The Royal Mark-Chapter 287: Change Her Mind

Elsa startled awake upon hearing her baby boy’s cry, quickly rising from her bed with a touch of panic at the sound of Rocco’s distressful wail.

"I’m sorry you woke up, dear. Christopher said you are very tired because of earlier but the prince is refusing to drink milk from the bottle. I think he is missing his mother," Valeria explained.

Elsa’s eyes widened in horror, remembering the sweet adventure she and Chris had done a few hours ago. She quickly looked down on her body and released a sigh of relief seeing she was fully dressed in her nightgown.

There was no trace of their lusty rendezvous and it looked like she was just sleeping all this time. ’He must have thought that I would sleep all through the night,’ Elsa giggled at her thought.

"Elsa, are you listening? Or are you still asleep?" Valeria asked when her granddaughter seemed to not understand what she had just said. She then added, "I said your son is hungry and refusing the bottle."

Elsa promptly reached out her arms to Rocco, and the sweet boy eagerly clung to her, almost leaping into his mother’s embrace.

"I heard you, Grandma. I just got a bit dizzy from suddenly standing up... Come here my love, are you giving your Nana a hard time?" Elsa uttered as she began to breastfeed Roco.

"Nana? Who’s Nana?" Valeria frowns in confusion.

"You are his Nana. Great-grandmother is too long, and I think the sound of Nana is cute and he will not have a hard time saying it."

Valeria tilted her head as she thought, a smile then slowly appeared on her face. "I think I like the sound of it. He can call me Nana then."

"Grandma, do you happen to know where is Chris?" Elsa asked.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I saw him in the hallway earlier. Princess Neia has woken up and your husband is with her right now. He will not join us for dinner tonight and would like to be alone with his sister. Didn’t he tell you?"

"No, he didn’t. He had blocked me from our bond, I tried to contact him just now. He’s probably grieving with Neia right now and doesn’t want me to feel his pain. If only I could do something to at least lessen their pain I would.

I don’t know how it feels to lose your inner wolf but I know how it feels to lose a loved one. It is the most painful thing in life and it must be similar to what Neia and Laureen are feeling right now."

Valeria sighed for she also knows how it feels to lose someone you love. She walked towards Elsa and sat beside her, "How about you bring them dinner tonight, huh? Since they won’t be joining us, why don’t you join them? Bring this little one with you since the princess hasn’t met her nephew.

Perhaps, the presence of this little prince will bring joy to both his father and aunt. Once they see his smile, they will surely smile too."

"I like your idea Grandma and I think we should do it," Elsa had a grin on her face. She even thought of cooking for Chris and Neia to add a touch of love to show them her sympathy.

So after feeding Rocco, they went straight to the kitchen together with her grandmother to make something for Chris and Neia. Fortunately, they found Lexi on their way there and tagged her along as well.

"I am cooking dinner for Chris and Neia. I haven’t really done this before so I don’t know what they like to eat. Would you know?" Elsa asked Lexi.

"Well, we are werewolves so that’s easy. We all like meat. If my memory serves me right, the King always asks for roasted venison, wild boar, or beef."

"Oh! That’s perfect. Tonight’s dish is roasted beef. One of the finest and fattest from the King’s cattle farm. He requested for the best one to be served tonight since it’s a celebration of winning the war," Valeria chimed in.

"What else does he want?" Elsa asked Lexi further.

"A good sauce to match the roast and a delicious soup to complete it all," Lexi replied.

"Got it. I think I know what to make."

The three ladies got themselves busy in the kitchen while the servants took care of Rocco as he watched his mother cook.

Elsa took advantage of her magic and used it to cook the dishes fast and efficiently.

"Hmm, I might say, mages here do not really use their magic like you do. They like to conserve their mana and use their spells in some other ways but you did great. I didn’t know you could cook!" Valeria praised after tasting the dishes that Elsa prepared.

"I agree, you are a good cook, My Queen! These are special. What are these dishes called by the way?" Lexi added.

"Thank you. But they are not that special. It’s something that we usually eat in Novus..." Elsa pointed to her right and said, "These are spicy roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, and red pepper pasta" The one with leafy greens is called Caesar salad, the brown tiny bread-like desert is salted caramel toffee pudding, and the one with cream is dark chocolate mousse." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"You eat these all with your roast beef?" Valeria asked in amazement.

"No, Grandma, just one or two. But I am not sure which one Chris and Neia like so I made several so they can choose."

"Alright, if you are done, I’ll have the servants help you bring it to Neia’s room," Valeria announced.

Elsa took Rocco from the servants and went straight to Neia’s room. Chris was the one who opened the door even before she knocked.

"How did you know I was coming?" Elsa asked, wondering.

"I can smell you remember? I’m sorry I left before you woke up. Stefan called me because Neia was hysterical," Chris answered.

"That is fine, I totally understand. How is she?"

"Not good, she’s been crying. Stefan is inside as well. She said her wolf was dying. She cried more after we informed her of what happened to Laureen and what Yvonne did to them," Chris remarked.

Elsa sighed and said, "I don’t know how to help her but I brought us dinner. Perhaps eating could ease her pain just a tiny bit."

"I don’t know about this. She’s refusing to eat or even drink but since you have this cutie with you, then maybe she will take it," Chris said as he gave Rocco a soft pinch on his cheek making him smile.

He then added, "Let’s go in, my little prince. It’s time you meet your aunt and maybe you could change her mind and make her eat."

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Sorry for not uploading last Friday, my stockpile ran out coz I can’t write much. The Fire Nation has invaded us! Kidding! It’s too hot here, I feel like the sun is my neighbor >.< I hope everyone is safe and not dealing with the intense heat of summer unlike us here.