Gonna edit this later cause it's gonna have important story/character info in it!
“Zera… Hold still.”
Nymeria’s hands gathered up her daughter’s hair and after splitting it into sections, she began to bind the beautiful red curls into intricate braids. Mother and daughter sat on a thatched rug inside the family home. Although their family was large, they were the only two inside the building. It was a special day… A day when Zera would be ready to leave her father’s home. Nymeria was practically gushing with pride and all morning she’d dedicated herself to ensuring that her only daughter was ready. Zera was bathed, oiled, painted, and now the final touch: her hair.
“Does it… Does it hurt, Mother? I’ve heard that it hurts…”
“Zera…” Nymeria gently kissed the back of her daughter’s head. “Of course it will hurt. But it is a great honor. The ceremony will make you a woman. You will be taught how to submit and accept a man’s seed. It’s where you’ll meet your future husband.”
“I know… I’m just… I’m afraid Mother.” Zera drew her knees up to her chest and hugged them tightly. “Kali was teasing me. She said that I would bleed and that it wouldn’t stop. That everyone would laugh at me.”
“Oh my girl…” Nymeria put her hand on her daughter’s shoulder and spun her around slowly, pulling the girl down to her bare breast. Zera wrapped her arms around her mother’s waist and used her mother’s chest as a pillow. Nymeria stroked Zera’s head and then popped a nipple into her mouth. Her daughter began to suck. “You will bleed. We all bleed our first time. But you have nothing to fear. The men have no reason not to be kind to you.” From below, she could hear Zera swallow a mouthful of her mother’s milk. “You will do good and listen to them, yes? You will accept their seed?”
Zera pulled back, smiling, a thin trail of milk running down her chin which Nymeria swiftly wiped away. “Yes Mother… I will accept their seed.”
“Good girl…”
“Nymeria… Zera…”
Both women looked up. Asha stood in the open doorway. Her beautiful breasts hung like ripe fruit from her chest, her stomach abnormally flat. It had been a few months since Asha delivered her last child, the little bundle tied to the woman’s back. She was due to become pregnant soon. It was something that Nymeria had always been jealous of… But it was also something that would soon change. Nymeria was pregnant with her first child since delivering her twins fifteen years ago… Her belly was huge and swollen, her teats nearly constantly leaking with mother’s milk. A few recent feedings from her sweet daughter kept the trickle at bay for now.
“It is time,” Asha smiled. Nymeria quickly finished up the braids on her daughter’s head and then urged the girl to stand. All three women slowly walked to the middle of the compound where the rest of the family waited; a proud father, Nymeria and Asha’s sister wives, and all the children. Nymeria spied her only other child, her son, who was also going through the ceremony. She hugged him tight.
“Nervous?” She kissed his cheek tenderly. “It’s a big day for you…”
“Zera… Hold still.”
Nymeria’s hands gathered up her daughter’s hair and after splitting it into sections, she began to bind the beautiful red curls into intricate braids. Mother and daughter sat on a thatched rug inside the family home. Although their family was large, they were the only two inside the building. It was a special day… A day when Zera would be ready to leave her father’s home. Nymeria was practically gushing with pride and all morning she’d dedicated herself to ensuring that her only daughter was ready. Zera was bathed, oiled, painted, and now the final touch: her hair.
“Does it… Does it hurt, Mother? I’ve heard that it hurts…”
“Zera…” Nymeria gently kissed the back of her daughter’s head. “Of course it will hurt. But it is a great honor. The ceremony will make you a woman. You will be taught how to submit and accept a man’s seed. It’s where you’ll meet your future husband.”
“I know… I’m just… I’m afraid Mother.” Zera drew her knees up to her chest and hugged them tightly. “Kali was teasing me. She said that I would bleed and that it wouldn’t stop. That everyone would laugh at me.”
“Oh my girl…” Nymeria put her hand on her daughter’s shoulder and spun her around slowly, pulling the girl down to her bare breast. Zera wrapped her arms around her mother’s waist and used her mother’s chest as a pillow. Nymeria stroked Zera’s head and then popped a nipple into her mouth. Her daughter began to suck. “You will bleed. We all bleed our first time. But you have nothing to fear. The men have no reason not to be kind to you.” From below, she could hear Zera swallow a mouthful of her mother’s milk. “You will do good and listen to them, yes? You will accept their seed?”
Zera pulled back, smiling, a thin trail of milk running down her chin which Nymeria swiftly wiped away. “Yes Mother… I will accept their seed.”
“Good girl…”
“Nymeria… Zera…”
Both women looked up. Asha stood in the open doorway. Her beautiful breasts hung like ripe fruit from her chest, her stomach abnormally flat. It had been a few months since Asha delivered her last child, the little bundle tied to the woman’s back. She was due to become pregnant soon. It was something that Nymeria had always been jealous of… But it was also something that would soon change. Nymeria was pregnant with her first child since delivering her twins fifteen years ago… Her belly was huge and swollen, her teats nearly constantly leaking with mother’s milk. A few recent feedings from her sweet daughter kept the trickle at bay for now.
“It is time,” Asha smiled. Nymeria quickly finished up the braids on her daughter’s head and then urged the girl to stand. All three women slowly walked to the middle of the compound where the rest of the family waited; a proud father, Nymeria and Asha’s sister wives, and all the children. Nymeria spied her only other child, her son, who was also going through the ceremony. She hugged him tight.
“Nervous?” She kissed his cheek tenderly. “It’s a big day for you…”