"Our Empress' body is always so divine! Will we be allowed to stay the night this time?" Lady Raha Hayati asks Yanelis with pleading green eyes, her petite features framed by blue hair and her soft skin is exposed with silky fabrics covering the slightest, but most important places.
"Please let us serve you well tonight, our Empress!" Lady Azita Shojaii begs next, wearing similar silk as Raha. Both were from banished houses from a kingdom now dissolved into Kuxecaea. Their slight feminine frames besotted many and distracted from their deadly sides. Azita had flaming red locks with black eyes with a face of sin.
"My oh my, aren't my two kittens eager tonight…" Yanelis replies lazily, her naked body reclined on her bed with Raha running her hands over her torso and Azita between her thighs. Both ladies are in her harem, strickly lesbian and more than happy in their positions within the harem. They shared a palace, though an official concubine will be added eventually and be the true ruler of the palace. However, her harem members she rather enjoyed, and often enough visited them all. Before she could tease the pouting duo, a knock sounds from her door. She arches a brow, but holds Azita's head with one hand and Raha's hand over her breast with the other as they started to pull away. "Enter." She snaps with a half smile, eager to see what must be so important.
"Our Empress, the grandest gift from the gods, I beseech your forgiveness!" Lady Sophia Hickling bows lowly and awaits her mistress to respond.
Yanelis feels her annoyance dissipate slightly knowing that her most devoted and trusted servant would have to of had a good reason to barge in on her good time. "So, tell me what's so important Sophi." She demands with a slight hint of impatience.
"Right away! You requested to be alerted of Prince Asteropaios' arrival, regardless of what you may be preoccupied with. I am merely here to inform you of the prince having been just escorted in and is awaiting your wishes. They also sent a quadrant of knights with him, besides his personal attendants." Sophia quickly gets out, not worried for her life but not wishing to annoy her more. She grew up with her and knew her Majesty too well, and what a nasty temper she held.
"Rise Sophi. Send away those useless knights, other than his personal guards of course.' Yanelis states absentmindedly as she tilts her head in contemplation.
"Your Majesty, he wasn't sent any guards…" Lady Tyri Saifuddien, one of Yanelis' Head of Personal Guards, announces after rising as well.
"None?" Yanelis questions as she sits up straighter.
"None our Empress." Sophia agrees, just as curious.
"He must be eager to get some rest, please bring him and his entourage to me at once." Yanelis orders, her smile diminishing a bit while her eyes glint with interest and amusement.
"What's your wish from us, our beloved Empress." Raha asks as she and Azita await orders.
"Do what you do second best for me and make me enjoy the moment." She tells them before taking a giggling Raha in a kiss.
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Asteropiaos understood the true meaning of exhaustion now. His escorts seemed to be in a rush to get him to Empress Yanelis Kalino to be the best of canon fodder for her. However, he soon noticed from their many stops going through her Empire's territory, that she was beloved by her people and revered. He found this curious as the books painted her as a bloodthirsty maniac that killed as much of her own as she did from other kingdoms. He ensured to grab new literature almost instantly, as well as caused a fuss to stay in a "proper" inn each night. This was to allow him a comfortable stay, but also to postpone their arrival so he could do due research. Because no matter how crazy people could be, they wouldn't love an Empress like how she was depicted. Nor would the people be thriving in ways that Phasikar could only inspire to.
Learning is his forte, and learn he did. Especially the fact that while he would be her fourth Emperor, she had only killed one of them. The first one committed suicide after two months. The second had attempted to injure her Majesty's Imperial Concubine, Prince Jun Tigin, and her Majesty took offense. The third was poisoned by his jealous cousin who was severely punished. However, the rumors of her killing her husbands was more fun and thus was the ones circulated. More so, he learned that Empress Yanelis has a habit of becoming rather fond of things she finds interesting or amusing, going so far as to give a beggar a place in nobility because they earned her favor. As far as looks went, she seemed to appreciate a lot of different appearances, but gaining her interest was much harder.
"Her Majesty, Empress Yanelis Kalino, wishes to see you and your company Prince Asteropaios Crandomna." A servant states with a bow, then starts to lead them off.
"You have escorted the Prince here, her Majesty offers her thanks and wishes your immediate departure with her gift to your King." Another woman says sternly as she stands eye to eye with a flabbergasted Captain Finly Graceforge.
"Yes, we shall await with the carriages." He finally replies after gathering himself, throwing subtle glares as he leads his men out.
The woman simply claps her hands and servants start rushing around, bringing in his items and taking out theirs. "Ensure the Prince's carriages and horses are brought straight to the royal stable-master." She barks as the doors close behind him.
"Is there a way for me to request a moment to freshen up? I fear I am not presentable to Her Majesty, Empress Yanelis Kalino, as I currently am." He asks politely, not having worn his best as he hadn't expected an audience until the following day.
The maid eyes him, then sighs slightly as she turns away. "I am her majesty's personal attendant, Sophia Hickling. Our Empress is aware of your tiring journey and wishes for your greeting immediately so you may rest the remainder of the day. Please pay no mind to the state of your apparel and focus upon pleasing her."
He finds himself silent after this, gaging mixed feelings from those surrounding them and escorting them to the Empress. How curious it seemed that they were awaiting to see how his meeting went. However, before he could consider this too much, Sophia is knocking on a set of grand doors and announcing their arrival as she leads them within. Once he enters, he feels struck by the surprise of seeing the Empress intimately entwined with two women upon her bed. With a flush, he averts his eyes as he recovers and clears his throat. "Greetings to your Majesty, Empress Yanelis Kalino." He calmly greets her as he kneels, followed by the attendees. It feels as though minutes tick by excruciatingly slow as the three women giggle and moan until finally they hear pleasure filled cries. They hear ruffling of fabric before she finally greets them.
"You may rise, Prince Asteropaios." She says in a husky voice, to which he stands gracefully.
"Thank you, your Majesty." He replies with a mostly blank face, the faintest bit of pink he couldn't quite hide as he keeps his gaze lowered.
"I am glad to see that you've arrived in such a fine state." She seems to study him. His clothing was a bit rough from the carriage ride, though he did fix it to a more presentable state. His golden locks appeared soft and feathery being a slight bit longer than most from his country and having the slightest curl at the ends. "Look at me." She simply commands, waiting for his purple eyes to meet her's once more. Yes, she had known of the King's line of purple eyed nobles, but seeing his with the faintest signs of curiosity, apprehension and malice caused her blood to race. "Why did you not bring your personal guard?"
Asteropaios blinks at this before replying. "My apologies Empress Yanelis Kalino, but I had none to bring with me." She had pursed lips this whole time, but now a smile curled her mouth at his words. Oddly, the servants around them shifted in unease at this. Her pink hair feel in curls around an angelic face while her turquoise eyes glinted with secret thoughts. Her frame was a mixture of lithe muscle and feminine grace, proving she was as much a fighter as an Empress.
"Is that so? How strange, a Prince not having personal guards…" She tsks, then stands and starts to walk towards him in all of her naked glory. She takes steady, confident steps, her hand easily grasping a dagger from a table as she makes her way. He couldn't keep himself from subtly gulping at this but was able to keep a mask of compliance firmly in place. She stands before him, looking him over again, seeming to appraise him in all of his finery. Slowly, she lifts the dagger, placing the tip lightly against him before taking her time dragging it down towards his belt. She moves it to between the slightest folds of his shirt, bringing it back up to where the side barely touched him with it's cold bite as it sliced his shirt open in the front while she continued to hold his gaze. She looks down at the flesh she had revealed, her smile fading to a smirk as she looks up at him again. "Remove your shirt."