Author's Note: It has been a long time since I posted and updated this story and for that I apologize. I have been back to writing and have 3 new chapters that I am posting (8-10) but I need to give a STRONG warning right now. I have waited so long to post again as I have been trying to get an editor to work with me. After 3 months and still no success I am just saying F it and posting what I have now and when the opportunity comes I will update and post any changes that have been made. This may be simple editing or it may be major changes to the chapters, at this point I simply can't say. So, as you read this realized that I was the only one to edit it and I am not a good editor, and only a so-so author. So please keep comments and criticism to minimum when it comes to errors and things like that. In an effort to make sure my readers get new content I am posting it AS IS SO PLEASE BE WARNED.
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Several weeks later...
It was all coming together. It had been a hectic past few weeks. First Dante's order of stones came in and then shortly following those were his orders from the courier service. That had allowed Dante to begin fabricating new designing the rest of what he needed for this round of his projects. He still had several outstanding projects left to work on but getting geared up and trained and getting Eve operational was all of his focus now.
His and Lily's armor had been delivered the week before along with Lily's weapons and shortly before those they had received their orders from the enchanters. Lily and Dante along with Fenrir and Alunra had gotten their clocks and Astrid and Bryn had gotten theirs. Astrid would distribute the remaining items for the Pack and the Hellhounds in a gift box she was putting together for the Pack from Dante and Lily filled with gear and items and even food and drink from Avalon to his Pack.
She was building larger ones but with more generic items in ones going to all of the new Guardian's Councils that had been created. So far there were 12 Guardians Councils around the world and the census had been completed and the basics structures created that had started with the North American Guardians Council. Their new and currently hidden lycan nation consisted of far more than had first ever been guessed at when Dante was first learning his heritage in the O'Connor Pack. There were just over 2 Million Lycans on Earth. Many groups, some quite large, had been found all over the globe. Some hid in the wilds and lived very simply, while others hid in the masses of humanity and blended in. There was a large population in China and the surrounding countries, Japan had a surprisingly large number as well, Africa was represented well, and all over Europe. There was also South America. The Middle East was a no go, too much continued conflict and war drove them out long ago. The Polar regions were thought to have a few small dens and roving Packs but the regions were so remote and generally unexplored that no one knew for certain. If they did make contact one day they'd bring them in.
The gift boxes were all getting assembled and getting ready to go out, but it was having to be done in stages due to the quantity and sizes. The elven courier service wasn't designed to handle this just yet. Astrid had spoken to Lobelia and changes were being made and more resources allocated. They had talked about how this especially early on would become a very viable source of income and service for both of their nations and plans were in the works from both the Lycans and Elves to capitalize on this. That was part of the reason for the gift boxes. When the contents got out and Lycans saw just how useful and how nice they were there would be huge demand for them. What would either restrict or allow that demand to grow would be the delivery system. The sooner both the Lycan Nation and the Elven Nation could build it the better it would be for both of them in the long run.
Duties and needs were piling up for Dante and Lily and soon enough they'd at least have to make a trip back to Earth to handle a number of pressing business and National needs. He had to visit several of the new Councils and continuing on the infrastructure of their new Nation. Doing it all under the guise of a single business would be helpful, but Dante knew when we went back to Earth he and Lily would be in the spotlight. Their company Silver King Trinity, what in reality was the holdings of the entire Lycan race united, had taken on a life of its own. To the world at large it had grown overnight it seemed into a global powerhouse represented in every facet of every market. That was one of the reasons that sooner rather than later they would have to make an appearance. Everyone wanted to know who Dante and Lily were as the co-owners and founders to one of the largest businesses on Earth that seemed to magically grow out of the ether.
Financial experts and nations of all kinds were stumped and bewildered but all of the necessary documentation and paperwork on every single requirement was valid and legal and documented. No one could do anything about it and no one could stop it either. The timeframe alone that it was done it would have been impossible with mount Divine assistance, but Luna gave them that and they took full advantage of it. Things were progressing very quickly and the massive intricate puzzle was being built at rapid speeds. When an entire species gets together it's amazing what can be accomplished. Human nations demonstrated that during many of their great wars.
It was going to be very hectic when they returned. Dante and Lily had made a point that they as well as Astrid and Bryn had all learned how to teleport. It wouldn't solve all of their problems, it had rules and requirements for it to work. You first had to have been to the place you were wanting to travel, the more mass teleported at once the greater the energy drain, you couldn't teleport across dimensions or worlds either. So Dante couldn't teleport from the Palace in Avalon to their Castle home in Germany on Earth. But in the long run it would end up saving a lot of time. It's just that the first round of visits to all of the different councils would be the longest. After that it would be much easier. Dante and Lily were really going to become world travelers in all senses of the word. But with all they needed to to on Earth they could afford to spend to much time. They would wrap up the alliance and treaties between the Elves and the Lycans before they left but they still had all of the other races and realms out there as well. They would have to intersperse their trips to Earth and the Councils with trips to the other realms and Nations. The next trip would be to the Dwarves since that was one that was expected and had a promise to visit with already. They were also already allies of the Elves and it would be much easier getting them onboard with their new vision.
That brought Dante back to thinking about gearing up and that brought him back to when their armor and weapons had come in. Lobelia had called for them and told them to bring their good cloaks and Dante's new weapons.
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Dante and Lily walked into Lobelia's audience room unescorted. Lobelia closed the door and pulled out a series of crystals. She called them diplomatic stones, but they magically locked down the room from sound, entry and scrying. It couldn't block out the Gods but it would block out any other race's magic and stop them from looking or listening in. They had used them extensively during all of their meetings about their alliance.
On the desk in front of them were two large finely crafted wooden jewelry boxes. They were exquisitely made and detailed and inlaid with precious metals and stones with a lycan howling at the moon carved into the dark wood. Lobelia handed one to Dante and the other to Lily.
"This is your armor that you ordered. Dante, the jeweler you worked with along with the enchanter of yours and Lily's armor was able to finish the designs so the armor is currently stored in these amulets."
Dante and Lily opened the boxes. Inside of Dante's was the amulet he had designed. It was two crescent moons with his symbol in the middle made from mythril and had heavy use of the moon tears he had ordered sitting on a heavy braided mythril chain. In Lily's was the one that Dante had designed in secret for his mate. Lily's was similar to Dante's in that it had a pair of crescent moons but between them was a lily crossed with a caduceus representing her as the healer she wanted to be. It too was made of mythril and had beautiful inlays of moon tears but sat on a much finer mythril chain that was brushed on one side and bright on the other and seemed to constantly move.
"It's beautiful Dante, I love it and the surprise thank you!" Lily kissed her Mate before taking the amulet out of the box and putting it on. Dante did the same. They took off their cloaks and Dante set his weapons aside. They took off the top layer of their clothing and then willed their armor on from the amulet that stored it.
Lobelia was watching them closely, excited to see how it had turned out since she had no idea what to expect with how it would look. She first took note of Dante as his flashed on. His crown was currently showing and he made for a grand and imposing sight. There was a cleverly sculpted breastplate that covered a good portion of his chest and core but had sliding plates that moved with him and allowed for dramatic mobility. The combined mythril and adamantite metal had a gray kind of smoky addiction to the bright and lustrous silver of the mythril. Carved and etched along every flat surface was a design that mimicked the fur of a wolf and was incredibly detailed and unique. Over his chest was his seal raised over the fur which led up to the pauldrons. They were larger but contoured close to the head and neck to not interfere were snarling lycan maws with large claws hanging from the bottoms. Black leather intricately stitched with silver designs and scrollwork covered his arms down to his bracers.
Lobelia called out, "The leather they used was very special. It came from a Shadow Drake, a cousin to some Dragons but not sentient. It is very light and incredibly strong and very tactile. It has a slight reptilian look to it but tends to bend light away from itself."
Dante's breeches were tight to him and had strips of intricately carved mythril and adamantite plates in strips across his thighs and around his knees and down his shins. They ended in armored boots and all of it was out of the Shadow Drake hide with oversized holsters strapped to his thighs on the outside. There was a finely detailed heavy belt around his middle that held leather harnesses for holding magazines and other items and a harness on each hip for his swords. Dante turned and looked at himself and Lobelia saw that on his back was a full moon in the night sky surrounded by the fur effect.
Lobelia looked over at Lily and really liked what she saw. Similar in ways to Dante's, her armor was of the same material and had the fur effect on it, same pauldrons, but she had a very sensual bodice instead that emphasized her femininity and sensuality and enchanted her impressive bust. On her breast over her heart was a lily crossed with a caduceus again like her amulet. She too had a very detailed heavy belt that connected to a war skirt done in Shadow Drake leather and mythril and adamantite strips. That ended at mid thigh and butted up to her high leather and armored boots similar in design to Dante's breeches. She too had her crown visible and cut an impressive sight. Like Dante she turned to look at herself and Lobelia saw that on her back were all the phases of the moon above a pair of intricate angel wings.
