Kate's inflatable reindeer

Story by Leinster on SoFurry

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In this story, Kate enjoys some alone time with a life sized inflatable reindeer.

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I wrote this one as a follow up to 'Lily's inflatable turtle'. Since a lot of people seemed to enjoy that one, based mainly on viewer count more than anything else if I'm honest, I wanted to write another one along the same vein, this time with Kate. And, like my first story, I decided to pair her with an inflatable that seemed to suit her. An inflatable reindeer seemed to be appropriate, considering Lily and her turtle. Again, like my first story, I decided to just have fun with this one and write what I wanted. I'm extremely satisfied with the result and looking forward to some feedback, as it will guide what I do in the future.


Kate lifted a dainty paw and pressed it into the tight vinyl of the reindeer's flank, watching as it created a shallow indent in the inflatable's skin. It squeaked against the wall opposite her and, with a coy smirk, the autumn furred wolf pressed into it harder, an ear twitching as she heard it squeal against the sharp edges of the rock face.

Letting off the pressure, the Alpha leaned down and tentatively closed her jaws around the deer's nearest foreleg. She made sure to position her sharp canine's just right, to avoid sinking the sharpest of them directly into the vinyl. The last thing she wanted to do was burst the toy before she got a chance to get started with it. Gingerly, she dragged it away from the wall, out into the middle of her den. Releasing her grip on it, Kate took a step backwards and looked over her prize for what must have been the hundredth time since she'd gotten it.

It stood as tall as any reindeer she'd ever hunted, with thick limbs to support broad body. Its neck curved gracefully upwards, standing tall and proud, topped by a stubby muzzle. It was even crowned by a pair of antlers, sprouting out to either side and sporting three spikes each. While these were a simple, bone white, the rest of the inflatable had been printed with a variety of colors to match the real thing.

The tips of its long legs were colored grey to imitate hooves, while its body was primarily a deep shade of brown, speckled with white and darker shades of grey. A band of cream ran from under the deer's neck all the way down it's across its chest, under its stomach and stretched between its hind legs. Where these two primary colors met, there were even the outline of tufted fur that effortlessly drew the eye. It even had a small, triangular tail chamber. Smirking, Kate lifted a paw to gently pat its side.

Her smirk turned into a feral grin as her golden eyes flowed over its rump. She'd only just gotten it inflated and she took a long second to savor the final result. Kate's tail swayed gently from one side to the other as she imagined finally mounting her latest toy. It was always hard to judge how an inflatable would look when it was flat on the ground, but it had exceeded her lofty expectations. It had only taken her about fifteen minutes to fully inflate, which had come as no real surprise given how fit and healthy the wolf was, but it had definitely strained her cheeks at times. The fact that the valves had been made for humans hadn't exactly translated well to her fang filled muzzle.

Humphrey would be gone for the entire morning at the very least; it hadn't taken much convincing to get him to get out for a few hours with his friends, which had annoyed her at first. Her hapless mates' irresponsibility was beginning to get on her nerves, but she would definitely enjoy her time alone with her new toy.

Padding up to it, Kate reared up onto her hind legs and brought her paws thumping down onto its long, smooth, curved back. She took a second to appreciate the taut curves of its body, before pressing down on it hard. It resisted in the most deliciously bouncy way, which made the Alpha shift her weight further down its back, towards its rump for more leverage. She tried her best to keep her claws from digging into its skin as she applied pressure again, but even so, their tips ended up indenting it more than she would have felt strictly comfortable with.

The entire inflatable creaked loudly in that way only tight vinyl could as its hind legs buckled, lowering its rump to the ground with a rustle. Its front legs bent under the weight as well, but not nearly as much, leaving it at a sharp, downward slant.

Leaning as much of her weight onto it as she could to hold it firmly in place, Kate fluidly swung a hind leg over the vacuum of air. It squealed under her as the Alpha wolf shifted from side to side to get a solid, firm footing on the cave floor with her hind paws, her rump perched over the reindeer. Gingerly, she lifted her right paw and as soon as she reduced the pressure, the inflatable bucked under her roughly. This caused her left to slip, sliding across its firm shoulder and down into the dirt as the reindeer explosively jerked back to its feet.

Its broad back thumped into her stomach and hoisted her off her paws in one smooth motion as its legs snapped back straight. Startled, Kate threw her forelegs around its thick neck, squeezing tight as she braced herself for a tumble to the floor. Hardly even daring to breathe, Kate slowly became aware of the fact that she was straddling the inflatable. Its taut, sleek surface was pressed against her stomach and thighs, though she'd instinctively arched her back to help keep her balance.

Kate had expected the reindeer to take her petite weight, but not while it was standing at its full height without its legs buckling. She'd figured that she would have to just have her way with it on the floor of the den, with its legs bent to the sides, but apparently, the wolf thought with a wry smirk, she hadn't given it the credit it clearly deserved. Or, Kate corrected herself, maybe she was just slimmer than she'd realized.

Exhaling the breath she hadn't known she'd been holding, the wolf allowed her muscles to relax onto the inflatable, letting it take her full weight. On top of the sensation of being supported by something filled to the brim with her air, which Kate adored, a ripple of pleasure jolted through her entire body as her hips sank into its rump. It was enough to make her instinctively cock her long, lustrous tail behind her lustily. Murring, Kate slowly and carefully withdrew her forelegs from around its neck.

Drawing her paws in towards her chest, Kate planted them firmly between the reindeer's shoulders and pushed herself up into a sitting position. The inflatable squeaked under her as she shifted her weight, but the wolf tensed up, letting her head loll back with a lusty moan as her innermost lips trailed across the vinyl. Letting her ass sink into its rump, supported by the thick columns of his strong legs, Kate's moan turned into a low, feral growl of pleasure deep in her throat.

Letting her head droop, she looked down at her paws and slowly flexed her claws, letting them tap rhythmically against the vinyl. Their lethally sharp tips, if used right, would have shredded it in an instant and it was that knowledge that sent a thrill of pleasure through her gut. Still softly pawing it, Kate let her golden gaze flow up along her mounts neck to its wobbling antlers. She gave a short, experimental bounce on it, just to test its sturdiness and when the legs didn't immediately fold under the motion, she could only smile in a naughty little way.

Planting her paws firmly on the vinyl, Kate let her claws hook into the vinyl just enough to anchor herself in place. Then, with her entire body tensed with expectation, she arched her hips into the sleek vinyl. The Alpha gasped, throwing back her head again and closing her eyes as orgasmic pleasure flooded through her pussy. Her claws dug dangerously deep as her hind legs closed in around the chamber between them, squeezing hard. The sensation of it growing firmer under her, alongside the taut, sleek vinyl stroking her inner thighs, already had Kate's juices beginning to flow.

Kate inhaled with a grunt as she slid her hips backwards, just enough to get in another, short, powerful thrust. She could already feel the material growing warmer beneath her body, even before she started to squeeze it between her hind legs, making it pulse under her paws as she thrust into it a third time, twisting her hips to glide her swollen lips into the inflatable's buoyant skin. This time, though, she left a trail of personal juices behind, which only made it feel even sleeker beneath her petite weight.

Kate paused just long enough to bounce on the inflatable reindeer, almost playfully. Given her positioning, she didn't have a lot of leverage to work with, which meant that her curvy rump barely left the vinyl, but it was still just fun to feel it throb under her. It creaked delightfully as the Alpha's weight landed on its four, broad legs, but they still didn't bow under the impact, which surprised her yet again.

It did wobble from side to side though, setting her nerves on edge. Another bounce made it pulse under her rump, before the wolf wove her thin hips back into the inflatable's skin. Her moist lips glided across the already slick vinyl, which only made the next pass of her pussy feel near orgasmic.

A soft, feminine groan escaped her lips, even before she started to work up a slow rhythm, thrusting into the inflatable supporting her weight gently. Kate's hips glided back and forth, slow and steady, making the inflatable rock with her motions. The Alpha's movements were fluid and instinctive. As the warmth in her pussy and stomach built into a fire, she started to get quicker. Leaning forward ever so slightly, she leaned down on the reindeer, making it harden between her legs as her wet cleft stroked it sensuously. She began to grunt and moan in time with her thrusts, though she still kept her strokes smooth, teasing herself.

Unsurprisingly, like most aspects in her life, Kate was a natural when it came to sex and she knew just how to work herself up. More than Humphrey did, at any rate, she couldn't help thinking. When she felt herself hit that magic point between teased to the point of distraction and full on horny, Kate suddenly started properly fucking the inflatable reindeer. She pounded her hips into it, letting it take her weight before the vinyl snapped back taut and bounced her back into the air, only to come back down onto it even harder.

Kate pressed her paws deeper and deeper into the reindeer's shoulders as she pumped her hips into it in short, hard thrusts. The vinyl squeaked and groaned under the sudden abuse and she bathed it in her warm, wet juices. Gritting her teeth hard, the Alpha closed her eyes again and focused on keeping her pace going, every muscle in her body moving with effortless ease.

Switching pace practically mid stride, she let herself land on the deer's back, bounce back into the air until her rump cleared the vinyl and then brought her hips thumping back into it as hard as she could. The inflatable pulsed under the impact, shifting on the rough floor of the cave with a distinct scratching sound. Despite her work, though, it still stood tall and strong.

Her mind blank of everything else besides just how good the vinyl felt against her throbbing pussy, the Alpha worked her hips with all the grace of a natural born dancer. Kate paused just long enough to squeeze it mercilessly hard between her thighs, making it tighten as much as it was likely to without popping under her, before kicking back into full gear and stroking the sleek, wet vinyl with her hungry pussy.

As she shifted on it though, the deer's front legs suddenly buckled, bending at their knees. Kate's eyes snapped open just in time for the reindeer's chest to hit the ground and for her face to thump into the back of its long neck hard. Its hind legs had somehow remained straight, putting its broad back at a downward angle to the ground, but this just meant that her pussy glided down across the rock hard vinyl until her thighs met her fore paws.

Hunched up with her hind paws resting to either side of the deer's shoulders, Kate breathed a relieved sigh, her face pressed hard against the tight vinyl of its long, graceful neck. Opening her muzzle as much as she could with her cheek pressed hard into its tight surface, the wolf slid out her long, pink tongue and dragged it across the material with a soft squeak. Smirking around it, she lapped at the inflatable, leaving behind streaks of her saliva.

Kate spared a second to tilt her head deeper into it so that she could kiss it tenderly, the gesture filled with affection and love. She returned to roughly licking it with zeal, her lips curling into a smile around her attentive, soft tongue. Bracing herself over its shoulders with her left paw, the wolf paused in her tender lapping to lift her right paw from between her hind legs. She half raised it towards her mounts head, thought better of it and slid it down across her stomach instead. Curling her hips to lift her dripping wet pussy off the inflatable's slick back, she gingerly drew her paw across it.

Kate's entire body shook with pleasure as soon as her paw grazed her pulsing lips. Spreading her hind legs as wide as she could, bracing herself against the inflatable, the Alpha started playing with herself hungrily. Her experienced paw flowed across her slippery pussy lips with a tenderness Humphrey had never been able to manage, found her clit and pressed in on it hard. Her excited yapp of pleasure echoed around the cave, quickly trailing off into a low, fierce growl as a warm wave of intense pleasure coursed through her hips and gut. The wolf circled her clit roughly with a digit, keeping her claws expertly curled away from her delicate flesh.

The autumn furred Alpha closed her eyes, focusing on the pleasure shivering it way through her groin. The inflatable between her legs rocked with her hurried, eager motions, squeaking and squealing against the cave floor, which only urged her on to rub herself faster. Her entire body shook against the body of the inflatable, her breath coming hot and heavy as she suddenly pushed herself over the edge with an expert twist of her wrist. She came explosively, her inner tunnel throbbing and contracting hard, drenching the vinyl between her slender thighs with her juices as she let out a long, lusty, panted groan.

Moaning in the aftermath of her orgasm, she lifted her now drenched paw away from her pulsing pussy and slapped it into the side of the inflatable deer's neck, smearing it with her juices as her hips gave a few, involuntary thrusts into the toy beneath her.

Panting heavily, Kate opened her golden eyes, her hips still jerking instinctively as her orgasm faded slowly, her fuck tunnel and outer lips still throbbing pleasantly in time with her heartbeat. The wolf nuzzled into the deer's neck as hard as she could, reveling in the sensation of the taut vinyl against her fur as she released a heavy, happy sigh of contentment. The claws of her right paw, still set on its neck and coated with her own juices, bit into the inflatable to hold herself steady as she pulled her left out from under her.

As her burning muscles relaxed, her hips slid down the reindeer's slick back until her hips rubbed against the base of its neck, her rump sinking into its pliable shoulders as all her weight came down on it. Sitting in the crook of its neck, Kate set her left paw on the ground for extra stability, holding herself upright so she could release her grip on its neck with her right, leaving behind a paw print of her own juices on the vinyl.

Murring loudly, Kate leaned back into the taut vinyl for another long, loving nuzzle, rubbing her muzzle and neck across its sleek surface, first one way and then the other. Her heart was still thundering in her chest, but it was beginning to slow down as she indulged her gentler side with her inflatable toy. She rubbed herself back and forth against the thick column of air appreciatively, drinking in the entire sensation.

Drawing in a shuddering breath, the wolf sleepily gave it an affectionate lap of her tongue. Her eyes found the permanent dimples her claws had left in the side of its neck and Kate smiled softly to herself before patting it with her still dripping wet paw, bathing it in her pussy's lubricant. If nothing else, she figured, it would smell like her.

Kate stretched to plant a tender, loving kiss over the marks she'd left in the vinyl, from the first to last, her smirk broadening as she tasted herself there. She rested there for a long moment, giving her body time to recover, supported by the vacuum of air. With each breath, her stomach expanded, rubbing against the inflatable's hard neck with enough strength to make it creak endearingly. The Alpha lazily continued to alternate between nuzzling, kissing and licking the pliable vinyl, pressing her nose into it comfortably. She wasn't exactly heavy, but the position of it combined with her weight, made it feel both tight and bouncy all at once.

As she shifted on it to get more comfortable, though, Kate felt the rear of the inflatable buck slightly behind her. With its front legs buckled beneath its chest and its hind legs still standing straight, it formed a rough triangular shape behind her, its hind hooves scratching noisily against the dirt floor. As more pressure came down on its shoulders, it lifted those hooves off the ground, so that the entire rear end of the inflatable bobbed behind her, moving with her as she adjusted her weight.

Holding still for a second, she felt it stop moving, but just for fun, Kate wriggled her hips into its shoulders, making the body of the inflatable wobble after, mimicking the motion. Chuckling brightly at the sensation, she turned to look over her shoulder and gave a hard, sharp bounce on it, just to see it jerk up and down with a tantalising squeak. With its hind hooves off the dirt floor, the entire length of its body bobbed in response to her bouncing.

With a feral, content sigh, Kate let her head thump back into its neck and closed her eyes as she relaxed for a long, long minute. She inhaled the scent of the heady vinyl and her own moist juices as her weight settled onto the inflatable toy. Slowly, she began to lovingly rock her hips into the back of reindeer's neck, almost without conscious thought.

Reaching around its neck, she squeakily dragged her paw up the underside of the deer's neck, before she patted it gently with a soft, echoing 'thud'. Growling softly to herself, the wolf arched her hips into the base of its neck, pressing her pussy's drenched lips softly against the taut vinyl, leaving trails of her wet, warm juices behind. A fresh burning ignited between her hind legs, making her moan softly into the vinyl. The sound echoed through the chamber, clearly heard with her ear laid against it.

Pressing her right paw against the thick column of air that formed its gracefully curved neck, she let her claws graze its surface teasingly as she worked up a slow, caring rhythm, rocking her hips into it as gently as she could. Behind her, the rear end of the inflatable rose and fell slowly in time with her thrusting. Sliding her paw up its neck, her rough paw pads squealing against the vinyl, she hooked it over the reindeer's prominent, blunt muzzle.

Her entire body tensed in anticipation, muscles standing taut beneath her fur as she pressed her pussy hard against the tight, slippery vinyl with a rippling creak. Opening her beautiful eyes, Kate tilted her head to look up at the inflatable's muzzle, before she roughly dragged it down towards its neck. The entire deer squeaked and squealed at this new abuse, tightening under her until it was almost uncomfortably hard against her throbbing outer lips. Below, she heard it scratch abrasively against the dirt of the cave floor, her swollen slit pushed against the wet, taut vinyl.

Stretching her neck, she playfully nipped its small, black nose, before letting her paw slide free. The reindeer's head snapped back into its original shape with an echoing, hollow thump, sending a powerful vibration rumbling through the entire inflatable and straight through her body. It was enough to draw a loud moan from her lips.

That sound built into a feral, full throated growl and she buried her hips in the vinyl. Kate revelled in the sensation of the tight, smooth inflatable under her, wet and slick with her dripping cum. Nuzzling into the thick column of air, she blindly reached up to hook a paw around the deer's snout a second time. Still resisting her natural instinct to just fuck the inflatable as hard as she could, the wolf wove her hips gently into its neck, letting her ass sink back into its broad shoulders each time to bounce her back forward. In this way, she built up a slow, caring rhythm and it wasn't long until she was moaning with each soft thrust, the sounds intermingled with the steady creaking and crinkling of the thick vinyl.

Kate splayed the digits of her right paw, letting her claws suddenly bite roughly into the reindeer's tight skin, before she dragged its muzzle down towards her again. The muscles across her arm and shoulders tensed and locked as she pressed it flush with the deer's neck, harder than the first time. Her claws bite mercilessly deep as she clung onto it for a long second. The inflatable tightened dangerously close to the point of exploding under her, growing as taut as it was ever likely to against her slender thighs.

Sandwiched between her warm, furry body and the floor, the reindeer creaked softly with each and every movement from her. Behind her, its body stiffened noticeably, no longer bobbing as much. Kate pressed her highs into it desperately hard, before suddenly releasing its snout, letting its neck snap back upright with another deep, echoing vibration that sent a wave of electric pleasure through her entire body. Her muzzle yawned as she gasped in longing lust, her eyes still closed. The Alpha's paw slid around its neck as she pressed her forehead into the vinyl as hard as she could, her muzzle pointing down between her legs.

Grunting breaths through her nose, Kate started to fuck it good and hard. She ground her open legs against the inflatable's thick neck, arching her ass back into its body as hard as she could, bouncing between the two as she built up a fluid, rough pace. Her breathing mingled with the squeals of the inflatable as her hips pumped back and forth, grinding its chest into the cave floor. The taut vinyl pressed against her pulsing lips, sending tremor up the length of her tunnel each time they connected.

She felt herself effortlessly building towards another climax. With just the inflatable, it was so much simpler than dealing with her mate's clumsy attempts at a steady rhythm. She could control her own, without worrying about timing their climaxes to intertwine or any other minute detail. Here and now, she could just focus on pleasing herself with her secret fetish. The muscles along her hips and thighs trembled as lust burned through them, and she made a conscious effort to wag her tail behind her, just to feel it rubbing across the reindeer's tight back, drinking in every sensation she could.

Kate began to whimper lustily with each thrust, her hot breath washing down over her stomach. Her brows furrowed as she focused her full attention on rubbing her body against the inflatable, getting and quicker, her muscles only just now starting to burn as she worked up to a steady, hard, fast pace. If nothing else, she was fit enough to fuck something good and hard.

Her whimpering became short, eager gasps as she worked herself closer and closer to orgasm, swiveling her hips to massage every inch of her slit with the vinyl. The sound filled her ears alongside the sound of the inflatable creaking beneath her slender weight. Opening her eyes, she looked down at her hips, watching as they mechanically rubbed back and forth, letting the pleasure of each thrust swell through her entire stomach.

Arching her head backwards, the wolf set her sights on the inflatable neck bobbing in front of her. With a deliciously evil grin, she opened her jaws wide. Her glistening, wet fangs bit into the vinyl hard, partway down the neck's length. Closing her eyes again, Kate rocked against it viciously, biting deep and hard as she pummelled the vinyl with her hips.

Kate's right paw slid down to the ground, bracing the wolf as she pinned the inflatable in place and fucked it as hard as she could. They rose and thudded back down into it with enough force for her to feel it pulsing through the vinyl clamped in her jaws. Her breathing snarled in and out, her hips weaving from side to side, stroking her pussy from every angle possible with the squeaking, wet inflatable. The Alpha bit down on it as hard as she could, sinking her fangs deep into the vinyl until the muscles in her jaws trembled.

Knowing she was pushing her luck, but unable to stop herself, Kate hurried reached up with her right paw, slapped it down on the deer's snout and roughly twanged it. The resonant thump practically had her howling into the inflatable. She felt it ripple through every inch of her slender body, from the rumbling shock in her jaws to the dull vibration massaging her ass. The wolf did it again, her tail a flurry behind her as the inflatable squealed its protest at the abuse. The third time she did it, though, her entire body froze up as she came all over her toy. A loud, long growl blasted into its neck as she rode out her second lengthy orgasm, practically spraying her cum across its sleek skin. Every muscle in her body stood taut, burning from the intensity as her inner tunnel pulsated with surprising force, even for her. Her hips twitched into the column of air, her breath burning in her throat as the orgasm set her entire body on fire.

Opening her now aching jaws, Kate released the vinyl and took a long, unsteady, gasped breath. Her rapidly beating heart made it hard to fill her lungs with air, but as her twitching hips rode out her climax, the Alpha let out a soft whimper. Again, she let her muscles finally unwind as the fire of her orgasm drained away, leaving behind a pleasant tingling throughout her hips. Her muscles burned, but that was nothing new for her and the wolf couldn't help comparing it to how she normally felt after a great exercise. Better that comparison than any of her romps with Humphrey, though. While she loved her mate dearly, he did somewhat lack her stamina in the sack.

Kate hummed low in her throat as she leaned forward to dizzily nuzzle into the inflatable's neck, her dazed mind still reeling from her incredible orgasms. Releasing a long, deep sigh, she slumped into the reindeer and let it effortlessly take her weight.

It felt good to relax after all the work it had taken to get her over that last edge, and her breathing slowly became deeper and more regular, her heart slowing to its usual, solid pace. She contented herself with nuzzling deeper into the reindeer's skin in place of all the kisses she'd given it the first time, too tired to repeat the courtesy, despite the new marks she'd left in the vinyl with her claws.

Sleepily, Kate forced herself to slowly cock a hind leg, wincing as her muscles stung in protest, and lift it back over the inflatable's shoulders. Rolling unsteadily back to her feet, the wolf blearily opened her eyes. Reaching out a paw, she slid it under the bovine's stomach and helped the reindeer back to its hooves. She'd expected it to sag, if only a little, after all the bouncing she'd put it through, but its skin still felt reasonably tight to the touch and it took minimal effort to get it back to its full, majestic height.

The vinyl was bouncy, but it seemed like it could retain its shape better than she ever would have expected or could have reasonably hoped for. The realization made her smile adoringly in the gentlest way; a smile she normally reserved for her mate after their most intimate moments.

Sluggishly, she reared up onto her hind legs, thumped her paws down on its rump and lay on it as hard as she could to make its rear legs buckle like they had the first time. It took a lot more effort now that she was exhausted, but after a second, its stomach scratched against the floor all the same. Kate half assed swinging a hind leg back over it and flopped onto the taut vinyl with a sigh. This time, she planted her hind legs on the ground and lifted herself off it just enough to give the inflatable room to unfold squeakily under her. She lifted her restricting forepaws off its back and the reindeer rose to thud into her stomach. As its legs unfolded with a series of rough squeals, it easily hauled her off the cave floor and back into the air, rising back to its full, natural height without any apparent effort.

Kate slowly wrapped her forelegs around the inflatable's thick neck, happy to let her hind legs dangle to either side of its body. Opening her mouth, the Alpha let out an expansive yawn that trailed off into a soft squeak before she let her eyes drift shut. Satisfied, she snuggled into its back between its broad shoulders, he nostrils filled with her own scent, her fur bathed in the warm liquid. Her sides expanded and fell slowly, the vinyl creaking tightly as she sank into its soft skin with each exhale. Laying her head against the smooth, taut vinyl, her breathing deepened as she drifted towards sleep.

Cracking an eye, she peered towards the entrance to her cave, where the sun had yet to reach its zenith. Outside, she could hear the birds chirping and the breeze rustling the leaves of nearby trees, a suitable melody to lull her to sleep. Kate knew Humphrey wouldn't be back for another few hours, at the very least. In fact, he'd be lucky to make it home by nightfall if he got caught up in some idiotic adventure with his friends, if his past performance was anything to go by.

That gave Kate more than enough time to grab a quick nap with her new toy. It wouldn't be every day, after all, that she'd be able to blow up the reindeer and she wanted to make as much use of it as she could. Smirking, she closed her eyes, rubbed her cheek adoringly against the inflatable and exhaled a deep, relaxed sigh. A minute later, the Alpha was fast asleep on its back.