I sat huffing as Bongani licked the st drop of cum off Oda. She nguidly stretched as he tended her and she smiled. “None of the stripped males would be so obedient.” She grabbed Bongani and pulled him into her embrace before wrapping legs around him. He stilled looking at me with confusion in his eyes.

  I nodded and spoke up, “My male is a fine specimen that knows his pce. I picked him and only him to grace my harem. His cock is mighty and his temperment submissive. I favor him greatly.”

  Oda smiled as she stroked Bongani’s head and I felt jealousy and revulsion that she would pamper him. He was to be used and tossed aside, I did not need her to fill his head with ideas.

  Oda looked at me her neck craning as she y there. “My breeding week is soon. You two will stay and he will fill me with pups. In return we shall outfit you with gifts to help survive the harsh nds between us and the dungeon town. I’m sure you don’t even know what you are going to be facing out there.” Oda rolled pinning Bongani underneath her as she sat up settling her weight on his chest. She pulled his hands to her breasts and looked at me expectantly.

  “Fondle her Bongani. Tend to whatever she wants you to.” I felt humiliated and aroused that I would be forced to tell my own mate to be with another. “How will you know you are with pups if we do not stay till your next cycle? Are you not worried about them being spotted hyenakin?”

  “I’ve read the bones. I have glimpsed the future. It speaks of a new blood coming into our cn. One from a strong line that will bolster our people and make them greater. My soul knows this next cycle will be the one. I have no other male, unless I force one of my own women to submit theirs to me. Which I won’t do.”

  “So you’ll just force me to?” I growled as I looked at her. I wanted to pin her down and fuck her mouth until she submitted to my dominance. I could take this cn from her. I could rule all of them. Who could stop me?

  Oda looked at me with glittering eyes, “I warn you now Aphelele. I am a great sorceress and if you move to strike me I will stop you. I will make you watch as I sy the only person allowed to be with you on your journey. Keep you here until you watch me bathe in his blood and then toss you into the wilderness with nothing.” Bongani stopped and Oda grabbed his head and pressed down until he whimpered. “I didn’t say stop.”

  I stood up and as soon as one foot was on the floor while I knelt I felt a weight settled over me. It was heavy on my shoulders and pushed down on my body until I fell to my hands and knees. I stared at Oda as waves of power radiated from her. “You’re ascended?” My voice was forced as I fought against what was pinning me down.

  “Sorceress of Thoth. I awakened in my youth and needed no ceremony. I’ve been gaining power, that is why I was made Oda and took the name. I am no dabbler in magic. I can strip you of strength and make you an example. I’d rather not do that. It would displease me and the gods.” Oda stood pulling herself away from Bongani as she walked to her clothes and dressed once more.

  A wave of her hand and the weight lifted off my shoulders and I let out a sigh of relief. My breath came in gasps as my arms shook from the strain that was on them. “What do you really want? Why not take him if I have no choice?”

  Oda looked at Bongani, “Tell him to be my chair as we talk. You are supposed to be gifting him to me, not me taking him. For he is still yours, I’ll never be able to take that from him.”

  I looked at Bongani, “Be on your hands and knees. Keep yourself strong and hold her up.”

  She settled her weight on Bongani and pyed with his hair with one hand. Her legs crossed and she gazed at me. “When I looked at the bones I saw something that is to come. The sun set on the savannah. It is dark for a dozen years and the times become hard. Food becomes scarce. The tribes go to war. We fight for every scrap of food. Every sick gazelle and slow ox. Blood makes the rivers rise in this vision.” Oda sighed, her breasts rising and falling. “Then the sun returns. Brighter and healthier than before. With a dozen moons in its orbit. It brings forth a great boon to the nds. The herds grow thick. The grass grows tall. The rivers become clear. Fish become so thick that a single spear thrust catches three.”

  I looked at her with confusion. It was unheard of to have such potent visions and to remember such detail. “What does that mean? What does it have to do with me?”

  “I believe you are the sun. That you are going to leave and grow to the point where you can bring prosperity to the savannah. You will go into far away nds, you will gather moons to surround you. Then you will return.” She grabbed Bongani by the hair and raised his neck to straighten. “Tell me male. If you had children with me would you want to return to them?”

  My heart froze. It would be him siring outside of my circle. His loyalties might be torn at such things for men who had weak hearts. They often followed and watched their children from the shadows of their masters. He locked eyes with me and I could see them pleading. Not for permission but for forgiveness. “Y-y-yes.”

  Oda smiled and let his head go. It hung low as he stared at the floor. “This will bring our cns closer together. I think a time of great change comes on the horizon. I just need to make sure my cn survives the darkness between then and now. I’m aiming even beyond that. Towards a future where my cn flourishes. When it can stand on its own and be equal to your own.”

  It was treason. It would mean absolute war between the cns to take power back from the queen of the savannah. The amount of death that would bring was immense. Unless… “You think I’ll be Ade. I’ll be the one that rules when that happens.”

  “The sun that graces the savannah. I think you will bring about a new era. And when you do I will want a spot at your side. As an equal. One who bears the same children as you. A shared male. Bongani is special. He is the first ascended male in hundreds of years that hasn’t been snatched up by an Ade. You are bringing him to safety beyond the reaches of his doom.” Oda stood up and stepped before me pulling me to my feet. It was tempting to reach out to her and try to kill her. What she was talking about was a death sentence if anyone heard it and reported to Ade. I did not move.

  “You will put thoughts in his head. He will forget his pce if he becomes something so strong. If he is special then I might side with Ade and decide he will ruin the bance of the savannah.” Bongani shook and looked down at the ground as I casually talked about his death. He would submit himself to it willingly if I asked.

  Oda pced a hand over my heart as she looked up into my eyes. “You won’t. I can see it, without the use of magic. You said it yourself you favor him. It is part of the vision I have seen.” We stood there still as we measured one another.

  Frustration that I was once again weak in the face of an opponent when I should be strong and challenging. Powerful beyond any threat. Yet I was a failure once more. I could not keep my mate from being with another. I even would have to demand it. The vision was so tempting though. A new age. “Bongani,” I called. “Listen to Oda, stay with her as if she were me.” I went to turn but she stopped me.

  “One more thing. I’m going to teach him the way of words. You’re going to help.” Oda grabbed my hand and brought me over to Bongani. “Someone will show him. The other will reward him for every right answer.” She looked down at Bongani who still sat on his hands and knees. “Male, if you wanted any reward, what would it be?”

  I cut through the words, “Walked upon. Stroked with feet. To suckle on them. The stronger they smell the better. Isn’t that right male?”

  Bongani nodded fervently as his head turned enough for him to look upon Oda and I’s feet. I could practically hear his nose twitching as he worshipped what we walked upon. Oda smiled. “Then that is what we will do. Now, go eat something. I’m going to go on a walk and make sure my feet are nice and fragrant. It sounds exciting. New, something I haven’t thought about being good.” Oda went on tiptoes and whispered to me. “I’m sorry but I won’t be ying with you and this time I’ll overlook you coating me with cum. Next time, stuff it in his mouth. I don’t want a drop on me that’s not from a male.”

  I looked at her tilting my head. “It sounded like you wanted to try new things? Why not y with me when I have the same thing as a cock.”

  Oda rolled her eyes as she stepped back. “You should learn that some people just don’t feel that way about everyone they come across. I suspect there are going to be many males in the world that won’t look past your cock. That will shun you if they know the truth. You’re going to have to learn to adapt.”