Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20170105222240/@comment-17114085-20170421002354

Jovron felt his stomach churn. He was convinced by her words and his anger seemed to mostly go away and was replaced with a bit of pity. "I...I'm sorry."

She brushed him off. "I was not looking for your simpathies. I was merely telling you that I am nothing like my brother." She put her her defenses again and buried her emotions.

"So...what deal do you propose?" Jovron asked after a few moments of silence.

Bellisa smirked a bit, glad that she had been able to influence the half-elf. "I propose a partnership, sealed by matrimony."

"Marriage?" He asked, rather surprised.

"I rather hate marriages, so I preffer not to call it that. But, yes. We will be wed and I will keep ruling by your side. I'll take care of the administrative work and will teach you all that I know. It is a mutually beneficial situation." Bellisa said.

Jovron didn't know exactly how to respond. It was extremely odd for a woman to propose to a man that she just met. Though Bellisa was quite attractive...he pushed aside those thoughts and tried to think more clearly. He was very inexperience, but he could get advisors to help him rule. Still, all the people he trusted were fighters themselves. None knew how to rule. Even if Bellisa was nothing like her brother could he trust her? She was a Solance after all, a snake.

Bellisa could tell that Jovron was attracted to her, like most men were. She always played to her strengths. Everything she had done thus far has worked in getting him to do what she wanted. She didn't have evil intentions, but they were not pure. She wanted something from this deal. She wanted to make her own decisions, make her own path. Marrying Jovron was only so that she could keep her position as High Queen, the position of most powerful woman in High Rock. Only then could she be free from manipulation from others. From now on, she was going to be doing the manipulating.

"Very well." Jovron agreed. "I accept your deal."

She smiled. "A wise choise. Shows that you have what it takes to be a wise king."

Jovron felt a little awkward asking this. "So...how are we going to proceed with the wedding."

"Tomorrow." She replied bluntly. "No ceremony, just a priest in the church and whatever guards you wish to bring. I'm never going to another wedding ceremony in my life and I believe you are the same."