The three of them stood in front of a simple grave out by the side of their home under a large tree that overlooked the town. It was a beautiful place to be buried but the three of them could find no beauty at the moment.
They stayed there for a while before they all went back inside the house and spent the rest of the morning in silence.
"I know it may not be the best time," Luna spoke as she held Cain's hand, "but we should probably visit the clinic."
Cain sighed after a deep breath and nodded. While he was tired and depressed, the world continued to spin with or without them.
"Can I come to? I had heard of the clinic in the area and I didn't realize it was my own son. If I had known it was you, I would have tried to reach out sooner." Vala asked and Cain agreed.
The three of them soon took the trip down to the clinic where it was quiet and beautiful with the small rolling hills of grass. Cain gave his mother a tour, surprised at how much this was thought out.
Cain, but mostly Luna, described his exploits at the academy, proving that her son truly was one in a trillion.
Val's felt very proud of her son but still hurt for not being there to provide him with the safety and comfort he desperately needed.
She made sure to thank Luna many times throughout the tour for helping her son, making the wolf girl blush and stutter from being praised.
Her tail wagged viciously as someone she admired as a little girl thought so highly of her. Vala was a motherly figure to many people who relied on the Lailan Council for help and ever since she left, the entire Carven Empire had been in disarray. It slowly started becoming a patriarchal society that started leaning toward men being more important than women.
Vala was the final defense against a male-dominated society again but once she left, things continued spiraling downward. The population of Carven took a severe hit, with several hundred to thousands of women and families moving to other empires and leaving the Empire with a lack of femininity.
The Lailan Council was supposed to be the one to stop this from happening but they only turned a blind eye since they were all men with their own ambitions for this world. They were supposed to have no bias in matters but they clearly did, making them the enemy of the remaining females in the Empire.
Back to the clinic, Vala admired how cute and quaint it was, but it looked more like a normal house rather than a clinic.
"Are you sure you two aren't married?" She commented, making her son cough and Luna blush and wag her tail harder.
"No mama, we aren't we've decided to hold off on that for now." Cain answered, "The clinic is, unfortunately, the more important thing right now so unless we want the Council to turn me into a breeding slave, this place needs to be up and running soon."
"Hmmm, I think your life is still more important than the big wigs' ambitions," Vala commented uninterested, "They shouldn't be allowed to control a person's life, even if they are important to the world. You don't see them controlling kings and queens after all."
"A-Actually," Luna brought herself into the conversation, "Its mostly me."
Vala came over confused and the two sat on one of the lovely couches in the living room underneath a big window.
"We want to get married but I'm not allowed to unless I finish my mission. Cain agreed not to talk about it since it is technically top-secret for my clan." Luna looked over to Cain who was looking at her with worry.
"The Grey Wolf clan sent you on a mission?" Vala asked carefully.
Luna nodded, "My mother and father are the Alpha and Beta, and they sent me to the Academy to follow your son and protect him. They said that I needed to keep him safe from the Council and the Empire since he was worth more than any amount of diamonds and gold in this world.
"T-They also told me to seduce him and b-bring back a grandpup... but after realizing just how much he was going through, and after realizing my feelings for him, I wanted to hold off on it."
Vala went through many thoughts. Many of the Wolf clans liked to stay out of most foreign events, but if even the Grey Wolves were moving, then just about every other clan of feline, canine, and most other species will want to do the same, some more forceful than others.
Vala could only imagine the dangers Luna had to go through since Cain looked clueless about the actual dangers she would face in his steed.
"I agreed to a Mating ritual as well, so when I go to meet her parents someday, we can make it official then."
Vala didn't seem to hear him as she was still thinking while holding the grey wolf girl's hands. Luna was getting more nervous, looking over to Cain who only shrugged his shoulders. It had been a long time since he last saw his mother, barely remembering her from the old memories he once tried to forget so he wasn't sure what his mother was thinking about.
"What's stopping you from getting married and having a child now? The clinic? I can help with that so make me a grandma." Vala replied casually, making the two lovers short circuit.
"M-Mom!" Cain tried to complain and cleared his throat to try and hide his embarrassment.
Luna just stared at her 'heroine' in shock since it never really crossed her mind to have a human wedding. And having a child now, was technically possible since she was still in heat, but it would definitely add a lot of stress to her since the clinic was now opening.
Would she be able to handle that as a new mother? And what did Vala mean by help?
"Y-You think that's okay? Won't my parents be angry with marrying? That's not something members of the clan do normally." Luna questioned Vala, acting like the human mother knew all about the inner workings of her own clan.
"That I don't know sweetie," Vala smiled, "but I know you are always welcome here. I can see how much you two care for each other, just like my father did, and I'm sure you'd be wonderful parents. It might be tough with the clinic going but I'm sure I can find some old contacts to help you get things started here."
"Do you really want to help?" Cain asked with concern, "You know I'm going...*ahem* to, you know. turn people into mothers..." Cain felt embarrassed as he realized what he was talking to his mother about.
"Oh don't be embarrassed Cain," Vala waved him off and giggled, "Just say you're going to fuck and imergerate women like you used to say as a kid."
"P-Please don't remind me." Cain felt more embarrassed about those moments, and it only made Luna more curious.
"What did he say?" Luna's tail wagged again as she smirked at him and turned to Vala to hear all his embarrassing stories.
The two women talked for a while and Cain excused himself to check on the other buildings on the property to get away. He was sure Luna would be teasing him about that stuff for a long time to come so he needed a break for now.
All over the property, there were different 'buildings' meant as homes or nesting areas for the majority and more populous or special-cased species that wanted more privacy. There were caves, large trees, and other buildings like the main clinic, only smaller, small lakes and even a few fields of crops were around the area so the residents could feel more comfortable.
He wasn't able to accommodate for every species, since there were hundreds of thousands of species, all with different ways of mating and giving birth, so he could only try to plan for the more populous, and wing it as he goes for the more special species.
That was why he still had a lab, where he could incubate his children basically for eggs, or give a more doctorial feel to patients who were fine with it. The buildings all around were mostly for those who wished for a more all-natural birth while he may need to help those who have complications in the clinic.
Before it got dark, he came back to the clinic to see the two women he loved the most chatting as they made dinner. They welcomed him in and Luna quickly came up and gave him a passionate kiss.
He was surprised and worried about the sudden affection since she was politely keeping her distance with all that happened recently. Like she could read his mind since his thoughts were on his face, she whispered,
"Do you want to be a father?"
She blew on his ear seductively, making him twitch in his pants already and his heart skipped a beat.
"W-Why the sudden change of heart?" Now he was concerned about what his mother spoke to her about.
"I just realized how much I want your child, plus, I want to be the first to birth your child. I don't want another woman who's only coming here for your seed to take that from me."
Cain said they could talk about this more later as his mother started bringing food to the table. The three ate together, and it was decided that they would stay here for the night. Vala didn't want to stay alone in her home right now so although she was being a bit impolite to the couple, they agreed.
She went up to her guest room for the rest of the night while Cain and Luna made their way to the master bedroom where Cain wasn't even given a chance to talk before he was pushed on the bed and Luna ruined another pair of clothes as she tore them off her.
"Impomegranate me!"