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“At The Baths…”

They sat around the table trying to discuss the perfect defense to whatever the men were scheming in the way of a take over.

“There are too many things I don’t understand.” Sarah-Chou pounded her meaty fist in frustration on the table top.

“What do you not understand?” Na-Gen chaired the discussion. She too had many questions, the answers of which made little sense.

“If they want women…us…than why go to war and risk all the deaths. Certainly if the men are dying out, the loss of the young and virile ones to war would be great.”

“Another thing…” Tara-Xuin spoke with a pained and curious expression. “…if they wanted the wealth we have; the things we currently trade with them, then a surface battle would be in order. They are not prepared to fight in such a hostile environment. Not in great enough numbers anyway.”

“And even if they did wage a war within the cities, it would need to be level by level thus destroying every thing anyway. If we defend the upper levels, any breach in our lines and they would flood into the lower levels. If we strictly give the upper ones to them and make our stand at the lower, then the technology would be destroyed in the fighting.” Tia-Shen scratched her hairless scalp as she spoke. “This doesn’t make sense.” There was a tinge of frustration in her voice.

“I had thought of a pre-emptive strike. Let’s bring the war to them. But to keep such a move secret would be impossible. The mere moving of assets about would signal our intentions.” Na spoke down at her plexicon as she made notes and thought of all that was being said. “And if they were of the warring mode, our fleet of ships would be detected upon leaving our home.”

“Part of planning for any hostile action, particularly one that is an all out attempt, is trying to determine the safest course of action.” Eve now got up from her seat to speak. She smiled at her Gen-7s as she looked around the table at each of them. “Any conflict with the men would prove devastating to us…and no less than that to them.”

At that very moment, Na-Lin looked up with a broad smile on her face. The others could feel the burst of mental energy that radiated from her. It was as if the proverbial light bulb had gone off in a brilliant flash of illumination. Her eyes were alive with fire as she blushed with the rising of her blood. Looking up at Eve, who discretely nodded her head, the Gen-7 got up and laughed.

“This is all so brilliant. We should have seen this coming.” She spoke to Eve. Now turning to her other Gen-7s, she smiled and began to speak. “They are so clever. They should have been born women.” Na laughed. Turning to Eve and grasping her by the shoulders, Na continued.

“You are the key! If you are dead, who would normally rule?”

“The Directorship, of course.” Eve couldn’t see it yet.

“And who would sit in your seat should you be…unable to?”

“Oh dear Goddess!!! The Commander!” Eve’s face turned one shade paler then it’s normally chalky shade.

“And if the Commander’s top leadership has been compromised?” Na grinned quite broadly now.

“Then we are doomed. The Directors will be executed and the men could simply walk in and take everything. Oh my dear Goddess!” Eve felt faint and needed to sit back down, assisted by Na.

“It is quite obvious to me that our number one mission is keeping you alive and the Directorship safe. Since we cannot rely upon the Gen-6s, we must rely upon ourselves to protect you and the others. But that still leaves us with a vast problem. We will need another force to act as a back up. We will need women who can hold the Gen-6s at bay until it can be determined who can be trusted.”

The other women in the room sat in silence and looked to Na for the answer. But it was Eve who spoke first.

“Our Sisters of Salvation! They are the only ones I would trust…aside from you ladies.”

Na laughed and nodded her head.

“Yes the Sisters. They are the only ones who would fight for freedom and that truly is what this war revolves around; our freedom. We will need to plan carefully. They will expect something. I think we should plan two deceptions that make sense to them. Perhaps even an incursion or two. When they want to sue for peace, or another trade agreement, that is when it will come.”

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The Mother Superior held La in her arms and rocked her gently where they stood. The tears flowed freely from the Beta for the entire ceremony, which lasted a scant few moments in time, had opened up her heart and the joy was overwhelming.

“I have rarely experienced such a moving and emotional offering.” The Mother Superior sniffled back her tears. “And to come from one so…young and inexperienced as you! This is nothing short of a miracle.”

She gently pushed La back from her so that she could look into the Beta’s eyes. The Mother Superior smiled as she spoke.

“You have a great gift. I must tell Mother Eve of this day.” She then knelt down before La and kissed her feet. The Beta blushed red at such a show of honor. Upon rising, she spoke again. “We must have you amongst us; in our numbers. Your faith is so overwhelming that there are many who would look to you to show us the way. We will now leave you two to enjoy your cleansing. If there is anything you ever need, at any time, you must call upon me.”

The women hugged and kissed once more and the two Sisters of the Savior departed. Lilith turned to La and embraced her. In tears she spoke as best she could under the emotional circumstances.

“This has been enough to make me want to return to the faith. Such…feelings…have been absent for far too long.” La smiled at Lilith and nodded her head.

“I am fortunate that my Alpha doesn’t mind what I do. I have bundles of grain and wreaths scattered about our old quarters. And she actually watches as I light the candles not knowing what I am doing; but enjoying my little show.”

“Then you are blessed far more than I. My Alpha forbids all of this. She won’t even permit me to hang a wreath for luck and fertility. She even forbids me breeding.” Lilith’s tears flowed again.

La hugged her and comforted her until Lilith could regain control of her emotions. Then La turned to the bath awaiting them. She picked up a bottle of scented oil, smiled, and nodded her head toward the bath. Lilith smiled and took La’s hand in hers as they walked the few paces to the edge where a granite legged, cushioned, marble bench stood. La turned the Beta’s back to her and applied some of the oil to her own hands. She began rubbing it into Lilith’s shoulders and neck.

“Mmmm,,, That feels sooo amazing.”

“You have such lovely skin; such a beautiful texture. I love the way you feel.”

La’s hands roamed all over Lilith’s back. The intensity of their feelings and emotions was electric. La spent a bit more time on Lilith’s lower back, butt cheeks and thighs enjoying the manner in which her hands glided across the skin and muscles. As fragrant as the oil was, La couldn’t help but notice the aroma of Lilith’s excitement and she actually saw the moisture gather on her vaginal lips.

Now it was Lilith’s turn to minister to La’s back. As her hands began their sensual journey down La’s posterior, Lilith moaned softly in pleasure again.

“Dear Goddess! Your body is so…full and lush! You are so unlike most of us here. I simply adore the way you look and feel.”

La giggled. She had never seen herself as being physically different from most of the others in Eden until this trip. She had seen how fuller her body was than the other Betas. This became especially true when they went shopping for something to wear. But she never thought of it as being…sensual?

“Na-Lin seems to enjoy this type of body. At least I survived the less lush ones who preceded me.”

“Oh my Goddess! I heard about that. You really must be special.” La giggled again. Lilith finally finished her application of oil to La’s back. She took La around the waist with her arms and hugged her firmly as she rubbed her body against La’s oiled skin.

“I’m sorry but I couldn’t help myself.” Lilith giggled. She breathed in the scent of La’s arousal and she found the aroma to be intoxicating.

Both women hurriedly oiled their own fronts, and faces, and La steeped into the pool first after silently blessing the waters. She slowly sat on the stone ledge and let the water settle up over her shoulders to the middle of her neck. Lilith followed and, while accustoming herself to the warmth of the mineral and spiced bath, she poured them both a goblet of fruit juice to sip. Then she settled herself next to La.

Lilith took La’s hand in her own. The two Betas sat in a comfortable silence as they both stared at their locked fingers. La broke the silence.

“I find the contrast between our skin colors to be so…sensual and exciting.” Lilith nodded and smiled. ‘There was a time, an ancient time, when this would have not been so. It was during the time of the men.” La held their hands up out of the water as she spoke. “It was considered to be a forbidden thing to even touch the skin of one as darkly brown as you. I would have been considered to be unclean.”

“I have heard this whispered once before. It was a very dark time for us during the reign of the men. I was told that my facial features were considered…well…animal like.”

“Yes. And yet…nothing could be further from the truth. That your lips are fuller and your nose, smaller make you ideal for communing with other women.” La giggled. “Your Alpha is truly blessed with you for a mate.” Lilith’s face soured and her smile disappeared.

“My Alpha would only see me at her feet. She hasn’t much need for returning the favor. It’s as if I repulsed her.” Lilith let go of La’s hand and hid the tears flowing from her eyes. La took her in her arms and held her as she cried. “What have I done that is so wrong? Do I not appeal to her eye? Where have I sinned?” Lilith’s voice beseeched an answer.

La held her tighter with one arm and reached for a hand cloth with her other. She handed the cloth to Lilith who wiped her eyes and blew her nose.

“I am sooo very sorry. I don’t know where that came from. I don’t mean to burden you with my troubles.” She began to gain her composure a bit. La took Lilith’s chin in her hand and touched her lips to her fore head.

“This is our time…our time. What is said here is between us.” La smiled.

“Well I’m sure you have your own challenges being with a Gen-7. I mean they are known for being…difficult?”

“At first she was impossible. I thought she was going to kill me! But I chose her and I am a bit stubborn when I choose...a challenge.”

“Oh dear Mother.”

“But after a cycle or so she did become more…attentive? I made her a special meal. You know that Gen-7s are a bit different then the rest of us. So color, and aroma, rather than taste, is the big attractant. So I made her a colorful meal and not the usual ready meals that are supplied. She began to speak with me. One thing led to another and she invited me into her bed. But it took time and patience.”

“But I’ve heard that they are very aggressive and had these images…” Lilith was all eyes as she spoke.

“Of being taken?”

“Yes.”

“Not so.” La laughed. “Quite the oppose is true, at least with mine. She is almost timid! She startles at loud noises, bright lights, fast movements, and is suspicious of changes.”

“Well how is she…” Lilith quickly hunched her shoulders and rolled her eyes. “…you know.” She smiled.

La looked at her and giggled putting her hand over her mouth. Then she stopped giggling and looked at Lilith for only a moment. Then she burst into laughter. Lilith’s eyes and mouth opened wide as she watched La slowly glide toward hysterics.

“Oh my Goddess! Are you serious?” Lilith began to giggle. “She’s that good?”

“Communing with her is completely amazing; not that I have anything to compare it to. She completely wears me out. And she’s always ready. It’s sooo…amazing.”

“And I thought you were joking when I asked you how often and you answer ‘a day?’” La giggled. “Does she like to snuggle afterward?”

“Let me tell you…” La moved next to Lilith and took her hand. La was abeam with the thought of her Alpha and how tender she could be. She put her face close to Lilith as though the world might be listening. “One day she came home from…hunting and she couldn’t wait to undress. She shed her clothing at the door and came up to me. She swooped me up in her arms like a piece of cloth and directly dove for my…” La made a nod with her head and patted her vagina with her free hand.

“Oh dear Mother! She didn’t!” Lilith’s mouth, now covered with her hand, was as wide as her eyes.

“She did! I felt like a baby in her arms. She continued to…attend to me as she carried me to her big chair. She sat down and drove me crazy with her tongue. Oh dear Goddess! Even with me laughing and kicking my legs and fidgeting. Anyway…she finally exhausted me to such an extent that I feel asleep. She held me for nearly and hour. She didn’t move at all except to gently rub her head against mine.” Tears of joy began to well up in La’s eyes.

“Oh that is sooo…romantic…and loving.” A tear or two flowed down Lilith’s cheeks. She squeezed La’s hand as she wiped her tears with her other. “Maybe we’ve been together too long.” She looked down as she gently splashed the waters.

La got up from the water and sat on the tub’s edge with her feet hanging in. Lilith took La’s foot in her hand and began to massage some oil into it. She turned sideways and lifted her foot into La’s lap and La returned the pleasure.

“You have such delicate small feet. They’re so beautiful. Mine are such…paws…Like the tiger or the great bear…so wide. Hmmm… That feels so delicious.” La closed her eyes and relished the sensation of Lilith’s fingers working on her soles and heels.

“You are lucky.” Lilith sniffled. Changing the topic till she could control her emotions, Lilith said: “Your feet are fun to work on. They’re so very soft. Not like Sue’s.”

“Ah…if you want tough and hard, Na’s are incredible! She can walk on the ice in her bare feet! She would strip bare and go out on summer days when the wind was down and it was maybe twenty degrees below and walk around for a bit. That was before I removed all of her body hair.”

“You didn’t! She allowed you?”

“Yes. I wanted to feel her next to me, you know? And I told her that clothing in particular the silks she wore under her cloths would feel sooo wonderful. Anyway, she was becoming accustomed to my ways. She was beginning to open up to different things a bit.” La’s eyes brightened up and she became excited. “And her hair! I can’t believe she actually grew it out for me! I really didn’t care for the fuzz thing…not on her anyway.”
“Goddess! I thought she would be a horror to live with; the stories I’ve heard about her! I guess I really need to get to know her. Mmmm… That’s nice.”

La was working her way slowly up Lilith’s calves and Lilith, of course, was returning the favor. They both had their eyes closed and were savoring the sensations.

“Has she ever struck you?”

Na opened her eyes. She never expected that question. Violence against one another was nearly unheard of and terribly punished, if proved.

“Never. Goddess no. She might have felt like killing me on rare occasions.” La giggled. “But she’s never even come close to that sort of thing. It’s so odd though.”

“What’s that?” Lilith was listening with half an ear so given into the wonderful sensations that surrounded her.

“Well…” La paused and thought for a moment, her eyes gazing toward the ceiling. “Sometimes she sits and…I don’t know…stares at me? It’s not that she’s looking at me in any particular way. She simply sits and stares.”

“Well at least that’s some sort of attention.” There was a sarcastic edge to Lilith’s voice. She got up and out of the water to join La on the edge of the tub. “Turn around…” Lilith said as she took the bottle of scented oil and poured some in her hand. “Your skin is so dry. It’s soaking up the oil quickly.”

“Mmmm…” La let her head fall till her chin touched her chest. She swept her long locks over her shoulders to reveal her neck to Lilith who was now massaging the oil into it. “It must be the time in the cold and the closed climate quarters.”

“You’re young. You’ll recover quickly. How old are you anyway? I can never tell the age on the Gen-7s but they always appear to be older because of their life out in the wilderness.”

“This is my first year out of cryo. I guess I’m…twenty? Twenty one?”

“You’re a baby! My Goddess!” Lilith laughed nervously. “And your Alpha?”

“Na is forty or so. She doesn’t seem to keep track. It’s not important to her I guess.”

“My Gen is the same as hers…roughly…” With extra emphasis she added; “…and every minute counts with her.” But Lilith’s tone changed and she smiled as she spoke. “I’m thirty five years old and I think I’m starting to look it.” She hooked the heel of her foot over the top of La’s thigh as La laughed.

“If only I looked as good as you do when I’m your age.” La blushed. “I don’t think that came out the way I meant it to.” She giggled. “I mean you look gorgeous and I hope I’m as gorgeous some day.”

“Thank you for saying that.” La felt her kiss her softly on the nape of her neck. Lilith stopped massaging La’s back. La suddenly felt her hands quiver and then her body. She heard her softly crying. Almost plaintively she spoke…softly…between her tears. “Then why won’t she commune with me anymore.”

La was shocked at Lilith’s admission. She never expected to hear such intimacies coming from a woman she had only just met. But, after all, she hadn’t really met many women since she came out of cryo and her only other relationship has been with Na. La turned around to face Lilith. Tears were streaming down her cheeks and she sat looking at her hands which were palms up with fingers spread wide.

“What’s wrong with me?” She looked up briefly as she spoke. “Am I too old? Am I not pretty enough? Is it my body? Am I boring? Maybe I don’t take good enough care of her? Why won’t she touch me? What have I done to deserve this!”

The poor Beta was becoming more and more out of control in her ramblings. It was as if a great dam had burst and everything came pouring out. La couldn’t quite grasp why she was chosen to be witness to this outburst and very emotional rant. All she could think to do was to embrace Lilith and hold her. Lilith continued to mumble softly into La’s ear as she continued to cry.

“She makes excuses. ‘I’m tired; Not right now; I’m to busy; Maybe later.’ She stays out late and leaves early. She gives me meaningless tasks that tire me out and keep me distracted. And if I dare to suggest that maybe we should…talk…or see a Sister…she…ignores me.”

Lilith stopped speaking for a moment and sought to catch her breath. La reached for a cloth and handed it to Lilith. She dried her eyes and blew her nose as she tried to gain control to herself. La continued to hold her and gently rock her as if she was a baby being rocked to sleep. She finally put the cloth down and put her arms around La. She then buried her face into La’s soft shoulder.

“I am so, so, sorry for burdening you with this. I have no one else to talk to. Sue chases everyone away. I have no friends and I feel so…alone. If Eve hadn’t asked her to allow me to take you around…” Lilith couldn’t finish her sentence. She simply clung to La and softly cried. “I’ve done everything she’s ever asked of me; no matter how trivial. I’ve even…debased myself for her. I fear she wants to have our binding undone. What will I do? I am so afraid of…of…”

“Shush. Just breathe.”

Lilith rested and continued to hold onto La. The two women rocked to and fro gently.

“I am so afraid of losing her and it’s not even my choice. I am so afraid of having to start over, especially at my age. And I so badly want to breed; to have little ones of my own. Who’s going to want to start a family with someone my age?”

“Listen, you can breed for many years yet.”

“Yes. But the new rules are that I must take in one of the ‘odd’ children for every one of my own. Sue says they are freaks and would have them…exiled…or worse. And Sue doesn’t want to breed with me. If she decides to unbind us, then I can’t breed as a single anyway. I can’t win no matter what happens. And what do I do with these…urges. Sometimes I feel like I’m going insane.”

Lilith blotted the odd tear but managed to stay reasonably composed. La could see that she was tired…exhausted really…emotionally drained. It was definitely time to leave the bath, shower and find a peaceful spot in the gardens above them. They washed the oils off of one another in a comforting silence.

La thought that the bath had done its job and cleansed the spirit of Lilith. All of her troubles were now out in the open and the repair, and healing could begin. As they were led out into the gardens by their assigned novice, La and Lilith held each other around their waists. Lilith’s head rested on La’s shoulder and La’s head upon that of Lilith.

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They were shown to a quiet alcove constructed of bushes that bloomed with fragrant colorful flowers. The novice spread a cloth upon the grass and handed them each a cushion to rest upon. The common practice was to do so after the baths and they were also provided with cool fruit juices and bits of vegetables on thinly sliced bread. La reclined on her back looking up at the holographic image of a blue cloudless sky. Lilith hugged her cushion and rested on her front, gazing at a reed of grass she plucked from the ground.

“I cannot judge you or Sue…” La turned to face Lilith as she spoke. “…nor would I presume to. I can only tell you what I see and feel.” La reached out and stroke Lilith’s cheek gently with the back of her fingers. “I think you are perfect; simply perfect. I would hope to be like you some day. You are everything that ‘we’ should all be; beautiful, graceful, loving, and filled with temperance and creativity.”

Lilith reached for La’s hand and, after kissing it, held it firmly. She smiled briefly and held a cloth to catch a tear with her other hand.

“Has she ever struck you?” Lilith looked away as if ashamed and nodded her head.

“Three times recently…within the past two cycles. She was very sorry afterward. And it was always when I would start to argue with her.” Lilith quickly added emphatically; “It really wasn’t her fault. I provoked her. And she did have a bit of wine. She wasn’t herself.”

La looked into Lilith’s eyes and smiled sympathetically.

“I am sorry I must ask this. Do you think she’s communing with another?”

Lilith couldn’t even answer. She simply began to weep silently. La turned on her side and stroked Lilith’s long curly black hair.

“She doesn’t even bother to hide it anymore. She comes in, changes into something…well…you know. She even puts on color and scent. Then she leaves without a word.”

“I am sooo sorry.” A tear dropped down from La’s eye as she put her hand against Lilith’s cheek and stroked it.

“She usually, but not always, returns sometime in the morning when I’m asleep…finally asleep. She washes, changes into her uniform, and she leaves again…without a word.”

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“Afternoon Delight”

La: I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! I mean, it was obviously true for what else could cause such pain in one so…beautiful. I so wanted to help her; to make it all better, you know?

Lil: I had never met anyone as…empathetic? I mean she simply listened to every word I said as if I was telling her some great truth in life. And she’s so young! I felt like I was telling all of my innermost secrets to my confessor, or a peer, or someone with much greater experience in life.

La: I wanted to touch her. I wanted to put my hands on her face and suck all of that poison in her right out and into me. I wanted to be inside of her, you know? Like a spare soul that could make her life enjoyable instead of the hell she lived in now.

Lil: I couldn’t believe I did what I did! I craned my head over and kissed her…on the lips! It wasn’t one of those ‘hi dear’ kisses either. I mean I didn’t try and stick my tongue down her throat. But I did want to…feel her lips? I don’t know…

La: Then she kissed me! Oh my Goddess! Her lips…so full…so…fleshy? Her lips devoured mine! It was a magical thing. I could…taste her soul…and she could taste mine? My mind went blank. Such a simply thing totally wiped my mind blank.

Lil: It had to be the intimacy of what we were into. I mean…how intimate can you get? Talking about what does, and doesn’t, in my case, go on atop the bedding platform. I think I envied her love of her Alpha. No…I did envy her love, and lust. I mean she was communing like there was no tomorrow and I had to be satisfied with myself?! I mean I got sooo swampy simply looking at her and speaking with her.

La: She is such an exquisite creature. All the women here are gorgeous but there was something very special about Lilith…Lil. Her touch was sooo heated…and I could feel all of the passion within her with that first kiss. Oh my Goddess! When she kissed me a second time I melted. I took her into my arms and pulled her nearly on top of me. It was like I had no choice.

Lil: When she pulled me over and onto her, I could feel her plushness; her lushness; her fullness. Damned her! I mean you could smell the fertility in that full body of hers. Small wonder that the Alpha was so attracted to her; she’s like the ultimate female figure! I pulled aside her gown and cupped that full ripe breast in my hand. My Goddess! Her nipple was like a babe’s finger; erect and aroused and unable to betray the passion within her.

La: She was sooo amazing! She took my nipple into her mouth and began to gently suckle as though there was anything it could return for her effort. I felt my head begin to spin as the sensation went directly down through my belly and into my vagina. I think I wet myself almost instantly! I was sooo excited by all of that energy that pasted back and forth between us.

Lil: And then when she began to gather my gown up and over my butt, things really got out of control. I mean…she gently traced her fingers between the cheeks of my butt and down toward my vagina. I swear I came right then and there. I was sooo wet that I could feel my fluid being forced out with the spasming of my vagina. And then she rolls me over and loosens the top of my gown!

La: I could smell the essence of her sex. Dear Goddess it was so fragrant and aromatic. I had to taste her! I rolled over and undid the tie to her gown. The hem was up around her waste anyway but I wanted to suck her nipples in my mouth. I wanted her to explode with joy and ecstasy. I reached down and…oh my Goddess…she was sooo wet. I put two finger up into her and it was like putting them into soft warmed butter. She quivered and moaned and arched her back so sharply that I thought it would snap!

Lil: Her fingers entered me and I felt like I was struck by a bolt of lightening! Again I came with force that I hadn’t felt in too many moon cycles! I hadn’t come like that in a year of moon cycles! Then her full thick fingers went directly to that special spot and tapped it repeatedly. Each tap drew a groan and a quake and a flow of fluid from me. The saving grace was that I was groaning into her mouth because it covered my own.

La: Her taste was every bit as luscious as I imagined. I put my dripping fingers into my mouth and savored her flavor. Her taste was milder than what I was accustomed to and wetter…more liquid. I reached into her again and began to thrust and withdraw quickly. I could feel her muscles spasm and grip my fingers. She wasn’t nearly as powerful as Na but I could still definitely feel her strength.

Lil: That Beta kept me coming time and time again. It had been so long for me…the contact, the touch…that I was coming on top of coming. I had forgotten how good the touch of another woman could be. I didn’t want it to ever end. When she took her fingers out of me the second time, I grasped her hand and tasted myself on her. My own aroma over powered me as I kissed her lips again and licked the inside of her mouth. I couldn’t get enough of her.

La: She finally held my hand still with my fingers in her vagina curled up on her spot. I felt her clitoris finally shrank down, exhausted from the mauling I subjected it to. Lilith looked up at me through heavily lidded eyes and smiled. She was still breathing rapidly as her body slowed from its frantic pace. I cradled her and pulled her gently back over me, her head resting in the hollow of my arm. She closed her eyes and slept. Oh my Goddess! Have I just communed with another woman?

The novice poked her head around the corner of the bushes and, seeing the two women intertwined and resting, blushed and giggled softly. La looked over at her and smiled. The novice disappeared but soon returned with a basin of herbal scented water and two hand clothes. She placed them down on the edge of the cloth, smiled, and withdrew again.

La had a lot on her mind as she lay with Lilith in her arms, the least of which being her own unfulfilled desire. She didn’t want Lilith to tend to that but she did desperately want her Alpha. What would she tell Na? Would she even tell her? And what about Lilith? Would she expect…more? She really liked the older woman and desired her friendship, but La already had more lover than even she could handle in her Na.

“You can’t go back to Sue.”

“What can I do but go back? Anyway, why should I be the one to leave? Am I the guilty one here?”

The two women sat at the table in a shop having a juice and some fresh cookies. The more they spoke, the more complicated the situation became. Lilith, restored as a woman by their sexual contact, suddenly felt somewhat empowered. She was still attractive and her feminine attributes intact and once again active.

“We need to seek counsel. I believe that you should be unbound from Sue and you should do the unbinding. Don’t wait for her to act. It is not in her interest at the moment, but it truly is in yours.”

“Maybe…I still have feelings for her though.” Lilith stared down at her cup.

“Nobody said you shouldn’t. But it’s not a question of feelings. It is a question of your wants and your desires…and your future.” Lilith nodded.

La retrieved her plexicon from her bag and began to type in a message. It took mere moments and when she was finished, she touched the transmit icon and looked back up at Lilith. La smiled at her companion and held her hand.

“We will start right now. So much can be settled within this day. You’ll see. I’m sure this won’t be easy for you, but in short time I promise you that happiness, or at least freedom, will be yours.”

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Eve heard the tone of her plexicon and briefly gazed at it. She stood up and all around the table stood.

“I have something to attend to and…” She looked up and around the table, smiling. “…another meeting shortly in my labs. I wish to thank you all for your attention to this matter and Na-Lin will keep me advised.”

Eve turned and kissed Na-Lin on the cheek and proceeded down the table doing the same to all there. The Gen-7s were somewhat shocked at this form of familiarity. Na chuckled to herself as she noted their surprised expressions.

Once into the hall and amongst her escort of Sisters, Eve spoke into her communicating headpiece discreetly tucked into her ear.

“Mother Andrea please.” Eve began to walk toward her transport to the laboratories deep within the granite walls of the city. “Drea, darling. Yes, I slept quite well thank you.” Eve beamed and chuckled. “I have a very delicate matter that needs your attention. I would deal with it myself only time is of the essence and I have so very little of that today. You can? Oh you are such an angel. Yes, I will see you and Tracey later. Peace to you as well dear.”

More Ice Tiger Soon...

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