"What duties might those be?" Bellona asked with a small frown. As far as she could see, Dom and Matilda had gone above and beyond what society would demand of them today; further still, under the particular circumstances.

She was glad that, at last, the reception had dwindled and the joyous couple had retreated to their own dwelling /sex palace. Bella knew, really, that she ought to follow suit, leave her brother and his wife to their quiet, but Calliope and her pregnancy loomed large enough to fill the house both literally and metaphorically. She was in no hurry to return to that with any swiftness.