Royal Relations
No matter how dark the night may be, a new day will eventually dawn and light will shine upon the land once more, chasing away the shadows and the nightmares that plagued the night and opening space for new and pleasant dreams to come in future nights,...
Pathfinding: An Adult Choose Your Own Adventure, First Entry
The daughter of an elven princess who married into human high nobility for sake of forming a political alliance, guiomar was raised in a fairly oppressive household, with both her parents expecting her to learn all the essentials of etiquette and high
Gestalt - Origins
Each nation was lit up there, marking the edges of their territories, but over that was another layer, marking the approximate boundaries of the current political alliances.
Adopted
\>i felt confident that she did not have some devious machinations in her heart \>she was not using me for her own ends, as i'd known from every other lover \>she did not wish to further a bloodline \>she did not want a union to solidify some political alliance
Upper Class Love
Something that made the whole tiring affair easy to stomach was that by going to said event was the fact that the saber cat would be able to easily weave various political alliances with those drunk officials and bureaucrats that would be there.
Bonds of the Imperium - Chapter Five -
The patriarch's words hinted at an intention beyond mere political alliance – a union that would be consecrated by a time-honoured ritual. guided by the senator, titus and lady seraphina, were led to the manses temple space.
A Patient Death 09: Tradition & Triumph
_my whole life; politics, alliances, social embarrassment, enemies, egos, more politics. i'm tired of the inference, tired of stuffy old men, tired of warmongering nobles hoarding gold like a dragon._ "and i am tired of hearing you speak."
Princess and Dragon
“i never imagined… i always thought i would end up married off to some random prince from a neighbouring country, my body used as a negotiating tool for a political alliance. i never thought i'd end up pleasuring a dragon.
The Complexities of Thumper Part 2
Militaries were disbanded, nations crumbled, political alliances dissolved. the failings of the current world order were exposed. social and political change washed across the globe. a paradigm shift had occurred.
Jherik's Tale - Part 3
This marriage is a political alliance. we get along well, but we're not in love. that may come in time, i suppose, but we don't expect it to. love is not the purpose of our marriage, or rather, i should say, our marriage is not the result of love.
The Oak Tree
They couldn't help but to ask each others' preferred political alliances; kellan was loyal to the freedomist party, a liberal party in most sense but not as liberal as the federalists, which were seen as radical in philosophy.
The Princess and the Pool
"but now i'm older, and he wants a favourable political alliance, not to mention an heir. which left me with rather a problem..."