Chapter 121
As Natalie got up the following day, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she was able to get up without issues. Sure, her legs were still a little tender, but she at least felt confident enough to be able to walk around and stand on her own. The inability to do anything without pain had been frustrating to put it mildly. Instantly, she brushed off Shannon's hand that lay across her chest, and got up and out of the tent. The morning sun washed over her, and she just stood and basked in the warm glow. She stood there for a few minutes, stark naked and basking in the rays of the sun, before she remembered Shannon's advice for the workout schedule. Slowly with deliberate movements, she started going through some basic stretches.
It took about fifteen minutes for her to go through all of the stretches that she knew. Now that she felt more limber, Nat turned around to find her lover watching her from the mattress inside the tent. Unsure on how long she had been watched for, Nat just demurely waved. However, Shannon had been apparently watching for a while, as she just licked her lips and beckoned Nat towards her. Feeling conflicted, Nat glanced back and forth between the tent and the coyotes who kept watch once more through the night. She had gotten used to waking up and spending time with the three, while she also enjoyed spending as much time as possible with her love. Would the coyotes be okay for a little longer? Would Shannon understand if she turned away and went to sit naked with the coyotes? As these and other similar questions ran through her mind, she caught movement out of the corner of her eyes. While the other two were keeping a watch on the surroundings, Lucille was giving her a side-eye with a smirk. As she did, the female coyote shooed Nat away with her paw, seemingly doing her best to repress a giggle. Knowing that the coyotes would be fine for a little while longer, Nat went to start her first workout of the day.
Thirty minutes later, a fully satisfied Shannon left the tent to start preparing breakfast, leaving Natalie as a wet mess on the blankets. While Shannon had gotten all of her cravings completely satisfied, she completely floored Nat with technique. This left Natalie now having problems walking and standing for the second day in a row, but this time she felt far better about it. After all, what kept her from walking was not pain, but bliss and satisfaction. However, the smell of bacon floated through the air and beckoned her to come forth. She struggled for a few minutes, but her legs were too shaky to get up. Thankfully, Scout was wanting to come out for the day, and gave her a shoulder to lean on as they headed towards the morning campfire, following the scrumptious smell. Kali and Maia, who were rudely awakened by the two's antics, just watched and laughed at Nat who was unable to stand on her own.
Breakfast today was a bunch of BLT breakfast wraps, which consisted of the usual bacon, lettuce, and tomato while also bringing in eggs while being drizzled in gravy made from the bacon runoff. Natalie ended up eating almost a dozen of the wraps before she even realized how much she was packing away. Shannon had four, while the rest of the canines loved the entire thing. Dozens were devoured, with Ash packing away the most in a surprising twist. Her mate was probably the most surprised one when she ended up devouring an even sixty breakfast wraps. Even Sol was only able to eat thirty-five of them, and he was the largest warg of the pack by far.
After breakfast was when the coyotes finally retired, having had some of the wraps themselves for dinner. Lucille entered the Soulscape with a grin and a swat of her tail, but Edwin and Copper nuzzled and garnered some attention and head scratches before they felt satisfied enough to go to sleep. Meanwhile, the three active coyote pups were once again bouncing around, playing tag with the rest of the pups. At their size, they spread across the entire yard, as well as snaking through the brush to make it so that they were actually able to get up to speed. Well, most of them anyways. No matter where she looked, Nat could not see Rogue anywhere. She knew that the young wolf had left the Soulscape and joined in the game, but she had not been it yet. Looking over to Maia with a questioning look, she was surprised that not only did Maia know what the look was for, but that she was pointing up. Turning her head, she was absolutely shocked to see that rogue was laying down on top of the roof of the house beside them. Since Maia was not worried at all, she just giggled at the kid's antics.
It took another twenty minutes for the pups to finish playing and everything to be cleaned up. The most interesting part was when Artemis finally noticed where the hidden player was. What followed was pure hilarity, as the other pups decided to team up to get rogue tagged. Working together in almost seamless harmony, the group made a canine pyramid that acted as a staircase up to the roof. Seeing that she was caught, Rogue went to the other side of the roof and carefully climbed her way down. Sadly for her, Ares had predicted that she would do this, and tagged Spirit in once she had disappeared from everyone's view. The fluff of energy became a lightning bolt, shooting straight after his sister. As everyone called it and went back into the Soulscape to continue playing, Rogue was left as the last one it. She had a dark look on her face, and grumbled about how unfair it was, but the rapid swishing of her tail gave her true feelings on the matter away. It had taken all of them working together to get her, and with that she would rub it in their faces. That, and probably find an even harder spot to reach next time.
While this was all going on, the gorillas just continued to just sleep or eat, still not feeling recovered from the month of having barely any food. There was no hard feelings, seeing the state they had been in during the physical. Scout especially seemed worried for them, but he was the one who could relate to what they had been through the most. As far as the canine pack was concerned, they could take as long as they wanted. Once everything was secured and stored, Nat, Shannon, Kali, Maia, and Shadow all traveled together northwards up the road, moving closer to Red Deer one step at a time.
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