Bounded

Chapter 57

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I have to share something first, I was trying to upload this chapter from an hour now. But at the end, I have to cut the last scene and make it shorter. But it's still big enough (11k) for you all to enjoy. Don't worry I will add the scene in the next chapter.

Take a deep breath for me before starting the chapter, the slower you read the more you will understand the emotions better💜💜.

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Moments passed by like the hazy breeze of the night but couldn't divert the Royal Alpha's stoic gaze from the omega. He witnessed the little notions the omega made while reading the book, tugging of lower cheeks when his fingers traces a beautiful quote, furrowed brows when the omega read in sheer engagement, a little tilting of head when he couldn't understand a certain passage and biting the edges of lower lip when his eyes didn't like the passage they are reading.

The bowl was placed on his right thigh, unsecured but empty. A spoon and a pair of chopsticks dropped into it. It could fall off any moment but the Alpha in command has his senses blocked enough for the night. Earnest eyes were focussed on the potent figure sitting on the floor, his hair were open now, touching the collarbones once in a while, clothes changed into black baggy pants and a ruffled shirt.

The Royal Alpha was staring at the omega in a trance, as if their minds were linked and having conversations in hushed voices. His grey eyes rested in a blink when a short phase of giggles reached his ears. His eyes saw the omega was smiling into the book, maybe found something laughable.

He placed his elbow on the bent leg, index finger curling around his lips just so he could look more subtly.

The darkness increased and soon the moonlight appeared in all its glory, shattering the glassy walls of window sills. The glimmer fell on the elegant Empress and despite the lack of the jewels in his outfit, his whole demeanour flamed with undying gleam.

The lost eyes of the Alpha were catching a glimpse of the flourishing pretence, the glow reached upto his hiding form, colouring them with a same glimmer.

The omega hurled his hairs over one shoulder, collecting them on the right side leaving the left side of his neck bare.

The trance broke and the Alpha bowed his gaze down from the omega. The latter was interweaving his hair in a loose braid just so they won't fondle on the kitchen floor. The Alpha looked away, respecting the privacy of the omega. The silence between two mates was comfortable, for once being in the same space wasn't initiating helpless thoughts in Alpha's mind.

Why? Maybe the distrust he was carrying from the start of their bond lost the basis of indictments altogether. Now his heart was noticing the sights of truth which his mind couldn't. 

Taehyung tried to divert his attention from the omega, he had other issues to turn into. But as if the night had chosen the time to cease and tug his awareness only towards the omega, his eyes flicked to the Empress when he heard the first sniffle.

The sweet scent of pines was suppressed under the dullness of rosemary, the omega was hugging his knees while his face was hidden beneath the riddles of his elbows. The book was placed abandoned beside his feet, the sniffles were abrupt and the pain was resonating inside the empty walls of the kitchen.

The Royal Alpha's earnest eyes curled into a sad frown as he watched the hunched shoulders of the omega. The sadness spread into his features when he  found himself miserable to curing the pain away.

How would he do that? When he had become the core of the pain himself. He has provided this pain, delivered it with harsh words but was nourishing it with his ignorance and insensibility towards the omega.