They Are Asked To Return To Ithaca For A Fortnight.

Laertes, Azariah, Amrynn, and a couple other siblings gathered around their oldest sister and her newly betrothed mate.

Azariah, gave the family heirloom, a wedding ring to Nathan to slip onto the and of her daughter.

Amrynn, failed at hiding his jealousy form anyone, let alone Nathan. “This is absurd, marrying Euphemia off to a human just to solidify an alliance? What about what Effie wants.?. What about what the citizens want.?. You expect us to just ignore all our history with humans of this planet? How could they really be any different?”

Both Azariah and Laertes understood their children better than they thought. She turned her gaze at her daughter again and smiled warmly, “Yes this is more important, what do you want Effie?”

Euphemia was still dazed at all apparently playing political musical chairs and announcement of her own betrothal. The latter failed to upset her at all, though she knew it should… at least she thought it should.

Nathan being the man Euphemia is betrothed to quicken her heart in ways she never imagined it could with any male. Still it is a rather large leap of faith but she has spent over a century following her heart instead of her head or emotions and hormones. There is absent any reason to stop now.

She twisted in his grasp with a giggle of delight and launches herself up and drapes her arms around him while locking lips.

Laertes smirks, “Yes that is what I expected. I grant you, it may have taken longer if we left it up to those two. Unfortunately for you, Amrynn, your childish antics of looking up Effie’s skirt did very little to endear you to her as anything other than her perverted brother.

“Now since Amrynn is the one to object now in private, instead of publicly when it mattered; You will tell your mother and I, of any dissenting opinions with our neighbors and fellow citizens.”

Eyeing Nathan and his unspoken question, “We respect their Divine right to speak freely, but this is too important for us to ignore the possibility of trouble makers spurring citizens to violent disobedience.”

Nathan decided being quiet was the wisest course of action, since he was already locking lips with Euphemia. Well as quiet as he can be while kissing an ethereally beautiful nymph in his arms. Her tight ass held firmly in his grip pressing her abdomen against his baby bat.

Seemingly this is a father-son dialogue that had been broached before. Because Amrynn behaved like a son who had been told this would happen and thus had very little to refute it. Of course, few relish being told ‘I told you so’.

Azariah tapped on her daughter’s shoulder, much to Euphemia’s chagrin she half-way disengaged from Nathan and looked over her shoulder. “I am grateful you are happy dear but this is important. The citizens needs to time to acclimate to our proclamation, and this Lady Ellaya seems to be taking it upon herself to find a mate from the Star People’s clan as well.

“I want Nathan and you to head to his home in Ithaca and make a very good impression. Lady Ellaya will accompanying you and I imagine her orders are the same. After a fortnight bring your husband home and we will conduct a marriage ritual. Hopefully a fortnight is all Nathan’s people need to make their initial changes.”

As Nathan was charged with being the head of a diplomatic mission. Everything he said was officially accepted. He wondered how this marriage will change the situation. He also wondered if he should help court Lady Ellaya for Commander Romo.

Success would improve the Commander’s opinion of the new gravity of this alliance. Our orders were simply to establish a working relationship. You had went well beyond that but that was hardly your intent.

Their reaction to your team’s arrival basically tied your hands to two options. A.) refuse, and most likely grievously insult Euphemia and her family and likely fatally sever any chance of a working relationship. Or b.) Accept the wonderstrukk windfall. You chose the latter, despite the chance you may have with Olivia.