Chaos Reigns: Book One in the World of Nōmth Fantasy Romance Series

Relief

Author's note: sex in this chapter

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Some time passed and the empire seemed to have returned to normal. Artholl recovered and married Ellomi, Esinama was finally completely whole, Boraphim had a new boyfriend from his tournaments, Morphea married Tolkiros, and Hollany married Serala. Hollathan and Alessa talked extensively with Hollany and Serala about sending her off to Lusaturia to be Serala's queen and making arrangements for Hollany to come and visit as often as she pleased. The same was done for Morphea and Tolkiros.

When Artholl rose to the throne with Ellomi and allowed their parents to retire, Hollany visited them in their tucked-away mountain manor. It was the happiest she had seen her family in a very long time. Even after so much turmoil, maybe especially because of all that chaos, though. Maybe it made this time all the more enjoyable.

For the first time in a long time, Hollany's life felt serene. She said so as she laid in bed with Serala back in Lusaturia.

"That's a good name for our first child. Serenity," Serala remarked. "It almost sounds like a blend of our names."

Hollany smiled. "You want to have a baby with me?"

"Yes," Sera said simply. "I mean, when you're ready," she clarified. "You've only just gotten some peace, and I want you to enjoy every moment of it, but we have a very long time ahead of us, presumably, where we could..."

"What do we have to do?" Hollany asked, fluttering her eyelashes at Sera.

"You're in the mood," Sera observed, wrapping an arm around Hollany's waist and pulling her close, but she did answer Hollany's question. "There's a special kind of flower, the Generation Flower, that grows in the Celestial Woods that we make into a tea. If I drink the tea made from the Generation Flower, I will temporarily be capable of impregnating you, and vice versa."

Now Hollany was pulling Sera on top of her. "Just by having sex?"

"Just by having sex," Sera smirked. She leaned forward and slipped her fingers inside Hollany and swirled them around. As Hollany opened her mouth in pleasure, Sera pumped her fingers in and out and Hollany gasped in pleasure. Sera smiled, leaning down further and pressing a love bite affectionately onto Hollany's collarbone. Hollany moaned in agreement, coquettishly requesting more.

"I know what you want," Sera said, disappearing under the covers.

Then Hollany gasped again as Sera's mouth made contact with Hollany's vagina. Sera slicked her tongue across her clit, triggering a tremor of pleasure to roll throughout her body. Hollany was still wearing a silk nightgown at this moment, but she was struggling to get it off. While her arms were up and she was almost but not quite completely naked, Sera drew her tongue up Hollany's body, all the way up to her neck where she stopped and sucked deliberately, creating a bouquet of hickeys to rest in the crook of Hollany's neck. Hollany tossed aside the nightgown and wrapped her arms around Sera's waist.

"I love you," she said, looking into Sera's eyes. "I've loved you from the moment I first saw you."

Sera smiled. "I've always loved you too, Hollany. Always, always."

Hollany pressed a sweet, gentle kiss to Sera's lips, then Hollany sighed in content and slid downward. Swiftly, she went down on Sera. The look in her eye said it's your turn for some physicality. She went to work with her tongue, while Sera laid back.

"Fuck," Sera leaned her head back. "If you keep that up, I'm going to orgasm all over your face."

Hollany smirked but only continued to pleasure her wife.

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They took a nap afterward. Sera had stirred first, leaving Hollany to rest a little longer. Hollany woke up to the aroma of vanilla and something else quite frankly delicious. Sera appeared in the doorway, holding a plate of food and a mug of tea.

"Hey there, darling," Sera's eyes softened when they met Hollany's sleepy amber gaze. "I've got a surprise for you. Come sit with me," Sera beckoned, and disappeared into the chamber's greater room.

They had a table there where they usually ate together. Hollany sat up and stretched groggily. She yawned while she searched for her discarded nightgown. When she found it, she slipped into it and followed Sera to the table. The table had already been made and Sera was watching the fireplace when Hollany peeked her head in.

"Well," Hollany began teasingly, "if it isn't the most beautiful setting of food I've ever seen in my whole life! What is all this?"

"It's a traditional Lusaturian meal. We can it Lurren. One of our witches in the coven is named after it. It's rice and vegetables, but we use special ingredients from the Celestial Woods to add fragrance and spice. It's a little citrusy, but also sweet. I think you'd like this, and it's a piece of my culture I haven't gotten to share with you yet."

As Hollany took it all in and sat down, she breathed in the aroma. She gave Sera an incredulous look. "This looks and smells wonderful."

"Try some," Sera encouraged, grabbing a fork and lifting a bite from her own plate to her mouth.

In due turn, Hollany did the same, her eyebrows lifting as the food hit her tongue. It was just as delicious as she had been prepared for, if not more. Hollany immediately went for another bite and Sera had to laugh.

"I thought this would hit for you. I made for you your favorite tea to go with it. Saffron with cream. I added vanilla just because it goes with this dish," Sera rubbed the back of her neck as she spoke. "How is it so far?"

In response Hollany almost had to laugh. "Sera, are you serious? This is all incredible! I'm floored, I mean, you did this all for me, just because?"

Sera blushed, a sight Hollany had rarely seen before. "It's not just because," Sera protested, "I mean... You're the most important person to me in all of Nōmth. I did it to make you happy."

As she listened, Hollany's heart warmed. She drifted over to Sera and their lips locked. Hollany poured all the love she felt into their kiss as her fingers tangled in Sera's dark curls and her body sought to press against Sera. Every move she made had one important message: I love you. There was mixed in a subtle undertone of: fuck me again and again, my love, my life partner, my wife. But Hollany really only cared that Sera was happy and felt appreciated. And, oh, did she.

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Author's Note

From here, there's going to be a lot of fluff