*Omario POV*Abi is exhausted and drifts off to sleep immediately after her bath. I would be exhausted too if I had to do all the chores she did today. One thing is clear, Titan was right that I need to get her out of here. I tried my best but I can’t protect her. There are just too many people to look out for now and I can’t be with her every minute of the day. I also can’t keep her in my chambers like a prisoner. There’s also the part of me that seems to have a brain of its own. Like how the fuck did I end up bathing her? What happened to the self control I prided myself of?I watch her sleep, so thin, persecuted, yet so peaceful. I am so glad that we have talked and the weird pain on my chest is gone. I, however can’t explain a lot of things anymore. I don’t even know what I know now. I need to speak to my mother about the mate bond, but first I need to set Oli straight. She and Loyd are sitting in the balcony when I arrive. “Rio. I am sorry for the way I reacted earlier. I..” O
*Omario POV*“But….” Brenda tries to object. The witch still wants Abi to serve her, but she does not complete her sentence because dad is suddenly on the couch, crouching in pain.Mother must be doing the deed. This bond is something else. “Are you okay dad?” I keep a straight face and feign concern. This is another reason I came here. He turns to different directions as if trying to find a comfortable spot. His facial expression reflects the pain he is in, with sweat dripping down his brow.“Nala… fuck!” he curses and winces. I frown and do my best to keep a straight face. Dad is now holding his chest, then his tummy before getting up and taking a few steps towards the door. “Take a seat, Dad. I will get the physician.”“No, take me to Nala.”I look at him with a confused expression, but he does not explain himself. “You are not okay, Dad. Please take a seat,”I plead like a concerned son. Brenda rushes to his side and tugs on his shirt. “Omario is right. Take a seat and let th
*Abi POV*It’s Thursday morning when I wake up to find Omario smiling at me. That smile literally takes my breath away. “Morning sleepy head.”I look suspiciously at him. He is definitely up to something. but I can’t quite figure out what. With Terrence gone, I don’t have anyone to search what he is up to. I can’t even ask Teresa because he won’t let me return to the servants quarters. Apparently he does not trust any other servant around me besides Terrence. Since the dog incident, he has become very protective of me and I don’t know what to make of it. “Stop overthinking things. I have something for you,” he says and pushes a bag towards me. I sit up and open it and my heart sinks. I hate turning him down when he is just being kind. “I really appreciate your help but I told you that I am not…”“It’s the castle’s new servant’s uniform,”he interjects. I shake my head and take out four cotton dresses, tekkies and tracksuits. They look simple and very comfortable. The Lilly town k
*Omario POV*I arrive at the castle before dad and his folks return. The idiots are probably still chasing the rogue scent Terrence sent out. I am not worried about Terrence. With his speed, I am pretty sure that he is back in Palmland by now. “Still waiting?” I ask Rufus, whom I find waiting in the courtyard. He probably waited for the hunting party to return until he came out here to investigate. “Thank you, Your Majesty,” he says and bows respectfully in front of me. His response take me by surprise but I keep a straight face. “For what exactly?”He smiles at me and I suddenly feel bare. “Now I won’t be involved in persecuting an innocent girl. I will forever be grateful to you.”I look at him with mixed feelings. He knows too much. All this information make me vulnerable and his a liability. “You have earned my trust and loyalty. Anything I know, I will take to my grave. You have my word, Your Majesty,” he vows, reading through me. At least he is not in my head like my Gamma
*Omario POV*Two weeks later, my parents and I having breakfast. It feels like we are a family for once in my entire life. “This is nice. You two like this,”I say with a huge grin. I am twenty-two years old, I have seen too much of dad’s cruelty to be naive but I would still love yearn for a good, normal and loving family. “You mean me not getting any?”dad sneers. I guess he does not feel the same. “Get over it and no one is stopping you from getting a divorce!” mom snaps while glaring at him. He complains about not sleeping around like it’s his basic human right and mom does not take his crap these days. “You have mom,” I suggest. Surely this can’t be too bad considering they both spent half the morning in bed together. “The sex is great but your mom is too weak! Her goodness and sympathy is too suffocating. Can you believe that she is on my case about handing Brenda to Blake? How weak can you get?” he sneers with a disgust written all over his face. “Brenda is horrible and y
*Omario POV*Four months later….“Missing the sunlight?” Terrence asks when he finds me staring at the sunset. He returned from Palmland three months ago and him and I have gotten even closer. “What?”“Thin as a skeleton but a million dollar smile that lights up the castle,” he teases. He is still convinced that Abi is my mate and I have stopped arguing with him on it. “I hope that she is okay,”I confess. He is the only person I can talk to about her. I could try to find out how she is but that would be too risky. With Pious always lingering around, I am pretty sure that one of his missions is to find her. “She is a fighter. Of course she is okay.” I don’t know if Terrence is trying to convince me or himself, but I hope he is right. “Are you okay?” The concern on his voice is unmistakable. He is almost a brother I never had, but an irritating one at times. I shrug my shoulders. I just feel down a lot lately. With Brenda back in the castle, dad is completely under her spell and m
*Abi POV*It’s been just over four months since I was here but it feels like years. So much has changed about me in that short period. I have discovered the good and bad about me and I have embraced it. I now know exactly who I am. Still, I am not ready to face my enemy. I shouldn’t be back here, not yet, but I couldn’t wait. I take a deep breath, with my head high and step so ever sure, I walk into the courtyard. They all turn to look at me and my bestie flashes me a big smile. I bet the rest have no idea who I am. I don’t blame them, all they know is a battered malnourished slave. Well, not anymore. Even I was surprised when those hollow bones got filled by muscle and fat. My human agent says I’m angelic, whatever that means. Mint, honey and cinnamon…mmmh. I don’t know if that’s even a flavour but that’s what’s been calling me all the way from my hiding. “Ooh la lah!” my sworn enemy exclaims and licks his lustrous lips when I stroll past him. Yuck! That’s an image I will need t
*Abi POV*I clench my fists and watch Alpha Theo getting closer while my heart beats like a drum. I am well aware of Terrence and Omario shifting next to me but my focus is on my sworn enemy and his friends who almost have us cornered at the aisle. You can tell from the grins on their faces that they are excited about this. This is another stupid hunting adventure to them. Terrence and I are obviously outnumbered, it must be clear to everyone here whom the victors will be, but one thing for sure, we will not go down without a fight. I can’t help but be reminded that my father once fought against these idiots, and killed a lot of them too. He would have come victorious had it not been for Alpha Theo’s invincibility. I hope I inherited some of his heroics. Terrence’s wolf tries to charge forward, but I pull him with his neck and push him right behind me. He growls, clearly not impressed with my actions. He’s always tried to shield me from harm, even took some punishments for me, it’s