Chapter 80: 80. The Diplomatic Vessel [18+]

The Association’s diplomatic vessel was called the Aureline, and it was significantly larger than anything Yuki had previously been on.

It operated as a joint vessel between the Human Continent’s Hunter Association and the Beastfolk Continental Council — one of seven ships that maintained the formal diplomatic and repatriation routes between the two landmasses. The crossing took nine days. The Aureline carried a crew of forty, a diplomatic team of six, and currently, forty-one survivors and the escort group that had been officially registered to deliver them.

The survivors were distributed across the ship’s lower decks, each in private cabins that the Association had configured for their specific needs — different species had different environmental requirements, and the Aureline’s design accommodated this with the kind of practical consideration that came from decades of diplomatic operation.

Leah had a cabin near the upper deck. Yuki suspected this was partly logistics and partly because Leah had communicated her preferences with the particular quiet certainty of someone who had spent fourteen months with no privacy and was not interested in negotiating about it now.

Owen presented a different problem.

His humanoid form fit in a cabin. His actual form did not fit on a diplomatic vessel without creating significant structural concerns. He had been in humanoid form continuously since they boarded, and Yuki could feel through the bond that while he wasn’t in distress exactly, the compression was uncomfortable the way a long-haul flight was uncomfortable — fine, manageable, but producing a specific low-grade restlessness that accumulated.

On the third night of the crossing, she found him at the ship’s stern, standing at the railing with his wings partially extended into the open air over the ocean.

“You could fly alongside,” she said. “The ship isn’t going to leave you behind.”

“The diplomatic team would file a report.”

“They’re going to file reports about everything anyway. A dragon in open flight over the ocean isn’t going to be the strangest thing in this crossing.”

He looked at her. Then at the ocean. The water was dark and enormous and reflected the stars with a faithfulness that the city never managed.

“Tomorrow night,” he said. “When we’re far enough from the shipping lanes.”

She leaned against the railing beside him. Uru had settled into her coat pocket for warmth, only the top of its gelatinous form visible.

“Tell me more about the two Story Dungeons,” she said.

Owen was quiet for a moment. Not reluctant though, she had learned to distinguish his silences. This one was the kind that meant he was deciding where to start.

“Dominus said his power was too distributed to survive the Will’s deletion in a single form. He scattered it — forward through time, hidden in different anchors. The egg was one. The other two fragments are in Story Dungeons that haven’t manifested yet.”

“And without them—”

“Without them, Drak’thar stays offline. The Tower can’t run trials. The Hatchery can’t produce eggs.” He paused. “The dragon kingdom stays a beautiful empty space with good bones and no future.”

“So we find the Story Dungeons.”

“So we find the Story Dungeons.” A beat. “Dominus said the next one would appear somewhere on the beastfolk continent. That was part of why I wanted to come here even before the survivors gave us the official reason.”

Yuki absorbed this. The ocean moved beneath them, indifferent and enormous.

“Vorthraxx knows you’re coming,” she said.

“Yes.”

“And Azmireth is out there somewhere.”

“Yes.”

“And the Will of the World is—”

“Asleep. Probably. For now.”

She looked at the water. “We’re going to need to tell Odessa and Alfred more about the real situation. Not the edited version I’ve given to them.”

Owen was quiet.

“They’re already in this,” Yuki continued. “If things escalate — and they’re going to escalate — they deserve to know what they’re actually standing next to.”

“If we tell them,” Owen said carefully, “we’re asking them to carry information that makes them targets. The Will monitors the system. If it notices unusual patterns—”

“Owen.” Her voice was gentle but firm. “You can’t protect people by keeping them uninformed. You of all people should know that.”

He looked at her.

She looked back.

“Tomorrow night,” he said finally. “When I fly. You gather them. All three: Odessa, Alfred, Leah.”

“Leah?”

“She’s already part of this. She just doesn’t know how deep yet.” His golden eyes reflected the stars above them. “Better she hears it from us than pieces it together on her own and draws the wrong conclusions.”

Yuki nodded.

Behind them, the ship moved through the dark water, carrying its cargo of survivors and secrets toward a continent neither of them had ever seen.

—

They returned to their shared cabin below decks, the Aureline’s gentle sway a rhythmic underscore to the tension humming between them.

The conversation at the stern had stirred something deeper—Owen’s revelations about the Story Dungeons, the weight of secrets, and the vast unknown of the beastfolk continent ahead.

Yuki felt it in her core, a mix of adrenaline and raw need, amplified by the bond that thrummed like a live wire.

Owen’s golden eyes flicked to her as she closed the door.

“Yuki,” he growled low, voice thick with emotion, pulling her against him. His clawed hands roamed her curves softly, cupping her full breasts through her shirt, thumbs teasing the fabric over her inverted nipples. She gasped, pressing into him, her busty frame molding to his scaled chest. “I need you. Now.”

Their lips met in a fierce kiss, tongues tangling with desperate hunger, love, fear, possession all crashing together. He shredded her clothes with carefully, exposing her naked form, her heavy breasts bouncing free. Yuki tugged at his pants, freeing his thick, ridged dragon Dick, already hard and throbbing. They tumbled onto the narrow bed, a quickie born of urgency, no time for drawn-out foreplay.

Owen flipped her onto her back in missionary, his massive form hovering over her. He grabbed her breasts roughly, squeezing the soft, pillowy flesh, his thumbs circling her inverted nipples until they peaked under his touch.

Leaning down, he sucked one into his mouth, tongue flicking and teeth grazing, drawing a nasty, wet pop as he released it, only to devour the other. Yuki arched, moaning loudly, her hands gripping his horns. “Nnhn!…fuck me, Owen!” she begged, emotion choking her voice as tears of overwhelming need pricked her eyes.

He thrust into her pussy in one deep stroke, his ridged dick stretching her wide, hitting every sensitive nerve. As he pumped rhythmically, hard and relentless, his tail snaked around, the scaled tip teasing her tight asshole: circling, pressing just enough to dip in shallowly.

The dual sensation was filthy, intense, making her walls clench around him. “You like that?” he snarled, his eyes locking on hers, raw emotion pouring out: his fear of losing her, his fierce protectiveness.

He caressed her boobs again, pinching her nipples while his tail twisted teasingly in her ass, syncing with his thrusts.

Yuki’s moans echoed through the cabin, nasty and unrestrained, her body slick with sweat. Unbeknownst to her, Odessa had wandered down the hall, intending to hang out and chat about the day’s diplomatic briefings.

She paused at the door, hand raised to knock, but froze at the sound of Yuki’s breathy cries, the wet slap of bodies, Owen’s guttural growls.

Curiosity and a forbidden thrill won out; she cracked the door just a sliver, peeking in.

The sight hit her like a bolt: Owen’s half-dragon form dominating Yuki, his black-scaled muscles flexing, tail buried teasingly in her ass while he pounded her pussy. Odessa’s cheeks flushed, her pussy aching with a sudden heat and moisture.

She didn’t leave though. Instead, her hand slipped under her skirt, fingers finding her wet pussy, rubbing her clit in frantic circles as she watched, biting her lip to stifle her own moans.

Owen sensed her immediately, his mana sense active.

He felt Odessa’s presence, her arousal spiking, her fingers plunging into herself, holding back whimpers. It fueled him, a nasty twist of exhibitionism and dominance making his cock throb harder inside Yuki. He flipped Yuki onto all fours for doggy style, gripping her hips with clawed hands, slamming into her from behind. His tail now thrust deeper into her ass, alternating with his dick, when he pulled back, the tail drove in, creating a filthy, double-penetrating rhythm that had Yuki screaming into the pillow, her breasts swaying wildly.

“Fuck!” Owen roared, raw emotion twisted with primal lust. He reached around to grab her boobs again, kneading them roughly, sucking marks into her neck.

The knowledge of Odessa watching, fingering herself desperately, pushed him over the edge. He blew a huge load inside Yuki, hot cum flooding her pussy in thick ropes, his tail twitching in her ass to heighten the overload. Yuki came with him, convulsing, squirting around his dick, tears streaming from the intensity.

Outside, Odessa climaxed silently, her fingers soaked, body shuddering against the doorframe. As they collapsed panting, she glimpsed inside the room, saw Owen nuzzling Yuki tenderly and quickly eased the door shut and she proceeded to flee down the hall with burning red cheeks and a racing heart.

Owen held Yuki close, his wing draping over them like a shield. He didn’t mention Odessa; some secrets could wait. The night deepened as the Aureline carrying them continued onward through the dark night.

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