Destiny stepped forward with the pillow in hand with a big smile on her face as she held it up. At that time, Tina took Hope from Blake so he could finish the ceremony. On the pillow were two small boxes. Blake picked up the one on the right that he already knew had Lillia’s ring in it and opened it up.

A white light emitted from the ring as he pulled it out. He then bit the tip of his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto it before taking Lillia’s hand and slipping the ring onto her finger. When the ring was put on, Lillia suddenly realized a change in her magic aura. It was no longer the same as before. Her eyes went wide as she looked up at Blake in confusion. She did not know how he did it, but he somehow masked out her magic aura, making it his! “This how!?”

“Hehe… Thardra had figured out a second way to use the ore I found in the underground cavern. If you drain the ore of its energy and then fill it with mana, drip a drop of blood on it, and then do a few secret things, you can override one’s magic aura. I asked him about this a while ago, and he just recently discovered it when he was tinkering around. This ring will need to be recharged once a month, but this should allow you to use magic outside the base from now on.” Blake put his hand on top of Lillia’s head and gently rubbed it. He then leaned in and whispered into her ear. “Tonight, you will also become a drakani.”

Lillia raised her head with wide, teary eyes looking up at Blake in surprise. She never even thought about such a thing, but…. If she truly were to become a drakani, she could finally fight. Her bloodline would be different and much harder to detect! She would still be an ather dragon, but she would also have drakani blood, which would mix with her own. “This….”

“I have long thought about it. I was thinking, why can my wives not become drakani? Anna did, and now she is perfectly fine. If I have a chance to allow you all to grow stronger and have a second method of protecting yourself, then I see no reason not to go this route. Yui suggested that we use her race as a means to handle the blood bank issue. They do not need to be fed upon. We can just have them donate blood once and a while. Once this was mentioned, the other races also said they could supply us with blood. This means no need for a bunch of concubines to handle the daily tasks. We can just drink the blood as normal.

“But the biggest thing about you specifically doing this is the fact that your race will be masked by the drakani bloodline,” Blake explained. He gently held Lillia’s chin and kissed her lips. “You will finally be free from hiding by doing this. You will no longer need to feel like you are useless because you are forced to hide out. You can now stand on the front lines with me and face our enemies down. Together we can make the impossible possible.”

“Mmm!” Lillia smiled brightly as she nodded her head. She wiped the tears from her eyes and hugged Blake’s neck kissing his lips. “I will become whatever you want. Because I am your wife.”

“Then please, Sister Lillia, take this ring and drip a drop of blood onto it,” Tina said while handing Lillia the other ring.

Lillia was confused once more and did as she was told. Once she was done, she did as Blake did to her and placed the ring on his ring finger. The ring suddenly glowed with a bright red light. The light thing out and shot into Blake’s chest and then into Lillia’s chest, startling her. She suddenly realized what was happening! “Blake you!?”

“With this. If you die, I will die. If you are taken away, I will be able to find you no matter what. This ring symbolizes my devotion to you.” Blake answered with a smile.

Tina pursed her lips. “Makes me kinda jealous. But Sister Lillia deserves this.” While slightly jealous, she was also happy. The look on Lillia’s face made her look like a teen girl who had just fallen in love at first sight. Her cheeks were bright red, and her eyes were filled with love as she looked at the man in front of her. “Ahem…. Now then. Would the Groom please sweep the bride off her feet and bring her to the bridal chamber? The rest of us need to drink and celebrate your marriage.”

Blake chuckled and nodded his head as he really did sweep Lillia up into a princess carry and fly off with her in his arms. The crowd below was cheering and yelling to get the ale out at the top of their lungs as Blake flew by. He wondered just how many of them were actually here for the ale and not the wedding itself.

When the two arrived at a small cottage that was built within a group of trees within their city limits, he entered the cottage and set Lillia down. It was already set up with a small fire going along with a dinner for two. Not to mention the ever-classic flower petals on the bed setup for later on. “Blake, are you sure about making me a drakani?”

“Mmm… Anna is normal as can be and is doing perfectly fine. I see no reason why you can’t become one, either. I have been pondering this for a while, but after this incident, I think it would be best so that you can become a drakani like Anna, although in this case, it would only be half.” Blake explained. But, Lillia still felt a little hesitant. “But if you really do change me….. My bloodline….”

“Mmm… I know. That is why….” Blake pulled her close and kissed her lips. “I will allow your bloodline to dominate the control but only enough to keep your features the same. Blood manipulation is also part of the drakani heritage. I can make it so you will be fifty fifty. And still, make it seem like you are a drakani and not an ather dragon while keeping your bloodline intact.”

“No.” Lillia shook her head. “Destiny is already mostly all Ather dragon. When she gets older and marries in the future, she will also have children, but those children will be diluted as well. My pure bloodline is no more. It may die out, but as long as our children are still alive, they will always have some ather dragon in them. To continue a true ather dragon line, I would need to mate with another ather dragon, and that is a no go. Even if it was an option, I would never do so. Not when I have a husband who loves me enough to make a blood oath….”