[center][h3][color=808000]Exon[/color][/h3][sub]Husband of [color=ed145b]Nadia[/color] ([@Vesuvius00]) [color=33d6c2]Saisri[/color] ([@RomanAria])[/sub][/center]
Exon took to the bed while he watched his wives,  Saisri and Nadia, interact.   Mentally, he tried to say their names whenever possible. As though saying them out loud made them more of a concrete being and less of an abstract idea of something happening someday.  While the artist set up her tools, Saisri and Nadia set about making tea.  He had to admit that they complemented each other well. 

Soon it was time for his wives to strip down  to take his mark forever on  their skin.  He felt no need to turn away from either of them as they undressed, after all, they were his to touch.  It was unsurprising that Saisri made much less of a fuss, sliding her dress down to her waste living her back bare.  After seeing that, Exon almost regretted that he chose to wait to have her, or, a least, his body was.   His brothers urge to take their wives too fast was the reason that more than one of them chose to leap from a tower. Or slice their own wrists, or simply die of what could only be explained as sadness.  No, he planned on waiting until his wives were…rehomed before giving them more reason to fear or hate him. 

Unsurprisingly, Nadia was a lot more reluctant, and rightly so, she had to strip completely naked for his orders to be followed. [color=808000]“My light,” [/color] he said softly from across the room, calling to Nadia from his bed. [color=808000] “Turn and face me,” [/color] he waited until she did before saying. “[color=808000]This seems odd now, but in time it will become…familiar to you. However, for the time being, I must command that you do not try to hide from me,”[/color]  He held the Gem’s gaze while the woman started working on  Saisri tattoo. The imagine being carved was that of his own simple personal seal.  [hider=Tattoo][img]   http://www.freetattoodesigns.org/images/tattoo-gallery/taurus-symbol-tattoos.gif [/img][/hider] He had ordered the woman to place it on Saisri’s left shoulder and Nadia’s right one.  

The woman was very quick with Saisri’s,  taking less than  half an hour to mark the girl.  After showing it to Exon briefly for his approval,  the woman dressed it with healing herbs and wrapping it in  a long clean cloth. Were it not for the fear of infection, Exon would have ordered Saisri to start keeping that shoulder bare for the rest of her days. He found he liked seeing his mark on her more than he expected, having intended the mark merely as a measure of safety. Incase his wives were ever separated from him, all who found them would know who they risked pissing off by harming them.   But that could wait until they were closer to home.  Once the woman had finished with Saisri, Exon summoned her to his bed without giving her the chance to redress herself.  Exon pulled her unmarked shoulder close to him, so that she rested in the crook of his arm , both of them being held up  by a mountain of pillows that allowed them a   clear view of  Nadia, who was now getting marked. 

[color=808000]“You might appreciate your new home,” [/color] he said, because he wanted to talk about himself and [i]not[/i] to give Nadia something to focus on other then the pain. [color=808000] “It’ll take  a week and three days to get there, but I plan on us sleeping on the road for only a few of those nights. If all goes well, we’ll be at Sand Castle, my uncles manage it. The land is bearable in the spring and fall, but hotter than hell in the summer. I liked to climb the rocks there when I was younger, they’re impossible to slip on. Then from there we’ll go to Xe’Jah Castle, where you will meet my Lord Father as well as Atreyu’s remaining wife.  When you meet my father, be sure to cower properly, or he won’t think I’m disciplining you enough,”[/color]   He  then paused.  Thinking over the rest of the journey.[color=808000] “Then we travel high into the mountains to Lost Lake Castle, that is my, and now your, current home. It is bitter cold in the winter and it is always snowing, you will be kept in the castle. It is heated using the hot springs below the castle, one of the little perks and the only ways to get warm in the winter is to take long baths down there.  But during the summer, we can go hunting….” [/color] He talked on and on until the woman had finished with Nadia and she too was summoned, still naked, to his bed. Once Nadia was by his side, he wrapped his free arm around her. 

[color=808000]"Rest easy, little wives, I do not plan on taking you tonight, although I regret much deciding to take this path. But I would like our first time to be...if not willing, at least without fear,"[/color]