Chapter 38

Celine eventually got out of bed to take a shower, she would have preferred a long hot soak but she didn’t want to wash off all of Asher’s scent off her skin. She stopped to stare at herself in the mirror, her fingers straying to her mating mark. She would never get tired of staring at the marks on her skin, *the proof of Asher’s want for her.*

She dressed up in his shirt again, not too eager to leave Asher’s bedroom for at least a couple more days. The events that led up to her having her heat were completely forgotten until the maid who brought in her food showed up.

Celine stared at the bandage on the maid’s head in horrified concern, getting off the bed to approach her. “Hey, are you alright?”

The maid looked confused for a split second before she broke into a smile, " Perfectly fine, miss,” She reassured her, placing the tray on the table in the sitting area. “I should be asking how you are.”

Now it was Celine’s turn to be momentarily confused, her brain only bringing up images of the past three days spent with Asher, the memory of her getting kidnapped by another Mafia King pushed to a small corner in her brain. “I’m fine,” She murmured, guilt returning with her memories.

There was no mistake that Mafia King Nolan had attacked just to get her and the maids had become casualties because of that. “I’m really sorry you had to go through that,” She tagged on, happy to have a proper conversation with the maid because usually she only got polite one word replies.

The maid made a dismissive sound, waving her hands. “I’m used to it, and I wouldn’t hesitate to give my life for the boss and those important to him.”

The full extent of the maid’s words didn’t sink in until she was long gone, it made her sit absently at the table, distracted by the thoughts of the maids seeing her as someone important to Asher.

Although she told herself that she had no plans to leave Asher’s bedroom, by the time afternoon came around, she was already bored. It had been easy to forget how she used to live before, so she got out of bed when it was clear that she couldn’t sleep anymore, making her way to the guest bedroom that held all of her things.

Everything had gone back to normal like it wasn’t pure chaos three days ago, and she tried not to think of the possibility that people had died that night, she couldn’t help but feel like it was her fault. She almost wanted to seek out more information to ease her guilt but that was the very last topic she would bring up with Asher.

Celine ended up falling asleep in the guest bedroom after lunch, waking up after sunset to the sound of her door getting violently kicked in. She shot upright with a gasp, silently panicking when someone swept into the dim room and grabbed her, only relaxing at the familiar dark scent that enveloped her.

“Asher?” She called softly, her eyes adjusting in the dim lighting. She was still groggy from sleep so it was taking her a moment to figure out where she was and what was going on.

Asher on the other hand held her so tightly it hurt, “Why weren’t you in the bedroom?” He asked quietly, his tone heavy with unspoken fears.

That was enough to make Celine lucid enough to wrap her arms around him in turn, “I must have lost track of time with my things and slept off,” She said sheepishly, pulling away from the suffocating hug because she wanted to stare at him.

Light flooded the room at that point, Jael standing in the doorway with an inscrutable expression, the door barely hanging off its hinges.

“I’m sorry to make you worried,” She apologized, quickly finding that she couldn’t budge Asher from his spot at the crook of her neck. Her mating mark tingled at the close contact and she would rather that they didn't do this in the presence of company, especially when that company was Jael.

Jael remained quiet so that he wouldn’t say something that would get him shot. He had just received a tension-filled call from his boss that Celine was missing even though that was practically impossible as no one had seen her leave. He knew well that the Omega was very important to Asher considering that he had deserted an important meeting without a second thought to go save her from another Mafia King.

He was a little worried about his recent behavior though, he was borderline obsessive about her which was all fine and good but he didn’t like that this could become a weak point for him. Hopefully, it was a short obsession and he would soon be over her…

His thoughts trailed off when Asher picked up the Omega and walked past him with her, there was no missing the mating mark on her neck, his Mafia King’s eyes dilated with focus and he walked past him.

Jael just sighed and ruffled his hair, wishing that the boss cared to mention important tidbits like this to him. They might soon have a potential Queen and all he wanted to do was keep her hidden away in his bedroom.

He inspected the damaged doorway and made a mental note to have it fixed right away. He wanted to talk to his boss but he had a feeling that he wouldn’t be seeing him till morning.

Although it was the very last thing Jael expected to happen, he was very supportive of the boss getting a mate even through dubious circumstances but the fact that Celine was still the Luna of Moonstone was indisputable, and he couldn’t help but wonder if that would prove to be an issue later on.

He took out his phone as he walked off to call in someone to fix the doorway, his thoughts drifting to the damage that Mafia King Nolan’s attack had caused. The property damage was the least of their problems, especially as there was quite the number of casualties. Fortunately, no one ended up dead - at least on their end but there were a lot of men filled with lead and bullet holes.