The tightly knit family

"When Sienna and Thyasse walked into the lightly decorated dining room everyone was already sitting at the big table.

"What a nice sight."Marath chuckled as he saw them..."One shining like a sun and one beautiful as a coming moon." he noted...

"What about me son-in-law?"Chantelle asked cheekily.

"You are the fire itself Chantelle." he smiled.

"Always well versed, Marath."Sharmut nodded."Did you see the poetry book our Sienna did? So touching..." he grinned at him.

"Sure, we got it in Crystal City market..."Marath chuckled."Sienna is a talent indeed."

"That is enough of flattery!"Sharchan furrowed his brows as he seated his sister and Sienna behind the massive table.

"Let us marvel about that touching deep feeling of blooming love so pure..."Sharmut provoked his son a little...

"Sienna did all those to protect herself from that Spider King, not because she loved him!" The Snake King hissed.

"So was it all just pretence?" S looked at Sienna with a hurted expression on his face...

"Both..."Sienna nodded," I did like him a little. He was nice sometimes..."

Sharchan looked at her and furrowed his brows in hurted unbelief. "You really liked him?"

"What? You knew Adenou, he was likeable till he was bearable and horrible when he was unbearable... a little bit like you..sometimes..."Sienna chuckled mischievously.

Sharchan's face reddened in quiet rage. He felt as if his heart would explode!

" Never put me together with him in one bag!" he hissed upset...

"Well, I have you and he is the Peacock King now, so all is well," Sienna smiled kindly." And I'm so happy everyone is well, alive and we all can sit here together today." she smiled touching his arm and pulling him down to sit next to her.

"Let's drink to family." she smiled.

"Sure, "Sharmut nodded. "To our family!"

"To my mother, father, brothers and my new sister..."Thyasse smiled.

"To us!"Marath nodded.

"To our clever little queen, "S said proudly and everyone drank from their golden goblets. It was the strong vine, but Sienna noticed that in her cup was fruity water and smiled. She liked that they respected her wishes.

S, who was sitting next to Sienna from her left side, smiled cheekily, watching her drink."You are so cute! I can't wait to mate with you." he half whispered smirking at her. 

Sienna froze as she was drinking from her golden goblet. She was sure everyone heard him and reddened up. This was so inappropriate!

"What?"Thyasse looked at S curiously.

"Well, Sharchet was pretending to be his brother for a while, so it is just natural development..."Sharmut shook his shoulders innocently.

"I'm ready to hear the news..."Marath licked his lips.

"Well, it is more of a story than a news..."Sharmut chuckled.

"We have time, please tell us, father..."Thyasse asked curiously.

"I like to know everything as well...."Chantelle put her hand on Sharmut's shoulders eagerly.

"Well, it all started with me trying to help Sienna with my rude son...."Sharmut said innocently.

Sharmut and S started to put the story back together and it was quite interesting for Sienna to listen to. She could not believe how sneaky they were and how funny they found it! "They behave as the snakes they are! Where is the humanity..." she wondered in her mind."She was kind of understanding why Sharchan said to her that his world is cruel.

Sharmut was describing how he was stuck with Sharchan in the snowy room." We had a lovely time together..." he chuckled."My son was so sure of his queen and he was right." he glanced proudly at Sienna.

"She tricked me so well, I did not even feel it."S noted."But it was so worth it! " he smiled at Sienna seductively.

"So who help you to get them out?"Marath asked Sienna curiously.

"Ziran and Marco," Sienna answered and looked at the Snake King's Ring, she still wore it, because S and Sharchan finally agreed that it was a good idea just to protect her from the wild snakes.

"The eagle again."Marath nodded. "He is way too strong for an eagle. He looks so cold, but I heard he is very hot in the bed."He smirked at Sienna.

"Yes, hot as melted iron."Sharchan chuckled with a bit of dark satisfaction.

"So, is it still there Sharchan?" Marath asked jokingly.

"No, it is gone already. I plan to have my one imprinted instead."Sharchan hugged Sienna's shoulders lovingly.

"No, thank you. I have one mark from you already on my arm."Sienna pointed at his snake golden bracelet sunken in her skin."I do not need any more." she shook her head gently.

"You need to be more fair..."Sharchan chuckled."Take it as if I reserved my spot with you!"

Sienna looked at them in awe. They were so inappropriate! All of them! They are beasts, simply men beasts!

"What are we talking about?" Chantelle asked a bit unsure. The men had lots of fun, but she had no idea...

"Sienna knows."Marath chuckled.

"Sienna?"Chantelle asked her curiously.

"I never saw it anyway...but apparently, there was Marco's hand-print on my bottom."Sienna said with a blushed face and bit her lips."He is the one who killed Kraken with Sarcos for me. My Sea Eagle King." she explained the rather awkward question with a resigned smile.

"Yes, doctor Marco."S chuckled..."He came to cure my cutie with a long fake beard on his handsome face. It was quite entertaining as I think of it...Well played, Sienna." he lifted his cup to salute her.

Sienna was all red. They played deadly games and then talked as if nothing much had happened!

"He must be something else as well."Marath nodded." He could pick up boiling crystal from my dome...He practically saved Sarcos."

"But I heard Sarcos is not in Sand City yet..."Sharmut noted.

"No, not for another week still, he was 2 minutes late, playing theatre with me."Marath smiled..."It cost him a month of his time. He is training Mathyas with Ramse and Xander. They are such sweet kings...they love our Sienna a lot..."Marath smiled entertained. She was like a new shiny thing to talk about....

Sharchan bit his lips. He was so upset with himself that Xander and Ramse had to take care of Sienna to help her survive...

"Well, she is my queen, not theirs, you are getting too personal..."Sharchan furrowed his brows.

"Do you mind, Sienna?" Marath asked cheekily.

"We are all family here...is fine...have fun."Sienna nodded her head relaxedly. She decided to give up and have fun...even from herself. There was no point in grudging at them... they were just too different kind of a family...

"Your family should protect her, not them..."Sharchan bit his lips.

"Well, Sarcos lost Sienna to Mathyas in the challenge. It was his decision."Marath noted."Is Sarcos not the head of your family?"Marath asked innocently.

"He is the strongest one..."Sharchan nodded..."But I'm Sienna's first mate!"

"You or Tyrell?" asked Marath."I was thinking she chose you both at the same time."

"I mated her first," Sharchan said proudly.

"Well, then I do not understand why you took her to hustler for Tyrell."Sharmut hissed. The idea of it made him half crazy, it was so embarrassing for him as a father. He liked to provoke his son a lot at any opportunity.

"If Sarcos doesn't double-cross me, I would destroy them all."Sharchan hissed." I hate him for that!"

"Well, you should not. I asked you to wait for him and you were too proud, so it was me who double-crossed you. I made him a copy of that letter, so he knew where I went."Sienna looked at Sharchan seriously.

"You do not trust me?"Sharchan hissed.

"I do love you. But trust you earn by your actions."Sienna bit her lips. This was getting tense. Sienna was not sure if she said the right thing but it was already in the open. The memory of Sharchan dragging her to the wetlands was a bit infuriating to her as well.

"I can't believe that. My own queen doesn't trust me!!!"Sharchan put on a sorry face."I'm so hurt now." he held his hand on his heart theatrically.

"Well, it is your own acting up to blame!" Sharmut noted firmly."You prepared a cage for your queen! Even dogs have more freedom than she would have."

"But it was a golden cage, that is different."Sharchan shook his head.

"It was still a cage," Sienna noted.

"I just like golden things," Sharchan shook his shoulders innocently.

"Well, that is true, you have heaps of gold everywhere just lying around, "Sienna noted. 

"I just like looking at it."Sharchan smiled ."As at you!" he circled Sienna's waist lovingly. He was such a drama queen!

"I would like to see that golden statue of me..." said Thyasse.

"Which one?" asked Sharchan.

"The one with secret writing on it..."Thyasse smiled at Sienna cheekily.

"What writing?"Sharchan asked his queen.

"Stupid older sister, "Sienna said a bit blushed...

"Why did you say that?"Sharchan asked surprised.

"You did, no? On your golden statue of me in your pile of gold?"Thyasse asked curiously.

"Why would I do that?"Sharchan asked Sienna a bit shocked.

"Because you are so incredibly rude even to the people you love..."Sienna shook her head. "It gave me a lot of stories to talk about with Thyasse before."Sienna smiled and kicked his feet under the table.

"Sure, "Sharchan nodded slowly."It must be Sienna's stalling stories, so my sister does not eat her." he thought," Well I will do the writing then..." he decided in his mind and turned to Sienna." But how can you call me rude again? I'm very polite most of the time. "he said whining a bit.

"Yes, when you sleep..."Sienna chuckled..."What is most of the time..."

"I agree," said S, "Sharchan never rages when he sleeps..."