Dr. Vanessa Lopez
It took me several weeks to feel normal again. It had me shaken up, more than being abducted by a drone and taken to the Clenok cyborgs. This was different. But many weeks passed, and I began to put it behind me. It helped that I had Karik at my side. He was absolutely wonderful. He was everything that I could ever ask for in a partner, even though he was not human. He was the best man that I had ever met.
I was more than happy to marry him. We had decided to get married in Haven Brook. It was my decision. I thought it was important that a marriage between a human and the Veruka was a normal thing. After my wedding, then it would be considered normal. I thought that was very important. Not only would it make me happy, but it would also send a message and set a standard. I liked it.
The day finally came. We got married in the pine forest where we had first made love. It was a simple ceremony, and I had a very simple dress. When you lived in an isolated village, you did not have the luxury of decorations and wedding dresses. But I managed to find a white dress in one of the abandoned homes. I tailored it to fit me. It was actually very beautiful. Karik married me in dragon form. I insisted on it. It is what I wanted.
The entire village of Haven Brook was in attendance. We were married by General Razook in a Veruka ceremony. It wasn't much different than ours except that the wording was different. I liked it. The people of Haven Brook also seemed to like it simply because it was something different.
After the ceremony, we had a large party. Food and drink were still rationed, but music and happiness were not. The Veruka army had also found a forest not too far away that had lots of wild food growing. There was an abandoned farm next to it. But the crops were still growing. With the ships that the Veruka had, it was easier to collect food around the region and bring it back to the village. This made the people very happy. They were getting used to having the weredragons around and all of the privileges that they were bringing with them. Suddenly food didn't seem so scarce.
The feast lasted late into the night. I think it was a much-needed party for the people of Haven Brook. After everything they had been through in the last few months with the cyborg attack, they deserved some happiness and celebration. I was watching the village transform into a different place. It was good. It was very good.
After the feast, Karik picked me up into his arms and together we flew back to our home.
“You are now a queen,” he said to me. The word hit me hard. Never in a million years did I ever think I would be a queen. Especially after the cyborg invasion. Nothing could prepare me for this turn of events.
“I am a queen. It comes with great responsibility. You are a king; you are my king,” I said, kissing him on the cheek.
“Yes, that is true. You are queen of the Veruka. The first human queen that we have ever had. It will be very interesting to bring you home,” he said.
My eyes grew wide. I never thought about the rejection that I might face on his planet. I have been so busy trying to get the humans to like and trust the Veruka that I did not think about it the other way around.
“Shit. Will they hate me? What if they have a mob and take me from you? I don't know what things are like on your planet. I don't know how much power you actually have,” I said playfully but also with a little bit of fear.
"You have nothing to worry about. My word is the law of the land. What I say goes. You are untouchable. Sure, there might be some grievances, but once they find out that humans are the cure to the blackness, they will be very happy that there is a human queen. That only promises that there will be more humans to come.”
“And you are so beautiful. Let us not talk of things that make you worry. I only want to kiss you and make love to you. This is the first time making love to you as my queen,” he said.
He picked me up and carried me to the bed. “Then let's not wait any longer to get started.”
He kissed me. I kissed him back. A queen to a king: an alien weredragon king.