CROSSING RIVER (B×B×B..) *COMPLETE*

Chapter 34- Meridia and Tridia

River calmed down from the surprised call and quickly went out of the “Guest” cave. As he came out, he saw the colourful scales of pink and orange with ashy white skin covered in pink Crystal jewels.

His bright green eyes met crystal clear green eyes and everything around him stilled. His body was shaking from unknown emotions as he couldn’t take another tail of a step. The crystal green eyes seemed clouded with similar emotions as his but the lady was stronger as he swam towards him and nervously reached out to touch his face.

She was basically more feminine looking version of himself. Diamond shaped eyes, longer hair, plump lips, soft features which exuded beauty. She placed both of her hands on River’s face and softly squished it. A soft chuckle escaped her lips, making River smile unconsciously.

“You have grown up so beautifully. Oh My Rhael! We meet at last! My son!”, she hugged him tightly and he hugged her back. “M..om? Mom”, he managed to register the word in his mind. His mother shifted a little to face her son and smiled, “I am Mira. Does Mom mean Ma in human world?”, she asked and River nodded.

“I like Mom better”, she declared then hugged him again and rubbed her face on his then her body against him as if trying to submerge him with her scent. She even licked his face then her eyes landed on the mark on his neck and she stilled. “Who did this to you? Did those boys claim you as soon as they saw you?”, she panicked which made River uncomfortable.

He didn’t know what she might think of Riley and Wayde, would she even agree with their union? He managed to shake his head which confused Mira then her eyes darted towards others behind her son. Similar scent came from four of them and they all were floating with their back straight.

“Is it them? Did they mark you?”, she asked softly and River looked at Riley and Wayde who looked very nervous. Mira’s eyes followed her son’s and landed on two tall and nervous looking Meras. She stared at them for a while and she turned to River, “Make sure to collect strongest and obedient mates. Also choose those who are responsible, courageous and trustworthy. Are they any of those?”, she asked and River gawked at her words.

He absentmindedly nodded and watched her smile and give him a pleasing look then she looked at Erina, Olivia, Riley and Brandon and she tilted her head in confusion, “Are they my grandchildren? You mated with your child? Is the white looking born from his seed? He is completely different and unique”, she asked which made River choke on his own tongue.

“No! They are made through different medium. If we think like that, don’t you think that guy and I also share similar scent?”, he hurriedly said, pointing at Wayde. Mira looked at the two of them and shrugged, “Your father was similar to his kind, the similarities could be from that. There’s only a tiny hint but there’s another essence in you which seems older than yourself and me or your father”, she pointed out.

River took a deep breath then took her to the guest cave and performed the information exchange. It was done in ten minutes and he didn’t feel tired or exhausted. His mother however looked dizzy and ready to throw up. She held her head and groaned, “Holy goddess! What was this technique? I saw all your life from the beginning! Meras would kill for such easy way to understand someone”, she exclaimed in total surprise.

River understood the overall things about the new world, nothing far from whatever the twins said. His father had indeed taken him away from here and she was the one to push him into the whirlpool, she didn’t kill him which meant he was still alive. His father had been nice to earn their trust enough to be left alone. He always had people’s eyes on everything he did.

He had taken crystals and River as hostage to escape, he did love River but not more than he loved his bachelor lifestyle. His father had similar mindset as Wayde’s parents. Apparently the Meras in this world didn’t know few things like soul transfer rituals and information exchange but other than that they were pretty much more advanced in using their abilities to the hundred percent.

He looked at his mother and asked, “They are all dead? Only ten people remain in your kingdom? You were asleep and didn’t know how this all happened but there were sightings of extremely tall and human looking creatures who attacked them?” Mira sighed and nodded.

“We have to return to Tridia and have you charge the crystals. It allows our kind to be healthy and reproduce. There are no children and now only few adults remain. I was afraid if you were not found in six months, we would all perish”, she said as she caressed River’s cheek.

After the information exchange, River was starting to feel inclined on helping the kingdom. It felt like home which was definitely his mother’s emotions and he felt obligated to fulfil her wish.

“He’s not going anywhere without the union. We also have our kingdom to look after. In fact we wouldn’t have been in such state if it wasn’t for your mate who doomed us all”, said the father of the twins. Mira lifted up and hissed at the guy and River saw him flinch and bow his head.

“You dare talk about past when our future is at loss here! In regards to union with your sons, it’s up to my son to decide. He has already chosen his mates and they have already marked him. Do you want your sons to follow the dominant mate?”, she asked in a teasing manner.

According to information, a royal blood always took the role of dominant mate and the other mates chosen by the child bearer came after them. In this case, River was child bearer, the centre of mates and Riley had decided to follow Wayde who had taken the position of dominant mate. So, if River was to take in the twins, they would have to follow Wayde, as their leader but ultimately they all followed River’s order.

River head hurt from all these rules and positions. In this alternate world, he was the king and Wayde his queen while others were his concubines. He wanted to smile at that kind of comparison but the atmosphere around him at become tense.

“Nonsense, I will not follow some foul blood. River is to choose me as the dominant mate with Destan being the second and those two could be the remaining. But I don’t like them so let’s stick to tradition. I will challenge them for title and rights to my mate”, Zale said out loud.

‘Not good’, River thought. Such challenge only led to death, one would only emerge victorious after killing the competition. “I accept”, came a deep voice behind River and he snapped his head at Wayde, his eyes full of horror.

“No! Not happening! Absolutely not!”, River objected. “This is not some historical drama! No one has to fight for stupid things! We have laws and.... Oh fuck! We don’t have such things yet! But we will and we must!”, River continued and looked around, “I don’t see more than dozens of Meras in your kingdom and Tridia seems to be in similar state. There are other things to worry about than a stupid roles. I didn’t just find my mom to die in front of her from no one being around to protect any of us”, he pointed out.

Mira smiled at her son and nodded at his words. Twin’s mother finally entered and said, “What the boy speaks of is the truth. However, union cannot wait, we need you to be marked by our sons and carry out the duty as the leaders. We need all three of your abilities to purify the crystals which will heal our people. I’m sure her majesty hasn’t forgotten the blood promise? These three rightfully belong to one another and if they decide to live against the promise then both of our kingdoms will suffer”, she spoke to Mira who seemed to just remember about the blood promise.

Mira sighed and apologetically looked at River, “I’m sorry I gave away your rights to choose your mates. I was too naive to understand the importance of such deal back then. I also had done it for both the kingdoms to stop their battles. Her majesty of Meridia is right, I forgot the important bits of the deal. Our kingdoms were supposed to unite with our children which now means, only combined ability of the three of you can charge the crystals and purify the water back to it’s former glory”, she explained.

River held her hands and said, “I don’t blame you for what happened twenty two years ago. If it requires for us three to be together to save everyone here then I don’t see any problem in that”, he paused then looked at the twins, “But I’m not having sex with them. I know everyone here thinks that you all have created some marvellous system here, well I hate to break it to you, the system here is trash. It’s outdated and dark age worthy”.

Twins’ parents looked dumb struck from being insulted by a child and in their own territory at that. “You have let go of your old ways from the moment you crossed the river. This is your world now and you have to live the ways of this world. One cannot form bonds without accepting each other physically, emotionally and spiritually. If you don’t allow such basic rights to your mates how can the unity happen?”, the leader of Meridia, twins’ mother spoke.

“Union means both body and soul. We aren’t mated if we just accept each other by words”, Zale said but didn’t meet River’s eyes. Any other time It would have been cute to know that Zale was shy and embarrassed about the topic of mating but right now, River was just annoyed.

Destan nervously looked at River, “We need to have complete trust and respect for each other for this union to succeed. I realise that being asked to mate with strangers is ridiculous but we also don’t have luxury of time to get to know each other”, he said in regret.

River’s eyes lit up and he said, “Fine, I would like to spend some time with you two before we do anything else. I know deep down both of you are good at hearts and want to save everyone. My absence has caused all this thing to stretch out for this long, I won’t be cause of more tragedy”.

Twins’ eyes lit up with surprise and disbelief when River so easily accepted things. They turned to Riley and Wayde, those two also didn’t seem bothered by River’s change of mind. They looked at each other with suspicion in their mind. “So you are agreeing to mate with us? And your dominant mate is willing to back down from the title? Just like that?”, Zale asked with doubts.

River didn’t say anything but excused himself out of the guest cave and went to the extravagant cave which belonged to the twins. The brothers looked at each other in nervous then at their parents who nodded their heads at them. Erina had a small smile on her lips as she realised what River had in mind.

The twins entered their personal territory and followed River further into the corner. River turned around and looked at them, “Alright come close, place your hands on my shoulders and your foreheads with mine”, he said and sat down on his bended tail.

“Why? What will this do?”, Destan asked but still followed. Zale was the one with narrowed eyes and unwillingness to comply. “This will allow us to know each other better and also to respect and trust one another. No need for wasting time”, he explained and looked at Zale who met his eyes, “Just knowing won’t do. We have to unite physically as well so that we can mark each other for life”, he repeated.

“If you don’t do as I say, I can just do it with Destan who seems more mature and responsible than you”, River said instead and brought Destan’s hands to his shoulder and their heads together. He felt his hand being moved and a third party quickly sitting on his other side then he sensed a hand on his shoulders.

“My upper body had come out into this world before him, I’m more mature and responsible”, he heard Zale point out. “Good to know but really not necessary. Now, follow after me”, River said and started humming. The boys looked at each other in doubts but followed River regardless.

Thirty minutes passed and they all dropped back with loud groans and hands on their heads. It was much tougher than with his mother, River reckoned. He massaged his forehead and got up. “Now with that out of the way, choose a spot and mark me”, he said as he stretched his neck.

The twins who had their worlds mixed up also while in dizzy state heard what River said and jolted up then looked at him with offended look. “This is the most effective way to know each other! We wasted two years learning about humans when we could have just done this!”, Destan complained.

“This doesn’t change a thing!”, Zale said angrily then remembered something and seemed more angry, “You mated with them just before we met! Couldn’t you have waited a bit longer?”, he was pissed. River scoffed at him then pointed at his neck, “Hurry up, we don’t have time for being angry on who popped my cherry and peach first”, he reminded them.

“I will do it. I’m fine with having my mark on you”, Destan said and inched closer. River felt butterflies in his stomach from sensing the guy hover over his neck. He took a sharp breath when Destan sucked on his right clavicle, he was pushed back on the ground as Destan nibbled all over the area, teasing him.

River felt being poked on his tail as the boy nibbling him started getting more excited, he humped him for a minute then River felt sharp fangs piercing his skin and a hot itch started to spread from the bitten area. He squirmed under the boy and gave out a low moan.

Zale was firm on not going along with it but after seeing the boy writhe sensually under his twin, he couldn’t take it. Zale pushed his brother to the side and held River down by the shoulders, he intensely looked at River for a while then strongly kissed the boy on the lips. River groaned as their fangs clashed each other and grazed his lips, not so gently. He heard the guy whisper, “You are mine!”, repeatedly.

Zale moved down after making River’s lips swollen and bruised then he nibbled at the same spot as his brother but on the left side. He even pinched and tortured River’s nipples, making the boy squirm and groan in pain then he bit down on the spot, his tongue licking the blood as it oozed out through the two tiny punctured holes. 

River moaned loudly this time and his own fangs elongated then bit down on Zale’s neck. He felt his tail wrapping itself around Zale and the guy’s tool kept poking at his crotch area. River felt like he had drunk Ambrosia as he was drenched in desire.

Zale had become dizzy himself after being bitten back. He grunted and released all over River’s crotch. River had felt his own Schlong have sword fight with Zale’s spear and he soon fired bullets himself. Destan was wide eyed from seeing such scene in front of him. His bitterness soon evaporated as his brother was shoved away and he was tackled to the floor.

River was still on cloud nine and all he felt was the need to bite these two. Their fish tail were wrapped around each other while they rolled on the floor. River bit down on Destan’s neck and both of them gasped and moaned then fired bullets at the same time. River then tasted the blood of second brother and finally felt the urge wash over and the lust disappear.

He laid on top of Destan as the guy below him heaved heavily while strongly holding River above him. River slowly moved away from the boy’s body and sat on the floor as he panted. They all looked like they ran thousands miles.

“Blood promise required blood bonding”, River managed to say in between his breath while bubbles formed through his mouth as he heaved. All three of them looked at each other and at their marks. Twins dazedly watched as River passed out and soon they dropped too.