The Beast

Shaking my head to clear those thoughts, I moved past Chit and started the process of making tea. It was our usual routine by now. At first, Chit had argued with me about her role as our maid. I just scoffed at her, I was up already and I wasn't one to sit around while people waited on me. I thought of Chit's current position more like, come home to a hot meal and a clean home. Not, follow around picking up after us at every point. As far as I could tell, while Eila enjoyed her creature comforts, neither of the ladies were opposed to a bit of hard work.

But things were different now. Chit is a member of our little family, more than not. She has her own room, her own belongings and her own life. But she eats her meals with us, laughs and carries on conversations. And to my amusement, is not afraid to call us out when we've done something stupid. As I learned when Chit rounded on me for sweeping wood shavings under a rug. Around the time I was finishing my second cup of tea, I heard my wives start stumbling around upstairs. Putting down my cup, I busied myself making three more cups, including a refill for Chit. In just a few minutes, the two of them stumbled downstairs and came into the kitchen. Eila was awake and smiling, taking the offered cup immediately. The surprise was Ally, with her strict regime of training now obsolete, she apparently wasn't a morning person and groggily stumbled to her chair before I placed the cup before her. That brightened her up enough to flash me a smile.

"So, ladies. Are we ready for opening day?" I smiled, taking my custom seat at the head of the table.

"I had Jurn put out notice that the bathhouse would be free of charge today," Eila said, taking her seat beside Ally.

"Good, good. That'll get people in here. What about the soap merchant?" I asked.

"Breen," grumbled Ally as she took another sip.

"Jurn's wife? Is she the one making the soaps?" I really needed to pay more attention...

Eila chuckled, "Yes, husband. But she's sending her niece to sell them. Cara, I think her name is."

Just then, Chit placed a large cast iron platter in the middle of the table, laden heavy with eggs and bacon. Before we could dig in, I quickly remembered something.

"I'll be right back," I smiled at the confused expressions of the ladies.

Darting out the front door, I went over to the bathhouse and unlocked the door. Immediately inside, was Darry, sweeping the floor.

"Couldn't sleep?" I asked.

"Morning, and no. I was too excited about today," Darry shook his head.

"Well, put that down. We've got breakfast ready and I thought you could do with a hot meal."

A minute later, all five of us were sitting around the dining table enjoying breakfast. I got the impression that Darry wasn't used to eating so regularly, so I slowed down a bit to give him more. But it didn't take long to empty the platter.

"Alright everyone, I'm thinking we go do a final test of everything. What do we all say?" I asked.

"Probably a good idea," Eila chirped.

Everyone else nodded their agreement. With that, Chit went back to her duties, collecting our dishes and the rest of us stood to leave. After a quick word with Chit to make sure she came for a bath at some point today, we headed next door. Darry unlocked for us and we made it inside again. Eila and Ally immediately went in the direction of the heating room. Darry picked up his broom and continued sweeping. I latched the doors open and went about lighting the remainder of the oil lamps. We had windows installed HIGH, but the lamps helped brighten things up, especially in the baths themselves. As I finished lighting the final lamp in the men's bath, I could see steam floating around the ceiling. The separators didn't go all the way to the ceiling. We wanted the possibility to open the place up if need be.

As I walked out of the men's bath, I spotted and followed Eila into the womens. When she spotted me, I just nodded and watched as she called out for Ally to release the water. The pipe immediately gushed steaming hot water into the bath. It took a little over ten minutes to fill and Eila dipped her hand to check the temperature.

"Perfect," she smiled.

I followed her through the next two baths before we returned to the first. The water level hasn't changed, and there was no sign of leaks so with my help, we opened the sluice gate and tested the draining function. Two more tests later, the sun was high and everything looked great for our first day. So it was a surprise as I headed to reception to find Marge, clearly angry beyond belief, holding a grumpy looking Brant by his ear.

"Good morning, Frelser. It appears my dimwitted nephew has something to say." She grumbled, pulling the gasping younger dwarf in front of me.

"I'm sorry I called one of your wives a bed warming trollop," he grumbled without looking up.

I just looked from him, to Marge and back. "Eila!" I called, "there's someone here to speak with you!"

A moment later, a curious faced Eila stepped into the room. She smiled when she saw Marge, but immediately frowned when she saw Brant.

"Yes?" Eila asked, obviously not pleased to see the dwarf.

"Aunty, do I really have to say thisARRRG!" Marge twisted his ear.

"Listen here you little shit. I helped you get set up in this town, and you repay me by banning our family from MY friends bathhouse?" Marge snorted, "if you can't convince, Frelser, to lift our ban, I'll disown you." Turning to face Eila and I. "He only bothered letting me know what happened this morning when I mentioned how excited I was for a hot bath."

Brant just grumbled a moment before he took a deep breath in. "I'm sorry, Eila, for what I said to you. I was out of line. Please forgive me?"

Eila nodded quickly in my direction and I relaxed. "Consider this a learning moment. Your family's ban is lifted, but you don't bathe free today."

Brant winced, but nodded his head slightly and Marge released him.

"Now, Marge," I smiled, "if you would like to wait around, I believe someone will be around to sell some soap shortly. And I think we'll be filling the baths shortly as well."

Marge just smiled, ignoring Brant as he shuffled out of the room and left. "I'd be delighted. And I'm sorry for Brant. He's always been a hot head, but I didn't think he'd have the gall to pull something like that."

"I'm sorry too. If I'd known you were family, I'd have just banned him." I chuckled.

At that moment, a mousy blonde woman walked in with a large basket.

"Cara!" Eila smiled, "set that over here, Marge might be your first customer."

Cara smiled, looking relieved. "Breen sent me over a selection of her best, as well as some plain soaps to sell cheap."

"Eila, pick out a couple for you and Ally. Marge please pick one as well, my treat. I'd like to make sure there are no hard feelings." I smiled at the ladies before me.

"Should be the other way round, Frelser," Marge chuckled. "But I'll not say no if there's a nice pine scent I can procure."

"There is indeed," Cara smiled.

I took a step back before the conversation took off. I really didn't care anyway. I made a final round of the bathhouse, checking lamps and making sure the sluice gates were down. When I made it back to the reception, there were already several people clustered around Cara, while Darry was speaking to a few more. It was a little amusing when everyone paused as they spotted me. But by now most people knew I wasn't a monster, even if the axe mounted on the wall behind the counter said otherwise.

Heading into the heating room, I found Eila and Ally just opening the valves to fill the baths. They both looked excited and the gurgle of running water filled the room. I took that as my queue to let everyone know. Heading back out, I moved to the front of the group, before softly clapping my hands. I should mention, that for someone with hands like mine, softly is still rather loud, so it caught everyone's attention rather quickly.

"Good morning everyone. As some of you may know, I'm Frelser, the part-owner of this bathhouse. In about ten minutes the baths will be filled with heated water. Today is free, but from tomorrow onwards, you can find our current price list with Darry. Please remember the first entry is for the women's bath, the second is families and the far end is for the men. There are signs outside each doorway to double check. I will personally remove anyone who ends up in the wrong bath. This goes double for anyone doing any funny business in the family baths. We will be open most of today, but in the future, we will open twice daily. Once before noon, and again after sunset. If anyone wants to book for a special occasion, that can be arranged. Otherwise, please enjoy."

I waited until the sound of running water stopped and started letting people through. As expected, Marge was the first to squeeze past me into the women's bath. I kept watching until the stream of people became a trickle. I hadn't had to redirect anyone into the appropriate baths and so far it all seemed to go smoothly. Heading round to reception, I hid a smile as Darry and Cara were deep in what seemed like an enjoyable conversation. Both of them paused long enough to see if I wanted anything, before going back to their talk. Heading out to the heating room, I found Eila and Ally both checking over the heating tub.

"Problems?" I asked.

"Nope, we were just double checking," Ally smiled.

"This really isn't much of a strain on us either. Even if something happened to you, we could keep this up for weeks before it strained us," Eila chirped, pulling me down for a kiss. "I'm so lucky you found me."

I couldn't stop the smile that broke out, hearing those words. "You were the worst," I chuckled. "But I love you. And you Ally," I pulled the comely woman into our shared embrace. "You are both the best things that have ever happened to me. I love you both, and so long as you're happy, I'm happy."

This led to me being peppered with kisses to every part of my face and chest the two of them could reach. But a flash of light interrupted us. Glancing up, I spotted it again, one of the windows on the other side. Someone was trying to get a peek into the women's bath.

"One moment, dears." I grumbled.

Storming back into reception, I just mentioned "peeping tom," to Darry and Cara as I pulled the axe from the wall.

Slinging the massive weapon over my shoulder, I had to wait as a small family came inside. They immediately became wary of me, but Darry called them over and explained the situation. The father gave me an appreciative nod as I headed outside. The window was in the alleyway between the bathhouse and our home, so that's the direction I obviously went. As I stepped around the corner, I could see three of them. Two were teenagers, barely men, but the third was a little older. The three of them had stacked empty wooden crates and were taking turns peeping in through the window. As the youngest looking of the three climbed down, the eldest looked up, spotting me. The immediate fear in his eyes only blossomed as I let out a roar. Charging towards them, I swung the axe, carving a shallow groove into my house before smashing it into the wooden crates.

Pretending the weight had been too much, I followed through and came to a stop just behind where the three were huddled. This gave them the perfect opportunity to run. And unlike fucking Henry, these were smart enough to do so. Hefting the axe over my shoulder, I gave chase to the three. Their terrified screams wafted over the town as they got out of the alley and headed for the town market. I continued to chase them until they passed the second row of market stalls. Coming to a stop, I could feel the eyes of everyone staring at me.

"Someone want to let their mothers know I caught them peeping in on the women's bath? That would be helpful!" I called out, earning several shocked expressions and even a few smiles. "Let it be known, I run a family establishment. I have no tolerance for this kind of behaviour. Otherwise, everyone is welcome."

Turning, I made my way back to the bathhouse, only being stopped by some guards curious why I was armed. Stepping inside, I found myself before Chit and her father. "Good morning, both of you. Please enjoy your bath."

Grah just nodded and headed off with a fresh soap clutched in his hands. Chit gave me a nervous smile and followed. As they disappeared, I moved up and replaced my axe, before making a round to check on the lamps.

Many hours and hundreds of people later, the moon was high and I was waiting for Darry to hurry up and get changed so we could go home for dinner. I'd already organised for Chit to make sure there would be enough for the five of us. So I wasn't really expecting my evening stalker to make another appearance. I'm not really sure how it all works, but suddenly I could almost feel their gaze. Looking around it faltered a moment, but when I turned away, the feeling came back. The only real questions were, what is their intention, when would they act and where has it been for the last two weeks?

When Darry appeared before me, I locked the door behind him. I pretended to ignore the feeling as it dipped in and out as Darry came into view. Whatever it was, wasn't keen on being spotted. Heading into the house, the feeling immediately stopped as the door closed behind me. Once inside however, I didn't care, all I could smell was whatever was roasting in Chit's oven. Hearing us enter, she'd already moved to pull everything out. Eila and Ally were already sitting at the table, discussing everything that had happened today.

Apparently, I'd broken some law by chasing people through town with an axe. But I'd been immediately pardoned when the reasons came out. Apparently sexual assault in this town was taken seriously, and the boys in question had been caught and reprimanded. While I was worried I may have scared a few people off however, Eila assured me that her interactions with people seemed more the opposite. People were more willing to come to the bathhouse, purely because I took such a strong stance. It was a good feeling... Even if I'm not used to and even prefer to not deal with people.

As far as we could tell, just about the entire town came out for a bath today. The water had to be changed a dozen odd times just to keep up with demand. It would be better as time went on though. Most people couldn't afford to bathe daily and the population wasn't huge. But all in all, the first day seemed like a thriving success.

After our meal, I walked Darry back home, just in case. I was a little surprised when I didn't feel our watcher this time. Either way, Darry was inside behind a locked door before I returned. When I came inside, Chit was washing our dishes but my wives were nowhere to be seen.

"They said to meet them outside," Chit called softly.

"Thank you," I said as I passed her. Chit just smiled and blushed a little.

Heading out, I was immediately greeted with a heavenly sight. Ally was perched, naked on the rim of the bath, facing me. Eila was squatting in the water, with her head between Ally's thighs. The look on Ally's face told me she wasn't aware of me walking towards them. Her moans told me she didn't care. Dropping my clothes in a heap, I gently slipped into the water behind Eila. She must have felt the water shift as she pulled away from Ally.

"Uh uh," I said with a chuckle.

Pushing her head back into position, Ally became aware of my presence with a beautiful, lust filled smile. She grabbed Eila by the head and pulled her back between her legs before moaning as Eila latched onto her clit. Reaching forward, I grabbed Eila by the hips and gently pressed my erection to the underside of her stomach. Stroking myself back and forth between her legs, my length ground itself over Eila's clitoris, making her moan into Ally's crotch. Ally twitched and ground her hips harder into Eila as she was pushed over the edge into orgasm. I picked that moment to pull back a little further, and slid myself into Eila's silken depths. Our combined moans left poor Ally gasping for relief as Eila refused to stop her assault on Ally's womanhood.

Ally, finally able to master herself, slipped into the bath. I was then treated to the sight of two gorgeous women making out, while I pistoned in and out of Eila. Keeping pace, I reached down, hooking my hands around Ally's thighs. I lifted her in the water, until she was pressed to the front of Eila, to my delight, neither of them stopped their attention to one another. Sliding my hands upwards, I was able to grip them both, pinning them together in the water. It was a few more minutes, before Eila suddenly began to shudder and squirm through her own orgasm. The moment she finished, I pulled out, and immediately plunged into Ally, smiling as she squeaked in surprise.

Then I remembered something. I lifted one hand, and gently ran my thumb over Eila's pink little asshole. If it wasn't her sudden gasp that told me she wanted it, it was her sudden push back. Keeping one hand on both their hips, I continued thrusting myself into Ally. With my other hand, I slowly pushed my thumb into Eila's ass, causing her to release Ally's lips with a deep moan. I spent some time alternating between thrusting myself into each of my wives as I brought them to orgasm. Only pausing in a brief moment of indecision before my own orgasm. Ultimately I decided to pull out of Eila and cum inside of Ally. However, keeping my thumb inside of Eila's ass, I slipped a finger inside her glistening vagina and drove her to a final orgasm as Ally milked mine.

I was slow to remove my hand from Eila, not wanting to hurt her. Ally outright groaned as I collapsed back into the water, pulling my length from her in a single movement. She and Eila giggled at the sight of sticky lines of my seed flowing out of Ally and drifting through the water. I just stared at the two most gorgeous women I had ever seen. I still can't believe they chose me... Before I knew it, Eila was gently nudging me awake. Sitting up, she and Ally rolled me over to scrub my back. I'd literally slept through the actual bathing component of our evening. It was definitely time for bed.

Climbing out of the tub with my wives, we quickly dried and dressed in our underclothes. When we came back inside, Chit had gone home to her fathers for the evening. It wasn't all that unexpected, especially with our... Activities... It seemed to embarrass her when she knew what was going on. Soon enough, however, the three of us were in bed. Me on my back in the centre, with Ally under one arm and Eila practically plastered across my chest. It was odd how their personalities meshed with their needs in different ways. Ally came across as sweet and demure, but wanted nothing more than to be ravished and abused in bed. Eila however, came across as stoic and demanding, but in reality was sweet and cuddly. Those thoughts filled my head as I finally drifted off to sleep. I'm a lucky man.

As usual, I woke early... Only... This seemed really early... Really, really early. I'm being watched... Laying still, pretending to sleep, I concentrated hard on my surroundings. Seems my watcher had gotten inside. A slight crick from shifting wood told me they were standing slightly off centre at the foot of the bed. The almost silent scrape of steel on leather told me their intentions weren't friendly. The slight pressure on the bed between my feet told me I was the target...

Exploding into action, I rolled my shoulders back, dropping Eila and Ally onto the bed. Snapping upright, before me was the glowing eyed watcher from weeks ago. In their hand was indeed a small knife. And in mine, was now their throat. Continuing through with my momentum, I rolled forwards, slamming the intruder into the floor with a crash. By now Eila and Ally were both springing to their feet. The figure beneath me struggled for a few moments before going limp, as Eila summoned a flame to light the room.