SHEILA THE QUEEN OF PANTHER
part 2°
When the moon still hung high and the forest breathed a warm mist, Sheila raised her hand, and the entire tribe froze like a predatory beast. Ahead... a cracking of branches was heard in the fern thicket. A large bosk with long horns and black skin came out to drink at the stream. His muscular body glistened with the morning moisture, and his eyes glowed red in the moonlight. Sheila dropped to all fours, her bare thighs tensed, her clawed fingers digging into the soft earth. She didn't utter a word—only a short growl, and the panthers scattered in a semicircle, silent as shadows. Each knew its place: the two youngest, their bodies still untouched by a man's hand, went to the left to cut off any escape route; The elders, their thighs bearing the marks of old claw and whip scars, took up positions on the right, drawing their bows.
Sheila herself led the center. She moved low, her chest almost touching the moss, her long black hair trailing along the ground, concealing the gold rings on her wrists. The beast's scent—heavy, musky—filled her nostrils, and hunger flared in her green eyes, the same hunger that made her heart beat faster: the hunger of prey and the hunger of submission.
The bosk lowered its head toward the water. At that moment, Sheila leaped.
Her body rose in the air like a true panther—long legs extended, hands with splayed fingers ready to clutch the scruff of her neck. She landed on its back, her knees gripping the beast's sides, and her right arm instantly wrapped around its powerful neck. A narrow obsidian spear flashed in her left hand. With a single movement, she stabbed it beneath the shoulder blade, where the heart beat.
The beast roared and reared, trying to throw off the defiant female. But at that moment, arrows rained down from all sides—precise, merciless. Two entered the neck, a third pierced the eye. The tribe burst out of the thicket: naked bodies, covered in ritual paint and sweat, flashed among the vines. Spears pierced their sides, hands reached for their horns to direct their fall.
The beast took a few more steps, wheezing blood, and collapsed on its knees by the stream. Sheila didn't dismount—she remained astride, pressing her chest against the hot hide, feeling the last spasms spreading to her thighs. When the beast fell silent, she slowly rose and stood proudly on its broad back. Blood trickled down her legs, mixing with the ritual paint, and dripped onto the ground.
The tribe gathered around. Everyone knelt before their fallen prey and their leader. Sheila raised her bloody spear to the moon and let out a long, triumphant roar—a roar of victory and eternal readiness. Her body trembled with tension and excitement: she had proven her strength, but deep down she knew that if instead of the bosk, a man of Gor, worthy and merciless, had been here, she would have fallen before him just as this beast had fallen before her.
Now it was time to butcher the prey: skin it for new belts and collars, cut out the best cuts of meat for the feast. And then - to make a fire and dance around it, naked and free, until a new call is heard in the jungle, the call of the one who can catch Sheila herself and her wild panthers.
In the shade of a huge tree, where the tribe built a fire of fragrant branches to roast the meat of a fallen bosk, Sheila's first mate, Lyra, a wild panther with eyes the color of amber honey and a hide that shimmered bronze in the sun, always stood by her side.
Lyra was slightly shorter than the leader, but no less dangerous: her body, naked like all the sisters', was carved by the forest—long, muscular legs, a narrow waist, and full breasts marked by an old crescent-shaped scar just above her left nipple, a trophy from the claws of a sleen she killed with her bare hands on her first hunt.
Lyra's black hair was shorter than Sheila's, braided into numerous thin braids adorned with bone beads and the feathers of a night bird; Each braid jingled softly as she moved, warning her prey of approaching death.
On her right hip hung a narrow obsidian knife, its handle wrapped in a lock of hair from a once-defeated enemy, and around her neck hung a thin silver circlet, given to her by Sheila herself as a sign of trust and seniority. Lyra was the first to sample berries and mushrooms before the leader, the first to form a line during the hunt, and the first to kneel if Sheila raised her hand in danger.
On her right hip hung a narrow obsidian knife, its handle wrapped in a lock of hair from a once-defeated enemy, and around her forearm hung a thin silver circlet, given to her by Sheila herself as a sign of trust and seniority. Lyra was the first to sample berries and mushrooms before the leader, the first to form a line during the hunt, and the first to kneel if Sheila raised her hand in danger.
When Sheila washed her hands in the stream, Lyra stood behind, guarding, leaning on her spear. Her amber eyes watched the forest intently, but every now and then they slid over the leader's back—with devotion, with admiration.
Now, by the fire, Lyra squatted next to Sheila, holding out the best piece of meat—succulent, still steaming. Her movements were smooth, feline, her thighs slightly apart, her knees touching the ground in submission to her elder sister. She didn't speak—panthers rarely needed words—but her gaze clearly said: I am here. I follow you*
Sheila accepted the meat, touching Lyra's hand with her fingers—a brief but meaningful touch. The tribe fell silent, watching their two leaders: the black panther and the bronze one, whose bond was stronger than blood and sharper than fangs. Together, they were unstoppable in the forests...
A little distance from Sheila and Lyra sat the tribe's second mate, Kaira, the most silent and fiercest of them all.
Kaira was taller than most of her sisters, her body a mass of long muscles and taut lines, sculpted by years of climbing vines and silently leaping from branch to branch. Her skin was darker, almost the color of scorched earth, covered with a dense network of white scars—the memory of countless hunts and battles. The most prominent scar ran across her left breast, from collarbone to nipple, left by the fang of a forest tarsk she'd strangled with her bare hands when her spear snapped. Kaira's hair was cut short, almost to the roots, so that not a single strand would betray her in an ambush; only a thin braid of jet-black hair hung from her temple to her shoulder, adorned with three fangs from predators she'd personally killed. Two short, curved knives hung at her hips, and on her powerful forearms were leather vambraces studded with spikes, which she used to break the necks of enemies in close combat. Unlike Lyra, Kaira never wore silver or gold—only one sign of her status: a thick leather collar made of black sleen hide, a bracelet Sheila herself had placed on her after Kaira single-handedly killed a pack of zeders threatening the tribe. The bracelet was wide, fitting snugly around her wrist, and hung from it a single bone plate carved with the symbol of a panther—a sign that this warrior was second only to Lyra and ready at any moment to become first, should the hunt or fate demand it.
Kaira squatted, her knees spread wide, her elbows resting on her thighs, and her dark eyes, almost black and pupilless in the firelight, watched every movement around her. She ate little, spoke even less—her voice, low and hoarse, was heard only in battle or when Sheila asked for advice. When Lyra handed Sheila the best piece of meat, Kaira silently moved another branch toward the fire to brighten the flames and gave the leader a brief nod—a sign of complete, unconditional devotion.
Everyone in the tribe knew: if Lyra represented Sheila's mind and loyalty, then Kaira represented her fangs and claws. She was the first to rush into the thick of the fight, the first to stand between danger and her sisters.
Now she raised her head, sniffed the night wind, and growled softly—barely audible, but enough to instantly make Sheila and Lyra tense. Kaira caught a foreign scent—faint but masculine, coming from downwind. Her hand settled on the hilt of her knife, her body tensed like a spring. The second mate was ready. The hunt for the beast was over. Perhaps another was beginning.
A small detachment, heading for Laurium, moved slowly along a narrow path worn by trade caravans. A tall, broad-shouldered man in a tattered leather jerkin, a sword at his belt, and a heavy crossbow slung over his back—clearly a mercenary guard—walked in front. Behind him, an older man with a graying beard led two pickaxes laden with bales; coins jingled in a purse at his belt, identifying him as the caravan's master. Bringing up the rear was a woman—slender, with long dark hair braided into a ponytail, wearing a long silk traveling dress that attempted to conceal the curves of her body. Silver bracelets glittered on her wrists, and a mixture of weariness and wariness shone in her eyes. They didn't yet know that the trail had long belonged to Sheila's panthers.
Sheila slowly turned her head toward Lyra, her lips curling into a predatory smile. Lyra nodded, the muscles of her bronze body tensing, the crescent-shaped scar above her chest seeming to come alive in anticipation of new prey.
A quiet, almost inaudible roar echoed through the jungle—a signal. The savages silently took up positions: some climbed into the lower branches, others slipped into the undergrowth, surrounding the strangers in a tight but invisible ring.
The caravan continued on, unaware that just a few steps away, the naked, powerful bodies of the panther sisters were poised to spring, their green and amber eyes watching their every move with the primal hunger and passion characteristic of the Gorean forests.
Kaira, Sheila's second mate, suddenly froze, her sensitive nose catching a foreign scent—faint but distinctly masculine, wafting from downwind.
She turned silently to Sheila, her lips curling in a silent growl, and the leader nodded, understanding the signal. Lyra, standing on the other side, also caught the warning—her amber eyes flashed, the crescent scar on her chest seeming to pulse in anticipation.
But the scent wasn't coming from the three on the trail. It was coming from the side, deeper in the thicket, separate from the caravan. Alone. Strong. Dangerous.
Kaira slipped into the undergrowth, her body a shadow among shadows, her thighs and buttocks tensed with each step, her chest barely heaving—the panther's breathing was perfectly controlled. Behind her, at Sheila's signal, three more sisters separated, naked and silent, leaving the main circle around the caravan undisturbed.
The caravan trail continued to move: the mercenary ahead glanced warily, the senior trader muttered something,
and the woman, feeling the weight of gazes she hadn't seen before, involuntarily pressed her hand to her throat, where her heart beat beneath the thin cloth.
But now Sheila's panthers had two prey.
One—open, walking along the trail.
The other—hidden, thinking she was hunting herself. Kaira smiled in the darkness of the foliage, her knife glinting, reflecting the glimmer of the sun. The hunt had only just begun.
Kaira and her three panther sisters silently closed the circle around their hidden prey. The scent grew stronger—masculine, mingled with the dust of city streets and the faint scent of fear. From the undergrowth, carefully making his way along a barely visible animal trail, he emerged: a slave from Hüsvík, a town near Laurius, escaping from his master's chains.
He was tall, muscular, with a body forged by years of hard labor—broad shoulders covered with old whip scars, powerful arms still bound with scraps of rope at the wrists, and dark hair tangled from the long journey. He wore only a pitiful loincloth of coarse fabric, barely covering his hips, and a fresh mark on his neck from the steel collar he'd managed to tear off was visible. His eyes, gray and wary, scanned the jungle—he followed the scent of water, hoping to reach a stream and hide further from the city.
But he was already ambushed.
Kaira was the first to slip out of the shadows, her naked, bronze-hued body flashing before him like lightning. A knife pressed against his throat before he could cry out, and her full breasts, adorned with streaks of charcoal paint, brushed against his. *Don't move, male* she purred in a low, guttural voice, full of primal power. Her dark eyes bored into his, and her hips pressed tightly against his, making him feel all the strength and heat of a wild panther. The other sisters approached silently from behind—strong, naked bodies surrounding him in a tight circle. One grabbed his arms, twisting them behind his back with ease, another deftly bound his wrists with rope as strong as the steel chains of Horus. He didn't resist—he knew that in this jungle, resistance meant death. Or something worse.
Kaira took a step back, eyeing her prey with a predatory smile. The muscles of her flat stomach and long legs rippled beneath her skin, and the knife still gleamed in her hand.
She gave a soft whistle—a signal to Sheila. Far off, by the trail, the leader heard it and nodded to Lyra: the caravan can wait. This prey first.
The slave sank to his knees under the weight of the savage women's arms, his muscular body tensing, but his eyes already filling with that mixture of fear and desire that Sheila's panthers knew how to evoke in males. Kaira leaned closer, her lips almost touching his ear. *You will join our tribe... in our way.*
The jungle froze in anticipation. The hunt was a success. Now the taming began.
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