Right after escaping the mob of reporters Mark closes the front door of the castle and leans against it breathing deeply as his mouth still has a bit of lipstick smear on it until he uses the sleeve on his polo to clean it up.

In front of him were the still blushing Uru & Alba as well as Inkwell who had the misfortune to be in the wrong spot when Mark went to sell his claims of living in the castle and turn left instead of right. Luckily the effect was pretty much the same and all the reporters present went nuts at his display of depravity.

"Well it's official, all of Canterlot would think I'm a pervert now." He stood up and went to see the poor stunned mare with a thousand yard look on her face. "Ms. Inkwell, there are no words...I'm extremely sorry, I got my directions mixed up, I swear I was meant to kiss Uru instead of..."

She stops him by placing a finger on his lips, "Ap, not another word sir." She seemed to recover, but his brief relief turned to fear when she started to smile and look at him with lustful eyes, "Other than answering me this, what happens next?" She giggles like a drunk as her hand ventures down and grabs his own before interlocking their fingers.

"Uhhhh, Ms. Inkwell?" Mark looks at her confused as he takes his hand away from hers.

"Hey no fair, I was suppose to get the kiss." Alba complained getting beside him, "But I'm willing to forgive you, if you give me one long, sloppy and prench apology kiss." He gulps when he sees the same eyes on the pegasus as she blocked his escape.

"If we are going off script here…" Uru joins from the other side, "May I join?"

Mark laughs nervously as they seem to get a more predatory look in eyes, "Ladies, ladies, remember that was just an act."

"Oh then let’s improvise, or better yet, let’s act something else, we are three thirsty amazons and you are the intrepid explorer wanting to venture into our bushes." Inkwell responds while licking her lips as Mark starts to back away, looking around for an escape until his eyes land on a window looking at the garden.

"Holy crap, is that Shining Armor doing squats without pants?!"

"WHERE?!" The mare's attention turns to the window immediately giving the human the opening to make his escape before they turn around.

Rushing to the third floor he hides behind a pillar entering a balcony as the 3 mares run past him giving him a chance to breathe once more.

"Their heat just arrived, didn't they?" Startled, he looked up to see Celestia leaning against the railing with a sympathetic look. Sighing in relief he nods and approach her.

"If not, I might had just awoken it." He confess as he stands besides her while she sighs and look forward.

"Don't blame yourself, there was no way of knowing that Ms. Inkwell heat arrived earlier, or that it will resulted in a chain reaction."

He laughed nervously briefly "So you saw it?"

"I did." She smiles and nods briefly "And even though accidental, I thought the whole ordeal was a bit comical, specially with both of your surprise reactions." She let go a small chuckle as Mark sighs and stares forward.

"I hope Ms. Inkwell thinks the same once she comes back to her senses."

"I'm sure she will, it’s not in her nature to hold grudges, and she knew full well that everything was mere theatrics." She turns to him with a smirk, "Unless of course you decided to took more liberties."

"No no no! Just a kiss in an out, I held her head to sell the idea, but that was all!" He quickly defended himself.

"Then you have nothing to be afraid of, and only need to apologize once she returns to her senses." Celestia reassures him trying to calm him down before they hear a loud alarm blaring all over the castle as thick yellow lines appear around the structure.

Understanding the meaning Mark looked down to see how the entirety of the male guard was vacating the castle, among the ponies he could see Gladius looking back and spotting each other.

He smiles and gives him a thumbs up which Mark copies, getting the message the griffin turns around and leaves with the rest of the guards to their assigned bunkers/command center/barracks.

"I never thought that one day, I would be standing on the other side of the wall." Mark mentioned in sorrow as he watched the unicorns on both sides prepare their spells and soon erect a massive marble wall that divided the castle with the outside world before shooting a beam of light from its roof that covered the structure in a dense golden bubble. "Always thought the shield was imposing and almost intimidating from the outside, but now that I'm here, it downright terrifying."

"And yet its a kindness, compare to what might happen if not put in place." Celestia closed her eyes and looked down as the alarm kept blaring, "I always hated that infernal alarm." She confesses with a tired sigh, "Hearing such an ominous and loud warning puts me on edge as I remember less peaceful times in the land. But I suppose it will take away its meaning if I were to replace it with something else."

Taking a glance at her, Mark could see a tear escaping her eyes. Feeling sorry for her he looks at her hand still holding the railing and after stealing his nerves a little decides to be bold and place his hand on top of her palm.

The action didn't escape the princess who was startled and looked at her hand holding her tight before looking at the mayor who kept looking forward trying his best to act neutral yet the heat on his cheek was a dead give away.

"Don't worry Celly," He turns to her and offer a calm smile, "you can count on me to drive all those memories away."

Smiling in content she relaxes and even giggles a bit at how adorable he looked at the moment. "My hero." She tightened the hold in their hands.

Neither of them say a word and simply stare at each other's eyes until he feels and then sees the hand of Celestia starting to shake, which he knew what it meant.

Breaking the hold Celestia suddenly takes out a silver bracelet from her dress. It had some equestria symbols on it, including the elements of harmony from before Twilight and her sun and moon, "I was on my way to your room to give you these but decided to take a moment to see the sky before the shield was placed, so your arrival kind of saved me a trip." She extended the item to him, "A enchanted relic that would let you blend with your surroundings as long as you remain still. Though it might come in handy for the week."

"What? No Celly, I can't, this is probably one of the crows' treasures… I can't possibly..."

"Please just take it!" She virtually begged with tears starting to form at the edge of her eyes and forcing the bracelet into his arms, her body starting to shake uncontrollably, "Mark, I don't want you to see me turn into a deviant. This infernal heat, what it does to me. To Luna. Each year we lock ourselves in our rooms fearing what might happen if we venture outside. Neither of us want to hurt you, but with our minds so clouded, I don't know what we could be capable of doing if we see you. So please, PLEASE! After tonight, try to stay in your room as much as possible, to Tartarus with the release corps! It is not worth it if you end in emergencies or worse. And if you still want to fulfil your duties then...at the very least. Stay away from our rooms. Please…"

Mark was left speechless by her actions and once more was unable to refuse once she stared at him with those violet kind eyes.

"Okay." He nods and grabs the hand and put the bracelet on, "I can't promise you to stay away. Even if forced I made a promise, and lifted the hopes of all the mares here in the castle. I can't take that away now. But I can promise two things. One, I will exploit this fully." He lifts the bracelet, "And two I will put into practice everything I know from the release corps." He smiles confidently at her, "Don't underestimate us Celestia. We might not be the royal guard, but we too have our tricks."

He pushes her away lightly and they smile as she nods, "I suppose it will have to do, but if things start to get too dangerous or you get injured don't you dare play the hero. You take medical attention immediately and stay in your room, am I clear?" She gives him a stern look letting him know that she is not taking no for an answer.

Weird, normally I should be scared of that glare, why did it suddenly get adorable? "Crystal." He reply with neutrality trying not to smile as to anger her more, and bring their hands together.

The princess was slowly starting to calm down, "Thank you."

"Oh and speaking of my training and just in case this is the last time I can see you while still rational." Suddenly Mark shocks her with a kiss on the lips that left her cold, as it lasted. It wasn't lustful, forced or primal. It was by all intents and purposes just a simple kiss, yet the action was putting her mind into overdrive, with half of her wanting the kiss to never end while the other was screaming at her to just pin him against a wall and have her way with him.

Time seems to have stop for as long as the kiss lasted until Mark pulled away to allow her to think again as she remained perfectly still.

"Why?" She managed to whisper, shaking like a leaf as he looked at her with a stern face.

"Because you were in withdraw Celestia, don't try to deny. Don't even think you can fool a member of the release corps. We know the signs, and yours couldn't be more obvious." He reprimand her while she remained stoic. Smiling he nods once, "Trust me, with your mind in that state you needed my help and I knew exactly how. We call it micro releases, small intimated stimulates to relief your body and keep you in control, in some cases, it even makes the pain more tolerable. A periodic dose and you are good as rain, pretty cool right? And just in the nick of time too. I heard stories of mares holding those urges for too long, ending up going through hell each time they wanted to pee." He shivers at the memory of said stories.

"So, don't think too much about it and just consider this your dose of vitamin M." He patted her shoulders and prepared to leave.

"To be continued." He tells out of the blue before marching away.

Leaving, Celestia starts to ride off the shock and realized that was holding something between her hands, opening them up, the content make her raised an eyebrow before her eyes wide a moment and she turns around only to see that she was alone once more, looking at the object again she puts it on her pocket and exit the balcony

"W-wait! Mark, h-how often do you give the doses? I'm a big mare, might need a second! No, I KNOW I need more. Mark? MARK! Come back here!" She chases after him through the hallway ignoring how said human stepped out from behind the pillar. The bracelet is doing its job just fine.

That will do the trick for now. I'm sorry Celly, we need to talk but, it will not be like this. Not while we have so many things in our minds at the moment.

He sighs in sorrow as he marches in the opposite direction, eyeing the artifact Celestia gave him and starts to think. This is gonna be one long week...But that doesn't mean I can't try to keep them from losing their minds completely and away from the gutter even if briefly. Time for my training to be put into action. He smiles in determination deciding, to not let his predicament bring him down, as he goes to his room and changes clothes.

That night, things at the dining room were beyond tense. As both princesses were eating silently while edging the empty seat in between the two.

"So you are hell bent on not telling me, why exactly Mark is avoiding us?"

"It...complicated," Celestia responded, putting a hand over her face and looking away. The memory of the kiss, still fresh in her memory and more surprisingly how Mark was right, her urges were still present but thanks to his actions the impulse wasn't screaming at her ear and the pain in between her legs had lessened considerably, like they just threw big buckets of water on a burning house. The fire was still there but was smaller and it wasn't spreading.

"And if I'm sincere I don't exactly blame him for avoiding us. I told him to do so during this week"

"Tia!" She slammed the table in anger.

"It is for the best and you know it Luna! You know how crazy a normal mare could get during heat week. I dread to imagine what we could be capable of, with all of our might out of control.

Before we were safe by surrounding ourselves with nothing but female guards, but this is our first time a stallion would be at arms reach of us. Only the old gods know what that could make us do."

Luna can't rebuttal and just sighs while playing with her food in shame, "It still doesn't make it less hurtful. It makes us look like at any second we could turn into mindless monsters that can only think of copulation."

"I know Luna, I hate it too, but for the sake of our friend this is the only way. I rather he fear us for a week over fear us for life."

"I would never fear you guys."

Both princesses were startled when they heard his voice and turn around only to find Inkwell with messy clothes and a satisfied face, holding a scroll up in the air as Mark was in video call. "Okay, that came out wrong and easy to miss interpretation. What I mean to say is I would never consider you monsters. Yeah that is better."

"MARK!" The alabaster alicorn rushes to the phone and grabs it as she summons a chair for Inkwell to rest before looking at the human next to Luna. Said human startled by the sudden outburst. "Where in Equestria are you?! After you left I couldn't find you anywhere!” Celestia asks immediately, before noticing how he was dressed in full on black and blue with dark blue bandages, a face mask and bandana, completing the disguise. "And why are you disguised as some sort of ninja?"

"Listen to me young Mark, forget anything my dumb sister told you earleir" Luna continued, earning a glare from Celestia, "While we undergo the same changes any mare experience during heat, we aren't mindless beast jumping anything that moves. We can still talk, please. I like making dishes for everyone, come back."

"I'm sorry girls. Nothing would make me happier than being there with you, honest." He lifted his open palm into the air, "But exaggeration or not, Celestia was right, Canterlot castle is the most dangerous place to be during heat week, not only for you. But the guards as well. That is why I must stay hidden for a bit. But that doesn't mean we can't still talk, and even make a game out of this situation." He pulled the mask down so they could see him smiling.

The sisters look at each other confused before turning to him. "A game?" Celestia raises an eyebrow as he nods.

"Are you familiar with treasure hunts and escape rooms games?"

"Sure, me and Tia used to go play there from time to time. It is a great team building exercise." Luna responded.

"Well this is similar, except this is more like a type of approach to what we in the corps refer as a "Roasting Hive", basically a building full with violent heat induced mares. Which is what the castle is right now. You don't even need to do anything, Ms. Inkwell and my escort guards were kind enough to help me set everything up." He move the camera and the princess are surprise to see both Uru and Alba soaking in sweat with content smiles on their faces as they lay in bed naked with the lower part of their bodies cover by a blanket.

"And as you can see, I also made sure to take responsibility by my actions earlier" Mark smile and turn the camera back at him.

The siblings finally notice Inkwell in a similar state than the guards as she needs to sit down and pant heavily. Making them realize what exactly happened to her. "So what do you say? Interested?" He asks them with a smirk, as Celestia was still unsure and looked away while Luna seemed more intrigued.

"How do we play?" Looking at her sibling in shock Celestia can’t believe what she is saying.

"That is the spirit! Ok, first things first. Ms. Inkwell if you please." Nodding the unicorn pulls out from her shirt 2 pieces of paper with an unknown number. "To start the game you will have to put that number in your scroll title, "The Peek and Poke game." At its core this will be a simple hide and seek game, with some changes here and there. One that I already inform the rest of the staff in case they want to play and give a number to put in their phones so I can give them instructions. I put a series of traps all over the castle and somewhere in here I'm hiding. Each day I will post clues telling where I'm for the next 24 hours. The goal is pretty straight forward: Solve the puzzle to reach the place, manage to avoid my traps and catch me. If you win, I surrender and try to please your urges for one whole day, regardless of it alone or an orgy. Winners makes the demands."

That fills them with dread, "Mark no! If the guards catch you!"

He stops them by raising a hand, "I'm aware of the risk, trust me. It will not make it easier for them, and even if caught. I'm prepared, both how to deal with that." He showed them the bracelet, "And how to make my escape. And that is IF they catch me."

He smirks in confidence at them, "That is how you win anyway, but for me. Well I will also be on the hunt of you and if I succeed, then it is straight to horny jail for my victims."

"Horny jail?" They both ask confused.

"Oh, you’ll see, just so you get an idea. I didn't touch Inkwell or the guards...well kind of, but...the point is. I didn't exactly used my hips to leave them like that."

They look at Inkwell again as she nods weakly, "That’s right, I think you are starting to get it, the "winners demand", system works both ways, I lose, you call the shoots, YOU lose and you are mine."

Their fur crisp a little and their wings ruffled, "High risk high reward basically. And you don't need to play, if you choose you can just stay in your room, and we can just talk throw our scrolls." He sighs in pity. "I just hope that is not the case."

He looked at both in sorrow, "I am growing fondly of your cooking Luna, you’re a natural. It almost makes me not care if you decided to. Oh, I don't know, used me as a plate or maybe the other way around." Her eyes widen and she blushed profusely.

"And Celestia, oh sweet dear Celly. It broke my heart seeing you struggle with so much pain this morning. God this is so wrong on so many levels, but for some reason, I just can't help but feel attracted to the flame." It was Celestia turn to blush.

"But before you mark me as a pervert, lets be honest here people, you two are virtual supermodels and I'm not made of stone, plus this is purely to help with the pain and you can just say no and simply stay in your rooms." He moves toward a window, "With that out of the way, there is only one more thing to say, but before that. I need to tell you, Luna."

He lifts a bowl of soup and finishes the little content that was left behind, "Your mushroom soup was delicious!" The call ended right there.

Realizing he was in the kitchen both princesses teleport there as he leans against the open window as he salutes bringing his index and middle finger to his forehead before jumping.

"NO!" In horror the sisters run after and take flight to grab him only to find a dummy scarecrow dressed as him, with a motor arm to make the salute motion, plus a note on its torso saying; 'Wanna Play?'

Startled, they look at the kitchen where a table lies, the now empty bowl and the front doors opening and closing briefly.

"How did he do it?" Luna asks, perplexed.

"By the stars, he really HAS tricks."

Later that evening Mark entered a random guest room where Alba and Uru were still resting as he picked a bag of dildos, lubes and other sex toys.

"Nice job you two, I knew the guards had their relief toys somewhere." He chatted with the still sleeping mares. Looking at a device on his wrist he pushes some buttons on it and soon the mares sigh in relief as a small buzz coming from underneath the sheets stops. Walking to the bed he is careful not to wake them and remove a wet pink ball from their nethers.

"Don't get greedy either ladies, this is for the game." He chuckled and proceeded to remove Uru's but the zebra by impulse tried to grab him. Thinking it over, Mark smirks and lets go of the bag and starts playing with her nipples as he gives her a slow kiss which she moans and leans forward in approval. With a pop, he goes down in a trail of kisses until he starts sucking on her right tit while playing with her left with one hand and the other ventures into her crotch.

Moaning in her sleep, Mark increases the pressure and goes faster until her back arches and with a loud moan, she cums, giving him a nice drink and the vibrator that just popped out of her body.

Alba doesn't seem to notice and the two continue to sleep.

"Sleep well my strong angels." He whispers and kisses their foreheads before cleaning the toys, his hands and his mouth before leaving with his erotic loot, putting the mask back on.

Author's Note

Editor Wanted.

My previous editor, will be busy for while so at the time if anyone wishes to help with cleaning a little future chapters, send me a PM. Thanks