*** Alzi ***

  This is the sed night in a row that Yuki hasn't e in for her massage. At least yesterday, she stopped by to let me know, but today, I waited for an hour before I gave up. Yuki didn't even stop by for lunch this m, and she seemed a little sad st night wheopped in. Is their attaot going as pnned?

  I waddle up the back stairs, fingers drumming over my ever-expanding womb. The twelve little dots itoo still pulse, and all of the kids now kick their poor mother.

  I hope it isn't anything too serious, it may have been the long hetting to her st night. I'm sure today is just pnning for tomorrow. She's likely got a lot to do to help Mai get some revenge. I still wish she would let the tess Esmeralda help her. She asked Nakuma for help immediately, yet she won't let Mai ask for anything. I'm sure they wouldn't mind giving up some information at least or maybe they have a e ihat could give them who ordered the attacks.

  I guess she still has some pride. Most of mine is gone.

  Being told to bend over, to let some random woman impregnate you so she take the kid away, takes your pride away quickly.

  Sure, I have some pride in my sex skills. It's not the greatest thing in the world, but once I'm out of here, Yuki teaches me about mana, and I get some pride in healing others and providing for a family.

  Soon, just around the er. One more pregnancy. Less than a year. I repeat to myself before I step into my small room.

  "YUKI!" I shout, running to my once again blood-soaked bed.

  "Alzi, you're here. Don't worry. Just fill the room, and I'll get back together again," she lets out, ending with a bloody cough.

  I do as she says, but I 't heal all this. Her body is filled with gashes, from her head to her toes. Her stomach is almost spilling out of all the cuts.

  "We need Kelly. I 't put this together. Is Nakuma getting her?" Not knowing what else to do, I put my hands over her worst-looking cuts, hoping to stem the bleeding or maybe my mana will focus there and heal it faster.

  "No, just your mana should do."

  "You better be right," I whisper.

  Over the hour, Yuki fades in and out of sciousness from blood loss and then my terrible healing, f her awake again. The small cuts healed quickly, but the rge sh oomach was still open, along with a few random scrapes. The damage inside her body I have no idea about. I still have three more hours of this till I run out of mana, but if I don't heal the worst parts soon, I may just be making a pretty body for the casket.

  "Why did you let this happen again, Yuki, and where is Nakuma?" I say to nobody.

  "That is a great question, Alzi. Let me finish up here. I think the entire red-light distriows you're trying to heal someone," Kelly says, making me jump a little. Somehow, she got inside and behihout a sound.

  "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to do that," I say.

  "Don't worry. It isn't your fault. Let me direct it here, and Yuki will live to tell us what the fuck is going on here. I don't like having to patch her up this often."

  "Thanks."

  I sit off to the side and watch the st rge gashes close up, finally stopping the bleeding. Her breathiuro a normal pace. This time, I was able to the blood out of my mattress and the floor leading to it.

  "She'll be fine in the m. Try to get her to tell you what happened. I worry she is going to get herself killed," Kelly says, standing up.

  "I will. Thank you for ing up. I don't think I would have been fast enough by myself."

  "You had her pretty close to healed; the gash looked worse than it truly was. It would've taken a bit, but you would've her put back together fine. Before I go, let me che you and the kids."

  "Sure, my womb health has been sitting at eighty pert for a while now, and the twelve dots are still pulsing."

  "Good, I'll che them individually and make sure none have as. Though your mana should've fixed them up a while ago."

  She lets out a bit of mana to my womb, cheg each kid slowly as I sit on my bed beside the sleeping kitsune.

  "They're all good. Now, get some sleep. You both ."

  And with that, she left the room, letting me curl up with Yuki.

  ...

  "Alzi, you let me go? I o get ready. I do..."

  "Expin why you came to me on the verge of death again st night," I demand.

  "My attack st night ended with me getting caught in a trap. It was an old one, likely put down by the previous geion. It was behind a random bush, I wasn't ready for it letting the trap do what you saw st night. Now, Alzi, I o go."

  "No, where was Nakuma? She should've been with yht?"

  "She ran off."

  "Why?"

  "I yelled at her."

  "..."

  "We got into a fight about sex. Nakumi wasn't happy I had sex with you when I told her she couldn't. I did it because I wanted my first time to be with you, and she wanted or would go farther soon. So, I had sex with you."

  "Your first time isn't important. You 't treat her like that, Yuki. Put this whole thing off and find her. Yoing to end up dead if you don't have help. I won't be able to heal you that much tonight; I used a lot of mana st night."

  "It's important to me, Alzi. I've been dreaming about my first night for decades. Losing it to the father of my children, of getting pregnant the first time. I know they are silly things, but to me, it was important. It's bad enough I didn't get pregnant. I did it so I could have sex with her and not feel bad. There's nothing wrong with that. It was wrong to yell at her, but I did nothing wrong having sex with you. Let me go."

  The and forces my arms apart, letting her free.

  "Be safe, Yuki. I 't lose you. Revenge doesn't matter that much. e ba one piece, please."

  "I will, Alzi," she says, sneaking out my door.

  She got me up early. I doubt anyone else is up besides a few of the orphans. I try my lu the bath. Worst case, I rex in it for a while till someone es by to help me out. Or just use magid e back up if I tire of waiting.

  I start my long waddle naked down the back stairs.

  When I reached the sed floor, an orphan stopped me and asked, "Miss, are you going to need help with your back?"

  "I think so. I don't think anyone else will be down there yet."

  "No, you're the first. I'll help you," she finishes with a bow.

  "Thank you."

  We head down to the bath. I waste no time heading iing the orphahe soap instead of me for once.

  She returns with two sets, letti my front while she works on my wings and back. I finish up before she does, as my wings take up a lot of her time.

  "You don't o be so careful with my wings. They take some scrubbing, and they don't get that dirty."

  "Sorry, miss, I was mostly admiring them."

  "Don't worry. I just don't want to keep you from your other duties for too long. I know you all have a lot to do."

  "This is no problem. I wasn't doing much. I just couldn't sleep."

  "I know the feeling well. If I didn't have a way to put myself to sleep I would be w on just a few hours a week with how active these kids are now."

  The orphan pauses at the mention of my pregnancy, a question burning inside her. "Is it painful?" she dares to ask.

  "Not really, I have a lot of life mana, csses, and this weird tattoo helpihe kicks are distrag, and they hit some sensitive spots sometimes. I wouldn't reeing this many if you have the choice."

  "I see. Thank you for answering. I'm all done back here."

  "No problem. Thank you for all the help. It feels great having someone my wings with such care."

  "Of course, miss. I should do my rounds now." I'm sure she gives a little bow befoing to do her chores, leaving me alone ih. The waterfall in the middle offers a pleasant background noise as I rex.

  I robably ten minutes for the first pair of girls to e in. The group chatted about the woman they had st night. The group apparently had some very zy nobles. While they found them b, I wish I had more of them in the past. Even now, they are kind of fun; you move them into position, then just fuck them. Nice simple night. Of course, if you get a few of them in a row, it'll be b. But b be ni a while.

  Upon their arrival, I decided to get dressed. Using a bit of magic to dry myself off, I headed to my room to get a robe.

  Back downstairs, this time clothed, I peek into the bath to see if Mai is there yet. Not seeing her, I wait outside for her. There is o make her worry about me not getting up today. My odd m s have caught her off guard a bit, and with all the times we've gotten hurt, it's best not to keep anyone waiting.

  I daydream a bit while waiting. I dream about the days I just sit outside, maybe even with a pregnant belly, waiting for someoo need healing. I ihem in and waddle after them. I ask them what's wrong, then don't care about the answer as I use an actual healing spell to fix them.

  Instead, I'm just watg as my coworkers funnel in for their daily bath and meal. They're all pretty and treat me well, so there's nothing to really pin about. It just isn't what I dream of, what I hope to get.

  Oh! There's Mai.

  "MAI!" I scream, waving my hand. I would jump up as well, but I'm a little tnant to do that.

  "Alzi, don't scream," she scolds, "I see yht from the sed floor. I'm guessing you already bathed."

  "Yes. Yuki woke me up early today. I was the first one in even. I'm going to start eating now, I'll talk about Yuki then."

  "I just join you, Alzi. I don't enjoy the bath as much as you do."

  "Ok, you give me a hand? I fot these chairs lean back like this. Kind of hard to get out of."

  "Yes, you silly dragon."

  With her help, we walk into the kit, get our meal, and sit down.

  "So why did Yuki wake you up?"

  "She came in hurt st night. Badly, on the verge of death kind of thing. Kelly helped me heal her. Then I went to sleep cuddling with her. When she woke up, she woke me up."

  "And why was she hurt?"

  "Nakuma got mad at her a so Yuki is doing the attack solo. I asked her to stop, but she just ordered me to let go and the. Saying some trap got her. I'm worried about her now. She doesn't like to ask for help when she should. I'm sure tess Esmeralda or the Duchess would be willing to help if we just asked."

  "Esmeralda won't help. The assassins made me a vampire and got her a deal to have kids. She doesn't care too much about them attag a brothel girl. The Duchess would help or do something. But, you would likely be sent to her house for prote."

  "Better that than losing Yuki. But I 't leave."

  "Duchess won't care what I say, and I don't think the Silvana family will pass on the message. I would try, but we need Yuki willing to work with her. Doesn't sound like she's willing to do that. We just o trust her to not get herself killed. She's tough. Give her a bit of trust. Don't use mana just in case."

  "Ok. I'm not happy about this," I say, pig at my food.

  "her am I. But I'm too weak to help her."