Joanna was getting undressed for bed when she broached the subject with her husband.
"Dear, when are we going to have sex again?" she asked.
Daniel looked at his wife, who just happened to be wearing only slender dark panties and a matching dark breast control collar as she spoke. She looked incredibly sexy, which she undoubtedly knew.
"When you take off your rider," he said. He saw her face fall. "You are taking off your rider soon, aren't you? You said you would once everyone joined your Hive, as you call it. You said it would only take a few days more."
"A week, maybe two," said Jo.
"So? There's your answer."
Joanna rubbed her hands over her shapely thighs. "But that's not the end of it."
"I never thought it would be," said Daniel.
She came over and provocatively sat on his lap. "You see, dear, we can't remove our riders until the plague has come and gone."
"And when exactly will that be?" He looked closely at her reaction. "A day? A week? A month? A year?"
"Soon," she said hesitantly. "I don't know exactly when that will be."
"Neither do I," he said, dumping her off his lap unceremoniously.
Joanna rubbed her hands over her smooth ass. "So... no sex for the foreseeable future?"
"I guess not."
She licked her lips nervously.
"Something else on your mind?"
She nodded. "We're going to the Swim Club tomorrow. Every time we go, a lot of men approach me. They want help making a rider. They want help getting their rider to mature, or to get their second band."
"The key operative phrase is 'help', I suppose," said Daniel. "Is that it, Jo? You want my permission to fuck all the guys at the Swim Club? You never asked my permission when you fucked all the other ones."
"That was business, dear."
"And this is pleasure. I see." Daniel took a deep breath. He still found Joanna so very, very attractive. He could just imagine those heavy tits bouncing as he fucked her hard. But no, the price to pay was still too high. "All right, Jo, I'll set your mind at ease. You can fuck anyone you like tomorrow. The ticket vendor. The pool boy. The sausage man. I won't raise an eyebrow. You go, girl, and have fun."
Joanna looked so embarrassed. But she still kept going. "I... appreciate that, dear. There's just one more thing."
"Isn't there always?"
"Julie."
"What about her?"
"She'll be there too, fraternizing with her young friends. All of whom have riders." She stared at him pointedly. "If she decides to be... proactive... with any of them, you won't be permitted to interfere."
Daniel shook his head as if he had tasted something sour. "Maybe I won't come at all then."
"That, that might be best."
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AND YET... the following morning Joanna's eyebrows shot up as she saw her husband in the passenger seat of their aircar. Julie also looked surprised, but said nothing. Ben was the only one who chose to stay behind.
When they got to the Swim Club, it was a bright and shiny Saturday. Everyone had a rider, everyone except Joanna's husband. If he seemed uncomfortable he didn't show it. He sat down in a recliner and appeared to take in the sun.
Gary Williams was the first to approach her. "Hey Jo, looking good," he said cheerfully.
"You too, Gary!" she said.
"Want to make a rider with me?" He winked at her. "My master is itching to reproduce and have some fun!"
Jo cast a worried glance at her husband who was only five feet away but acted as if he hadn't heard a word. "Not right now, Gary. Maybe later."
"All right, Jo." He didn't bother to hide his disappointment.
Next over was Big Mike Wyden with his very hairy chest. "Jo!" he said, boldly kissing her on the lips in front of Daniel. "Long time no see."
"It's been a while, Mike," Jo agreed. "How have you been?"
"Couldn't be better!" he said. "Estelle is so happy now that she finally gave in. But Trudy got taken to become a Harem Guard."
"Really?"
"Yeah," said Mike, his face falling. "We had no choice. The Hive demanded it."
"The Hive demanded it," Jo said, nodding grimly.
But still, to have your only child turned into an insect hybrid!
Jo shuddered at the thought.
"Still, we're happy enough, since Estelle's rider matured." His face brightened as thoughts of Trudy were wiped from his mind. "The sex between us now is fantastic!"
"Isn't it!" said Joanna, her face brightening as the fate of poor Trudy Wyden was flushed from her mind as well.
"When you have one spouse in the Hive, the quality of sex doubles. But when both of you are in it..." Mike looked at Daniel. "Tell her, Daniel!"
Joanna looked shocked. "Mike, Daniel hasn't joined the Hive yet."
"Oh? Oh, that's right! I heard about that. Sorry." He turned back to Joanna. "Listen, Jo, I was wondering if you could help me out. My master is almost second banded. I'm right on the cusp of it. See?" He turned around to show her his back. Mike's rider had enormous knuckles gripping his back and a brighter outer golden band and a dimmer inner one. "I
know
Estelle would be thrilled to pieces if I came home double banded. Can you help me out? What do you say?"
Joanna glanced at Daniel, who was staring out into the clear blue sky as if he wasn't even there.
"I'm... I'm sorry Mike." Joanna gestured to Daniel with her eyes. "Maybe another time."
"Another time. Sure." He turned to go, but looked at Daniel first. "Get better soon, Buddy!"
Joanna bit her lip and turned to her husband. "I, I think I'll go and see how Julie is doing."
"You do that."
Those were the first words Daniel had spoken to her all day.
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Joanna was pleased to see that her youngest one was the center of attention. Men were buzzing around Julie like she was the queen bee sitting on a pot of honey. Neil Nelson and Lewis Chandler and Robbie Westwood and Eric Lindsey and Alex Weaver were in a circle around her, eating up her sexy body which was barely covered in a flimsy one piece, laughing at everything she was saying and desperately trying to enter into a conversation with her while girls like redheaded Cindy Cores and heavy breasted Caitlin Delgado stood with their hands crossed looking deeply dissatisfied. Julie, on the other hand, looked as pleased as punch to be the center of attention.
She preened for the boys, leaning forward to show off her budding breasts. She lifted and bent her right leg on a recliner, conveniently spreading her legs so those in front of her could see where the tight material of her one piece made a tight v shape between her legs and those behind her could see her ass cheeks sticking out. Her rider was clearly evident above her bathing suit, strong and mature and banded with bones that gripped the sexy girl's back tightly while the bright golden band symbolized both its maturity and control over the young girl's mind.
Neil reached behind Joanna and stroked her rider, and suddenly Julie's raised leg went crashing to the ground and she almost fell. She panted like a woman in heat, her small breasts projecting outwards with every pant. Then she spun around and grabbed Neil by the face and kissed him hard, as the other boys clapped and laughed. When Neil pulled back, their tongues were briefly still connected, finishing the impromptu dance they had started in his mouth. Julie's nipples could now be seen poking out of her bathing suit. She looked down at her tits and up again at the boys and smiled.
Joanna was so incredibly pleased to see her daughter's sexuality released. Julie seemed as alive and sensual as Joanna did the day she made love to Nigel on the recliner. She was so glad that her little girl had finally given in and was enjoying everything the Hive had to offer.
Joanna went into the circle with the intention of congratulating her daughter. But much to Joanna's surprise, when she entered the circle the attention shifted to
