Medya awoke in the strong arms of her queen, her bare back pressed against the firm breasts that she never could get enough of. They hadn't slept naked together since the bath night in the woods, which was one of the turning points in their relationship, and she hoped to never need night clothes again. This feeling of being so close to Inez was all she wanted. She didn't remember making it to the bed last night, so she had to assume she had been carried after she collapsed while they made love. Her face burned at the memories of all that they had done, and she slowly turned in Inez's embrace to face her. She was still sleeping soundly, her breathing gently blowing a few strands of her inky black hair, and Medya could only stare at the perfection of the woman she had been lucky enough to fall in love with. More importantly, who loved her in return.

She reached up, and gently stroked her cheek with the pads of her fingers, keeping her nails away from the eyes and not wanting her to get a cut if she awoke suddenly. More memories of what Inez had been able to accomplish with her fingers made her wonder if she should cut hers down to try something similar. She didn't want Inez to miss out on things because Medya was afraid of being unprotected. Of course, Inez did like the way she used her nails on her skin, and Kittani did have other methods of pleasing each other. She remembered stories of female Kittani that wanted to pleasure other women, and the items they'd use. She may need a trip to Tefra to find the right crafter, but she knew what to look for. A grin crossed over her face as she thought about what she could do with the queen after such a trip.

As though she knew that Medya was thinking about her, Inez's eyes fluttered open to see those lovely brown eyes gazing back at her. She didn't hesitate at all, but rolled forward, pinning Medya to the bed as she slung her legs to the side to straddle her. Leaning down, she kissed the surprised woman tenderly. "Good, morning my love," she murmured once she pulled away.

"If you keep that up it will be a good morning indeed," Medya replied with a smirk.

"I know what would make it the best morning ever," whispered Inez as she nuzzled Medya's neck.

"Mmmm... what might that be?" Medya was already feeling warm and tingly and didn't think she could say no to anything her queen might suggest at this point.

Inez sat up straight again, brandishing a small box that she produced from under the pillow, opening it to reveal a gorgeous diamond ring. "You could say yes." She said, her eyes wide with hope and a soft smile on her face.

Medya stared at the ring, not believing this was really happening, and then up at Inez's face, before taking in the ring again. When she looked up at Inez again, her smile had fallen a bit, and tears were threatening to spill from her eyes.

"Are you really asking what I think you're asking?" Medya had to clarify.

"I am. I know, it is horrible timing. I had a big speech, and I was going to draw you a bath and have flower petals and candles. But then I saw your eyes this morning and all I could think about was that I never wanted to wake up to another sight but you, so I just asked. You're it. You're the one I want as my wife, to sit on the throne next to me and give me the support and love I need. I want to marry you, we could do a joint marriage and coronation, let the world know that we stand together as one. This ring belonged to my great grandmother, and I took it out of the family vault yesterday, because it was the only thing in there as precious as you are."

"Yes!" Medya replied quickly. She didn't trust herself to think any more, but she knew that everything she wanted was naked and straddling her right now and asking her to spend the rest of her life together with her. How could she possible refuse that?

"Really? You will?" Inez asked breathlessly, her stunning smile once more gracing her face.

"Inez, I love you. Nothing else matters. I thought it did, and I have been so scared of losing you, but it just comes down to love. You told me to grab what I wanted and be selfish. You are what I want," Medya answered earnestly. "You are what I need, and you are what I desire." She slid her hands up Inez's side and cupped the breasts that she so loved. "And you have these, which you had to know I can never say no to!"

"You do realize you're marrying all of me, not just my breasts?" Inez joked.

"Yes, I know. But you should understand that these are going to be in my mouth every night," Medya promised.

"Oh no! Whatever shall I do?" Inez cried out in mock agony.

"In a perfect world, you'd just feed them to me."

"Medya, I will be yours, and you will be mine. Anything you want from me you can have. But for now, we need to arrange a coronation and a wedding. Tonight, I will feed these to you till you're full!"

"Is there anything I can do to help? Perhaps deal with Tefra?" Medya was hopeful she could make a quick trip there to get the item to use with Inez on their wedding night. Their wedding night! Holy shit they were getting married! "Wait! Put the ring on me?" She even removed her hands from Inez's breasts to make it easier.

Inez just giggled down at her, and then slid the ring onto her ring finger, and Medya immediately returned her hands to fondling her queen's breasts.

"My little mountain lion isn't going to be out of my sight before the wedding. Nahmia and Liana are going to Tefra to offer them a place in our kingdom. We'll make the same offer to Southington as well. I also want to see if they can get your truthstone back. We'll need it here for a while to get the kingdom loyal advisors and soldiers."

Medya didn't want to leave Inez either, even to go pick up something for a surprise. The last time had scared Inez too much when she went out for the pendant. Perhaps Liana would get that item for her? It was embarrassing, but she'd always been so good to them in the past. "I think I'll stay here with you; I can't let you out of my sight either."

The pair reluctantly untangled themselves from each other, since the day was going to be busy and as much as they wanted to spend it in bed, the kingdom wouldn't wait. Once dressed, they made their way down to the dining hall, where they joined several of the guards eating breakfast, and sat down to replenish their energy.

Katja and Noa came in shortly afterwards, and joined them at their table, both looking as though they had had a long night. Inez shared a wink with Medya at the state of their bed hair and the little love bites that littered their necks.

"So, you had a good night I assume?" Inez asked them innocently.

Noa just dropped her eyes with a shy smile, but Katja had to cover her face as she was blushing so much. "No picking on me! You're supposed to be my moms!"

"We're not picking on you!" Medya pointed out. "We just hoped you had a good night."

Katja just dropped her head onto the table and groaned in embarrassment. Noa reached over and cupped her cheek with a smile before looking at Inez. "We did have a good night, yes. We have been taking things slow for a while, but I guess the incident with her leg yesterday made us realize that life can be too short sometimes. I love this girl, and I hope I can get your blessing some day when we're ready for more."

By the time Noa was done speaking, Katja had peeked her head up, tears in her eyes from happiness. "I love you too!"

"Noa, I've seen how happy you make Katja, and Liana has spoken well of you, so you already have my blessing," Medya said with a smile.

"You have mine as well." Inez added. "Though I suppose I need Katja's approval now too." She gave a glance at the ring on Medya's finger, which Katja finally noticed with a gasp.

"Oh, thank the gods! Yes! Finally!" Katja cried out, hugging them them tightly. "I'm so happy for both of you!"

"Think you can stand next to me at the wedding? I need a maid of honor." Medya asked her.

Katja was crying so many happy tears she lost the ability to talk and could only nod. Noa smiled and pulled the girl into her lap, holding her while rubbing her back. "I'll bring her back to talk more when we've gotten a little more energy."

Inez just chuckled. "We'll be in the throne room when you're ready, there is no rush."

The throne room was a busy place, with a lot of coming and going as Inez was sending people all over the kingdom with letters explaining the new hierarchy, summons to city counselors to appear for briefings and proclamations of the upcoming wedding and coronation. It was still a little overwhelming, everything was moving so fast. But whenever Medya started getting worried, she just thought about racing down the mountain on the toboggan, and how fun moving that fast could be.

The young Kittani had found the time to give Liana a letter describing what she wanted and who to get it from in the city, and Liana was more than happy to procure it for her. In fact, she so liked the idea that she even wanted to get one herself. Medya slipped her enough gold that it should cover the cost for a pair, since Liana and Nahmia should have some fun as well.

There were congratulations all day when the word of the engagement spread. Between the wedding plans as well as those of the coronation, both Inez and Medya were swamped with offers and discussions. Yet they worked well together, always finding a way to come to a decision after discussions and further ease any worries about their future with one another. They could do this.