Chapter 17:Warning: Implied Smut, Nudity and what not....
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Yuka shifted in her sleep, her senses beginning to pick the sounds of other shewolves beginning their day, but what caught her attention was the distinct voices of her advisors arguing. She tried to tune them out, she was still tired from last night. It seemed that after Kumi’s transformation, not only her mate’s appearance changed but also her stamina. Kumi was insatiable and just when she thought the girl had enough, Kumi would just take a moment to breathe before begging Yuka for more.
She didn’t mind it, not a single bit but she feared for her health and their ability to walk. Her ears twitched when she heard Rena and her student’s name being said. It must be important if her advisors were talking about the Matsui’s and she still had to find out if her student was fine.
She slowly and carefully disentangled herself from Kumi, suppressing a groan when certain muscles she didn’t know that existed ached. She’ll definitely try to hold off from doing any strenuous activities for the next few days.
“Yuka, come back…” Kumi complained, reaching for the shewolf with her eyes still closed. The shewolf allowed herself to be pulled down and as soon as her back hit the bed, Kumi snuggled into her practically sprawling herself on top of Yuka and effectively trapping the shewolf under her. “...stay.”
Yuka smiled down at her mate, as much as she wants to stay and sleep in with Kumi she was already wide awake and her advisors’ voices were getting louder. She brushed away the stray locks that covered Kumi’s face and kissed her forehead.
“I need to get up.” Yuka whispered but Kumi only shook her head and tightened her hold on Yuka. “Kumi…”
“Stay.” Kumi insisted.
Yuka kissed Kumi again this time on the lips, making Kumi open her eyes and look up at Yuka with pleading eyes. “I would love to but Meiko and Seira are just outside and don’t you want to check on Sayaka too?”
The last part caught Kumi’s attention and she sat up, stretching languidly while still straddling Yuka. The shewolf swallowed hard, they hadn’t bothered putting their clothes last night, they were too exhausted to do so and right now the sight before was enough to make her change her mind. Her hands had unconsciously started to caress her mate’s exposed skin, paying special attention the places where she had bitten her kitsune.
Kumi sighed, Yuka’s hands were amazing and just by remembering what they had done last night was enough to get her going. “I thought you needed to get up?”
“The rest of the day can wait.” Yuka stated, cupping Kumi’s breasts. They were, of course, bigger than before but they still fit perfectly in her hands and it seemed her mate loved it whenever she laved it with attention.
“But your advisors can’t…” Kumi reluctantly, removed Yuka’s hands on her. “...and Jurina too.”
Kumi slid off her perch and Yuka whined pitifully before dutifully getting up. She watched the caravan leader, get ready for the day and stood up when she noticed something on Yuka. She walked behind Yuka, who was choosing which set of robes to wear for the day, and placed her hands on the shewolf’s shoulders.
“Do they still hurt?” She tentatively touched one of the scratches she’d made on Yuka’s back from last night. There more than a dozen of angry red lines that practically covered the shewolf’s back and Kumi felt a little guilty for doing this to Yuka.
“A little bit.” Yuka replied, putting on an undershirt and covering them up. She turned around, pulling her mate against her then making Kumi look up at her. “But a good reminder that I made you scream for me last night.”
Kumi’s face slowly started to turn red and Yuka kissed her on the lips, taking the opportunity grope her still unclothed mate. When she pulled back, she continued dressing up with Kumi helping a bit. “I’ll be talking with Seira and Meiko, take your time getting dressed.”
With one more kiss, she started to walk towards the entrance of her room, lifting the curtain carefully.
The first one who noticed her stepping out of her room was Seira and the blessedly busty shewolf crossed her arms, glaring at her leader.
“Took you long enough. Finally done with Kumi?” She jibed, expecting Yuka to stutter and blush with Yuka being a legendary prude.
The caravan fixed her robes then smiled at Seira, surprising her busty advisor. “Nowhere near am I done with her. Now, what is it do you need to wake me up this early?”
“It’s already noon.” Mieko answered, ignoring Yuka’s surprised ‘what’ she continued on. “We also here to give you a report of yesterday’s events.”
“Alright…” Yuka’s cheerful mood had shifted to a more serious one.This is what Yuka dreaded, reading the names of her lost comrades. It will be difficult for her to get used to not seeing their faces walking around the camp but she held out her hand anyway, waiting for Meiko to hand in the list of casualties. She raised a questioning brow when Meiko didn’t give her a list. “Well…?”
“We’ve lost more than a dozen shewolve on yesterday’s battle. It semed that those who had been dead for a much longer period were not revived by Kumi, just as she did with Sayaka.” She handed Yuka a scroll and the caravan leader’s face darkened when she saw the names on the list. Some of the names she found were her friends also. “We didn’t count the number of shewolves that will take their own lives after losing their mates.”
“Anything else?” Yuka asked hesitantly, afraid to hear more bad news.
“Rena’s army is also missing, the bodies are still there and the few that were revived are being held. Other than that, there’s nothing else.” She nudged her sister forward. “But we have some important news, regarding Rena and Jurina.”
‘Death in war should be expected. I shouldn’t be surprised.’ Yuka sighed, there will be more problems ahead with the possible influx of suicides they’ll have to deal with and graves that they will need to prepare. Rena’s army is also missing. They might not know that Rena had allied with them or was she sure that Rena was really going to be their ally. The shewolf can crawl back to the hole where she came from for what little Yuka cared for Rena. It might take a while for Yuka to forgive Rena.
“Start making the necessary preparations.” Yuka ordered. “And for the survivor’s of Rena’s army, release them. They are now our allies and we’ll treat them as such.”
Seira and Meiko acquiesced while Yuka continued. “You mentioned about having important news about Rena and my student.”
The Sato sisters gave each other a look, they have spent the night arguing about this whether it was right for Seira to give the news to Yuka instead of Jurina and Rena. But in the end they had conceded that this was vital information, especially since this concerned their leader’s student. It might also affect the loyalty Jurina has for Yuka and if betrayal is imminent then the Sato sisters will take of it for their leader.
While the caravan leader waited patiently for her advisors to give her the news, her ears were trained towards her room. Her mate’s presence gave her some comfort and she wished to able to hold her kitsune. She could hear Kumi moving about and idly wondered if Kumi will see the clothes she’d laid out for her. The day after Kumi arrived, she had sent out a few girls to procure the best and most expensive robes they could find. It was part of her promise of making Kumi happy and satisfied.
She returned her attention to her advisors. “Are you going to tell me or not because if you won’t I’ll just go back in bed with Kumi.”
Yuka’s attempt to lighten the mood made Mieko nudge her sister and the younger Sato tried to find the right words. She was used to throwing jibes at their leader but never said anything important to her—except for that one time she gave Yuka the best weapon she had ever forged and preferring to let her sister to tell Yuka all the important things.
“I spoke to Rena during dinner last night and she was oddly… amicable with Jurina.” Seira started.
Yuka nodded, allowing Seira to continue. She still didn’t understand why Jurina had saved Rena from yesterday’s battle and maybe whatever Seira learned will enlighten her.
“Rena seemed to be completely loyal to Jurina, stating that whoever Jurina follows she will treat them as her leader.” She looked at Yuka. “Which means that she’s allied herself to you.”
“I still won’t believe that unless she tells me personally.” The caravan leader interjected but gestured for Seira to keep going.
“But the reason for her loyalty to Jurina is more important, she plainly stated that Jurina is her mate.”
Yuka blinked, it took a while for Seira’s words to sink in and when it did she still asked Seira to repeat what she just heard.
“I see…” Yuka would have said that such thing was impossible even denied it vehemently and accuse Rena of lying. Seira was a bit disappointed at Yuka’s reaction but should have expected this, Yuka can be the epitome of calm if the shewolf wanted to.
Jurina and Rena were enemies but she knew in her heart of hearts that they don’t have a choice on who their mates would be. Many shewolves have attempted to understand how that works but they all came up with more questions rather than answers. It seemed only the fates know and decide who their mates would be.
“Is there anything else we need to discuss?” Yuka inquired. Her day had just begun and so much information have been unloaded on her. She needed time to think about everything and the possible repercussions of the connection between the two former rivals.
“Essentially you are now Sakae’s Alpha but we know it would be impossible for you to run things on your own. It was done before but we know how badly that failed.” Meiko finally spoke, she was referring to Kuwabara’s regime.
There were still so many things to do and yesterday was just the first hurdle of bringing back Sakae to it’s former glory.
“We can discuss that later and I want all the involving parties to be present during that meeting but first we need to find the rest of Rena’s army. They might still pose a threat to us.” Her ears twitched when she heard something in her room. “I’ll see you then.”
She hastily returned to her room, needing to be near Kumi.
“I’d bet my left tit that she’s gonna fuck Kumi again.” Seira joked and Meiko lightly punched her sister’s arm.
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“I still can’t believe you tore off my robes last night.” Miyuki ranted, as pulled out a spare set of clothing. Feeling extremely happy that Mieko gave her not one but two sets.
Sayaka smiled to herself, as she adjusted the strap to her own clothing choice. Nothing could tear through the leather she wore every day, its was hardened perfectly, but smooth enough not to irritate her skin. She looked down at her body, and the still exposed parts of her body showed evidence of last night and this morning’s activities. “You loved it. Don’t even pretend or I’ll rip those up too.”
“Don’t you dare or I’ll never let you touch me again.” Miyuki threatened, as she turned around, half of her robes still pooled around her shoulders, as she pointed at the beaming shewolf. The smile on her face dropped at the threat. She’s already had a taste of Miyuki, and she was addicted.
“Aren’t you overreacting just a bit? It’s just clothing, I can get you plenty of that later. Besides…” Sayaka closed the gap between them, pressing herself to her mate, their foreheads touching, as a wide, predatory grin made it’s way onto her face. “I like you better without clothing. These pieces of cloth are hiding your beauty from me.”
“Pervert.” Miyuki lightly slapped her wolf’s shoulder, she pushed Sayaka off her and continued putting on the rest of her clothes.
The shewolf sat herself on the bed, idly watching her mate get ready for the day. She regretted needing to leave their bed but both their stomachs protested of not getting anything.
“Sayaka? Miyuki?” The shewolf’s ears twitched, hearing Kumi’s voice just outside their tent and she rushed towards the entrance. She hadn’t seen Kumi since the day before and her tail wagged excitedly of seeing their girl. She wanted to thank her too for saving her life.
“What?” Sayaka blinked, the girl in front of her wasn’t Kumi, it looked like their Kumi but a little different. She looked over the girl’s shoulder and found Yuka standing behind her. She curiously sniffed at the girl in front of her, recognizing Kumi’s familiar scent and the scent of life. “Kumi?”
Kumi lunged forward, hugging the shewolf tightly. “You’re alright!”
Sayaka returned the hug, lifting the girl for a moment before putting her down. She pulled away, holding the girl at arms length so she could take a better look at Kumi. Their surrogate daughter still looked the same but more mature.
“You look different.” Sayaka remarked, she didn’t know what to say.
Kumi nodded, smiling cutely at Sayaka. Seeing her surrogate parent alive and fine was enough to make insurmountable joy bubble within her, she wanted to hold Sayaka again. She noticed Miyuki come up behind Sayaka and the girl’s eyes widened. Miyuki was able to witness what happened yesterday but wasn’t able to get a good look at Kumi. She pushed Sayaka off Kumi and started turn her around, taking in the changes in Kumi’s appearance.
“Ah…” Miyuki said when she stopped turning Kumi around, her gaze fixed somewhere below Kumi’s neck. “Your breasts have gotten bigger than last time.”
Miyuki gave Yuka, who was standing so still that anyone could have mistaken her as a statue, a thumbs up. “Good job, Yuka-san!”
Sayaka sighed exasperatedly but she couldn’t stop herself from eyeing the body part that Miyuki was talking about. It did look a little bigger and felt a little bigger when Kumi hugged her. She turned her attention to her, now, fellow Alpha.
“We were going to get something to eat.”
“And were going to ask if you wanted to join us.” Yuka interjected, smiling slightly at Sayaka.
Miyuki opened her mouth before Sayaka had a chance to respond. “We’d love too. Right Sayaka?”
Sayaka huffed before nodding in agreement.
As the group of four began their trek to the food tents, the two Alphas fell back behind their mates. Miyuki noticed at the corner of her eye, but didn’t mention it as she continued teasing Kumi about her new look, while the Kitsune was turning a new shade of red.
“So I see you finally did the deed last night?” Yuka mentioned as she cleared her throat. “How was it?”
Sayaka was surprised at being questioned on her sex life, but as she thought about it, a wide grin grew on her face. “Amazing….I see you also enjoyed the new Kumi.” She teased back.
“...Her stamina changed as well...not that I’m complaining.”
Sayaka grimaced. “I didn’t need to know that... but when will you have your bonding ceremony? I’m still holding on to that promise that you’ll treat her properly.”
“There are still things that need to be done but I’d like to have it before we leave for Namba.” She stopped, holding out her arm towards Sayaka. “And I owe you for the help you provided.”
Sayaka grabbed the caravan leader’s arm and so did Yuka, holding each other’s arm for a moment before letting go. A silent agreement between the two Alphas had been made, solidifying the alliance between Sakae and Namba.
“Hurry up you two or we’ll eat all the food!” Miyuki yelled back at the lagging shewolves.
“You can’t do that!” Sayaka replied, they both hurried to catch up.
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The two couples enjoyed their food amicably with the Sato Sisters joining them, they briefly went over what happened on yesterday’s battle and Kumi’s transformation. The Namba Alpha made sure to thank the young girl for that as well as apologize for making her cry. She’d held her little girl in her arms as she did so, kissing the top of her head every so often.
The only ones who were missing were Jurina and Rena. Sayaka was fine with that, she wasn’t sure if she was ready to face Rena yet and hearing her name was enough to bring back the memories about yesterday. She could still feel ghost claws running down her body, slicing her open and tearing her apart.
She was torn away from her memories when she felt her arm being squeezed. She turned to see Miyuki leaning against her with her mate’s hands pinching her surreptitiously while she spoke Mieko. She let her hand slip under the table, giving her mate a quick squeeze on the thigh in gratitude before letting it rest there.
Yuka called out to her, getting her attention. “I’ll be meeting later with Rena and Jurina for a meeting, mostly about Sakae’s future but I’d like your opinion when we make decisions.”
“I think I’ll pass on that.” Sayaka suppressed a shiver upon hearing Rena’s name. “I’m not one for words.”
“Are you sure?”
Sayaka tried to think up a much better excuse but when she couldn’t Miyuki interjected with her own. “Ah! I just remembered we haven’t checked on Xena! How long has it been since we’ve seen her?”
“Uh… I don’t remember?” It was true, she couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen the mare.
“I see...If you must check on your mare then do so.” Yuka shrugged, not blaming the shewolf for wanting to avoid Rena. She wasn’t exactly too excited to even be in the same tent as her. She will treat their former enemy civilly but she didn’t think that they can be friends. “If you happen to finish up, please feel free pop in.”
Sayaka couldn't help but cringe at the emphase on the please from Yuka’s voice. But she didn’t feel comfortable even looking at Rena, feeling her mate tugging on her arm, she quickly stood, and allowed herself to be dragged away.
The shewolf exhaled once they were out of the food tent. “I’m glad you came up with an excuse. I really don’t want to be anywhere near that psychotic shewolf.”
Miyuki blinked. “Excuse? I just really want to check on Xena. I haven’t seen the poor horse in weeks.” She said, as she glanced over at Sayaka, who seemed to be embarrassed about her confession of fear. “But if I managed to help you out then I’m glad.”
Sayaka began grumbling about how the horse had a higher priority than her, but her grumbling came to a halt, as her arm found itself resting snugly between her mate’s chest. Swallowing, she exhaled slowly, trying to hold down on her excitement, but her tail was giving her away easily.
They asked where they kept the caravan mounts and before they could reach the stables, Miyuki pulled Sayaka aside. Taking the shewolf to a secluded spot and gathering her wolf in her arms, letting Sayaka’s head rest on her chest.
“Are you alright?” Miyukis asked, stroking the shewolf’s hair comfortingly.
“I’m fine.” Sayaka answered, a little confused. “I’m healed.”
“Really?”
Sayaka straightened up to look at Miyuki, finally understanding what her mate might mean. She’s physically fine but this war had left it’s mark on her as well as on Miyuki and it will never go away. She’d seen people die around her and though they were alive now thanks to Kumi, it still didn’t change the fact that yesterday will never be forgotten. At least she hadn’t taken anyone’s life yet. She did her best yesterday not to kill anyone, it’s fine if broke a leg, a limb or two but to feel the life leave a person’s body in her bare hands was something she wasn’t ready to deal with. She hoped that to never happen in the future.
“I’ll be fine.” She kissed Miyuki, holding her mate’s face in her hands. “As long as I have you I’ll be fine.”
Miyuki took a step back, smiling at her wolf while holding her hand tightly. “Let’s go. Xena’s waiting.”
They spent the day taking care of Xena or rather Miyuki spent most of her time talking to the mare while Sayaka made sure she was far enough not to get kicked in the face. The mare was well taken cared of by the stable hands and didn’t seem to care that her new mistresses didn’t even see visit her for several weeks already. She was happy as long she was well fed and brushed daily.
--
Yuka watched silently as Rena and Jurina left the tent. She hadn’t noticed anything unusual about their interaction, except for the fact that their previous rivalry seemed forgotten by the two. The meeting went on just fine and Yuka had been waiting for either Jurina or Rena to broach the topic of being mates. Neither of them did though and Yuka was just fine with that.
They went over the topics about Rena’s forces and confirming her allegiance, it was just as Seira said she was loyal to whoever Jurina was loyal to. Rena had said that she’ll deal with her own people and Yuka had given Jurina the task in aiding their new ally. After that they moved on to debate over what kind of government Sakae will be, they threw in ideas but none seemed feasible which made them spend hours and hours talking over it. They stopped when Jurina snapped at them and Mieko had suggested that they continue this when they were well rested and had clear heads.
“What do you think?” Mieko asked, walking up to stand next to Yuka.
“I don’t know. I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head about the fact that they’re mates and Jurina didn’t seem eager to talk about it.” Yuka sat herself tiredly on one of the cushions and Mieko, by habit and routine, was about to approach their leader to massage her shoulders but Kumi beat her to it.
The caravan leader’s mate had been quiet during the whole meeting, seeming to prefer listening in and looking through the scrolls that they had around the tent. Mieko didn’t mind, in fact she found the way Kumi was pouting angrily at her quite adorable. She heard Yuka sigh contently as Kumi’s hands started to work on Yuka’s shoulders, noticing the way the frown on Yuka’s face immediately disappeared.
“Give her some time, she could also be having a hard time accepting it. After all these years that they spent trying to kill each other then finding out that they are mates, can you imagine how that feels?”
“I understand but still I would have preferred that Jurina speak about it to me soon.” She groaned when Kumi pressed down on particularly hard knot. “Can you tell the others that we’ll continue this tomorrow? I’d like Sayaka and Miyuki to be informed too.”
Mieko acquiesced before dragging her sister off the jugs of wine that she decided to consume instead of helping during the meeting. She made a mental note to herself not to scold her sisterr as she left the tent.
Realizing that their tent was now empty, Yuka leaned back onto her mate, allowing her head to rest on Kumi’s shoulder. “Is everything alright?” She asked, noticing the pout still on her face.
Kumi huffed, before pinching Yuka’s cheek half-heartedly. “Nothing.”
“Doesn’t sound like nothing.” Yuka said, as she turned around, forcing Kumi to release her hold on her cheek. “What’s wrong? Did I upset you?” She asked again, bringing Kumi’s hand up to her face, and placed soft, but lingering kisses on each knuckle.
Kumi blushed and turned her face away. “I just- Mieko spoils you a lot, and I might have gotten jealous.” Hearing laughter, Kumi turned to her mate and pouted. “It’s not funny!”
Stopping her laughter, Yuka smiled at Kumi. “It is funny. You’re too cute, Kumi.” She continued, before stealing a quick kiss. Kumi’s face turned another shade pinker at the affectionate action. “Ah~” The shewolf fell backwards once again, this time bringing Kumi with her, to sit comfortably on her lap.
Running her hands up Yuka’s arms, Kumi rested them on both sides of her head. “What’s with the sigh?”
“Your surrogate father has been pushing for our bonding ceremony. I think she wants it before we go to Namba for whatever reason, so that I make an honest woman out of you. It’s not like I plan on leaving you and our pup alone...I think she’s too old fashioned though.”
“I thought we already did the bonding ceremony?“Kumi asked, a confused look on her face.
Smirking at what Kumi was hinting at, she shook her head. “We kinda skipped that part and skipped to the good part. I mean I asked you to bond with me, and then we did the mating part.”
Feeling a punch to her arm, Yuka saw the blush on Kumi’s face. “Why didn’t you tell me about that part?” The Kitsune asked, continuing with her punches. Catching one, Yuka kept the fist, while her other hand went to Kumi’s neck, tracing her bite mark.
“Cause I wanted to mark you as mine as soon as possible.”
Kumi saw Yuka’s eyes flash as she concluded her statement, a shiver went down her spine, as she felt her mate’s fingers continue to dance over her mark, then continue sliding down to her breast. “Yuka…” Kumi sighed, trying to ignore the gentle massage she was reciving.
“What?”
“I don’t think we should...I’m still sensitive.”
“I’ll be gentle.” Yuka smiled, rolling them over. “It’s your fault I got rough anyway.”
Kumi smiled slyly, nuzzling the shewolf’s neck. “I like it when you get rough.”
Yuka growled and Kumi leaned back smiling innocently at her wolf. “So… when are we having our bonding ceremony?”
“I… before we leave for Namba?” Yuka supplied, honestly she didn’t when exactly to do it since she didn’t even know when they were leaving.
Kumi frowned. “Do you at least know what we are supposed to do?”
“Well… we mated already. So, I’m pretty sure we know how to do that.” She felt a slap on her shoulder and she continued. “Alright! Alright, let’s be serious.”
Yuka paused, trying to recall the bonding traditions of Sakae. “The bonding ceremony for Sakae is more of a private occasion for close family members only, rather than inviting friends and family as well as other relatives. It’s not extravagant but rather… a special time for the couple and their parents.”
“I don’t have any family besides you, Sayaka and Miyuki.” Kumi said sadly. Her siblings and family had been hunted down before she was targeted, she was sure that they had become trophies for hunters and collectors.
Yuka leaned up to kiss her mate, hoping that it was enough to banish Kumi’s dark thoughts. When she laid back down again, her hands went up to stroke her mate’s cheeks reassuringly. “We can invite them of course. They are your family just as mine is Jurina, Mieko and Seira.”
Kumi whispered a thank you, curling onto Yuka’s side.
When she was sure that her mate was comfortable Yuka continued her explanation. “Before the ceremony, we have to decide on the pattern for the mehndi that will serve as our bonding mark.”
“Mhendi?”
“Hmm… it’s like how humans have rings as the symbol for their union.” She took Kumi’s left hand in her own, tracing her finger around the girl’s hand. “The mehndi symbolizes the bond between us, the deeper the color the stronger the bond. The more intricate the pattern the more willing we are to endure hardships for each other. We also decide how the mhendi will look, the darkness of the ink and intricacy of the design will be up to us.”
“I’ve seen a few couples with mehndis on their hands, so they’re bonded?” Kumi asked.
Yuka stopped tracing her finger over Kumi’s hand but still held on to it tightly. “Yes. We’ll take a day for ourselves, put on the mhendi with the temporary ink we call henna. It’s a good chance to make ourselves more familiar and comfortable with each other as well as strengthen the bond.”
“But the henna, you said it’s temporary?”
“Let me finish, kitsune.” Yuka admonished playfully, placing a kiss on top of Kumi’s head. Somehow the nickname made her blush like she used to when she first met Yuka and burrowed her face into her shewolf’s shoulder. “After we’re done with making the pattern, the next day our family members will come and help us finish it. They’ll use a type of ink that’s permanent, one that will keep the mhendi on our skin even in death. Jurina, Meiko and Seira will finalize your mehndi while Sayaka and Miyuki helps with mine. This will strengthen our family ties and will serve as a promise to protect each other.”
Yuka turned on her side to face Kumi, she held up the hand she was holding while pointing to their palms. “Then they’ll add the finishing touches, a pattern here will be made. One that binds us to each other for the rest of our lives and as we wait for the ink to dry we enjoy the company of our family.”
Yuka smiled. “I hope that’s not too boring for you.”
“No.” Kumi shook her head, wrapping her arms around Yuka. “I love it. It feels more…”
“...sacred?”
“Intimate, special and only for those that we hold dearly.”
The shewolf was speechless at Kumi’s words, they fit the ceremony’s meaning perfectly. “You’re right. That sounds a lot better the way you worded it.” She nodded.
Kumi smiled sheepishly.
“So can the mehndi on be placed on the couple’s hands only?”
“No, not really.” Yuka shooked her head. “Why do you ask?”
Kumi pressed her hand on Yuka where she knew there was a scar identical to her own. “I want to start the mehndi here…” Her hand moved down from Yuka’s shoulder to the caravan leader’s hand. “...to here. Is that okay?”
“If that’s what you want.” Yuka nodded, her skin tingling from Kumi’s touch. She noted that the mehndi would start from her scar that she shared with Kumi.
Kumi nodded shyly, tucking her head in her shewolf’s shoulder. She felt Yuka’s hand rest lightly on her belly where their pup was still growing. “How is our little one?”
“She’s fine, I can feel her…” Kumi replied, placing her hand on Yuka’s. “...but I’m a bit worried for her.”
Yuka frowned, raising herself on one arm to get a closer look at Kumi. Her mate looked healthy and have been eating more than usual, nothing looked out of place with her mate. “Is there anything I can do? I’ll get Mieko, she’s Sakae’s best healer. I’ll even call a few favors from the healers in other clans.”
“It’s not our health I’m worried about.” She reassured, forcing Yuka to lay down again. “With us as her parents, I know she’ll be more than just a shewolf. What I’m worried about is the hunters, I’ve told you before that I was hunted down along with my family. I don’t want her to go through that.”
The shewolf should feel relieved that their pup’s health was fine but the threat of hunters made her more worried. She embraced Kumi, holding on to her mate tightly and kissing the top of her head.
“We’ll protect her. I promise you that and tomorrow…” She made Kumi look up at her. “We’ll go see Mieko and get a check up. I know you and our pup are fine but I want to be sure.”
Kumi nodded, unable to hold back a yawn and Yuka, the ever caring shewolf, got up to carry her mate to their room.
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