The Aftermath of the Battle with Demons: Bryce is Formally Greeted by Cielina.

The next few days were painstakingly hard, as all of the dead were accounted for, and gathered at Phebis' Eastern Gate. In all, you find that at least 500 of your soldiers were killed, and half of your expedition suffered battle wounds. For Cielina and her Amazons, only half of the original expedition that came to Phebis survived. For Phebis, three of their farming and fishing villages were wiped out, and half of their militia were wiped out in their attempt to protect the city and push the Amazons back. Perhaps the silver lining for Phebis was that they were spared the task of assisting your army and the Amazons, for they could have lost all of their remaining soldiers, given just how powerful a demonic army is, without advanced knowledge of how to beat them back.

So while all the bodies of dead Itherians are prepared for a return trip home, for a proper burial, as all of the bodies of the slain Amazon women have been cremated by now, you start to go over possible terms of a peace treaty between your kingdom and Phebis, and the Amazons of Thessia. As you look out a window inside the Phebian keep, watching the last of the cremation fires burn out in the distance, you hear someone knocking on the door, turning around to face it.

"Come in." You call out.

You watch the door open to see Queen Cielina of the Thessian Amazons come in, having been granted access under close supervision. Watching her close and lock the door behind her, you see her recently cleaned and purified crown on her head, making her golden blonde locks fall fairly tightly down her back. You can still see some sadness in her lilac purple eyes, still mourning over the loss of her sisters-in-arms. Otherwise, you see her in some sort of sleeveless dress that is consistent with her culture, if any normal folk in Motania can call it that. The fabric is thin and somewhat sheer, allowing you to see a bikini-like two-piece made from the skin of an island jaguar, right through the fabric. A golden chain forms her belt, with a piece of silver at the center, engraved with the crest of her tribe. Slits on both sides of the dress allow free movement of her legs, as you can see the leather straps of her sandals that go all the way up to just below her knees. There are no weapons on her at this time, although it's a safe bet that she is strong enough to break a man with her bare hands, including you.

"I hope you do not mind me coming in at this time." Cielina tells you, speaking softly. "I am still trying to comprehend how such a creature can take me and my sisterly lifemate, Maricara, so easily. Are they common this far north?"

"Demons have always tried to take the mortal realms for themselves, since the beginning of time." You tell her. "Those creatures we slew near the volcano are called succubus. They can take the life energies of their victims, and use it to morph into an exact copy of you."

"I...I noticed that." Cielina tells you, her voice cracking some. "I...I....I watched...as that succubus cut her claw across the throat of my beloved Maricara, watched her eyes look at me before they closed forever. I watched that other creature enter through some kind of portal, then I...I was sucked into that crystal-like prison!"

"You were kept inside a small gem." You tell her. "Vessa, my court mage--or magician--says the succubus may have designed it to sap your life energies away slowly. Had I not freed you in the battlefield, you would have felt your life energies fade, before you die."

"My sisters said that coming this far north from our islands was dangerous." Cielina tells you, sighing. "I worked hard to convince them that high rewards come with high risks. My sisters have raided so many trade ships that come too close to our islands, that they began to sail further away from us."

"How did you learn about Motania?" You ask her.

"From my third raid on a merchant ship." She replies. "The men said that they were from a distant domain called...Al-Anashab. They were carrying strange artifacts and other things that we have not heard of before. We also found other women and little girls there, and found maps and letters that mentioned this land...Phebis."

"Did you find any navigational tools to help you?" You ask her. "All traders use them to navigate the open seas, especially at night."

"We did." Cielina replies. "There was even a strange book that had all kinds of numbers and words on them. It took me months to figure it out."

"An almanac." You tell her. "The cosmos are constantly shifting--at least that is what my court mage tells me. People compile them to track the trajectory and location of the stars up above, to assist in navigation, especially at night."

"I see." Cielina tells you. "When we first landed, I was awestruck by the sights of the walls and towers of Phebis, of the open fields being tended to, and seeing things we Amazons have never seen before. It is something that will be very valuable to my sisters, even if we cannot secure the things we came this far north for--goods, resources, luxuries, and young, virgin men."

"And what of you, Cielina?" You ask her. "Will you be taking a particular man back to your home islands?"

"I may," she replies, "or I may not. But what is important for me, is to start producing daughters as early as I can. What I experienced with coming up here, only makes it more important. You see, while my tribe is one of the largest among my sisters, I do have rivals on the islands. Some of them have feuded with my tribe for generations, and my mother was the first to start working on unifying smaller, weaker tribes together, to strengthen my sisters up. Like you, I have only reigned for a short amount of time, just barely of age when my mother died so suddenly."

"How did you learn about my own reign, Cielina?" You ask her.

"Your general, Garrett, told me about it." She replies, smiling. "You have a need to breed, and I have a need to breed. You also saved my life, and helped me avenge my sisters, including my lifemate."

"So you need a man and a woman?" You ask her.

"It is not uncommon for us Amazons to have another woman as a lifemate, Bryce." Cielina tells you. "It allows us to share a common man for breeding, when they are scarce. Maricara and I formed a strong bond together, long before we were of age. Even if she survived, I am still in need of a man to mate with."

You watch as Cielina boldly steps forward, and takes your hands in her own. You can feel the strength in her grip, yet some of the feminine touch in her hands. Her eyes meet yours, letting you see them soften, then light up with desire. Then she steps forward again, so that she can wrap her arms around your neck, letting you smell the light scent of her perfumed bath.

"The servants here say that it is not unusual for high-class women to put scented oils in their baths," Cielina tells you, speaking in a tone that is full of desire, "so I gave it a try tonight. I came to one conclusion while I was in the bath."

"What did you conclude, Cielina?" You ask her.

"My conclusion, Bryce," Cielina tells you, speaking softly, "is that I want you with me, at least for the night. After all, I am the same age as you are, so no man has yet to bed with me. And now I can think of no other man to be the first to share a bed, or at least the bed rolls with, than with you."

You feel a cool breeze enter the room, bringing the stench of burning corpses along with the salty smell of the seas. In virtually one, fluid motion, you and Cielina close the shutters, and lock it up. Then you lock lips with her, making her melt almost immediately, as she willingly returns the deep kiss. She pulls you close to her body, as she unleashes her desires for you in her kiss. After awhile, she breaks it gently, and takes a few steps back, breathing heavily. You feel her hands start to work on undressing you, working to removing your clothes piece-by-piece, until you are nude. She smiles when she sees the growing erection of your manhood, as she reaches down to unbuckle her belt, and slip it off of her waist. Then she reaches up to the back of her neck, pushing her hair back to untie her dress, letting the thin fabric fall to the floor. Cielina steps out of the pool of fabric, and turns around, while she grabs her hair, and pulls it over her shoulders, letting you see the two ties to her bikini top.

"Help me, Bryce, please?" Cielina tells you.

You move forward and untie the bikini top, as she grabs the undone top, holding it over her breasts. Then you stoop down, grabbing the sides of her bikini, and push it down her legs slowly. Once it's on the floor, you reach up her legs, and work to untie her sandals. When it is done, and she steps to one side, she waits for you to stand up, before she turns around. Cielina now drops the top, letting you see her own nudity. Her full, large breasts are capped with a pair of large, rose-colored nipples, with areolae the size of a coin. A trimmed patch of golden blonde hair can be seen on her pelvis. She props a foot on the window sill, so that she can show you her petals that are already wet. She parts them open, letting you see how tight she could be for your shaft.

"Bryce," Cielina tells you, "let us mate together, please."