By the time the sixth panel was bolted down, Hana’s arms were vibrating from how she had used the drill.

She was covered in gray dust, her dress clinging to her skin with sweat, but the southern ridge now looked like a piece of the future was drawn in her mind.

Bet you won’t find a solar panel mountain anywhere. She thought and a light chuckle bubbled in her chest.

"What’s funny, Hana?" Caspian asked, putting his face closer to rub his cheek against hers and she stopped laughing.

"I just think I did a really good job." She said to herself. ​"Now that we’re done here, take me down,"

​Caspian descended with practiced care, landing lightly near the mouth of the den. He didn’t let go of her waist immediately, lingering in the contact until Hana tapped his forearm to be released.

​Raiden was waiting there, leaning against the cave entrance and picking at his nails.

"Finally. I thought you were planning on living up there."

​Hana ignored the sarcasm and continued with her scheduled plan. She pointed to the heavy spools of black cable.

"Kulu, Caspian, your arms are still warm. Get those cables. I need them run from the panels, through the crevice I pointed out earlier, and down into the corner behind the storage crates. Make sure there’s no slack. If a boar can trip on it, you’re doing it again." She ordered and they both nodded.

"Yes, Hana."

​As the two of them moved to comply, grumbling but obedient, Hana looked at Raiden. The fox was watching them leave with a smirk, clearly enjoying his lack of heavy labor.

​"Raiden," she said, her voice dropping. "Come here."

​He walked over, his nine tails swaying lazily. "Yes, Hana? Ready to give me a task that doesn’t involve breaking my back?"

​"Something like that. Just... follow me." She turned toward the den and walked in till they got to their sleeping space where the new memory foam beds were. "I need help setting up the inverter and the battery bank. And don’t ask me what they are. I’ll point them out for you so you understand, okay?"

"Sure."

"It’s delicate work. The lizard and the bird don’t have the touch for it."

​Raiden’s green eyes sparkled and his ego practically bloated. "Oh? So I’m the one with the ’delicate’ touch now?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

​Hana didn’t answer. She led him behind the wall of silver crates, effectively cutting them off from the view of the tunnel entrance and the noise of the others working.

The air here was cooler, smelling of the fresh synth-fabric of the mattresses.

​She sat on the edge of her bed and reached for a small, precision screwdriver from her belt, but she didn’t look at the battery. Instead, she looked at Raiden, who was standing a little too close, his emerald gaze wandering over her dusty, sweat-dampened neck.

​"You were complaining this morning about the bird getting his wings clipped," Hana said softly, her voice missing its usual managerial edge.

​Raiden’s ears perked up. He knelt on the floor in front of her, his hands resting on his knees. "I was. It seemed like everyone was getting a reward but me."

​Hana stared at him for a bit, her mind working with the plus and minus of how she was going to ’engage’. Then, she reached out, her fingers catching a stray lock of his pink hair.

She leaned in, the scent of the citrus soap still lingering on her skin.

"I told you I was fair, Raiden. If you’re going to be my mate, you have to be useful. But I never said the reward had to wait until the work was finished."

He blinked, unable to comprehend right away what she meant when she tugged on his hair, pulling him closer until his face was inches from hers.

Raiden’s breath hitched, his eyes darkening as he caught the subtle invitation in her look.

He wasn’t imagining it, right? The Hana was seducing him

​"One round. Make it quick." she whispered, her thumb brushing over his lip. "After that, you’re pulling the cables through the inverter. Understood?"

​Raiden still stared, dazed. He didn’t know what an inverter was, but he would pull a cable over the sun if she asked him to.

Then, his smirk returned, but it was hungry now. "I can work with those terms, Hana."

​He didn’t wait for a second command. He lunged forward, his mouth finding hers with a sharp, desperate attempt that was entirely different from Caspian’s heavy possessiveness.

> ​[NOTIFICATION: PRIMAL BONDING INITIATED]

> Mate: Raiden (Nine-Tailed Fox)

> Condition: Individual Session active.

> Note: Efficiency bonus applied.

​Hana let out a quiet breath against his lips. One million points was a lot, but not as much as one point 2 million. This was only the fourth day. She’d work something out... definitely.

First, she would use her body to pay half of it off. But she was going to make sure she was the one in control of the pace.

Raiden slowly and gently pushed her back into the mattress, getting on top of her and then released her lips.

His eyes were burning with the desire to claim her.

"Hana, I’m so happy right now." He purred, his tails swishing about being her and brushing against her legs.

"Well, swallow it up so you can finish. If you don’t want us to get interrupted, get on with it." She said and he snickered.

"Oki,"

Raiden didn’t need further encouragement. His hands slid under her knees to pull her closer.

Unlike Caspian, who was all heavy muscle and heat, Raiden felt like a coiled spring—fast, electric, and desperate to prove he was the better choice.

​He made quick work of her dress, his fingers nimble as they navigated the fabric. When his eyes landed on the visible swell of her stomach, he paused for a fraction of a second, his expression softening into something strangely possessive even though he knew the child in there wasn’t his.

He didn’t know how to explain it but... Anything that is Hana’s is mine as well.

He pressed a lingering, hot kiss to the side of her belly before moving lower.

​"I’ll be quick," he murmured, his voice vibrating against her skin. "But I won’t be sloppy."

​Hana gripped the edge of the mattress, her knuckles turning white. She felt him part her legs, his nine tails fanning out behind him like a pink halo, twitching in sync with his excitement.

Then, he took out his pink cock from his skirt. He was already hard. From the moment he sensed Hana was coming on to him, his beast had already begun to wake up.

He didn’t waste time since he could still see evidence of the dragon’s work down there. He moved his fingers, touched my clit a bit and I shuddered.

"I want you to feel good too, Hana," he muttered under his breath, staring at the way my pussy breathed in anticipation for his entrance. "Can I do that?"