Emily stepped through the door, her kids following close behind. Amber entered a moment ter, the energetic bee looked rather run down now, something Emily was somewhat thankful for. That girl had a lot of energy, it was easy to forget she belonged to a monster race given how much she behaved like a little kid. With behavior like hers, it was even easier to forget that she was not only mature enough, but old enough to have started... breeding. Emily couldn’t think of a better word since monster girls like her weren’t big with dating. It just wasn’t in their culture.

  Another bee greeted her as the bee girl in question entered from a door behind the counter. “Good evening, I was about to close my doors for the night. How can I help you four?”

  “I was looking for a room for my girls and I. I’ve also picked up a stray and she could use a room as well.”

  “It’s been a busy day, but I think I’ve got a space that can work for you, give me a sec.” said the mature bee girl who rushed into the back. She came back a couple moments ter with a set of keys. “I don’t have two rooms avaible, but I do have a family suite still open. Last one actually. Designed for a group of four, it’s got the master room, a side room for the kids and a shared bathroom. As per usual, breakfast is included with the price of the room and I offer a undry service. My rates are based on the amount you need done but the typical load of undry would cost you 25 coppers. Specialty items will cost you extra, though.”

  “Neat to know, I guess the rates are reasonable if you are full up too.”

  “Two silvers a night for a standard room, the family suite costs a little more at three silvers.”

  That didn’t sound like a bad deal actually, she’d have likely spent more with her first pn now that she thought about it. Her gaze shifted to Amber, but somehow she had to wonder if it would be worth saving a silver coin if it meant sharing a room with the Mapri girl she’s picked up?

  A moment ter, the mature bee she was following stopped in front of a door. She turned with a smile, her naked breasts bouncing a little more than Emily thought needed, “Well, this is it.”

  Emily looked through the door, and took a look at the room. There was a rge bed in the corner, two doors to other rooms, several bookshelves on the wall, a couple of recliners in the other corner set facing a low table, and even a dresser against the one wall. She also saw a trunk at the foot of the bed. Overall it seemed pretty nice, the fur rug on the floor was a nice touch.

  Looking in the other doors, she found the bathroom which had all the amenities you’d expect and a door leading to the other room, which was obviously the bedroom for the kids. A bunk bed took up the far wall, there were a couple of trunks which were propped open to reveal an array of toys. A rug was tastefully pced in the middle of several low seats and there was a bookshelf on the wall with several titles Emily recognized, all popur with young girls and boys. The covers were somewhat worn as well, which told her they weren’t just for show, they’d seen some use. “Are you sure this room is worth three silvers?”

  “Quite sure, good deal right?”

  Emily just nodded, “Great! Just make yourselves comfortable, breakfast starts with sunrise, don’t be te.”

  The innkeeper left them alone with that, and Emily fingered her coins. Guess she was paying in the morning? Before she could try and catch up however, the girls perked up and ran to the bunks, “I want top bunk!”

  “No, I get the top!”

  Emily groaned, as she moved to sort that out. Seemed she had other problems to fix.

  Amber shifted and looked around, the room was still dark, around her were the sounds of the night, but unlike earlier she felt rather awake. Stretching she wondered how long she’d been sleeping, then she turned to face Emily and smiled.

  Emily wasn’t much bigger than she was, but she looked so pretty. A delicate rounded face framed by light purple hair that flowed like silk, while her eyes weren’t open at the moment Amber couldn’t help thinking about her soft violet eyes which went well with her rosy cheekbones.

  Idly she reached forward pulling the bnket down revealing her body wrapped in a thin nightgown that did little to really hide what was underneath but nights around here were warm. Amber didn’t find much need for a bnket this time of year, so she doubted thicker nightgowns would make sense to the strange people that wore clothing. The soft mounds of her chest pressed against the silky fabric, the rounded tips of her nipples clearly visible and surrounded by a healthy shade of pink not hidden by the silken cloth. It parted to reveal a ft belly with just the barest hint of muscle, below that her mound stretched the pale blue fabric of a pair of panties made from the same fabric as her gown. Amber couldn’t help tracing the soft flesh of her cameltoe, her other hand reaching to her own pussy.

  As she did she could feel the blood rushing, her stinger shifting. An urge filled her to press against Emily and sting her just like she would a man. Why did she want to sting her?

  Amber froze for a moment as her thoughts raced, the feelings she felt were so.... She lost the words. This was all rather confusing for her. She turned around blushing as something her mother told her surfaced in her mind, was she in love? Did that mean she was attracted to Emily? But she was a girl!

  She looked back, blood rushing to her cheeks, a very cute girl. The blood rushed to her head and she rolled back over, her hands covering her eyes. What was she, a lovesick kid? Her mind fshed to the young human kids she’d... observed st year. She was acting just like them, was something wrong with her?

  Beside her she felt shifting, and she preemptively curled into a ball her wings spreading a little to shield her, even as she felt her face warm. For a moment that seemed to stretch on into eternity she waited to hear words of condemnation for her actions, but the words never came. After far too long she finally peeked out, there wasn’t a face looking at her, so she turned to look over her shoulder.

  Emily had rolled over, shifting the bnket the rest of the way off her and onto the floor. Amber gulped at the view of her side and back, even from this angle she looked so... enticing. Her gaze fell on the silken panties and that urge to touch the other girl came back. Was there any harm? Then she shook her head, bad girl those were naughty thoughts. You don’t touch people while they are sleeping, how would they enjoy it? Yet she couldn’t help imagining reaching out and slipping her hand between those inviting legs. Feeling the soft flesh, the little bit of moisture, seeing how she’d respond to every touch.

  She was a very naughty bee wasn’t she? Amber shifted out of the bed. Clearly she needed a walk to clear her head before she did something to make Emily hate her. A thought that sent a shiver down her spine, why did that scare her so much?”

  Reaching the door, she gnced back, Emily had shifted positions again. Amber gulped, she looked so tempting, so inviting ying there like that. Naughty thoughts surfaced, and she shook her head before slipping out of the room.

  The hall was dark but there was just enough light to see where she was going. It was quiet but she figured most of the guests were still asleep at this hour. Amber wandered for a bit before eventually finding a garden out behind the inn. The light of the moon lit the various flowers, benches and trees in a shimmering light that gave them an odd beauty you wouldn’t find in the day. A smile graced her lips as she looked around and before long she found a wonderful view out by a fountain. It was a mature queen Mapri bee woman wrapped in vines and flowers, and holding a vase at an angle from which an endless stream of water poured out to pool in the basin below, which was lined with a delightful mix of flowers. It was a really pretty statue and Amber recognized the bee woman depicted, Lishra Dark Goddess of Flowers and Storms.

  It was a really good depiction of the goddess actually, but Amber wasn’t really focusing on it, her mind kept drifting back to Emily and how inviting she looked back in the bedroom. She didn’t even notice the presence of another until they spoke up. “Something bothering you?”

  She blinked then looked over to see the familiar shape of the innkeeper, she sighed, “I’m not sure.”

  “Sounds rather bad then, mind telling me a little? It wouldn’t have something to do with the cute woman you came in with?”

  She blushed and looked away but said nothing.

  “I knew it! She is pretty hot, I can see why you like her so much. Have you stung her yet?”

  “What!! No, she’s a girl!”

  The other bee giggled, “So?”

  Amber gave her a look, and as ft as she could repeated, “She’s a girl.”

  “What does that have to do with anything? You like her right?”

  Amber looked away again, her cheeks warming, “I guess.”

  The innkeeper ughed, “Based on the way you are acting? I’d say you really like her. Although she does have cute kids, could be a good catch. Met her man yet?”

  Amber frowned, “She didn’t want to tell me what happened, but she doesn’t have one. I gathered he’s dead.”

  “Oh, shame, but it’s a good sign that she wasn’t willing to share the story.”

  “What do you mean?”

  “Trust me, a woman too willing to tell you how her man died is a big red fg. If she happily tells the story it means either an Armalisk got to her, or worse an Abyssal.”

  Amber shuddered, “Yeah no, let’s not think about either of those.”

  “My thoughts as well. Now about the girl you like, I think she’s a good pick. Don’t let her go too easily.”

  “What should I do?”

  “Be aggressive, push her down, let her know you like her, and then when the moment is right you sting. Try to get her clit, it has the best effect in females, the venom sts longer that way, and they become so very delightfully sensitive right where you stung them.”

  Amber winced, “Sounds painful, wouldn’t that hurt. Stings well, sting you know!”

  She giggled, “Well yeah, but only for a moment, then it’s all fun.”

  Amber stretched and looked up as she noticed the colors changing. The sun was starting to rise, the sight was really pretty too. “Um, I’ll think about that!” Then she rushed off to go see Emily. Yet the young girl couldn’t help feeling entirely sure about the innkeeper's advice, but those first few words stuck with her. Be aggressive, there was a certain appeal to that idea. Amber didn’t know if that would be a mistake or something else, but her mother always told her you never know till you try. Sometimes you just have to take a risk.

  Milith took a breath and stepped into the room. She was feeling calmer now, after spending time elsewhere, she was back at the horror shop of a b this Abyssal was running. Objectively she’d known it would be bad, but that had not prepared her for the sight. Babies in jars, organs just pced haphazardly in jars on shelves. There were several tanks with brains floating in them, strange devices attached to them. Above her she could see brainless corpses hanging on hooks. How she’d better been able to stomach the other rooms she’d never know.

  It was still a nightmare and she had little idea what they were hoping to accomplish with this, but she didn’t think it was anything good. Walking through it she just saw more pain and misery, something Abyssals seemed to revel in. Some part of her was tempted to burn the b and whole town down with the hottest fires she could summon. Only reason she didn’t was because she knew that would be a waste of magic, a waste of life. Not just innocent lives either, but her life. As a Solean she was naturally gifted with magic, fast and agile in the air the equal of any dragon, but her magic was also her lifeblood. If she ever ran out, she’d eventually die.

  Maybe she’d have been more willing to spend her magic if Solkira wasn’t so barren. Oh it was rich with life sure, but magically the world was pretty barren. There wasn’t enough here to sustain her, this was true of many pces in the universe. The worlds that were magically lush however were truly special pces; she had been to worlds of living crystal where the natives conducted rituals of lust and blood to please their gods, who would in turn bless them with fantastic abilities. Elsewhere in the world, she had visited a world so lush with life that even the ice caps were overrun with lush pnt life, a living jungle that enveloped an entire pnet and floating above it were fantastical floating isnds covered with gleaming cities. The culture there was incredibly sensual and free, she’d had a lot of fun there.

  Still Solkira had its charms, even if it was being tainted by the Abyss. As she walked past a tank full of floating brains, she recalled the stories of her Grandfather, he had destroyed entire worlds just because they had been tainted by the Abyss. Having seen this, she suddenly understood the stories. It made sense why he would do that, but the fact he hadn’t done so to Solkira seemed to tell her that Solkira wasn’t beyond saving just yet.

  Slipping into a back room, she frowned, instead of more babies, she found a pen full of strange lizards. Curious, she used her magic to inspect them. They were long with sleek bodies and webbed feet, a series of spines along their heads and rge eyes. Clearly amphibious but not a species she recognized, the name was equally strange, abyssal tongue transted to baby hunter. Milith didn’t know what they were doing with these lizards, but it likely wasn’t good. No point looking into it either, she had a mess to clean up first, something she set herself to doing.

  The Innkeeper watched Amber run off and chuckled to herself. Young love sure was something interesting to watch, she figured the little queen would figure things out sooner or ter. Moving from the fountain, she headed for the door leading to her room, where a familiar figure stood, her belly swollen with child. “Morning, have fun in the garden?”

  “Just a friendly chat, ready to start the day?”

  The other giggled, and spread her pussy lips, “I don’t know, my clit is aching something fierce, care to help me out?”

  “Aching you say? Oh I think I have just the thing for that,” said the innkeeper as she pulled her favorite partner into the bedroom for some quick morning fun.