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She was desperate for that not to happen Once upon a tiht she would never ripen—that she would be a “dud”—a feo the cycle of increased fertility that h Now it see had only been delayed, but it was co was put off, the stronger it would coht man was found

And now I’ve found him, but what if he doesn’t want me? Makenna asked herself anxiously

But do you want hiain After all you’ve been through, do you really want another man to touch you?

The answer caht look scary on the outside—he was so big that she was sure her head would barely reach his elbow if the two of theray beard marked him as older than her But Makenna didn’t care about any of that—she knew a goodher that Bard was good Not only that, he was the one to guide her through her ripening

I hope he starts soon, though, she thought, wincing as she rubbed the stiff peaks of her nipples through the torn and dirty gown Her ripening was far advanced and now that she had found the right in to ache and burn with the need to be touched and taken

But what if he doesn’t want to take you once he finds the spreader? What if he doesn’t understand?

Makenna shook her head There was no point dwelling on such an idea She wished she could get the spreader out herself but she had tried, many times at the Pleasure House with no success She kneas impossible

As she stroked the huge, hairy creature called “Tiny,” she only hoped that Bard would have pity on her and that he could find so could run its course

If not, it ht kill her

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“You will not jerk off You will not jerk off!” Bard growled at hi in the fresher—what the hu to about the way his body had reacted to Makenna’s