She said, “Yes, master, but my instincts will urge me to kill.”

  I pondered that for a moment, then asked, “Will hunting satisfy those urges, animals I mean.”

  She seemed to think it through, then nodded, “I think so, they never let us hunt though, not on our own. We fought among ourselves, and of course we were sent on hunts with a handler, like Hazel.”

  “Then you’ll do that if you feel that need. Anything else?”

  She smiled, “You tell me, master.”

  “I think that handles your monster instincts, we’ll adjust if we need to, and as far as our mating we’ll figure that out as we go. If you’re beaten by our enemy, will I lose you?”

  She replied, “Only if I die. Our potential mating with supersede that. It is a strange thing I’ve never heard of, but it feels right to be yours. Not just yours to command, but to also be your mate.”

  Ginny interjected, “I don’t want to interrupt, but Hazel could be back any time now with reinforcements.”

  I nodded, “Right, let’s get dressed.”

  I pulled out, and I put her gently on the floor. We both started to put our clothes on, and it was the first time I saw her back.

  “Hold,” I ordered, and walked over to her. My fingertips traced the scars on her back, and I felt a strong rage rise up in me.

  She was also trembling beneath my touch as I traced her scars with a feather light touch.

  I ordered, “Ginny, fix this. Now,” as calmly as I could.

  Ginny used her power over beauty, and she erased the scars with soft brushes of her fingers. Nicole had also stopped shaking, when she realized my anger wasn’t at her but on her behalf, and I chastised myself for not making that clear sooner.

  Janice said, “It’s a control. A monster will periodically retest their place in the hierarchy, to see if their dominant has lost their edge. Much like wolf packs do in the wild. Whipping them instills fear and makes that time almost twice as long, so their demigod handlers aren’t always fighting them into submission.”

  That… was probably the most fucked up thing I’d heard so far about my new world. The real world apparently.

  “So, how often will she test me?”

  Ginny tilted her, “She might not at all. She’s a nymph, and one you’ve taken as your mate. You’ll in essence be conquering her every day, just not with violence. Her sexual appetite is easily on par with mine, so every time you make her scream and cum around your cock, you’ll be reinforcing your dominance. Plus, pleasure is a much more effective teaching and control tool than pain will ever be.”

  I nodded, I already figured that much out, they were all insatiable, and I’d be doing my manly duties with all of them every day, at least once. I was guessing there’d be foursomes at the end of the day too before sleep. I’d figure it out, and I sure as hell wasn’t complaining. Between the blessing, my new virility, and being the champion of the goddess of love I didn’t imagine I’d ever give up a chance to love on one of my mates.

  Of course, it’d been less than two days, so I tried not to make too many assumptions.

  “Let’s get out of here.”

  I also got the need for dominance. The monsters would go on killing sprees in the human world if allowed to go off unchecked and without a master, but the treating them like fodder in battle and whipping them I’d never understand. They were still individuals with value, intelligence, and it seemed the warmer emotions like joy and hope.

  Which is what was on my mischievous beauty’s face as we left the warehouse that day, Nicole was joyful to be mine, and to be my future mate. I’d have to use a strong hand with her, make sure she knew the limits for her monster side, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t pamper the woman in her and love her as an equal. If not in authority, in importance, and I would cherish and protect her.

  It was all insane of course, less than two days and I had three mates, and powers over electricity like the king of the gods except at a much weaker level. Oh, and the queen of the gods wanted me dead, couldn’t forget that.

  Chapter Eight

  “You okay, baby?” I asked, when we on the road. I’d sent my new monster mate to ride with Janice, while I was going with Ginny. I did it that way for several reasons. I felt like I could protect Ginny now, and Nicole and Janice would be deadly together. I also wanted to make sure she was alright. Lastly, she was my advisor and I wanted to touch base on that level as well. Janice was too now I supposed, but Ginny was also a champion of the same goddess as I was.

  Ginny laughed, “I am now. A little horny. Okay, crazy out of my mind want to fuck your brains out badly, but I’ll survive until we get back to Janice’s.”

  “Home.”

  She looked at me sharply, then smiled and nodded, “Home it is, but you haven’t seen my place yet. We can all use it when we’re in the city.”

  “So, you want me?”

  She giggled, “Goddess, your power makes me wet. You were amazing, and you’ll get even better when Janice figures out a training regimen for it. With your strength and speed while holding electricity, it’ll also make sense for you to learn the sword, or I suppose those silly sticks she uses would work too. The advantage in them is they look relatively harmless, just a wood stick a couple of feet long, so they’re easier to get by the humans without notice.

  “Anyway, the way you fucked Nicole mercilessly added to that lust. You need to take me like that, my mate. Damn. I’d have probably Jilled off watching, if Janice wasn’t standing right next to me.”

  I grinned, she was the mate that preferred and got off on sensuous and firm sex, not the crazy stuff, but she was a complicated woman. They all were I’d imagine, and I bet my Nicole would love it soft and slow from me, now that she was all mine and kittenish. Point being, they had their main preferences on what got them off best most of the time, but my sex life would be highly diverse with all of them.

  “So, that’s our focus? Training.”

  She nodded, “And after that display you can bet Lillian will be reassigned at some point. Once you master your abilities, there’s very few who could challenge you on this world. So they’ll be just as desperate to stop you, maybe even foolish enough to face Janice on her home ground.”

  I shrugged, “There’s always someone bigger.”

  She said, “Not necessarily bigger, we all have strengths and weaknesses, and some even weaker than you will be able to exploit yours. A son or daughter of Poseidon could give you a lot of trouble, water and electricity don’t mix well. Fortunately, that’s not very likely to happen. He doesn’t care all that much for his sister in law, if you know what I mean. Janice would also be a challenge if she wasn’t on our side, her mystical energy defends well from element wielders.”

  I nodded, “She could probably block the conduit of power, and the lightning would fail to reach her at all.”

  I paused for a second, then said, “Three mates, all of you insatiable, I imagine I shouldn’t take on anymore. Otherwise we won’t be able to maintain our relationships sexually, much less the more important communication and intimacy.”

  She bit her lip, “Maybe. Don’t forget we’ll be helping each other out that way too, though I haven’t talked about it with Janice yet. I know our nymph will be up to it.”

  “I think Janice will surprise you, when she takes that bitch mask off. Maybe I just need to catch up, it’s all happening kind of fast. Just having you is overwhelming, my sweet and sexy naughty minx, so the three of you are beyond overwhelming. Not complaining, not in the least, I truly feel blessed, but I need to catch up in my head.”

  She replied, “I get that. I don’t want to set limits though. The more mates in our family the more powerful and the safer we’ll be. It occurred to me that with two more monsters, we’d all have a guardian mate to watch our backs. We won’t always be on missions for our goddesses, or fighting off assassins, and we can’t exactly follow each other around at work. I have to do my beauty business, I doubt Janice will give up teaching martial arts, and you’ll eventually have a job as well. I might need a guard the most, but I don’t like the idea of you and Janice being alone either.”

  “Right, underwear model.”

  She giggled, “Don’t make fun, you’d totally rock that job.”

  I snorted, “You know I have a degree in information technology. My current skillset couldn’t be further apart, and I’d probably make more money as a model. That just sounds so ridiculous, saying it out loud.”

  She shrugged, “You could always be an exotic dancer,” she said dreamily, then she bit her lip in an over the top sexy way and gave me a come fuck me look that I wasn’t sure was entirely joking.

  I laughed, and pinched her leg, “Be nice. I’m really glad you’re okay.”

  Ginny nodded, “This time. Hazel won’t be so reluctant to kill me next time, even if it will upset Aphrodite. And no, I wouldn’t like you having a job like that, or porn. I’ll happily share your love and cock with family, but not with strangers. There is one other possibility, but you probably won’t like it.”

  I asked, “What’s that?”

  Ginny shrugged, “I’m rich, and so is Janice. You could spend all your time and effort in protecting us, fucking us insensible, raising a family, cherish and take care of us, but let us handle the money. You said it yourself, maintaining a relationship with three different women will be a large time commitment, especially if you accept my plan and that number becomes five. That’s like ten hours a day, between the talking and the fucking.”

  That idea tweaked my ego. I wouldn’t overly mind if they made more money than me, but me being a stay at home husband that completely focused on protecting and cherishing my family and maintaining relationships, I wasn’t sure if that would be enough. My family would come first, and be most important, but I wasn’t sure I could handle not having a purpose in the wider world and earning money to provide. Even if I wasn’t the main provider.

  No more than I could be Ginny’s whole world. She had her business and I’d never ask her to give it up. Same with Janice.

  Instead of flatly turning her down, which was my initial reaction, I said, “We’ll see. I still have to train which could take months, and also get dad’s wife off my back. Until then I can’t even think about getting a job, as I’m focused on protecting all of us and getting better at that. Not to mention whatever plans your mom might have for me as her champion after all that.”

  Ginny smiled gently, “Mom’s pretty easy that way, but then I don’t know if she’s ever had someone as powerful as you on a martial level at her beck and call on Earth. My guess would be she’ll call on you to protect her other champions, most of which like me can’t fight at all. It’s hard to say though.”

  I nodded, “I’m not worried about it, just curious.”

  Ginny grinned, “Love and trust her that much, do you?”

  Actually, now that she’d mentioned it. I kind of did.

  We pulled off and into Janice’s driveway, and parked on the side of the house. I did what Ginny asked for at that point, and what made it even easier as I shoved her into the car and picked her up by the ass, was she had a dress on. All I had to do was bunch up her skirts, shove her panties to the side, and shove it in. She seemed to enjoy being ravished without pause as much as I did doing it, while both Janice and Nicole looked on with hungry and lusty eyes.

  It was then it occurred to me just how much trouble I was in. They weren’t just insatiable, but them watching me fuck one turned on the other two. It’d be an endless cycle of sex if I let it be. Of course, I wouldn’t let that happen. I had more control than that and training to get to, but damned if it wasn’t tempting as hell.

  Despite that, I did go another round with Nicole, that time I was firm and made her cum for me time and time again at a pace I could maintain indefinitely, but far from the abusive way I’d taken her at the warehouse and Ginny up against her own car. She seemed to like it just as much, and she was almost amazed in me, how I looked at her and saw her as a woman and a potential mate. Her mischievous beauty was mesmerizing, when softened by those sweet emotions.

  It seemed only fair I do the same for Janice, who let out the dirty girl, nasty cock-slave talk, with wanton abandon and a desperate need to please me, right in front of the others. It shocked the hell out of Ginny, and it turned her on something fierce at the same time, to see what a wild and desperately wanton giving lay my Janice truly was.

  After that, we unloaded the car of my clothes, and we all needed a shower.

  Ginny, Nicole, and I were in the living room chatting, it was a little later in the afternoon, when Janice came in and walked over to me.

  Janice handed me a couple of short rods, maybe six inches long.

  “Those are telescoping, about two and a half feet long and quite sturdy. I’ll teach you to wield them like Escrima sticks, and they’re small enough while compacted to fit in boots and not even stick out, or a jacket pocket. I think you’ll do better with those, because they’ll conduct electricity. You can put a little extra in your hits, without expending the power to open a channel though you could do that as well.”

  “Cool.”

  She smiled, “So, you’re training will be in fighting with these, or hand to hand. You’ll also train with your powers, by controlling your lightning and hitting things with repetition to make them second nature. Same thing for your blessing. Once your muscle memory kicks in and your brain doesn’t have to think all that hard about moving your weapons, and your subconscious also makes your electro-kinesis and blessing control second nature, we’ll do the last phase of your training.

  “Which of course will be to do all of it at once. Hit someone with lightning while fighting someone else, and not being distracted and getting stabbed. Once you’ve got that down decently, we’ll continue to spar at least an hour a day, instead of training several hours a day. All skills atrophy without practice, and we’ll want to keep you slowly improving or at least keep you at the same level after that.

  “Any questions?”

  I knew it’d be a lot harder than it sounded, but I understood the basic concepts and the steps she’d outlined. General steps, I was sure there’d be more explicit instructions coming for all aspects of that.

  “I’m in your tender care, love.”

  She blushed, then said, “You say that now, I won’t go easy on you. On the other hand, I will be training you now, not just kicking your ass. You’ll be surprised how fast you’ll pick it up, if you put the effort in. I mastered several martial arts in just two years, something that would take a human at least ten. It’ll be faster for you if you put in the work, because I’m going to train you in a single mixed style that will work well for both the steel telescoping rods and hand to hand. I’d guess six months all told, three or four before we’ll combine all your training into one. We’ll keep training of course, lightly after that, both other styles and group tactics, but at that point you’ll be competent in a fight.”

  “Sounds good. You might be tough, but you’re also the sexiest teacher I’ve ever had.”

  She frowned, and I pulled her into my lap, and claimed a kiss.

  I said, “I’ll be good, you’re in charge during training.”

  She nipped my lip, and then got up and danced away with a smile on her face.

  “We’ll start your physical training in the morning. I want you to start your magical training now while I make dinner, and that will be every afternoon. Out back I set up numbered targets for you to hit with electricity, in order. I also want you to drop the conduit each and every time. The point of the exercise is to form the conduit and fire electricity, over and over again, through repetition, which will make you faster at each of those steps while also training your subconscious. Just maintaining the conduits and cycling an attack through them would make it a pointless exercise.”

  “I understand. I’ll do it right.”

  She nodded, “Do the same with gathering electricity. Drop and reestablish the conduit every time that you need to draw more electricity around you and inside you. Do that until dinner is ready, after dinner you’ll be meditating and working on mastering your blessing. Same concept, sink into it, pull it in, release and leave, then sink in and pull it in, then release and leave. It’ll be mind-numbingly boring, but most things in life are, and success in fighting, powers, and magic requires focus and repetition more than anything else.”

  She was so damned hot in teacher mode, but I didn’t say that out loud.

  “What are you waiting for?” she asked pointedly.

  I grinned, and jumped up, but I also gave her a playful swat on the ass on my way toward the kitchen door to the yard.

  Ginny said, “I’ll stay in and help cook,” while my petite white-blonde haired sexpot got up and followed me to watch me train.

  I got the idea Ginny just wanted to talk to Janice alone, probably about what Janice had been hiding behind that bitchy mask and how they were going to handle me as co-mates, or something. I mean really, the woman couldn’t cook past the basics, and neither could I. She wasn’t actually going to help Janice cook. I was also assuming multiple mates was more complicated than they’d been selling, and as they were all sharing me that they’d be doing a lot of that crap behind the scenes to keep me happy, dumb, and well-fucked, while they divvied up my time and attentions.

  It just made sense to me when I thought about it. If I was in charge of that resentment could build if there was even the appearance of favoritism. Which was one of the reasons I’d had to fuck the other two after plowing Ginny against her car, but if they subtly led me around by the nose then they’d all be happy with the time they got with me. Or something. I was more than fine with it, maintaining three relationships was complicated enough, let them worry over the group dynamic part.

  The yard had a circle made of rope and stakes on the ground in the middle of twelve targets she’d set up that were basically just metal poles in the ground that would ground out my attack, with a number written on it. They were also not in order, and randomly jumped around as they went up sequentially. I assumed the center of the circle was where I was supposed to stand, so I’d have to spin around and get eyes on target, adding another small complication.