DISCLAIMER: All characters engaging in sexual conduct are 18 years or older, and legally permitted to engage in such activities, irrespective of pet names used for each other. *And thousands of years in the future.
This story has a male main character and is written in the first-person protagonist.
Kingdoms:
Queen Amice-- Capital Morroco -- Home - Cegramond
Queen Hollis -- Capital Djamena - Velho southern island-
Queen Isabella -- Capital Tripoli
Queen Gilfa -- Capital Cairo
The Twins Weave
Queen Hollis:
We arrive at the ring in her palace and are greeted by Hollis and her daughter Bella. Denae, Cassandra, Abi and Cataline get quick hugs.
"Neivia?" Queen Hollis looks at her and she nods and then at me. "How are you holding up after this morning, I was shocked to find out Baron Baldwin was involved."
"This is my daughter Isabella." Queen Hollis turns towards her daughter.
"Bella." The princess replies. "I heard you don't use titles." She says looking at me.
"Here we go again," Neivia says and nudges Abi.
"I know right." Abi shakes her head.
"Absolutely not," I reply and hear a chuckle from Mazarine of all people.
"The wrong one?" Mazarine asks causing me to lose the cool I was trying to portray, I don't want her to know what they are talking about. I remember back to when I said I couldn't be embarassed, yet here I was feeling waves of heat coming off my face.
"Not cool Mom, not cool."
"Mom?" Queen Hollis asks looking at Cassandra.
"I guess we should go, we can discuss recent events over; is it lunchtime here? Cassandra asks and Queen Hollis nods. We start walking down the hallway and I notice every nook and cranny had some form of artwork, tapestries or tiled designs. The opulance of this place, makes Denae's palace seem more like a keep. What I don't see is any guards, anywhere? "No guards in the palace?" I ask Cataline.
"Guards? For the people that chose my mother to be queen, that would have been rude. And with Lady Abigail coming, what could they even do?" I had noticed her glances at Abi.
"Didn't we just talk about titles?" Abi smiles at Bella, I can see the flushed cheeks, am I seeing this correctly?
"Stop being such a perv. I'm being nice." Abi sends with a heap of embarrassment mixed in.
"Hey, if Neivia is cool with it, I don't care." I say and Abi squeezes my arm.
"At least make her work for it." I am surprised to hear from Neivia in our conversation, that is normally an Abi thing, nobody else scans everyone around us and the group at all times, she's been doing it since she was a child but seems omnipotent on a small scale to me.
"James? You opened a link with all of us and it has been wide open for quite a while?" Abi sends when she caught my surprise and wonder on how Neivia heard that.
"James didn't know we could hear?" Cassandra says, "That means he's been talking to us individually with no idea the others could hear it? Proud that you've been a gentlemen when you thought nobody would know."
"Thanks!" I was freaking out for a moment, but I guess I've done alright. "Hmm, how come I never hear you ladies?"
"It's not the same, way too many woman issue discussions to.."
"Say no more, I'm good with the current setup." I really don't need to hear the rest of that."
"That's what we thought." Neivia squeezes my other arm.
We enter a private dining area and there are just the right amount of seats. Hollis, Cassandra, Denae take the head of the table and we filter down the line.
"This morning aside, what is it like running back and forth across the world today?" Bella asks us as soon as we are seated. Before we can answer she turns to Cataline, "your sister is marrying your brother?" She looks over at me.
"Tough on the sleep schedule, and yes." I answer both.
"Bella doesn't know anything about the weave, just the politics." Abi sends the group.
I catch Hollis glancing my way while they talk low enough for the rest of us not to hear.
"Does Hollis think I'm going to take her daughter away?"
"Yes." Abi replies immediately.
"Can we let her know that is not the case."
"They'll work it in, there's a lot to unfold and it has to be done delicately. Bella is in awe of Tahareesa right now and not thinking about much else."
Looking over at Tahareesa, she is listening to Denae and the way her body is turned you can take the time to stare at her golden-red hair, two braids run down her neck with a lot of hair covering her shoulders and back, another braid horizontally across and behind her ear and an intricate leather design that almost looks like a crown holding everything together, she has a separate white and gold shoulder piece with a high neck collar that matches the rest of her dress, for her age she looks as vibrant as Cassandra. I can understand getting caught up considering.
"James?" I hear Hollis and look over. She is looking at me like she can't believe what she is hearing. I have no idea what they are talking about. "Are you messing with me?" She turns back to Denae and a blush covers Hollis' face.
"What is that all about?" I turn to Abi and she shrugs.
"The rumors that have been going around are being fixed."
Bella turns towards to Abi.
"It's just Abi now." Abi says before Bella starts.
"Oh, Ugh, Abi, what's it like being the strongest ever."
"The same as being princess of this kingdom, it only means something if you do something with it."
"Well, I'm new to all of this, what is it that needs done?"
"Dig deeper, learn everything you can and become your mother's most trusted advisor. Things are not what they seem, reach out to me if you need help."
"Is what I heard about the Inquisitors correct? You replaced all of them?"
"James and Nora replaced them," Abi replies and takes a drink. "You can cast it, but won't see anything. Would you like me to do it for you?" I watch the cryptic conversation between the two of them and then understand when Abi drops a detect magic on Bella.
"How can you? Oh, Oh!" Bella looks around the table. "What is the green aura?" She looks at Tahareesa and then me and you can see she is starting to understand.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I ask out loud to Abi.