersia now, as she lay resting against the back wall of the chamber.\n\n\t\"Heh, looks like mister Iaxiar?s work isn?t done tonight...\" she murmured in a slithery tone.\n\n\tThe coyote groaned, his muzzle falling forward into the crook of his left paw as his right moved to cover his eyes. This was not the way he had planned the night to go at all.\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "\tIt was yet another calm and relaxing day in the Helyg Derwydon grove, nestled deep in the forested hills near the center of the land of Aeyturn. A husky, brown furred coyote sat calmly near the top of one of these hills, his orange eyes casting out onto the lower lands surrounding him as though he was keeping an eye out for something in particular. He took a deep breath, his lungs filling with the sweet, earthy air of the lush, healthy forest that surrounded him. As his nostrils took in those delightful aromas, he idly nibbled on one end of the twig he held in his mouth, the other end tapering out a half a foot in front of his nose with a single leaf dangling off the forked tip. It would be so incredibly easy to close one?s eyes and to lie down, allowing the birdsong in the canopy above his head as well as the gentle autumn gusts blowing through his fur to lull him into the most relaxing of sleeps. If only he didn?t have a duty to attend to.

\tHis orange eyes drifted casually from side to side as he kept his watchful eyes attentive to his immediate surroundings. He could hear the sounds of young acolytes playing and frolicking together off to his right as they received their daily lessons from one of the elder druids of the grove. To his left and down into one of the gullies of the wood, he could hear the subtle sounds of some of the other denizens of the circle chatting together as they gathered wild mushrooms and other herbs and reagents necessary for the many potions and rituals that took place throughout the year. Even further off in the distance he could hear another group of druids and non-druids gathering up edible plants and other materials, likely to cache them for the coming winter and the leaner months that came with it. The coyote could be forgiven for feeling as though his purpose as a guardian was quite pointless at this particular point in time. What threats or dangers could fall upon his friends and comrades in a place so perfectly peaceful as this? Surely, his time could be better spent collecting food and reserves with the others. And yet--it was because of the diligence and pragmaticism of he and the other guardians that this sacred place was as safe as it was at present.

\tHis eyes had drooped half-shut once or twice, though his ears stayed finely attuned to his surroundings. Even as he focused more on more distant and unfamiliar sounds, he snapped to full alert at the sharp crack of a twig breaking just down the hill, near his six o?clock. His head snapped around and his orange eyes fell on the silvery-white fur of a familiar figure walking up the hill toward him, a large brown dried out gourd covered in a brown moss dangling from her neck, fastened to her body with a vine strap. Just as quickly as he was pulled from his comforted state, he felt the slight tension in his back and shoulders recede and a slight smile formed at the end of his muzzle.

\t"Can I lend you a paw?" he asked softly of the arctic fox vixen climbing the steep grade to get to him. He could smell on the air that the gourd currently weighing her down was filled with a nourishing mixture of fresh meats and greens. He had lifted himself up off of his haunches to turn and to aid his companion, expecting she could use his assistance while carrying a load that seemed a quarter as heavy as she was.

\t"No, no, do not trouble yourself, Iaxiar. I can handle it," the vixen replied with a warm smile, though the tongue lulling from the side of her muzzle indicated that she was indeed strained by her efforts, and her thickening winter coat probably did well to aid in raising her temperature thanks to the physical activity.

\t"It?s no trouble at all," Iaxiar responded quickly as he sprang to his paws and made several strides down the side of the hill toward his friend. He was as gentle as ever as he gently nipped her scruff, helping to take some of the weight off of her as he guided her the rest of the way up the hill before letting go, allowing her to sit down and to catch her breath. He would join her promptly, smiling down at the smaller northern canid as he did. "You bring a meal to me every day, Sisali. You?d think by now I?d be better prepared to receive you upon your arrival," the coyote commented, his tone taking on a slightly humorous tone as he spoke to her.

\tSisali, now panting softly, had turned to smile up at her larger friend, though the gourd attached to her did prevent her from fully lifting her head to greet him. Her tail swished from her left side, facing him, to her right side, so that she could turn to address him more properly.

\t"Well, as I tell you every time you mention it, Iaxiar--I have you to thank for why my cubs and I now call this place home," she told him, the tone in her voice a combination of relief and being labored from her recent exertion. "There simply does not exist, a place like this in the frozen north, where my cubs can harness their crafts while being safe, happy and healthy."

\tIaxiar by this point had leaned in, attempting to loosen the gourd from Sisali?s neck by nibbling at the vine coiled around her neck. As he worked his teeth into the vine, he responded to her: "You know, they?re not really cubs anymore, Sisa. They?re practically adults," he commented idly before freeing the gourd and lifting it and the vine attached to it entirely up and around the head of his friend before setting it on the ground between them. He received another whiff of the contents within, and his mouth began to water a little bit.

\tSisali sighed softly as she felt the weight lifted from her neck and shoulders. She had taken the liberation as an opportunity to stretch her forelimbs and her hind legs a little before she turned toward Iaxiar and gave him a knowing smile. "They?ll always be my cubs to me."

\tThe coyote chuckled softly and nodded his head, understanding her response completely even though he had no pups of his own. He leaned down and nosed the gourd over, causing some of the contents within to spill out onto the ground between them. "Cubs they are then," he told her with a chuckle. "Well, I am sure you could use a little rest, Sisa, and I don?t mind sharing some of what you brought for me, if you?re a little hungry," he mused, already pulling some of the food from the gourd and gently plopping it down in front of her dainty forepaws.

\tSisali could not help but to smile. Even though their exchange had mostly played out the same way each and every time she paid him a visit, he always seemed keen to offer her some of his meal that she had brought for him. It was hard not to find some gentle amusement in his hospitality in the face of her own toward him. "You know," she started, "I don?t live in the frozen north anymore. It doesn?t make as much sense to consume so many calories as it once did. Besides, a girl needs to watch her figure, does she not?" she asked him in a playful tone, already knowing what he was going to say ahead of time.

\t"There?s nothing wrong with your figure, Sisa. Besides, I know how much running around you do for the grove," he told her, "plus, it would be rude of me to eat all of this in front of you. We?d not be able to have much of a conversation now would we?"

\tSisali was still smiling at him. Though she had gotten most of the words correct, he did have a habit of also mixing things up just a little bit to keep her on her toes. She flicked her tail and sighed softly, seemingly giving in. "Very well," she told him, "a picnic it is, then."

\t"That?s the spirit," Iaxiar told her warmly as he had already begun to dig into a helping of the nutrient rich meal. As the two started to share their meal together, Iaxiar thought to start them along with their daily socialization. "How?re the girls doing with their training?" he had asked her as he swallowed some of the meat and plant matter down. "Hersia seems to be getting on well, and I hear Tasiye is taking to her duties as a tender nicely as well."

\tSisali nodded her head as she too finished swallowing down a helping of her portion. "All three of them love it here," she insisted, licking her lips clean of some juices and organic material, "I?ve never seen Hersia so excited and lively, and Tasiye is really enjoying her time spent with the other tenders. Kaeva is doing alright too, though I think she is having difficulty keeping control during some of her training."

\tIaxiar nodded his head gently as he went in for another bite. "Each student, in my experience at least, seems to blossom in different ways--some excel at group learning, while others are better with a more individualized approach. I am sure Kaeva will find her space soon enough," he insisted as he chewed his mouthful.

\tSisali sighed softly as she quietly went in for another bite, chewing on that for a moment before taking the time to respond. She made sure to swallow her portion before speaking. "Oh, I am confident she will," she added, swishing her tail idly for a moment. "I just feel like, between the three of them, she perhaps might resent me a little bit for taking her away from home to come here. I just feel like--she isn?t as open to the idea of what life here can offer her--at least, not to the extent that her sisters are."

\t"It can be hard at her age to adapt to such a significant change," Iaxiar mused, happy to offer his words of wisdom, especially if it helped ease his friend?s concerns, even a little. "From what I have seen, she definitely has the skills necessary to become a talented druid. I?m not all that worried about her. Here, she is in good paws."

\t"I certainly hope so," Sisali smiled, and before long, she glanced down and realized that the majority of the meal had already been consumed during their exchange. She lifted her right forepaw to her lips, feeling a little burp billowing up in her chest. "Oh, pardon me," she added in a whisper with a mildly embarrassed quality to her voice.

\tIaxiar could only chuckle slightly as his eyes glanced from his friend down to the nearly emptied gourd. "You see?" he asked, his tail flicking to the side as he sat up from his haunches, "I knew you were hungrier than you claimed to be," he insisted, before lowering his head and working his snout into the vine that was looped around the gourd before lifting his head, causing the gourd to slip down onto his neck, though it would only go so far down his body in comparison to her own.

\t"You know, I am capable of returning it on my own," Sisali mused as she smiled up at the larger canid. "It?s the least I could..."

\t"I won?t hear of it, dear Sisali," the coyote responded promptly, shaking his head and even closing his eyes as he did so, for a slight dramatic effect. "I can bring it back quite easily when I am finished with my post today. You shouldn?t have to worry about it," he insisted.

\tSisali could not help but to smile, even giving her head the slightest of shakes in response. "Ever the gentle ?yote," she mused through her smiling teeth. "Well, I suppose I have taken up enough of your time, and your meal today. I should probably be getting back so that I can make sure that other guardians receive their meals."

\t"You?re never a bother, Sisa," Iaxiar responded promptly, even as she began to rise to her paws again, giving her legs a little stretch as he did. He turned to look her way as she began to make her way back to the hill already. "Your company is always a pleasant distraction to my daily commitments."

\t"Ever the gentle ?yote," she murmured one more time as she glanced at him from over her shoulder one last time, her tail swishing in the form of a subtle wave before her silvery-white fur began to disappear into the brush and tall grass along the slope of the tall hill. Once again, Iaxiar would be left to focus on the many woodland sounds that surrounded him and that gentle feeling of the wind blowing through his fur now that he lacked a delightful chatting partner.

\tHis attention was quickly diverted back to some of the louder, closer sounds. He could hear the sounds of some of the young druids and apprentices who had just finished their lessons and were likely playing and frolicking with each other in the clearing down the hill and through the brush, a couple hundred meters from where he sat. As his ears honed in on the sounds, the coyote lifted his head and turned his gaze toward the source of the sound. He had paused for a moment to listen in, detecting no immediate change in what he had heard before, other than the fact that the sounds he had heard from the other two groups had vanished entirely. It was quite likely that those gathering food and the others gathering herbs and reagents had moved deeper into the forest and closer to the listening ears of another guardian. That meant he had even less to worry himself with, and so, with a fully belly, he sat back upon his haunches and settled in for what he suspected would be an eventless remainder of his shift.

\t"Iaxiar," a familiar voice called out suddenly. The coyote had nearly fallen asleep and was pulled out of his comfort by the sudden appearance of the voice. He could recognize that soft, almost monotone feminine voice anywhere, and it was clear that she had approached the top of the hill without him realizing, which was at least a little embarrassing for a guardian.

\tThe coyote looked over his left shoulder, his orange eyes meeting the bright green eye and the brown eye of a familiar red fox vixen. She stood several paces from the top of the hill, her posture stiff, her ears perked and her gaze set. He could tell by the way her tail swished from her left side to her right, however, that something had gotten her riled up. "Yes, Aryita? What can I do for you?"

\tAryita was a little less subtle and a little more abrupt as she replied to the coyote?s question. "I just had a breakthrough, and I could use your steadfast eyes, your keen ears and your knowing nose, back at me den to check my work, so to speak," she insisted, her ears still perked and her eyes set on his as she spoke. However, her expression did shift ever so slightly into something of a smirk as she caught his gaze. Clearly, she saw some humor in complimenting his attributes while revealing to him that she could best his senses at the same time.

\tIaxiar felt his chest tighten a little. He knew that he had been caught with his guard down, though she was not the type to openly brag about it or try to damage his reputation as a diligent post, it still pained him to realize he had been bested in this way. On top of it all, she was requesting that he leave his post to accompany her back to her own den? What a strange request, albeit, not the strangest one he had been subjected to, especially when it came to Aryita.

\t"Aryita, you know as well as I do that my post isn?t over until the moon reaches the sky. The sun hasn?t even set yet, and I..."

\t"I have already spoken with Nethy, and she?s going to take your post for you," Aryita responded promptly, as though she had already considered this issue and had solved it ahead of time. The fox seemed to be rather smug in her tone, which only made the coyote feel more awkward and out of sorts. "Besides, the only group of critters nearby at this point is that small band of acolytes down the hill, and they have an elder druid with them. There are better things you can be doing with your time," the vixen added.

\t"Well," Iaxiar said, sighing a little, "I appreciate the sentiment, Aryita, and I?d love to help you, but my duty is to protect the grove," he responded. His ears lowered a little as his tail fell limply from his haunches, and his orange eyes seemed to droop slightly.

\t"You can protect the grove from back at my den. Besides, like I told you, Nethyrae has already agreed to take the remainder of your post. She should be here relatively soon," the fox responded, her voice sounding almost like she was begging him.

\tIaxiar grumbled slightly, his tail thumping the grass. In a way, it was a little annoying to have his friend just go behind his back to change his schedule for the day without confiding in him first, but at the same time, she did seem rather desperate for his help, for one reason or another. "It sounds like this is very important, Ketayrita," he responded in a relenting tone, using her full name, likely as a sign of his displeasure about this whole affair.

\t"Oh, it?s important, alright," she replied, her tone shifting just a little, from the slightly annoyed sound that had been in her voice, into something that seemed almost a little more devious. Her green eye was locked on him as her tail swished in front of her, and she took a few steps up the hill toward him. "Besides, I wouldn?t have bothered you if it wasn?t something you could really help me with," she added, her voice sounding a little more genuine now.

\t"Alright, alright," the coyote relented, standing up off of his haunches finally, and beginning to make his way down the hill. Aryita smiled a little, her ears perking. As a fellow guardian, it was not often that Iaxiar had any reason to visit her at her den, and if he was honest, he was at least the slightest bit curious as to whatever it was that she had managed to accomplish in her free time. She sometimes could become quite obsessed with her creations.

\tThe fox smiled and gave a nod. "Alright," she agreed, her tone shifting a little, as though she were preparing to get down to business. Her eyes were focused on the coyote, watching as he stepped down the hill and toward her. It wouldn?t take terribly long before the two of them were halfway down the hill and Nethyrae was approaching them, coming from the direction they were headed. Aryita?s eyes narrowed a little. "Oh, Nethy, perfect timing," she greeted the red wolf.

\t"I hope now is a good time?" the she-wolf replied, her tail swaying back and forth behind her with that youthful enthusiasm she was known for.

\t"As fine as any," the fox insisted, "though, you may want to hurry up the hill. The post is already vacant. Just keep an eye on the clearing down the opposite side of the hill, and you?ll have no issues."

\t"Alright!" the wolf chirped, seeming happy to hear the news. "Have a good night, you two," she added as she began to make her way up the hill passed them and toward the summit, her tail swishing a little as she went.

\t"A nice young thing," Aryita started before turning her attention back to their descent down the hill.

\t"Indeed," Iaxiar mused, "she always seems eager to help, or to pick up an extra task or two when needed," he added.

\t"Mhm," Aryita mused, her tail flicking a little. She wasn?t too interested in hearing the coyote ramble on about the qualities of their mutual acquaintances, however, and was quick to add, "We should probably make haste. There is a lot of ground to cover, and the sun will be setting soon. We should be at my den before it gets dark," she insisted, picking up her pace as she spoke.

\t"Right," the coyote agreed, though his orange eyes were fixated on her. It was hard to ignore the way her tail was moving, how the fluffy appendage flicked and swished, almost like a beckoning hand. It was a gesture that Iaxiar was more than familiar with. Though Ketaryita was a somewhat reclusive vixen with her strange obsession for making new elixirs and cures, he knew most of vulpine kind to be rather good at using their wiles to trick or convince others into doing what they wanted. Not that he would accuse Ketaryita of using her tail as some sort of instrument to seduce or otherwise hypnotize him into being more complacent with her requests, it still caught his attention ever time he was close enough to see it moving in such a manner.

\tHe sighed softly and shook his head, deciding not to let the motion distract him as he kept walking alongside her, toward her den, where it seemed she wanted him to inspect one of her newest creations. As far as he could tell, she was not asking for his help so much as his approval, and it seemed that was a lot to ask of him, especially if what she had made was going to be a permanent addition to their community.

\t"So, what is this new miracle elixir?" he decided to ask her as they walked together, though he was not expecting a clear answer. "A cure for bark rot? Mossgall? Maybe Thornlung or redtongue perhaps?" he asked her, his tone sounding uncharacteristically snarky in quality as he followed close behind the vixen.

\t"Not here," she told him, giving him a side eye, as though she knew he was trying to pry a response from her and she had no intention of falling for it. "You?ll have to wait until we are back at my den," she added sharply.

\t"Very well," Iaxiar relented, chuckling a little. "You know, I?m only ruffling your fur a little, right?" he asked her, perhaps a little worried that he might have unintentionally offended her with his mild jest.

\t"I?ve not known you to be much of a tease, Iaxiar," the fox mused in response, though her voice sounded somewhat more playful than accusatory.

\t"I?m not, usually, anyway," the coyote admitted. "I suppose I am still a little put off by you having my post reassigned without even speaking to me first," he told her, though there was a playful edge in his tone as he did so.

\t"It was for the greater good, you?ll see," the fox insisted.

\t"I trust your judgement, Aryita, don?t worry," he told her in a reassuring tone.

\tThe two walked in silence for a short while after that, making their way through the thick forested area of the grove. The path they followed was worn and well used, and as a result, the going was fairly easy for them. They had walked this path countless times, both individually and together, and so there was a certain sense of comfort between the two of them, even if Iaxiar still did not know exactly what it was that he was going to be looking at or approving. He just knew that Ketaryita had always been a good friend, and so he wanted to be supportive of her side projects whenever possible.

\t"Not far now," Ketaryita had murmured, nearly under her breath, even though she knew well enough that Iaxiar knew where she lived. They had slipped off of the main path now, and were now travelling on a trail that based on the wear of the grass and twigs along it, only was travelled by one or two creatures on the regular. The fox had always had a certain fondness for the quiet and private, and so she had chosen a den that was out of the way, away from the hustle and bustle of the other druids.

\t"Just a little farther," the fox called out once again, though Iaxiar knew that they had arrived, and that his friend was likely just making an effort to fill the silence. "And here we are," she called out, her eyes shifting to look over her shoulder at him, a smile upon her lips.

\t"Indeed we are," Iaxiar replied softly, his gaze immediately falling upon her monochromatic eyes. "So, are you going to show me this new creation of yours?" he asked her, finding it curious that she had gone from almost annoyingly excited about showing him what she had done, to now seemingly stalling for one reason or another.

\t"Of course," the vixen assured him, nodding her head as she turned her body and approached the entrance to her den. She paused only briefly, her ears perking before lowering again, her tail flicking a couple times as she stepped inside the dwelling.

\tThe coyote was quick to follow her inside. He had only visited the fox?s home on a couple occasions, and so he had almost forgotten how cozy and quaint it was inside the main living area. He knew that she had dug out another room toward the back of the den, however, which is where she did most of her work. He could not stand at full height inside of her den, as it was dug for a canid of smaller proportions, and so his ear tips brushed the dirt ceiling. The floor and the walls of the den were mostly compacted soil, and so there was not much in the way of natural light, save for the opening the two had entered through, which was currently illuminated by the the deep orange of the fading sunset streaming into the den.

\t"If you?ll just follow me, I can show you the newest elixir," she offered him, her tail swishing as she made her way to the back of the den, her tail tip brushing his nose and the end of his snout gently.

\tThe coyote smiled, thinking very little of what he perceived to be an accidental contact of her tail tip to his nose. It was in fact, fairly tight quarters for more than one animal, let alone one who was larger than a fox. He watched her carefully, his eyes following her as she led the way into the back room, and as his eyes adjusted, he could see the soft, blue glow of some kind of reagent that was littered across the ground, as though it were broken up and separated in relative haste. There was also a pungent odor in this portion of the den, likely the result of housing all of the many different mosses, grasses, mushrooms and roots she collected for her experiments.

\t"This is a fairly new creation, or rather, one I?ve been trying to perfect for awhile now," the vixen mused, her gaze drifting back to Iaxiar, a smile across her muzzle. "Only now, do I think it is ready enough for a test run on another subject, or--subjects," she told him, her voice taking on a playful, teasing tone.

\t"How long have you been testing it on--I assume to be, just yourself?" he asked her, sounding curious as to how long she may have been tweaking and adjusting this mixture in particular.

\tA slight blush had formed on the vixen?s features as she drew closer and closer to revealing the purpose of this cocktail to her friend. It was as though he was edging her along with these adjacent questions. "Well, I would say the better part of a year," she started, pausing for a moment before adding, "maybe--two years, actually," she told him, sounding slightly embarrassed.

\tIaxiar was surprised to hear that his friend had been working on this particular elixir or potion or whatever it was, for quite so long. It certainly made him all the more curious to see what was so special about this particular brew.

\t"Anyway," the vixen continued, her tail swishing as her eyes glanced back toward the mixture that lay in a half-gourd bowl on the ground, "the final ingredient was the trickiest part, it had taken me so long to find a component that gave it the--perfect kick, shall we say," she stopped and turned her attention back toward the coyote, her tail curling a little around her body as her ears lowered, almost as though she feared being judged by him. "But, I believe I have finally gotten it just right."

\t"And that?s why you?ve brought me here," the coyote concluded. "You want me to be the next test subject, for your new elixir," he continued, sounding quite sure of himself, which caused the fox?s blush to spread a little further, and her ears to lower a little more.

\t"Well, here?s the hitch," she started, lightly sinking her teeth into her lower lip, "you?re not exactly the test subject, not officially, at least. The brew is to be sipped by another, and their body?s reaction to it would be one of the tests. However, how you reacted to their reaction, that?s the rest of the test..." she trailed off, her eyes looking almost embarrassed as she did.

\t"You?ve lost me, Aryita," Iaxiar told her, his head tilting slightly.

\tThe vixen looked as though she was not sure if she should go on, and was now regretting bringing her friend to her den at all. However, it was too late to take it back and she was far too eager to put her potion to the ultimate test. She knew she had to continue.

\t"Okay," the vixen started, clearing her throat as her ears pinned back and her tail lowered itself. "To put it plainly," she continued, "I have created a sort of an--enhanced aphrodisiac and analgesic..." she trailed off again, almost immediately expecting a protest from her fellow guardian. "If I were to say, have a lap or two of the brew, it should within a reasonable window of time, cause my body to behave as though I am in estrus, though I won?t be. Not exactly, anyway. I, or rather, we, will have the opportunity to gauge your reaction, which will determine the efficacy of the elixir, in part," she told him, her eyes shifting away from him slightly, almost as though she were expecting him to become angry with her. "The potion will be a total success if my behavior somehow--convinces you to want to mount me, to mate with me, we both have a great time together, and I am not left in a good deal of pain afterwards--due to the size of your, well..." she trailed off, her gaze shifting back to him, her cheeks now noticeably red beneath her beige cheek fur

\tIaxiar was now staring at Ketaryita in stunned silence. His jaw had slightly dislodged itself from the rest of his maw, hanging open slightly agape, but not exactly hitting the floor.

\t"Ketaryita, listen..."

\t"Iaxiar, you and I both know that you do not participate in the summer or winter solstice events, you do not have any sons or daughters to your name, and quite frankly, you work your tail off around here," she started, interrupting him on the spot. "Forgive my saying so, but--you must be incredibly--pent up," she told him, her eyes drifting to the space between his front legs again, not that she could see much with his chest and his fur in the way. The gesture was just to get her point across to him. "You?re perhaps the most assiduous members of the grove, you give back way more than you take in return. Don?t you think you deserve a moment or two of, well, letting it all hang out? Just having some guilt free fun and ridding yourself of any and all stresses in your life?" she asked him, her ears folding back a little.

\tThe coyote seemed speechless. He didn?t know how to respond. On the one hand, what his friend was saying sounded true. He had not partaken in the community orgies for a variety of reasons, and his focus on his job, on serving the druidic community, and on ensuring the safety of the grove, had certainly made his personal life suffer as a result. However, he really wouldn?t have it any other way. To him, his life was his duty and he had little use for any activity that got in the way of that.

\tHowever, when Aryita phrased it the way she had, he couldn?t help but wonder. Had he earned a reprieve? Was there any real harm in him having a little bit of fun every now and then, even if it was a little taboo or out of character for him?

\t"Ketaryita," he started, his orange eyes locked on her monochromatic ones. "I--I don?t know what to say," he told her, sounding somewhat defeated.

\t"Say nothing," the fox replied, her lips curling into a smile. "Just enjoy yourself, okay?" she added, her tail beginning to sway back and forth behind her. "It?s just a little friendly fun, no strings attached," she continued.

\tThe coyote had closed his eyes at that point, exhaling deeply. He now couldn?t help but to wonder exactly all the ways Ketaryita had tested the various stages of this brew of hers over the years. Was he truly the first she had come to with a request of this nature? Sure, she was something of a loner, but he knew that she had participated in at least one or two of the solstice orgies that he knew about at least. Why exactly did she need him so badly? Here and now?

\t"You--make a very tempting offer, Ketaryita. However, please don?t be offended when I tell you that--I see you as a friend and a colleague, the idea of--breaking through that barrier for an evening of unbridled passion, even if it?s purpose is to test something that will undoubtedly be very popular during the druids? solstice rituals, I don?t know," he trailed off, sighing as he stared into her desperate and pleading eyes. "I want to help you, but--I respect our relationship far too much to risk it over something like this. I?m sorry," the coyote told her as he exhaled sharply again.

\t"But that is why you?re the perfect individual for this test, Iaxiar. If the brew can make the idea of taking me tempting enough to convince you--well, then it?ll work on just about any male. Imagine how many more smiles you?ll see around here if it works? A happy druid is a more successful and productive druid, right?" she asked him, her ears twitching ever so slightly.

\tIaxiar closed his eyes again. "You make a strong argument, Ketaryita," he told her with a heavy sigh. "However, I feel as though--if the goal was to just seduce me, why not brew something that would--you know, put my guard down more and make me more receptive to your offer? Other than--the pain relief aspect of your creation, it doesn?t seem like there is much value to it from the perspective of the female in this equation," he pointed out.

\t"I had thought of that, Iaxiar," she started, offering up a slight, hopeful smile. "The product you describe would have very little value to the rest of the grove outside of our current situation. You are an outlier here, heh--most males don?t need an incredible amount of convincing to jump on top of a willing female, especially--druid males," she told him.

\tIaxiar sighed softly, understanding well enough at least what she was getting at. She had placed him in an awkward position though. He had never really viewed Ketaryita in a romantic or even a sexual light before, though she wasn?t exactly asking him for romance in this situation. Still, it just felt so wrong to him, to try to force this kind of an engagement rather than allowing it to occur naturally. On top of that, he really did not want to drive a wedge between them in their professional relationship.

\t"I?d--love to help you, Aryita, I really would," he added with another sigh, his gaze drifting away from her at this point. "I?m afraid you?ll have to convince someone else to help you with this task. I?m afraid I?m just not comfortable with the idea..."

\tBefore he could finish, Ketaryita quipped in response, "If not with me, then what about Sisali?"

\tIaxiar?s eyes shot open, his ears standing at attention as he stared at his friend. He had not expected her to make such a bold suggestion as that. She had clearly hit him closer to home with that suggestion, stirring something within him--or rather, multiple somethings. It also proved to him that her intentions were more on testing the capability of her new brew, rather than just receiving a quick and dirty lay from him under the umbrella of wanting to test her brew.

\t"That--is a very bold suggestion..." the coyote told her, his tone coming off as a mixture of being pained by the suggestion, but also somewhat ashamed as well.

\t"Why?s that?" Ketaryita asked him, her concerned and desperate demeanor shifting into something a touch more playful. Her tail swished behind her, as she knew well enough that the coyote had at least some sort of an interest in the arctic fox mother. "I?ve seen you two together and I?ve heard of the cute little ways you banter back and forth when she brings you your meals up on top of that hill. You?re telling me the two of you don?t have an unusual chemistry? At least, as it compares to you and any other female in the grove?" she asked him, her tail now dancing in a slow but mischievous way behind her as her monochromatic eyes bore into the very soul of her coyote companion. She knew that he could not deny what she was suggesting.

\t"Ketaryita..." the coyote grumbled, prompting her to continue.

\t"Well, if not Sisali then," she started with a shrug, "maybe you?re more interested in your own kind? Why not Visby? The prodigal little druidess in training? Everybody?s talking about how natural her abilities are. Some are even saying she could make archdruid someday," the vixen started, her muzzle already twisted into a mischievous grin, as she knew the coyote?s mind was entirely on Sisali at this point.

\tIaxiar shot Ketaryita an almost offended glare at the suggestion she made. "Visby?" he asked her, scoffing slightly. "She?s still a pup, more or less. No, I will not be the one to deflower a gifted young druid like her. She?ll have to learn on her own time how to navigate her sexuality--and all of the free-spirited ways in which a druid can explore those things here," he told her, firmly.

\t"Well, I feel like most of the denizens of the grove are already pretty comfortable with sex and mating," Ketaryita started, pretending as though she were trying to think up more options he might seriously consider, even going so far as to lift her left paw up to her chin as she thoughtfully gazed toward the sky. "The only other females I know of who could use a good introduction to dick might be--well, there is that lupine lass, Serrula. She seems pretty gifted in her own right--though you might need a few stepping stones in order to mount her properly," the vixen smirked, "it?s just as well though, I hear she?s something of a prude about sex as you are..."

\t"I barely know her, Aryita..."

\t"Hmm, perhaps someone a little closer to your own size would be better," the vixen continued, her smirk becoming even more mischievous as another idea popped into her conniving mind. "Oh! You could try it on Nethy. I think that place where you work all day would be a very romantic place to usher that youngster into adulthood, wouldn?t you say? And just between you and me, I think she has a pretty nice backside, don?t you think? For a wolf--and a girl, at that," the vixen snickered.

\t"I barely know her, Aryita," the coyote repeated dryly.

\t"Okay, okay, so it has to be someone you know well? Hmm, if it?s not me, or Sisali, the only others who come to mind are her adorable daughters. Hersia, Kaeva and Tasiye if I remember right?" the vixen suggested, questioning their names as though she may have actually forgotten them, though Iaxiar knew better than that. "I know they?re young too, but arctic foxes tend to have their breeding season in winter, which isn?t too far away now. Think of it as part of their training before their first heat," the vixen offered up, her twisted sneer pointed right at him, as she knew he would be uncomfortable with that idea.

\t"No!" Iaxiar declared, growling softly as he turned his narrowed, orange eyes straight onto Ketaryita. She had never seen him get quite so defensive before, and so she reacted in surprise. "That is out of the question, I could never think about doing that to them--behind their mother?s back especially," he barked, the fur on his spine rearing up as the suggestion more than riled him up.

\tThough her smirk had faded, and she had realized she may have overstepped her bounds a bit, she felt as though she was making progress, and so Ketaryita relented on that topic in particular. "Okay, okay. You?ve made your point, Iaxiar. I?m--sorry I brought them up," she started, sighing softly, "but, it does seem clear to me that Sisali means a lot to you. Her opinion of you perhaps even more so? I?ve never seen you flare up like that, just at the mention of her offspring," she added, her tail flicking slowly as she turned her head to gaze around her room for a moment. There was plenty of absorbent moss, and Iaxiar still had that gourd hung around his neck from earlier. The vixen offered the coyote a smile as she picked up a piece of the moss and brought it toward her brew, gently dipping it inside the half-gourd bowl.

\t"What?re you doing now?" Iaxiar asked her with a sigh, he was becoming quite fatigued by her antics thus far.

\tAs the moss fully absorbed as much of the elixir as it could, she lifted the damp and now fairly heavy pile of moss from the bowl, gingerly making her way over toward the coyote. He hesitated, but allowed her to get close enough to drop the sopping moss into the top end of his gourd carrier.

\t"Ketaryita..."

\t"Just hear me out, okay?" the vixen replied, backing away from him just enough to give him a little space. She felt the faintest bit of her brew dangling from her lips, and so she quickly swiped it off with her tongue. Seeing his eyes widen a little, she smiled and shook her head. "Relax, it?s not enough to effect me. But listen. Here?s what you do. Take the moss and the gourd over to Sisali?s den, ask to come in. I believe her daughters are still out training, so it should just be you and here. Tell her you?re bringing her gourd back to her and then--politely--bring up the topic of my potion. Ask her if she?d be interested and be up front and forward with her about it, and what it?ll do," the vixen continued, "and--if you?re feeling brave, tell her you?ve had feelings for her for awhile now--and suggest that, if she feels similarly, that you two can try it out together. The pain dulling properties should make the matter of your size over hers less of an issue, and--you two would be doing me a huge solid," the vixen finished, puffing her chest out with a smile.

\tIaxiar rolled his eyes slightly, his gaze drifting toward the interior walls of Ketaryita?s den now. He was so embarrassed, and ashamed, he could not look her directly in the eye anymore. Even if her antics had been rather rude up and to this point, he had to admit--what she was asking of him now was not entirely unreasonable, and in a way it might be nice to let Sisali know that he did potentially see her as more than just a close friend. Maybe it would almost be a relief to get that out in the open, only to find out that she didn?t share the same feelings back? Then he could come back to Ketaryita, tell her to find another guinea pig, and then go back to his guardian life. No harm, no foul, right?

\t"Fine," he told her as he contemplated this arrangement. "I?m not happy with the idea, but--if it?ll satisfy your curiosity--and you promise not to bother me about this any longer, regardless of the outcome, I?ll go see if Sisali would be willing to try it..."

\t"Iaxiar," Ketaryita started, her muzzle already shifting into a warm, loving smile. "If you do this for me, I?ll never ask anything of you again. You have my word."

\t"Very well then," the coyote replied with a heavy sigh, already turning to walk out of her back room and into the main portion of her den. She was quick, however, to rise up onto her paws and follow him as he made his way toward the exit.

\t"Eager to get started, are we?" she asked, as she stopped just at the opening to her den, watching as he walked out and began to disappear into the growing darkness.

\t"Eager to get it over with," he retorted as he slowly receded into the dark brush.

\tAfter a period of momentary silence, Ketaryita sat there, her tail twitching and a smirk on her muzzle.

\t"Go get and get her, big guy..."

***

\tIaxiar had been wandering for what to him, felt like hours now, though he knew based on how far away everybody?s den was from everyone else?s that it couldn?t have been more than ten minutes time. Still, his heart was thumping and he knew he was more nervous about this interaction than he had been about anything else he could think of that had happened to him earlier in his life. This all just felt so--wrong and even if he had plenty of excuses and even an offramp or two he could use if Sisali became suspicious or otherwise skeptical of his intentions, he still couldn?t get out of his head the possibility that she might think lesser of him even for asking.

\tAs his paws began to feel heavier and heavier, as he drew closer and closer to the small entrance to what he knew was a fairly large den inside, Iaxiar cleared his throat and swallowed hard. There was no real sense in delaying the inevitable. It was probably best to just get it over and done with, since whatever was going to happen was going to happen regardless. With another sigh, the coyote closed his eyes, lowered his head, and slipped his way into the arctic vixen?s den, the gourd still dangling around his neck as he lowered himself nearly to his belly to fit inside.

\t"Sisali?" he called as he squirmed all the way inside now, having to slouch even more in this den than he had to even at Ketaryita?s own dwelling. "Sisali? Are you in? I don?t mean to barge in, but--I hoped we could have a chat..."

\tThe coyote?s ears were met with the slight echo back of his own voice and then only silence. The smell of the four distinct arctic foxes was pretty strong on the air, but he could tell rather quickly that despite this, only Sisali had recently been in and that the younger vixens had likely been out since this morning for their training. Iaxiar exhaled deeply, relieved somewhat by the fact that nobody was home and yet, this did also mean that he would be forced to endure the terrible anxiety welling up in his chest a little bit longer. The question was, what to do about this situation? Should he go out and try to find Sisali? What if he bumped into another soul who found themselves curious about the strange scent emanating from the gourd dangling nearly at the base of his neck? As he stared around the dwelling?s interior for a moment, running each option through his head, another sigh escaped his lungs. Surely she wasn?t terribly far away and would be home any minute now, right? Or what if she had been delayed because another critter on one of her food runs had been even more chatty than he had been with her today?

\t"This is--pointless," he muttered under his breath as his eyes landed on a particularly soft patch of moss near the south wall that looked like a perfectly acceptable spot for a nap. Second guessing himself for a moment, he lowered his head and lifted his right paw over himself and onto the back of his neck, gently catching the vine strap of his gourd container with his claw and two of his digits. He slide it forward and over his ears before gently laying it on the ground near the center of the dwelling?s main chamber. It had been a long day, after all, and rather than sniffing around and searching in the increasing darkness for Sisali, it seemed much wiser to wait for her to come to him. Perhaps, after a brief nap, he would find himself in a clearer state of mind; better able to tackle the difficult conversation he was likely to have with her upon her return. With the gourd now removed from around his neck, the coyote started to crawl over toward the mossy patch, deciding it best to make himself at home. She would surely be back sooner rather than later. He was going to tell her the whole truth of what was going on, and surely, she would not think less of him if he was upfront with her. He could go back and tell Ketaryita that he had tried and it was a no-go, and they could all move back on with their lives.

\tAs he laid his belly down onto the soft moss and spread his forelimbs out in front of him, crossing one paw over the other and resting his chin down upon his paws, he sighed softly. The moss sure did feel nice against his fur. It was warm and comforting, and best of all, it smelled very much of one of his dearest friends. It would be easy to catch a wink or two under these conditions, even if he was nestled in an unfamiliar earth. He yawned and stretched his hind limbs out behind him now, and soon, his eyes would fall closed and he?d drift off into a deeper sleep than he had perhaps had in a great many moons.

\tIt wasn?t long after he had drifted off when a few distant noises began to pull at the edges of his mind. He was hearing things from a long way off, things he couldn?t make out or even describe with words, and then those noises grew closer and more familiar. Was that--giggling? Laughter? Muttering? His ears twitched, but he did not budge. It had only been a short nap, or so he felt. Maybe he was just still dreaming and the voices were in his mind? No, it was definitely not a dream, it couldn?t be. He could make out the sound of hurried and hushed whispers as well as some additional giggling, though as he was slipping back into consciousness after his powernap, it was difficult to tell for sure exactly what it was that he was hearing.

\tHe groaned and slowly rolled himself from his belly and onto his side. He stretched all of his limbs outward at once, then relaxed all of his muscles again, and slowly his eyes began to part, just slightly. His gaze drifted outward, and the coyote could tell immediately that there was some form of movement in front of him. Two figures were seated upon their haunches, surrounding the gourd that he had left laying toward the center of the den?s main chamber. It was then that he could actually begin to make out some of the words and whispers being uttered only a yard or so ahead of him.

\t"There?s a lot of liquid in the center of it," the familiar voice of Kaeva had said in a hushed tone, "but--it does have a nice, sweet taste to it," she then added, the sound of her smacking her lips and licking her chops soon followed suit.

\t"Well don?t hog it all, I?d like to have some too," the second of the two vixens, Hersia, replied, attempting to nudge her younger sister to the side so that she could sneak in and gobble up some of the strange concoction.

\tBy the time that Iaxiar had fully composed himself and had realized what was going on, he jumped up in a panic, immediately bashing the top of his head on the dirt ceiling, which hung lower toward the outer edges than it did in the center of the den. He yelped in surprise, the commotion causing both of the vixens to turn around in a hurry, startled by the sudden noise and the movement behind them.

\t"Oh! Iaxiar! You gave me a fright!" Hersia exclaimed, some of the red liquid already dribbling down her white chin as she stared at the coyote, her light blue eyes as wide as as the moon at its zenith, her tail tucked nervously between her hind legs.

\tKaeva had even managed to emit something of a his and a snarl instinctively as she too spun around to greet the abrupt noise behind her.

\t"Gosh!" she barked. "You scared the daylights out of me, Iaxiar!" she grumbled, still showing her teeth, her light green eyes glowing in the darkness at him, narrowed into slits.

\tThe coyote had lowered his head and was rubbing the space between his ears with his right forepaw, though his physical pain was decidedly minor compared to the panging guilt and worry in his chest at the time.

\t"Ah! I?m--sorry, girls! I was--I was waiting for your mother to return, and--and--you drank from the gourd!?" he exclaimed, now having recomposed himself enough to stare, wide eyed and bushy tailed toward them and the half empty gourd lying on the ground in front of them. Before he could say another word, however, Hersia had smiled and swished her tail behind her.

\t"It was a very strange meal, but it was very nice of you to bring it to us after such a long day training," the eldest of the two young vixens declared, immediately shifting into a bright and thankful smile. "You really didn?t have to do that for us, you know."

\tKaeva had shot Hersia a skeptical glance, even going so far as to quirk a brow as she did so. "Uh, Heers, I think he?s upset because the meal was meant for mother, not us," she murmured in a semi-monotone voice.

\t"Oh?" Hersia replied, blushing a little, her tail still swaying to-and-fro behind her for a moment. She stepped toward the gourd, placing a paw on it and gently balancing it more onto its bottom so that she could have a look inside. "Well, I?d say there?s still enough for mom left in here, if that was the plan," she replied sweetly and innocently.

\t"N--no!" Iaxiar exclaimed, shaking his head in a distraught manner. "There--there was no plan, I--this was not some sort of scheme, or anything--I just--I just needed to talk with your mother, and--oh--oh has this all gone horribly wrong..." the coyote murmured, nervously approaching the gourd to have a sniff and a look at it himself. He then lifted his head and saw Hersia?s confused eyes glancing back at him, and Kaeva?s ever suspicious green eyes leering back at him as well. He probably looked like a complete lunatic to them both now, and his heart was now racing nervously in his chest. What had he done?

\t"You two--you two really shouldn?t have--have had any of it..." he muttered in a defeated tone, his body falling back upon his haunches, a look of complete terror plastered on his muzzle and his features. He didn?t exactly blame them for sticking their noses into the gourd, he knew he was to blame, but he still couldn?t believe just how quickly things had gone awry, and worst of all, he had no clue how he might fix this, let alone before Sisali made it home with her youngest likely in tow.

\t"Are you--okay, old timer?" Kaeva questioned him, glancing quizzically from her sister and then back to Iaxiar. "Look, it?s not that big of a deal, mom?s not going to be back for awhile--you can just go catch her a few mice and she?ll never know that Heers or I had any of it. It?s just a bit of food..."

\tHersia smiled, nodding her head as she approached Iaxiar?s side and she lifted her right paw to gently tap him on the lower shoulder, as though trying to comfort him. "Kaeva?s right, you know. Why, we can even help you hunt some mice. As for mom, she got roped into helping some of the druids with a few night time errands, so you have plenty of time," she insisted, her tone sounding as upbeat and positive as ever as she turned to glance back at her sister. "What do you say, Kaeva? We can help him fetch a couple of mice, right?"

\t"I mean, I guess so?" Kaeva replied unenthusiastically, even yawning a little bit to signal her disinterest. However, shortly after her little yawn, she had managed to hiccup unexpectedly, and she brought her paw to her chest a little as though to apply some pressure to it. "Say, what exactly was in that gourd anyway? It smelled almost like food, but--it?s sort of wreaking havoc on my insides..."

\tIaxiar?s panic levels were now off the charts. He was torn between using his own body to block the entrance and to keep the two girls inside while the effects of the portion tore through their systems in an attempt to keep them both safe, not just from others, but possibly from himself as well. His other option as he saw it was to try to drag the both of them back to Ketaryita?s in the hope that she may have some kind of a fast acting antidote. He suspected that she might not, and that she would give him a very hardy dose of admittedly well deserved harassment for the mess he had gotten himself in, as well as wasting her first batch of her precious elixir to boot. Still, it seems very unlikely that blocking the two girls into their own den would be an effective solution either. How long even was the effect supposed to last? And how would he explain his situation to any passersby, or worse, Sisali herself if she came back to find him imprisoning her daughters with half of his body used to plug the entrance to her den? This was a mess that required a quick solution.

\t"Girls, I need you to come with me to Ketaryita?s immediately," he insisted, speaking firmly, though with an understandable shakiness to his voice as well. "I cannot explain to you exactly why, but--you have to trust me on this one. That--meal--was not meant for your consumption. That?s--all I can say..." he told them, his head was held low, as he struggled to look either of them in the eye at this point.

\t"Um--why, exactly?" Kaeva asked, quirking a brow in her accusatory way. "Listen, my paws and my legs are tired today from all of that training. I just want to lay down and relax a bit, so unless you give me a very good reason to get up and go anywhere, I?m not getting up from this spot," she insisted, and as if to make her point, she plopped her haunches down onto the dirt floor beneath her.

\tHersia took one step back from Iaxiar and she gazed up at him with a questioning and concerned look in her eyes. With a half-quirked brow, she sighed softly. "Mister Iaxiar, you?ll have to forgive my sister?s and my skepticism, but--this does seem kind of fishy? Are you suggesting that we--drank some poison or something? And--if so--why did you bring--poison to share with our mother...?"

\tIaxiar turned toward Hersia first, expecting her to be the most reasonable and the most levelheaded. He had to think fast, of course. How could he explain this as honestly as possible without giving up the entire story as well? It wouldn?t be an easy thing to tell these two young girls that he had come here with the intention of mating with their dear mother. Not only did it feel like a betrayal to Sisali, but he also didn?t wish to scar the two girls by revealing that information either. He could be vague about his intentions, but he could also admit, without saying everything, but perhaps even worst of all, the longer he tarried, the more suspicious he likely looked to them both, especially to Kaeva. He took a deep breath and opened his mouth, hoping the words would come to him as he spoke.

\t"Well, girls--the thing is--I needed a chance to talk with your mother in private, and--and I knew she had a lot of work to do, so--I had hoped to take some of the burden off of her, and--and so I made a potion for her, with the help of a friend," he explained, the half-lie coming out with more conviction than he had expected, and yet it still felt wrong. He could not bear to look Hersia or Kaeva in the eye, even now. "The potion was meant to help her relax a little and feel more energized, but also--well, you know--she?s been through a lot. Your father and I were old friends, and when he died, well--let?s just say that I had hoped that the potion would also help her with--well, with her feelings about him..."

\tHe glanced upward and over toward Hersia, and the expression upon her face was one of sympathy and pity, rather than anger or confusion. Even the look in her ice blue eyes seemed softer and more gentle, which he hadn?t quite expected.

\t"So, you were trying to do a good deed," she replied, nodding her head slowly as she glanced back at Kaeva, who had rolled her eyes. "That?s so sweet of you, mister Iaxiar."

\tKaeva, however, was still suspicious, and she huffed and grunted softly under her breath. "You?re leaving out a few key details, old timer. For instance, what did the potion do that you and this ?friend? you mentioned weren?t capable of doing yourselves? You could have easily just taken her out to a meadow, or helped her hunt and then sat down together and had a chat. So what was the big, special purpose of the potion? What did you need to talk about that was so important you couldn?t talk with her in public?"

\t"Oh, Kaeva, stop," Hersia retorted, her head tilting to the side a little bit as she looked toward her sister, a small frown on her muzzle. "Can?t you just accept that mister Iaxiar had good intentions?"

\t"Look," Iaxiar interrupted, turning toward Kaeva more than Hersia at this point, seeing as how Hersia, at least for now, appeared to be on his side. "I?ll do my best to explain all of the details on the way, but I must insist that we get the two of you to Ketaryita?s den sooner, rather than later. Trust me--you?ll thank me later..."

\tKaeva scoffed, shaking her head, but at the same time, she had begun to feel even more off, and so, against her better judgement, she slowly rose back up onto all four paws and took a step forward. She had started to feel a little dizzy even after that single step, and the fact that her body had started to feel more sensitive than usual hadn?t escaped her attention.

\t"You owe us a really, really good explanation, Iaxiar. Like, the best one ever. For starters--why am I starting to feel light headed and a little dizzy?" she asked him, her eyes narrowed into slits before she turned to look over her own shoulder, her tail was raised and she swished it back and forth a little bit. "On top of that, my hind legs are feeling very rubbery--and I almost feel like I have to--pee..."

\tIaxiar was now panicking even harder. He couldn?t believe how quickly the concoction was hitting one of the two vixens, and he suspected the other one was not terribly far behind showing signs of her own symptoms.

\t"Come on, Kaeva, Hersia. We?re going, now," he told them, turning and taking a few steps toward the exit. He was still hesitant to leave, considering how quickly the potion was having its affect on the two, there likely would be little chance in getting them to Ketaryita?s den before they were completely under its spell. Yet, he could not bear the thought of the two of them suffering because of his own selfish actions.

\t"Oh!" Hersia exclaimed, and a soft, quiet gasp had escaped her as she took a step back from the coyote. Her eyes went wide and she glanced around the room, her ears lowering slightly and her tail tucking between her legs as well. "M--mister Iaxiar, I am beginning to feel very--strangely as well. Am I--feeling the same symptoms that Kaeva is feeling? And does it have anything to do with the strange, ahem, meal you left in the den?"

\tThe coyote had frozen in his tracks. He slammed his eyes shut and he clenched his teeth together tightly for a moment. He wished he could be anywhere but where he was now. He wished he had just taken Ketaryita up on her offer and tested her damned elixir with her instead of making such a fuss over it. Then at least, he could have spared these two innocent young females from this troublesome situation.

\t"Girls, please," he started, "I need you to try to focus on following me now. What you are feeling now--they?re--side effects, caused by the potion. As I said--it was meant for your mother to help her relax, and--and it?s not meant for young foxes..."

\t"Relax?" Kaeva questioned, her voice was now starting to sound a little strained and breathy. "This is not relaxing. My muscles feel like they?re tensing up and I can?t keep myself balanced. I also think I need to go lay down, and maybe pee, too. I?m starting to feel a little nauseous, as well," she explained, taking a couple of wobbly steps forward, her legs were shaking, as though her bones and her muscles were starting to fail her.

\tIaxiar had quickly moved toward Kaeva, and the scent wafting from her had immediately hit him in the face, causing him to stumble a bit. He knew the scent well, though being foxes of a northern species, it wasn?t quite as potent to his coyote nostrils as it would have been if they had been wolves, coyotes, or other members of the dog family. If he kept his mind on getting them the help they needed, he was confident he could power through any instinctive actions his mind and his body were driving him toward. It was the vixens he was most worried about. How unhinged, or, worse still, demanding might they become before getting them to the relative safety of Ketaryita?s den? He felt compelled to scruff Kaeva and to begin dragging her out of the den if she still refused, or otherwise, was incapable of moving. That probably would not go over well if a passerby saw him dragging her away, kicking and screaming like that. He had a better idea.

\tIaxiar flattened his belly against the ground, making sure his nose was as close to ground level as possible. He laid himself as prone as possible, to make his latest request of them as simple as he could.

\t"Girls, please. I need you to climb onto my back and hold on tight. I?m going to take you to Ketaryita?s as quickly as my paws can carry me," he pleaded with them in a serious, panicked, yet as patient as possible tone of voice.

\t"But--that?s--so far away..." Hersia replied, her voice sounding distant and far away, and yet it was not. "And, my legs feel weak and tired. I don?t think I can walk very much farther..."

\tIaxiar knew the effects of the elixir were only going to get stronger, the longer they tarried. He was not willing to wait until both vixens were on the ground, their hind legs spread, their desperate voices begging him to rid them of the flurry that had taken hold of their loins. He turned his head to the side, his eyes focused on Hersia first.

\t"You have to, Hersia," he pleaded with her, his gaze shifting toward Kaeva as well, "you as well, Kaeva. This was not how this was supposed to be, and I now have to protect you from the consequences of my mistake. Please. Just--trust me, okay?"

\tKaeva and Hersia exchanged glances, though it was clear the younger foxes were both very apprehensive about climbing onto the back of the male. The potion was affecting their thoughts and their reasoning, and yet their instincts were telling them to stay away from him and run from the situation, even while their bodies were being affected, their minds were still fighting the effects.

\tKaeva had nervously approached the coyote and sniffed him curiously. The scent wafting from him, a distinctly male musk, even if from another species, was beginning to send her mind reeling, and the heat within her own loins was growing ever more demanding as a result. She felt an incredible, unexplainable desire to mount the coyote, to wrap her paws around his shoulders and thrust her hips against his side. Her expression twisted and contorted uncomfortably as she attempted to grapple with these strange new feelings tearing at the very core of her psyche, but instead of acting on her first instinct, almost as if involuntarily, she turned away from him, lifted her tail, and presented herself toward him, her hind quarters rising up and her forequarters approaching the ground. She gazed pitifully over her shoulder at him now, her half-lidded emerald hued eyes now questioningly pleading with him to cure her of her ailment.

\tHersia, watching her sister present herself to Iaxiar, and knowing that she had done so involuntarily and without much, if any, control of her own actions, was horrified. Her heart was pounding within her chest and her eyes had widened as she took several steps back. She couldn?t believe what she was seeing, and the shock and horror upon her features had only intensified. She turned toward the coyote, a look of panic in her eyes as she took another few steps back, her tail was now tucked between her hind legs and her rump end had now pressed up against the wall of the den.

\t"Please--mister Iaxiar--help her," she begged him, her voice was wavering as she spoke, and she could hear her sister whimpering pitifully in the background, and it broke her heart.

\t"That--is what I was trying to do..." Iaxiar sighed in a defeated tone. He knew now the only option was to usher the two girls into the back of the den, one of the back tunnels, so that he could keep them together and safe, barring entrance to their shared room from any intruder who might be drawn in by the enticing smells wafting from the den. Kaeva was now too far gone and incapable of being easily transported anywhere, and he was certain Hersia would soon join her.

\t"Girls, I need you to run to the furthest chamber of your den. Both of you. I will bar the way--and make sure else happens to you. Understood?" he asked in a firm tone of authority, hoping that would be enough to convince them to move their paws. Perhaps Hersia could make it on her own still, but he suspected Kaeva would need to be dragged into the back by the scruff of her neck. He had already seen the vixen in her current position and was fairly certain that she wasn?t going to move herself from it any time soon, not until her body received what it desired most.

\tHersia was reluctant, but she was beginning to feel a similar urge in her own loins and the desperation in the coyote?s tone had been convincing. She turned her head and looked back toward her sister, a soft frown on her muzzle, and she sighed heavily.

\t"I--I?m sorry, sis. But--we need to do what he says," she insisted, and then turned her head back toward Iaxiar, who was waiting for her response.

\t"That?s it, Hersia. Now, I will carry your sister back. Please, go as quickly as you can," he instructed her.

\t"Y--yes, mister Iaxiar," she replied, and her pace had quickened.

\tHe watched as Hersia hobbled uncomfortably into the deeper recesses of the den, her tail no longer between her hind legs, but lifted high up and graciously offering her sweet aroma to be carried off to the rest of the world in the process. The coyote shivered, having stood back up now, he soon approached Kaeva, trying his best to loom over her and nip her scruff without actually bringing his belly into contact with her back at all. The scent radiating from the vixen was incredibly tempting, and his own instincts were starting to kick into high gear.

\tThe coyote clamped his teeth into the scruff of the young vixen, and she let out a soft, muffled whine, but her body was now limp and unresisting, allowing the male to drag her back with him. He dragged her through the dirt, his front paws digging into the earth in an effort to pull her along without accidentally mounting her in the process. With his nose and his mouth occupied, he could not speak, but as the effects of the elixir began to burrow deeper and deeper into the vixen?s system, she found herself attempting to find purchase for her hind paws, so that she could spring her loins up and into Iaxiar?s belly. Every fiber of her being was telling her to assume this position, while he loomed over her, even as he dragged her along the ground. Her body was desperate to feel his warmth against her back, and her loins were burning and aching for his touch.

\tFinally, he had dragged the vixen into the small room where Hersia was waiting, the elder sister had now found her way onto her back, however, her tail was cast to the side and her hind legs were parted. Hersia was no longer able to contain the desire burning within her and had begun touching herself, with her shoulders against the wall, she was able to run her paw down between her hind legs, her digits now sliding into her increasingly damp mound. A soft whimper escaped her maw as Iaxiar dragged Kaeva toward the center of the chamber.

\t"I?m--I?m so sorry, girls. This is--this is all my fault," he mumbled, releasing Kaeva?s scruff and immediately turning toward the tight opening that led to the chamber they were now sharing. He stuck his head inside, his posture half slouched as he did his best to turn his body into a door, or rather, a wall, locking the two vixens within behind him and keeping any curious snouts and the young males they belonged to from getting in.

\t"Please, try to stay quiet, and try not to move. I will try and get help, but--" he sighed softly, a look of utter disappointment in his features. "I?m afraid the elixir has taken hold of you now, and you?re both likely going to have to be brave and--endure--until the effects wear off."

\t"Mister Iaxiar--please, we--we need--" Hersia whimpered pitifully, her paw still buried between her hind legs, stroking the rim of her little vixen spade as the fire burned even hotter within her, and she felt a sense of shame wash over her. The fact that she was touching herself in front of the coyote made her feel a little less guilty, considering her mind was no longer fully her own. She could barely contain herself anymore, and yet, her sister seemed to be suffering more.

\t"No, Hersia, don?t listen to him, and don?t listen to yourself," Kaeva pleaded, her body trembling slightly as she struggled to resist her own instincts. "If we fight this--maybe--maybe it won?t be so bad? We--we just need to be patient. The effects should pass. Eventually. Hopefully."

\tThe vixen sounded as though she was attempting to convince herself as much as she was trying to convince her sister. Her body was shaking, her own paw was already between her hind legs after she rolled onto her own back, stroking the soft fur on her mound and occasionally sliding a pad or two over her increasingly wet entrance, her juices were running freely from her nethers now, and the heat within her was burning like an inferno. She could not remember the last time she had felt such a strong desire, and the fact that she was not able to release it was maddening.

\t"He?s right, Kaeva. We should just--endure," Hersia whimpered, her own paw was now stroking the outer rim of her virgin spade, her digits pressing and teasing the moist flesh contained within. A soothing moan escaped her maw and her whole body began to shiver. "Maybe, if we?re good girls, he?ll make it better..." she whispered, a sign that she was not as entirely in control as she thought she was.

\tIaxiar?s ears pricked up nervously when he heard her speaking in such a lewd manner. These girls were entirely innocent until consuming that elixir. He had to wonder if there was even more to the elixir?s properties than Ketaryita had let on?

\t"Oh, no no no no," he protested, turning his head and peering inside the chamber with wide eyes, his gaze darting between the two sisters. "Girls, please. Try to remain focused. You?ve got to--"

\tIaxiar?s voice had trailed off, and his nose twitched a couple of times as the sweet scent emanating from the two young vixens continued to fill the air. His heart was pounding rapidly within his chest and the urge to go deeper, into the chamber, was beginning to burn and fester in his loins. He couldn?t bring himself to finish the sentence. There was nothing either of the girls could do at this point, not that they were going to stop what they were doing, anyway. They were too far gone and were now helpless victims of the potion he had accidentally forced upon them.

\tThe vixens had already given into their urges, their eyes half-lidded, and they were moaning softly. They had each rolled onto their backs, and their hind legs were spread. Kaeva?s forepaws were rubbing her mound gently, her hind pawtoes splaying as she continued her act of self-service, while Hersia was sliding a pawtoe into her depths, a soft whine escaping her maw.

\t"Girls..." Iaxiar had started, his orange eyes now firmly locked onto the impossibly tempting display before him. He was unable to look away. Even as he had spoken, his voice was low and gravelly, and his breath was coming out in ragged bursts. He knew it was wrong, but the more his eyes drank in the sight, the more the temptation burned within his mind.

\t"Mister Iaxiar," Kaeva whispered, her voice was breathy, and her eyes were still half-lidded. She could not believe what she was about to say, but she could not help herself. The potion was clouding her thoughts and her judgment, and she felt like her very life depended upon the coyote.

\t"You have to take care of us..." the vixen told him, her emerald green eyes now pleading with him. "The burning is unbearable and it feels like it?s only getting worse..."

\tIaxiar swallowed hard. He wondered, if he could just bring the both of them to orgasm--maybe that would be enough to start to counter the effects of the potion? It seemed like the best solution at the point, being as how Sisali could possibly return at any moment, or Tasiye as well. What then? It seemed like the best option was to try to get both of these girls out of this involuntary state as fast as possible, so that there could still be a chance to salvage this horrible evening.

\t"Alright," he relented, clearing his throat again. "Just--relax, okay? I?ll--try to help you two out, but--I can only do one at a time, unless you--move closer together..."

\tKaeva and Hersia glanced at one another and immediately understood what was being suggested. The two vixens nodded to one another, and then they shuffled their bodies toward the center of the small chamber, their hind legs remaining parted, and their loins dripping and pulsating with need.

\tIaxiar hesitantly turned away from the tunnel leading to the chamber, and he nervously padded on over to the two needy vixens. By now, even if he wouldn?t admit it, he could feel the tip of his member had swelled up enough to free itself from his sheath. He grinded his teeth nervously as he laid himself down on the ground, just in front of both vixens. He hoped the lower he was, the less he would be subjected to their scents--and he was still a tall enough creature compared to them that he could easily see what he was doing, and lend a paw to each of them individually.

\tThe coyote took in a deep breath and slowly reached his left forepaw out toward the Hersia first. He placed his large, worn central paw pad over her mound and he immediately heard a gasp of pleasure escape her maw.

\t"Mmm," Hersia whimpered softly, a look of satisfaction crossing her features as she felt the warmth and weight of the coyote?s paw on her loins. It was exactly what she needed.

\tHe didn?t want to keep Kaeva waiting either, so he extended his right paw over in her direction as well, worming his large paw between her legs and planting his warm pad over her wet, burning little mound as well. He proceeded to rub both vixens gently at first, feeling very much out of his element.

\tIaxiar closed his eyes, his nose twitched as he felt the young vixens? loins throbbing and both of their hind legs coiling partly around his forelimb, pulling is paw in closer, and trying desperately to guide his paw into giving them both what their bodies craved most.

\t"Please..." Kaeva begged him, a pitiful tone in her voice. She had been holding back, but her instincts were telling her she needed more. "Rub harder, please, mister Iaxiar. And faster," she told him, a desperate need in her voice.

\tThe coyote swallowed nervously, and then nodded his head. He had to do this, not just for them, but for Sisali?s sake as well as his own. His paws began to move back and forth, side to side, forward and back in a gradually increasing pace. It would become quite clear rather quickly though that this was only going to get the two girls so far. They both still had a burning sensation, and it was not fading.

\t"It?s not enough, mister Iaxiar," Kaeva spoke once more, her voice was wavering slightly, and her words were coming out a bit more rushed and panicked. "Please, the burning--it?s--more on the inside than--than the outside..."

\tHersia was also whimpering pitifully, and her body was beginning to squirm and wriggle.

\t"Yes, I--I can?t take it anymore, mister Iaxiar," her own pleas were growing more and more desperate.

\tIaxiar swallowed nervously and glanced between the two girls, who were both staring toward him, their eyes half-lidded and desperate, their features were pleading, and their loins pulsing with an uncontrollable desire. The scent emanating from both vixens was incredibly intoxicating and was causing his member to continue swelling and throbbing, even while partially concealed within the confines of his sheath. He could feel the tip of his member digging a small trench into the dirt floor, causing him to grumble uncomfortably.

\t"Alright, alright, just--hold still, and--let me know if this works," he spoke in a defeated tone. He adjusted his paws just enough so that he could rub each vixen?s mound with a single digit each, rubbing back and forth--back and forth--while applying more pressure as he did. His paw was considerably larger than even their mothers?, so one digit was more than enough, and even as his digit gradually sunk in and slipped into the sopping and needy tunnels of each vixen, it was obvious that it was still a tight fit. Iaxiar had closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, but the sounds of their wet flesh giving way to his pawtoes was more than a little enticing. The moans that escaped their little maws too, only added to the chorus of lewd delights.

\tBoth vixens began to whimper softly and their bodies were soon wriggling and squirming beneath the coyote?s touch. His paw was rubbing both of them in an increasing rhythm, and the fact that the older male?s digits were so much thicker and longer than their own was a boon. Each time his digits would press deep enough, the pads of his pawtoes would press and rub against the tender inner walls of each vixen.

\t"Ungh," Kaeva moaned, her body was shuddering with every movement of the coyote?s paws.

\t"Ah--ohhh," Hersia was groaning, and her hips were rolling against the pawtoe buried deep inside her.

\tThe coyote had his eyes closed, but his snout was twitching, and he was listening to the sounds emanating from the two sisters, taking some degree of pleasure from the moans, knowing that they were enjoying the act of his digits sliding in and out, in and out, as the pads of his pawtoes rubbed and stroked the soft inner flesh of their virgin vixenhoods. He could feel the tips of his pawtoes occasionally pressing up against something firm yet smooth within each of their tunnels, which caused the moans from each of the vixens to escalate, and he could feel the muscles within their tight vixen spades clench and squeeze his digits tightly.

\t"Ngh, ah, ah," Kaeva had started panting. "Oh, gods--ah, yes, it?s--it?s working. But, don?t--stop, don?t stop," the vixen was begging.

\tHersia?s body had begun to shiver and she was letting out soft little cries, her hips rolling and bucking. "Mmm, ahh--please, don?t stop," she whimpered, her voice was wavering slightly.

\t"I--I won?t," the coyote assured the two of them, his voice trembling, though if he had to admit it, he was getting more confident by the minute. His paws began to move faster and faster, rubbing the insides of their little snow white crotches with an increasing tempo. He could feel their wetness coating his digits, and he could feel their insides clenching and squeezing him, their muscles tensing, their little forepaws desperately gripping at the top of his paws.

\t"Nnngh, yess," Kaeva cried out, and then she let out a sharp cry of pleasure as a wave of bliss suddenly washed over her. Her entire body stiffened and her muscles tightened, her loins clamping around the coyote?s pawtoe as she climaxed for the first time. A trickle of her juices dripped from her depths and ran down the length of the male?s digit.

\t"Oooh, Iaxiar, oh gods, I?m--" Hersia couldn?t finish her sentence, but her body was stiffening as well, her hind paws pulling in and her legs trembling as she suddenly released. Her loins were spasming and a dribble of her juices were now flowing freely from her entrance, down her tail and onto the coyote?s paw, running over his digit and making his fur slick, wet, and smelling very much of vixen spunk.

\tThe coyote could feel the sudden surge of juices escaping from both vixens and the muscles in their spades suddenly clenching and unclenching. He had no choice but to pause his movements, allowing them both a moment to enjoy the sensation of release. Both vixens had let out a loud, long, cry, but their bodies slowly began to relax and the tension in the room began to ease. He soon sighed with relief, believing full well that he had avoided catastrophe, and that both vixens would soon begin to come down the high of their early, artificial heats.

\t"Well," the coyote finally managed. "At least you?re both--"

\tIaxiar?s ears were still erect, his sense of hearing was still heightened, and he could hear a strange sound emanating from the two girls. As he looked between the two vixens, he could see their bodies were trembling again, and their loins were clenching and relaxing, over and over, even around his pawtoes. They had a look of utter desperation in their eyes, and their breaths were coming out in ragged gasps.

\t"What? What is it?" the coyote asked, sounding a bit frantic. He did not know if the potion had somehow changed them, or if he had done something wrong, but the expressions on their faces were making him worry that maybe he had failed after all.

\t"The--the burning," Hersia whimpered, a helpless look in her eyes.

\t"It?s--worse," Kaeva finished her sister?s sentence, and the two girls looked at each other and then back toward the coyote.

\t"Wha--? What do you mean, worse?" Iaxiar sounded almost terrified at this point. "How can it be worse?"

\t"I don?t know, mister Iaxiar, but--the burning is still there, and it?s only gotten stronger!" Hersia explained, sounding more and more panicked as the seconds ticked away.

\tKaeva could feel the muscles inside her clenching and unclenching repeatedly, her entire body was trembling and she could feel a pressure building up within her, as if a dam were about to burst. Her emerald eyes were wide, her pupils were dilated, and her breathing had become erratic.

\t"You--you have to put another inside us, and--please, move faster. Rub us--harder. Deeper. Please, I?m going to--" she couldn?t finish her sentence, and her voice trailed off. She was shaking, and she looked like she was about to go mad if she couldn?t relieve herself of the burning sensation.

\t"An--another?" Iaxiar asked, mostly to himself, his eyes glazing over and his face turning as pale as could be. They already felt impossibly tight, clasped firmly around his pawtoes. How could he possibly get a second one into each girl?

\t"Hurry," Kaeva gasped, her body trembling and her insides squeezing his digit. "Oh, please, hurry," she was pleading with him, her body shaking and her paws clinging desperately to his, as if trying to make him go faster, deeper.

\t"Do it," Hersia pleaded, her body was starting to shake. "Do it, now, before we--!" she clenched her teeth and slammed her eyes shut, her voice wavering, and her body was trembling.

\t"Oh--okay--le--let?s try something else..." Iaxiar exclaimed, attempting to insert each pawtoe deeper into each of the vixen?s little bodies. He applied enough pressure until he felt the tension being lifted around the very tips of each pawtoe, as both digits entered each vixen?s little vestibule. The two vixens groaned out loud, their voices were filled with a mixture of pain and pleasure, and they clung tighter to the male?s forelimbs.

\t"Ahh!" Hersia gasped, her entire body going rigid.

\t"Gods, it?s--too big," Kaeva cried, her entire body writhing in place.

\t"No, please, no," Hersia was practically shrieking now, her voice rising in pitch. "Please, Iaxiar, more. Put it in. All the way," the young vixen?s voice had become more shrill, and her eyes were watering.

\tThe coyote hesitated, swallowing nervously, and then he nodded his head and pressed his paws a little bit deeper. There was a slight resistance at first, and then suddenly the pressure was lifted, and his pawtoes sank the rest of the way in. At the same time, he attempted to shift his paws so that he could begin rubbing another digit around the vixens? mounds, rubbing the sensitive flesh between their sex as well as their tailholes.

\t"Yesssss," Kaeva hissed, her body shaking and her loins clamping around the coyote?s massive digit.

\t"Aah!" Hersia was groaning loudly, her entire body was shaking. "Yes, gods yes, that?s it. Do it. More, please. More, please," the vixen begged, her voice wavering, and her tone bordering on hysterical.

\tThe coyote did exactly what was requested of him, and his paws continued to move faster, deeper, and harder. He had already pushed his digits in as far as they would go, and the pad of his central pawtoe was now pressing up against something smooth and solid within each vixen. The pad itself was also rubbing and stimulating the sensitive flesh surrounding their sexes, while his digits were thrusting back and forth, in and out, in and out. He could feel both vixens? muscles tensing and relaxing, over and over, and the sensations were causing his member to pulse and throb, and his testicles were churning. He couldn?t remember the last time his body had reacted in such a way.

\t"Gods, yes, I?m so close. It?s coming, mister Iaxiar. Please, don?t stop," Kaeva was practically screaming now, her voice filled with pleasure, her eyes half-lidded and a stupid grin on her muzzle.

\t"I?m so close too. Yes, don?t stop, mister Iaxiar. Keep going, keep going," Hersia was also practically screaming, and her voice was filled with the same kind of ecstasy.

\tThe coyote grunted, his breath was coming out in short, rapid bursts. He didn?t know how much longer he could hold out. The scents, the sounds, the sights, and the sensations of two vixens squirming and writhing beneath his paws was proving to be almost too much.

\t"Just a little more, a little more," the young vixens? voices were both practically screams of euphoria now, and the muscles within their tight little tunnels were beginning to clamp down hard, and their bodies were tensing, as if about to reach the point of no return.

\t"Oh--gods!" Hersia squealed.

\t"Mmhmm," Kaeva grunted, shaking her head while clenching her teeth and her eyes shut, and then suddenly both girls? bodies went rigid. Their little hind paws pulled in, their tails curled and their backs arched. They could feel the dam bursting inside them and their juices were gushing from their little spades, showering the coyote?s pawtoes with another helping of their slick vixen nectar.

\tIaxiar let out a grunt of his own and closed his eyes, doing his best not to look at either girl, or listen to the moans escaping their little maws. The sensation of both girls climaxing at the same time while their muscles clenched and squeezed his digits was almost enough to push him over the edge. He could feel the tension easing and their bodies relaxing, and the sounds of their pleasure dying down. He let out a sigh of relief, feeling like he had once again dodged a bullet.

\t"Alright, that should--that should do it. Both of you, are--are okay now, right?" the coyote asked, his voice was shaking a little bit, and he was a little concerned that they might not be done, despite the fact that the two vixens had climaxed a second time, and with more intensity than the first. He was so desperate, perhaps hopeful that he had solved the problem once and for all, that he had risen from the floor now, and was half standing behind the two vixens, forgetting about his swollen member now dangling between his hind legs.

\tBoth girls had collapsed into a heap on the ground, their hind legs were spread, their pawtoes curling and uncurling, and their little tails were cast off to the sides of their little bodies, though their spades were gaping, and their loins were leaking, their fur thoroughly soaked. Both were panting heavily, and it took them a moment or two to catch their breath and regain their strength.

\t"Are you two okay?" Iaxiar asked again, his voice growing in concern, his ears folded back against his head.

\t"Yes, mister Iaxiar, we?re fine," Kaeva told him, though she had yet to lift her head.

\t"Thank you," Hersia mumbled, sounding equally as tired.

\tThe coyote nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the worst was behind them.

\t"But--" Kaeva started, causing the coyote?s ears to perk up, and a look of horror to cross his features.

\t"What? But--what?" Iaxiar was practically shrieking himself.

\t"It?s--still there. It?s still there," Hersia whined, sounding even more desperate than before.

\t"I..." Iaxiar trailed off, clenching his teeth and shaking his head now. "I just--can?t believe it--what--what kind of a potion did she..." he trailed off again, desperately trying to figure out what had gone wrong in his head. How was he going to solve this mess not? Surely, Sisali was well on her way home by now.

\t"Please," Kaeva whined. "Please, don?t stop. Please, keep going," the vixen begged, turning her head to look at him with an expression of complete and utter desperation.

\t"We need more," Hersia added, looking up at him with the same look in her eyes, tears welling in her eyes.

\t"Please," they both pleaded. However, at this point, now that they were looking up at him looming over them, their eyes made contact with his fully erect member for the first time. The sight of it seemed to make the two vixens shudder, and their loins began to clench and release repeatedly.

\t"You need more?" the coyote asked, looking incredulous. "What do you mean, ?more??" the question was ludicrous, given the circumstances.

\t"We need--we need," Kaeva had been saying, but she stopped, trailing off as she stared at the coyote?s throbbing and twitching member.

\tIaxiar stared down at the two vixens, a look of befuddlement firmly plastered on his features. It was then that he noticed them both staring near his belly, and it dawned on him exactly what they were both gawking at. His member was pulsing and twitching, the tip oozing pre-ejaculate. He had been so focused on the two vixens, and their needs, he had forgotten that he was still very aroused. He looked away, grumbling under his breath and then slowly nodded his head, as if accepting the inevitable.

\t"I?m--I?m sorry," he said, sounding defeated. "This is--all I have," he finished, and then he took a step forward, closing the distance between himself and the two vixens. He bent his front legs, lowering his head, his eyes locking with Hersia?s for a moment. Then, his ears flicked forward and he moved closer, pressing his nose against her cheek and letting out a hot breath, followed by a slow lick along her neck and throat.

\tThe young vixen shuddered, but she did not object, instead turning her head and lifting her chin, allowing him better access. Her little paws came to rest tucked against her chest, while her tail moved toward his side, gently brushing his flank. He growled softly, licking her cheek again, and then nibbling gently at her neck, drawing a moan from her lips. He lowered himself down onto her more firmly, his chest now pressed against her own. He could feel her little heart thumping in her chest against his own. His body told him to do one thing, but his mind won out--and he slowly pulled back from her, working his nose, his whiskers and his muzzle down her belly and finally, between her hind legs.

\t"If--this doesn?t do it..." he trailed off, before completing the sentence in his head. He could feel the young girl?s little hind legs pressing against his ears, and her tail curling around the back of his head. His snout rubbed up and down her slit, and he could smell the scent of her heat, her desire, her need. She whimpered and whined softly, squirming and wriggling beneath his muzzle.

\t"Please, please, do it," Hersia begged.

\tThe coyote?s tongue darted forward, swiping over her little spade, tasting her juices and feeling her muscles tensing beneath him. He could feel her body reacting to his touch, and he could hear her breath quickening. Her hips moved, trying to match the rhythm of his tongue, and her little paws pushed against the sides of his head, holding him in place as best they could.

\tUp close, her scent was overpowering, but the taste of her was even more dangerous. It was intoxicating, and the coyote could barely resist the urge to bury his snout deep inside her. As his tongue slipped into her mound, he could feel her insides clenching, and a trickle of her juices running down his muzzle. He attempted to worm his tongue inside of her as deeply as he could manage, suspecting his digits were just not long enough, or agile enough to satisfy either of them. His tongue lashed and whipped around inside of her vestibule before venturing further into her vixen tunnel. He could feel her muscles gripping his tongue, and he could feel her loins tensing and releasing, clamping down on him.

\t"Gods," Hersia moaned, her voice filled with a mixture of pleasure and pain. "Please, tha--that?s the spot," she said, her voice rising in pitch.

\tKaeva watched on with an almost impatient jealousy, her tongue lulling out of the end of her maw and raking itself over her lips and whiskers from time to time.

\tThe coyote grunted, moving his muzzle back and forth, pushing his tongue in and out of her. His snout was wet and slick, and his chin was pressed up against her tailhole. He was breathing heavily, and his chest was heaving, and it was difficult for him to breathe. His tongue darted in and out, pushing and prodding, and licking and lapping, and every movement brought another moan, or whimper, or mewl from her lips.

\tHersia was panting heavily, and her body was trembling. She was clinging to the coyote?s head and her hind legs were wrapped around his ears. Her pawtoes were curled, and her little tail was twitching and writhing against his muzzle.

\tThe coyote?s eyes were half-lidded and his pupils dilated. His body was beginning to tremble, and his hips were starting to move, rocking back and forth. In what might be his last moment of conscious thought, he had to give Ketaryita some props. He hadn?t consumed a drop of the potion, and yet, he was being subjected to its effects the same as if he had, if the reaction of these two vixens was anything to go off of. Before he could bring himself to finish off Hersia with the use of his tongue, he found himself slowly pulling back, a strand of his own saliva connecting his tongue to her beckoning mound as he widened the gap between his lips and her little sex. He could see the look of confused pleasure in her eyes, a look of near betrayal as she appeared to be questioning why he had stoped.

\t"I?m--sorry, Hersia..." he told her in a pitiful voice. Kaeva was forced to watch as the coyote threw himself upon the smaller canid, his large body easily enveloping her own in the process. He struggled to find her rump with his left forepaw, but when he found it, he cupped it beneath her rump, lifting her hind quarters up despite her position still on her back. He angled her crotch toward his own as he began to thrust forward, his hips guiding the tip of his member right toward her gushing orifice after a few ranging attempts.

\tKaeva let out a soft gasp and her eyes widened, watching the coyote?s member slip and slide around the outside of Hersia?s mound before finally catching on the rim and driving into her. A cry of pain and pleasure escaped her little maw, and her entire body jerked.

\tHersia?s eyes were wide and her mouth was open, her tongue lulled out, and a look of shock was frozen on her features. She was shaking her head back and forth, but the coyote paid her no heed, instead continuing to force his length deeper and deeper into her. Her eyes were beginning to water and her ears were pressed flat against her skull. Her petite hind legs began to thrash against his underside, trying desperately to push him away.

\t"T--too--m--much," the vixen whimpered.

\t"Ohhh, gods," Kaeva muttered, her eyes transfixed on the scene playing out in front of her.

\tShe could see the vixen?s little mound straining, her loins bulging from the inside as the coyote?s mammoth member filled her to the brim. She could see his length buried within her, though not entirely, about half of Iaxiar?s length being buried into her sister?s body. It was incredible that such a thing was possible.

\t"S--stop. St--op, ple--ase," Hersia gasped, her voice was strained and her body was tense.

\t"S--sorry..." Iaxiar whimpered, and yet, his hips continued to instinctively drive his member forward and back in rapid succession, the tip of his member driving far deeper than his tongue or his digit had done up to this point.

\tHersia could barely speak, and she was panting heavily, her lungs struggling for air. Her entire body was tingling and her muscles were contracting and relaxing involuntarily. Her hind paws were pulling in, and her tail was curling, and her hind paw claws were gripping his fur and her hind legs were shaking and spasming.

\tKaeva watched in a muted mixture of horror and barbaric intrigue. In a way, it was hard for her to not imagine herself being used in such a way by the aggressive male. The thought sent chills down her spine.

\tHersia was letting out a low, guttural growl, her teeth were clenched, and her eyes were narrowed. She was shaking her head from side to side, her teeth bared, her lips curled and her whiskers flared. Her hind paws were still trembling, and her little body was convulsing, her tail spasming against her rump and the coyote?s underbelly. She could feel her loins tightening and the sensation was growing more intense, and she could feel her inner muscles clenching around the coyote?s member. Her breathing had grown more labored, and she was finding it difficult to keep her eyes open, her eyelids fluttering closed and open repeatedly.

\t"I?m--so sorry," the coyote whispered, his voice was filled with remorse, and his words were tinged with guilt.

\t"It?s--it?s okay," the young vixen whispered back, her tone wavering.

\t"Gods, it?s so--beautiful," Kaeva breathed, a shade of drunkeness in her voice, her eyes locked on the sight of the coyote?s thick and throbbing length pistoning back and forth into the young vixen, the shaft slick and coated in her juices, and the tip glistening with her nectar.

\t"Mhmm," Iaxiar grunted, nodding his head while on autopilot, his eyes wide, his pupils dilated, his breathing heavy.

\tHersia?s body had finally begun to fully enjoy the abuse it was receiving, and more and more audible little whimpers and moans began to emanate from her throat. Her eyes were still shut as she writhed and trembled beneath the coyote. Her breathing was becoming heavier and more ragged.

\t"Ooohh, gods, yeeees," Hersia suddenly squealed. "Yes, yes, yes, yes!" her voice was becoming louder, and her body was shuddering, her loins clenching.

\tKaeva watched, transfixed, her eyes wide, her jaw hanging open, and her tongue lolled out of the end of her mouth. She couldn?t take her eyes off the sight, and a small trickle of her juices began to drip down the inside of her hind leg, dripping onto the floor and making a small puddle below her.

\tIaxiar?s jaws were tightly clenched, and his eyes were squeezed shut. His ears were pressed back against his skull and his paws were clutching Hersia?s rump. His member was beginning to throb and twitch and his loins were tensing, the muscles contracting.

\t"Mmf--almost," he muttered, his voice strained.

\t"Gods, me too," Kaeva whined beneath her breath, watching as Hersia?s body quivered, and her tail began to flick and wag back and forth. Her hind legs were beginning to twitch and quiver, turning into jelly as they did.

\t"Yes, yes, yes," Hersia whimpered pitifully, her body writhing and her head thrown back against the dirt floor beneath her.

\t"Hnngh," the coyote grunted, his eyes closing even tighter, and his entire body going rigid. He was trying desperately to hold himself back, but his hips were thrusting more rapidly, and his member was pulsing and throbbing harder and harder. His knot had by now, inflated entirely, far from within the vixen?s body or within her vestibule at all, still exposed to the cool, damp air of the earth around them.

\t"Ahh! Aaah!" the vixen cried, her back arching and her tail twitching. "G--gods, yes," she moaned, her voice trailing off, her body tensing. Her hind paws were pulled in and her pawtoes were curling and uncurling, and her tail was twitching, and her eyes were fluttering closed.

\tThe coyote growled, his jaws parting slightly, his tongue lulled out, drool dripped from his fangs. His muscles were clenched and his eyes were squeezed shut. He growled deeply and his claws dug into Hersia?s rump, breaking the skin and even drawing trace amounts of blood in the process.

\t"Hnngh--Sisali--f--forgive me," he groaned, his voice a deep, guttural rumble. He could feel that his testicles were on fire and he knew he was about to burst at any moment. It both pained him to think about Hersia having lost her virginity to him in this manner, but deep down he was also a little bit excited to see her lying on her back, her little vixen spade pooling with several years worth of his pent up seed.

\t"Y--yes, gods," the vixen cried, her body shuddering, her tail spasming, and her little paws transitioning to her sides, her claw tips digging into the dirt floor. Her body was quaking and her loins were contracting and releasing.

\tThe coyote?s eyes opened slightly, his gaze fixated on the sight of the young vixen?s swollen and dripping loins, her muscles clenching, and her insides rippling, her juices seeping out of her opening.

\t"F--forgive me," Iaxiar groaned pitifully one more time.

\tWith a loud, guttural grunt, he pushed himself forward, forcing his length even deeper inside the vixen, and her entire body jolted. Her eyes flew open, her pupils dilated, and her muzzle fell open. Her entire body trembled, and her loins contracted. She was panting and gasping, her mouth gaping, her tongue hanging out.

\t"Ooohhh!" Hersia suddenly howled, her back arching, and her tail flicking wildly. "G--gods," she moaned, her voice strained and her body quaking.

\tThe coyote roared, his head thrown back, his eyes shut tight, his jaws parted. He knew it was a futile thing to try to hold himself back any longer, his body had not been subjected to anything this wonderful in more moons than he could count, and the sensation of this tight, vixen tunnel clenching against his member with a seemingly impossible degree of tightness would send any heterosexual male over the edge, perhaps even earlier than he had managed with her. For a moment, his hips locked in place, his shaft entrenched within her as deeply as he could manage, the tip of his member nearly kissing her cervix.

\tHe let out another loud growl, his body trembling, his jaws open, and his fangs bared. He could feel the first wave of his ejaculate surge up his shaft and shoot forth. He could feel his seed splattering against her inner walls and his member throbbed and twitched and his knot bulged. The sensation was like nothing he?d ever experienced.

\tHersia?s head was thrown back and her eyes were squeezed shut. She was moaning and whimpering, her body quivering and shuddering. Her tail was twitching, and her loins were on fire, convulsing and releasing, clamping down on the coyote?s member as she felt the torrent of his ejaculate enter her virgin body, filling her insides to the brim.

\tIaxiar could feel his member pulsing and twitching, and the sensation was so intense, he almost wanted to scream. He managed to hold himself in place for a moment longer as he endured the most intense of orgasms. His hind legs momentarily regained their composure and he was able to pump into her two more times before he lost his hold of her rump, her body slipping to the floor beneath him, causing his member to slide out of her and several more ropes of semen to splatter out against her crotch and her lower tummy. The sudden change in her position beneath him, and perhaps the realization of what he had just done hitting him once again, caused him to rear back and he even toppled backwards, landing on his back with a thud. A few more streams of his seed shot into the air before crashing down on his lower belly.

\tHersia remained on her back, her forepaws still clenching the earth beside her, as her chest heaved up and down intensely and an eruption of coyote semen pooled from her sore and well used little vixen spade. Iaxiar was on his back, heaving with intensity, his member still pointed straight up, and Kaeva found her gaze drifting between the two of them for a moment now as the room filled with the sounds of heavy panting and gasping. She had been ignored for a considerable amount of time at this juncture, and watching her older sister being worked over in such a manner had only heightened her elixir fueled urges. Her green eyes soon locked on the fully exposed and still erect coyote member and she found her tongue running over her lips as she stalked her way over to him now, her predatory eyes locked on her prize.

\tIaxiar looked down his body, his gaze meeting the young vixen?s own as he found her crawling up his hind quarters, her green eyes locked on his own, a look of determination in her eyes that made the male coyote a bit nervous.

\t"W--wait," he stammered.

\t"No," Kaeva hissed, her eyes narrowed. She was confident he was in no real position to resist her at this point, and her urges had reached a fever pitch. She was going to get hers and he was going to be the one to give it to her, whether he liked it or not.

\t"Kaeva," he groaned. "N--no."

\t"You did the same thing to Hersia," the young fox protested, her tone firm.

\t"It--it was wrong of me to, I--I don?t want to hurt you..."

\t"I?m not a cub," Kaeva spat, her eyes narrowed.

\tBy now, she had already climbed up onto his loins and her hind legs were straddling each flank of his member, still pointing straight up. She licked her lips as she gazed between her four legs, trying to get the position correct, her crotch looming right above his still dribbling tip. She couldn?t wait anymore. Her body was burning for the release that her older sister had already enjoyed.

\t"Kaeva," the male warned.

\t"No," the vixen responded again. "I?m not a cub, and you?re going to treat me like an adult. You?re going to give me what you gave her," she said, nodding her head back toward Hersia. A low growl rippled from her throat as she began to rub her fuzzy loins against him now, attempting to get the angle just right.

\tIaxiar?s eyes slammed shut and he felt the top of his head meeting dirt, as he stretched his neck out and exhaled sharply. Even just her fur rubbing against his freshly spent phallus was still enough to send chills right down his spine, the guilt he was feeling washing away in an instant.

\t"Ohhh, gods..."

\t"Yeah," Kaeva grumbled, licking her lips. "You?re going to lie there--and take it--just like you make Hersia take it."

\t"Mmf," Iaxiar grunted, his muzzle pressing up into his forepaws as his body shivered and his tail flicked back and forth.

\tThe vixen continued to grind her little body up and down, side to side, trying to angle herself so that his tip might find her petite vixen spade. The longer she worked, the more frustrated she became.

\t"Dammit, I can?t get it in," the vixen groaned, a look of irritation on her face.

\t"You--don?t need to do this," the coyote muttered between gritted teeth.

\t"Yes--I do," the vixen spat.

\t"That?s--the elixir talking, Kaeva..." he stammered out through clenched teeth. But before he could complete his sentence, he suddenly froze, his eyes widening and his body tensing as he felt the warm, wet sensation of her little vulva kissing the tip of his sopping member. She had found her mark and he knew what was going to come next.

\t"Ah..." Kaeva murmured, exhaling and closing her eyes as she felt the inviting sensation of his flesh prodding against her own. "Tha--that?s the stuff..." she added, her lips pursing at first, but her canines slipped free and she?d press them sharply into her lower lip.

\t"Kaeva--" Iaxiar began, his eyes still wide. He had no idea how the little vixen would react when her body was finally penetrated. He knew the elixir would dull the pain, but he had no idea how the pleasure would hit her.

\t"Mmm," the vixen moaned, her little paws gripping his underbelly as she began to slowly push herself down onto his rigid member. Her eyes widened and her body tensed, and her breathing became heavier.

\t"So--son of a..." Iaxiar gasped, his jaws parted. His eyes were locked on the sight of the vixen?s body stretching around him. It felt incredible. Her insides were like a kiln, and his ears pressed back and his muzzle hung open as the vixen?s tiny frame began to swallow his shaft inch by inch.

\tKaeva had winced more than once, but the elixir had done well to dull her reaction to pain. Once she had thought she had bottomed out on him, her hind paws pressed into his sides and she slowly pulled herself back off of him. Iaxiar might feel a sense of relief, perhaps hoping that maybe that was enough for her--but deep down, he knew better, and before he could eek out the slightest quip, the vixen had slammed herself right back down on him again, her hips expertly pistoning her little frame down against him.

\t"Ngh--gods," the coyote moaned.

\t"Oohhh," Kaeva whimpered. She had never felt so full, or so good in her entire life. It was a feeling of euphoria that very likely was a once in a lifetime sensation, and the vixen?s mind was reeling from the sheer ecstasy coursing through her body. "Yessss," she hissed, her forepaws and claws digging into the coyote?s lower chest as her body melted on, and around his swollen shaft.

\tIaxiar?s head rolled back, his jaw hanging open and his tongue lulled out, drool dripping down his chin and onto his lower neck. He couldn?t believe how tight the little vixen was.

\t"Si--Sisala," he whimpered pitifully.

\t"No," Kaeva growled, her voice strained, and her body shaking, her eyes narrowing. "N--not Sisala. You?re f--for me--right now. No one else."

\tIaxiar?s eyes shot open and his heart dropped in his chest. The little vixen?s words sent a chill through his body, and his paws reached up and grabbed the back of the vixen?s haunches instinctively.

\t"Mmph," he growled, his body tensing and his hips thrusting upward into her, pushing her to the limit, his tip kissing the back of her tunnel and stretching her insides in the process.

\t"Aaahh!" the vixen suddenly squealed, her paws digging into the coyote?s fur as she shuddered and her body tensed. She lifted her right forepaw in the moment and slammed it down against his lower chest. "N--no--I?m the one--in control of this..." she hissed at him, her hind legs trembling as his tip skimmed her cervix.

\tIaxiar let out a low rumble, and his gaze fixed on the young vixen. She was looking down at him with an expression that he wasn?t used to seeing, and he suddenly felt his paws sliding down from her haunches, his digits curling and his claws scratching her flesh. He wanted so badly to just grip hold of her petite little frame and pull her entire body down onto him, to impale her with everything he had. In a way, it was a terrifying realization for him. He had never been this sexually aggressive in all of his life. Just what did Ketaryita?s elixir have in it that caused it to hit so powerfully?

\tHe wanted to argue, and his mind raced for the words to try to reason with the young fox. But before he could utter a single syllable, the little vixen was bouncing up and down, her lithe body riding him with an expertise that should have been beyond her.

\t"Oh, Ka--Kaeva," he groaned, his eyes wide, his muzzle open and his tongue dancing between his teeth as his panting intensified, his heart seemingly about to leap from his chest.

\t"Y--yeah," the vixen stammered, her body writhing and shuddering on top of the coyote?s. "Y--yeah, you like that, huh?"

\t"Gods, y--yes," the coyote breathed, his paws returning to the vixen?s rump, and gripping the back of her haunches firmly.

\t"I--I?ll bet," the vixen replied, her breathing ragged and her eyes narrowed.

\tThe coyote?s paws were clutching the fur and flesh of her flanks tightly, and she could feel the tips of his claws pressing against her skin, and she realized that the male was struggling to retain his composure.

\t"S--stop holding back," the vixen growled, her tone commanding, and her eyes fixed on the coyote?s, "I know you l--like it, you filthy--pervert..." she was taunting him, but it was a taunt that was working, and Iaxiar?s grip only tightened.

\tHe said nothing, but his exhausted orange eyes did gaze back at her with a flurried mix of shock as well as arousal by her tone and demeanor. He breathed heavily, his eyes squeezing shut, and his body shivering beneath the vixen?s.

\t"Y--yeah," the vixen hissed. "Just lay b--back and take it--you disgusting perv..."

\tHer words were doing something to the coyote, and he was finding himself struggling not to completely lose control. He had already unloaded an incredibly thick, large amount of semen within the vixen?s older sister. And yet, his body seemed intent on giving the younger one the same experience.

\t"I?m gonna f--fill you so much, y--you?re gonna look p--pregnant," the coyote managed to limply taunt back, the strain becoming all too much for him as her body bounced up and down against his loins faster and harder.

\t"That?s right, you?re gonna give it to me--every last drop," the vixen demanded, her tail whipping around wildly as her loins contracted around his member, and her body shuddered.

\t"Hnnngh," the coyote groaned, his jaws parting, his claws digging into the vixen?s backside.

\t"Ohhh," the vixen cooed, her muzzle opening and her tongue lolling out, drool running down her chin. Her entire body was quivering and she could feel an intense burning in her loins and a wave of ecstasy rushing over her. For reasons her young mind could not explain to her, the pleasure of feeling her lower extremities filled to their absolute limit kept her mind reeling, leaving her wanting more and more.

\tThe coyote?s body shuddered beneath her, and his eyes widened. His hips thrust upward into the young fox and he growled, his seed soon erupting within the vixen?s small and virgin frame. His back arched as the waves of intense pleasure rocked his body. His paws clutched the little fox?s rear, holding her in place as his seed spilled inside her and her body trembled and shook on top of him.

\tKaeva?s head was thrown back and her entire body was on fire. She had never experienced a sensation like this before, and the intensity of her orgasm was unlike anything she?d ever even imagined. Her little paws were clutching the coyote?s upper chest and her muzzle hung open and her tongue was dangling free. Her tail twitched and spasmed, and her loins quivered and contracted and released, milking every drop of semen from the older male?s still throbbing phallus.

\tIaxiar was panting heavily, his eyes squeezed shut, his jaw hanging open, and his tongue lulled out, drool pooling down his chin. He was spent, and he could tell by the intense vibrations he felt within his forepaws as her body shivered and trembled above his own, that the vixen had to be nearly done as well. She still held herself up, for the most part, though he could see with one half-opened eye that her forelegs holding up the majority of her weight were becoming shaky.

\t"Ka--Kaeva..." Iaxiar whispered, the sensation of guilt once again entering his mind as post-nut clarity once again seeped its way into his consciousness. He couldn?t believe that he had actually taken these two young and inexperienced vixens and worked them both over like this, though in so many ways, it was more like Kaeva had worked him over. Out of concern, he canted his head to the side slightly to have a look over at Hersia to make sure she was alright too. The elder vixen was on her back, her forepaws up and resting across her belly. She was still breathing heavily and her eyes were half-opened, though she was definitely awake.

\t"I--I?m s--sorry," the coyote mumbled.

\t"Shut up," Kaeva grumbled, her body falling limp atop the coyote?s, causing her to sprawl out over him. All energy had been sapped from her muscles and as she slid forward, his member would slip free from her vulva as well, soon coming to rest against her backside, nestled neatly against the left side of her rump, cum still pooling from his tip and dribbling down to coat her fur.

\t"I--I just mean, I?m sorry for--all of this..."

\t"Stop talking," the vixen muttered, her muzzle pressing into the coyote?s neck and her forelimbs wrapping around his bulky frame as best they could. "Y--you?re ruining the moment..."

\tThe coyote fell silent, his paw moving to gently caress the fur at the base of the young vixen?s head, working its way down her neck and down to her spine as her body rested on top of his own, her soft white fur contrasting with his dark browns.

\t"You--don?t regret it, do you?" the coyote asked, a note of genuine concern in his tone.

\t"No," the vixen replied flatly, her breath hot on his neck.

\tThe coyote said nothing at first, his mind mulling over the question of whether or not he did, himself. He tried to turn his attention toward Hersia again, a soft sigh escaping his otherwise panting muzzle. "And--wha--what about you, Hersia?" he asked, his tone gentle.

\tHersia was silent for a few moments before she responded. "It?s hard to think clearly at the moment," the elder sister answered, her voice soft. "I?m--a bit sore. But--other than that..."

\t"Do you feel guilty, Iaxiar?" the Kaeva asked from atop his chest, her voice sounding sleepy.

\tThe coyote was silent for a moment, his brow furrowing. "Yes," he finally admitted.

\t"Why?" the younger vixen asked, her head tilting to the side and her green eyes gazing up at him.

\t"Be--because," the coyote answered before pausing briefly, "this--this was meant to be a night between--your mother and I..."

\t"You still can," the vixen replied simply promptly.

\tIaxiar exhaled sharply, simply looking up at the ceiling of the den now as he rubbed Kaeva?s back, just behind her shoulder blades. Somehow, he doubted that such a thing would be possible.

\t"I don?t--think she will be terribly thrilled to learn that I deflowered two of her daughters..." he responded in a skeptical tone.

\t"Deflowered?" Kaeva asked.

\t"Yeah," the coyote said. "Means you?ve--lost your virginity."

\t"Oh," the young fox replied somewhat dryly.

\t"Well," Hersia spoke up, "maybe if you don?t tell her, then she won?t find out," the young vixen suggested through her labored breaths.

\tIaxiar sighed. "That?s not--how relationships should be built," he told the elder sister with a light groan. "You need to be honest with--anyone you hope to build a meaningful relationship with..."

\t"Why?" Kaeva asked, her voice a bit muffled against the coyote?s neck fur.

\tIaxiar opened his muzzle, but no answer would come forth. Why, indeed. Why couldn?t he just keep his mouth shut about this whole thing and carry on with the vixens? mother? He knew it was a stupid idea, and it was not the way he wanted to conduct himself or his affairs. Before he could develop and answer and respond, however, another inquiry reached his ears from the vixen lying on his chest.

\t"What did we drink, anyway?" the vixen asked, her voice sounding slightly concerned.

\t"An elixir that--Ketaryita made," he told the younger vixen as he gently stroked her spine still. "She wanted to make something that--could be used during the solstice rituals--to make the events more fun for all who partook in the event..."

\t"More fun?" Hersia asked, her tone incredulous.

\t"Well," the coyote stammered. "It--did have the intended effect. You two went from--virgins who knew nothing about mating--and became so hungry for it that--that I couldn?t keep myself from giving in to your needs..." he admitted, his tone sounding incredibly saddened by that fact.

\t"It?s okay," the young vixen whispered into his ear, her paws pulling his neck closer and her body shifting slightly against his own.

\t"That--remains to be seen," Iaxiar replied, sighing again. "I need to come clean with your mother--and hope that she forgives me for what had transpired here..."

\t"Do you--really love her?" Hersia asked, a tone of uncertainty in her voice.

\t"Yes," the coyote whispered. "I believe that I do, at least. I?ve never really had a mate before--and I know since your father had passed, that she..." he trailed off, not entirely sure that he should be discussing this with the two young girls.

\t"Go on," Kaeva murmured softly.

\t"It?s--difficult, when someone close to you passes away," the coyote offered. "Especially after you had been together for as long as your mother and father had been. They had built a life together, they had created several wonderful sons and daughters, and they had a home that was a testament to their commitment to one another. I know I could never replace your father in your mother?s heart, but--I wouldn?t mind being given the chance to try..."

\t"Why do you want to be with her?" Hersia asked.

\t"Well," the coyote started, sighing, his paw continuing to slowly massage the Kaeva?s back. "Your mother is one of the most remarkable creatures I?ve ever known. She?s kind, loving, giving, generous, and caring. She?s always willing to put the needs of others before her own. And well, I just feel like if she is missing--companionship in her life, that maybe--well, I could help fill some of that void for her..."

\t"I?m sure you would," the young fox purred.

\tIaxiar clenched his teeth, that purring sound in her voice leaving him feeling a little uncomfortable again about the filthy deeds he had partaken in on this night. "We--should probably clean you both up and put you two to bed," the coyote offered, his ears flattening a bit.

\t"What?" Kaeva whined, her paws clutching his neck fur a little more tightly. "But--but I?m comfortable right where I am!" she complained with a soft whine.

\t"Your mother--will be home any minute, and I will need every chance I can to plead my case to her and--beg her forgiveness," Iaxiar replied to Kaeva with a soft groan. "It?s going to be much harder to do that if she walks in on the three of us like this and..."

\tHe cut himself off when a sound reached all three of their ears, coming from down the tunnel that led into the main chamber. Something was approaching them now, walking on soft, cautious paws toward them. Iaxiar froze in place, his blood freezing in his veins while Kaeva barely lifted her head to look on toward the tunnel. Hersia had managed to sit up slightly, her back against the inner wall, but her sore body was still on full display.

\t"Too late..." Kaeva whispered in a monotone voice before emitting a slight yawn.

\tIaxiar had slammed his eyes shut and he clenched his teeth so harshly he thought he might chip a tooth. He waited for the inevitable sound of a panicked Sisali?s voice to ring out behind him, likely followed by shrieking in gekkering. He would likely be chased out of her home and his entire reputation he had built up over the years would be ruined in an instant with many of the denizens of Helyg Derwydon. He knew he had to face the music though, and own up to his crimes, even if it meant he would never be trusted by his dear friend again. As he slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the tunnel, he could hear a voice ring out behind him.

\t"Ka--Kaeva? Hersia? I--Iaxiar?" a confused sounding, feminine voice started before trailing off. To Iaxiar?s ears, it sounded far too young to be Sisali.

\tAfter craning his head and landing his orange hues on the subject, he could see it was Tasiye, the youngest of the three sisters, standing there with a bewildered look on her face, her yellow eyes wide and her tail quite bushy. The most noticeable feature of all, however, was the slight red stain coating her lips--the same stain he had seen on Hersia?s and Kaeva?s lips when he had awoken from his nap earlier in the evening.

\t"Tasiye, dear," the coyote spoke, his voice gentle and soft despite the panic billowing up inside of him. "You--you didn?t drink from the gourd--d--did you...?"

\tThe young vixen was silent for a moment as the three siblings, the two elder sisters sitting up a bit straighter, Hersia especially so, before they turned their heads toward her and gave her curious stares. She stood there in the tunnel?s entrance, her paws together, her gaze drifting away from the three of them for a moment, a small frown forming on her muzzle.

\t"Y--yes," she admitted in a sheepish tone, looking as though she had done something wrong, though she didn?t know what it was. "Was--I not supposed to?" she asked in a pitiful tone.

\tBefore Iaxiar could speak, Kaeva had begun to snicker mischievously despite her fatigue, her eyes drifting over to Hersia now, as she lay resting against the back wall of the chamber.

\t"Heh, looks like mister Iaxiar?s work isn?t done tonight..." she murmured in a slithery tone.

\tThe coyote groaned, his muzzle falling forward into the crook of his left paw as his right moved to cover his eyes. This was not the way he had planned the night to go at all.

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