{George}
Seeing Junior slam the door in Triple X's face like that broke my heart. This wouldn't have happened if Amanda hadn't decided to force her way into the family in the first place. True, Triple X did make Junior look like a brat in front of Dad and Mom but I'm still putting most of the blame on Amanda.
Honestly, I would tell my parents the truth but I don't want to. Mostly because I want to save face. Since they're outsiders and even though they've signed a contract I can only tell them so much. At least I can talk to Eve about things.
I turned and looked at Amanda. "This is all your fault you know."
"My fault? I'm not the one who made Junior look stupid in front of your parents," Amanda said.
"And we wouldn't be in this situation if you hadn't decided to force your way into our family!" I snarled. "You don't belong here and since you're not allowed to have my kids I'm not having sex with you again even if it is just anal! We were fine until you came along and wrecked everything! Even if you do find yourself pregnant by Triple X I will make sure that your life is a living hell. Because I'm pretty sure once you get-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence George! And you're going to have sex with me again whether you want to or not," Amanda said. "I'll go to the Elders and-"
"Actually no, you won't," Triple X said.
Amanda and I paused and looked at him. "Huh?"
Triple X grinned. "Follow me."
We followed him down the hallway to what looked like a study room. He motioned for us to sit down and we did. After he went over to his desk he grabbed a file and handed it to Amanda. He kept his grin and it grew wider as he observed Amanda's reaction.
"But that's not fair!" She whined.
"Oh honey life isn't fair and you need to stop acting like a brat and doing whatever you want just to ruin people's lives!" Triple X growled.
"What does the order say?" I asked.
Amanda handed me the file and the order said that any future requests to make me, Triple X or Branden to do anything in regards to this marriage have been officially blocked. The order also said that they didn't like Amanda abusing the fact that she's an Elder so that's why they put a block on the order. The Elders said that if there's been any abuse or any attempts on Triple X's life then Amanda will be divorced from Triple X by default.
In other words the order pretty much told Amanda to fuck off and stop acting like a brat in order to get the things that she wanted. I have a feeling this isn't the first time she's used the fact that she's an Elder to bully someone into doing something for her. If they didn't do what she wanted she'd go to the Council and get an order from them to make that person do what she wanted.
"But how? Why?" Amanda said.
Triple X shrugged. "They probably got tired of your bullshit and they knew that even with Queen Amore's order that you would still try something in the future with this marriage. And based on that argument that just happened, they were absolutely right."
When Triple X said that I noticed something else at the end of the letter before the Elders signed off on the order part. It said that Amanda had been officially blacklisted from making any sort of requests just to make someone do something for her.
I laughed, "Ha! I guess they really are tired of your bullshit! This order also says that you've been blacklisted from making any requests in order to make someone do something for you."
"What!" Amanda gasped. "Let me see that!"
I handed her the order and she was seething in anger as she read it. I couldn't help but smile.
"Oh hell no! I'm going to talk to the Council about this and appeal the order!" Amanda declared.
Triple X laughed and shook his head. "You do realize there is no such thing as an appeal when it comes down to orders that the Council has signed?"
"But⦠Butâ¦" Amanda stammered.
"Sounds like you really needed to learn this lesson about throwing your weight around. Oh and one more thing," Triple X said as he pulled out another file from his desk. He handed the file to Amanda.
Her face went red in anger as read the order. When she handed it back to Triple X she said, "Oh don't worry, I'll gain an audience with Queen Amore and-"
Triple X shook his head in dismay. "Wow, why you got assigned to be an Elder is beyond me. If you even think about going to Queen Amore when she's already sided with me, I will punish you as I have the right to do so because you acted outside of my orders."
She gave him a challenging look and said, "Oh yeah? Well I'm calling your bluff!"
Triple X gave her a pointed look. "Fine then, go right ahead."
"Oh you know I will," Amanda growled.
After she said that she stormed out of the room.
***
{Elder Amanda}
I couldn't believe that Triple X would go so far as to try and take away my power from this marriage. I said I was going to call his bluff and that's what I did. I asked for an audience with Queen Amore and she agreed to meet me.
She was out in her garden having tea when I approached and sat down at the table across from her.
I took a breath and let it out. "Queen Amore-"
Queen Amore put up a hand as she took a nice long sip from her teacup. When she put her teacup down she sighed, "I know why you're here."
"But why did you side with him?" I asked. "You know as well as I do that samesex marriages won't be able to produce kids for the Organization and I'm the best candidate for that!"
She smirked. "Oh? Well then you should have no problem following the order that I put out. Because let's face it. We both know the real reason that you wanted to marry Congregation Leader Triple X, Instructor Branden and Agent 72. You wanted to force Agent 72 to be with you. And the only way that you could do that was by getting an order from the Council to force him to do just that."
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"But-" I started.
She put up her hand to silence me. "But nothing honestly, I think I should have a meeting with the Council and get them to make policy changes in regards to that. And I've looked into your track record, Elder Amanda." She looked at one of her guards standing by. "Can you go grab me Elder Amanda's records? Her Elder ID is Elder 12075.
The guard bowed and left. He returned soon after that with a huge file about as thick as a fantasy novel! He handed Queen Amore the file and she opened it only taking out the first page on top.
"Let's see here," She said. "Just this year alone you have filed almost 900 requests in total and those orders to force someone to do something for you. A good example of one of your requests was trying to make someone have sex with you in order to get pregnant with their baby."
My jaw dropped. How did she know about what I tried to do to Liam?
"Another request of yours was to make someone design a new outfit for you to wear at formal events because your old outfit was 'too worn out,'" Queen Amore said. "Oh and my personal favorite, one of your requests was to make a group of people become your slaves and your bullshit excuse for that was that you wanted them to be your slaves because they were bad Agents and should do your bidding no matter what because you're an Elder."
She put the piece of paper back in the file and leaned towards me looking me dead in the eye. "You're lucky the Elders saw through the last request of yours and denied it. Because if that order had gone through, I would've personally fired every Elder on the Council for letting such a fraudulent request go through. When you think about it they're treading a very fine line with me by approving your forced marriage. And trust me, I've personally fired Elder's sitting on the Council before. You wanna know how Elder Williams got to be the leader of the Council?"
"Why?" I asked.
"Because the leader before him was named Elder Noah. And he approved of some really bullshit requests in exchange for the Elders undying loyalty. He went so far as to fire an Elder named Elder Lucas because he didn't want to have sex with a woman named Auntie 21 in order to give the Organization children. The Organization has Breeder Lab Rats for a reason. Not to mention no one has to have sex with anyone to get someone pregnant because of artificial pregnancies that tend to go over very well. But most of the time Uncle 42 recommends who should be paired with who.
"Most of the time Elders follow those recommendations. Take for example the marriage between Agent 36 and Levi Harriman. Uncle 42 recommended it at first but since Levi Harriman was engaged to someone else at the time so that pairing couldn't go through. But since Levi Harriman broke his engagement to be with Agent 36 the turned out to be a happy arrangement.
"Agent 36's parents on the other hand were also recommendations of Uncle 42. The Elders went along with that but Agent 36's parents didn't have the happiest of marriages. They were married out of a sense of duty.
"So what I'm saying is if I have to I will fire Elders sitting on the Council," Queen Amore explained.
I wanted to say something but I knew I lost this argument.
"So from now on you're blacklisted from making any sort of requests for anything in regards to anyone. And that whoever it is that you try and convince to put in an order for will be blacklisted in the future as well. I think it's time for you to put your big girl panties on and act like how a responsible leader should act. Because using your position this way is an abuse of power and we have checks and balances for a reason. Ever heard of the term 'with great power comes great responsibility?'" Queen Amore said.
I nodded. "Yes."
"Apparently that is something you still have yet to learn and I think this is a good way for you to learn this," Queen Amore said. "Now I will have to contact Congregation Leader Triple X about your little visit here."
"No please don't!" I pleaded.
She tilted her head. "Why?"
"He said he would punish me-" I said.
"As he should. Did he or did he not give you an order not to come to me about your request?" She asked.
I sighed and hung my head. "He told me not to go to you and that if I did he would punish me."
"Exactly. He mentioned to me that you might challenge my order by coming to me in order to appeal," Queen Amore said. "He was absolutely right about that. You are such an entitled brat Elder Amanda and I think it's time for you to learn how to grow up. Congregation Leader Triple X can punish you within reason and it won't be seen as abuse. Most of the time he likes to just lock people in a room until he feels they've been punished enough but I feel that's a slap on the wrist. However, under the supervision of an Elder he could give you a much harsher punishment."
"What!" I said.
Queen Amore nodded. "Uh-huh. Now, I suggest you go home and take your punishment like a big girl and learn how to grow up. This meeting is over. I have other things that I need to attend to."
After I was escorted out of the garden I was fuming. I've never felt so pissed off in my life. That's when I made a resolve. If I couldn't get pregnant by Triple X in order to stay in the marriage then I would get pregnant by whatever spouse he chooses for me. Once I give them a kid or two I'm stepping out on my own terms. No one's going to make me leave. True, I still love George but if I can't be with him then I don't want the marriage.
***
When I got home I tried to tiptoe into the house so as to not draw any attention to myself because I really didn't feel like being punished at the moment. But I was caught as soon as I made my way towards the stairs. Triple X was standing there with his arms crossed and an evil smirk on his face. "I told you not to go to Queen Amore, didn't I?"
I gulped and nodded. "Yes you did."
"And what did I say would happen if you did?" Triple X asked.
"That I would be punished," I said.
"Good, now come with me," Triple X said. He grabbed my hand and dragged me up the stairs and down the hallway to his room. A couple of maids were walking down the hallway holding some cleaning supplies. He stopped by the maids and told them that he was going to his room with me and didn't want to be disturbed. I heard the maids giggling as we walked away.
Once we got into his room my jaw dropped. His room looked like it was made for a King. It had a huge king-sized bed with the comforters on it being red with black trimming on the edges. There were four different pillows on the bed two of them had black pillowcases on them and the other two had red pillowcases on them. There was a canopy hanging over the bed with black curtains on it.
The rest of the room was decorated with the black and red theme to it. The walls were a dark red color and the two huge dressers were painted black. There was a flat screen TV hanging on the wall in front of the bed and a small couch in front of it.
"Wow," I said. "This place is huge!"
Triple X chuckled. "I'm glad you like it because this is where your punishment will be taking place."
I paused. "Huh?"
"Your punishment will be a two part punishment. The bed is where part two will be taking place," Triple X said.
"Okay, what's part one?" I asked.
"The first part is a few things. The first thing is I'm putting a restraining order on you for you not to go near George for six months. The second thing is Junior's birthday is on April 2nd and you're not allowed to attend and Zoey's birthday is April 3rd and you're not allowed to attend that one either. Don't worry, I'll get the rest of the family together to keep our stories straight as to what type of lie we're going to tell as to why you're not there. The third thing is you will not be allowed to have sex with anyone for six months," Triple X said.
I gasped. "Six months! Please reconsider that!"
He shook his head. "Nope. Because you insist on not following my orders a stricter punishment needs to be in place for you. Compared to other punishments I've heard that have been given out to Agents before, this is nothing. As a matter of fact some people might view it as a slap on the wrist. Now strip."
I blinked. "Huh?"
"Strip, part two of your punishment begins now," Triple X said.
"No I'm not stripping, why do you want me to strip?" I asked.
"Well I was just going to give you sex because after today you won't be having sex anymore for the next six months," Triple X said.
"So pity sex?" I said.
"If you want it? If not then get out," Triple X said.
I decided that I was going to sleep with him because it looked like he wasn't backing down on the whole no sex for six months punishment. We had two rounds of sex and he made sure to give me at least two mind-blowing orgasms. After that he got dressed and told me to get dressed and tossed me out of the room. He summoned a couple of maids and told them to clean the room from top to bottom.
I went to my room and after I took a shower and changed into some clean clothes, I cried myself to sleep.