Failing the Test
#2 of Twokinds Fics
After meeting Evals' sister Erilas while she's on a particularly strong heat cycle, both her and Mike try to keep their paws to themselves, and fail in spectacular fashion. Still, considering how much fun they had I don't imagine either of them will be losing sleep about this particular failure any time soon.
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When Mike arrived in Edinmire, free and clear form Eric's control, he'd hoped to put his paws up for the first time in, well, ever. Eric wasn't a sadist but the man had about as much regard for the average Keidran as he did for the average paintbrush: use them as often as you can and pitch it when it breaks. So, after Flora secured freedom for him and Evals, as well as a free place in the Legacy Estate, Mike's plan was to find a nice, quiet corner to sit in and stay there until his bones turned to jelly. Evals, never one to just sit still, had other plans.
"C'mon, Mike! It's been ages since I've seen anyone from my tribe, let alone my family!" Evals barked, practically dragging Evals down the street past confused and concerned humans.
"I understand that, Evals, but I don't see how that involves me." Mike whined.
"Well, I wanted to bring all my family in Edinmire together!" Evals declared with a grin, and Mike tried not to wag his tail too visibly at that statement.
The two Keidran always saw each other as brothers from the moment they'd met in the cages all those years ago. Nothing in this world or the next was going to change that for Mike, but it had to be noted they only became so close because they were slaves together. The bitter feud between the Dog and Fox tribes was almost as old as the conflict between humanity and Keidran. It was one thing to make friends in captivity, but Mike seriously doubted a free-raised Dog would want anything to do with him, even if Evals kept insisting she was a merchant and 'the absolute best sister ever'.
After a lot of running, and yanking, and trying not to trip, Evals had finally hauled poor Mike to the right tavern where his sister was staying, a wharfside establishment called 'The Sailor's Longing'. It looked like a classy establishment, it even had magical lighting inside, but Evals took them both around the tavern to the back patio.
"Now where is-Oh! Hey, sis!" Mike turned in the direction Evals bolted in order to get his first look at his friend's sister. He immediately felt every hair on his body, plus a few other things, standing on end.
She was gorgeous, golden furred from head to paw with a perfectly curled tail and striking, violet eyes. She was dressed in a tight bodice and side-cut dress that perfectly framed her soft thighs and full chest tuft. Not to mention the softer, fuller things directly underneath that tuft. Masks, he could just imagine everything she had under that-
"Mike? Get over here!" Having Evals call his name was like getting hit with a cold bucket of water, and he honestly needed that. He shouldn't be fantasizing about his best friend's sister, a total stranger to him at this point.
"Mike, I'd like you to meet one of my older sisters, Erilas." He said, proudly and eagerly.
"A pleasure to meet you." Erilas replied, smiling warmly and making Mike's already hammering heart begin to stutter.
"Pleasure's all mine..." He managed to get the words out, barely. His tongue was starting to feel dry and there was some potent scent in the air that was making concentration hard. It was making a lot of things hard for Mike, actually.
"I just knew you too would get along! Wish I could stay and chat but I've got-uh-somewhere I need to be!" Evals had the same look on his face Kat had after she swallowed Eric's canary, and it was making Mike a little nervous.
"Leaving so soon?" Erilas cocked an eyebrow at her brother, who simply shrugged and started heading back the way they came. Mike, if his mind had been a bit less foggy, might have been more concerned about this development than he currently was.
"I'll catch you both later, don't have too much fun without me!" Evals called as he rounded the corner and disappeared down the road, leaving Mike and Erilas standing somewhat awkwardly behind the inn. However, once Evals was gone, Mike noticed something about Erilas, she was panting softly, her chest rising and falling in little bursts as her tongue lolled out of her muzzle. Which of course, was doing absolutely nothing good for his willpower.
"Oh...please excuse the panting." Erilas said in a flustered tone, although she inched closer to Mike as she said it.
"This season has been a little...intense, but don't worry. I'm a civilized canine, unlike my siblings, I take pride in my self-control." And just like that Mike's anxiety spiked through the roof.
Erilas was on heat, and given how incredible she smelled it was definitely a powerful heat at that. She probably hadn't been with a male yet this cycle, which explained why her scent was draining all the blood from Mike's main head to his lower one. He'd never been around a Keidran woman in heat before, Kat didn't have heat cycles like this and Eric didn't keep any other females on staff. Masks, it was intoxicating, Mike was almost shaking with tension as he breathed in Erilas' musk.
"N-Not a problem..." He sputtered out. "So, I heard you're a merchant?"
"Yes," Erilas let out a soft sigh. "I've been sailing the Grand Sea since I was a pup. I'm actually making my return trip in a few weeks for more supplies."
"Oh really? Sounds exciting." Merchant talk helped get Mike's mind off the smell of Keidran heat, he'd always wanted to get into the mercantile game if he ever got free of Eric. Perhaps this was his chance to get some pointers and make an important connection.
"Not as much as you might think, its mostly just sitting around in a small ship for weeks on end. All alone in your cabin with nothing to do..." Erilas replied, a hint of something in her tone.
"That was already most of my life, and at least being a merchant, you get to decide where to go, and who to go with." Mike said softly, imaging a life free on the high seas, with a ship before him and a lovely canine at his side.
"I'd love to have you aboard, Evals told me you've always wanted to be a merchant. But I wasn't sure if you were ready to ship off with a stranger just yet."
"I could get to know you."
"I think I'd like that. Still, it's probably best that you aren't joining all of us. It's a small ship, and spending day after day cramped together...well, you know..."
Erilas turned to Mike, panting softly, arms rubbing against her sides, thighs shifting back and forth. He had never been more aroused than he was right now, he was almost vibrating as he tried to keep himself in check.
"...it might test my resolve..." She practically purred the words out, and poor Mike suddenly found himself failing his own test.
There was a brief pause, a moment of calm, before the two Keidran came together in a tangle of limbs and muzzles. Mike buried his nose in the crook of Erilas neck and she let out a very uncivilized noise. She gripped him tightly by the hips and he growled into her mane, pulling her warm body closer to his. After a minute of pawing wildly at each other, panting and moaning softly with each touch, the pair separated so they could remember how to breath.
"My ship...now..." Erilas somehow got the words out between her heavy panting.
Mike, dumbstruck and drowning in heat-musk, just nodded rapidly and followed Erilas to her ship like a dumbstruck puppy. In any other circumstances, he might have appreciated the well-maintained clipper ship floating in the harbor, but he was too busy being hypnotized by the sway of Erilas' hips to notice. He followed her delightfully curled tail up the gangplank, across the deck, and into the captain's quarters, where Erilas locked the door behind them and activated some sort of mana-stone powered rune on the wall. Mike had just enough mental power left to be curious about that at least.
"What was that for?" He muttered.
"Soundproofing." Erilas replied with a grin, before launching herself at Mike.
The pair landed on the luxurious bed in a heap, Mike pinned between the softness of the sheets and the softness of Erilas. Both Keidran took their time to get immersed in each other, muzzles and paws exploring their bodies together. It was clear that Erilas was the experienced party here, she was able to effortlessly strip Mike, even as he was pinned under her and she was in the midst of heat flashes. Mike, for his part, was completely inexperienced, running on half remembered instinct and blind lust as he rooted through her hair and clung to her hips. He simply wanted to be near her, to feel her chest pressed against his and to breathe in her intoxicating musk.
"You're eager." Erilas whispered in Mike's ear as she eased down his pants and pressed her hips flush against his aching cock. He simply whimpered in response and reflexively bucked against her warm thighs. He tried to do something, anything, to get her clothing out of the way, but he had no idea what he was doing and was too desperate to focus.
"Need some help?" Erilas giggled softly even as she nuzzled against Mike's chest.
"I've never..." Mike panted in response as he fumbled with her corset laces.
"Its okay, I've got you." She sat upright, pulling off her corset and shirt with a few quick tugs of the ties.
"N-No, I've never...with a woman..." Mike used the brief break in their frantic pawing to take a deep breath and try to gain some control over his quivering body. Erilas, for her part, realized what Mike was struggling to say and briefly looked devastated.
"Oh...oh Mike I didn't-I'm so-" Mike lurched up and wrapped his arms tightly around Erilas, holding her close and trying to fight off the brain-fogging effect of her scent.
"I-I want this! I just, don't know how..." He settled into Erilas' chest as her arms slowly circled around him and soothingly rubbed his back. He hadn't completely shaken off his aching lust for the woman in his lap, but now he could actually focus and think somewhat through the haze.
Mike was a virgin, the only woman he'd ever seen naked was Kat and that was simply because she walked around that way. There were times in his life he thought he'd never end up with a woman, at least not of his own will, and now he had a beautiful canine in his arms, ready and eager to be with him, and he had no idea what to do with her. He felt pathetic.
"Then I'll teach you." Erilas replied as she pressed into Mike's chest and eased him back onto the bed. "Give me a moment to get ready."
She eased back off the bed, and Mike missed the feel of her hot thighs resting on his lap, but watching her peel off her ruffled skirt and stockings was worth the restraint. He made sure to take in every detail of her naked body, the curve of her breasts and hips, the warm glow of her fur, the dampness between her thighs. When Erilas turned back to him and sauntered back to the bed, Mike swallowed so hard he nearly ate his tongue. She eased back into his lap, leaving his cock nestled between her soft thighs while her hands carded through his chest fur.
"Now, just breath me in, nice and deep." Erilas leaned forward and nestled Mike's head against her chest, as she nuzzled against the top of his head. He closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, absorbing her intoxicating scent. Each breath warmed his body and caused his cock to ache harder against Erilas', and he began to reflexively pump his hips.
"Mmm, you're ready. Lay back baby." She slowly pressed Mike's back against the bed and lifted her hips above his, causing the fox to give a small whimper and an instinctively thrust his hips. "It's okay, I'll take care of you..."
She slowly pressed herself down onto Mike, and the heat of her wet folds wrapping around his cock was almost excruciating. The tension seemed to squeeze the breath out of his body, and he found himself gasping for air even as Erilas settled against his chest. Still, he had enough sense left to hear the canine panting hard against his ear, moaning and mumbling incoherently as she shifted her hips. Now that was a bit of an ego booster.
"Erilas..." Mike started to thrust his hips on instinct and she pressed down hard to keep him pinned.
"No no baby, let me work." Mike tried to protest, but he briefly forgot how to speak when he felt Erilas pump her hips against his, and fire shot through his nervous system.
She gave short, shallow humps of her hip, but even this was almost too much for Mike to bear. Breathing in Erilas' heat had made the poor fox extremely sensitive, and each soft thrust caused him to groan and writhe under the panting canine. She reached down, hands firm but a little frantic, and guided Mike's clenched paws to hold her hips.
"That's it, just feel me move." He gripped her hips like his life depended on it, squeezing and pulling every time Erilas pumped forward. They fell into a rhythm together, quick but not labored, as she pushed her hips and he pulled them in time with her.
"I gotta go faster now, baby, you feel too good." Mike barely had time to process that statement before Erilas began to pump faster, hands gripping the sheets and nose buried in the crook of his neck as she began to reach a fevered pace. She was a woman in heat after all, she couldn't completely restrain herself just to teach him how to make love like a Keidran.
Unfortunately, the last thread of Mike's self-control snapped under her new pace, and in desperation he grabbed her by the hips and tried to slam his up against her as fast as he could manage. He jerked, moaned, and all at once the building tension in his core was pumped directly into Erilas. She gasped and went rigid in his arms, riding out the intensity of his orgasm and the hot jets pooling inside her. Mike, for his part, just jerked up again and again until it felt like his hips couldn't move anymore.
As Mike felt his soul return to his body, he realized Erilas was no longer laying against him, and looked to see her sitting upright, bent forward with a paw between her legs, furiously rubbing her lower lips even as he was knotted inside her. Despite his pleasure-fried mind he could tell Erilas was trying to manually finish herself off, since he hadn't done the job. His shame was only slightly mitigated by how tightly she clenched and how loudly she howled when she finally came around him.
"I'm sorry," He started muttering under his breath, eyes clenched shut. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."
"No baby, no." Erilas took Mike's muzzle and tiled his face toward hers. "You did so good for your first time. I'm on a real intense heat, and I got a little energetic."
With Erilas' paws gently stroking his cheeks and her weight pressed against his chest, Mike eventually mustered the courage to open his eyes and saw nothing but affection in her gaze. That was some relief, but Mike wasn't prepared to end on one, unsatisfactory note and since he was still hard as a rock, knot and all, he decided to take some initiative. Mustering his confidence, he gripped Erilas' arms and swung hard to the side, leaving him on top and the pleasantly surprised canine gasping beneath him.
"Ooh, still up for more?" She giggled, brushing her mane back and smirking up at the fox.
"Yeah," Mike replied, trying to muster the same grin. He thought for a moment, then added. "I want to make you howl on my own."
He had no idea if he could keep that promise, but feeling her tail wagging against the bed certainly made the fox feel up to the challenge. Even before he started moving his hips, he could feel Erilas gently clenching around his swollen knot. The pleasure on its own was making his paws curl and his fur stand on end, but he knew he would have to endure much more to earn another beautiful howl from his lover.
He pressed his hips forward, experimentally, and was rewarded with a powerful clench, a beautiful moan, and an almost blinding surge of pleasure. So he gave another thrust, and another, and soon his hips were giving short, but rapid pumps into Erilas' tight, searing body. As he picked up speed, the scent of heat grew stronger between them and drove Mike to move with even greater urgency.
Erilas clung to his body, legs and arms wrapped around Mike while she buried her face in the crook of his neck to inhale more of her scent. This meant that every yelp, and moan, and whisper of his name filled the fox's ears, and drove him to thrust even harder. He began to dig his claws into the sheets, desperate for leverage to increase his speed and enjoy even more of her pleasure-symphony. Mike felt like he was on fire, now even more so than before, as the heat of Erilas body seemed to spread from his core through his every nerve, filling him with ecstasy and desperation.
"M-Mike!" She barely managed to get the words out under his relentless thrusting, but once he heard his name the fox slowed his pace, worried he was being too forceful.
"Nooo! Don't stop, I want more!" Her limbs almost crushed the fox against her body, as her hips instinctively thrust up against his.
What little restraint Mike was holding onto slipped out of his fingers in that instant and he drove into Erilas with as much speed and power as he could. Neither of them was holding anything back now, bodies shaking, voices straining, claws digging wildly into the bed and Mike's back respectively. Feral instinct took over, and all that mattered was the orgasm they were chasing together, fueled by the wet slap of their sweat-soaked bodies.
"My neck...bite me!" Erilas managed to pant out the words, and in the haze of heat-musk Mike didn't hesitate, he leaned in and pressed his fangs down hard where her neck and shoulder met.
The reaction was instantaneous, Erilas howled and clamped around his aching cock, practically wringing an orgasm out of him. All the tension he'd been building since he'd rolled them over exploded out in a hot steam, pooling inside of the canine as she desperately squeezed him dry. Mike felt his muscles turn to jelly, excluding one very specific muscle, and collapsed in a heap on Erilas' chest. He was vaguely aware of how soft her fur was and how hot her body was beneath his, but his primary concern was how Erilas felt wrapped around his cock. Even in his weakened state, he still gently rocked against her body, causing her to softly clench and moan as they rode out the aftershocks of their mutual orgasm.
Mike lost track of time laying against Erilas, but he finally returned to reality when he felt a paw gently stroking his head. He looked up at her and found her lilac eyes gazing down at him, full of affection and satisfaction, a smile on her muzzle. He smiled back and felt their tails start to wag slowly in unison.
"That probably wasn't very civilized, was it?" She whispered.
"Probably not, but I won't judge." He replied, earning a short giggle.
"Still, I should apologize. I wasn't planning on seducing you when I woke up this morning." She said, paws gently tracing up and down Mike's back. "In fact, my dear brother didn't tell me about this meeting until the last minute."
"Yeah, that sounds like Evals." It was extremely hard to be mad at Evals about springing this get-together on them, especially with a beautiful woman stroking his back.
"I take it he didn't plan on us ending up like this?" Mike asked rhetorically.
"Oh Masks no, you think my brother can plan that far ahead?" Now it was his turn to get in a little laugh.
"Say, I never got to ask, how did you know I wanted to be a merchant?" In the frenzy of heat, he'd almost forgotten how much Erilas seemed to know about him at first meeting.
"Evals, of course, he's talked about you non-stop since we met back up. You mean the world to him, and since my brother means the world to me, I was eager to meet you."
"Yeah, really eager." Mike teased, earning him a gentle squeeze from Erilas' thighs, which in turn earned her a very undignified yelp.
"Laugh it up, Foxy, but that honestly may be why things got so...heated, between us at first glance." She replied.
"What do you mean?" Mike wasn't exactly an expert on Keidran anatomy, beyond what he overheard Eric bragging about from time to time, so how a glowing review from Evals made Erilas' heat stronger was a mystery.
"Well, heat for Keidran isn't like other animals. It isn't for breeding, it's a social instinct. A bit of mating helps partners to determine compatibility." She explained as Mike hung on every word.
"As such, a heat can be strengthened by affection and personal knowledge. So if, say, a Keidran woman's beloved but dimwitted brother spent days telling her how amazing a certain handsome fox was, and then introduced them in the middle of a strong heat cycle-"
"They might get carried away." Mike cut in as he figured out where this hypothetical was going. It was honestly amazing and deeply flattering that Evals thought so highly of him that even his sister was impressed.
"Precisely. Handsome and clever I see." Erilas leaned in to give Mike's cheek a quick lick, and her warm, inviting scent began to strengthen again.
"You know, it's a long walk to and from the Legacy place, we probably have more time before Evals-OHMASKS!" Mike was cut off mid-proposition when Erilas pushed him off her chest, causing his knot to tug against her clenched folds. In a slow, yet smooth motion, she managed to pivot her legs around his waist, rotating her body so she was laying stomach-down against the bed.
"Round three, just what I was thinking." She replied, grinning over her shoulder.
Round three rapidly turned into round four, and nearly into round five, but by that time Erilas was almost going hoarse from howling and Mike's hips couldn't move unassisted. A combination of heat, instinct, affection, and plain old lust kept the two pawing at each other for the better part of an hour, even after Mike had come unknotted from Erilas. They'd even been forced to take separate, extremely cold baths to make sure their combined musk of heat didn't come back in the washroom.
With the feral lust worked out of their systems, the pair could finally talk and tour Erilas' ship as Evals had intended. The Dobhar-chú was a remarkable ship for its size, designed for speed and cargo capacity, with a sleek hull and a stylized otter figurehead. He was even able to impress her with his nautical knowledge, and the two spent most of the tour simply discussing the finer points of sailing. Time flew by as they walked the deck, chatting casually, lost in their own little world. Mike was fond of Evals and Kat, but neither of them shared his passion for fine ship design and travel. Finally having someone to discuss his dreams with was wonderful.
At least, it was until a certain someone came to get them.
"There you two are!" Evals hollered up the gangplank as he marched onto the ship, tail beating a nautical mile per minute. "When I saw you weren't at the inn I knew you two would be geeking out over this boat."
When Mike saw his best friend racing up the ship to meet them, he realized that the sun was actually starting to go down on the horizon. He'd been so lost in conversation with Erilas that they'd lost most of the day, not that he would complain about that. Still, there was one thing he could complain about.
"It's a ship." Mike and Erilas corrected in unison.
"Yeah, exactly, geeks." Mike replied with an infectious grin. "So, I take you two are getting along?"
"Famously." Erilas replied, subtly bumping her hips against Mike's and coaxing a nervous laugh out of the fox.
"I'm glad to hear it! See? I told you she was the coolest!" Evals looped an arm around Mike's shoulder and began dragging the fox down the gangplank, with Erilas not far behind.
"Leaving so soon?" She asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Yeah, sad to say I just came to pick Mike up, Flora got ol Blue Boy to throw everyone a party back at the estate and they're starting soon. Apparently its going to be a beach party, which, I didn't even know there was water on the estate."
Mike was surprised by that too, since he knew for a fact there wasn't anything even remotely resembling water on the grounds. Still after all the energy he spent today getting to relax on any kind of beach sounded lovely.
"You know, your little brother could probably talk everyone into letting you come over, if you wanted." Evals hinted at Erilas with a broad, toothy grin.
"Yes, well unfortunately I do have some business I need to attend to. But I'll be in port for a few days at least and I'd love to see you both again." She replied, smiling at her brother and subtly smirking at Mike.
"Oh don't worry sis, I'll make sure you see your new little boyfriend before you leave!" Mike almost choked on air before he realized Evals was just teasing them, and was still in the dark about just how hospitable his sister had been.
"I-I'll see you later, Erilas!" Mike called back as his friend practically hauled him across the docks.
"I hope so!" Erilas called back, tail beating behind her, muzzle pulled up into a gorgeous smile that left the poor fox feeling weak and giddy.
"Hah, I knew you two would get along! I hope my sister didn't ride you too hard with all her merchant jargon." Evals was going to give Mike a heart attack at this rate.
"No, actually, I really enjoyed spending time with her. It was...interesting." He replied sheepishly.
"I'm glad to hear it, you both mean a lot to me." Evals added. "Now c'mon, we've got a beach party to attend!"
As the excited hound tore off up the road through Edinmire, Mike took one last look over his shoulder at the Dobhar-chú and its lovely captain, framed by the setting sun as she waved back toward him. He raised a paw in response, before turning back toward the road, warmed and invigorated by his encounter with a remarkable woman, and the promise of being with her again soon.