Aliandra: nymph: Book 1 The Nymph chronicles Read Online Free

will be highly sought after by the most powerful men because you are free to choose your mate without restriction"
     
    "I have chosen to go through my first keening without a mate. Mortals do not marry until they are much older and I think I want to choose wisely" responded Ali.
     
    "Choose a mate wisely?" said Pamu in a shocked tone "No, no, no! Choose passionately. Choose excitedly. Choose a man who challenges you. Choose the man who makes you melt at his touch and fill you with need; but never, never wisely! If a man loves you he will treat you well. After any man spends a keening with a nymph he will assuredly love you and never want to be parted." The three women nodded in agreement. "What are mortals concerned about in choosing a mate? All that concerns mortals does not concern us. No, choose a powerful god; but one that is willing to fight or to lay down his life for you if necessary. That is considered a true man of worth in our realm".
     
    "I want a faithful mate. One that respects me." said Ali
     
    "This is why you need us to explain your powers over men. We, nymphs, have our own powers" advised Toko. "We are related most closely to ancient elves. It is said that when the god Chaos saw the exquisite elven queen and her royal handmaidens he was so struck by their beauty he approached and told them they would be his wives. The elves declined and fled, so he turned his power against them, they were cursed to suffer until they came to his bed. The newly-made nymphs hid in the forest, but when the violent keening struck one by one the nymphs went to the bed of Chaos, except the queen. The Great Father heard of this travesty and he sent his healing to the nymphs. That is why we suffer the keening and we are all affected differently. The Great Father gave us the gift of the heart-meld so that our mates would be connected to us and love us beyond measure. This gift takes what was an ugly, corrupt and violent thing and turned it back into a loving and beautiful experience. The way love was meant to be. We also retain something similar to elven powers over nature. It depends on your element as to the type of power".
     
    "Our reputation has been sullied by corrupt men. Many scorn and deride nymphs" advised Pamu. "Nymphomania is an unwelcome label that has risen from when men have captured nymphs who refused to mate with them. A nymph may choose who she heart-melds with but when the keening takes place and she is near men her scent will drive them to fight off the other men and mate with her. As with Chaos, she will eventually accept the mating to relieve the pain symptoms during the keening. If we choose not to mate we must separate from the community and endure the pain. We imprint with our first mate and become their perfect lover because our bodies adapt perfectly to them. Nymphs are sought after as mates by the gods because of our beauty and powers. This is why many goddesses are also nymphs. Our keening scent is repulsive to fertile women and addictively alluring to fertile men. We have advised your great-mother and helped set up your keening accommodation in Peyton".
     
    "It is said the islander tribes accepted nymphs among them without the violence. There were also small islands set aside for keening nymphs. That may be why so many nymphs remained on islands. I think the mortal stories of sirens that lure men to their deaths are really of  keening nymphs. Mortals and elves do not have the stamina to survive mating with a keening nymph. Giants, forget it. It is said the needing period of female vampires is only two days and nights. So, if your keening period is much longer, you cannot choose a vampire even though they too are immortals. Wyr-kind are much weaker than vampires, except for dragon-kind. Demons are fallen dark angels that have been perverted by evil and cruelly tortured. As immortals the strongest of light or dark angel-kind are a possibility. The only other choices you have as a mate is a god or