It was another thought, I pushed away. I roamed myself over to the lounge chair holding our things from underneath the deck. I took off my dress and went into the refreshing water.
Once I sat down is when I began pulling my hair up into a ponytail. Then I laid back relaxing inside the pool as Maria giggled, "If you wanted a hair tie I could have given you one." She mentioned bringing it up to my awareness. "I brought two inside my bag in case you wanted one."
Just playing along like I was clueless, I laughed and said. "I didn't know that."
After we outwardly laughed together, I smoothed things out "At least it gave me a chance to explore the mansion."
"You go lost didn't you?" Asked Maria laughing.
"Next time, I think I'll bring the five your old." I admitted çhuckling, "Samantha, seems to own this place."
Now Maria laughed harder and told me. "These kids play all over the place. They're able to memorize their way around everywhere from their constant exploring. I've lost Clara around here many times. Luckily, there are men in every corner inside and outside. So locating the kids is part of their jobs too."
Kinda nodding, I told her, "One man ran into me during my lost adventure and helped me out. He seemed amused when I said I was searching for Cory's room."
First Maria giggled some, "That's because you're engaged to Cory. What he owns now belongs to you." She shared with me. "Now usually just being engaged you would stay in different rooms but Cory feels since your new he wants you close by him."
"I wish he'd let me have my own room," I replied very aggravated.
"Maybe request a double room." After thinking, Maria suggested an idea, "We have two small bedrooms for Clara and Jake from inside our living room. Maybe Cory would allow that. You get your way by having your own space and he's still in the same room."
Taking a breath, I replied, "Guess I could try."
"Honestly, I don't get why he's acting like this with you. If I could talk to him about this matter, I would." Maria gave her honest opinion.
Raising a brow, I questioned curiously, "Why can't you talk to him about it?"
"Because I don't have rights to request these kinda things." Explained Maria, "Even with being married to a Highest ranking man. It would be looked frowned upon. My husband wouldn't be happy about it. We all have our placement here in the Kingdom. And it's not my place to question what the Primary King does with his business. This would be your department since you're his fiance. Only you can request a double room. The worst he's going to do is tell you no."
I sighed on this one and said, "Maybe I'll try doing that." Then I was wondering more about the Kingdom lifestyle. "You each live inside one room from inside a huge mansion? The Businessman Society, live inside penthouse in their tall business buildings."
Maria replied giving me a lot of insight. "That's correct. You could view the room like a personal apartment setting. Anything outside your room is shared. So we all live together in each mansion, castle, or palace by ranking. We kinda rotate around them within our ranks. But everyone lives together, works together, and we raise our children together. Like the other Society Kinds. The teens leave their parent's household by adulthood, at age five hundred, and most of them get married by age one hundred. But even married the boys have to wait to get their own room by adulthood. Therefore if he has a wife and kids if his wife hits her breeding age early by a hundred. The boy's father still takes his son's family under his authority. They're just to immature to be on their own until they reach adulthood. But once that man's son reaches adulthood. He gets his room and is placed wherever his ranking stands and the job he chooses. Except if you've known and grew up with the Royals. Then your family descendants stay to work for the Royals."
"Do the girls get their say as adults if they aren't married?" I asked curiously.
Maria further explained, "Well, no. The girls under the kingdoms stay under their father's authority or another man's authority until a man claims them. That's why most fathers make pre-arranged engagements at a very young age."
Still laying down relaxing, I turned my head to Maria, shocked, "Wait! The girls are that controlled? While the boys get their full authority rights by adulthood."
Maria smiled and said, "All hybrid women and girls are controlled in each Society. None of us ever have any real rights, Sally. These are just our Kingdoms' and Barons' ways in our Society. Some male figure has to take responsibility claim for any female no matter the age. Until the man who has this authority over her gets her claimed by marriage or sells her. The men will call it a responsible claim or just a claim. Truth is us ladies and girls are valuable credits and breeders for our Kind but here we are treated well."
"Sounds like the Kingdom men have a lot of power," I said flabbergast.
Maria added, "Kingdom men are very powerful but the military Kingdom men are far more powerful even if they're lower ranked. Me being married to a Highest-Ranker like John. For him to have earned privileges to live under the Royal's roofing. You could only imagine how much power he does have over the low ranks. However, you're claimed by the Head Royal King running this whole Kingdom. Cory is the most powerful hybrid man. He owns John, he's my husband's boss and pays my husband extremely well."
I took a breath from understanding this. I must get myself out of here, getting married to a hybrid man that powerful. Isn't the life I wanted for myself.