Herald of Steel

The once childish Fabiyana now appeared far more mature than when Alexander had left her.

Aged twelve, almost thirteen, she was much taller and her body had started to display all the secondary female characteristics, as evidenced by how snuggly her body fit the elegant flowery pink dress she was wearing.

It seemed puberty had finally hit her with all its force and she was beginning to grow increasingly healthy.

This was also perhaps in part due to the all rich food she was having- meat, eggs, fish, sugar, butter, you name it. Most of these high calorific foods would be present in almost every one of her meals, a luxury that her father could have never afforded even if he had tried.

Combine this with all the playtime she had running around outside with Alexander's children, and it was little wonder she was starting to bloom.

And along with her body's development, Fabiyana seemed to have also grown a bit in terms of the mind.

She no longer outright greeted him as 'Big brother' with that large candid laughter, but followed Princess Camelia's example to greet him with his proper title and a reserved smile.

Her onyx eyes were also no longer what they once were- those limpid pool sparkling with curiosity. But instead, they were replaced by a cool, calm gaze that seemed to hide endless mysteries.

The change both gratified and a bit hurt Alexander, because he actually preferred that childish girl.

...….

Alexander would then bathe and invite all the ladies to dine with him, while his kids busied themselves with the new toys their father had brought for them.

The boys got two beautifully made large wooden soldiers, red and blue, while the girls each got an elaborately designed stuffed doll.

The excited giggles of them playing with their new toys would spread far past their playing rooms and it would take the maids in charge of the four quite some effort to get them back to their bed that night.

And speaking of going to bed, Cambyses, as the first wife naturally got the dibs on being Alexander's first, excitedly meeting him in his room as soon as dinner was over.

Passionate, hot kisses soon ensured, as the couple seemed to want to swallow the other's tongue, but just as things were starting to get steamy,

"Wait!" a small cry came from the girl herself.

"!!!" Alexander, who had his hands all over her, and was just starting to get to the fleshy bits, naturally frowned.

"Get that new girl. I want to see her." Cambyses chimed, her voice a bit anticipating.

"Why? What do you plan to do?" Alexander's frown naturally deepened a bit hearing this.

Right now he wanted nothing more than to enjoy his time with his main wife.

Why did Arrya have to be here?

"Just ask her to come. You will see." However Cambyses only insisted with an innocent smile, unwilling to give anything away.

But Alexander of course knew his wife quite well, and taking a guess, stated in a much firmer voice,

"*Sigh* I do not know what you think about her and me, but let me say it clearly- Arrya is simply a guest here. I do not plan to keep her here."

"The pirates that captured her told me she is a noble from Iyizarid. I wish to return her to her family in exchange for some kind of benefit- opening up their ports, making trade concessions, or even just a small ransom."

"The only reason why I haven't sent her away already is because she can't even tell me where she is from till now, she doesn't understand Azhak. So I plan to ask that pirate captain to find her family the next time we meet."

When Alexander had asked Arrya about her family, the girl only let out a string of phrases that sounded like gibberish to him.

She could not even confirm whether the name Arrya was her surname, her first name, or even just a name Vidiyan had given his new captive. So Alexander could not even use that to start to search for her family.

Thus, as Alexander was scheduled to meet the pirate captain in a few weeks, he intended to have the well traveled man look into this, or if even he could not, at least bring him some translators to let him do it himself.

Hearing Alexander's intention about Arrya suddenly made Cambyses's chilling eyes turn much warmer, and her lips turned into a much gentler smirk,

"Is that so? Haha, still, like I said, I just want to see her."

However, it was very clear that although Cambyses made the same request, her plans had significantly changed.

Originally she wanted to bring Arrya here to show this new girl who this man truly belonged to, perhaps if Alexander allowed, even make love in front of her as a way to brag.

But now…

"*Sigh*, you want to just play with her, don't you? You are so… okay, just don't do anything extreme."

Alexander was finally unable to deny his love's request after meeting her after so long, and asked one of the guards stationed outside to fetch the girl.

While Cambyses stood there a bit shocked, finding it a bit scary just how accurately her man could read her mind.

Indeed, given how beautiful Arrya was she wanted a look.

….

Arrya entered Alexander's bedroom with somewhat unsteady steps, wearing a baggy, white one piece gown and constantly rubbing her drooping eyes.

She was exhausted after her long journey and had already hit the bed when the men knocked, thus forcing her to yank herself out of her sweet sleep with great difficulty.

And perhaps it was because of this still drowsiness that she had yet to understand the significance of being called into a man's room at this time of the day.

She just stood in front of Alexander with unfocused eyes, trying hard to swallow all the yawns constantly rising out of her.

Honestly Alexander felt sorry for forcing her out like this.

But before he could make any concessions, Cambyses's eyes suddenly blazed with contained anger.

The languid, sleepy demeanor was certainly very improper, but at the same time, this attitude somehow made Arrya even more sexy.

Those long, thick curly blonde ringlets, that fair neck, those dainty arms, and even the slight reveal of her cleavage, combine all of that with such a candid, laid back attitude, and the innocent girl unknowingly exuded a charm that even Cambyses found attracted to.

Thus feeling slightly jealous, Cambyses stepped forward with an imperious gait, and greeted the sleepyhead in a loud, domineering voice,

"Ahhh! Sister Arrya, so good of you to come. Were you sleeping? *Tsk*, *tsk*, how could you? Leaving your master behind? What a discouteous girl!"

"Now why don't you take off your clothes and let us see what we bought?"

Cambyses really did not minch her words with her demands, and the amount of venom contained in them stunned even Alexander. Even though he could roughly guess what she was going to say, he thought Cambyses was going to at least try to coax this maiden a bit.

But she really treated Arrya like a slave, some 'thing' she had simply bought.

"!!!" While the blonde girl in question did not quite understand what she was being asked off, but the loud brash voice and the disdainful, childing tone was certainly enough to snap her out of her sleepy stupor.

It was perhaps only then she also realized where she was and what the guard truly meant when he escorted her to this room.

Due to her sleepiness, until now she took the request literally, that Alexander simply wanted to meet her.

But with Cambyses repeating her words and then even making signs by pointing at her dress and making an undressing motion, Arrya quickly got the message.

'That day' had come

And it made her heart instantly skip a beat.

She immediately jolted her body awake, before quickly sending Alexander a pleading look, her eyes turning both defiant and afraid.

Arrya as a prideful noble lady certainly did not want to give her chastity like this, as a slave servant.

Iyizardians valued their chastity almost as much as their life, much more than even the monogamous Sybarians. It was one of the core pillars of their faith.

And this was also one of the reasons why they were so against pirates. The raids cost many of their women their dignity.

But at the same time, Arrya knew if Alexander insisted, other than biting her tongue and killing herself, she could do little to stop him.

And if she had that will, Arrya would have done it long before. In fact, when they were about to be captured by Vidiyan, many of the women traveling with her had done exactly that, including her two personal maidservants.

But Arrya, try as she might, was simply unable to will herself to produce that dreadful bite.

Her heart wanted to still live

So the same thing unfolded now.

Facing a demanding Cambyses and a helpless looking mute Alexander, the girl was finally unable to withstand the pressure, and her heart willed her hand to unclasp the thin strings on her shoulder, thus letting her dress drop like a curtain.

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