I dreamed of my mother. It’s as if we are in some unfamiliar room, and at the same time I am sitting in an incredibly soft and fluffy chair, and she is standing in front of me and once again lecturing me that I am turning into an old maid and a blue stocking and me urgently need to acquire a husband and children.

I habitually nodded at my mother’s words that you shouldn’t get hung up on yourself and at work, and that not a single boss or cat will give me a glass of water in my old age, and that my requirements for men are too high. According to my mother's logic, my personal life was already so tragic and hopeless that it was time to stop looking for princes and turn my attention to their horses. In general, everything is as always, another communication with his mother in the style of "and Vaska listens and eats."

And then he appeared. No not like this. HE. A green-eyed brunette with a short haircut, perfectly proportioned features, kissable lips and such an affectionate, alluring smile that took my breath away. He was wearing a black tank top and matching trousers. The clothes favorably emphasized his muscular, but not too pumped-out body, and the grace of a large predator with which he approached me betrayed an excellent warrior in him.

But the main thing - the man was not just incredibly handsome, strong and sexy. He was mine!!! The best, most desired, and so dear!!! And he looked at me with such love ... I tried to get up to throw myself into his arms, but I could not move.

“I will always be there,” he whispered tenderly in a hoarse voice that sent goosebumps all over his body, and vanished into thin air.

And I wanted to scream, burst into tears and hysterical. There was such pain in my soul, as if a huge hole had been made in it and sharp ice crystals had been poured into it.

It's time to get married, Lexi! - Mom turned to me again and repeated this phrase three more times. And for the last time - for some reason, in a pleasant male voice.

- What? I asked, slowly emerging from the dream into reality. It seems that someone who is tired of living persistently shook my shoulders. That's why he is so! Even alarm clocks scare me in the morning.

Opening my eyes, I saw shiny patent leather men's shoes in front of me. Unexpectedly... Trying to understand how someone's shoes ended up next to my head, I sat up and looked around in confusion. Turns out I slept on the floor with Roxy under me as a big warm pillow.

“You again…” I moaned disappointedly, recognizing Kai in the creature that woke me up.

– I say, it's time to get married, Lexi! Get ready, otherwise we will be late for the wedding,” my fiancé said, and then I carefully examined him.

- Wow! I couldn't help but exclaim. The elf seemed to be flattered.

How amazing he was!!! The black velvet camisole, embroidered with gold, sat perfectly on him, shoulder straps, apparently those of a general, shone very solidly on his shoulders, and long hair flowing over his shoulders seemed like white liquid silk. Wow, I snatched the groom. Or rather, he grabbed me. Never mind. My mother should have seen it! Memories of a strange dream suddenly came to mind, and my heart ached with longing. Dream like this. And most importantly, so realistic!

- Are you okay? – suddenly worried Kai, picking me up from the floor.

Roxy drowsily twitched her paw and continued to sleep sweetly. Oil painting: passed out bodyguard.

“Yeah, it’s fine,” I nodded. “It’s strange that I don’t even have a headache after yesterday.

- Still would! Kai frowned. - You drank the most expensive and ancient elven wine from my cellar, after it there is no hangover. Its cost is equal to half of this castle, he enlightened me.

- Truth? I was very surprised. – Oh, I'm sorry, please. It seems that I got carried away with only one sip - I began to realize the scale of the exploits of the night bachelorette party. – By the way, I offered you to join, I remember it for sure!

- Do you remember how you scattered twigs from a basket around the room, while saying: “Get out!”? And how I tried several times to put you to bed, but you constantly ended up on the floor in an embrace with a panther? And how persistently she offered me a drink for brunden ... buruden ... - the elf hesitated, trying to pronounce an unfamiliar word.

- Brudershaft? I suggested.

“Exactly, it is,” nodded the elf.

“No, I don’t remember,” I blushed with shame. But please understand and forgive me. She found herself alone in an unfamiliar world and lost control of her mind as a result of the experience of violence, kidnapping and drinking an alcoholic drink in a pleasant furry company. And wildly sorry about the vase. I hope it was not too expensive and ancient.

“No,” the elf replied laconically and added, “Your apology is accepted.

Was it just me or did he smile?

Considering that the topic of yesterday's lawlessness has been exhausted, Kai switched to more pressing issues. I was unceremoniously taken by the elbow and escorted to the bathroom, where they solemnly handed over toothpaste and a brush in a package of foil, then showed me which button to press to flush the toilet, and gave advice to take a shower so that the elf would not have to soap me again.

I frowned and assured my fiancé that I could do fine on my own. Kai importantly, like a general, nodded and gave me fifteen minutes for everything. Attempts to bargain for more time did not lead to anything, so I had to urgently put him out the door and do everything in a terrible hurry.

The only place where I slowed down for a couple of minutes was the mirror. Large, in a gilded frame, it reassured me that my appearance, despite the transition between the worlds, remained the same. The same long brown hair, neat nose, graceful, moderately plump lips, long eyelashes, high forehead, slender waist. Yes, I always thought that I was lucky with my appearance, thank God and good genetics. There was only one difference that I noticed: the color of my light green eyes became richer, somehow brighter, and turned out to be diluted with golden blotches near the pupil.

“In short, everything is fine, the beauty is indescribable, as always,” I whispered with the usual self-irony. Now you can have breakfast and go decorate the world.

***

Dreams about breakfast were covered with a copper basin, and the plan to decorate the world moved a little in time, because this world, in the person of Kai, began to decorate me.

When I left the bathroom, he had already managed to drag into the bedroom a stool with carved legs, a comb, a wide white box covered with silk, and several more of the same, only smaller.

And so began an endless series of surprises. With a confident movement, seating me on a stool, the elf stretched out his arms over me, and I immediately felt a light breeze rushing through my hair. Touching my head after a couple of seconds, I was amazed: it was completely dry! It turns out that my general could act as an excellent hair dryer. A multifaceted personality, however.

Having finished drying, the elf, with purely German methodicalness, began to comb me. But that was already nice. I even wanted to close my eyes and purr. It’s only a pity that this gentle buzz didn’t last long: Kai put the comb aside and quickly, in a few movements, put his hair in his hair, lifting it up on top and letting it flow over his shoulders. And he secured this whole masterpiece with an incredibly beautiful tiara with diamonds.

“White gold,” Kai explained, briefly showing me the piece of art before fixing it on his head. “A gift from Emperor Lysantiel.

A minute later, another one was added to it, when the elf pulled out a snow-white lace dress from a large box - chic, like a princess, with a corset and a long multi-layered fluffy skirt.

Having laid out this splendor on the bed, the elf once again after our acquaintance began to undress me. There was no point in resisting, so I, with a frozen face of a bored Barbie, waited for him to pull off all my clothes, and then dress me in lacy white panties, nude stockings and a wedding dress.

On the face of the man all this time there was a thoughtful dreaminess, sometimes turning into puzzlement. It was noticeable that he had never played with living dolls before and was dressing a woman for the first time. But my general showed a fighting spirit and from the third time he put stockings on me.

The hairstyle was almost demolished by the dress lowered on top of me, but still withstood the encroachment on its integrity.

Puffing intently, Kai tightened the lacing of the corset on my back and even kindly asked if I could breathe.

She answered with a monosyllable: “Uh-huh,” but that was enough for the elf. Moving away from me a couple of steps back, he looked at the masterpiece created by his hands and nodded in satisfaction.

“The dress and underwear are also a gift from the emperor,” Kai noted in a flat voice and added: “Like this,” he took out an amazing bracelet from another snow-white box - in the same style as the diadem.

- The beauty! I exclaimed in delight once again, allowing Kai to snap this chic, jewel-studded piece of jewelry onto his tattoo-free wrist.

“It's not just a bracelet, Lexi,” Kai warned me. “It has the symbol of royalty on it. Now all the guardsmen, and simply subjects of the emperor, are obliged to follow your orders as if they came from Lysantiel himself.

- Truth? My eyes immediately lit up and the corset stopped looking so suffocating, and even Roxy lifted her sleepy head off the floor and looked at us in amazement. As soon as I meet this delightful vampire, I will kiss him. "And even you?" I asked with curiosity.

“Within reason,” he chuckled softly.

A string of amazing white pearls suddenly appeared in his hands, and his face instantly became serious.

– There is another gift, Lexi. This time from me. It's my mother's necklace.” His voice suddenly trembled. - Wear...

No, he's definitely not a robot. He still has emotions.

When he fastened this jewelry on me, I suddenly felt his hands tremble. After waiting for him to cope with the clasp, I turned to him and quietly said:

Thanks, Kai! This is a great honor for me.

Standing on tiptoe, I grabbed the taken aback man by the neck, tilted him to me and kissed him on the lips - gently and gently, with a light touch of the tongue, passing over his velvety soft lips. It's time to start melting that big white chocolate bar...

The elf was simply shocked.

“We have to go…” he finally managed to squeeze out of himself, unable to take his eyes off me.

- Didn't forget anything? I raised an eyebrow and smiled.

“Ah, yes,” the elf thought, shook his head and finally came out of his stupor.

Opening another box on the bed, he approached me, holding patent white stilettos in his hands.

“Let me guess, Lisantiel’s gift?” I chuckled merrily, looking at these elf-assembly louboutins.

Kai silently nodded and knelt down in front of me. Wow, great. It is not often that such chic men kneel in front of me. And also the generals. Lifting the hem of the dress, he carefully put first one shoe on me, then the other. I suddenly felt like Cinderella, and I even liked it.

I would also like to find a fairy who threw me into this fairy tale, and tell her a couple of affectionate ones with causing harm to health of moderate severity. But this is so, plans for the next five years.

Rising, Kai gently ran his hand along my cheek and, like a gentleman, extended his arm bent at the elbow with the words:

- Let's go to!

A portal sparkled right in front of us, but I didn't move.

– And will anyone feed me in this building, except for the cat? I nodded at Roxy in confusion. The panther lying on the carpet threw a sleepy, but extremely condemning look at the elf and snorted contemptuously.

In general, there was some kind of universal justice in all this: in my world I fed the cat, and in this world a big kitty supplied me with food. And what the elves eat here, one could only guess. Maybe moonlight? Who knows. But I'm a human, and I don't glow like a flashlight in the night, absorbing cosmic energy.

I didn’t know exactly where our wedding would take place and how long it would all last, and falling into a hungry swoon in such a chic attire was somehow not comme il faut.

Kai was clearly taken aback and even turned a little pale.

“I knew it: I forgot something,” he rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I’m not used to having guests, but I myself eat once a day,” he explained. “Anyway, there is no time for that. When we return, a festive table will be waiting for us.

“Sure,” I sighed heavily. Calm, Lexi, just calm.

I looked at Roxy. Relaxedly stretched out on a soft carpet, the panther with all its appearance depicted a mortally ill animal, shell-shocked in the head, and I realized that the fluffy bodyguard decided to simply score at my wedding. It's sad, but what can you do.

- I want to see myself! - I put forward the following demand resolutely. And what, I'm wondering how I now look from the outside.

“All right,” my general surrendered quickly and meekly. One wave of his hand - and the entire rocky wall in the room became a smooth mirror.

- That's lovely! I enthusiastically reacted to such magic and immediately froze when I saw my reflection. This creature of unearthly beauty in white - is that me, or what ??? I'm not even wearing makeup, but I still look perfect! Blushed cheeks, brightly shining green eyes framed by thick long black eyelashes, silky hair of a rich shade of dark chocolate - probably the whole thing is in the local water. Or air? And about the hairstyle, diadem, necklace and dress, I generally keep quiet! Princess, and only. No, not a princess. Queen, definitely.

Watching my reaction, Kai smiled, then abruptly picked me up in his arms and stepped into the portal.