We joined up with Zeldi after our private-ish talk, with Tarakona joining us on the ground.

  "So are we keeping her Master." My delightful Centaur bombarded us with the moment she could.

  "Yes." I responded with going along with it.

  Voras instantly scowled at me but couldn't hold it when Zeldi ran into her with a hug.

  "She grows on you." I had to smother a ugh at watching the much rger woman unsure on how to handle the smaller Centaur.

  "Now." Zeldi spoke up pulling herself away. "No more killing Master. I will give you a free pass for the st one only because you were thinking about myself and Tarakona. And because Master himself said it was okay but." Zeldi held one hand on her hip while the other was pointing at Voras. "If you kill him again I will get Tarakona here to freeze you solid after I find something uncomfortable to shove up your ass. Is that understood?"

  Tarakona backed this up by huffing a frosty mist in Voras's direction and even though the spider woman was immune to its effects she still shivered.

  "Yes. I understand." Voras shot me a side eye at me as if I had set this up but this was all Zeldi's doing.

  "Speaking of freezing do either of you guys know where Tilty is?" I asked bringing the topic to the Fawn. "I would like to 'introduce' Voras her to her."

  I made sure to stress the word introduce so Zeldi understood what I was really doing.

  [She is by the trees in that direction.]

  Tarakona used her snout to point towards the section of the farm that was behind the house.

  "Good idea Master. I need to turn her back into a statue. She's had enough exercise in the st two days." Unfortunately before Voras could say anything Tarakona backed up my Centaur.

  [Maybe this time we can give her more time to actually get in a position you want her in sister Zeldi.]

  "That's an even better idea. How about on her knees bent over spreading both her pussy and ass for us? That would be the perfect mantelpiece to see when we first enter our home."

  This time Voras did interrupt. "Do you think that's wise?"

  Zeldi snapped her head to look at the Arachnid woman so quickly I was afraid she'd gotten whipsh. "She owes me another three years and twelve cycles at least before I forgive her. Until then I will do what I want when I want to her." Zeldi then narrowed her eyes at the Arachnid. "If you think she deserves better then I will kindly get Master to sell you off. There's a farm not far from here that I'm sure would love a Livestock."

  Zeldi didn't wait for a reply before trudging off in the direction that Tilty was followed by Tarakona who gave and gre at Voras as she passed.

  "I feel you have left some parts out of your story if this is her reaction to the Fawn." Voras found her voice and started to follow.

  I kept pace but shrugged her question off. "She made Zeldi's life miserable. If I'd said she'd purposely bought aggressive stallions and let them loose around the farm would it have made you think any differently?"

  Voras almost stumbled. "Oh. That is..."

  "Quite bad. " I finished when Voras couldn't find the words. "No offense when I say this but you could do something about your situation. Zeldi isn't a predator and didn't have a weapon like you had your silk, all she could do was try and wait it out. Add the fact she only had someone that was using her to rely on you can see where her anger comes from."

  "And you yourself are not using her?" Voras asked back, the ck of trust in Deed owners still there.

  I didn't give her a response straight away as I thought about it. The answer however was actually interesting even when I found it.

  "I believe I'm using her to make both of our lives better." I said as I made sure what I was about to say was right. "If Zeldi wasn't a Livestock I wouldn't be here with the whole wonderer thing but if in a hypothetical situation I was still brought to this world and she wasn't a Livestock then instead of being stuck here we would have made the trip back to her home vilge."

  The thought of a guilded prison came to mind and something a friend had said to me stuck. It didn't matter how shiny the bars were everyone will look for freedom at some point.

  "So because of the fact she can't leave I'm using her milk to make this farm livable in any way I can. Tarakona chose to bind herself to me after I'd made a start on everything so her being here was a choice."

  "Again. You are saying everything right but I just don't believe you." Voras growled and I could tell it was vexing her.

  "Well then how about this. Actions speak louder than words so if you can find it in yourself to trust me just a little bit I will show you that I mean what I say. The first thing I need to do is get enough Farm Points to buy the automatic butcher just so I can feed Tarakona and yourself. And before you say anything I know you want live prey but unless there's alive creature fabricator in the store it's the best I can do."

  "And you need my silk for that?" She guessed.

  I shrugged. "Zeldi can produce about seventy points worth of milk each day and I'm still trying to figure out how consistent Tarakona can y her eggs, so if you don't want to share it's only going to take longer."

  We were interrupted by Tarakona herself calling out before Voras could respond.

  [I've got her Master.]

  I dragged my gaze to find my Dragon sitting on her hind legs with her front legs both working together to hold something down. She was very cat-like in her posture and if it wasn't for the trees that were knocked out of the way I'd have said it was cute.

  "Let's go catch up before more of the forest gets destroyed." I called to Voras as I took off in a run.

  This was a mistake on my part as the Jumping rainbow easily outpaced me even with my head start.

  When I finally caught up with the group Tilty had gone from underneath Tarakona's paws to dangling upside down in Voras's silk. Though her first comment almost had me ughing.

  "You have a third one already?!"

  [Technically you are his third. Voras is the fourth.]

  "Nah Tilty doesn't count. Livestock are only useful if they produce something and even that Tilty fails at." Zeldi said with an eye roll. "So this is Tilty, anything you want to know before we freeze her again?"

  "Yeah." I raised my hand as if I were still in css. "Any updates on the Lamia?"

  "He's getting what he needs to build the barn. Shouldn't be more than a few days." Tilty replied only for Zeldi to push her just a little bit but enough to start her swinging.

  "Cool." I looked at Voras. "What do you want to ask her?"

  Voras gave it a second before she spoke. "Is everything they've said about what you've done correct?"

  The question was vague as Tilty hadn't heard anything we'd said beforehand but she still nodded. "Yeah probably. I did a lot in not proud of."

  "So the stallions was something you actually did?" Voras pushed and I watched Zeldi grit her teeth.

  "Yes. I let loose a few breeding stallions in the hopes it would scare Zeldi into selling herself to me." Tilty admitted.

  "A few!" Zeldi growled. "More like a few dozen."

  "And you also stopped traders from coming in?" Voras continued almost like she was pushing for something.

  "Yes. Put up a high tax and everything." Tilty answered trying to shake the dizziness that was starting to set in.

  "And you hired a few creatures to sabotage Zeldi by stealing and breaking things of her's?" Voras asked and I saw her thinking.

  Tilty let out a sigh. "Yes. I did everything okay. You can stop asking."

  "And was one of the creatures you hired named Maletary?" Voras asked with a smile.

  Zeldi immediately snapped her head in the Arachnids direction but she wasn't quick enough to stop Tilty's reply.

  "Yeah, that kobold bitch was hired by me before she went rouge and started taking all of Zeldi's milk for herself. If she hadn't continued to keep stealing from her if have thought she took Zeldi's side."

  I watched the look of disbelief cross my Centaurs face before anger and betrayal set in. Tilty had no reason to lie and we all knew that so instead of doing anything reckless, Zeldi balled her hands into fists and spoke.

  "I see. Tarakona can you please deal with the fluffy whore for me, I need a minute to... Figure some stuff out." Her voice held but began to waver near the end and if that wasn't enough the tear starting to form in the corner of her eye said the rest.

  She then turned around and left, starting out with a walk that broke into a dead sprint towards the house before I could do anything.

  I gave Voras a gre that I didn't really mean as she had helped rip the bandage off but it had left me with a problem to now solve.

  Voras shrugged. "It's better this way. Now go prove you are a good person. Your mate needs you."

  I didn't have anything to say to that so instead I took off after Zeldi.