The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 226

Since she and her mate were stuck on what she wanted that night–the most important issue– then discussing others things was out of the question. Moreover, given Draven’s personality, she was sure he would not take her anywhere to mingle with a crowd. Not like she wanted him to take her out, but she had indeed grown curious to see what a festival looks like.

Clio and Reya looked at each other and then towards their master who was lost in her thoughts. In their eyes, they saw her behavior as one done out of disappointment.

“Miss, it’s fine. Not every pair of mates goes out to play in the city,” Reya comforted her.

Clio offered her a displeased look, chastising her cousin for saying some nonsense, and then looked at Ember. “Miss, maybe His Majesty planned to give you a surprise and that’s why he had not informed you about it.”

Reya chimed in, “Yes, Miss. Maybe His Majesty had prepared a gift for you already.”

Ember waved her hands at her servants. “You two don’t have to console me. It’s fine as I am not thinking much about it.”

The two servants stopped coaxing her.

Ember believed, other than getting her answer and completing their bond, Draven would not have thought about anything else. He was not like those male characters in the romance books who showed sincere affection to their wives. Her mate probably knew nothing about such tender things.

‘I should not expect much. Not like he loves me so there is no reason to show that kind of affection.’ She sighed but then thought something else. ‘What about me? Do I love him?’ She shook her head.

‘What do I know about love? How can I know if I love him? If I use the books as reference where the wives think of their husbands as their entire world, then no.’

Ember held her chin as she pondered.

‘His Majesty is good to me and takes care of me. I feel grateful to him but I don’t like that I’m indebted to him. Does that mean I should love him or I already love him? I don’t even know if I like him as a person. But then again, we are still basically strangers. I barely know anything about him… but I am attracted to him…I think…’

She sighed again and again.

‘So confusing. I can’t tell.’

“Miss, would you like to have more tea?” Reya asked, bringing her back to reality.

Ember shook her head and then asked, “Do you know what happens if someone won’t complete their bond on the night of the full moon?”

“Why do you ask this, Miss?” Clio asked.

“I am just curious.”

She had read about the pair of mates suffering, but she wondered if what was written in the book was the same as how things were in reality.

“Umm, well, I do not know anyone who has personally experienced that, Miss,” Clio said. “It is normal for someone marked to have their bonds completed in a matter of days so to wait for more than a month is rather…” She then turned towards her older cousin. “Reya has a larger group of friends. Perhaps she knows?”

Reya pondered.

“Umm, it’s just what I have heard from other beast females that the male and female suffer a great pain on the night of full moon if they won’t complete the bond. It’s less for females but for males, it’s beyond one can imagine. The power of the bond is at its highest on the night of a full moon and it demands the bond be completed. That beast female also said no sane female would want her mate to go through the pain.”