Illia found herself entering the basement of the inn, thinking about the past couple of days since she was inducted into the Swarm by her new master. Her master had spent most of the first day here building her nest. On the second day she had made Illia bring the maids down, one by one so that she could induct them into the Swarm. Which was another thing Illia was now trying to get used to, the fact she could hear the thoughts of every maid in the inn. Reaching the bottom of the stairs, she turned toward the storeroom turned nest and passed the new structures that marked the beginning of the nest. Entering the nest proper she looked around, special secretions had converted the material she helped move into the room into the structures that made up the nest. Ari was resting in a structure, near the clutch of mature eggs, watching them while one of the maids was sitting in her lap allowing herself to be fed on.

Illia approached the eggs, watching them and listening to the sound coming from within. Today was an important day for the swarm, for Ari’s first clutch of eggs was about to hatch. Illia wasn’t sure what to think about this, but her thoughts didn’t matter since Ari could control her with a thought. She had just reached the clutch when she heard cracking looking at the clutch one of the smaller eggs was breaking, as the shell cracked open a drone squirmed out. It was far from fully grown, its wings not yet formed and it armored carapace still soft. Dozens more broke from their eggs and squirmed towards the maid Ari had just released. These drones were weak, and their thoughts basic but Illia could hear them and watched them attach to the maid to begin feeding for the first time. Ari had only been feeding on the maid for an hour so her blood was still rich in nutrients. Which was good for the immature drones which needed to feed.

Then the four larger eggs began to crack and open, these were the infiltrators. As each opened it revealed the naked form of a young girl no more than four or five. This wasn’t surprising since they were not yet mature. Each drone would only take about a day to reach maturity, but the infiltrators would take longer, about two weeks. Illia smiled letting the four approach, guiding them to bite her and let them feed for the first time. As they were feeding she looked around the nest and the other clutches that were not yet ready to hatch. Only two of the other clutches contained drones, since the swarm wouldn’t need more than three clutches worth for a while. Most of the drones would spend their time, building the nest and digging tunnels under the town.

After awhile the newly born swarm finished feeding and separated from her just as Ari sat down next to her. She looked over at Ari, sensing Ari wanted something. Noting how Ari had changed over the past couple of days, her appearance becoming more human-like as her carapace became covered with a false skin, to make her appear more human.

“Do you need something, master?” asked Illia.

“Your parents are returning tonight, correct?” asked Ari.

“Yes master, mom and dad should be back tonight,” replied Illia.

“Good, when they arrive bring them to me, I would like to meet them,” replied Ari.

“Yes master it will be done,” said Illia sensing she was now dismissed from the chamber. Making sure her clothing was alright she headed up, just as another maid came in, summoned by Ari. The rest of her day was mostly normal, a couple of young men hit on her during the day, but she rejected them. Just not for the same reason she would have before she became part of the Swarm, her reasons this time were more primal. They were weak and stupid, which to the Swarm meant they would yield bad progeny. Near sundown her parents came in via the front door, she smiled and said hello. She also found herself immediately aware that her mother was pregnant, due to her enhanced senses.

“Hi, mom, dad, how was your trip?” said Illia as she began releasing the Swarm pheromones that she could produce thanks to the changes in her body.

“Wonderful, thanks Illia we really needed that vacation. So how is the inn doing? Anything happen while we were gone?” asked her father.

“Glad to hear it. The inn is doing fine, we saw a few more visitors than normal over the week, but no more complaints than usual. There is something I would like to show you, however,” replied Illia.

“Oh, what do you want to show me?” asked her father.

“That's a surprise, but it's this way in the storeroom,” said Illia as she signaled her parents to follow her and headed for the basement entrance. Her father was a bit disappointed she just didn’t tell him and grumbled about it, but followed her to the basement and down the steps. Ari met them at the base of the steps, the basement was thick with pheromones and the moment Ari saw her parents she linked with their minds. Ari first approached her mother, Illia stood to the side watching having seen the ritual several times before and experienced it herself, it was nothing new.

“Take those off and let me get a look at you,” said Ari as she inspected Illia’s mother who complied with the demand and stripped. Revealing a body that was much like Illia’s but older and more mature. She was a little taller than Illia with a slightly smaller bust. Her skin was the same tan as Illia and her muscles toned. Long red hair framed her face, with cute light blue eyes. Ari smiled as she examined her mother, finding the woman to be just as healthy and superior a specimen as the daughter. Then she pulled the woman into a hug and bit her at the nape of the neck injecting her with a neurocite, but unlike with Illia she didn’t stay attached and feed, but separated once the neurocite was in the woman’s bloodstream and moved to her father.

Ari examined him for a moment before, asking him to strip. He was a muscular man, slightly below average in height. Sturdy and well built, his skin was tan. He had short reddish-brown hair, and of great import to the swarm he was healthy. Ari approached using a hand to stroke his penis, which rapidly grew hard revealing its size and girth. He would be very useful to Ari, seeding the females of the swarm. So she leaned in and bit him on the nape of the neck injecting him with a neurocite. Once he had a neurocite, she called a pair of maids and led Illia into a neighboring room.