Omega's Rebirth-Chapter 422: For Good ()

It was already far into the night when Neveah was awakened by that terribly pain churning in her gut, the intensity of the pain banished the wave of sleep from her consciousness almost immediately.

Neveah sat up on the bed, it had taken every ounce of will to restrain herself from jerking up and letting out a scream.

It was the kind of will Neveah did not think she could muster twice.

’If you do not wish for him to find out, we have to get away, Veah. Bear with it.’ Neveah’s wolf comforted anxiously.

Though Neveah’s wolf constantly reminded her there was no use keeping this from Menarx as he would eventually discover it, she still complied with Neveah’s wishes to withhold it for the time being.

Neveah sucked in a deep breath, gently pushing off the covers shared by her and Menarx .

Menarx rolled over and Neveah winced slightly, biting down harshly on her bottom lip to keep in any sound as she slowly moved away from Menarx’s embrace.

Menarx was a light sleeper, a battle forged dragon like he was, Menarx was always on high alert and naturally attuned to his environment,

And so even with how careful she was being, Neveah was not at all surprised when Menarx’s eyes fluttered open, a questioning look in his sleepy gaze

"Love, are you okay?" Menarx asked in concern, his eyes scanning over Neveah worriedly.

"I’m fine... I just need some air. I’ll be back before you know it." Neveah assured, forcing a smile to her lips which she hoped was genuine enough to reassure Menarx.

"It’s really late now, I will go with you..." Menarx began to offer but Neveah quickly shook her head.

"I’ll just be a moment, Narx. You need your sleep for the long flight back." Neveah dissuaded.

Menarx hesitated for a moment but finally hummed quietly in understanding.

"Very well, it’s cold out. Take your coat and don’t be long." Menarx said.

Neveah nodded, getting off the bed, she grabbed her coat and walked out of the tent, keeping a steady posture.

Neveah maintained her posture, walking briskly across the camp so as not to alert the dragon lords on night watch and her demeanor only changed when she was safely within the cover of the forest.

The first sound out of Neveah’s lips was a pained gasp.

She stumbled through the forest, struggling against the pain wracking through her muscles just to put one feet ahead of the other.

Neveah did not know what direction she was headed in, neither did she have a destination in mind,

Neveah just knew she had to keep moving till she was as far away from the camp as she could get before breaking down.

She had not gotten so far when a stronger wave of pain churned through her, squeezing at her insides like a sharp blade was being twisted in her gut.

Neveah reached out, holding her weight up with her hand rested on a trunk, she gasped and heaved, her breaths coming out in short and heavy pants.

Once again, the mate bond had begun it’s torture. Neveah had lost count of how many times she had been subjected to this misery in the past two months.

How many times she found herself out here in this forest, hiding her pain from the world so no one would see this side of her, no one would know of the reality that she could never truly escape her past... she could never escape Alessio.

"Veah, we will have to reveal this to Menarx soon. He cannot be kept in the dark for much longer, he is bound to find it out at this rate." Neveah’s wolf expressed her concerns.

"I know... I know..." Neveah murmured through gritted teeth.

As much as all she wanted to do at this moment was scream out her pain, Neveah knew the forest could conceal her presence but her voice was sure to echo for miles ahead. The dragons were too sensitive not to notice it.

All Neveah could do was swallow down her screams and wait for the pain to pass as she had gotten used to doing these past months.

Neveah’s stomach roiled and she dry heaved, gasping for breath. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Scales! Veah!" Menarx’s voice reached Neveah from behind, a hand rested on her back, rubbing soothingly.

"Veah, what is going on? How are you in this state?!" Menarx exclaimed in panic, watching Neveah gasp and shudder in pain.

"Narx... please leave me to myself, I don’t want you to see me... like this..." Neveah forced out the words through gritted teeth.

"For heavens sake, Veah! I am your man! How can you expect me to leave you like this?! Of what use am I if I cannot be by you when you actually need me?!" Menarx hissed in despair.

Neveah released a shaky breath, turning around slowly.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry. You’re right..." Neveah whispered, leaning her head against Menarx’s shoulder, silent tears streamed down her cheeks but Menarx’s hold was warm and soothing.

They stayed in that position for a moment and the pain churning through Neveah slowly subsided.

"I... I never got to severe the mate bond with Alessio. I mean I tried but...he wouldn’t let me reject him and the next moment I was brought here, I could not tie up the loose ends like I should have."

"This bond is the only thing left linking me to him, I would rip it out if I could but I cannot..." Neveah’s voice cracked.

" And now that he cannot get to me, he is making use of the mate bond. As long as we share this horrid bond, Alessio will always have access to me, all it would take was a little push to leave me in this state and he knows it...he knows I am helpless to the mate bond."

" This last bit of control he has, he will never let me break free of it... he will never stop reminding me that he exists. Narx... I cannot get away from him... I cannot." Neveah sobbed out.

Menarx’s gaze narrowed slightly, rage flashing through his eyes.

"And if I give you a stronger bond? My reverse scale is my very essence, it will bond you to me, superceding every other bond, Veah. It will bring an end to his bond... for good." Menarx said firmly.

Neveah leaned back slightly, gazing up at Menarx.

"Narx...the merging of scale can only be done after the academy prepares the ceremony. It might be weeks after our return..." Neveah began to say but Menarx cut her off.

"Neveah, my love... I will give you a ceremony deserving of your honor upon our return. But tonight, right here... I wish for you to have a piece of me."

"The merging of scale is two hearts becoming one, all that matters is our consent. Let the moon be our witness that we are bonded, first in fire... and today in soul. Do not turn me down..." Menarx asked, gazing down into Neveah’s eyes.

"I...Yes, a thousand times yes, Narx. Yes today... and for every other day after." Neveah accepted, a weak smile on her lips.