Chapter 16

With everyone seated, the meeting starts off.

"Everyone should start with their introduction of themselves, pronouns, sexuality, etc," Katherine suggests.

"Then I'll go first," Liam voice. " As you know, I'm Liam Este Maxwell. I prefer he/him but they/ them works too, I'm bisexual and a bottom. Mostly a little. . .I slide from 3 to 8 i think."

I can see it, really. He looks at me, out the corner of his eye then looks away quickly, owing his head. I don't get it, until Lilth nugs me a bit and speaks through our bond.

'Go to him.'

'But I don't-'

'Let your instincts guide you. Do what comes natural.Relax."

She nugs me again, and I look around. Everyone seems to be looking at me waiting to see what I'll do. Taling a deep breath, I get up from my chair and walk over to Liam. His figure stiffens a bit and his head lowers even more. I kneel in front of him, getting to his level, and lightly grab his toes.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

He mumbles a bit under his breath, not looking at me.

"Speak up, Sweets. I need to hear you," I urge, softly.

"Y-you don't w-want to b-b-be w-with us anym-more bec-cause I-I'm a freak. You'll get-t-t dis-sguisted with m-me and l-leav-ve."

"Oh baby," I coo. "I promise I won't leave and nothing can make me leave you. You are perfect just the way you are, little or not, i won't change it for the world."

"Really," he raises his head, eyes holding tears. " You won't leave?"

"I won't leave," I smile.

Liam flings himself onto me, arms wraping around my neck as he hugs me. i hold him in my arms, picking him up, walking back to my seat, with him on my lap. I rock us gently, cooing and reassuring him softly. His tears fall, out of happiness i wouldn't know, but I let him get it out. Everyone is silent, letting everything play out, and soon Liam's body relax. Soft snores can be heard from him as he curls into me.

"Well that happened," I shrug. "Care to explain some things?"

"Dear, we'll explain after everyone gets a turn," Katherine promise.

"Well then I'm next," Elizabeth voices, lowly. "I'm Elizabeth Anakins Cragore. I'm a l-little and slave, and I a-age s-slide between three and eight."

She rubs her palms together, shyly peering at me through her bangs. A blush brightens her checks, and I shuckle, opening my arms to her.

"Only if you want," I reassure when an unsure expression shows on her face. Taking a deep breath, she stands on slightly shakely knees and walks towards me. Shifting Liam a bit to the right, Elizabeth gets on my left leg, and snuggles into me as well. I rub her back soothingly, humming a lullaby, almost forgottten by my younger self. As if by magic, she falls asleep, thumb in her mouth.

That is so not sanitary.

I reach up and sofy remove her thumb from her mouth. Looking around, but not finding what I'm looking for--something even I don't know what I'm looking for onestly--, I look to Grant.

He pulls out a pacifier from a draw by the couch he sits in andhands it to me. The clear paci with two red hearts sits in my hand, however, it doesn't feel right, like I can feel an instinct that it isn't her's. I shake my head at him, giving it back. He tries again and again four more times until I'm handed an all red paci with little watercolor splatches on it. Smiling, I take it, and place it was Elizabeth's lips after again moving her thumb out the way. Immediately she takes it, her little restless moving ceasing.

I feel like I'm being tested. It irks me, making me want to growl, but with two little angels on me, I refuse to awaken them. Instead, I opt to send a glare at them, implying my dislike for the things they are doing. But it seems they don't care, or they choose to ingore it, contiuning we we let off.

"You know me already, Dear," Katherine winks. "However, I shall still do this right. My name is Katherine Lapis Nevena De'Clare. I'm a Switch, though I'm mostly a dom, a mommy dom at that. I'm a brattly little, age sliding from four to about sixteen."

I nod, waiting for the next person to go.

"Theoadore Atlas Emery Sapphirus, at your service," Theo smirks. "I'm a Switch as well, however I'm mostly a Daddy Dom. I am a bratty little and a rope bunny, and my ages are 3-12."

"You'll run him out with all your talking," Lilith muses. "I'm a Switch as well, though I mostly dom leaning towards sadism with my mommy dom self. I age slide from four to nine,mostly.."

Quirking an eyebrow at her, I wait.

"Oh! My name is Lilith Dawn Edith Ambrose, daughter to the standing clan head." She gives a little bow of the head.

"You did wonderful, Lilith," I praise. "And so did you too, Theo. I'm proud of you."

It's geniune how I feel, as a say those encouraging words, wanting to let them know they have been heard.

"Then it leaves just me," Grant sighs. "Grant Ethan Rhys Rune. I'm a Dom and a rigger."

I notice the attitude in his voice, and It doesn't sit well with me. He leans back in his seat, eyes on me.

"Again," speak,meeting his eyes. "and drop the attitude."

His eyes narrows, as he leans up, and repeats himself. His attitude it still there, however it's more controlled. Now looking around at each of them, excluding Liam and elizabeth, I glower," So anyone want to tell me why you're testing me?"

Everyone's eyes lower.

"I won't repeat myself."

"This is part of the meeting to understand where everyone stands. In this relationship, a contract paper will be useless, since we are esentially together for life, for one. Two, if there happens to be another husband or wife added, then the contract will may have to change as well," explains Theo, speaking quickly.

"That still doesn't explain why."

"The way you react to us at a primal level of sorts will better determine the flow of the dynamic. With you being added, we don't know what will change," starts Lilith. "Immortals when bonded with their mates, can change to some aspects."

"So if I were to not being into this, then you would all stop, or would I be dragged into this?"

"We would never make you do something you wouldn't want, that itself is against the magic contract, unless totally necessary.In this case, the urge to slip into subspace, would not happen as likely when around you or we would slip or of subspace in your presence."

". . .Well I don't want anything you have to change. . . Where would I fall in-"

"Under me," Grant interrupts."Seeing as I'm the only one who is a Dom, and only a Dom, I'll be in lead of the relationship."

"That's not for certain. Although, I could be a Switch, who says that I will submit to you," I question.

"He's right Grant," Katherine asserts. "Now to see why you are in here, I've made a magic contract of sorts, that shows where we fall, and in accordance will follow through the bonds making it easy to adjust."

"Fine by me."

"Use your blood on this paper" her instructs.

Bitting my index finger, Katherine guides it on a piece of paper making a line from top the bottom.

"Like this."

Straight away, the paper begin the glow, a bright white. The light begins to dim down, focusing now on the line that my blood as drawn. from bottom to top, the glowing white light travels, and as it passes through--what I make out to be the names of my soulmates--names, leaving a colors and marks behind. Once the white fades out, Katherine grabs the paper holding it up.

"Well, that unexpected," she starts, eyes getting a bit wider as she reads up the paper. "There seems to be no more full Doms with the dynamic."

"What you mean," Grant bellows. "I should be the only Dom on that paper,"

Liam and Elizabeth both whimper in my arms, eyes movingunder their lids, rapidly.

"Be quiet," I seeth, "Although, we are in such a hige room, there's not reason to yell, we can all hear you."

"Yo-"

"It's done, Grant," Lilith cuts in. "I know you can feel it, just as much if not more than me. It was bound to happen, and he's not even done maturing. Especially with this new surge he's to go under."

Grant just huffs, not accepting the reality of the situation.

"What's the results," Curiously, I ask.

"ALthough there are no Doms, you are still numbers as one. Most everything has stayed the same really, nonetheless it must be noted that Grant is now a Switch." she informs. "And although we don't go off of this, unless during punishments and whatnot, we have a rank of sorts within the dynaminc. It goes:

!. Elixabeth (blue-ish purple)

2. Liam (blue-ish purple)

3.Theo (Green)

4.Me (Yellow)

5.Lilth (Yellow with a tint of orange)

6.Grant (Orange with a hint or red)

7. Rowan (Red with a hint orange)

"Does the colors mean anything?"

""Along with the numbers, they help determine the dynamic and how close someone is with the power exchange. It really isn't as imprtant," assures Katherine.

"And this is suppose to just magicaaly change over night," I question, a bit skeptical.

"Basically. You won't feel it, but the changes will become apparents dependig on the individual," she began. "Other side affects will also appear, such as the way you talk to us each individual and as a whole. It isn't going to cause anyone any harm."

Relieved, i relax my tense body, checking the two angels. Peacfully, they sleep, so I ease up from my position, carrying each in an arm and pwalk towards the bed. Using a bit of mana, a shadow claw, pinches the cover within its sharp talonsand pulls it back. Laying them down, making sure their still sleep, I softly tuck them in, turn on the lamp bedside their bed,

"It's been a slightly tense meeting, so I will be taking my leave," I announce, quietly. I walk out the room with the four awake husband and wives right behind me.

"You may not know it, but the magic is working now," Katherine giggles, a bit too gitty. "To make it easier, information will be slowly transferred to you from us about the basic concept, however the way you interpret it is on you. Alos the skills part, you'll need to practice if you ever want to try those."

"I'll sure you would love to teach him," Lilith snickers.

Katherine's face flushes as her rambling stops. I reach out a patt her head, comforting her.

"I'll love for you to teach me," I smile, eyes closed.