As the missions were postpone, things slightly settled down for those in the Dark Castle, as while Jerry gained news of some artifacts being found and sent to him, which were a new Spell Stone and Catalyst to add-- things been oddly quiet from the island, and while both Shadow and Spree asked Princess Luna of the idea of those who are hated or resented among the Resistance or elsewhere, could live within the Dark Castle.

Shadow also made mention to this to Jerry, as while he was doubtful, she added in the ‘kids’ part and their troubles...rest assured, he ordered all the Minions to start working on expanding the Castle if need be, maybe start tunneling in case they grow bigger in terms of population.

But even with all of this? Jerry took this time to spend time with those in the Castle. He spent time with Jasmine, a bit with Jade with the filly, spent time harvesting as his Minion forces were up to 6060, mostly to replenished his numbers or add more as precaution.

However Shadow asked him to come to the bedroom, mentioning she wanted to talk to him of something. While part of him wonder what she wanted to talk of, another part consider it was with him taking baby supplies in some of the raids. Granted it wasn’t much...but when he wasn’t with the Resistance, he managed to take what he could to start packing up. He also made the room across the bedroom the new nursery.

Granted he had to make some of the materials with the Minions doing what they could, like making baby clothes. A part of him chuckled as he walked with Lovely, granted he was in full health and didn’t need to have her helped him up when he moved...but she was keeping close to him as she was more affectionate and wanting to be close to him.

Part of his mind thought she starting to get clingy to him, but dismissed that thought as soon as it came. In all honesty, he hadn’t been here more than not, and now with him around without going off in missions day to day? She’s just taking in what time she can to be with her male to utterly love and serve. Especially with her pressing close to his robed form, arms around his chest as she nuzzle him now and then as they walked. Sometimes tail wrapping around his waist to keep him close to her.

While he enjoyed the attention, and enjoyed having time off now-- part of him was still wondering what Shadow wanted to talk about? He was going to get his answer the moment he walked into the bedroom, as when they reach to the bed itself, both man and mare saw Shadow sitting on the bed, smiling at him as she said. “Can you sit down Jerry?”

Already the red flags were started to wave in his head. Oh God, what did I forget? She’s having ‘we need to have a serious conversation’ look! A anniversary? Some sort of detail? Not enough baby supplies!? moving to the bed as while he held a expression and body language of calmness, he was utterly freaking out on the inside. Wait, wait, wait! What if she decide to cut my balls off? Oh God, what if she’ll do that and add in a divorce to twist that knife further! Its because she knows I might not feel ready for kids and might get a actual stallion!

Shadow couldn’t help but internally rolled her eyes, seeing Jerry panicking within his eyes as he sat down, as well as seeing Lovely gently rub his back to calm him. Even though the earth mare didn’t know why, she felt her Master didn’t look calm. The thestral gently place her hand onto his as she said softly and with a smile. “Calm down Jerry.” seeing him pause within those small eyes as she went on.

“The reason I asked you to come here, is because I’m making a choice. A choice that should of been done rather...a long time ago.” then place another hand on her collar as she told. “Jerry I love you, and I love being with you-- but as much as I do...my foals…” Her hand wrapping around his own, holding his in a firm but caring manner as she smile. Hand on collar down to her stomach. “Our foals. Need a better lifestyle. I can’t be your slave while raising them…” then told firmly.

“But as a wife? I can not only raise them, but keep them. Jerry for ponies-- especially Thestrals? We prioritize our young before anything.” ears flattening as she look away admitting. “So when you were about to suggest...giving them away? It made me hurt, it made me terrified--,” looking at him with a sad expression. “It made me want to do everything I can to keep them and raise them.”

Jerry look away, having a conflicted expression on his face, as he didn’t knew this...and felt horrible for what he suggested, or nearly did back then. Even felt disgusted at himself. Lovely just hugged him, nuzzling some to cheer him up. But Shadow gave her a look to lessen her attempts, as Lovely ears pin back, slowly moving away as to let the thestral take charge of this. And while Shadow may not know what was going on in his head? She knew that she had to, ‘hit it hard’ as Spree would put it.

She moved the hand from her stomach, lifting it up to his face as she saw him flinch some. As if expecting a hit of some form, she internally frown. She still felt concern for him since she found out of his self-destructive thoughts from Jade, even more that she noticed it much more after each mission. As well as the nightmare. thought the thestral, as that can be dealt with later. For now? This conversation.

The mare gently pull his face to be facing her own, as her expression held a soft and gentle look, a smile on her face as her fangs showed. Eyes full of a caring filling, while it did held a firmness, it showed that while she cared for him, she had to do what she was going to do for his sake. For their sake. “Jerry, I need you to accept being a dad. I need you to accept being a father. I need you to pull yourself together. To grow up. To accept your responsibilities as a parent.”

Then added softly. “For not only me...but for Lovely as well? For your Care and Treasure?” seeing that had a bigger effect within his eyes, she knew it was a bit dirty of her to use his favorite titles to his two mares to get him thinking of the big picture...but it had to be done. If she wanted him to take this seriously, she had to play dirty. For her foals sakes.

And it had a effect on him as he was thinking. Damn it...she's right...I...I need to take responsibility. I need to man up. To start getting into the idea of being a dad...of preparing myself for ‘adulthood’... he couldn’t help but feel the irony in that. His parents, even his elder siblings wanted him to grow up, to get more proactive, to get into dating even if it would go wrong. To start being part of society…

And here he was, with Shadow basically asking the same thing, but it was a more bigger effect as it not only affect him physically, but mentally and emotionally. In a way, she was twisting his feelings with a knife, twisting his mindset to be more considerate on a higher level. To take the path that he would eventually take, but never thought he would taken for a long time.

Being a dad.

But there was a small wiggling thought, that thought of rejecting it, of saying no, to escape and get out to do, anything at all! But it fell quiet. It fell quiet as he look to her. Look to her expression of a need of him, of wanting him to do this for her, of being responsible and considerate of her feelings. Her needs. Her wants and hopes. To raise kids. To raise them with him by her side.

And those eyes…

They were eyes that held so much trust on his words. So much fragile hope that he’ll do it. That he’ll say yes, that he’ll take the higher road….and a fear. A deep and gnawing fear and worry. That he’ll say no. That he would somehow hurt her emotionally, that he’ll break her heart, that somehow, someway-- he’ll lose all her love and trust to him. He couldn’t look away...he couldn’t look away at those eyes. He couldn’t look away, he couldn’t even speak at all…

I...I can’t say no…. thought Jerry, as even if he felt unsure...uncertain he can be a good dad...he had to be a dad, he had to raise the kids...for not only their sake...but for Shadow and Lovely own. They need him as much as he needs them...and he can’t just leave...he might as well be like so many deadbeats dad, so many teenage fathers who ran off and let the girl raise the kid…

And that...that tore his heart out. He..he almost was like them when he thought of giving the foals away.... And he never thought about it. I...I am a such a unforgiving bastard…. thought Jerry with a ting of bitterness. He refocus on her, on her hand on his cheek, caraessing it, holding it with a gentle feel as her other hand lightly shook in mixture of fear and frail hope as it clench his own hand. Her ears pinning in mixture of fear and worry, of concern and uncertainty as her eyes showed how she hoped that the male before her would listen to her words, not as a slave-- but as a equal. As a wife.

She needs me...she needs me so much that she’s afraid. That she’s afraid I’ll….I’ll be like the guys the Caribou made. that made him realize another horrible thought. They throw away daughters if it meant their own skin was saved...and that made him feel the guilt of his selfishness and disgust to himself rise even more in his core. He took a low breath….

As he move his other hand, going up to her cheek to gently hold. She stiffen up, eyes focus on him as she waited his response, his action, anything to see what he was going to do or say. He took a deep breath, closing his eyes to gather his words...and open his eyes as he said softly. “Okay Shadow. I’ll do it...for you. I may...may make mistakes...” keeping eye contact as he gave a low smile. “But I’ll try. I’ll try my best for you and for Lovely….and for our foals.”

And like that a relief breath came out, as if she was holding in her air of the choice he was going to make. She looked to him with tears of joy coming down her eyes, as she nodded, seeing within his eyes that he was going to do it. Not only was he going to let her be his wife fully-- but to take responsibility and raise the kids with her. She then gave a slowly widening smile, as she said in a soft and low tone.

“Thank you.” then pull her hands away from him, having a confidant air to her, removing the red collar around her neck, and tossing it to somewhere else. As she reached under her dress, and took out a strange white ring. While Jerry wanted to examine it, as he never seen anything like it before-- she didn’t give him time as she place it on her right ring finger.

Before he could even ask where she got it from, she glomp to him. Arms wrapping around his neck, wings embracing him as they wrap around his body as she pushed him on his back. Looking over him, with tears still coming down her face, slightly dripping on his face. As she came down, nuzzling his cheeks, feeling the tears smearing on his smooth face, seeing her ears pinning in affection. How her body pressed against his as she spoke in his ear in a whisper.

“Don’t worry Jerry...I’m going to help you, Jade is going to help you-- we’re going to learn how to raise them together.” She stop giving affection to the male, glancing up to see Lovely sitting on the side, shifting some as if she wants in, but knowing that now that Shadow was a free mare, she was over the maid in a sense. Not a equal anymore as a slave, even if they were with the same man. Shadow had some authority over her now, that she knew from the sight alone.

Shadow figure of letting Lovely in to the hugfest-- right after clearing things up with Jerry. As she went back to nuzzling him, speaking on in his ear. “And even though I’m your wife legally now Jerry,” she smile, pulling back as she looked at him with drenched coat on her cheeks. Seeing the slight wetness on his cheeks, and him just looking up to her. Feeling his hands around her lower back, having a caring hold to them as that smile on his face was full of care and love. Of consideration of her words.

It made her heart brighten and filling with love and hope. It also made her decide to ‘celebrate’ with Jerry as his wife as she continue on with that smile. “It doesn’t mean I’ll forbid you from feeling me up now and then,” learning on how to rile up a man from both Zealous and Shine. Mostly from Zealous. Eyes looking at him with half-lid looks, pressing her body front against his. Letting him feel her breasts pushing and squeezing against his form. “All I asked in terms of feeling me up? Is keep it modest around other's, nothing too perverted, okay?”

“But,” started Jerry as she gave a chaste kiss to his lips, making him pause in his speech. She giggle, as she began moving her arms down to feel the muscular arms of his as she shush him.

“I know, I know. You’re concern of ‘how much’.” then told softly. “Just consider it like before, alright? Small gropes now and then.” then went on. “And don’t worry, I may be your full on wife, but it doesn’t mean we can roleplay with me under you. After all,” moving to breath in his ear in a seductive tone. “I do feel turned on with a powerful and dominate male like you just taking me.” hands moving down to his chest sides as she nipped his ear some.

“And I might enjoy it more if, well caught me by surprise. Maybe after making me submit, you can do anything you wanted to me~?” Giggling a bit in his ear as pull away, releasing from him as she crawled off as she told. “But now? Now it's time for us to enjoy some passion as husband and wife. It will be a long while until the time for us to do this when the foals are developing-- so I want to do this now.”

Then as she got on her hooves, she look to Lovely, and told with a smile. “Lovely,” gaining the earth mare attention, perk ears and attentive look towards the ‘Mistress’ as she went on. “Why don’t you help our Lord remove his robe?” then wink to Jerry. “While I give him a show he’ll enjoy?” the earth mare nod her head, moving to Jerry side, as she started to remove his robes, making reveal his boxers as Jerry was focused on the thestral.

Seeing her smile as she was slowly starting to remove her dress, starting from the bottom as she was rolling up to her knees, giving him a teasing look as she was slowly revealing her white panties as Jerry slowly raised his upper body up. Getting into a sitting position as he was seeing the thestral teasing him with slowly dropping her dress down, before rolling it back up to reveal her legs, her panties, and twirling around to reveal that ass of hers.

He was focused on her and the strip-show, that he didn’t take in the intent of the mare. As soon as he got her dress off, she pounced on him, causing them to move as she was over him. Straddling his waist, holding his hands as she grinds on his crotch with her panties. She smirked as she pressed her lips against him, teasing his member from under the boxers. Squishing down as she lightly press her chest on his, the bra and panties forbidding him from feeling her private areas as her tongue rolled around his own.

She kept his hands down and holding them with her own, clenching them as to forbid him from making any action. And while he felt her grinding and teasing him, tongue overpowering his in the heated kiss, it click into his mind. That she wants sex, that she wants to have rough foreplay, or roughplay in another term. So that's how she wants it, a bit of rough and show of dominance? Alright. I can handle that. and while she pull back, gaining breath as she gave half-lid eyes leering down, they quickly change to surprise as his hands push up.

Shadow tried to push them down, but he push his head to kiss back, using his bigger mass and size to push upward. As he managed to pin her down, mouth pressed against hers as his tongue was fighting against her own tongue. His hands push her own on the bed, as he held them tight and used his body to hold her down. Even as her wings flared and trying to use her own strength to push back.

And despite her legs straddle around his waist, he was grinding his crotch against between her legs. As she let out a low moan in the kiss, as her wings moved to hit his tickle areas, as she poke and prod against his sides, mostly under his armpits. He snicker and pull back in the kiss to laugh a bit, she moved her head to lightly bit his collarbone, sucking the skin and licking it.

Looking up she lightly prick at his skin with her fangs, making Jerry understand how to ‘show his dominance’. She knew she couldn’t be normal with the roughplay with the clawing on his body or fangs to bite-- as she learn the hard way from the first few times that while his skin was good to feel as smooth-- it also wasn’t protective with no fur coat. So she had to be ‘gentle’ with his body when it comes to her mouth.

But it didn’t mean she wasn’t going to stop hitting at his ticklish spots. Or using her tail to move in between his legs to rub against the boxer covered balls. He gave a mixture of a laugh from the wing tips rubbing against his sides to tickle him and a slight hiss as the tail tried to reach within the boxers to pleasure the balls with the tip. In response, he moved his hands holding hers to over her head. She struggle with trying to move her arms away, but with his strength he kept a good hold of them with their hands connecting.

Before she pull her head back to nip at his wrists, he moved the wrists together, as he grip them together with a single hand. He dive to her neck, getting at her sweet spot as he bit her neck. Her mouth let out a ‘ooo’ sound, as she struggle with her body wiggling as to try to best him. Even going back to tickle him and pricking at his neck.

But even if she heard him laughing while biting her neck around or trying to take back the dominate control, she let out small coos and squeaks. She felt a flush on her face, knowing that while his teeth aren’t as sharp as a Thestral, they could still manage to dig in to prick at her sensitive skin. However even while she grind back to crotch, trying to get him arouse and use her legs to unwrapped while using her ankles to take off the boxers.

She felt his other hand going to her bra, as the thing was pulled off and raised up enough to let him squeeze gently and rolled a thumb on her nipple. Making her gave a low moan, she quickly tried fighting back. Using her wings to move around to poke at his sides as fast as she could, feeling him shake up as hearing him snort and giggle as she smirked, doing more on his sides while lightly biting his neck to assert her dominance.

Feeling his boxers off, she spread his legs with her hooves, quickly using her ankles to carefully arouse the member, as this trick would get him to-- she let out a loud moan as she pull her head back. Feeling him biting and sucking right between her neck and shoulder, and holding her left base wing and stroking it. She internally cursed, forgetting that she was raising her body up to make her wings move better.

She squirm a bit, her breasts pressing some against his chest, feeling that smooth, muscular chest of his. Arching her back from how he was gently squeezing and rubbing her base wing. She almost squeeze his dick wrong as she suddenly felt a tight grip, as it both arouse and felt a bit sore. She removed her ankles down as the pressure lessen, as she panted, feeling herself getting wet more and more.

She went for his ear, licking and pricking it with her fangs to get him off-guard, pushing her wrists up to give herself a upper hand. But she felt him push down her wrists with that hand, as the hand stroke faster and moved around as she let out a small mewl, bucking against his crotch as he pressed against her body with his own. She knew from his bites on those sweet spots, his strength, his hand playing with her wings-- and him grinding on her soiled panties, he was asserting his dominance over her.

It was turning her way on in the roughplay as even while she tried to use her wings to prod at his sides, she felt they were getting stiff from the pleasure of that hand. She move her tail to fondle the balls with her tip, squirming to try to get herself back on top as she felt him slightly pressing off. She attack his ear with long licks and rolling it around with her tongue as to get herself back up.

She almost felt the hands lessening on her wrists, all she needs to do is wrap her tail around his member and she should be-, a pleasurable shock came down her spine. A long moan came out as she felt his palm pressing on her center back near her spine in between her wings, hitting her nerves as she lost focus, and in turn Jerry pushing her wrists back down as he grind against her panties, feeling the cloth and the juices against his rod.

As she felt his member grinding more against that cloth barrier, she managed to speak. “Y-You always hit that spoooot when you want to wiiiinnnn~.” moaning at the last part as she felt him stroking her other wing base as he stop biting her neck and whisper in her ear.

“Well, I am trying to make you submit under me.” as he went back to her sweet spot, sucking and biting with his teeth as she felt his fingers trailing her around the wing base muscles as it made her shiver as they rub around the muscles in between the base wings. She panted some, feeling more wetter, more hotter, and more needy as she grind against him more. As she felt her wings stiffen up, she knew she lost in the roughplay.

With how he was over her, unable giving her a edge to try to get on top and making her squirm like mad? She let her ears pin as she panted out. “I-I submit~.” feeling him stop teasing her, as he move his hand from under her back, raising his head up to look at her. She couldn’t help but shiver in excitement, or even smile in anticipation.

She could see the raw power within his eyes, the utter dominance and authority he held. Even when she used to be a slave, it was a turn on to see him having that expression, that desire-- that utter knowledge to know that he was the dominated one and she was the one under him. It made the roughplay even more hotter and made things more steamy for them to enjoy the sex.

In fact, she felt a thrill as his body grind against her own as he asked. “Do you now?” then move his free hand down to panties, teasing her as he slowly takes them off as he kept grinding. Seeing her squirm a bit, giving out a little whimper as he whisper in her ear as he nips the ear, causing her to give a small coo. “Well, I don’t know...for all I know, you could be pretending.”

She felt him slowly pulling her panties off, as she tried to move her legs, in last bouts of struggling, but stops as she felt him biting into her neck, she gave off a low moan as he move his mouth off as he tsk. “See? You tried to struggle.” then look back to Lovely, seeing her shifting her legs, trying her best to not rub her thighs together as he ordered. “Lovely, removed your clothings, I need you soon.” she brighten up, quickly doing her best to remove her uniform.

He look back to Shadow, seeing her flushed face, panting mouth as her eyes were full of desire, of love, of lust-- and a need for him to just take her! Jerry smile at her, hand moving to the panties to pull off completely down, he felt her moving her legs. But not in struggling or trying to gain dominance, no it was to take off the soiled pantes off her leg as it gave a splat on the ground.

Jerry move his hand to her crotch, her legs spreading wide for him to have easier access. He felt her squirm more as he teased her, rubbing the wet and winking lips as she moan out in need. “Pleeeassse~, pleaaaassse~.” she look to him, wanting him to take her now, but part of her reminded that she submitted to him again. All she can do was do her best in holding out in his teasing. As well as enjoying his power over her.

Chuckling some, he let go of her wrists, only to turned her body around, raising her ass up as he spread her legs. She gave a anticipating gasp, knowing what he was planning with her as her tail moved to the side, feeling him positioning himself over her. She flex her wings the best they could in their stiff state, as she grip the sheets as she felt him penetrated her as she gave a long moan.

Feeling her wet walls clenching him, Jerry grit his teeth, as he held her waists, going in and out of her as a jackhammer. Hearing her moans, her pants, her low pleasurable screams as Shadow eyes rolled up, tongue lolled out. Feeling the human pounding into her hard and rough, something she enjoyed after roughplay. Feeling his body pressing down on her back, pumping her waist against his own, lewd slaps echo in the room as her ass jiggle against his crotch.

Gripping the sheets more as she let out a loud pleasurable sound, Shadow was in blissful delight. Feeling that member pounding away in her, feeling Jerry dominating her as he asserted his place as the top. And she enjoyed it thoroughly, that she tried to push her ass against him whenever he pull out, just to put him back in. Feeling her stud biting her neck in at the right angle, giving out a long moan as she felt those teeth of his hitting her skin just in the right pressure.

Jerry eyes were focusing on his thestral, as he slightly glance to Lovely, doing her best to stand still, waiting and sounding needy as she rub her legs against the other. Hands doing their best to not touch herself, knowing she would be next as Jerry refocus back on Shadow. He was rolling his member around with each push, giving the thestral pleasure from each thrust. And when he push against her g-spot, she gave a tight squeeze with her walls clenching around his rod as when she loosen up, he pull out to hit it again as she gave a long pleasurable sound.

He felt himself coming close with the tightening walls and rough pounding building up with the pleasure around his member, as he pull out halfway and slam in balls deep, filling her as a hand move to her base wing, holding and stroking like mad as he then felt her walls squeezing and milking his member as she let out a pleasurable scream with head raised high.

The two stayed there in the afterglow, panting and gasping for air, him holding her close in their position as when he was done filling her he slowly came out of her snatch. While Shadow felt him leaving out in her daze state, feeling partially empty of him and almost want to push back to have him in her. But she knew with a smile and hearing the shifting and voice of Jerry telling Lovely to come to him, that while she was enjoy being rutted like a bitch in heat...it was Lovely turn to be taken by Jerry. And she knew the earth mare would be enjoying what she was feeling very soon.

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