The Wedding Night

[Sephone]

(After all the guests had finally left, Aureliane and Kaemgen finally found some time to themsleves)

Kaemgen ab Beauparlant does the same with his books, and his coast, both being tossed rather causally with little care so where, or how, they end up. Now on the bed, and laying down, he starts to feel along your neckline with his index finger. "God, you're beautiful. I couldn't have made that moment last longer if I tried." Another kiss is planted on your lips. "You're more gorgeous than ever, today. I wanted to tear your clothes off during the ceremony."

Aureliane smiles sweetly at Kaemgen ab Beauparlant as she reaches her hands to brush through his silken, brown hair, "I know exactly how you feel. You look more handsome today than you have in all the time I have know you." She takes one hand and slips it down the front of an exquisitely shaped Vavardi silk bodice with golden vines, "I wanted to share something with you before we go on, because, for me, this morning, it was a truly profound moment." She unfold the letter and hands it to Kaemgen ab Beauparlant.

You give a piece of mail to Kaemgen ab Beauparlant.

My Darling Liany,

It's noon, and tomorrow we are to be married. For the past several days,
I've been wracking my brain, trying come up with a wedding present for you.
I'm sure this will be a common theme in the years to come: what to get the
woman who already has everything? How can any material good or trinket
possibly express to you the depth of my love for you and the strength of my
commitment? In short, I've realized there's nothing I can buy that will be
nearly as meaningful as this one final note from Baron Kaemgen ab Bretagne
to Princess Aureliane mal Harmon. I've been writing little notes to you
from the beginning of our relationship, and I have no intention of
stopping, but tomorrow everything changes. No longer will I be writing as
a man who wishes to, or intends to, marry a woman. Instead, I'll be
writing as a husband to his wife, one half of a whole to the other. So,
this one last time, unwed Kaemgen wishes to tell the woman of his dreams
how she makes him feel.

You are the true joy of my life, and everything I ever wanted out of it.
When I'm with you I feel happy, confident, and complete, everything a man
wants to feel. I'm a better person when I'm around you. I'm a better man
for knowing you, and for loving you. You're my serenity, my comfort, and a
peaceful refuge from the outside world. No one else knows me like you do,
and I share things with you that I've never shared before. The fact of the
matter is that there are no words, in any language on all the Urth, that
can accurately sum up just how intense my feelings are for you, my love.
You thrill me beyond description, brighten my life in so many ways, and I
didn't know what true happiness was until I met you. I know we were born
for each other, and it means so much to have you by my side.

There will never be anyone else for me. My heart is forever yours.

All of my love,

Kaemgen


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Kaemgen ab Beauparlant takes the note and glances it over, obviously recognizing it. His eyes stay on it for a moment before they shift back to you, smile on his face. "I'm glad you got it. I was worried you might not." As the finger of one hand continues to trace along the edge of you neckline, he reaches for your hand with the other. "Go on," he gently urges. "What's on your mind?"

Aureliane stands in front of Kaemgen ab Beauparlant, between his legs as she reaches her hands one against to stroke through his hair, "When I woke this morning I was truly terrified. I had a million and one thoughts running through my head... 'What if I am a terrible wife, what if I don't make you as happy as you should be, what if I can't bare us children, what if something bad happens today, what...' there were so many worries whizzing through my mind that I didn't know what to do. Then Cecil came to escort me to Ana's house and, on the way, I was handed your letter by the courier. After Cecil left, I read you letter and burst into tears." As if on cue, a small, sparkling tear falls over her left cheek, though her soft smile remains. "And all I knew was that everything was going to be perfect because you would be there at the end of the aisle to meet me and, no matter what worries I had, a simple look from you and they would fly out of my mind."

Kaemgen ab Beauparlant just sort of listens, his gaze intent, focused on you. "Of course I was going to be there, and I'm never going anywhere. Look, I don't know, maybe people don't get it. Perhaps it's not normal, but..." He shakes his head. "Are you going to stop having doubts now that we're married?" he asks, with a small laugh.

Aureliane smiles at Kaemgen ab Beauparlant as she shakes her head, "No, you don't understand... I had no doubts at all that you would be there. I was scared that I could not be the wife that you deserve and then I realised that, if a letter from you can ease my heart so simple, your presence beside me, for the rest of my life would only be a thousand times stronger than the written word." She reaches to take the letter from Kaemgen ab Beauparlant as she says to him, "This, as you are not my possession, but me equal, this is my most treasured possession and it will go everywhere with me for the rest of my life."

"Well, I didn't doubt for one second. We are exactly what he other wants, needs, deserves, all that. You should have just talked to me." Kaemgen ab Beauparlant lowers his head, shaking it a little, a smile lingering on his face. "I'm glad the letter touched you as it did. Still, I'm not sure why you bring this up now." [Player]

Aureliane leans down and kisses Kaemgen ab Beauparlant's lips softly as she replies to him, her voice tender, "Because I am about to give you something that I have never, can never and will never have the chance to give anyone ever again and I want you to know how much you mean to me. How even the thought of you soothes my soul in a way the no one else ever has or ever could."

Kaemgen ab Beauparlant keeps a hand on your cheek as he kisses you back, gently and with affection. "I love you, Liany. You're my everything. The only girl I've ever loved, or will love. Don't ever have doubts about yourself again. You're my wife, for all eternity, no matter what happens."

Aureliane carefully sets the letter down on the bedside table before she kisses Kaemgen ab Beauparlant back, one hand brushing at the back of his neck while the other loosens the lacing of an exquisitely shaped Vavardi silk bodice with golden vines, a vine embroidered, sweetheart neckline of a Vavadian style starting to dip lower as the fabric falls from her slender for, "I wont, I promise. I love you too, Keamgen. You are my whole world, and there is nothing else I need."