Page 54 of Surviving Enchantment: Part two
When the dancing was over and the dancers tipped, they headed toward the exit.Others could party all night, but Amy had a job to do at noon that day.She needed to be well rested.
Chapter Seven
Jennor wore his formalleather skirt.Reymark and Day-ek were wearing the formal clothing of their races, and Jennel was not wearing Reymark in a visible manner today.
Jennel was wearing her new nose ring, and he swallowed as he wanted to sweep her away to thank her formally.
The members of the XIA who could be here were watching him.
He didn’t ask where the blacksmith was.He could feel the heat approaching behind him.
A low feminine voice said, “Sit, or I will blister the hell out of your back.”Her words only reached his ears.
He took Jennel’s hand and sat on the throne.
“The bands, please, Your Majesty.”The low voice spoke softly.
Jennel released his hand and picked up the wide gold sheets that were going to be wrapped around his horns.The bands were heavy, and Jen handed them to the creature behind him.This part of the day was going to suck.
Cooling air touched the crown of his head at the base of his horns.He felt heat for a count of three on the left horn and then soothing cool rushed through him.The second band went around with the same cool and then hot and then cool.
There was no hammering, no beating the metal onto his horns, but the weight let him know that he was marked as a married man.
The low voice said, “Congratulations, Your Majesty.”Then, the heat moved away from him and disappeared in a wave of magic.
Jennor reached up and touched the metal.They were warm but not hot.He smiled and looked at Jennel.“How do they look?”
“Like mine.Now, let’s have a party.”
“Fine, but I hope someone got that on video because it was nothing like the banding that I have seen before.”
“Well, I happen to have bumped into a fire giant.She does good work.”
“She certainly does.Agony would not have made me appreciate you any less, but this means I can go to the party tonight.”
“Aw, were you going to skip it?”
