The Manfox

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 6975

I pause for a second, suppressing a grin as I sense a jolt of panic from my wife's twin (and the one who now also has the key to my heart...along with the Alicia of my world).

Seeing the twinkle in Dragon Fred's eyes (not to mention a quick wink), tells me he had planned for that reaction from his former.....partner.

She thinks that Dragon Fred is talking about him marrying her!

Not only is this patently absurd, considering the fact that such a mixed marriage wouldn't work (if only for the fact that a dragon's lifespan FAR outspends that of a manimal), I know for a fact that Dragon Fred's heart belongs wholly to his mate and wife, Malachi D'Honaire. Never mind the waves of outrage that would cause back in Ethiopia, the news that an ambassador under the employment of the Regent would DARE have TWO wives!

"I was hoping to have our marriage to fall on the end of the month, or the beginning of the next.....on September the first," I smile....causing a satisfied smile (akin to what a cat has after eating the family canary) plays on both the dragon's human faces. "That is, if she accepts my proposal."

There is...however, no such conventions against multiple marriage partners in the Manimal Nations. See, when the Pack were still lycanthropes, the nature of their moon curse caused them to sometimes parent children from those one was NOT married to. In this kind of enviroment, and well under similar constraints as the rest of the Pack, Padre Fin had done much soul searching and come to the obvious solution. He had declared that, since those of the Pack had no control over themselves when the full Moon shone her light upon them, then what came from it couldn't be a sin. To make a long (and somewhat embarrassing) story short, it evolved that multiple marriages were permissible.

The Pope of the Christian church (the Ethiopian brand of the it....considering that the Pope in Rome was dead....along with everyone else within the Vatican), had grudgingly accepted Fin's religious arguments....and had granted sanction to MANIMALS being able to have multiple wives. He explained to his stunned Council of Cardinals that since these were non-humans, though they had souls and thus were still God's children just like human beings, that some allowances must be made for the different....mindsets.

There had been distant rumbles of discontent, but finally acceptance.....

As all that is, I put it all aside and smile as I go down on one knee, in the proscribe position for proposing marriage. I feel within Alicia 3's heart a flood of emotions, shocked delight being the prominent feeling. That, and an overpowering sense of warmth and love.

"Alicia 3," I say in my best courtly voice as my tail slowly swishes back and forth. "Though we've only met today, our hearts know each other as if from birth. I know that you are a princess from the fabled land of Prestor John, and are incredibly brave, intelligent, and lovely within your beautiful vixen form...and within your soul. I know that you recently saw into your darker side, and are now truly remorseful of what you have done. I know that I still have much to learn from and of you, just as I still have much to learn from and of my loving wife, Alicia. But it 'tis the journey through live as we love and learn that makes marriage such a blissful thing."

"Alicia, though you'll be my second wife, you'll be an equal within my heart. You already have seen my Alicia...and how she accepts you as something special. Do not fear that you will be driving a stake between her and I, for we are now One. Please, Alicia 3, finish the binding by accepting me as your husband?"

She rushes forward and embraces me in a shower of kisses and happy tears.

"By the good Lord," she whisper tenderly. "I want you. I want to be your wife! Thank...you."

We entwine our tails, and suddenly find a third joining this hug. Alicia joins with her sister in this embrace, and we silently feel the love flow throughout our beings as our empathy binds us together.

My heart sings, and I give thanks that my wife was able to reassure me that I wasn't being unfaithul to her because.....it had been an accident what happened between Alicia 3 and myself....and Alicia was actually very happy with this proposedarrangement...now....

Good Lord above, I'm thankful for such an understanding vixen!

  1. Alicia 3 then looks up, tears coming from her eyes (still not quiet....used to the impact of her empathic gift), and her eyes fall upon Dragon Fred....

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