Blaise stepped out of the pool in his bathroom after he was certain that he was calm enough to think straight, he couldn't believe that for two seconds he actually wanted to betray his mate and mark someone else, how can such a ludicrous thought come in his head? Did he take his act as his reality? He has been feigning to act nice in front of Harley, did his beast mistake their close proximity? No. That wasn't possible, there was no way his beast who was marked and claimed by his mate would have such thoughts, there had to be some sort of mistake.
Taking the fluffy white towel from Bracken , he wrapped it around his waist and walked out of the bathroom, ignoring the slight tittering chuckles of the nymphs. These things really—— how long had they been hiding under the water and peeping at him? Though he understood that it was something uncontrollable since he was so handsome but really shouldn't they give him what they call—- Privacy?
As he stepped out of the room, Blaise picked up the book named ' Crucial Omegas' that he had asked Bracken to bring to him and started to skim through the book at an incredibly fast pace. Ever since he was a child his learning abilities were always better than the others and if not he would never have become the archmage of the Dragniere Empire but even after reading the entire book, Blaise didn't find the answer he was looking for, he raised his head and looked at Bracken who had his eyes closed. Just like Aileen his elder brother, Bracken was a basilisk and couldn't even open his eyes to see the world for fear of killing someone, Blaise knew that the man was sharper than that, even though he couldn't open his eyes, he was still able to see almost everything as for how he never asked about it." Is this the only book that you can find on omegas?"
" Yes, my lord." Bracken bowed and respectfully replied. " Omegas are not that much of a fascinating subject, so no one has ever bothered with them. A being that's only used by Alphas to ease their itch and existence that's only used as a breeding cow, why will anyone care about them much less write a book about them? But if you don't mind me asking it, my lord—— why are you suddenly interested in omegas?"
Blaise placed threw the book on the floor and leaned back on his chair before intertwining his fingers and solemnly replying. " Just now when I met Harley, something —— I don't know how she did this but she seemed to have done something to me. I wanted to betray Bree…not the hug or kiss kind. No, this time I wanted to mark Harley in every sense that I can."
His words were so shocking that Bracken who stood up straight opened his eyes, luckily Blaise was looking down and Aileen hurriedly closed his eyes though Blaise could look in his eyes, there was a limit to it and he knew that the limit for today has already finished. He breathed hard and shook his head, " My lord you can't joke about something like this, we are unlike humans, who will know nothing if their partner cheated…. The Queen would have found about it right away through the mating bond that you two share. How can you even think of something like that?"
" I know," Blaise's eyes darkened as he raised his head and looked at his aide. " But the thing is that I wanted to do something like that, which is weird. I have seen women more beautiful than her yet I actually made a slip up for her, isn't that weird? I mean that omega can seduce an alpha if they wanted, it's in their blood to seduce a dominant male."
" But they can't seduce a mated male," said Bracken at once.
Blaise narrowed his eyes as a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes. " That's the thing, that's exactly what I want to know. How can an omega effect a dominant male to the point that he is willing to let go of his mate because no matter how strong an omega is she or he can never make a dominant male or female abandon their mate, so how can Harley do something that no one could?"
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" No," said Bree as she shook her head at once.
" But your majesty, this is the decorum of the Empire." Lady Agard tried to wheedle once again as she waved the corset in front of Bree. " A female can never leave their house without a corset, or else they will be laughed at for their unattractive figure."
" Who will dare to laugh at me?" asked Bree annoyance brimming in her voice. Then she thought about it and added, " And do I still need other men to find me attractive? Isn't four enough already? They are a handful enough as it is, why do I care to attract more?"
Lady Agard gasped and so did the other maids as they hurriedly lowered their heads when the head maid glared at them. " Your majesty, I do understand your frustration with the consorts but be mindful of your words."
'Says the one who called them h*rny dogs just a day before.' Thought Bree inwardly but she still refrained herself from saying anything about her mates instead she turned to look at the consort that Lady Agard was holding and shook her head again. " Fine, but I am not wearing that thing, it kills my lungs every freaking second and do you know how hot it is? I feel like I am being boiled and then roasted."
The Dragniere empire was the residence of the dragons and of course, it was hotter than other territories. Bree felt like she was dying while being boiled and steamed, and what was more she was a dragon! That meant her temperature was higher than others! So, of course she had it worse than others
/n: sorry about the Aileen and Bracken mistake they were later supposed to be revealed as twins but I messed up, sorry.