(Samuel's POV)
"Keep your remarks to yourself in front of the others." Sharn said with a scowl, "You buffoon. The last thing you want are Orcs who are interested in courting me to feel threatened by a human."
We were outside the building, by the gate, waiting for our supplies to be handed to us. Oneth had told Sharn that only the three of us would go to the ruins in search of her father. And now, Sharn was giving me an annoyed scowl in regard to the remark I made about her being very sexy.
I mean, she was sexy, why lie?
Right now, she was wearing a different outfit than the one she had before. She was wearing black skin-tight leather pants and a fur top, covering the upper part of her torso, exposing her hard abs. She looked quite good in that outfit, especially how nice and dark the fur colors were.
"Ah, how cruel." I said with a joking tone, "I can't compliment a pretty lady?"
"How easily you forget about Elena." Oneth said with an unimpressed expression, "You need a tall Orc woman to make you forget about how worried you are for her?"
"Hey now, let's not be hasty." I said with a frown, "I do worry about her, but I don't think your Orc friend back in the city will willingly put her in danger."
"Urug is a prick, yes. But he takes his duties seriously." Oneth said, "That woman should concern herself with not angering her."
"Hm...." I said
"Did you say Urug?" Sharn asked, "I've heard of the Dread Lord. My Father knows him personally."
"Not surprised." I said, "A very important Orc like that guy would be someone a Tribal Chief might know."
"Urug was a scholar of Winterwild, a complete contrast to what my Father is." Sharn said, "He and my Father often clashed in ideals, despite coming from the same Tribe."
"Oh?" I said, "From this one?"
"No." Sharn shook her head, "Our tribe was founded by the Elder and my father was its first Chief. I meant one of the Three Great War-Tribes. Urug and my Father came from the same one."
"Hm...." I said, "That sounds like plenty of history that we probably don't have time to discuss."
"You are right about that." Sharn said, gesturing at some orcs walking up to us, "There's our stuff."
I looked to see that they were handing us some bags.
"Sharn." one of them said, "Please, be careful. The Elder is saying some strange stuff in her sleep."
Sharn nodded, "Worry not." She said, "The foragers will return with her medicine. When she gets better, inform her that I went to search for my father."
"Now, we are going."
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"This was quite a walk." I said as we reached what looked like the entrance of a cavern, "Why couldn't we use the carriage?"
"And attract attention?" Oneth said as she slithered over next to me, "Don't be a fool, Samuel."
I looked around, seeing that there wasn't anything nearby.
"Sharn." I said, feeling uneasy about the silence, "Didn't you say this are was guarded by a Great Bear or something? I mean, this is the cavern that leads to the ruins, right?"
I looked at her, seeing that she was scanning the area as well.
She nodded, "This is the spot." She said, "But it's almost too quiet."
"I am not picking up any scents." Oneth said, flicking her tongue in front of her, "Do you think it is a trap?"
I walked to the side, looking down to see some tracks in the dirt. I crouched down and gently ran my finger along the tracks.
"Do you recognize these tracks, Sharn?" I asked
Sharn walked up to where I was, crouching down and inspecting the footprints.
"Aye, these are my father's tracks." She said, "He definitely came by."
I looked ahead, seeing a different set of tracks; a group of boot prints as well as massive bear prints.
I walked over to see the tracks, widening my eyes when seeing the full-scope of the bear prints, "What the fuck?" I said, "Look at the size of that thing...."
I've seen bear tracks a few times in my life, but none of them were this size. This one seemed to be at least twice the size of a full-grown grizzly, which was ridiculous.
"Great Bear tracks." Sharn said as Oneth slithered on over, "And more tracks."
"A Bear, huh?" I said, placing my hand on my chin, "In the mountains by the Grasslands? Interesting."
"They often migrate over from the Greatwood." Oneth said, "But it's usually one and it keeps to itself. They hunt other magic beasts and only attack mortals when they feel threatened."
"A big fucking bear, huh?" I said, "That's what we're going to deal with here?"
I looked over to see that Sharn was walking over to the cave entrance, stopping and looking around. I could see her backside, which was a heavenly sight; her nice and round ass was outlined perfectly by her pants. The mere sight of such thick thighs was enough to arouse me.
I felt Oneth's tongue on my cheek, "Careful where those eyes are gazing upon." She hissed lowly, "Otherwise, I'd break you."
I looked at her, "Don't get jealous now." I said, "You wanted to baby-trap me."
She clutched my chin, "Quiet." She said, "You are mine, Samuel Grey. I will not allow any other woman claim you so easily."
"Are the two of you a couple or something?" I heard Sharn call out
"Yes." Oneth replied, "This here is my personal fuck-toy. He is good at pleasing, I must admit."
"No." I corrected, "We are not a couple, okay? Whatever happened between us was strictly because it had to happen."
"Tch...." Oneth said with a scowl, "The two of us bathed in each other's blood during battle, then we became one, reaching the peak of pleasure."
"Oh." Sharn said, "That sounds....intense."
Oneth licked her lips, "It was, indeed." She said, smirking, "He may be a human, but he is not frail at all. He can handle me plenty, which is what makes him worthy of being my mate."
"Who decided that?" I said with a scowl, "Don't go around telling people we're together."
"Hm." Sharn said, "You'd be lucky to be with a Demon Maid, I hear they're the most beautiful of Queen Asothia's personal servants."
"That, we are." Oneth said, looking pretty satisfied
"She's not the only maid I've been with." I muttered
"Silence." She snapped, scowling at me, "I'm the one who had you the longest."
"Well, that's true." I said, crossing my arms, "Damn, that Scarlet really ended things prematurely."
"You...." Sharn said, "You had sex with Lady Scarlet?"
I scratched my cheek, "Uhm..."
I saw that she was blushing slightly, which was not a reaction that I expected.
"Well..." She cleared her throat, "We should keep going."
"Let's keep looking for my father."