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Okay, so the usual rules apply. This work is mine, as are the characters, not yours. All the work for this chapter incouding submission was done from my Motorola Xoom Android tablet.

There is good news though, in this chapter you get introduced to a plant that a new character refers to as a Scarpulara Plant. If you play Furcadia, and play a female character, PM me and get a chance to study one of these flowers up close :-) as I play a similar plant on Furc named Scarpulara Carnivara, who after years of role play gave me the idea to give it an origin and backstory.

Please read, rate, and enjoy this next chapter! :-) :-) and feel free to add any tags you think I missed!

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"Ugh... What hit me?" My head was aching as though it was splitting. I looked around as best I could, but my body didn't want to move very much. I could feel cold dirt beneath me in a dark surrounding, a cave of sorts I was able to ascertain. I tried again to move, but only to find my body was tightly held by some sort of vines. No wait, these were vines that had been woven into ropes! "Okay, I can rule out vicious plant monster.." I groaned softly. I could hear heavy footsteps a short distance away from me, and turned my head as best I could, but could only hear a soft yet high voice.

"Thank the goddess.. I thought I had hit you too hard... I'm terribly sorry about that." I managed to get a peek at a large club leaning against one of the walls. "Oh.. You're bleeding." I heard the heavy footfalls walk up behind my head, then felt a cold damp cloth against a cut on the back of it. The water stung against my cut, making me wince in pain.

"Who are you?" was all I managed to ask. I tried to move my head and see my apparent captor but to no avail

"My name is Tatiana. I'm terribly sorry... I just meant to knock you out for a little bit..." Her voice was soft and had a hint of wavering, as though she were fighting back tears.

"Okay, but why?" I enquired while still trying to squirm and get a look at who was holding the cool damp cloth to my head. I yelped in surprise as a pair of strong hands suddenly gripped my shoulders and picked me up as though I were weightless. As she set me on my feet with her hidden behind me, Tatiana spoke softly as though embarrased

"W..Well.. I wanted to meet you, and.. I..I saw you walking through the jungle all alone..." She kept her hands on my shoulders for a long moment.

"Well that's hardly any way to get a date..." I mumbled while getting steady on my feet in my bindings. I went quiet and felt a blush under the scales of my cheeks as a pair of white arms wrapped around me. I could smell Tatiana's pleasant scent as I felt her press up against my back in a close embrace.

"I'm so terribly sorry.. Please forgive me but.. I'm really shy and really lonely up here on the mountain." She held onto me snugly, as I felt a pair of soft breasts pressing into my back. I could tell she was taller than me, and figured she was probably very strong as well, yet could be gentle if she wanted to be.

"Tatiana, you don't have to hit me on the head and tie me up. I won't hurt you." I thought about it for a moment t before adding in, "And I won't run away, either." I felt her arms tighten around me slightly, while her breasts pressed into my back a bit more. I also felt her face gently press against the back of my head and neck.

"Y..You promise?" came her soft, high voice which sounded on the verge of tears again. I nodded my head slowly, "I promise." She hugged me tight for a moment then let go. I then felt her cutting away at my bindings. Once free, I stretched my arms and legs a bit, then turned around to face my captor.

Tatiana was quite a sight to behold. She was a Pegasus Amazonian woman who was nearly a foot taller than me. She was as white as the purest snow, and her figure was very much a knockout. Her long, toned legs led up to wide child-bearing hips surrounded by a simple loincloth. A flat and slightly toned stomach was below her bare and perky breasts that were fairly large, about the size of small watermelons that were barely covered by a long mane of hip-length flowing white hair. She had lithe but strong arms and shoulders and a pair of feathered wings in her back.What also struck me was her face, she was absolutely beautiful. Despite her strong equine features, Tatiana's appearance was enough to strike awe in me, especially because of those baby blue eyes of hers. She squirmed in place slightly, as I must have been staring, "Wh...What?" she asked softly while moving one hand across her flat stomach to rub at the other arm. This only caused her left arm to go under her breasts, and make them bounce up and down softly.

I could tell she was pretty nervous, and shook my head slowly, "Nothing.. Its just. You're so beautiful. I've never met a Pegasus before, in fact I don't think I've ever met anyone so beautiful before." I smiled lightly, trying to calm her. Tatiana smiled and nodded her head, before she waved me further inside the cave. We walked through a narrow doorway and into the living area. It was surprisingly well lit, and furnished with items crafted from materials one would find in the jungle. She guided me over to a wood and bamboo table, and motioned for me to sit, and as I did she went to the fire pit nearby and stirred the contents of a small cauldron.

"I hope you like this.. Its bird stew." she said softly while bending over the hanging cooking pot. I looked around a bit, seeing chairs, crude bamboo cabinets, a sofa of sorts and a bed. I looked back at her, and saw her backside bent over that pit, with her shapely ass poking towards me slightly.

"Erm, no. I've never had it but... I'm sure it will be delicious." I couldn't help but stare again, that loincloth barely did the job of hiding her full and shapely ass cheeks.

"Well I've been cooking it since I caught you, and it should be ready soon." she looked up and blushed as she caught me looking at her ass. "Um... Don't worry.. Th.. That's what you can have for dessert." she tried to sound sexy through her nervousness.

I gulped lightly and looked away quickly, "Sorry... I didn't mean to stare..." I said softly. I looked back at her as I heard her giggle lightly.

"That's okay. I hope you don't mind if I ask you to... to.. mmmm mm.. make.. make love to me.. A..And spend some time with me?" I looked at her as she struggled for words, and smiled then shook my head lightly.

"It would be an absolute pleasure and priveledge to be allowed to be in your presence, let alone be allowed into your bed" I said very softly, which caused a brighter blush to appear on Tatiana's gorgeous face.

"B.. By the way... I never got your name. I'm sorry. Is your head okay?" she added in quickly.

I nodded and smiled, "Yeah, it feels okay now. My name is Ryuujin. I guess you could say I'm the islands newest resident." I smiled at her as she stood there and looked at me. She nodded and went back to stirring the stew.

"Since you're new, I take it you don't know much about the land, hmm?" she looked over her shoulder at me, while playfully wiggling her tail to draw my eyes to her plush rear. I shook my head politely while my eyes stayed in her rump. "Well then, how about after we eat, I take you for a flyover of the island?" I nodded lightly again and smiled wider. Other than when I had been beaned by that ship mast, I had never flown.

"Sounds great!"

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"Uhh, I'm not so sure about this anymore.." I said nervously while standing on the high ledge outside of Tatiana's cave. I could see almost the entire island from the top of the narrow mountain peak.

"Oh, we'll be fine. Ryuujin, I flew up here carrying you, and that would be a lot harder than just gliding from up here. Anyway, it isn't any work to carry you." She gave a reassuring smile before pressing her breasts against the back of my shoulders and head, and wrapping her arms around me. "So, is there anything you want to see first?"

I thought for a long moment, "Yeah, Sari told me that the population reproduces with... Plants. I'm kinda curious about that.."

Tatiana laughed softly, causing her breasts to bounce on my shoulders, "Okie dokie. Hang on.."

I was about to ask but was interuppted as she pushed me right off the edge resulting in me shouting,"Toooooo Whaaaaaaat?!" I heard the feathers of her wings ruffle and as Tatiana caught a draft we were soaring through the air, high above the island, and she just laughed at spooking me.

I could see nearly everything, most of the island was covered in thick, lush jungle. The mountain seemed to be mostly rock, and there was one small part of the island that was desert. I looked all around as we swooped far above a rather large village that started at the base if the mountain and spread out in a semi-circle at least halfway to the sandy beach. I could even see the craggy top of Sari's cave out in the natural bay. When we did another swoop over the village, I could see all types of creatures walking about inside it, and I could also tell they were all female.

"Come on, I'll take you to the flower garden." Tatiana whispered in my ear before swooping down towards what looked like a large colorful patch to the west of the village. She dropped us down and landed gently next to a bamboo fence, and smiled at how expertly she had flown us. "What did you think?"

I stood there for a moment, then nodded my head, "That was.. Flying alright." I said quietly. I looked into the 'flower garden' and my jaw must have dropped. The flowers were HUGE! They were all the size of trees! And that was just their height. The actual flower buds were large enough that two of me could have sat atop them if they were open, yet strangely, none of them had bloomed yet. I didn't get a chance to ask any questions, as a girl came walking into the garden.

She was about average height, though slightly chubby, in fact just thick was the best way to describe her. She was a black and white cow girl, and she had a figure much shaplier than Tatiana. She ran a hand through her shoulder-length sand-colored hair, and had a smile on her rather pretty face. She had very wide hips, and a thick, slightly jiggling ass. She also had a very generous bust, and all of her was wrapped up in a loincloth and bikini top of simple cloth.

"Holy cow.." yes, those words came out of my mouth.

"Yeah, she comes here pretty often. She produces milk for the village, so she likes to get pregnant pretty often. Though the plants only give her a cow baby once in a while, otherwise she just births more seeds." I looked at Tatiana in shock. "What? I come here too. I've never had the courage to let the flowers take me, but it is really hot to watch." I just blinked in surprise and turned my attention back to the cow girl.

Originally I thought she just ran a store for the village milk, but I found I was wrong as she removed the wrap from around her generous chest. She had not two, but four large breasts that sloshed free when the wrap was taken off. They were quite large, and obviously full of milk. She then removed her loincloth and stepped up to the stalk of one of the giant flowers. Tatiana and I moved a bit closer for a better view as the thick cowgirl gently rubbed her hands on the three-foot thick stalk. I looked up as the flower bud started to bloom, making me smile due to the wonder and beauty of it, but that smile quickly faultered as I saw what was coming next.

About a dozen green tentacles were snaking their way out of the opening flower, all about three inches thick and having untold length. My eyes went wide as the tentacles continued to snake their way through the air towards the cowgirl and all she did was stand there with her arms slightly raised, like she was waiting for them. I looked at Tatiana who had her eyes glued to the tentacles with rapt attention. I looked back as the green vines reached their prey and began to wrap around her. Two slid over her shoulders and coiled themselves down her arm, while another two brushed over her back and around her sides, then glided around her top row of large breasts, squeezing them tightly. Two more wrapped around her waist and yet another two coiled around her legs. They all tightened their grip and lifted the thick cowgirl right off of her feet. I watched in amazement as she squirmed in their grip, not in fear or trying to get away, but apparently in wanton anticipation. Another quick gaze at Tatiana said she was in the same lustful mood as the cowgirl. I looked back to see that another pair of tentacles had coiled around her second pair of squeezable breasts. She squealed in delight as all four of her massive tits were tugged and squeezed strongly, causing milk to leak from her large, engorged nipples. She groaned in pleasure as a new tentacle appeared from the center of the open flower and slithered for her. This one was a little thicker than the others, and was bright pink. The head of it was shaped very much like a mushroom, and that's when I realized what that one was for, as at the same time the tentacles coiled about her legs spread them apart gently.

Tatiana and I moved closer again as the pink tentacle slithered up the cowgirl's left leg and wiggled its cock-like head against the moist lips of her pussy, then squirmed across her clit. She moaned loudly as the plant teased her, then leaned her head back as the thick mushroom head pressed to her pussy, then started to slowly slither inside. Her cow tail whipped back and forth in pleasure as inch by inch the thick tentacle continued to glide deeper and deeper into her wet pussy.

I could feel my own cock starting to swell slightly in my battered shorts, and with a cursory glance towards Tatiana, I could tell I wasn't the only one becoming aroused. One hand had brushed her long mane of hair aside, and was gently groping at her left breast. The other was gliding down her taught stomach and into her loincloth, I could easily guess what it was doing, too. This display only made my cock throb and start to grow, slowly growing harder.

A sudden squeal pulled my attention back to the cowgirl. Two more pink tentacles had joined the first, which was now thrusting and pumping inside the girl's cunt strongly. One of the pink tentacles was wiggling between the soft cheeks of her plump ass, no doubt trying to gain access there. The other had wiggled its way between her large tits and was wiggling between them, but was headed for her open, moaning mouth. The tentacle head wiggled into her accepting lips, and she sucked on it greedily, like it was a real cock. She moaned softly as the tentacle at her ass kept wiggling like a snake squirming against it. I squinted lightly as I saw what looked like some kind of thick fluid being spread against her from the tentacle, lubricating her and drooling down between her legs before finally slipping into her ass, causing her to squeak in pleasure as the thick cock-like appendage began to slither inside. The cowgirl's hips wiggled as the invading tentacle continued to wriggle and writhe, while slowly slithering its way into her ass. I could see more of that thick fluid starting to ooze out of her pussy, apparently from the large tentacle that was fucking it with abandon. I couldn't tell for sure, but the fluid that was oozing out of her lower holes was about as thick as honey, and was gliding down between her legs in thick strands. The cowgirl's hips were rocking back and forth as the two tentacles in her lower holes began to thrust back and forth strongly. She moaned loudly against the tentacle that was ravishing her mouth, while her body was rocked hard, causing all four of her large breasts to bounce and slosh within the tentacles squeezing them. She bucked and ground her wide hips against the two shafts fucking her so hard down below, only making them fuck her harder. She began to moan against the the tentacle in her mouth with each thrust into her soaking wet pussy, her voice slowly raising in pitch over time. Her hands balled into fists from the pleasure as her pussy began to squeeze the invading tentacle that was slithering deep into her pussy.

Two more green tentacles slithered up and wrapped around her plush, slightly chubby ass. They squeezed them the released her ass to slap it with each strong thrust up her ass by the pink tentacle. Her voice slowly reached a cry of passion, "Mmm! Mmm! Mmm!" she cried against the the tentacle that was feverishly sliding in and out of her mouth. Her breasts continued to bounce and leak milk as the the tentacles around them continued to squeeze and tug on them. Her pussy and ass both clenched on the thick tentacles suddenly as the girl began to cum powerfully. The entirety of the giant flower seemed to shiver, as thick bulges began to travel along inside the pink tentacles embedded within her holes. She shuddered in bliss as the first bulge reached her pussy. It brushed against her clit as it squeezed it's way into her hole and then spurted deep inside her. The second bulge to reach her was at her mouth, where it unloaded a large glob of honey-like cum. Her cheeks bulged before the cum spurted out of her lips and onto her large tits. The next bulge to reach her was at her ass. The tentacle there wriggled and pressed the thick bulge against her ass, building pressure before it finally slipped inside, the tentacle cumming deep up inside her ass. She shuddered and moaned, panting for air as the tentacle inside her mouth pulled free, then spurted another thick load of honey-cum all over her face and tits. I stared in amazement as bulge after bulge slid inside the cowgirl's ass and pussy through those tentacles. She squirmed in delight, yelling "Yes! Yes! Fill me with cummmm! Aaaahh!" as her belly began to swell slowly. As more and more plant cum pumped into the cowgirl, her slightly chubby stomach swelled lightly. Slowly but surely the cum began to fill her womb and ass, causing her belly to bloat more and more, until she looked like she was stuffed with a few gallons of plant cum. It was enough to make her look quite pregnant.

My mind was buzzing with questions, such as how the plants could do what they did. How were women reproducing with them. I also wondered why the plants hadn't caused any females to birth males. Before I could ask any of these questions, my attention was drawn away from the cowgirl as I came to two sudden realizations; for one thing, Tatiana had pulled my shorts down around my ankles, and for another, her hand was stroking my now rather hard cock. "Aahh.. Tatiana.."

"Shh.. Its okay, Ryuujin. Seeing her get fucked turned me on too. Now I want you. I want you inside me more than ever..." Tatiana made her point by gripping my cock a bit harder, and stroking it even faster. I groaned in pleasure as she moved to her knees in front of me, still expertly stroking my cock. She smiled and looked up at me while licking her lips, before leaning forward and sliding her thick equine tongue under the head of my cock in a slippery lick. I shuddered in pleasure as she stroked my shaft, and started to lick the head strong and slow, like it were a lollipop. I tried to take a step back, but that just made the Pegasus amazon grip the base of my cock hard and pull it forward into her mouth. I looked down at her as she slid more and more of my cock into her mouth, until all 11 inches sank inside.

I hadn't previously noticed, but apparently Nelly's slime had made my cock continue to slowly grow. I reached next to myself and grabbed a nearby small tree for balance as I felt Tatiana's throat swallow the first few inches of my shaft. I leaned my head back as Tatiana placed both hands on my hips and started to pump her head back and forth quickly, more or less fucking her mouth and throat with my shaft. Her lips curled into a smile as I moaned in pleasure. She pulled her head back to just having the head of my cock in her mouth, then gripped the shaft with one hand. I looked down at her again, but she was looking at my member. She started to move her head and hand in unison, moving towards the base of my cock and then back, over and over again. She stopped and looked up at me, smiling while sliding her tongue slowly and strongly in a circle around the head of my cock. Her hand kept stroking my shaft hard and fast while that broad and smooth tongue continued to circle around the head slowly but strongly.

"Tatiana.. You're... You're going to make me cum like that.." I panted softly while still holding onto the tree beside me. This only made her tease me more, her hand and tongue only picked up their pace. My cock began to swell, as my orgasm came right to the base, but Tatiana quickly and suddenly grabbed it at it's base and squeezed hard. The action caused my cock to throb as though I were cumming, but nothing yet came out. Tatiana smiled as she pulled my shaft free from her mouth, apparently smiling from denying me my orgasm. My cock swelled a bit more and then she let it go, causing a single spurt of cum to splatter across her lips.

Tatiana licked her lips clean deliberately slowly, "Naughty boy.. You can't cum yet.. This horsie hasn't even ridden you". I gulped as she held onto my bulging rock hard shaft. She stood up and pulled her loincloth free, allowing me to see her slick, moist pussylips. Apparently watching the beefy cowgirl getting fucked had made Tatiana as wet as I was hard. She took my shoulders and pushed my back right against the cool moss of a tree. She spread her wings suddenly, and with a powerful flap was slightly in the air. She spread her legs and held my shoulders tight, then took aim and brought her crotch right down onto mine, forcing every inch of my cock deep into her pussy suddenly. I gasped as her legs wrapped around my hips and back.

Her wings remained spread and she leaned her head back as the head of my cock brushed her cervix, "Ooohhh... Yes!" Tatiana moaned as she ground her pussylips against the soft scales of my groin, making my cock arch and rub inside her super tight pussy. "Mmm, I've always dreamt of fucking a dragon... Aahhh" she moaned again as she lifted her hips and thrust against me again. I shuddered at the feel of her tight and slick hole sliding over my hard throbbing shaft. She smiled and leaned up, pulling herself more against me until her generous breasts were face-level with me. "I know they're not much compared to the other girl, but... I hope you can still enjoy them."

I looked up into Tatiana's beautiful eyes, and slowly reached one hand up to cup her pretty face, "Tatiana, your breasts are just like the rest of you.. Perfectly proportioned, and gorgeous." She smiled at me while blushing, then started to buck and thrust her shapely hips hard against mine.

"Oh Ryuujin! You're so sweet. Mmm.. I want you even more! Aahh!" her pussylips and clit were now slapping against my groin strongly, making my shaft swell further and throb inside her. "Yeah! Yeah! Right there, baby! AAAHHH!" she pulled herself tight against me as her pussy got tighter and seemed to pull at my cock. "I'm cummiiiing!" she cried in pleasure. I reached up and cupped the bottom of both of her breasts in my hands. There was enough soft flesh to completely fill both of them and have a decent amount spill from my fingers. I leaned in to her left tit that bounced and jutted towards me, and sucked her stiff nipple into my mouth. I moaned into her tit while she kept thrusting so hard against me, her pussylips gliding up to the head of my member then down to the base, making wet slapping sounds with each hard thrust.

I pulled my mouth free of her breast after a moment with a wet pop, "Ta... Tatiana... I... I'm going to cum too.." I moaned softly. The playful Pegasus apparently wasn't done with me yet. She swiftly lifted her hips and once again tightly gripped the base of my cock. I moaned as it throbbed in her hand, but again I wasn't allowed to come. Half of my shaft was held tightly in her pussy, and the other even more tightly held in her hand, still keeping me from cumming.

"Oohh, not yet. I don't want it to end!" Tatiana moaned while thrusting against me hard and quick. She moaned and panted, then started to stroke the part of my shaft that wasn't buried inside her, though was careful not to loosen her grip. It was driving me crazy, to be fucked and stroked so hard at the same time, while my cock throbbed as though I were cumming but I couldn't. The pleasure was getting to be too much.

I don't know what it was, but it was like my feral nature just snapped... I growled loudly and pushed myself off of the tree, and spun around to press Tatiana against it with all my weight.

"Oh, Ryuujin!" she cried out as I yanked her hand off of my cock, allowing a hot spurt of my cum to coat the inside of her pussy walls as I shoved every inch of my throbbing member into her. "Oh! Yes!" she moaned as I pinned her to the tree and started to pound her slick cunt harder and faster. I growled and grunted in exertion, my hands powerfully squeezing her breasts while she moaned and squirmed in my suddenly very strong grasp. The small tree behind Tatiana began to groan with the strain of how hard I was thrusting into her. Finally I couldn't hold back any longer and thrust my cock as far and as hard into the Amazonian Pegasus as it could go. I leaned my head back and roared in pleasure as I finally came, gushing gouts of my dragon juices deep into Tatiana's belly. She screamed in delight and pleasure as she came with me, just as powerfully. Her voice raised in pitch, higher and higher until it cracked, while I continued to pound my hips and cum into her. I shuddered as I finally finished with my orgasm, then slowly began to pull my hips back while Tatiana placed her feet on the ground. As my cock pulled free from her pussy, it dripped with our combined juices. We both panted heavily while we stood there looking at one another. I let go of Tatiana's soft breasts and looked down at her cum-drooling pussy, then up at the slightly rounded belly that had once been flat.

"Uh... S...sorry about that" I said softly but was caught by surprise as she grabbed me around my back and forced her lips against mine.

"Mmm.." she moaned against my lips then pulled back with a sigh. "That was so good.. And you came so much... Ahhhh..." she looked almost on the verge of having another orgasm. "Mm, no wonder that girl comes and gets fucked so often".

"That's right!" I looked back to where the cowgirl had been hanging in the air, but she appeared to be gone. "Where... Where is she? Did it let her go already?"

"Oh no, its still fucking her, and will for some time." Tatiana replied dreamily. At my perplexed look, she pointed to the flower bulb that was once again closed, though looked a bit bulged from inside. My eyes widened as I stared for a long moment. "Don't worry, she's just fine. Its perfectly normal for those flowers to copulate for a few hours." Tatiana giggled as I raised my eyebrows. "Okay, so I'm sure you have questions, mm?"

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After we had flown back to her cave, Tatiana and I spent the next few hours talking together. I was full of questions, and despite being somewhat of a hermit, she was full of answers. She explained about the plants first.

"Those are Scarpulara plants. from what I understand, they can take genetic material from whomever they are mating with, mix it with their own seeds and juices, then pumps it into her. Though I don't know why, but the plants only seem to impregnate the females with other females."

"I think I can answer that.." I explained to her what I knew about chromosomes from basic biology, and that since only males had two chromosomes, a female could only produce a female. "But why would they mate so long? And pump so much into a woman?"

Tatiana blushed slightly, "Well, for one thing, it is basically raw protein and stuff. Its actually mutually beneficial. The material is a byproduct that isn't good for the plants, but as it turns out is extremely good for animals like us. That's why there's so much, and why the tentacles... Pump.... Into all three holes.." Tatiana shivered lightly as though imagining the the tentacles pumping her full.

"I guess that makes sense.. How did they come into existence? I mean giant tentacle flowers just don't appear... Do they?"

Tatiana chuckled lightly, "They do on this island. Long ago a plant goddess buried herself deep in the bowels of the mountain. At that time the entire isle of Ikushu was barren wasteland. The goddess had been wounded, and according to lore she is slumbering for ten thousand years while her wounds close. Apparently her blood is what gave life to all the plants on the island, and is what sustains us now."

I listened intently to the story while nodding occasionally. It sounded pretty hard to believe, but after all that I had seen so far it was harder not to. "Wow.. I don't really know what to say.." Tatiana smiled and began to reheat her stew as I looked out to the cave entrance at the fading light "Ugh.. I didn't realize it was getting so late.."

"Well, you're welcome to stay here for the night. Longer, if you want to. I'd really like that." Tatiana said softly while stirring her stew.

I looked back at her and smiled lightly, "Oh, thank you Tatiana but... If I'm going to be stuck here I'd really like to get a place of my own... Something by the sea. Sari's... Taken quite a shine to me, I guess you could say. Especially since she saved my life."

Tatiana looked at me in surprise for a moment, then nodded and served up dinner. We spent the night together either cuddling or having sex. Once Tatiana even woke up sometime early in the morning and we made love once more. Despite being fairly tired the next morning, I set about climbing my way down the mountain. I was careful on my way down, and when I hit the foothills, found myself in the little village of Ikushu island. All alone, the single male in a village of females. I feared I might find myself tied up and/or very tired a lot more often...

To be continued...