Should Have Let Me Die

Chapter 34: My Other Left Hand

"Oh, ya? What might that be?"

"My father owns a large shipping company that moves everything from food to weapons, and I am from a country where I am considered a goddess!"

I could believe that this fox was most definitely a fox. Keeta pressed her bottom into me a couple of times suggestively, causing me to get warm. I pushed away but kept her hand and led her to the table; that was enough dancing; I talked with the rest while sitting.

"So, how did you end up here?"

"It's just the same old story around here. There are places safe for us, but the problem is that none of them are connecting borders, so to ship anything, we have to go through hostile country's."

Keeta sighed before going on.

"Many people get picked off, and the women are sold into slavery. That only happens after the men are killed and the loot taken. I was taken, traded, and sold; I honestly thought that was going to be the rest of my life."

"That sounds about like the standard I have come to expect of the shit hole. I want to change the way things work and get rid of that bullshit."

"Well, If you could crush this one country, then we would have a clear trade route to this south-eastern part of the continent. My father would be quite grateful to have a safe trade route and would give you fair trade if I was in your service."

"In my service? What do you mean?"

"Well, I can render certain services to you that none of the other girls could provide," Keeta ran her tongue along her lip and leaned across the table with her ample chest pouring out of her shirt.

As she started to crawl onto the table, Keeta's fluffy red tail popped up, and I thought I was gonna lose it right there at the table. This girl was like a thirteen out of ten, and my heart was pounding in my chest so hard I was worried she or everyone might heart it. She smiled and backed off all of a sudden, sitting back down and composing herself.

"Hmph! You really are just a boy still, tsk! Those women have you on a tight leash to not be showering me with marriage proposals, hmph!" Keeta's seductive voice was gone and replaced by a more tavern kitchen woman voice.

This lush was trying to get me to fall for her? Well, Keeta was quite beautiful, but it don't think I needed another wife just for the sake of looks.

"So is that all you can offer me then?"

"No, that was never my true intentions, but I did mean what I said about having certain skills. I am very good at keeping my father's books, so I would like to offer my services to you."

'Hey! That's pretty good; you need a woman like that around, even if only to look at, hehe!' -Gripton.

'Shad-up you perv!'

"That sounds good, but I need to go see how the men are doing. Can you tell the other girls they can come visiting me in the House-Wagon after you are all done with Alex?"

I watched Keeta grown and then nod before getting up and sulking off. What was Alex doing to these poor girls? Nah, the shit I want to know about does not involve any of that. I'm sure whatever Alex is doing is more than needed. They were born in the wild or raised with a silver spoon; we would make them all into equal people.

As Keeta left, Nina, Mishka, and Arrentia came to sit with me, and Kalita came up from behind, putting her arms around my neck. Kalita made me turn to give her a kiss before resting her head on my shoulder. The girls all looked tired, so I would let them sleep in tomorrow.

After the girls told me about the fun they had with the kids and the dancing they did with the children, I left them with Kadence and Addel, who had just shown back up. She must have been checking on the girl Kin to make sure they weren't being taken advantage of. We walked out and found Mesh doing some round by the wagons.

We had been able to cover three-quarters of the area around the village with just the wagons. The remaining quarter had Beast-Kin guard posts set up to watch for trouble. That idiot would make it back to the castle sooner than later, so there was no point in being lacks in keeping these people safe.

Mesh led us around, and I held the girl's hands Addel kept her distance but didn't let go of my hand. While Kadence held my hand and pressed her beautiful black dress into me, putting her head on my shoulder as we walked. It was nice to see Mesh, I had really wanted him to come with us for this, but he helps organize the defense and clean up, which was just as important.

"Hey!"

"Hmm?" Mesh stopped and turned back around to me as he was about to lead us to the next outpost.

I shook the girls off and apologized, saying I would like to talk Mesh in private. The girls smiled and headed back to the House -Wagon; it was already getting late, even by this world's time. After the girls left, I waited a minute, trying to figure out how to say this the best.

"Mesh, I happy with everything you did here today and are still doing. I wanted to take you with us today more than anything. You are a warrior, and Breth can take this job; I need you by my side, but you have to keep up! Is this something you want? Will you stand with me?"

The smile on his face was lost in the burst of blinding light. My eyes were shielded, but there was no denying the brightness of the light. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the large orange wings expelled from his back.

"Hey! Look at you dragon looking mother fucker!"