Chapter 12
586 Words
LIA
2 Months Later
2 Months Later“Daddy’s abdicated his seat on the Council for me!” Aella bounded into Kem and Lia’s apartment without even knocking first. It was only because of their enhanced hearing that they hadn’t been caught in a compromising position.
“What?” Lia asked, shocked. She knew that her father wouldn’t retain his seat forever, but Aella had only just turned thirty, and for a long-lived race, that was considered to still be a baby. A lot of their people still thought that Lia was too young to be married, but they’d slowly been coming around to the idea. Even if it reeked of hypocrisy considering they’d expected Aella to marry at just a few years older.
“He said that I was right about needing a more forceful voice, and that that voice should be me.” She was clearly excited, a position on the Council was something that Aella had been working towards since she was just five years old and their father had taken them to their first Council meeting. Unlike the Shifter Council, the Nymph Council invited its people to its sessions, believing that it helped them reach better decisions for their people. In reality, it just led to a lot of arguing, making Lia think that maybe the shifters had it right after all.
“So why did we have to get married?” Kem’s confused expression was adorable in Lia’s mind, though he’d probably hate knowing that.
“Because the connection is what the two Councils need to actually support each other. Say the Nymph Council suggests a motion, like the outlawing of blood sacrifices. They then know that the Shifter Council would stand behind the motion regardless,” Aella explained patiently, her face lighting up as she spoke about something she was so passionate about. Lia had always found it amazing how controlled Aella was when she talked about politics.
“But the Shifter Council would be behind outlawing blood sacrifices anyway. That’s a necromancer thing.” Kem’s confusion didn’t seem to be waning at all.
“She’s only using blood sacrifices as an example.” Lia slipped onto his lap and put her arms around his neck, while Aella pulled a face at her. She’d definitely warmed to Kem since not having to marry him, but she often pulled faces over their displays of affection.
“Oh.” Understanding dawned on him and Lia giggled. He wasn’t normally so slow on the uptake. In fact, he couldn’t be, considering he was a chartered accountant with a well-known firm.
“Besides, do you not want to be married to my sister?” Aella teased, showing exactly how much more at ease she was with him.
“Of course,” Kem spluttered and the two sisters laughed.
“Anyway, I need to go, enjoy his back-tracking Lia.” She waved goodbye and let herself out, leaving the two of them alone.
“I didn’t mean that I didn’t want to be married to you…”
“I know you didn’t.” she smiled and kissed him chastely. “I love you.”
“I love you too.”
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