Took a long time to write, but obviously this is a pretty important post
>>5486252>>5486253>>5486276>>5486375>>5486526>>5486581>>5486588>>5486766>You will take matters into your own hands, but it will have to wait. Assuming Leon won't be in danger, first have this baby and then you can pursue him without risk.>Perhaps you could try and negotiate with the elves? Unfortunately they'll have the upper hand now, and you can't imagine them giving up Leon without something of value in return, but at the very least you can stall whatever they have planned for him.It's quite distressing to learn the full details from the elves you've charmed, that Leon has been taken from you by their comrades. You knew you should have brought him to dwell here in the castle with you, and damn it all for what the mortals may have thought or said. Then at least, you wouldn't be in this situation. There's not much you can do about it now though, but at least there's some relief in know that the elves seem to have plans for Leon, so he likely isn't to be harmed. Inhuman as they are, in their own strange way they seem to hope that they could make Leon into a god for themselves or in some way benefit of his residual divinity. Of course he could not ever compare to the real thing, in fact the young lad Rene would make a better makeshift-god despite being lesser even than a demigod. But as far as the elves are concerned, having no divinity to themselves whatsoever, even just an inkling in Leon is a significant gain for them.
So then, as upsetting as this turn of events has been, you resolve to wait for the time being. If nothing else for the sake of the child, which you know Leon would also want to be considered before him. Better for your own sake too, but it also means more a chance to plan and when the time comes, properly regain your mortal man rather than some desperate or emotional response.
Certainly in the meantime, you won't just sit idle and do nothing. You've plenty of devoted mortals who can help in this matter, and now even a pair of dangerous and effective dark elves who are blinded by your love.
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A few more weeks as the winter season nears its end, though what an agonizing few weeks they are, to seem like years to you. Every day is a misery for your already emotional state, to be worrying and imagining about the fate of Leon. Although you feel sure of his safety and hope for the best, it's hard not to let your mind run away with you to the worst conclusions, when your body is in such a chaotic state as the pregnancy reaches its end.
