The Legend of Serpia

Chapter 11: The Ceremony



We were going to have the biggest mating ceremony in the history of Novajita. This was, as many local Jeitans said, a match truly made in heaven. I mean, who would have thought that the two best fighters, two Jeitan knights, who hated each other to begin with, would ever fall in love and become mates.

I was nervous the day of the ceremony. Even though we were already mates, I was still anxious. I mean, I had to draw blood from Seth in front of several million people, make a huge speech, attend an extremely formal dance, though neither Seth nor I knew how to dance, and then had to mate with at least twenty guards outside the door to make sure that the bondage was consummated. This was NOT going to be easy. As it turned out, all of Jaeda was decked out in royal blue, bright red and jet black, the royal colors, for the ceremony. It was going to take place on a platform in Jaeda Square at 10 am. I woke at 8:30 am and started to panic, fearing I'd slept too long. My servants ran around in a panic trying to get me ready on time. At 9:30 Hydra came in and tended to my hair. She put it up in a beautiful bun with a single strand of hair hanging in front of my ears on either side of my face. I must admit, for a human invention, it looked beautiful. At 10 minutes to 10, I joined my father in a beautiful ivory and ebony carriage and took of for Jaeda square.

I threw open the carriage door only to hear the cheers of millions. I walked up the stairs onto the platform to find Seth looking very calm and collected, arms crossed, as though he did this kind of thing everyday. I went and stood next to him. He smirked at me when he saw I was shaking and said



"Aww, the big bad Jeitan knight's scared of some little civilians..."

It took much of my self-control to resist the urge to knee him in the stomach, maybe even a little lower. I kept smiling and waving but cursed him through my gritted teeth. He just laughed. My father took center stage and raised his arms, the signal for silence. Instantly the crowd of about 4 million was so silent you could hear a pin drop. My father said some things that I didn't listen to; I was in too much shock at the amount of people. Luckily we were far enough back on the stage that no one saw my scar (the one Seth gave me the night we REALLY became mates). After muttering a few lines I'd memorized, and Seth doing the same, Seth bit the base of my neck on my right side, right over top of my already made scar. When he was satisfied that it was bleeding I marked him. I licked up a bit of the blood. It tasted soooooo good. There were many cheers when we broke apart and people started to rush up onto the stage. The soldiers couldn't control the crowd and I was soon crushed by the thousands on the stage, slowly suffocating. I felt Seth reach for my arm and fly up about 50 ft, though he only meant to go 10 ft up or so.

"Serpia, honey, I think we'll skip your speech..."

I turned to see my father. He looked really apologetic. I didn't bother to tell him that I didn't want to speak to the mass of people anyways. Seth carrying me, we flew back to the palace for the dinner and dance. Only nobles and a few of our friends were allowed at the reception. Korian was there, so were Onyx, Hydra, Zorion (Oberon "couldn't" come) and Zorion's mate, Shorija. Korian had taken a mate since we'd returned to Novajita; I was surprised to find out. She was a mountain Jeitan, like him, and her name was Ditara. She was really pretty with a beautiful tiger stripe tail and long auburn hair. She looked slightly pregnant... I later found out she indeed was. (Good Job Korian!).



We had a beautiful dinner: rice, pork, beef, a human meat called lamb, soya sauce, yet another human delicacy called french fries and for dessert we had a very rare Jeitan delicacy: angel food cake with a delightful strawberry sauce. It was simply delicious. After the dinner came the dance. First I danced with Seth, which was quite humorous 'cause neither of us would lead, then with my father, Korian, Onyx, Seth again, and surprisingly even Zorion. I still wanted to kill him and one day I would get my revenge.

But not tonight. Seth took my hand at the end of the night and led me to our bedroom. He shut the door and gently flicked the lock. I knew he was moving slowly in an attempt to tease me. Right. Two could play at that game. I walked over to the stereo and blasted my favorite music. I had a hidden talent, dancing, and I was about to unleash it on him with all its fury. I pushed him onto a chair and started to dance. As my hips moved to the beat I started taking off my shirt. Then my bra. Then skirt. Then underwear. I started to give him a lap dance when I saw his face screw up uncomfortably. I felt the bulge of his crotch pulse beneath me and then, with a loud rip he burst through his pants. I giggled. He completely lost it. He threw me to the floor and followed me down, shredding his clothes off in the process. I felt him penetrate me. He was obviously not going to be gentle tonight. Heh, neither was I, for that matter. My nails sunk into his back and my heels dug into his legs. I bit him again and again as he pumped into me. He powered up into Chaos Jeitan so he could thrust into me harder and faster. I knew I would have to transform too or he would rip me apart. My hair went golden blonde as our ki auras mixed. Our tails intertwined, we rocked together on the floor until Seth let out a roar more suitable for battle than sex and filled me with his warm juices. We lay there for a minute before Seth decided he wasn't done yet. He pinned me once more and thrust into me again. We went on to enjoy a long night of fierce lovemaking. I woke in his arms sometime in the night because of a slight tug in my guts. I snuggled back into my mate's arms and fell asleep.