My Sweet Boy | Omegaverse

Chapter 13

Robin woke up in the morning to find Victor gone. He was sad but he felt better. The ache in his stomach was non-existent. He changed the bedsheet and sprayed his room with room freshener, knowing how it might have reeked like an Alpha. His mom came a few hours later.

"How are you feeling?" she asked.

"Much better," Robin said. There was so much he could tell his mom but he didn't know what the consequences would be. For now, he wanted to keep Victor a secret.

"That's good. Your brothers had it a lot worse. We had to sedate them to take the pain away. You didn't use them?" Her mom asked, looking at the toys.

Robin blushed. "I thought my brothers breezed through it. Why didn't you tell me it could get this worse."

"I didn't want to scare you," his mom smiled, ruffling his hair. "I am glad the worst is over."

Robin nodded. He rested for two more days in his rooms, avoiding going out. It took two more suprasants but it wasn't as bad as the first night. Victor didn't visit again, which Robin was disappointed about. He kept his windows unlocked expecting Victor to show up.

The palace was preparing for his Aunt's engagement party. The king of Sarai was to visit and royalty from all over the world were invited to the party. His father wanted to announce the marriage to the world. He didn't understand his father's extravagant celebration of trivial matters. Robin wanted a small celebration if he ever got married.

The palace was decorated with flowers. The maids and servants were busy with party preparation. It gave him the perfect opportunity to sneak into the forbidden section of the palace library. There wasn't much text material he or anyone was allowed to read. Most of the outside politics and information about the outside world was censored in Capital City. His father's personal advisor himself removed certain books from the library. Although Robin had his ways of getting access to those books, most of the time he was playing with fire trying to get them.

Robin walked into the library, reading the boring books on the history of Marcella Dynasty, sitting in one corner. The librarian, a woman in her late thirties, sat in silence reading fiction. She smiled at him when he got in the library. She knew him well, he had spent countless hours in the palace library. But she wasn't a talkative person and Robin was shy, so the only interaction they had included asking about books and friendly smiles.

The woman stopped giving him attention a few minutes later, fully indulging in her book. Robin stood up and cruised around the library in a pretense of finding something new to read but all he wanted was an opportunity to sneak behind the hidden shelves to access the banned books.

He clicked on a concealed button on one side of a shelf, the shelf came loose. He pushed it and slithered inside. He had to be fast. He searched around for books on Dhasur Dynasty. The books weren't organised which made it hard for him to locate what he was looking for. He got his hands on a few books that gave information about other kingdoms. Once he had few books that could give him some information, he shoved them under his robe and exited the area.

The guests for the party were starting to arrive. Robin and Gloria hid away from the hustle and bustle of the palace, at least until it would be time for them to get dressed for the night party.

"What do we know about the Dhasur Dynasty?" Robin asked Gloria. He flipped the pages of the book written by a well-known political writer. Robin had read some of his work before. His insight on world politics was eye-opening.

"It's one of the most mineral-rich kingdoms in the north," Robin answered, reading a passage from the book.

"Is that why father invaded it?" Gloria asked.