"You are pregnant, or something?" Mom asked, staring at me. I stared back at her with my mouth full of ice cubes. I was craving some ice cubes. I had a small bowl full of ice cubes in front of me. I don't know why but I had taken a liking to anything with coldness or pure water in general; ice cubes, damp earth, chilled cut fruits, chilled fruit and vegetable juices and ice cream. Taking my time to swallow the cubes, I lowered my gaze in shame and whispered, "I am sorry, mom." Cyrus was not at home. He had gone to meet up with the various Alphas from the other packs. It's just been a day since Pious was killed and tonight was going to be the night, Cyrus would be officially crowned King. The mansion as well as the entire community had been decorated. He wanted to wait till his birthday but now that I was pregnant and Pious had been killed, there was no need to wait.
Mom stared at me for a while then shook her head. "There is nothing to be sorry about. How is the pregnancy treating you?" She asked, grabbing a bottle of water from the refrigerator. "At this point, I feel like I'm freezing my blood slowly but I can't help it mommy." I pouted. She chuckled. "When I was pregnant, I used to drink warm coconut oil." I stared at my mom in shock. Who drinks oil? "It's very normal for pregnant women to have unusual cravings, dear but just don't harm yourself, okay?" She advised. I nodded, playing with the now melting ice cubes as she walked away. Clarissa rushed into the kitchen. "You little slut, you got pregnant and you didn't tell me?!" She shouted at me while I chuckled. "I'm so sorry, I totally forgot about it." I said.
"So how are you? How far are you with my godchildren?" She asked, taking an ice cube into her mouth. "Godchildren?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at her. "Yes, my instincts tell me you're pregnant with twins." She spoke with a shrug as she also munched on the rest of the ice cubes. We were two abnormal human beings, I guess. "I'm two weeks pregnant." I replied as I walked with her out of the kitchen. "Let's go see the people. Maybe check up on the kind of job they do or try to help those who need it." I suggested. Clarissa agreed, "that's not a bad suggestion at all. Let's go." She urged as she gently pulled me out of the mansion.
The people kept bowing to us. Yesterday, they had managed to fix their doors and windows under the supervision of Xerxes. As we looked around, we realized that the people's main occupation was trading stuff; either food, clothes, tools, materials, solutions, and the likes. They also paid for services including security, porting and other unique services. "The people are fine." I said, observantly. "Yeah." Clarissa agreed. "Your Majesties, I have some Chinese antiques that are of great quality and are beautiful." A man approached us, bowing a little. "I have flower garlands, bronze mirrors, brass utensils, royal clothes, jade necklaces, bracelets and others." He said as he walked us into his opened shop. People filed in and out of his shop. The shop assistants and the customers greeted us. I looked around. The shop itself looked like a Chinese structure. I assumed it was designed and built that way to communicate with the people about his dealings. "We even have an eatery that serves that palatable and unique Chinese food like their famous noodles, all kinds of tea, dumplings, hot pots, pork stews and soups, rice and others."
"Wow, you literally brought China to Wolftown." Clarissa commented and the man smiled. Clarissa and I looked around until my eyes caught sight of a red couples' wedding gowns. "Tonight is King Cyrus's coronation. I will take the two gowns." I said. Cyrus left in the morning and he would be back this afternoon. He had asked me to choose matching clothes. At first, I had thought that the idea was cheesy and ridiculous but now looking at the Chinese wedding gowns, I didn't find anything wrong with Cyrus's idea. "Okay, Your Majesty. What about you, Beta Queen? The red ones are not the only ones in the house. We have green wedding gowns too. Since we will be coronating the four Majesties." Clarissa looked at me and nodded eagerly, "yes. I will take the green ones." Two shop attendants took our orders and walked with us back to the mansion. Cyrus and Xerxes had already arrived but they looked restless. Cyrus rushed to me. "Where were you? Are you ok?" He asked, checking up on me as he rubbed my belly. "We are fine, calm down. Let's go and get ready. While returning, I realized that the people were starting to pack and prepare for the ceremony." The maids came for our clothes and took them to our rooms. As I walked to our room, Cyrus wrapped his arms around my belly, putting his head on my shoulder and walking with me. I chuckled. He just didn't care that the guards and the maids were watching.
"I miss you." He whispered, kissing my cheek as we both entered the suite, dismissing the maids. "We see each other everyday." I chuckled. He whispered,"I miss being inside you. I miss hearing your screams." He bit my earlobe gently. "No, you're not going to tire me out when there's a ceremony about to be held concerning us." I shook my head. He grabbed my ass cheek and massaged me gently. "Why not?" He asked, his breath turning rugged. Reluctantly, I pulled away and suggested instead, "You must be tired. Let's go shower and get ready." He nodded eagerly after hearing we were going to shower together. This dirty minded king. I shook my head.
Shower took longer than expected. We only made out and fondled each other until we both climaxed, nothing past that. Wrapping ourselves in our bathrobes, we walked out. "It feels like we getting married." I chuckled. "We are, my Queen. I know marriage happens after both parties have showed their consent but Xerxes and I wanted to surprise you and Clarissa. Do you like it that way or I should propose during the ceremony?" Cyrus wanted to marry me. I looked at him with teary eyes. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I stood on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "I'm okay with us getting married during the coronation. I love you, Cyrus." And before I could start regretting confessing my love for him, he grinned and kissed my lips. "I love you so fucking much, Aelia." He also confessed.
Both of us dressed each other after taking our sweet time applying creams and perfumes on our bodies. I was insanely wet by the time we were done wearing our inner clothing. "Are you sure, you don't want us to have a quickie?" He asked seductively and I glared at him. "No." I replied firmly and started to help him wear his clothes. The dresses were surprisingly very easy to wear. Cyrus also helped me wear mine. He dressed my hair and fixed my jewelry in my hair. He was actually very good at this after all, while we were siblings, he was the one who used to dress my hair. I did my makeup and fixed my nails. "You look like MINE." He said, staring at me. I blushed and also complimented, "you also look handsome." He grinned before he suddenly bent over and scooped me up in his arms.
"Cyrus, what are you doing?" I asked, blushing while he chuckled and walked out of the suite. "I cannot make my pregnant Queen walk when I have the strength to carry her around and even if you were not pregnant, I would still carry you." He spoke. I gently hit his chest. "You're so cheesy." I huffed but not able to hide my smile. The maids gasped and giggled as they watched us. It was night by the time we came out of our suite. Cyrus walked to the car then put me inside. He got in beside me and our driver took us to the ceremonial grounds. Clarissa and Xerxes followed suit. Once we had reached, I refused to let Cyrus carry me again. There were people around. Cyrus held the door open for me, held my hand and took me out of the car. From my side view, I saw Xerxes doing same. Who could have imagined that my best friend and I would be getting married on the same day? The ceremony was being held on the community's field. A big wide platform had been raised and many chairs and tables had been arranged. The ceremony's theme was red and green with golden decorations. Eight thrones were arranged on the platform. Two of them stood grand in the middle, obviously, the King and Queen's. Cyrus and I, along with Xerxes and Clarissa, walked to our seats. After the priest and the witch had blessed our union and coronated us, we took our seats. My parents, elegantly dressed also joined us on our right side. Lorenzo and Xavier were also dressed elegantly. They took the first two seats to our right. Although the only royal members were Cyrus, Xerxes, Clarissa and I, Cyrus had asked for our family to join us in taking our seats.
Cyrus stood up as a guard walked up to us with a covered tray that had a sword on it. Stepping down, the witch took the sword and Cyrus knelt on one knee. "To our new King!" She declared. Cyrus brought his two hands and took the sword while our audience howled in joy.
The ceremony came to a close when the floor was opened for us to dance.
"I'm so happy." Cyrus whispered as we slowly moved to the rhythm of the soft music playing in the background. I smiled brightly,"I am happy too."
"Ugh! It's so boring here!" Clarissa groaned from behind me as she held up her skirt and walked to the dj. I don't know how she convinced him but he stepped back, allowing her to do her stuff. The song switched into a Latino and Jamaican mix.
Clarissa and I cheered as we began dancing and the natives joined us. Our family along with our husbands just chuckled at us while we enjoyed our night, singing and dancing.