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The King's Rose
Chapter 22: Godparents Named~

Later that night, when the fuss died down and it was Alistair, Jaya, Leliana, Zevran, Wynne and Oghren and the twins were already put to bed earlier, Oghren was the first to really say something.

"So, you and the elf are hitched, eh? By the Stone, I better not get caught next." Oghren announced, chuckling.

"You knew about Zev and Leli?" Alistair asked Jaya.

"Mhm. Leli told me that if we chose them as godparents, that would be the time to announce their secret marriage." She admitted, smiling at the bard. "Besides Morrigan, Leli and Zev have been around us the longest. Then it went Oghren and Wynne. Plus, Sten was also one to join us early. I think Shayle was somewhere in between Oghren and Wynne." She put her thinking face on, trying to remember who was first of those.

Oghren blinked. "I remember that golem following you when you came to Orzammar. Same with Leliana. Pretty boy here wasn't until we were heading to get Wynne." He supplied, a chuckle near the end.

Jaya grinned. "Oghren. You just made sense."

"Don't get used to it." He replied, heading towards his room, probably to drink some more.

Wynne sighed. "He's touchy. I am honored to be their godparent, to be honest."

Alistair grinned a little. "I thought you'd given up Wynne." He teased.

"Being around all of you made me want to see what the next day brings. That and I'd like to see my godchildren grow up." Wynne huffed a little before smiling and leaving.

Leliana ignored the slight scolding look from Zevran and went to hug her closest friend. "I am more than honored to be chosen. It must've been really difficult."

Jaya shrugged. "Not really. If anything, I was surprised I could choose. All of you would've been amazing, but, they'd all get suspicious if all the companions of 'the Hero of Ferelden' became godparents at once." She explained.

"That's true, my friend. Now that they are my godchildren, I will do my best to keep them from those nasties." Zevran nearly puffed out in pride. "Not even the Crows'll get within a mile of them!"

She blinked and frowned. "I thought the Crows thought you were dead along with Talisan?" She asked.

"So did I. But, while I was out looking for a lovely gift for my little bard here, I ran into an old 'friend' from the Crows." Zevran said, sighing. "Luckily, he didn't notice that I was still alive. Though, the Crows'll probably wonder now why they never found another body beside Talisan's."

"If they so much as come within seven feet of you, I'll personally kill them all. Void, I'd go right to Antiva and slay them all." Jaya said, nodding at the prospect, getting the other three to blink at her. "What? I would do it too, don't tempt me."

"That's what worries me, my dear." Alistair stated. "That could end badly for us now."

Jaya paused her thought before sighing. "True. We barely got out of the civil war Loghain started, not to mention the Blight. I doubt we'd survive war with Antiva."

Leliana chuckled. "Ahh, but Ferelden would come to call if need be." She said, knowing that was true.

"I just can't wait to see what will come of all this.. It's almost surreal." Jaya sighed happily, walking to the nearest window and looking to the sky, smiling. 'Mother, Father... I know you're watching me and the twins. I love both of you.. So much..' She felt more than heard when it was only her and her husband left in the room as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Thinking again, love?"

"More like telling my parents I know they're watching everyone. I'm not as sad about missing them as I was. Sure, it'll be difficult, but, I need to remember what Fergus told me." She grimaced at a memory. "I know I shouldn't worry about the future, but..."

"But what?" Alistair asked.

"But I would really hate if what Hespith said is true: that all females turn into broodmothers... If that's the case..." She shuddered at the thought of turning into a monster that created the vile darkspawn. "If it starts, I want you to end it for me. I'd rather be dead than turn into a blighted broodmother."

"Surely you can't-"

"I'm serious, love." She turned in his arms and stared at him with the well-known stubbornness he knew so well. "I want your promise to be the one to end it. I know that I'd do the same thing for you. Please."

When she put it that way, Alistair knew that it was true she'd do the deed if he ever lost his mind to the taint, so it was only fair she'd ask the same of him. "Alright, love. I promise that you'll never turn into one of those while I'm around."

That made her smile bigger than he's ever seen as she stood on tiptoe to kiss him. "My hero." She giggled softly at the thought. "It's amazing that 'the Hero of Ferelden' has her own hero, huh?" She teased.

Alistair laughed. "Well, someone's gotta be your hero. I guess I fit the bill."

Jaya's eyes sparkled in laughter. "I can just imagine what future generations will say about this: 'oh, the mighty Hero of Ferelden had not only a hero, but that hero was none other than the KING!'" She laughed a little.

The look on his face was one of pure pride as he cupped her head and kissed her back before resting his forehead on hers. "They'd be even more shocked when they read Leli's stories about us uniting the land while utterly 'besotted' with each other."

A smirk remained on her face. "Just as long as they don't read the naughty things she might've thought up. I don't think my poor honor would survive that."

"I'd repair that honor easily, my lovely wife." He replied, kissing her to end the conversation and lifting her easily up into his arms, carrying her to their room, where he used his back to shut the door before putting her on her feet. His queen had her hands resting on his shoulders, with one hand shifting through his hair, which she knew drove him insane. He heard her sigh in appreciation and he took advantage by running his tongue over her bottom lip, earning a moan from his love.

The world shifted for Jaya, or at least she thought it did, every time her husband kissed her in this way: that she'd be his one and only love and no other could every dream of earning that love from him. She arched slightly into him, wanting to feel all that he was. 'Dear Maker.' She sighed into the kiss.

He lifted his mouth away as he crowded her into the door. "You are like an addiction, my darling. But one I have no wish of dropping. How is it you've managed to entice not only me, but the entire male species?" He breathed, his hands cupping her butt and massaging it.

"I'm only concerned about enticing one man, my husband." She replied right before he captured her mouth again, driving her deeper into the fog of arousal.

He nibbled lightly on her bottom lip and fought a smirk at her gasp of surprise, figuring she liked that as she wiggled in his hold, clearly wanting what they both knew would come after he was done teasing her. Alistair chuckled at how, not even a year ago, he hadn't even kissed a woman, yet, now he was kissing not only his wife, but the first woman to let him into her world. He trailed a hand to the front of her dress, opening it to free a breast before slipping off his gloves so he could feel the silken globe. He used the pad of his thumb to tease the nipple into a hardened bud, getting her to groan and press tighter against him.

Warmth that only came from him seeped into her and pooled in her stomach. Not long ago, she had given up on finding the one to set her ablaze in desire, to tempt her into new things and she nearly settled for either Dairren, Ser Gilmore or some other cold nobleman. Now, she couldn't imagine being with anyone but Alistair. Her sneaky fingers found their way to the clasps that held his armor together and almost went to work when he pinched her nipple a little before rubbing it.

He trailed his mouth to the exposed side of her neck while his hands moved on to gather up the skirt of her gown and run up the legging-covered skin before resting on the center of her desire for him. "Hmm... Tell me, my dear, have I been neglecting my little wife too much?" He whispered hotly against her throat, a small grin showing he knew the answer even before the question sunk into her head.

Jaya's lids drooped slightly as the question registered and earned her to flush, nodding her head slightly. "Y-Yes, beloved... Y-you've b-been... T-t-too busy... With c-c-court..." She admitted, knowing that not only had he been dealing with court since the twins' birth, she had also been too tired from taking care of the children. Her silver eyes dimmed in arousal as she whimpered slightly.

Alistair smirked and nibbled on her ear lobe. "I intend to rectify that immediately, sweet." He promised as well as threatened, all with that one sentence as his other hand, the one not toying with her heat, took up the skirt before an idea came to his head. "You might want to hold onto the blighted skirt while I do that." When her shaking hands took the fabric he held, he dropped down and put his mouth on her heat, earning a whine as he saw her let go of her skirt and put both hands on the wall to try and hold herself up. A chuckle escaped as he took his sweet time loving her, teasing her with release before slowing down, repeating the pattern until she began trembling with pent up desire. He toyed with her while his free hand worked on unclasping his armor, easily undoing the clasps that she had tried to undo but failed. Once the armor was gone, he figured she had enough teasing and, unbuttoning his breeches, thrust up into her warmth.

She pulled herself closer and set their rhythm to one of a fast pace with small teasing intervals. After nearly a year and half of this, they had found there was no 'bad' position but she found herself loving it when he took her against a wall, wondering how many more places they could do this. Jaya felt her body start tingling and knew, from her husband's breaths, he was close too so she trailed a hand down to where they joined so they came simultaneously, his mouth covering hers until the spasms calmed and he brought them both to the bed that was beckoning them.

Well, from now on, it's only my brain and no more copying... T.T I hope I can do justice to this!
~~Skittles~~