Chapter 3- Tungl Maerborg
Summerset Vale stood tall and lean even though he was some ten inches shorter than Glenna. To her, it didn't matter at all. To her, he was beautiful!
Where her skin was a cool, luminous, moonlight white; his was a warm chestnut. Where her eyes were orbs of an endless night sky, his were a brilliant sapphire blue that gleamed and nearly glowed. And then there was her hair, like her eyes, midnight black and filled with the colorful glinting specs of stars and galaxies and nebulae while Summerset's was a beautiful platinum blonde.
He stood there breathing evenly and smiling brilliantly, exuding strength and confidence. She could feel the power of his aura like heat waves radiating from him, and it immediately made her feel safe. Taking a step forward she fell into his arms and he kissed her!
Oh goddess! He kissed her so deeply...
When she was finally forced to pull away by a desperate need to breathe, she sighed into his mouth as they leaned her foreheads against each other and nuzzled their noses.
"So," She whispered as her black orbs tried to focus on his blue eyes, "I hear that you have been here for quite some time?"
"It took sending your mother gifts for two months before she would even grant father an audience to begin negotiations," He answered as he swiveled his head in a shake though they were still connected, "It was quite amazing really. Your mother is a formidable woman."
"Yes she is," Glenna agreed with a nod that turned into another bout of nuzzling before they kissed some more. When she pulled away, this time she sighed, "Are you going to invite me in? Or, are we going to continue until someone sees us and I get a reputation as a wayward woman?"
Summerset chuckled as he slipped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his room. Once she was inside, he took her hand and led her to a small table looking out a bay window. She waved at a serious looking Janaspi Linx who took the door from Summerset and closed it.
Janaspi had wild short hair and a white furred face and body. Her sharp half-Alfari half-cat face had long, triangular cat ears with silver and turquoise earrings dangling from them that matched her eyes. Starting at her throat, long white belly fur thickly covered her, décolletage, breasts, belly, and lower belly leading to her sex. The rest of her body, arms, legs, buttocks, and back were all covered in slightly shorter fur that was as white as new snow. Her legs were a hybridization that allowed her to walk on clawed cat's paws, and her fingertips were thicker than any normal alfari's allowing for claws to be extended or retracted.
Since the first days of their creation it was quickly determined that they must be owned, and since they were Animals, they shouldn't wear clothing as if they were one of the Prime Races. The Villralfar and Dokkalfar, the Druids and the Hunters; they voted against the betrayal of their own creations, but they were out voted and so they enslaved an entire people!
As a Villralfar, a Druid, Summerset more so than any of his House actively rebelled against the The Council of Primes tyranny. He did his best by giving Janaspi her dignity, but not just her. He gave all of his so-called attendants dignity. First, by allowing her to wear clothing and jewelry as part of her employment.
Beside the earrings in her ears, her jewelry consisted of four silver anklets that jingled as she walked, however Glenna knew from experience that they were enchanted so that with a thought they could be silenced. Janaspi also wore matching bracelets on each arm and silver bicep bands, and lastly, around her neck she wore a silver choker with a white turquoise, also known as moonstones, veined with gold and silver set on each side of her esophagus while a last largest moonstone, nearly two inches in diameter, hung from a chain and rested in the small depression of her clavicle.
Her clothes consisted of a very ornate apron made of silk and leather. Woven leather ties tied behind her neck so that the apron fell down the front of her body. Two more ties below her armpits made sure the apron didn't just bunch up and expose her absolutely voluminous breasts that seemed greatly oversized for her height and frame. The rest of the apron narrowed until it was only eight inches wide and hung down her belly freely until reaching an attached thong. The small piece of triangular fabric covering her sex reduced to a single leather rope roughly three quarters of an inch thick that ended with by being braided to a silver ring that fit around the base of her tail. The rest of the apron fell to her knees as a pseudo loincloth.
Second, all of the Animals living in the Valeland were allowed to walk upright and allowed to speak openly as long as they were in the service of their employer. It was also established that Valeheim was the only city of the Valeland. It was where the majority of the Villralfar and Dokkalfar population in the county resided. All Animals residing within the city's walls must abide by the 'Prime law'. However, four generations previously, House Vale established forty Kottrheims, or Cat Villages, for every subspecies of wild cat they owned and traded in. A chieftain and his queen was then appointed to manage the village in House Vale's sted, and as long as quotas were met the Chieftains were allowed to set the rules of the Kottrheim and manage the Animals with autonomy. To show their fidelity, each Chieftain gave a daughter to the heir of House Vale as a mate since no Prime was ever allowed to marry an Animal officially.
Scanning Summerset's bedroom, Glenna saw that he brought seven of his forty mates including Janaspi. Fahlene Caracal, Poma Onca, and Nephele Uncia were laying across a huge bed napping. Urielle Pardalis sat in a chair sideways and read a book. Wyeth Leo was lying across the couch, and Kainda Tigris sat in a chair and table near the window and sipped tea. Each woman had her own jewelry and apron, and each had their own style. But where Kainda, Wyeth, and Fahlene wore the same loincloth style aprons as Janaspi; Poma and Nephele opted to wear nothing at all; and Urielle was the most conservative, wearing an apron that completely wrapped around her waist like a skirt and fell down to her ankles.
As Glenna walked in, all six women jumped up as Urielle called out her name as she hurried over and hugged Glenna.
"It's so good to see you!" Kainda said when it was her turn, "How have you been?"
Glenna pulled back with a chuckle and looked up to meet Kainda's gaze. The other woman stood head and shoulders taller than her, some seven feet in height. Her hair was ink black and glossy, but the rest of her was covered in soft reddish orange fur and black stripes, and she had the most intense hazel blue, green, and golden eyes.
"After my adventures with you all and Summerset, I was commanded to return to my duties at the Temple of the Moon," She answered with a shrug and a grin, "So, you know my duties better than most. That's what I've been doing."
"And a glorious and selfless duty it was too, I'm sure," Kainda purred as she gave Glenna another hug before stepping back.
Wyeth was next, she was also nearly seven feet tall, but built even sturdier than the muscular Kainda. She picked Glenna up in a huge bear hug that buried her face in her voluminous cleavage before she set Glenna back down and patted her shoulders and purred, "We've missed you deeply Moonlight!"
"You mean Nightlight, don't you Wyeth? Was that not your nickname for Glenna," Fahlene chuckled as she walked up.
