Althea
Human continent
Aeldris Empire
Agares Duchy…
"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!...
Within a wide opulent room, the walls, floor, curtains shimmering in glittering gold, a crystal chandelier casting soft lighting within..
On a wide emperor sized bed, big enough to fit 20 adults with room to spare..
A woman lay sprawled, her dazzling silver white hair that caught the soft lighting within the room damp with sweat..
Her beautiful features, a face so otherworldly. So beautiful it could (has) sparked wars within nations, now contorted into a painful grimace…
Her expression, one of grace and poise and elegance, gone, replaced with a struggle so etching it clawed at one's heart seeing such a painful expression on her face..
She lay sprawled on the bed, currently going through and experiencing what most probably consider the most painful yet oddly fulfilling experiences a woman can have...
Child Birth!!
"You can do it my lady, just breathe, the baby is almost here"
A voice, warm, motherly, caring, carrying that careful tone that seemed to say, 'trust me, I've got you', spoke softly…
Hooo, Hooo, Hooo
Taking deep breaths to steady herself, the beautiful lady once again, gritted her teeth, and with one final strangling cry
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!
"He's here my lady"..
The voice whispered softly…
"Congratulations my lady"
She said…
"It's a boy" she finished with a quiet smile…
The beautiful woman smiled despite her exhaustion..
"Clarissa, give him to me, let me hold my son"
The beautiful woman spoke with a melodious voice tinged with exhaustion..
Her earlier frustration vanished like smoke when she fixed her bright blue eyes on her son..
Her eyes meeting his dazzling gold ones as a beautiful smile lit up her face..
Even through her exhaustion, her smile seemed to breathe life into the room..
The moment stretched until she asked a question tugging at her motherly instincts..
Her baby looked fine, perfect even, but unlike normal babies, this one hadn't made a single sound..
His expression pure curiosity and bland enthusiasm..
Weird how she'd made out such an expression on a newborn, but somehow she could tell..
"Why's he not crying Clarissa, this.."
She trailed off…
His expressive face and everything showed he was fine, but then, why wasn't he crying like a newborn should?
Before the midwife/head maid could answer..
BOOM!!!!
Crash!!!
The door to the room splintered outwards as a man rushed in..
His broad frame, draped in a simple black shirt, silk pants flowing freely, a golden-black trench coat draped half hazzardly over his shoulders..
Black as night hair falling freely down his neck, his golden eyes, shining with brilliant intensity and what could only be described as pure unfiltered joy immediately locked into his wife and the bundle cradled lovingly in her arms..
His form was a blur as he immediately appeared beside her, his face a mask of concern as he looked at her like she was the most important thing in the world..
"My sera…" his voice came out soft, softer than anyone would expect from his 6'7 frame…
"My love" the woman replied, pure love dripping from her voice and expression as she raised the bundle in her arms…
"It's a boy" she finished, momentarily leaving the crying issue aside..
The man, Micheal Agares, The DEMON OF THE BATTLEFIELD, And Current Head of house AGARES, One of the duke houses of the Aeldris Empire…
Looked down at the bundle of joy cradled in his wife's arms..
And with a subtlety that looked like he was carrying a mythic grade equipment that was rarer than dragon eggs, he held the baby up..
Golden eyes met Golden eyes..
And in that moment, a chemistry, a bond, was formed instantly..
His finger gently rubbed the baby's stomach, his voice soft,
"My son" he cooed, gently poking the child..
The baby, meanwhile, after being unresponsive since birth, suddenly grabbed into his father's finger, his expression brightening almost immediately
"Heheheheh"
A soft melodic giggle escaped the baby as it squirmed in his father's gently care…
Duke Agares, seeing his boy respond to his care so suddenly, blanked, and then..
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
His boisterous laughter erupted, filling the whole room with joy…
"That's my boy!!!" He exclaimed with pure pride and joy.. "just born and yet recognizing true agares blood the moment he sees it", his smile was massive, a delighted and proud grin that split his face into what was nothing short of pure joy..
Joy that lasted only until a scowl broke it up,
"Ughh!! Stop yelling, if you hurt my baby with your stupid voice, I'll make sure you regret it"..
Duke agares, mighty battlefield demon instantly caved upon hearing his wife's voice..
"Hehe" with an impish chuckle utterly unfit for a man like him, he handed the bundle back to his mother..
Seraphina agares, receiving her baby boy, couldn't help but pout as she looked at him,
"No reaction for mama, but you immediately start giggling the moment the oaf touches you… Hmph" she complained..
The boy, as if recognizing his mother's pout and sadness, stretched his chubby baby hands up with an ahhh ahhh sound, and an expression as if about to cry..
Seraphina seeing this, stretched a finger to poke her baby's body, and he in turn grabbed her finger in between his chubby hands, giggling like tinker bells in the dim lighting…
A small pleased smile spreading across her face, her earlier worries about his cry less birth totally forgotten seeing him so responsive…
"So, my love" Micheal began, "have you decided on a name yet?" He asked…
They had decided early on, Micheal would name the child if she was a girl, and She would name him if it was a boy..
"I have" she said, her eyes glowing with motherly affection has she nuzzled him, eliciting more giggles from the boy…
"He's got your eyes, and although just newborn, I can see the intensity in his eyes, one that promises a storm to come, unrelenting, unstoppable, unforgiving, just like his father" her eyes glinted with warmth and affection…
"My little lightening bolt" she whispered, low enough to not be heard, but in the silence that engulfed the room, everyone heard her clearly…
"His name…." She drawled, lifting him up as if presenting him to the world..
"His name shall be...…"
A/N: and chapter one is done….
I hope I have your attention..
Is it too early to ask you to add to library?
Well just stick around and decide in a few chapters..
Thanks for reading!!!