The Omega’s Second-Chance Mates

Only His

Chapter 6

Alfonso and I strolled around the lagoon while my hand clung to his arm. He asked me to lead him to where we hadn't wandered before after the fancy dinner in the greenhouse garden. We enjoyed the ripple effects of the lagoon waters, blessed by the faint waves of moonlight acting as our guiding path to the moon bridge.

Leaning on the balustrade with picturesque scenery while being with him turned further exceptional. The warmth of his body emitted by having him by my side could easily wrap my feelings which were about to set aflame if I kept allowing myself to be with him.

"Czerie."

"Yes?" My body swiftly moved to face him. My wolf was quick to respond to him with his lullaby-like tone, but I was taken aback when Alfonso lifted me to make me sit on the balustrade. My eyelids quivered, struggling to comprehend the events that had just transpired.

Alfonso's lips coiled into a mischievous one. "You look like a goddess over the water."

What he said made my cheeks flush profusely. "You and your sweet talk..." I playfully slapped his arm which he captured my hand to kiss the back of it.

"Czerie, can you promise me that you shall stay away from my twin cousins from now on?"

"Huh?" I batted my eyelashes at his out-of-the-blue statement.

Alfonso intertwined our hands together, serving me some jolting sensations as our wolves were dancing together from our closeness. "Promise me that if they happen to summon you again, make an excuse. Alright?"

"Why?"

"It is because... they cannot be trusted." His gaze focused on my sleeve, gently twisting my arm.

"How so? They seem harmless to me." It was baffling me as to why he had to say this. Was he bothered that His Highnesses was going to flirt with me?

I was just a nobody to them. Certainly, they wouldn't dare to make a move if they were seeking Alfonso's happiness.

"I don't think they have an ill intention to separate us, right?" A deranged thought came out of nowhere.

His hand on mine tightened as he pulled off a sweet smile. "They don't. It's just that... I am jealous. I do not like seeing you with another man."

My stomach instantly somersaulted. My mouth gaped at his response, unable for me to process a reply for that.

He let out a chortle. "Perhaps, kissing you at that time bestowed a fact that I am jealous, right?" he added.

My cheeks unquestionably flared upon recalling the kiss we shared earlier. It was sudden, and I knew that I had responded back since I caught him smiling from ear to ear after that.

"I see now..." I pressed my lips together, trying to conceal the burgeoning smile. "I would do the same if I were in your shoes." Words like that took a lot of toll, but if I would let him know I wouldn't want any woman to surround him, I would be honest as much as possible.

And I wished to make his wolf at ease.

Alfonso looked delighted at my words as he played with my fingers. I released a deliberate, measured breath, concealing any indication that his touch had sent delightful shivers cascading down my spine. Even my inner wolf playfully urged me, whispering enticing suggestions into my ear.

I secretly pressed my inner thighs when I felt a pulse in their apex by pretending that I was trying to sit properly. "Um... Alfonso, can I ask about why Prince Alistair and Prince Alejandro?" I gulped when his fingers were already on my wrist.

His face almost darkened at the mere mention of them, but he nodded. "Allow me to guess. You're going to inquire about the absence of mates for my twin cousins?"

His reply caused my body to wince. "H-How did you know that's what I will ask?" My eyelids fluttered.

Alfonso smiled sheepishly. "You are not the only one who is curious, Czerie." He winked before he clasped our hands again. "Unfortunately, they haven't met their mate."

"How so? Aren't they supposed to find their mate when they reach 18?"

"Well, I did not get to meet my beautiful mate not until I was 21, yeah?" His forest-green orbs sparkled, reflecting the moonlight and revealing a mischievous glint within. "And you did not get to find me not until you were 22." I was certain that my cheeks were flaming with a crimson color after he stated a fact.

"Y-You are right." I gently squeezed his hand, implying that I was ecstatic about having him as my mate even though we hadn't uttered the words yet that we were accepting nor marking each other yet as part of deepening our mate bond.

"But there is a rumor in the palace." My ears lent on him when he spoke. "Since they are being hailed as the cupids of our kingdom, they would be in a dire situation of finding their mate. Well, Uncle Apollo..." He was talking about the father of the Twin Garnets and our previous Alpha King. "...believed that Alistair and Alejandro are bound to share a mate. His hunch was confirmed when he beseeched the wisdom of High Priest Julianus."

My eyes widened at his statement. "His Excellency, High Priest Julianus already validated it?"

High Priest Julianus was the chief of all the divine priests, while High Priestess Genia was the chief of all the divine priestesses.

Bestowing the honorifics "Your Excellency," "high priest," or "high priestess" indicated one's ability to perform invocations, thus earning the title of the Moon Goddess's sage. Every kingdom had the potential to produce a sage, whether in the form of a divine priest or a divine priestess. Nevertheless, only two individuals were granted the privilege of embodying the role of the Moon Goddess's sage.

"Without a doubt." Alfonso did not waver to peck the back of my hand. "So, can we please drop them since I am starting to feel jealous?"

Crackling a cackle, I nodded. "Alright. If you insist, Your Highness." His soft gaze turned sharp at the way I addressed him. I only winked at him in response.

We enjoyed the panorama one more time before Alfonso decided to walk me back to my dormitory.

"Czerie."

"Hmm?" I stole a sideways glance at his face.

His eyes on the starry night sky lowered to meet mine. "I will be on the expedition with my twin cousins tomorrow."

His tone, which sounded heartbroken, alarmed me. But I felt dejected since he would leave again to fulfill his duty as a member of the royal lycan family. "D-Does this mean... I am unable to see you again?" He nodded. "Until... when are you going back?" I asked when we arrived at the south dormitory where I was residing.

Alfonso did not answer not until we were in front of my room. "It depends if they will expedite their stay in Yarrin. I cannot say a certain date, Czerie."

"Is that so?" I let out a sigh, my shoulders slumping in defeat.

I reached for the doorknob when a nod was unleashed from him. My eyes roamed, and I noticed that Lady Tamara was not around. Then I remembered that she would not stay here tonight since she was handling a certain project in their department.

"What time are you going to depart tomorrow?" I asked as I spun around to face him when my wolf was eager to have me do something now that we learned we were not going to see Alfonso for quite some time.

Alfonso blinked in surprise but replied, "Hour of the dragon. Sharp. Why?"

My wolf nudged me, signaling that it was 7 am, the hour of the dragon. "T-Then is it possible that you can... rest here? It's midnight, and I-I know you are tired from your long errand." The words I uttered took a lot of courage to say, but that was something that couldn't be undone. "I-If only you like!" I said defensively, hearing the heavy pound of my heart banging in my ears.

Averting my gaze, I could have wished that a hole would swallow me from embarrassment. When I looked up at Alfonso to see his reaction, I caught him smiling.

"If you insist, who am I even to decline an invitation from my beloved mate."

"P-Please then." I gestured my hand to welcome him to my dorm. Then, I urged him to refresh himself in our bathroom, which he did not refuse.

As he was in the bathroom, beads of sweat formed on my forehead, and I nervously waved my hand to cool myself down. It dawned on me that this would be the first time I invited my mate to sleep here, alone.

After he finished, it was my turn to cool down the heat that surged within me when I caught sight of Alfonso standing before me, his upper sculpted body partially exposed. My jaw literally dropped to the floor before I snapped back when he chuckled.

I was gulping in the tub, bathing myself in aromatic herbs like thyme and rosemary, silently counting what must happen now that I would be going alone with my mate.

We were not supposed to be alone since we were not married yet, but... nothing was going to happen between us, right?

But the sight of Alfonso sitting at my study desk, his chiseled physique on display, checking the pile of my written reports, stirred a primal need within me. He recoiled when he must have smelled my scent.

"Czerie..." His raspy tone of the way he called my name secretly squirmed me while his gaze roamed over my exposed form.

"Alfonso..." I met him halfway, feeling my hands wrapped in coldness from my dauntless move, offering myself to him.

Alfonso darted his eyes to my bed before stepping forward to tuck a few strands of my hair behind my ear. "You are beautiful, did you know that?" he whispered huskily as he nipped my chin, gently coercing me to look at him.

"If you are the one who said that, then I am going to believe it," I said in my sultry pitch, did not hesitate to run my hand to his forged figure that a first-rate artisan honed.

The tremendous speed of my clit was enough to make Alfonso growl as his arm embraced my waist, expressing its possessiveness.

"Are you certain about this?" His nose sniffed my hair down my neck, making me delightfully shiver. "Czerie... This invitation of yours... Are you—"

"Yes," I said brusquely, clinging to his shoulder before I tiptoed and reached for his ear. "Make me yours, Alfonso. The thought of you being distant from me once more, with an uncertain return, is unfathomable to me." I started leaving some wet kisses on his neck, which he inhaled sharply at my action.

His Adam's apple bobbed with each swallow while his eyes shimmered with a glint of lust and desire. His knuckles caressed my cheek, bringing a thousand jitters to my whole body.

"I share the same sentiments, Czerie. The mere thought of being separated from you fills my wolf and me with an agonizing howl of pain."

Alfonso lowered his head to descend his lips on mine. At the contact of his lips, foreboding thoughts washed away as h enveloped me in his warm embrace, trapping me within the heat of his body.

Would I come to regret the decision of surrendering my body to Alfonso, sealing our mate bond?

No. I would never.

Never in a million years.

I had waited for the arrival of my mate ever since I reached my coming-of-age. No regret would flicker me even if the world came to its epilogue.