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Chapter 2: Tale of the Fated Mates

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"Fated Mates" How foreign that concept shall ever remain, Jeon Merlisa couldn't believe that her mate has found his fated mate when he was travelling to Kingdom Terratois for his routine expedition.

Moon Goddess loved the love Aero and Aira had for each other. Taking inspiration from their love, Moon Goddess made werewolf matches for her dear children. She thought love was the key to keeping the peace among her subjects. She made every wolf a match. For years, wolves looked for and mated their fated ones only. But eventually, wolves started getting impatient. It was so hard to travel to different kingdoms and search for your fated one. Some even grew old and died before even finding them. So people started matting on their own. They gave up on fated love and married the person around them. Now years down the line, the concept has become almost a myth or something that happens to only the fortunate ones.

So imagine Merlisa's shock when her mate introduced the male who came with him in the morning holding the Emperor's hand, as his fated mate. It was a summer morning, meaning Leena was also there to share her shock when their mate iterated the story of how he met his mate, Bang Seokjin.

Emperor Namjoon was disguised in commoner clothes and was on his yearly expedition to all the five kingdoms. This was a routine he did every year to inspect all his kingdoms personally. On these expeditions, he learns a lot about the kingdoms. The problems which aren't directly reported to the capital. The overall state of the kingdoms, whether the funds are distributed evenly and fairly and such different things. But this year he didn't expect to get blinded by the whiff of vanilla and jasmine when he was walking by the markets of Terratois.

Namjoon followed the intoxicating smell. The smell led him to a male, a beautiful male with wide shoulders to be precise, and omega by the smell. He was lost in the features of the beautiful male who was laughing and chatting with his friends in noble clothes. Maybe the handsome male got the whiff of the emperor's smell too. As he moved his head in his direction. Their eyes met and their wolves shouted, "MATE!" in their heads like sirens. The moment was nothing like the emperor ever witnessed. It was like he and the handsome male were the only ones irrespective of the heavy crowd of people surrounding them both.

They both sneaked to a small clearing, probably a garden to get to know each other more. Namjoon got to know that the handsome male was called Bang Seokjin, the son of Minister Bang Si Hyuk. Namjoon knew who the Minister Bang was. He was a minister of arts and music based in Terratois governed under the Jungs.

They talked a bit with each other. Namjoon had still not mentioned his real status. Seokjin didn't even ask him. The guy was happy to meet his fated mate. He didn't care if it was just a mere commoner. The spark between each other kept on increasing, the more they spend time with each other. Seokjin showed his Alpha mate around the kingdom and for Namjoon it was the best expedition of his life. Within a week, Namjoon was head over heels in love with his Omega mate, Seokjin. On the last day of his expedition, Namjoon proposed to Seokjin and told him everything about his identity. To say Seokjin was shocked would be an understatement. Minister Bang was nevertheless proud of his son, I mean it was a huge upgrade from a commoner to the freaking emperor of the nation.

However, Seokjin wanted to reject. Sharing his mate with three other mates didn't fit well with him. But his heart was filled with too much love for his mate. He reluctantly agreed and left Terratois with his mate. After a travel of two whole days, Bang Seokjin stepped his foot on the soils of the Capital Airanda, with his mate, Emperor Namjoon's hand in his.

The shock on Merlisa, Leena and Bora's faces was enough to make Namjoon nervous. "Please my queens, please accept my fated mate. He's the only thing that made me feel the feelings called, "love." Merlisa, My First Queen, I know I've already asked enough from you. But this is the last time I'll ever ask for something from you. And Leena my second queen I need your support too. Lastly, Bora my third queen you too please support me." Namjoon pleaded to his three queens with tears.