The Thief (Sahyo)

Chapter 11: The Festival (M)

Guys this chapter is long and is M rated by the end  👀 so heads up to the readers.

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Preparations for the Festival of Lights were a tiresome and utterly boring affair for Sana to deal with. It took up a ridiculous amount of her time and energy and she found herself flopping into bed and falling asleep as soon as her head hit the fluffy pillows.

She instructed for Jihyo to stay in the village whilst she worked. Other than her own personal reasons, there wasn’t much point in the alpha being hidden away in her room whilst she’s not there. She knew how much Jihyo missed Dahyun, Tzu and Mina and she too missed seeing Jihyo's sisters and Mina, but she had a strict work shedule to abide by.

The only thing she refused to help out with were the animal fights, of which she claimed were totally barbaric and should be immediately stopped. The king just ruffled her hair as if she were a five year old and entrusted the task to another.

The festival was one like no other. Merchants from all over the kingdom came to flog their wears outside the palace walls, nobles everywhere were invited into the palace’s huge ball room for a banquet and entertainers from across Asia came to perform for his majesty.

It was forged centuries ago by the alpha king that midway through March the festival will begin. He claimed the gods themselves started the festivals back in ancient times. It was a two day event, the king and his people let off thousands of lanterns as an offering to the gods above and the next day they were blessed with an incredible light show in the sky.

Tales as old as time itself spoke of the mystical lights. It’s said that there was only one recorded time in history when the gods refused to accept the offerings of the kingdom. Centuries ago. That’s how the omega’s knew that the gods were on their side. The alpha king was slain in his bed chambers not long after the festival ended and the omega’s and beta’s ruled equally for a time until a rather hotheaded omega queen boasted of omega supremacy.

Each reigning monarch looked forward to the festival but also was terrified. If the gods did not accept the offerings, it means they are displeased over the crown itself.

“Three more days and it’ll be over.” Sana whispered to herself as she once again flopped ungracefully atop her comfortable bed and passed out right away.

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So, you won’t be here tomorrow?” Tzu asked in her cute and pleading voice.

Jihyo regrettably shook her head. There’s nothing she wanted more in this world than to watch the lights with her sisters, her best friend and her love. A guilty pang strikes her chest as she sits down in between her sisters bed mats.

“I’m sorry.” She says. “I have to miss it this year, but I promise that we’ll watch it together next year.”

Tzuyu pouted. “But next year is so far away.”

“Where are you going?” Dahyun asked.

“I’ll be in the palace for the whole festival with Sha.” Jihyo couldn’t help the way her cheeks heated up at the mention of the princess.

“Are you in love with her?” Tzu asked bluntly.

The alpha spluttered her way through an incoherent explanation of what she felt for the princess whilst the two omega’s on either side of her grinned cheekily.