VY Ch. 12

Hello and thank you so much for reading this. This is a story I started writing back in September of 2018. Obviously, none of us had any idea that a real-world pandemic would hit just over a year later, but it spurred me on to complete this novel. I would like to give many thanks to Volunteer Editors Phil Anderer and WishLove for their immense amount of help in fixing multiple aspects of the narrative writing.

All persons discussed and described in any forms of sexual and or intimate terms are and were 18+ years old. While there is a point in the story where incest and inbreeding become a primary focus as a driver for the story, I want to state that I do not condone this dangerous practice in real life. As this is a work of fiction, I also implore all my readers to recognize scenes that are fictional and not intended to be reenacted in real life.

Thank you.

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Chapter 12: The Power of Love

It was nearing Letobain's eighteenth birthday when she would come of age. Having grown close to Braedon after moving to House Owens after her father died and her mother remarried to Braedon, she had decided to remain in House Owens with her mother and the other wives she had come to know and love. Yet no one was aware that Braedon was her biological father. Seeing it as him just marrying and having children with another of Damian's daughters, like Savannah, Braedon doesn't think twice about approving her as a wife, especially since they had begun courtship with each other years prior after recognizing they had strong feelings for each other.

For the day of her eighteenth birthday, the family had planned for a birthday party in the morning. Then the two would wed in the afternoon, followed by the reception in the evening before they consummated their marriage in the Master Suite. It was a special day for both of them as Brandon had been chosen to not only be her godfather, but he had made a promise with Damian the day they learned they were being drafted into the program that they would always protect the other's family if one of them died.

Granted, Damian hadn't specifically asked Braedon to marry Beverly or his other wives and children, but Braedon figured it was the easiest way to ensure their well-being. True, they would be required to provide children as if they had just joined the program for House Owens, but they would never know poverty, hunger or crime inside such a well-staffed and secure building. Plus, the Family Directors had been working diligently to train the wives to replace the government provided staff. This made House Owens one of the top-ten rated Repopulation Program locations to apply to.

Finally, the day had arrived for the two to exchange their vows and the wives and remaining staff went all out decorating the House and planning activities for the engaged and their guests. The first thing Braedon saw when waking up was Savannah smiling down at him. "Good morning, my love. Are you ready for Letobain's special day?"

"He yawned as he stretched his arms and legs, "Of course. I made sure to get as much sleep as possible for the big day."

"And you've been saving yourself, right? No funny business for three weeks, right?"

"Yes, babe! It hasn't been easy, but I haven't spent a single swimmer the whole time. You better warn her what she's got coming tonight."

"Now why would I ruin the surprise by blabbing to her?"

Braedon leaned up and swung his leg off the side of the bed to put on his loafers. In doing so, he gave Savannah a perfect view of his heavily engorged balls, hanging like a pair of tennis balls. She couldn't help but drool a little, and feel just a tad bit of jealousy that she wouldn't be receiving such a tremendous amount of swimmers tonight, yet she felt a sense of pride that she had been the first to claim such a prized husband.

In anticipation of the joyous event, Dr. Beccy had been providing Letobain with fertility injections and monitoring her cycle closely to maximize both the chances of impregnation and the number of babies in the first pregnancy. Prior to VY, multiple babies from fertility treatments would have been a risk, but governments and doctors at the Houses were discovering the children of VY males were inheriting elevated regenerative capacity and superior reproductive durability.

Braedon walked over to the shower with Savannah and she took extra care to trim all of his stubble and lathered him up really well with the body wash selected for him for today. After finishing their shower, they headed to the pool area for a small breakfast before the birthday party. Before they got to the glass doors leading outside, a pair of wives who had been standing aside the doorway stepped forward, blocking the way.

"Before you proceed past this point, we insist you wear this blindfold. The groom is not permitted to see his bride before she walks down the aisle."

"Of course, you may proceed, ", to which they did, having him close his eyes before they covered them with a blackout cloth secured snugly around his head.

Blind as a bat, Savannah escorted Braedon to an empty lounge chair near the pool. Around him, he heard the wives chatting and laughing, children played in the pool, and music played from camouflaged speakers hidden in artificial rocks and plants around the perimeter. Meanwhile, the bride was also blindfolded at the other end of the pool area so that the bride and groom wouldn't be aware they were in the same general area. The server walked up and asked Braedon and Savannah if they would like to order. With Braedon unable to see the menu, Savannah offered to order for the both of them, which he agreed was a fine idea.

"I'll take a Mango Passion Fruit Smoothie and some Pan-Fried Cinnamon Bananas and my husband will have the Dr. Fisch's Sex Smoothie and some Banana Strawberry Pancake Skewers please."

"Yes, Miss, we'll have this out to you in about five minutes."

"Thank you very much," Braedon replied.

With that, the server rushed to the counter to relay the order to the line crew and bar tender. A few minutes later, the server came back with the steaming hot food and cool refreshments. After roughly an hour, the music changed to the happy birthday song, so everyone stood up. As Letobain was still blindfolded, her maid of honor faced her toward her cake so that she could blow out the candles when the time was right.

"I feel like I'm missing out not being able to see Letobain during her birthday," Braedon spoke.

"Oh, no need to worry about that, baby. We have drones recording the entire event, so you and Letobain can watch it together whenever you like."

"Oh, okay, that works, I guess. Thanks, babe!"

"You're welcome, Love you", Savanna kisses Braedon on the cheek.

After the party goers all finish singing Happy Birthday to Letobain, she puckered her cute, youthful lips and blew out all the candles. "I hope you get what you wished for baby girl", Daisy yelled over to her daughter.

"Oh, I'm sure I'll get my wish tonight!", she smiled back. This brought out cheers from everyone. Seeing as how Letobain wouldn't be able to see any of the gifts she had received until after the wedding, they had delivered the gifts to the Master Suite.

After everyone had finished their cake and ice cream, the bride and groom were ushered back to their separate rooms to be prepared for the wedding ceremony. While the wives attended to the both of them, getting them groomed and helping to calm any jitters, the other wives by the pool and the service staff worked together to quickly prepare the pool area for the wedding ceremony. However, this would not be your ordinary wedding ceremony.

Once everything had been prepared, everyone took their places standing in the pool, nude of course, in line with the House tradition, with an empty path from the stairs going down to the far end. The Family Director, chosen to be the wedding planner, gave the command to her Nav Band to play the processional music. Hearing their queue, Savannah and Beverly walked to the left and right of Braedon, both to guide him to the altar as he was still blindfolded, and to present the groom to the bride. They removed his blindfold and as he took a step directly at the entrance steps of the pool; the music changed to Thunder from Imagine Dragons. Braedon and the two wives escorting him each broke into dance as they made their way to the altar. Each time the thunder was to boom, subwoofers built into the pool generated a loud, deep pulse. The trio traipsed through the warm waters playfully until Braedon landed before the minister.

Then the music faded away and the next song, Love Machine, faded in as Letobain stood at the steps with her mother, Daisy on her left and Raine on her right. Daisy removed the blindfold. Letobain started dancing with her mom and Raine, joining her playfully, teasing the wedding guests as she made her way to the altar. Eventually, she arrived at the altar, and the music faded away for the minister to begin his part of the ceremony.

"Welcome friends, Braedon and Letobain have invited us here together, in the presence of God, on this beautiful day, to share in the celebration of their marriage.

We'd like to take a moment to also remember the people who couldn't be here today, though we are sure they are with us in spirit.

It warms my heart to see the way Braedon looks at Letobain. He looks at her as if she's a cornerstone to his future, and to him, I know she is. Braedon was there for Letobain when she lost her father, Damian, and she when Braedon flipped his Gator upside down. They've both seemed to have this uncanny knack for being there when they needed the other the most. Watching some of the holo-recordings, I've watched them share laughs, exchange inside jokes and, most shocking of all, I've seen Braedon share his dinner with Letobain, which is when I knew this was serious. This was love.

Is love good all the time? No! No!

Love can be bad. Bad love, bad! Very bad love.

Love makes messes. It leaves you little surprises here and there. Love needs lots of cleaning up after.

Love organizes our large and sometimes unpredictable world. It is that which enshrines and ennobles our human experience. I'd like to invite anyone here who approves of this union and wants to show their acceptance, love, and support to come forward and tie their wrist to the strings Braedon and Letobain have tied to each other, so that you all may be tied to them as well."

One-by-one, the guests walked up to either the bride or groom, depending on which side of the pool they were in, they strode up and extended their hand to have Savannah or Daisy cut off a length of string and tie it in a loop around the guest's wrist. Then they would walk back to their place for the next person in line. After everyone had tied themselves to the groom and bride, the minister continued.

"After years of nurturing a beautiful, strong relationship, it's great to see these two taking the next step towards building a family.

In the years before you, may the richness of the traditions that have nurtured you enhance and brighten your lives, as you help to create and shape the future.

May your home be filled with laughter, and the warm embrace of a summer day. May you find peacefulness and beauty, challenge, and satisfaction, humor and insight, healing and renewal, love and wisdom.

This marriage is being created through equality, mutual respect, and love. Braedon and Letobain bring with them the experiences which drew them together, and their dedication to their personal growth.

Before God, your friends, and your families, I ask you to affirm your willingness to enter the covenant of marriage and to share all the joys and sorrows of your lives and your relationship, whatever the future may hold.

These conjoined rings before you are a symbol of your intentions toward one another. There are three of them to remind you that yourselves, each other, and your connection to all those tied to you are all of importance to both of you.

Braedon, do you take Letobain to be your wife, and mother of all your plentiful children, for all time, through sickness and health, for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do," Braedon confirms.

"Letobain, do you take Braedon to be your husband and father to all of your many children to come, for all of your days, through sickness and health, for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do," Letobain agrees.

"Then by the power vested in me by the United States Repopulation Act and the great state of Illinois, I pronounce the two of you to be... Husband and Wife!

And now we ask that each of you to contribute the strings that tie you to Braedon and Letobain Owens so that they may weave the strings around the rings so that you may always be a part of their union."

The strings are gathered by the wives that escorted the couple to the altar and placed in a box to be woven around the rings. "I present to everyone, Mr. and Mrs. Braedon and Letobain Owens", the minister proclaimed! Everyone burst into applause and cheers as Braedon and Letobain made their way back to the pool steps. Standing at the top of the steps, they turned to the guests and once more gave each other a beautiful kiss before proceeding back to their rooms to get ready for the reception.

The wives who had been beauticians, fashionistas and spa therapists tended to Braedon and Letobain in their individual suites. Meanwhile, the support staff got to work dismantling the pool area wedding decorations in order to reopen the space to the rest of the household for the day. As they did this, the Family Directors directed the other wives and staff. They showed where to place the wedding gifts, where momentos of the wedding ceremony were to be moved so they could be packed with care.

They also assisted with the move of the enormous wedding cake which had been created for the event, and coordinating final considerations for the new groom and wife to make their way to the Paramorph Room, where the two would celebrate their honeymoon.

Meanwhile, a few of the more technically minded wives with art backgrounds added finishing touches to the Paramorph Honeymoon program, touching up minor glitches in replication of organic motion and fine-tuning wave formation in the bodies of water to even the most intricate details such as variation in filament depth in reproduction of fabrics.

All freshened up again, Braedon and Letobain meet up outside the Paramorph Room for their honeymoon experience. The wives who had worked on the automation had configured the Honeymoon program to sync up to the house's AI to monitor Braedon's Nav band to start the room morphing as he approached. When Braedon turned the handle on the door, a tropical jungle with a path leading forward greeted the two.

As they walked forward, a beautiful tropical beach came into view. The sand of the beach providing a variety of different colors of sand, ranging from light tan to white, even black sand. The water's crystal clear displayed a bountiful rainbow-cast assortment of aquatic flora and fauna. The sky was clear, with only the occasional puffs of clouds forming playful shapes like elephants, dolphins and other fun animals.

As they walked along the winding Ipe stairway down to the resort hotel, macaws, sloths, toucans and even baby elephants roamed and poked their heads out to watch the couple as they passed by. When they got closer to the resort, the wooden walkway gave way to a shallow bubbling brook that flowed across the {colorful stone} path. As they passed, the extravagant geode fountain a short distance away trickled away, dazzling onlookers with the soothing sounds while integrated micro-LED lighting enhanced the water with kaleidoscopic effects that bounced playfully off the crystalized forms.

Approaching the structure ahead of them, a platform rose up with another wooden walkway encircling it to provide access to the penthouse suite. The staircase seemed almost endless as a tantalizing view of the island and the Caribbean waters extended to infinity. Eventually, the top was reached. Braedon and Letobain see nothing except for a large bed, a virtual fireplace projected on a curved glass wall and a glass stand that rose up to present a Jeroboam, complete with four bottles of chilled Krug Clos d'Ambonnay and two champagne glasses.

It couldn't have been made clearer what all the wives expected to happen here. Braedon would leave with empty balls, and Letobain stuffed with all the precious baby batter necessary to fertilize every egg her ovaries had been chemically induced to maturate and release in a single ovulation cycle. Being among the first generation of children of a VY surviving male, Letobain could not have known that VY had already enhanced her reproductive capacity. Her ovaries would release multiple eggs each cycle, and to compensate, VY had encoded her DNA to generate new egg cells to extend her fertile years.

Braedon stepped over to the table with the champagne glasses, picked up one of the bottles and with a grin that could shatter diamonds... popped the cork. After pouring each of them a glass, they took a moment to lose themselves in each other's gaze. Entwining their arms, they finally tipped their glasses to each other's lips. Then, the kiss. That magical moment when two hearts become one, and their worlds fade to nothing as their souls join for eternity.

After many years of becoming in tune with each other as Letobain approached marriage age, Braedon and Letobain are more than ready to elevate their relationship to a new stage and forever bind themselves as parents to their future children. They leaned back to sit at the edge of the plush mattress. Embraced within each other's arms, Letobain rolled on to her back to bring her husband atop her.

Having struggled to resist feeding his impulses for weeks on end, he allowed his more primitive desires to overtake him, sliding into position. The moment was upon them, there would be no more waiting, no more hesitation, no more holding back, the start of their family was nigh at hand. As they enjoyed each other's naked bodies, their passions were enflamed into an inferno, their pheromones led them into a spiraling whirlwind of lust. When the moment finally came, there was to be no going back, Letobain locked her powerful long legs around her husband's hips, forcing him to plunge deep inside her depths.

As the weeks of built-up love were expelled, seven eggs continued their way down Letobain's fallopian tubes, awaiting that miraculous moment. Their patience would be rewarded as a horde approached at breakneck speed. Intent on conquering the fertile lands, they invaded the virgin depths with an insatiable hunger. It took only mere minutes before their objective came in their bio-chemical crosshairs, the plundering was only seconds away.

As the first wave made landfall on the outer shell of the defenseless eggs, VY was secretly hitching a ride, ready to pounce at the first moment of conception, the first strand of DNA, a willing participant in amplifying latent abilities in the genome. A second wave made landfall, desperately competing for the prize. As waves upon waves breached the defenses, the eggs came under vicious assault. While the invaders could survive for hours, the eggs had all been fertilized within minutes, the goal accomplished.

Days later, Letobain would test positive for pregnancy. In doing so, Braedon ended up creating the first of a new VY modified Homosuperior race. Inbreeding would identified ten months later, after the birth of Letobain's child, Hope, through genetic sequencing. It would also be discovered VY had corrected any harmful mutations. About this same time, Beverly gets sick one morning, a prelude to a symbolic visit with Dr. Beccy. Not giving it a second thought, she ran her standard battery of tests she ordered for any wife coming in for an unscheduled visit. One such test of which was a pregnancy test, which, much to both Dr. Beccy and Beverly's surprise, came back positive. Savannah would be getting a new sibling soon.