MATEBOUND WITH A BEAST

Chapter 16

Ona walked out of the bedroom after Zephyrus prepared her the most relaxing bath, inside the huge dark brown stone bathtub with all sorts of flowers coming with different scents. Ona couldn’t stop smiling from inhaling all the scents.

After an hour.

Ona had a long green dress on. She was not a person who liked green, but the dress was immensely gorgeous on her body and she couldn’t stop complimenting herself in her head. It was long to her ankles making her walk freely.

And before she could approach all the noises which were coming from downstairs, after she admired how the palace was huge and well-designed inside, it was far more different from her palace. The palace was not giving royalty but it was beautiful and huge too.

Zephyrus approached her and he nearly said Princess, but he held back quickly after he remembered that Ona told him she was not a princess.

Not that Ona was not a princess anymore, it was all because of Kalus, the man-made her hurt the word ‘ princess’ more than anything.

Zephyrus couldn’t help but blush. The color of the dress on his mate painted right in his eyes.

“Thank you for this dress, it's lovely,” Ona smiled at Zephyrus's wide smile.

 The dress was dark green.

Zephyrus felt proud for choosing the right color for his mate and loved that Ona loved the dress too. The dress was loose, making Ona feel free in it with her hair in a neat bun that Zephyrus couldn’t keep his eyes away from his mate. But he averted them before he creeps out Ona.

“You look very beautiful and gorgeous and I’m glad that you love the dress I picked for you,” Oh, Zephyrus couldn’t help not to gloat about him picking up the dress for her.

Ona giggled. Zephyrus loved seeing Ona’s smile and being happy around him.

“Let’s go,” he said and held her hand.

Everyone was already eating. Vyn cooked as he loved cooking with all of his heart. He cooked for everyone.

The moment Ona stepped into the dining room, everyone gasped with dropped jaws.

I mean Ona was a goddess, her beauty was truly unmatched, even though Zarek knew Ona, he also couldn’t help not to drop his jaws to the table and Ona recognized him immediately that she let loose of Zephyrus's hand grip and ran to Zarek.

Zarek was shocked but with how Ona was emotionally happy, he knew that he had to stand up and welcome her.

Zarek was no ordinary man to Ona, it was her uncle from her mother's side.

“Uncle Zarek,” Ona cried on his shoulder.

Remembering how she used to be close to her uncle when she was young, and later she was told not to be near him at all because he was a danger to himself and they didn’t want him to danger her and no matter how much Ona would try to escape the royal, the warriors would catch her and bring her back to the palace and they made sure of it till they all died.

“I’m sorry for not being there for you,” Ona said and everyone was amazed. “And how did you arrive here?”

Zarek was missing his only niece and he couldn’t even talk. There was  something huge formed in his throat that was restricting him to speak with eyes beaming with tears. He let them fall and let Ona sit next to him.

“I ran away from the kingdom the moment Kalus arrived in the kingdom, and I have tried to tell the king but you know they take me as a mad man and don’t worry, I know everything about what happened in the kingdom and that you’re mated to the king here and trust me, Ona, the king was created for you, and you were created for him and I know you went through a lot but there’s no one to trust than him, he’s your life and you’re his life and there’s no escape and I am very sorry for everything that has happened to you, baby girl,” Zarek said as he welcomes Ona again in his arms.