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Several seconds passed, and the change ended.
Yubelluna fell to her knees once more, breathing heavily.
I knelt down next to her and pulled her dress back up to her shoulders. I had no idea where the fastener was, and I wasn't going to go digging around for it, so while she was covered, there was now a rather noticeable
'V' shape in the front of her dress. I tried not to look, but hormonal, teenage devil bodies were specifically designed to combat restraint.
"How do you feel?" I asked, as I helped her to her feet.
When she looked up at me, there were tears in her eyes. I was beginning to think something had gone wrong when she smiled and said, "Thank you."
I smiled back. "Come, my queen. Let's go home."
With a few parting orders to Clarissa to make sure she fixed the yard to be spotless – I wasn't going to leave it destroyed with Yubelluna in my peerage as it would only let others know just how powerful my queen was – as well as to 'request' whoever was harassing Yubelluna's family to back off,
I cast a teleportation ritual and transported Yubelluna and myself back to the Phenex estate.
Mother and father were waiting in the hall with Ruval and Ravel when the two of us arrived.
"So, son, what did you find during your trip?" father said. His eyes drifted to Yubelluna. "And who is this?"
"This is Yubelluna. She's my queen." I answered, causing all eyes to shoot to Yubelluna.
Yubelluna herself froze under all the attention, her breathing growing erratic as four separate Phenexes studied her.
Ruval and Ravel with curiosity, father and mother with disapproval bordering on contempt.
That wasn't good.
"Your queen?" Ruval asked, taking Yubelluna in. "I don't believe you would be one to waste your queen piece, little brother."
Ruval approached Yubelluna and said, "Tell me, what made my brother so interested in you?"
Yubelluna looked at me with wide, frightened eyes, but I just nodded towards my brother. If she was to be my queen, she couldn't defer to me in something as simple as a family meeting.
With her hands clasped tight in front of her, Yubelluna said, "I….um….I make things explode, my lord."
There was a solid five seconds of silence before loud boisterous laughter echoed through the hall.
All eyes turned towards Ruval who was wiping a tear from his eye. "That would do it. My brother has a certain fondness for explosions." Extending his hand, he said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Yubelluna. Feel free to call me Ruval."
"I really like your hair!" Ravel said in a bubbly voice, trotting up in front of Yubelluna. "What products do you use?"
With the tense atmosphere gone, Yubelluna began to relax.
Ravel and Ruval fussed about, trying to get her to spill her life story, but mother and father stood away from the rest of us, their eyes looking down upon me disapprovingly.
I was curious what they thought of the situation, but in the end, it didn't matter. I'd made my decision, and I didn't regret it.
Later that evening after Yubelluna had been thoroughly vetted by Ravel and Ruval, she sat with me in my room, her eyes wide as she took everything in.
"What do you think?" I asked as I sat down next to her.
Her eyes fell away from the over-opulent room to rest on me. "Am I dreaming?" she said, sounding more than a little scared.
I smiled. "No. You're not dreaming. This is real. You're my queen. And unless you grow dissatisfied here,
I will never trade you. Welcome home." Using a trick I'd been working on for a while, I conjured a small flame in my hand.
The flame condensed into a teardrop shape and solidified, falling into my palm. I held the resulting stone out to her.
Yubelluna reached out hesitantly and picked up the vibrant, orange stone fashioned from my fire.
"So long as you have that, I'll always be able to find you. You'll never have to worry about being alone again. Unless of course you don't want me to bug you, then drop it in a drawer for however long you need." I finished jokingly, but her eyes didn't stray from the stone in her grasp.
Fearing I'd overstepped or made her uncomfortable somehow, I said, "Yubelluna?"
Her eyes snapped up to me and a wide smile spread across her face. She launched herself towards me and wrapped me in a tight hug.
I was so shocked, I barely heard her whispered, "Thank you."
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Sighing, I closed the book in front of me and pushed it aside. It wasn't like I was reading it anyway, my mind was too focused on other things.
"Are you well, my lord?" Yubelluna asked from where she stood to the right of my desk, the stone I'd given her the day I made her my queen hanging from a black cord around her neck. She hadn't taken it off since she'd fashioned it into a necklace.
The necklace was not the only change to her wardrobe. In place of the torn rags she'd been wearing when I'd met her, she now wore a simple yet elegant purple and blue dress. Her hair had grown out and now hung below her shoulders.
I waved her concern away. "I'm fine, Yubelluna. I told you, you can go train if you want. I won't be doing anything for a while."
"My place is here, my lord." she said, unmoving.
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