The Medieval Marine - S01 E29

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The Medieval Marine - S01 E29

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 29

"I love you, Marion" he whispered in her ear as he held her tight.

"I love you too Luke"

Luke then changed his grip and put Marion up on his shoulders. Together they led the army into York. This wasn't what she had in mind but it worked.

"Hey Marion, where's Gabriel at?"

"She's not feeling too good right now."

"What?!?! Why?!?!"

"Her and her kid aren't getting along right now."

"Ah"

As they led the army through the city, the crowds were going wild; Marion of course waved to the crowds in a way that reminded Luke of the way homecoming queens waved to crowds in his old universe. He had to admit that Marion had seemed to make serious in roads with the population and that took a load off his mind. They walked back to the castle with Marlon waving to the crowd the entire way. By the time they got back, Luke was smiling widely and he was in a very good mood. The army was getting as many cheers as Marion was and this pointed to a good future.

The rest of November was quiet for Marion and the gang. Gabriel managed to quickly recover from her kid beating the crap out of her, although she did admit that she couldn't wait to give birth so that she wouldn't have to go pee even couple of hours and only get dribbles each time. Over her objections, Marion put her on restricted duty so that she wouldn't be under as heavy of strain. Gabriel might have been able to fight Marion, but Luke, Alice, and Pollyanna weighed in on Marion's side and Gabriel knew when she was beat. She would be on desk duty until after she had given birth. At least she was a capable administrator in her own rite so she would still be a valuable team member.

Speaking of Alice, after sleeping with Luke every night for the last couple of weeks, she found that she just couldn't sleep alone any more. On the second night after they got back, she showed up at Marion's door after everyone had gone to bed. She had been so nervous that she almost didn't come, but she had slept so bad the night before that she felt like she didn't have any choice. As she always did at this time of night, Marion answered the door nude. She figured that if someone woke her up, then the least she could do was to make them a bit uncomfortable.

"Hi Alice, What's up?"

"Is that invitation to move in with you and Luke still open?"

"Of course, it is, dearie. Found that you just couldn't sleep alone after sleeping with Luke?"

"Ya" Alice was still really nervous and she hoped that Marion would let her stay.

"Well come on in. There's no need to stand out there all night."

"Marion, I really can't thank you enough for allowing me to stay with you."

Marion gave her a very warm smile.

"Alice, honey, I see the looks that Luke gives you and I know what they mean for he gives me the same looks. The look of love and desire. Looks that are shared by spouses that are completely in love with each other. By the way he doesn't give Gabriel those looks. Plus, since I have Gabriel as a lover, it's only fair that Luke has himself a lover as well."

Thank you for understanding Marion. I really can't thank you enough."

"That's alright, just don't break Luke and please let him save some energy for me."

"I would never dream of breaking him. As for him saving energy well I think the general will just have to get into better shape."

"You know Alice, I figured from the first day I seen you with Luke; the Luke was especially fond of you and I'm guessing that it was because you reminded him of someone."

Alice once again was nervous for Marion had hit it right on the head.

"I think that should be a conversation that you should have with I think that should be a conversation that you should have with Luke for you completely correct but I swore that I wouldn't reveal what the connection is."

"No, I don't think will for Luke is entitled to his secrets. If and when he wants to tell me, he will. Just please don't try to steal him from me.

This actually triggered Alice's usually mellow temper.

"Marion, listen to me," growled Alice "I would never dream of stealing Luke from you and you know that. After all you are one of my best friends and you are kind enough to share him with me."

The ladies nodded to each other showing that they now understood each other and with that, Alice moved in with Luke, Marion, Gabriel, and Mackenzie. Luke was having one of his insomnia attacks so he was down in his workshop. Marion explained to Alice what that meant and that they might as well go to bed. Alice was a bit uncomfortable about getting into bed with two other naked women but figured that since they were both her friends that she could trust them. To her surprise, she found that sleeping with other women wasn't as bad as she thought although she doubted that she would ever be comfortable with the idea of her making love with another woman.

December started off with a bang and kept going from there. Marion had two announces one public, one private. The private announcement was that she was pregnant again. The public one was that she was interested in being ruler of England and since no other noble on the island was strong enough or foolish enough to stand in her way, none of them argued. The church though was a different story for they refused to seat someone who had willingly taken church property, had a homosexual lover, and was a woman. As usual, Marion didn't give a damn what the church thought. She gave them two options, confirm her as rightful Queen of England on Christmas day 1066 or she would take England by force and kick the church out. Speaking of taking by force, Marion's army was making rapid gains in Scotland. When Luke had got back from the South, he sent a brigade North with orders to crush all resistance with extreme prejudice. This is what they did too. The brigade that Luke sent and the one that was still there swept through Scotland like the wind. Just as in England if a noble resisted then they were removed and their possessions seized and their land was sold off to the commoners. Everyone knew though that tackling the highlanders would take much more time, but they had made a really good start. Marion was also able to open a land corridor to her lands in the far north and this enabled Luke to start laying train tracks to link these lands with the area around York.