Chapter 55
Asher’s POV
“Argh!” I yelled, clutching my chest as a sharp pain pierced through me. It felt like something heavy was being placed over my chest, and the feeling
was just so unbearable.
“Our mate!” Darryl’s voice echoed in my mind, and I felt the pain intensify.
“Gemini!” I muttered, the feeling that something was wrong eating deep into my bones.
I grabbed my phone to call her, but as I rummaged through my pockets, I realized it was missing. Frustration bubbled within me how could I have lost it! Before I could gather my thoughts on where I must have kept it or not, I heard a commotion outside the office, Curiosity gnawed at me, compelling me to find out what was happening.
“Alan!” I called out. He burst through the door, his expression laced with urgency.
“What is wrong?” 1 demanded, trying to keep my voice steady despite the anxiety clawing at me.
“Your Majesty, it’s Lady Gemini- he started, but before he could finish, I was already on my feet dashing out of the office.
Where is she?” I barked at the guards stationed near the entrance. Their expressions were a mix of fear and confusion, and I felt my impatience heighten.
“Your majesty they are heading for the hospital,” one of them finally managed to stammer. “The lady was said to have consumed wolfsbane.”
Wolfsbane- again?
them up.
“Call them and ask them to head to the Sage’s temple instead,” I ordered, jumping into another car to meet
Each minute of the drive felt heavy, the pain in my chest intensifying with every passing moment. What’s the deal with wolfsbane I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was losing her.
As I approached the temple, the air felt thick with tension. I burst through the doors, the familiar scent of herbs and incense enveloping me. The Sage stood at the centre, his expression serious as he prepared a remedy.
I moved closer to where Gemini lay on the elevated stone, right in the middle of the Sage’s temple. Her face was pale, her feet cold, and purple lines traced around her veins. I couldn’t even tell if she was still breathing and the thought scared the hell out of me. I knelt beside her, taking her hand in mine. It felt so small and fragile, just like her, and I couldn’t help but feel a wave of guilt wash over me. How many times had she been in the hospital and even the Sage’s temple in the last few months? All because of me.
“I’m sorry you have to go through all of these, Gemini,” I whispered, brushing my thumb over her knuckles. “I’m so sorry for not being able to
project you
I could see the Sage working quickly, mixing herbs and chanting softly. I promise to make everyone involved in this pay with their lives.
hat despite how I felt being betrayed by my own Kingdom members, I couldn’t help but wonder how Gemini managed to endure staying in a place surn as this. A place she wasn’t accepted. Of course she had no other option, she couldn’t leave because of my threat to her pack, but all of these just opened my eyes to see how much danger I had exposed her to just because of my selfish desires.
The little humanity in me felt heavy guilt that I had never felt, ever in my life. I had made a lot of selfish decisions in my life before, hurt several people without feeling a single regret. But this time it felt all too different. It was like Gemini brought out the humanity in me.
Looking back at her, I couldn’t help but lose hope-
“She’s strong.” I reminded myself almost immediately, trying to quell the rising panic. “She’ll pull through, as she always had that doubt gnawed at me. What if this time was different? What if I lost her?
“Asher,” the Sage said, breaking me from my thoughts. “I need you to focus. It’s enough that you couldn’t protect your only hope. Thus, Asher, might be your last chance-”
I felt a burst of anger at his accusations, but I coulda’t argue with the fact that he was right. And yes, he was the only one in the Kingdom who could sprak to one that way, without having to suffer from my outburst. But he still did his best to respect my position as king despue being the oldest
After a lot of mixing and conjuring the Sage shook his head, a sense of resignation in his expression. “What
“I can’t do much with this, she’s slipping away. The fastest way to help her now is by healing her through the mate hood”
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Chapter 55
Tll do anything I can.” I replied, my voice firms. “Just tell me what to do.”
For me to heal her with the mate bond. I had to mark her. We were back to this now, and I had no other option, I just wanted her to be fine as soon as possible. I can’t afford to lose her, to lose my only hope of having an heir to carry on my name.
1 positioned myself in front of her and inserted my came into her neck. I could feel a flood of energy explode in me, ax 1 further digged i
And in that moment I realised that it was a sealed deal betiveen Gemini and L
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