Re: A Warrior of Gor (reserved for LadyBird Raven)

[LadyRaven]

The fight was over, but the sleen didn't understand that, nor did they have to really, but as the Cos warriors surrender, the sleen did not give chase. They didn't need to, there was more than enough meat to feed them for weeks if they ate enough and they ate all they could. Silver ate with her mother and finally they had the time to bond again and remember each other. It had only been a couple of weeks, maybe three at the most, but a lot had happened in that time and they needed to reaffirm their familial bond.

Soon enough, Daniel landed his Tarn and Mama noticed him. Silver didn't move at first, letting the superior go to the Alpha first. That was Mama. She did hear what was said between him and Darious and when Darious finally saw Silver and the state she was in, she instinctively growled low in her throat. Staring was rude, even for sleen. But then, with a snap of Daniel's fingers, Silver came back to herself some and bounded over to Daniel. She carried with her a chunk of juicy belly meat from the Tarn and when she knelt, she held it out to him in offering. She looked a hellish mess and it would take more than one bath, maybe even two, to get rid of it all.

A short distance away, Arcius saw what was happening and came over and what he saw made his jaw hit the bloodied ground almost. "Silver?" He asked, then looked to Daniel. "The she sleen I saw was Silver?" He just couldn't believe it. "But how? How can something like her hold that much.....?" He wanted to say power, but that would be both utterly unheard of and to be blunt, quite embarrassing for the men around them. Women didn't do this. Women obeyed the laws of man. Women were delicate and subservient. Arcius shook his head, still not able to believe what he was seeing and that frightened him. He looked to Darious, "Commander." He said, nodding to Daniel and Silver, "Can we really let this be known? A woman? A slave running with sleen? Hunting like them? You know that makes her feral and dangerous, right?" Typical little man syndrome, Silver thought, yet another acronym from Moira.....

[questor]

Daniel took a cloak from one of the dead Port Cos soldiers and wraped it around Silver as he took the chunk of meat from her. He was her master and her Alpha as well. When Arcuris came up and was confused and surprised and agast that it had been Silver leading the one pack of sleen and killing Port Cos warriors, Daniel shook his head. Dangerous? Only to those that are an enemy or would hurt her. As for letting it be known, well that might be hard to do. Every warrior and tarnsman here has seen her and what she could do. Alos she had my permission to defend her self, to protect her self form those that would do her harm or try to use her. The warriors of Port Cos would have done just that." he grinned. "So she was following my command to her like an obiedent slave would."

He looked at the two packs of sleen feasting on the dead. Mama was still at his side watching those around Daniel. "This is Mama, a she sleen I bought and freed in Ar Station. She considers me the Alpha and her pack now will obey me with her help. It looks as if Silver has taken control of the other pack and I suggest that we use them to our advantage. I have been thinking of using them as War Sleen. You saw what they could do today. Trained properly to attack on command, hunt, and to stop and return would make a powerful addition to any army, and we could use them at Port Cos."

Darious he could see was for the idea of taking Cos. It had been his sole purpose of creating the settlement and gathering an army. But now he had a home stone in Sadar, his Sadar, Daniel could see that also in his eyes. "We take Port Cos, and you can put one in charge there and have both Port Cos and Sadar under your rule." he told him. "Then with Ar Station as an ally there would be no force on the Vosk to give you or Ar Station a problem.

It had not been in the plans for Ar Station to do such a thing, They might not actively participate, but they could back up Darious and his small army. The Military Commander of Ar Station agreed and then it was time to retrieve their dead and wounded and return to Sadar. The bodies of the Port Cos soldiers were left to the sleen and the prisoners they now had were marched to the settlement.

As Darious, Daneil and those from Ar Station and the warriors of Sadar entered, the population went wild with cheering. Daniel's name was shouted out again and again. He had become the Hero of Sadar. When The Military Commander and his Commander heard of what he had done with the Home Stone, they looked at him strangely. "Only once before has that been done, and that was several years ago in Port Kar." They looked at Daniel with new light in their eyes. At Daniel's side was the bloody Silver and Mama.

He looked down at Silver. "Return to the house and clean up. Take Mama with you and clean her up as well. I will come for you later."

[LadyRaven]

Grateful for the cloak now it was all over, Silver stood in silence as Daniel spoke with Darious and defended her to Arcius. She pulled it tightly about her and moved closer to him, not wanting to be near this Lieutenant that was obviously greatly disturbed by what he'd seen her doing. Rightly so, really, considering not a day before, she had been singing and dancing for pleasure. But, Daniel's explanation and command seemed settled with all. She then looked up as he looked down and she nodded in silence as he ordered her and Mama back to the house for a much needed bath.

The rest of the new pack continued their eating without regard for the two missing and no doubt, the would wander off somewhere when they had finished until their Alpha's called for them again. Silver slipped back into the settlement with Mama at her side, but unlike before, Mama was spotted. well, a thirty foot, six limbed sleen was hard to miss! A few shrieks of shock and terror swept through the crowds before all the attention went back to Daniel and Silver watched as she walked, him being welcomed home a hero. The Hero of Sadar, they called him and Silver smiled. She felt things were as they should be.

Once at the house, Silver got Mama inside and then all hell broke loose. Moira and Friska screamed in utter terror and the two house girls fled to the kitchen in pure fear. Hector lingered only long enough to stare at Silver before he too succumbed to his fear and fled to the kitchen. Silver simply shook her head and led Mama into the slave baths below the kitchen. She drew the bath and then managed to convince Mama to get in with her.

It took many hours to be rid of the blood and grime and several dozen buckets to replenish the bath again, but Silver and Mama were fit to be indoors again. Silver decided it would be best to keep them both in the courtyard for the time being as it would take time for the others to get accustomed to having Mama around. By nightfall, Silver and Mama made themselves comfortable and Mama was bathing Silver the old fashioned way.

Hector and Moira mostly, looked on with shock as Mama systematically licked and groomed Silver from head to toe, treating her like a cub of young whelp and Silver was happy to lay there and let her do it. The sleen's tongue easily spanned the length of Silver's back and they both watched awestruck by it all. Silver looked happy, content and utterly comfortable with the sleen and they had to wonder just how that was possible.

When they heard the door go, Hector quickly vanished back into the kitchen to prepare Daniel's meal, while Moira, the only other brave enough to be out of hiding, went to the door to greet Daniel.....

[questor]

There was much to discuss and to plan. They had to act fast before word was sent to Cos and reinforcements arrived. Taking Port Cos from her parent City State or in this case an actual country so to speak, would cripple Cos's trade on the Vosk. It would not be Ar Station taking it but one that had belonged to Port Cos and many from various cities on Gor, now united under a Home Stone in Sadar.

The plan formed that Ar Station's forces would approach and be seen but not attack. They would be far enough away as to not be identified, while Daniel using the baskets that brought their ground force in flew around and came in like he had before, to the docks and land Sadar's warriors and then land themselves and join the warriors in attacking the city from that direction. Ar Station's troops would be the decoy, to gather all attention to the south. Darious had a friend in the city that had given him information on the patrols. Now if he could open the gate to the Docks, Daniel and the warriors of Sadar could enter and take the city. They were a small force but all it took was to capture the Ubar of Port Cos and the city would fall.

He finally was able to make it back home after a the planning and celebration. The people of Sadar were dancing in the streets and as he moved back to the house, many fell to their knees and touched the cloak that Silver had made. They had seen him produce the Home Stone, to give them hope and a sence of purpose and home and then lead their forces to victory. They still had no idea that he was from Ar Station. As he entered the house, only Moria was there to greet him, and she had a frightened look on her face. Oh he knew why. Mama was a frightening creature to behold, and the way Silver had looked, well that would frighten any one alone. "Where is she?" he asked

"In the courtyard Master." she replied frightened. Daniel smiled and nodded. He went to the Coutyard and stood there. Mama was the first to notice him and stopped licking Silver and obediantly came to him.

[LadyRaven]

Silver's bath was finished, it seemed and not a moment too soon for Silver really. If Mama had chattered on her hair any longer, the sleen would have pulled chunks out at the root! Turning over, she pulled her hair back from her face and neck and smiled as she saw Daniel stood there. Mama went to him obediently and Silver assumed her slave position on the furs covering the hard stone of the courtyard. She smiled and lifted her head some, leaning back comfortably on her heels and she settled there to watch and wait.

Mama sniffed at Daniel, but it was clear very quickly that she didn't like what she smelled on him. He had been celebrating, so it was obvious that he would return home smelling of wine and women, which Mama took as him adding to the pack without consulting her and she didn't like that. She was his second and any new pack member had to come through her first. Not to mention, her daughter was the premier female and whether or not he had mated with them, Mama wasn't impressed at all.

Taking a large chunk of his tunic in her mouth, she dragged him down the steps towards the furs and then proceeded quite quickly to rip it up to get it off him. Silver looked on and clenched her lips between her teeth, trying not to laugh. Daniel was about to get a bath, the sleen way and if he wanted his clothes to survive, he would have to take them off before Mama made rags of them. With a loud grunt, Mama dragged Daniel to the ground and pinned him there. She wouldn't have her Alpha approach her daughter smelling so bad. At that point, Silver couldn't it back any longer and turned her head away some so Daniel wouldn't see her laughing......

[questor]

Mama sniffed him and made a low growl as she smelt the wine and the perfume of the pleasure slaves that had served those in the discusions. She gripped his tunic wanting to rip it off of him and he had to tell Mama No, to let go. Then he was on the ground and she had him pinned there as she began to lick him. He laughed and patted the sides of the She Sleen. "Alright Mama, I will take a bath, but a normal one. She snorted and let him up. "Come both of you." he said as he headed back inside and to his bath Chamber. Moria and Friska already had begun the bath and as he and Mama entered both backed up firghtened. Especially Friska. The warning he had given her about sleen still was fresh in her memory and the sight of Mama made her very nervous.

Mama could sense that and growled low in her throat at the slave, who immediately went to the slave position trembleing. He stirpped not minding the slaves seeing him naked. On Gor a man never felt uncomfortable that way and the same with pleasure slaves and other slaves. Only the Free Women were agast at seeing one naked, though they secretly loved it and wanted to show off their bodies.

Fresh clothing was brought in as he began bathing, cleaning the sweat, and blood from the battle and the smell of the celebration as well. Once he emerged to dry off he looked at Mama. "Satisfied?" he asked the sleen who sniffed him again and snorted again and went back to Silver. He approached Silver and looked down at her. "You know you should not have done what you did?" he asked her. "It was dangerous."

Indeed it had been dangerous. She could have lost the battle with the She Sleen and had been killed by it. Or killed in the battle as well. That had worried him when he saw what she was doing, even though he had laughed and enjoyed what he had seen. "If you do that again.............." he sounded very stern on the matter and he paused a moment, "Ask me first for permission."

[LadyRaven]

Silver quickly got to her feet and followed Daniel into his bath chambers. Once there, Friska and Moira, especially Friska, were very quick to back off and Silver smiled to herself at the growl Mama have the former first girl. Silver then went back to her knees and stayed there as Daniel bathed and removed the dirt and more importantly, the scent of the other women from him that had so insulted Mama.

It didn't take him long to get cleaned up and when he stepped out again, Silver put her head down in respect and submission. She knew just by the way he held himself that she was about to be punished. She let her head drop further as he spoke and nodded in agreement. What she had done was very dangerous. Any number of things could have gone wrong and she could have been killed. Worse yet for her, she could have been caught before Daniel could step in. She had been reckless, disobedient, and she had to pay for that by whatever means he deemed fit. And yet, he didn't so much as raise his voice.

Silver quickly started shaking her head as he told her if she did it again, fully expecting a good lashing or at least a kick, but then he spoke one more time and her head snapped up. Ask permission first? Silver was confused and so were Friska and Moira. Friska had been smiling up to that point, also expecting Silver to receive a harsh beating for whatever antics se had gotten up to. It just didn't happen and Friska blinked dumbly in shock at how Daniel dealt with his slave. Beside her, Moira had been ready to beg him mercy on Silver, for whatever she had done.

Silver dropped her head again quickly and started nodding, "Yes Master." She said with a tremble and then shook her head, "I will never do such a foolish thing again, I vow, Master." Was there to be no punishment at all, she wondered, or was the fear of it enough? For her, after the beatings she had received in the past, the fear was plenty enough for her to cower, but at the same time, Daniel still kept his promise to be different to her than others had been. It confused her some, but she was grateful nonetheless for his mercy. "Master, this slave begs to know what she must do to earn your grace again." She asked quietly....

[questor]

Daniel moved up to her and picked her up off the floor. "That we will talk about later." he told her. "Right now there are matters to be discussed." He looked over at the other two slaves, "Alone." His look was all it took for Moria and Friska to exit the room in haste. "Mama would you guard the door." he pointed to the door and the She Sleen laid down in the dntrance so she could look up and down the hallway.

"Now my little she sleen," he chuckled. "We are going to use the two sleen packs out there to our advantage. It seems you can control one of them and Mama has control of the other. We are going to use them to help us take Port Cos. You will lead the one Pack and Mama the other, around the city, where none can see you and Mama will make her way in from the other side. I will be flying in with what is left of our Tarnsmen and warriors from the river side. We will meet at the Gate facing the River and Docks. From there the need to control the packs are critical. We do not want the citizens of Port Cos harmed, only the warriors if necessary and I mean only if it comes down to it. You think you can do it?"

[LadyRaven]

Silver looked up and then straight at her Master as he picked her up and told everyone else to leave. Even Mama was sent out to guard the door and make sure they were undisturbed. Once completely alone and out of earshot of everyone, Daniel then began explaining what he wanted from her and from Mama. He wanted War Sleen. She had heard him say something about it to Darious on the field earlier, but she had been a little distracted and nervous at the time. Now much calmer, she had the chance to think on it more carefully.

It took a few moments for it all to sink in and Silver to consider the options. As she did so, she walked around the bathing pool and stared into the water. After some time in silent contemplation, she squatted down and swirled her hand through the water. "You wish me to bring wild sleen, untrained and untamed, free sleen into a fight for the humans." She said quietly, feeling that alone like this, she could be on the level with him. No "Yes Master" "No Master". Daniel had given her his idea for a reason and that was for her input, input which seemed clearly of importance to him. And the fact that he sent everyone else away to do this meant she could speak freely without the usual boundaries and without fear of saying something wrong.

Silver took a deep breath and sat down, dipping her feet into the still hot water of the bath. She had never been in Daniel's bath before, only the slave bath below the kitchen. That one was stone and it was rough and gritty on her feet. This one was clad with sealed wood and it felt smooth and soft on her skin. Without asking for permission, or even hinting at it, she slid from the side into the water and stood boldly in it, waving her hands gently in the water. Finally, she began to speak again.

"You know I would do anything, give anything, for you, my love." She told him, "And if you command it, I will lead my pack into battle for you and so will Mama. I can guarantee every soldier the packs find will be killed, but I cannot promise they won't attack the townspeople. If they are stranded in the street, there is nothing I can do to save them. Perhaps the best I could do is hail a shout to warn them to get inside, but that would also warn the soldiers. You see, Daniel, sleen are not like people. We do not distinguish between the boundaries and casts, the politics of men and the colours they choose to follow, like you do. We see what we can and what we cannot chase down to feed our pack and keep us strong." She shook her head some and ducked down in the water to her neck. "So no, I cannot promise the safety of the townsfolk of Port Cos." She looked up at him then from the pool and regarded him carefully.

"Yes, I will lead your pack, but should I be captured again. Should I be lashed and hung for the killing of Free Men, what will you do?" She asked. "Once that door opens again, I am no longer a weapon of your war, so I must ask you this. You treat me as though you love me and covet me. Will that love extend to betrayal when they realise the sleen killing them is your slave?"

[questor]

Wild sleen were unpredictable, but they usually followed the Pack leader. There was the growls and grunts and other sounds that they made that controled the rest of the Pack and Silver knew them. "It is not a command, but a request." he told her. I know that the sleen are wild and unpredictable, but you were able to control them to some degree today, as was Mama with her pack." He had dried off but was still not dressed. He moved back into the water with her

The people of Port Cos should be in their homes at the first sign of Ar Stations' warriors and tarns. I can only hope there are none on the streets, when we enter the city. I understand that there will be some warriors that will fall to them, but I know you can control them better then you might let on." he smiled. "All we have to do is make it to the palace and take the ubar prisoner and have him command his men to lay down their weapons and surrender." he took her into his arms

You will be at my side once we are at the Gate, and I do not intend on losing you or having you captured. As for killing of free men, you still have my command on that, and Darious and those of Ar Station already know of it. That order still stands and will until this is all over, so you will not be punished for any that you have killed or will kill till then."

He bent down and kissed her lips. "As for the sleen, once this is over with, I want them to be trained to obey commands from certain soldiers. After that they will be set free to hunt and do what they like, until a war horn is sounded. They will not be kept as pets or on leashes. They will be more allies then anything else." he looked over at Mama. "I know she will stick around where ever we are with her pack." he smiled. "Your sleen family will be there for you to visit."

"As for you my little slave, I think I have already made it clear that I am not going to part with you. Any that wish to harm you must deal with me first."

[LadyRaven]

A request. So Daniel would not command her to do this, but ask her to. That made more difference than Daniel would ever know to Silver. As he mentioned her control over the pack and slipped back into the water, Silver backed up a few steps to give him more room and when he had his footing, she went to him, listening all the while to him, and for anything or anyone that might disturb them or distract Mama. So he didn't need her to fight in the streets of Port Cos, merely to get to the palace gates. Silver nodded and looked down as he slid his arms around her.

Kissing her softly, Silver kissed him back and then nodded as he said he would release the sleen once trained to the call of the War Horn. She smiled back up at him. "You give me your word that you will not keep them and I believe your word, Daniel." She smiled again then as he reaffirmed his promise that he would not let her go and would not see harm come to her. "I would be careful, dearest Master." She teased, "Or people may think your heart has been bested by your slave." She touched his chest lightly and closed her eyes, feeling it thud gently beneath her sensitive touch.....

[questor]

He chuckled and pulled her to him. Masters had fallen in love with their sweet slaves, but they kept them slaves, and let them know that they were still their slaves. It was the way of Gor. It was a mans world and men made sure that the women understood that. A slave girl that won the heart of a master ussually lived a very comfortable and good life. Where he went she went.

"Now who do you mean by our people?" he asked. They had a home at Ar Station but yet he had come to love Sadar as well. Its people looked upon him as a hero and the saviour of Sadar, and they had a place there as well. Bigger then the one in Ar Station, but it had become their home in Sadar. He was in a delimia about what he should do. He knew that Silver loved their home in Ar Station, and he didn't want to get rid of the slaves he had, except Friska who seemed to need a master that would put her in her place and keep her there. Their place at Ar Station was not bigenough for all of them.

[LadyRaven]

Silver smiled again and laughed softly as he made a slight error in understanding. "I didn't say our." She told him, looking up at him, "I said or." She laughed again and touched his chest once more, "But perhaps that was what you wanted to hear." Looking up at him again, she let her head tilt to one side. In their time in Sadar so far, a lot had changed and was still changing, but one thing about Daniel Campbell, the things in him that did change, weren't for the lesser, but for the more. To her, Ar Station had always been home, the home, her home, the first place in her 'human life' that made sense to her. But perhaps Daniel didn't view their little stone cottage in the same way anymore.

"You like it here, don't you." She told him, musing almost. "You feel that you belong here and that perhaps Ar Station was just another stopping point in your journey." She looked into his eyes, wondering what he was thinking, but at the same time, feeling that she was right somehow. "Ever since you arrived here, you've treated this place like home and you've so rarely given time to mention Ar Station beyond appeasing me, that I feel you'd rather be here than there." She looked away and down then and tenderly, she kissed his collarbone.

"In Ar Station, even Ar itself, you were just a visitor. You were passing through, going from one place to another, with no allegiance to anywhere but the winds that carried you." She continued, keeping her lips close to his skin so he could feel her breath on it. "But here, you've been victorious in battle, celebrated by the men that once mistrusted you, honoured by the settlement's leader and blessed with the creation of its Home Stone. You've found yourself at and with the hearts and minds of these people.... people that are just as you are. Deep in your heart, you've found your home and now you want to keep it, don't you. You don't want to return to Ar Station, to that tiny two roomed cottage that the landlord really did demand too much money for. You want to stay here, in the grand home that you have been given, a position of trust and power that ensures you a comfortable life and surrounded by people that not only respect you and call you friend, but people that truly love you with no care for your origin." She finally looked up again at him, wondering if she was right or not. Her head tilted to one side again and she smiled once more, but more distantly, as though she wasn't quite sure she had hit the mark. "Is Sadar the home of Daniel Campbell now? Does this man, this once Earth Barbarian, now hail to a new Gorean root?".....

[questor]

Daniel smiled. His little slave had hit the nail on the head. He had been a mercenary for hire and was hired by Ar Station. But here he had been accepted by Sadar, had trained and fought with his tarnsmen. He had become a hero of the people and warriors. He had been like those of Sadar before he made the Home Stone. He felt more akin to them then he did to Ar Station.

"You have come to know me to well little slave." he told her. "And what of you. I know you love the little house in Ar Station, and you consider it home." That place would always have a meaning for him and he had thought of buying it from the owner and keeping it as a place to stay when he visited Ar Station. "Also I would not have to sell the slaves here. Well except maybe Friska."

[LadyRaven]

Silver smiled again in her quiet way and put her lips tenderly back to his chest. She kissed him again lightly and then rested her forehead at the point his clavicle met his ribcage. "To know you, is to love you, Daniel." She told him quietly, "And it is my task to know everything in order to make you happy." Lifting her head only slightly, she let it tilt to one side again, and very carefully began to trace her fingers over the first line of ribs, working her way down. And what of her?

"As your slave, my home is your home." She said, "Or wherever it is you see fit to put me. Ar Station was the first home in my life with the humans that made sense to me. The first place that I didn't feel frightened to be. Even as I felt you coming nearer to me, I wasn't frightened anymore. But a home is only such as long as the Master decrees it to be." She moved away from him then, slipping from his arms like a well greased urt and she moved to the far wall of the pool to regard him.

As he spoke of the other slaves in the house and the possibility of selling Friska, Silver felt a dark smile curl her lips and she even followed it up with an equally dark laugh. "The slave is terrified you'll feed her to Mama." She said, "To sell her now would be a mercy she does not deserve." She laughed again and shook her head, "Ahh, but you are as merciful as you are honourable, and more astute than both." She looked at him dead on then and shook her head, "You will not sell Friska, even to be merciful. She knows too much and she sees too much to be considered benign to you. She would betray you the first opportunity she could and see you cast out of Sadar like the bad meat she thinks you to be." She shook her head again, "To keep her is to ensure her silence and Mama..." She nodded to the dozing sleen, "Would be happy to accommodate that for you."

Moving to the very edge of the pool now, Silver hoisted herself up out of the water a little and pressed the soles of her feet to the wall just beneath the waterline. Resting her weight then on her elbows and forearms, she spread her legs and let her head loll to one side once more as she smiled demurely at him, tempting him, luring him like a good slave should....

[questor]

He smiled. Friska would be of no threat now. Darious already knew he had come from Ar Station to spy and find out why Sadar was raiding Port Cos. That did not seem to present a problem for Darious. After what Daniel had done for Sadar, there was no doubt in his mind that Daniel was a full fleged warrior/tarnsman of Sadar. Even those from Ar Station could see it in him. So she would do no damage to him that way.

It seemed that his little slave was content to go where ever he did and call home what he did. He would remain in Sadar then. Darious would be his ubar and he would do all he could to protect Sadar and it's people. Now that there was a Home Stone, he figured that there would be more coming there and joining them. There were many more like they had been and now they had a place to come if they desired and call it home. "Then here we will stay and here we will make Sadar my home and therefore yours." he crossed the small pool of water that was the sunken bath and pulled her off the ledge to him. "I think my slave is in need again."

[LadyRaven]

Silver smiled demurely as he pulled her off the ledge and to him. His slave was in need of him again? "I told you before, Master." She said alluringly, "With you, I will always be in want of you." She wrapped her legs about his hips and her arms over his shoulders.

Daniel had decided then. Sadar was their home now and Silver felt she didn't actually mind it so much. She could get to know people now, other slaves and such. She could even have friends beyond the house and a source of gossip and rumour of course to enable Daniel to keep his edge. Besides, who else would know better what went on behind closed doors than the house slaves?

Moving her hips softly against him, Silver positioned herself so he didn't have to make much effort, if he decided to remain in his bathing pool. She smiled as she kissed him again, this time with more passion before she gave a soft laugh. "The merchant will be happy." She teased, "And I've heard his daughter is a rare beauty. Perhaps you might consider embedding your new Gorean roots a little deeper in the earth.".....

[questor]

Daniel shook his head. "I think my roots will be running deep enough here. With all that has gone on, I am hoping he feels that she would be unworthy now. At least I hope so." He grinned. "Besides I don't think you would like a free woman in the house where you would have to obey her." he looked at her with a questioning look.

He moved a hand down and guided his hard cock up to her folds and slipped it up inside her. "Always in need of me?" he grinned. He pressed her back against the wall of the sunken bath and brought his hands up to squeeze her lovely tits.

"Your training is coming along." he said. "Soon you will be ready to be a Red Silk Girl." Then her and Moira would be on equal footing in that sense. Though Moira was more experienced. He chuckled. I think I will sell Friska to Acrius. At the moment he is without a slave and after all he is my lieutenant. You think she would please him."

[LadyRaven]

Silver let her head loll a little further and then let it drop down some as though she was about to pout at him. "Worthy or not." She said, "Every man needs a legacy to carry his name." She then felt him slide up into her folds and she sighed deeply, letting the sound fall from her throat like the finest of silks. She nodded and kissed him deeply for a moment, "Always." She said and then sighed again as she felt his hands at her breasts once more.

Soon, she would be a red silk girl, he told her. "I will be your red silk." She sighed, turning her hips and then laughed again darkly about Friska. She would really enjoy seeing that girl brought down a few pegs. As an only slave, she would have to do everything and more and start all over again......

[questor]

Daneil continued to squeeze her tits as he moved his hips to bury his cock furher up inside her. "You like that idea do you?"

Silver cried out softly and arched her back to drop her ehad to the edge of the bathing pool. Like the idea? She wasn't sure what he was getting at, but in her defense, she was deeply distracted for the moment....

He chuckled as it seemed she had no idea of what he as talking about. "Friska." he said and kissed her neck and chest.

Silver sighed deeply again and laughed just as darkly as before. "I'm sure she will strive to please." She said between gasps...

He slowly moved his hips wanting it to last a while. The water sloshed about the small pool of water and over the edge. Mama turned her head now and again with almost a smile.

Silver gasped deeply again as he steadied his pace and she began to rub her bud over him as he moved inside her. Her fingers gripped the back of his neck as she leaned back yet further still and she heard the water begin to splash over the edge to the floor...

His little slave was something else. She now seemed to be wanting it more and more. That was something that helped keep a Goran male healthy. It made him want to be healthy, storng and veril. He continued his slow pace enjoying every minute of it.

Silver continued to cry out softly and worked her hips to pleasure him as much as it pleasured her. With her head and shoulders now planted on the bath's edge and her body slowly sliding up from his thrust, she was able to lever herself up a little and part her knees further to take him deeper into her....

He continued on and slowly he began to feel himself building to unload his seed up inside her once more. He began moving faster and harder. He rammed his cock up inside her one last time and held himself there as he filled her pussy with his cum.

Silver also began to feel her release building and she began to cry out with more urgency and need as he quickened his pace and thrust into her harder and deeper. She could feel every ripple of the muscle as it slammed into her core over and over again and when he finally reached his climax, so too did she. She roared then and arched her back painfully, making her feel him in the very deepest parts of her.....

When done, he gathered her back to him and held her to him. He held her for awhile and then as the water began to get a bit cold, he carried her out. "I think Hector has long ago finished making dinner. I think we should gather everyone and have a meal together."

Once again, and as tender as before, Silver felt him draw her close to him and he held her. That part of him still felt a little odd and she could hold her tongue no longer. As he carried her out of the cooling bath, she locked her ankles around his back, her fingers around the back of his neck and she reagrded him carefully. "Master." She asked, "Why do you do that?".....

"Do what?" he asked her. Her question was a bit vague and he had no idea of what she was talking about.

She unlocked the fingers of her right hand and tenderly touched his cheek. "Why do you hold me as you do after you've finished?" She asked. "Most Master, when done, would simply push their slaves away. You seem to cherish that moment. Is that an Earthman thing, like so many other of your habits?".....

He chuckled. "Why should I not. You are my slave and it feels good to hold you. Also I think even a slave deserves something like that."

Silver chuckled back and shook her head. "A Gorean that would cuddle his slave." She said, "It sounds so... alien. Almost romantic." She kissed him again. "I must have done something right in my life to be found by you, Master. I have no idea what that something was, but i'm grateful for it."....

He sat her down so they could dry off and dress and round up everyone else. Mama came to her feet and streached. She was now quite use to being in a human dwelling. She had feasted earlier and now was content and not in need of food. Once dried and Dressed he took Silver to gather the others and let them know that he was staying in Sadar.

Silver remained quiet as Daniel announced his permenant stay in Sadar. Moira, Hector and the house girls were overjoyed and even Friska had a smile, content that she wouldn't be transported to Ar Station. It had been bad enought hat she'd found herself in Sadar, but with Daniel, she felt safer. Silver kept her smile, reading Friska like so many parchments. What a shock that girl was about to get! Hector called for celebration again and quickly sent the house girls for the food and he got out his drum again, with a nod of permission from Daniel, of course. Mama stayed calm when the music started and simply laid there with her body and tail curled around Daniel's favourite chair. Friska and Moira danced and sang between them while the house girls played on flutes. It wasn't perfect, but they didn't seem to care. Their lives and home was safe. Silver seemed content to sit at Daniel's feet and clap along as she nibbled a little. She'd eaten with Mama anyway and wasn't that hungry. After a short while, she leaned over slightly and let her head touch his calf. Her hand then came up the back of it and she hugged him so to speak. When the meal was done, Silver got up and helped the house girls clear away with Moira. Mama had followed them, leaving Friska alone with Daniel. The girl smiled at her master and slowly came to him, dancing a little and flaring her hips. As she reached him, she sank to her knees and spread them wide. To her, Silver had been selfish, keeping the master for herself only. She didn't see that as fair, considering she was much more experienced and in her mind, better than Silver. Dropping her head some, she lifted her hands, palms up to Daniel. She was begging for his affection and use....

He looked down at her and said nothing. But he got up and moved away from her. He had just denied her and found her unwanting. He moved from the room to the kitchen where he sent one of the house slaves to fetch Acuris.


Friska remained on her knees and stared at the empty chair aghast. She had been refused! Friska had never been refused! When Daniel arrived in the kitchen, all the slaves smiled at him and when he asked a house girl to fetch Arcius, she nodded quickly and disappeared. Silver was in the pantry and out of sight, but Moira saw the slight change in his demeanour. She approached him, putting her tray down and slipped to her knees. "Master?" She asked, "Is all well? You look a little disturbed, Master."....


He looked down at Moria and smiled. "No there is nothing wrong. But there will be a change." was all he said. A half ahn later Acuris arrived, and he took him to where Friska was. "She is yours. Your service and your loyalty needs to be rewarded." She was Acruis', and not a coin had been exchanged. She had been given away." he looked down at her a stern look on his face. She had displeased him and had hoped that he would have punished Silver for her jaunt with the sleen. He had not missed the look she had at that time. "Acuris is your new master. You will go with him now."

[LadyRaven]

Moira looked back up at Daniel with confusion, but thought it best not to press the matter. Clearly though, something had upset him and when Arcius was brought to the house, she knew what that something was. Watching carefully from the very edge of the courtyard, she saw Friska and felt her heart burn with anger. She had begged use and affection behind Silver's back. Even for the former first girl, that was a low trick and unforgivable.

It was no secret in the house that Daniel had eyes and heart only for Silver and she for him. Even though they had only been in the house a short time, it was clear that Daniel would never use another slave, not while Silver was in his possession and it was clear that Silver was deeply in love with her master. Moira shook her head and thanked the Priest Kings that her friend and student had not seen this, for she felt it would have broken her heart, or worse, would have caused her wild nature to remove the threat.

Arcius looked down at the suddenly frightened and horrified Friska. She had been given to him, gifted without a single coin passed between the men. Daniel had just made him a very happy man. Lucus had paraded Friska around like his prized toy for years and he'd always been refused the rent of her because of the other man's pride. But now she as his and he intended to enjoy every inch of her.

Still on her knees and still with her hands up, Friska lowered her head further, "Master." She said with respect.
"Yes." Arcius said and unbuckled his belt. She had presented a beg and she would get what she begged for. He looked to Daniel with a smile of thanks and respect before he moved to Friska and pulled the knot of her red silks. They fell away and he squatted down to run his rough hands over her smooth skin. "Very nice." He said, inspecting her thoroughly. "Bow." Friska immediately spread her knees wider and leaned herself right back as Silver had done in her dance into the Gorean Love Bow. "Higher." He said, so Friska lifted her back as high as she could. Arcius smiled and nodded again before he looked to Daniel once more. "A very nice gift, Sir." He said.

Then, in full view of the entire house and Daniel, Arcius lifted his tunic and knelt before Friska spread thighs. It would be rude of him not to show how much he liked his new slave and it was often that the new owners would show appreciation by using the slave in front of the gift giver. He took Friska roughly by the hips and sheathed himself to the hilt in one single powerful thrust. In the position demanded, she would not only feel every ounce of him, but so spread, he slammed right into her core and made her scream in both pain and sudden lust.

From her spot still in the shadows, Moira smiled darkly at the scene. Arcius truly loved his new gift and the way he used her right there in front of Daniel showed her that Friska would be well and truly used from now on. Inside though, that brought an ache to her own core and after only a short time, she was forced to turn away. Because of Friska, she had gone without now for a long time, but she knew better than to beg use from Daniel. Her ache would have to wait.

It was also about that same time, that Silver returned from the pantry and she hear what was going on in the courtyard. Going there, she saw Arcius and Friska and smiled with some vindication. Daniel had kept his promise yet again and Friska had been brought back to earth with a huge bang. However, her smile only lasted a short time as when she turned, she saw Moira leaving with a look on her face that could have made her cry almost. Moira looked in pain. She followed her friend into the slave rooms and closed the door behind her.

"Moira?" She asked, "What bothers you, my friend?"
Moira spun on her heel and smiled again, shaking her head quickly, "It is nothing, Silver." She said with warmth, "Nothing that you need concern yourself with. The Master will be wanting you with him, so you should go and be ready for when he calls you."
Silver narrowed her eyes at her friend. Daniel had not called her yet and he seemed content enough in the courtyard. "Moira, tell me." She demanded quietly.
Moira sat down on the fur covered slab that was her bed and shook her head, "I ache, Silver." She admitted, "I have been trained for twenty years to be a pleasure slave and I have not seen a man's bed for a long time. But truly, my friend, I'm fine." She smiled at Silver with something very close to familial love. "And I would never dream of begging the Master, for I know it would hurt you."
"It would not hurt me, Moira." Silver said, going to her friend with her arms open. She hugged Moira tenderly, "Master is not mine to keep. He is a Free Man that can do as he pleases, I know and accept that. There will come a day no doubt that he will no longer want me, when he will choose a companion and I will be cast aside. That is the lives we have, my sister. Knowing that you care so much for my feelings for the Master, I'm honoured that you would deny yourself and admit your need to me beforehand. I would never hold it against you should you beg to Master."
Moira nodded and hugged Silver back, "I know." she said, "But I would still not do it, for I know he would be thinking only of you the entire time and that would not be fair."
"What about Hector?" Silver asked.
"Lucus had him cuckolded so he couldn't." Moira said, "And warned that should he even so much as touch either of us, he would lose both hands to his blade."
Silver pursed her lips some. Lucus was turning out to be a very cruel Master indeed. "Very well." She said, taking Moira's hand in her own. "Then we shall beg his release." She offered. Just then, she heard Arcius shout his release and smiled again. "Master Arcius will be leaving shortly with his new slave, so we will go to Master now and ask him while he's still content and open to listen." She got to her feet and dragged Moira up with her.

Out in the courtyard, Arcius got back to his feet and strapped his belt back on. At his feet, Friska shuddered and whimpered. With a nod, Arcius turned back to Daniel and bowed his head this time. "A truly wonderful gift, Sir." He said, "I shall enjoy her much." He then snapped his fingers and Friska immediately got to her feet and stood behind her new Master. Arcius moved to Daniel and took the man by his arm, shaking it firmly and with a nod, he took his slave and he left. In the arch from the courtyard, he spotted Silver and Moira and nodded to them as they both sank to their knees and bowed their heads. He left then and they both got back up and went into the courtyard.

Kneeling where Daniel could see then, they both waited patiently for his acknowledgment and smiled. Openly, they still held hands, showing Daniel that their request was for them both. Silver looked up briefly to wonder what he was thinking, but the look was indeed very brief and she gripped Moria's hand tightly for support as they waited......

[questor]

Daniel watched as Arcuis used Friska well and satisfied her needs as well as his own. Daniel smiled as he saw that Arcuis was pleased with the gift. When Silver came he noticed the smile on her lips and knew she agreed with his decision to be rid of the slave. When Arcuis left he knew that Friska would be well used and put to work caring for his gear and his quarters.

But then another matter had come up as Silver and Moria came back and there was a look about the two that said they wanted something. He could see the way Moria's body trembled it was not from fear but from something else. "Well now what have you to got to ask." He had a feeling he knew what it was but of course it was up to the slave to ask or beg for it.

But he had no intrest in Moria. There were those that had a number of slaves and used them as they pleased. But when one found that one slave that provided everything he needed, a warrior usually stayed with that one slave, unless she displeased him enough to sell her and try again. But he already had the answer to the problem at hand.

In the time he had been at Sadar, he had talked at length with Hector. He had been a simple warrior of Thuria and had been captured by an enemy city and sold into slavery. Daniel had been thinking of it for some time but until now, since he was now apart of Sadar, did he make the decision. As he waited for their answer he called for the two house slaves and had one go fetch Hector and the other to fetch what was in the a small store room.

[LadyRaven]

Moira gripped Silver's hand tightly as Daniel finally noticed them and she lowered her head a little further. She tried to speak, but tears began to fall and she just couldn't. Silver gave her hand another reassuring squeeze and gave her a sideways nod to coax her friend some. "Master?" She stammered, "Master, I beg that you not be displeased with me?" She gave a small sniff, swallowing back her tears and she finally let go of Silver's hand. "Master, I mean no harm or offense in this, but if you see fit to sell me for it, then please, I beg of you, do as you must." Slowly, her knees parted further and she lifted her head. The hurt and desperation as clear in her features as the red of her silks. Sitting back on her heels, she squared her shoulders and slowly lifted her hands to Daniel, her palms up. More tears fell, for she feared he would turn on her still, despite what Silver had told her. "Master, please! I beg of you, please. Use me or have me used, I beg, please, Master. I am a slave of pleasure and I have been cast aside for so very long. Please Master, this slave begs you with all her heart and soul." At her side, Silver lowered her head and closed her eyes. She had promised she would not hate or end her friendship with Moira over this and she carefully and discretely moved her knee to touch Moira's ever so slightly in support for her friend.

Across the courtyard, the house girl arrived with Hector and the man sank to his knees with the house girl, but for obvious reasons, slightly differently. His knees were not closed, for the muscle in his thighs would not allow it, but nor did he spread them, for he was not and never would be a pleasure slave. He was the lowest of the low in the slave cast, a kitchen urt, forbidden from ever leaving the house under pain of death. His once proud past was little more than a shadow now, though he tried to keep some dignity in private. Beside him, the house girl coughed lightly in her throat to gain Daniel's attention and then quickly left again. She had chores to do with her partner slave below stairs so to speak.

Hector regarded Silver and Moira very carefully and he could see what Moira was doing. He remembered he'd had more than one slave do that to him in his previous life, but he held no resentment to Moira, nor to Silver who was clearly trying to support her friend and bondage sister. He didn't let his eyes linger long, for it was painful to do so. He dropped his gaze and coughed into his throat. "Master." She said in his deep voice, "You commanded this slave to come to you. What is Master's desire?" Though they had spoken privately and at length before now, he had always maintained the proper etiquette, even when Daniel had asked him to speak freely, Hector had never done so. Not long after he had spoken, he noticed the second house girl arrive with a small box, covered in dust and she knelt by Daniel's feet, holding the box up and out to him in her very fingertips so he wouldn't have to touch her. House girls were always nervous of that, fearing they may be taken for pleasure slaves instead of simple house slaves. Hector swallowed hard in his throat, feeling his collar slide up and then down again over his large Adam's Apple......

[questor]

Daniel took the small box from her and then said, "Go fetch the rest of the things there. Make it in haste, he told her. The slave rose and ran back out to fetch what there was left in the small storage room or closet. Mean while Daniel smiled down at Moira and Silver, then turned to Hector and told him to rise to his feet.

A few minutes later the house slave returned dragging the round shield of a warrior, with the sword and scabbard over one shoulder, a red tunic over one arm and carring a helment in the other hand. She stopped laying the shield down and putting everything on top of it before kneeling. He then opened the box and handed Hector a small scroll of paper.

Hector looked at the warrior gear and the paper and then opened it and his eyes went wide. "You are now a Free man Hector, and you are hereby reinstated as a warrior, a warrior of Sadar if you like, or you may return tho Thuria. Also I think there is a slave here that you have had an intrest in, and is in need of a master." he looked down at Moira.

Still presenting her beg, Moira began to fear the worst and when he turned away to regard Hector, she felt as though her entire world had just fallen in around her. He had refused her too and would now give her away to someone. Moira couldn't bear that, but she stemmed ehr tears and remained silent. Across from them, Hector watched with caution as he noticed the house girl disappear again only to reappear a few minutes later once more, laden with the uniform and shield of a warrior. He recognised them immediately as his own. Lucus had kept them and would show them often to humiliate him in front of gatherings and other slaves. He wondered for a moment if that was what Daniel was about to do, but then he was told to stand.

Getting to his feet, Hector stood tall and lifted his head. His eyes went wide as he saw the papers of a Free Man, his papers. Daniel had not only freed him, but reinstated him as well. Hector felt his chest swell with deep pride and loyalty to Daniel. He had a choice, he could leave and return home, or he could stay. That choice was easy. In Thuria, he was shamed now and his name stripped from him and history for his defeat. He would stay in Sadar. And then the statement moved onto Moira and he looked at the deserpate woman still on her knees begging. Oh, he'd had an interest in her, who wouldn't. She was beautiful, she was red silk and she had a heart. He nodded without hesitation, but then felt his lower bonds dig in. He had looked for too long. He still nodded though. "From this day forward, Sir, you can call on me as your loyal friend and brother." He stuck out his arm and grabbed Daniel's with force and friendship. "But the first thing I most desperately need are my bonds destroying, for if I stare at Moira any longer like that, I'm likely to lose what manhood I have left." It embarrassed him to say such a thing, but desperation was still desperation....

"Then do so." Daniel said, "and then take Moira to your quarters so she can be used and used well."

Hector looked at Moira again and then had to take a deep breath as he felt the deep and sharp pain of his bladed bonds dig in once more. "Only you hold the key, Sir." He said quietly. "It would have been given to you with the keys for the house and its holdings."....

Pulling out a bunch of keys from his pouch, he handed them to Hector. "Once you are both satisfied, return here, for your things and I will take you to Darious and introduce you as a new warrior of Sadar. You will remain a part of this house hold, and one of the bed chambers upstairs will be yours. Any and all your cooking secrets you can give to Silver and Moira as they will be helping prepare our food now." he smiled down at Silver.

Hector just about managed to refrain from snatching the key chain from Daniel, but he did take it very quickly. Stripping off his leather pouch, he revealed the true extent of Lucus' cruelty to Daniel and he quickly went about finding the right key for the tiny locks on the barbaric contraption that inprisoned his manhood so savgely to his scrotum and behind further. He finally found the needed key and within seconds, he dropped to his knees and the relief on his face was immense. He was a man again, though his member was badly scarred from the bonds, but he could live with that. With pride restored, he got back to his feet and stood before Daniel. He strode across the courtyard and stood before Moira. "State my name, slave." He said to her formerly.
"Master." Moira said, her eyes filled with fresh tears, but of joy this time for Hector. He was a Free Man again.

He asked, he wanted to make sure this was done right.
"You own this slave, Master." Moira said with a deep pride of her own. Yes, Daniel had given her away to Hector, but under the circumstances and considering their already long friendship, she really didn't mind she hadn't put coin in Daniel's pocket.
"Stand." Hector said. Moira stood and lifted her head. "Now run." He told her. And off she went without hesitation, her arms straight at her sides, her hands flared out, her back straight, thighs together and high on her toes. Hector wasted no time in going after her, slapping Daniel on the shoulder as he chased down his desire.

Still on her knees and smiling ear to ear, Silver remained in absolute silence. Daniel had kept that quiet, but she didn't mind. She relaxed in her position and waited for Daniel to release her....

"Rise my little slave and come to your master." he called to her. It was a day of days for him, Sadar, and others. Hector and Moira would remain at the house with the two house slaves. But the change would be there.

Silver insantly got to her feet and went to Daniel. Once before him, she sank to her knees again, "What is Master's desire?" She asked, showing she had remembered yet more of her recent lessons....

He grinned and picked her up off the floor again. "I will think of something he said and took her up stairs." That night everyone around probably heard the two lovely slaves cries of pleasure and happiness. The next morning he patted his lovely slave's ass and said. "We will be leaving today to take Port Cos. Are you and Mama ready for it?"

Hector was up and ready to be taken to Darious. He was eager to join the warriors in taking Port Cos. He wore his red tunic with pride and hefted his shield on one arm. His sword hung at his side. Moira knelt at his side, the look of satisfaction and pride on her face.

Silver never doubted it for a second and by morning, she felt as well used and loved as she looked. As the house began to rise for the day and Daniel patted her backside as seemed his habit, asking her if she was ready for the new battle. "We are ready, Master." She said and rose also. Once downstairs, Silver smiled warmly to Moira, who had never looked so happy and satisfied, but Silver did spot a bruise or two where Hector's hands were just a little too heavy for her. Still, she paid them no mind and looked genuinely happy with her lot. Once in the courtyard proper, Silver then sank to her knees before Hector and bowed her head. "Master." She said with respect and pride. "If this slave may say so, Master, you are a fine Warrior."
"You may, Silver." Hector said in friendship before looking to Daniel. He approached with his head high in pride. "Daniel." He said, saying his friend's name proper for the first time. It sounded and it felt good. "May I speak with you?".....

"Of course." he told Hector and he lead him off a bit so they could talk. "What do you wish to talk about?"

Hector nodded to Moira, who quickly came to him and produced a small dark wooden box. He took it from her and she returned to Silver. Hector held onto the box for a moment before he held it out to Daniel. "It is forbidden on Gor to provide a slave with any form of weapon." He said, nodding for Daniel to open the box, "But we both know Silver is anything but an ordinary slave. I've seen her with the she sleen around the house and I've heard rumours of what happened yesterday on the battlefield. What you will see in that box wasn't hers, nor was it ever intended to be so, and should it ever come to light that she has them, I will flat deny any involvement, you understand. I took them from a panther girl many decades ago now during a skirmish down South near my former home. Silver is a formidable foe, but she lacks what a true sleen needs to fight and hunt. This should rectify that lacking. I give them because she has been kind to me, as have you, Daniel." Inside the box were a set of steel blades, four in all that would fit perfectly over Silver's hands and would be tied on with leather straps.....

Daniel smiled and looked over at Silver. He called Silver over to him and showed her the blades. "What do you think my lovely little slave."

Silver came as bade and knelt before Daniel as he held something out to show her. She knew instanty what they were and her eyes went wide. "They are magnificent, Master." She said, "A deadly addition to any Warrior's arsenal."....

"Not warrior wepons. Panther Girl weapons." he told her. Taking one hand of hers he strapped one on then the other. There were slaves that could use weapons. But that was for the sport of Free men and women. They were called fighting slaves. They would fight others like them, usually to the death. Here againit was up to the master and the slave had to have his permission. "Better to protect yourself till this is all over." he told her.

Silver trembled with fear as Daniel suddenly took one of her hands and openly strapped the blades to the back of it. She then stared at them, open mouthed as he strapped on the second set and Silver slowly turned her hands to view them. They did indeed fit her perfectly and when she turned her hands either in or out, the claws seemed to extend and retract with her wrist, allowing her still the same freedom of movement without injuring herself. But when she made a fist, the claws took on an entire presence of their own. Silver had her own claws. "Master... I.." She stammered, looking at Daniel and then at Hector, "Master and Master, I... I...." She was utterly stunned....

"Well don't get to use to them." he told her, "Once this is over they come off." He chuckled. "I don't want to accidently get cut up with them." he grinned. "But my little slave, they will be where I can get to them. Now you have the claws of a she sleen."

Silver let a single tear of happiness slide down her cheek as she nodded, but her eyes never left those deadly steels that now slotted so neatly between her slender fingers. Growing up among her pack, having claws was pretty much the only thing she had ever dreamt of and prayed for. And now she had them. At least until the war was over and then she would have to surrender them again to her Master, but for the moment, they were all hers and it took only a moment or so for her to figure them out. It was almost as though she had known them all her life....

Daniel slapped Hector on the back. "My thanks. I think we should be going." With Daniel and Hector in the lead, and Silver following, still admiring her new claws, they left the house. "I'll bring him back." Daniel told Moira." Then they were out and heading to the barracks where everyone was gathering and preparing. Once there He brought Hector forward and introduced him. If Daniel vouched for him Darious had no problem at all accepting him.

Then to Daniel he said. "I know you came from Ar Station, but I hope you will reamin here with us. If you do chose to stay, I want you to be my Military Commander." Now that took Daniel by complete surprise. He could see his commander and the Military commander of Ar Station smiling with knowing eyes. Daniel saluted Darous. "I have decided to stay and it would be an honor and privilage to be your Military Commander

Darious saluted Daniel also before he looked slightly passed he and Hector to Silver and his smile faltered some. "And I see your she sleen has her own claws." He said with some caution. "The law is clear on slaves holding weapons of any kind, Commander." His smile returned, "But, once she drops her silks, she will be considered a weapon of your arsenal. And I assume the sleen you call Mama will be along also?"....

As if on que, Mama made her way into the building, as everyone moved to give her room and not even try to stop her. "That she is." he reached down and stroked the She Sleen's head. Everyone was amazed at how the sleen obeyed Daniel and allowed him to touch her. "As for Silver, she has my permission to wear them and use them if necessary. As you probably saw during the battle, she lead the one pack, she beat the alpha female and took control of the pack, she will lead them and Mama will lead her pack. He turned to the warriors and Tarnsmen of Sadar. They all saluted him and he returned it. "To Victory." he drew his sword and held it high in the air. "To Victory!" they shouted back. "To the tarns!" he commanded and they all headed towards the Tarn Enclouser. Daniel drew Silver to him and kissed her deeply. "You be careful." he told her.

Silver kissed him back just as deeply and then pulled the knot of her silks to let them fall. She wasn't a slave now, as decreed by Darious, she was a weapon, a War Sleen. With a grunt to her mother, Silver and Mama took off from the building and were given a clear run through the growing township and into the open plains where their respective packs were lingering, waiting for their Alphas....

Warriors climbed into the baskets, the Tarnsmen climbed into the saddles and strapped in. It would take them more time with the extra weight but the force from Ar Station would be marching with their Tarn force as Air cover. They would not get close enough to be identified and would stop, and make sure to draw the attention of the defenders of Port Cos. Daniel followed Silver's Pack and Mama made ran her pack in the opposite direction. She was a very intelligent She Sleen.

As planned they flew far enough around Port Cos and low enough as not to be detected. He knew that by now all their patrols had been pulled in to screen the southern approach and to help defend the city. The tarn nets were up but the port side was deserted and had no nets. He landed his warriors and then the tarns, and waited for Silver and Mama to arrive with their packs.

[LadyRaven]

When Silver and Mama met up with their packs, they had to spend some time bonding and playing a little to gel back together again, but soon enough, they were bounding through the plains and following the literal cloud of Tarns. It would take them several hours to catch up, but Silver didn't mind and she knew Daniel wouldn't mind either. As they ran, they played with each other too, wrestling and chasing through the tall grasses and one male decided to stay quite close to Silver.

The hours wiled away and when Silver had grown too tired to run anymore, she simply hopped a ride on Mama's back for a while and then carried on. Eventually, they did make it to Daniel's forces and Silver made sure to keep it all business then. Silver discovered that they weren't actually that far behind the humans after all, maybe only a few hours rather than several. If she hadn't spent so much time larking with her pack, they would have been there almost at the same time.

Silver brought her pack close to Daniel's army, but not close enough to cause trouble and then slowly moved forward to show them and Daniel's men that this was non threatening. There were many growls and grunts between her and her sleen pack and again between Mama and Silver. With both packs settled, Silver and Mama moved further forward, but then found themselves accompanied by two large males, one from each pack. From Silver's, it was the male that had for some reason, stayed close to her and from Mama's, it was the oldest and largest of them. Silver looked across at her male General, so to speak and lifted an eyebrow, but then carried on. And to keep things simple, Silver stayed on her hands and feet rather than stand up and she lopped up to Daniel with Mama, leaving the two generals a little ways back.

Sitting down just beyond Wind Strike, Silver nodded her head. "My pack is ready." She said with pride. Mama grunted at Daniel to say much the same and then growled at Silver. Silver growled back at Mama and the sleen backed off some, but not entirely. "You understand that once you unleash us on Port Cos." She told Daniel, "Anything that comes at us or hinders us will be brought down." She said it loud enough for the soldiers to hear her too. "And I do mean anything. Though mama and I will try to steer the packs away from your men, any that stray will be hunted too, for I cannot stop once we begin. Do you understand... Human Master?" She had to keep that distinction clear until she was back home again.....

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