John and Argent by cmsix

Chapter 24

I hadn't retrieved my sleeping furs from the buckboard and it didn't matter since the girls had plenty and they quickly made a spot for me to rest. I didn't miss the fact that it was right in the middle of all of their places. It was dark by now and even though they had a couple of small lamps burning I was able to slip out of my chain mail without them seeing it. I settled down to rest.

Rest would not be coming so soon though. I was barely still before I felt a naked Jalieta sneak under my covers and press her warm naked flesh up to mine. Hell I wasn't going to argue. I wouldn't fuck her unless she asked nicely but I was not opposed to having a little fun. When she was close enough I pulled her to me for a good spit swapping kiss and I pulled her body against mine enjoying the press of her firm breasts against the hair on my chest. I ran a hand down to her flank and petted and pinched on her firm little rounded ass for a while.

One of the disappointing things about necking with young virgins is that they are usually too shy to reach and take hold of your dick. This is offset by the fact that they are young virgins. My dick was hard and throbbing though and I wanted to get some type of tactile stimulation for it. Pressing it to Jalieta's warm body let its head slither around in her sparse pubes.

By then she was panting when I gave her the chance by kissing up her neck and over her ears. I could also hear the others doing a little heavy breathing of their own. I hoped that they all wanted a little groping around tonight.

I slid my hand around off Jalieta's ass and searched between her legs. Finding the wet spot in only seconds I got my fingers slippery and started to manipulate her fat little cuntlips with them. She spread herself instinctually and was soon pushing her unentered pussy up toward my diddling. After a few minutes Jalieta had lost her ability to participate consciously, she just lay there panting while her hips rocked her pussy toward the stimulation as if on automatic pilot. I slipped my fingers down toward her entrance and found her barrier bravely guarding the gate. I didn't try to get past, I just returned to her clit and sent her off to pleasure town. Soon she was limp and I was kissing her and whispering to her how exciting she had been.

During my exploration of Jalieta, Balalia had moved over against me surreptitiously. Her back was to me but she was right up against me. Jalieta was spent and limp so I turned over to spoon up to Balalia. Her ass was firm and round and prominent and I let dicky find a place to lie between her cheeks as I draped an arm over to play with her slightly smaller but still tempting titties.

I found one's nipple right away and my thumb and fingers attacked it gently. As I kissed and nibbled on her neck and pressed dicky rhythmically between her ass cheeks I pulled, pinched and twisted first one nipple and then the other. When she started moaning lowly as she panted I reached down, taking hold of dicky, and angled him down to push through the little gap at the top of her thighs. She tensed then and I know that she expected to be relieved of her maidenhead but I didn't cock my hips to put dicky's head against it. I just let him slide along the furrow her wet labia made and then, reaching over her hips, I pressed him up against them with my fingers on the underside of his shaft.

My dickhead rubbed over her tingle button as I pulled it back and forth over her sex with my hips. I pushed the arm I was lying on under Balalia so I could bother her tits from the low approach. She was still young, small and light and it wasn't really a strain. Her tenseness had vanished by now and if I'd had a mind to I was sure that she was excited enough so that getting a dick well and truly shoved into her wouldn't have seemed anything but right. I still resisted the attraction though and I pumped my hips and rubbed her clitty with my dick until she was bucking her sweet little ass in her ecstasy. I cuddled and kissed her a while as she wound down and then lay back between the two resting teens, letting my dick just throb for a while.

I guess I drifted off for a few minutes. I woke with a mouth kissing around mine and a hand exploring the hair on my chest and one of my nipples. I wasn't sure which one she was but as I drew her head up to kiss those lips my hand was doing a little exploring of its own. It found a much rounder and fatter pair of titties that were topped by plumper nipples. It was probably Cailayia; she owned the biggest titties in the unmated women's hut.

I began worrying the plump buds right away and then I rolled her to her back to get my lips around one of them. I moved my body between her thighs as I did it, forcing them apart with my knees. She tensed too and I'm sure she thought her virginity would be a thing of the past shortly. It would have bent my back too much to fuck her and suck her nipples at the same time so I settled with my dick somewhere down between her knees and my abdomen resting on her bush as I sucked avidly at the titty I was latched onto.

Her legs were splayed widely but lying flat against the furs. As her temperature rose she wasn't getting the contact with her sex from my body that she now wanted. She pulled her knees up and as it got better she crossed her ankles behind my ass and began humping against my stomach as I upped the ante from sucking her nipples to nibbling them. Cailayia was making a plaintive but faint near growl with every breath now and as my nibbling on her nipples got more firm and demanding her ass's humping took on a real importance to her. I let her buck against me until she got herself off and when her legs returned limply to the sleeping furs I let my weight rest on her body and used her titties as pillows while I gave her ass the groping that it deserved.

Dicky was bored with all the build up and no spelunking. He wanted to get into something, anything. The ill-mannered bastard could just wait as far as I was concerned. I was now determined not to let him breach any gates tonight. He had garnered some sympathy from me though, especially after he started drooling and aching.

I was begining to think that the only other girl in here didn't want to play. She hadn't come up close and all the others were back in their own furs and from the sound of their breathing they were asleep. Was Kateata afraid, shy or just not interested? I was still horny so I decided to find out for sure.

I wiggled my way nearer her. When I got close I could tell that she was only feigning sleep. Her breathing was seemingly calm but it wasn't from sleep. She was trying to fool me. That deserved a little attention itself.

She was lying on her side facing away from me so I quietly spooned up behind her until dicky was comfortably between her ass cheeks. They were prominent and firm but very comfortable. She didn't move away or press her ass back either. She continued with her sleep charade.

I lay and arm over her and found a titty, first squeezing it and then teasing the nipple with a finger and thumb. It swelled almost at once and her ass gave just the slightest push back to me. I put my lips to her neck to kiss it and then explored up to her earlobe with my tongue.

"What are you doing John?" Kateata asked in a low whisper.

"I am trying to find out if you are as luscious as you looked with your clothes on."

"But I am unmated, you mustn't do this to me." She whispered again.

"I have done nothing but play with you so far. It will not be known and I am enjoying the feel of you."

She didn't say anything else, she just sighed and wiggled her ass a little. Mentioning it, the view of Kateata in her clothes, had brought it back to my mind. She had by far the prettiest face and though their clothes did a good job of hiding them her body had seemed curvy and delightful even while she was dressed. Playing with her titties had already let me know that the tunic had caused me to underestimate them and her nipples were proving to be sensitive and more substantial than I would have thought.

"You won't really do it to me then?" She asked still whispering.

"I can't promise that. Your friends have already gotten me very excited and your body is making me even more excited."

She didn't tense and actually seemed to wiggle her ass against my dick a little more aggressively. I left off titty play and moved my hand down to her bush. As I searched for her wet slit with my fingers she opened her legs to help me. It wasn't so much that she gave me room that made me think a little; it was the way that she did it. She not only opened her thighs, she opened them wider and she cocked her hips to make her wetness easier to get to, almost as if she knew what I needed. She sighed more loudly as my fingers found her lips and she seemed to be able to press back against my dick and push her pussy to my fingers at the same time.

Kateata was wet and warm and her hips were trying to establish a rhythm already. I pushed a finger between her lips expecting to find her hymen and there wasn't one. Realization came to me at once and as I slid the finger up into her she groaned lowly and her pussy nibbled at it. I did a little nibbling of my own on her earlobe as I realized that at least dicky's dreams had come true. Kateata had no cherry to pluck, whether she had already been fucked (my guess) or had lost it some other way, there was no need for me to pass up a shot of her pussy.

Her ass was in rhythm now and her breathing was excited. I slipped another finger up into her wet wiggling pussy. She was very tight but very wet also. I backed away from her a little and pulled her toward me rolling her to her back. Then I kissed her lips and let my tongue enter her mouth. Her tongue was waiting and she seemed eager for the kiss.

"Oh John, I know I can't stop you but you shouldn't do this to me." Kateata said, louder now.

"I am a leader and you are joining my camp. If I want you I will take you. If you are mated or if you aren't I will take you when I want you." I told her, loudly enough to wake the others I hoped.

"But I am unmated and have never done it before. My mother isn't even here to help me. I will never get a mate if you do it to me before I am mated." She said raising her voice also and sounding a lot like someone else that liked to piss and moan before I fucked her.

"I do not need your mother to know what to do. If I need help holding you down I will wake the others and they can hold you. I will have you shortly." I said as I settled between her legs.

She let me know at once that she was a Geera style complainer. When I was between her legs her hand found my dick to place it before I even thought to do it myself.

"Oh John you mustn't. The others will not help you, they are my friends." She wailed and shivered with expectation.

I pushed dicky just inside her and she trembled. I didn't go any further yet though.

"They will help me or I will go outside and call their mothers to come help me and I will have you all tonight and the whole camp will know it."

I had no intention of doing that and I'm sure, since Kateata already had my dick in her, that she knew it. The others must not have liked the idea though and were all up almost at once taking hold of Kateata's arms, holding them to the furs.

"I can't believe you will help him do this to me." She wailed at them.

"We must Kateata, he is the leader and we must do as he says. We can't let the whole camp know. You know that. Just try to be quiet as he does it to you." Jalieta told her.

"That is easy for you to say. He isn't doing it to you. Please don't do it John." She wailed again, but more softly.

"I was hoping he would do it to me. I am tired of waiting with nothing around for mates worth having. You know that he won't let you starve if he does it. No leader would. You should try to do it good so he will want you often, but maybe he will do it to me instead. I will be happy for him to." Cailayia told her.

"I may do it to you but I am not letting Kateata up until she learns that she is for the leader first, even before her mate if I want it." I said as I slid it all the way up into Kateata.

Just as I thought she had been shamming. When she felt me enter all the way her legs were around my hips in an instant. As I withdrew and stroked again she pushed up to me like a pro and squeezed dicky with her pussy as he settled home. She had groaned loudly as I entered and when she did the others had loosened their hold on her arms. She pulled them from the furs and wrapped them around my neck kissing me again.

Kateata was no match for me in endurance and she was moaning and crying in pleasure after just a little dicking. She hunched back up to me vigorously and as I changed dicky's angle to press against her clit she tensed up and went over into orgasm, trembling and shaking. I wasn't done yet and was about to pull out and have at another one of them before I came to my senses. I contented myself with slow stroking Kateata until she could recover.

In only a few minutes she was back and helping. She seemed much more able to hold herself to the slow pace I wanted this time. She wrapped me back up with her legs and arms and resumed her hungry kissing and energetic hip work. We were able to build each other to a final climax after a while and it was a good one. I knew that I had found a spectacular fuck in Kateata and I was thinking seriously of keeping her.

When we were done she sagged back to her furs and while her legs dropped from around me her arms maintained their hold on me and she pulled me down onto her body, still kissing on and around my lips and nibbling against my neck.

"That was wonderful John. You are such a man and so forceful and demanding. I loved it." She cooed.

"You were wonderful too. Am I too heavy to lay on you for a while?"

"No, you feel good on me and I want you to stay there for me. I love to feel you on me." She said.

I was afraid the others were thinking that they might want in on some of the action now. I wouldn't mind it if I must but I was very comfortable where I was. My dick was still up in Kateata and while it was no longer at full pressure it was maintaining a respectable presence. Kateata's insides squeezed it every now and then to let it know she still liked it. To my surprise I drifted off to sleep on her.

I don't know how long I slept but I do know what roused me, Kateata's pussy. She was squeezing a renewed dicky firmly with it. I opened my eyes and looked into hers. She smiled at me.

"Are you awake wonderful John?" She asked in a whisper.

"Yes." I told her as I gave just a tiny push up her.

"You have saved me much grief this night. You knew that Jarendo had already forced me didn't you?" She asked.

"I only knew that your barrier was gone when I felt you with my fingers. I did not know what had happened. It can be broken by accident sometimes."

"I did not know that. It was no accident though. Jarendo got me alone and forced me. After that I thought that I would never have a mate unless I took Jarendo and I didn't want him. I was happy when you killed him and I am even happier now, even if I never have a mate." She said as she increased her pussy's manipulations of my dick.

"You will have a mate Kateata, I promise you that. If I didn't have twelve mates already you would be my mate now." I told her like a fool.

"You have twelve mates! How do you take care of twelve mates? How can you even feed them?" She asked amazed.

"You must not tell it but I can feed many more than twelve mates. My whole camp has still not eaten all the meat I took in my first hunt, much less the cave bear I killed and the other smaller game I have come upon accidentally. I can kill all the meat for my whole camp by myself if I must."

"But I don't understand how. You are the greatest hunter I have ever heard of then." She said and her legs came back up around my hips to cross behind my ass.

"You will find out soon enough."

"I want to find out and I want you to teach me more about hunting. I love to hunt. I am good at stalking the game. I have to be. I must get closer than the men because I cannot cast the spear as far or as hard as they do. It is the same for all women who hunt. We must be better at stalking and at tracking also." She said as she began pushing her pussy to me harder.

I stopped talking then and concentrated on the resumed fucking. Kateata had a wonderfully active pussy and it deserved my attention. I began a slower stroking and she had to adjust to the new pace. I pressed it up her as far as I could and then drew it back until it was almost out. She moved her ass with precision to make sure that I didn't pop all the way out, which would have required re-aiming. Soon we were both concentrating on the long slow pumping.

We kept it up for at least twenty minutes and when we were through we both came at the same time, clutching and hugging each other through our finish.

"It was so good again. You are more than a great hunter John. You are a great man. I am going to love it at your camp. I hope your mates will not be cross with me if I try to spend some time with you too." She said.

"You have no worries there. If they find out that you will put up with it my mates will be sneaking you into our bed at night. They enjoy holding other women down so I can do it to them. They will be very excited if you moan and complain and try to get away." I told her.

"If they truly like that then I can give them a thrill. I am good at struggling to get away. I didn't really know what Jarendo was doing the first time, after that he never got to do it again. I could always get away some how. I even started letting him get me alone so I could get away after he had his trousers off. It always made him so mad but he could not complain because he wasn't supposed to be doing it to me anyway." She said and then grinned.

I didn't tell her that she had sealed her fate as mate number thirteen with that admission. I was getting horny again thinking about having Dieta go and get her from the unmated women's quarters after I got her back to camp and I could practically feel the heat off Geera as I imagined her holding Kateata down. Dicky was at the ready again but I just pushed him back all the way up Kateata and told her we needed to sleep some more. She kissed me to my dreams.

She and I woke before the others and while I wanted to fuck her again and in fact still had a hard dick up her I didn't. I told her to make sure to swear the others to secrecy, advising her to tell them that I would be angry if they told anyone. She said that she would and I slipped out of her, dressed and went outside.

When I stepped out of the hut I saw Georgo coming toward me with an almost silly grin on his face. I figured it was because he had been pounding on Ladeliea most of the night and was just full of himself this morning. I was wrong though.

"Well John how was your night in the hut of the unmated women. I'm betting that you gave them a little practice to show them what mated life was going to be like." He jabbed.

"Actually I didn't. During my examinations I did find that one had already been forced by the man that died shortly after I tried to meet the leader. I was able to convince all the other unmated ones that I was the first to take her though. She hadn't told anyone. I assume it will be more acceptable for her that way." I said trying to salve my conscious.

"If that was the case it was in fact a noble gesture on your part, no doubt it had its own compensations." He said.

"It did at that and I'm not sure any other will ever get a chance at her. I had noticed her good looks when I first met her and she is attractive, even more so without her clothes. I am seriously considering asking her to be one of my mates."

"I don't see why you shouldn't. You have plenty of room for more mates. You could have twice as many and there would not be a crowd in that big cave. Surely you are not worried about another mouth to feed since you will probably end up feeding her anyway. You are doing almost all of the hunting already." He said.

"I am but I intend to change that. It isn't that I mind killing the animals; I actually like it. With all the men that will be in camp soon there will be no hardship in getting many at one time and processing them. I am a little worried about other foods though. With so many living in one location the gathering may become difficult."

"I have heard of camps that brought portions of plants back and put them in the ground to grow again. I do not know how well it works though." Georgo said.

"It depends on what plant it is and I know of some that do well that way. It needs to be done in the spring though so they will have time to produce fruit before the snow comes. We will worry about that after this winter. We will surely be able to find enough to gather this year."

"I don't think that you will even have to worry about next year. The women may have to range farther to find things but if they have some horses to help them it should be easier. How long will it take to train more of the horses?" He asked.

"I should have little trouble training the rest of those that I have from the first group that I captured. The others will take a little longer but I will have some help with the things that must be done over and over and eventually Jonoco, Nadlo and Danlo should be able to do most of it after I show them and explain what must be done."

"We should probably begin getting things settled so that we can return today then. Barago and Britta want to go today and so do some of the others. I tried to tell them that they should wait until we can get back with the other wagon but they are anxious to go."

"I hate to start demanding that they obey this early but Barago needs to stay with this camp to keep order until I can get most of the others moved. They are accustomed to following his leadership and we can't carry much in your buckboard. Barago needs to stay to watch over them and to see that everyone packs their things and is ready to load them when we return tomorrow. I will speak to him now."

Georgo led the way and we went to Barago's hut. I was going to try and convince him before I demanded that he stay. I was better at convincing than I had thought I would be. Georgo played a big part in that also. We all decided that the unmated women should go back with Georgo and me since the two runners were still on the loose. I encouraged Barago to try convincing the two wild ones that they would be better off if they modified their behavior and came with us. He promised to try.

Georgo and I wasted no more time before starting to get ready to go. I hitched the team, drug Harto's body out of the way and had Cailayia, Kateata, Balalia and Jalieta packing their things into the wagon in only a few minutes. There was plenty of room for their things and loading only took about forty-five minutes. They even managed to get us something cooked to eat in that time too. Georgo and Ladeliea had already eaten before he came to see me.

Georgo took the buckboard to Ladeliea's hut to load her things while we were eating and we followed him after we were done. We helped with the last of the loading when we got there and were soon on our way.

The buckboard's seat was not as wide as the wagon's of course. Georgo, Ladeliea, Kateata and I sat on the seat and the other girls made themselves comfortable in the wagon box with their sleeping furs for padding. Georgo and I had removed the tops and stowed them. We left at a trot and all the women were surprised at the speed we were able to travel.

After riding on the seat for an hour or so Kateata swapped places with Cailayia so she could have a turn on it. I noticed that she was quick to put her warm body right up against mine and after a while her hand was resting on my leg. I put my arm around her and pulled her to me even closer and the trip got more pleasant.

The seat swapping turned into an all day thing with each of the girls getting a turn at my side and giving my leg the attention of their hands. Each of them seemed a little bolder than the last and when it came time for Kateata to sit by me again she put her hand right on my dick and gave me a thorough fondling. Going with the flow I let my arm around her waist move up and slid my hand under her tunic. Soon I was teasing the shit out of her titties and nipples and was hoping I wouldn't have to ask Georgo to stop for a fuck break.

Things didn't get that far along. The trip was long but passed pleasantly. We made good time too since Georgo was much more confident about his driving today. We were back home nearly three hours before sunset. We had plenty of time to unpack everyone and after we had the girl's things in with the other unmated women we took the buckboard to Georgo's cave to unload Ladeliea's things. Bigglieo and Galto came over then to help Georgo with the unloading and Danlo and Nadlo took the horses to unharness and put away. I told them to put the team into the blind canyon and hobble them near the entrance. I'm sure that Sally and Jane needed a little grazing time.

I went in to see my mates and found that Melieta and Jaiya were visiting Shaala and Shallea again. I was soundly kissed and hugged by all, even the four visitors. It seemed that they had become fast friends and had begun hanging out in Danlo and the twins' cave. I had to tell all about my adventures while I ate my supper and continue with my tale after it was done.

After eating I went out for a while to inspect the finished fence and when I saw the job I was impressed. Someone had taken the work seriously. The pickets were even closer together than I had suggested and I saw that they hadn't been extended into the ground as we'd done at the horse cave. Bigglieo said that it had been Danlo's idea. They had left the ends of the pickets off the ground so that they wouldn't start rotting. Another line of larger rails had been put down on the ground on each side of the pickets. Bigglieo said that Danlo thought that it would be easier to replace the large rails when they rotted than it would to replace the much more numerous pickets.

They were right and I was impressed that they had thought it through so clearly. It would also be easier to put the electric fence wire, the stinging wire as they called it, along the larger rails. Danlo, Nadlo and Jonoco still intended to stay on watch. I was glad because I didn't feel like fucking with electric fence tonight. It wouldn't get done tomorrow either since we would all have to go back to the other camp. I intended to take both the wagon and the buckboard and all the horses that could be convinced to pull a travois. I bid them all goodbye and went back to my cave and my mates.

It was more talking about the traveling with my mates when I returned to the cave.

"But John, you killed two men and didn't gain any mates. You must try harder to get rid of mated men." Dieta explained to me.

"I just don't think I would be comfortable killing a man just because he has a pretty mate."

"That is right but couldn't you try to find mated men that were causing trouble? It seems a shame that Georgo found a pretty mate on the trip and you didn't." Geera said.

"I already have more pretty mates than anyone else Geera."

"Yes but we are becoming fond of our little group and we would like to have more." Shelalliea said.

"You did notice that I brought all of the unmated women back with the first load didn't you?"

"I did. I saw them and they are all pretty, especially the one that was sitting beside you. She was very pretty. Why did you take them all to the unmated women's cave to stay. You should have brought them all here. We have plenty of room, even the bed is big enough already for at least four more." Delia said; sounding as if I should have known that it was the thing to do.

"I can't mate every woman I find. I shouldn't take all the new unmated ones. What if I find one much prettier later and my bed is already full to overflowing?"

"Surely it will just grow again if it knows we need more room." Gema, our bed watcher, said.

"It might grow but it might not. We do not know it will grow again."

"We did not know that it would grow before but when we needed more room it did." Maia pointed out.

"Where did you sleep at the other camp, you didn't have to stay in Georgo's buckboard did you?" Winna asked.

"No, the unmated women were worried that some of the troublesome ones would sneak into the hut to force them since they knew the women would be leaving the next day."

"Good, did you fuck them all?" Roweea asked.

"No, I kissed and played with them all though."

"Please don't tell us that you didn't fuck any of them." Waaya said.

"Well I don't like to kiss and tell but since you are my mates I will tell you. I did fuck Kateata, you said she was the prettiest one, the one that was beside me when we got back here."

"Why did you leave her with the unmated ones then? Why didn't you bring her here to live with us?" Jaada said almost indignantly.

"Because I wanted Dieta and Geera to go and fetch her out of the unmated women's cave later."

I explained Kateata's problem then and told them it was the reason I had fucked her. I also told them that she liked to resist and that I wanted Dieta and Geera to go and make a big show of bringing her to my bed. Roweea was quick to ask if she could go also and then Maia wanted to get in on it too. I let them talk me into it but said it would have to wait until I was back from the next trip.

"Must you leave us alone for another night?" Merita asked.

"I'm afraid I will have to do it again. We will have to train a new team tomorrow and they will have to learn mostly during the trip. I must go with the men who go tomorrow to make sure that all the horses will do right. I will not go the next time though. We will have all the horses trained to at least pull a travois by then and I can let the others make any other trips that are needed."

"If you must go we will be all right. I hope you plan to show us how much you missed us tonight though." Gema said.

"I do but I must ask you something else. Do any of you like to hunt?"

They looked at me like I might be addle headed for a minute and then they all said that they did. Some of them hadn't hunted much in the last year or two but they all said that they wished they could hunt more.

I told them what Kateata had said to me about women having to try harder since they weren't as strong with a spear and they agreed.

"I think I know of a weapon you could use that would be easier. It can fly much harder and farther than a spear. Would you like for me to get you some?"

"I am afraid of the thunder John." Jaada said and most of the others said they were also.

"I wasn't thinking of the thunder. The weapon I'm speaking of casts an arrow, it is like a spear but much smaller. I will show you when I come back."

That seemed to satisfy them and they were tired of talking. They swarmed me then and began removing my clothes. Duty called and I spent the next three hours doing mine.

The smell of coffee was in the air when I woke the next morning. The bed was empty though except for me. My mates were all over near the cooking fire and by the time I had my clothes on I could smell bacon frying. I took a little side trip to visit my urinal and then made my way to the smells that were making my stomach rumble.

"Good morning my lovelies. How is everyone this morning?"

"We are feeling fine today but sad again. We will miss you tonight. We are going to spend some time getting to know Kateata and the other unmated ones you brought today though." Dalia said.

"That will be good. Please don't give away my secret though."

"We won't. We like to give surprises too." Merita assured me and they all smiled about it.

"It sounds to me that John has already given her one big surprise." Roweea said and then they all laughed.

We ate breakfast together and I had plenty of coffee. When I'd finished I went to the computer to send in an order. I'd done some thinking so it didn't take too long though some of the specifications required a little explaining.

I made an inquiry first to see if anyone was watching. The last snafu must have been enough for them. I got a response at once. I ordered a compound bow for all my mates and Kateata. I instructed that they be custom fitted and asked if they knew enough about them to do it correctly. The one on duty said that they would make sure to find out all they needed to know. I also ordered a bow for myself and a thousand titanium arrows for each of us. The broadheads would have to be custom made also, mostly from titanium, since I wasn't going to spend the weight for run of the mill steel models.

One bit of weight I did splurge on was for wedding rings for all my mates. They were to be custom fitted also. I had always had my own idea about wedding rings. The ones for my mates and myself would resemble not a ring but a cylinder whose length was to be as long as possible without restraining the movement of the knuckle or finger. It was also to have about twice the wall thickness of a normal wedding ring.

I remembered wanting some T-shirts for them and the operator assured me that they could easily obtain all the dimensions they would need without the women realizing it. The T-shirts would come to just below their pussy lips, providing proper coverage only when they were standing. These weren't really for any utility; they were for my benefit. It would give my girls something to put on in the mornings for breakfast time and would still allow me plenty of opportunities to fondle the flesh.

I also ordered several archery targets that would protect the arrows while they were practicing. As I was finishing the order I decided to get them all a.22 rifle. It would be a good starter weapon for them and would help them get over their fear of firearms. It could also be used efficiently with small game and even deer sized animals after they had gained sufficient marksmanship. These rifles would be the lightest yet, since I called for titanium barrels with only steel liners. I stated that they should give sub minute of angle accuracy out to one hundred yards. Let the aliens figure that one out. What the hell I ordered one for myself too. They were to have only iron sights to start. I would worry about scopes after I had taught them to aim the old fashioned way.

One quick flash made me think of something else that would come in handy. I asked for a Palm Pilot type device that could communicate my wishes if I thought of something while I was away from the computer. The operator on the other end told me that they would get to work on it at once and that they would send it to one of my pockets when it was ready. Damn what service. I thanked him or her and signed off.

My girls were going over what I would be taking with me as I finished so I went outside to get things going. Danlo, Jonoco and Nadlo were down near the horse caves with Bigglieo. I had Jonoco and Nadlo get Jane and Sally to harness. When they were ready I sent them to bring first the wagon and then the buckboard and I asked Bigglieo to get Galto and take him to cut some more travois poles. Danlo and I caught Bonehead and Dolly. They were about to become a team. They were calm enough as we put the harness on them for the first time and stood patiently as I made adjustments to it so that it would fit them properly.

Jonoco had come with the wagon by then and when he'd released Sally and Jane I led Bonehead to it and hitched her up. She was being a real trooper. Dolly got a little fractious with this new development but a little extra soothing and soft talking got her to settle down so I could finish hitching her. When I was done I had Danlo get on the seat and I followed him.

When I signaled, Bonehead moved at once and Dolly followed her lead. It was a little of a rough start but smoothed out quickly enough. Danlo and I drove them about a mile down river then turned around and came back. It was all going too easy.

When we got back we caught all the rest of the horses. We took the time to give those that hadn't had the benefit of any travois work a few minutes to learn the drill. None of them gave any remarkable trouble and soon enough we had all the horses either tied to the wagon for leading or hitched to do the pulling. I decided to go ahead and saddle Ben so I could ride him after I was sure that Bonehead and Dolly were going to mind their manners.

We left soon after that. I was driving the wagon and Georgo the buckboard. Danlo, Nadlo and Jonoco were all going with us this time as well as Galto. Bigglieo seemed to want to go too but I told him that I needed my best man to stay at the camp to watch over things. When I said that to him he smiled and was glad to.

After many kisses goodbye from my mates we were off. I didn't waste any time putting Bonehead and Dolly into a brisk trot. They weren't bothered in the least and we were soon covering ground at a good rate. There was a little confusion among the led horses but they got with the program soon enough. What did they have to bitch about? They weren't really doing any work yet.

I kept a careful watch on Bonehead and Dolly and they didn't seem to tire with the pace. I also glanced back at Sally and Jane often. They weren't having any trouble keeping up so we just kept at it. Even though we had started nearly two hours later than Georgo and I had on the previous trip, we had started out trotting and were actually moving at a faster pace today. A little after noon I saw that we would probably get to the camp earlier in the day than we had before. We didn't even stop to eat.

When I thought that we were about an hour from our destination I pulled us to a stop, giving the reins to Danlo and mounting Ben. We were off again. I stayed with them for a few minutes and then kicked Ben into his comfortable slow lope. I knew the others wouldn't get lost and I didn't feel like sitting a trot for another six or seven miles.

As I came around the sharp bend and into the camp I saw that it was calm but busy. Many of the people stared in amazement at the first man on horseback they had ever seen. After a few seconds I noticed a figure at the camp's periphery break into a run away from it. It had to be one of the runners from before.

I kicked Ben into motion toward the runner. I started to unlimber my lariat. I wasn't a dally roper though; and my lariat wasn't tied for hard and fast roping. It was mostly just slung on for utility work. If I did manage to get a loop over the running boy I would have to try and hold him by hand and control a horse that didn't know shit about roping at the same time. I decided that this was not the time to risk going ass over teakettle off over Ben's head so I left the rope alone.

Ben didn't know about roping but I guess he had chased and driven enough mares to realize that he should catch the runner and come close to him. I let him do the driving since I knew the boy couldn't get away and I wanted to see how good Ben would do. He was excellent. When he came up to the runner he slowed to match the pace. I was getting ready to kick the boy between the shoulders to knock him down when Ben stretched his neck and bit the boy on the shoulder as if he were biting a mare to get her to mind.

This little trick unbalanced him and soon the boy's feet were in the air and his head was approaching the ground at quite a rate. I pulled up on Ben a little and he planted his hind feet and did a better sliding stop than many I'd seen from horses that had been trained in the maneuver. I drew the Glock as I turned Ben back to face our prey and when it looked like he would try to jump up and run again I fired three times rapidly into the ground nearby.

This shocked whoever it was and he looked down at his chest as if looking for a wound.

"I was only warning you. You can go to join your friends now or you can start walking back to camp."

"I will walk then." Talvo, I learned shortly, said.

"Turn and go then, I will be behind you. Remember you have no chance to outrun the horse."

He headed back to the camp. When we arrived I was pleasantly surprised to see Barago, Britta and the others were there and that the other runner from before, Sahto, was with them. They were all a little surprised to see that the one I had chased was still able to walk and apparently unharmed.

I unassed Ben and walked to Barago and Britta. Sahto was standing beside Barago.

"Have you talked some sense into this one then Barago?" I asked.

"Yes he has decided that some of his recent actions have not been in his best interest and I'd thought that Talvo had too. He told me that he was going to come with us. I was surprised when he ran from you." Barago said.

"Maybe it will become more clear to him now. I have had enough foolishness from them. They will come with us and learn how to be useful. If they do not improve their behavior I can kill them just as easily at our new camp. I will also have the trained wolves to help me with them there. If they try to sneak off again I will send the wolves after them."

I was blowing smoke up their asses there but I knew that when they saw Prince, King and Rover walking around the camp with no one giving it a second thought they would believe I could do as I'd said. Both of the young men paled at the comment so I knew that it had been a good one.

"I am sorry I ran from you now. I wanted to go to your camp but I was afraid when I saw you come on the horse's back. I will not run from you again and I will not give you any trouble. I will do my best to learn to be a good hunter and to make myself a good member of your camp." Talvo said.

"That is all that I ever ask of any man Talvo. If you do it you will have nothing but praise from me, praise and meat that is. I will let you and Sahto start earning your keep when the wagons and the other horses get here. Jonoco, Nadlo and Danlo will show you how to lead a horse. We will need for you to help when we are traveling tomorrow."

They both looked at me in surprise at this. I'm sure they'd thought that they would spend some time on the shit list and I also thought that they were curious and amazed about horses. They would probably know more about leading a loaded horse than they could have ever dreamed by the end of tomorrow.