The Devil's Cursed Witch novel Chapter 304

At first, Ember was glad that she got to spend the night in Cornelia's residence. As a human being whose only exercise was strolling within the palace garden, the combination of riding horses and shopping had thoroughly exhausted her body. However, as she lay in bed, she tossed and turned among the soft sheets, finding it difficult to sleep.

'Why can't I fall asleep? It's so annoying.'

She grabbed one of the extra pillows and hugged it, only to fluff it and put it on top of the pillow where her head was resting.

'It's a new place for me, that must be the reason.' After some time, she fixed the pillows back to their original position. 'But I never had trouble sleeping before. I could sleep anywhere, even on the floor.'

She gazed at the ceiling, and she kind of missed the canopy curtains of her own bed.

'Did I get too used to sleeping in my chamber in the palace? Is that why?'

She closed her eyes and tried to focus on her breathing, lulling herself to sleep.

'I don't feel right. I…I just feel like something is missing…' She pulled the blanket over her head and covered herself entirely under the sheet. 'It's not warm at all. With him, it feels better…warm…'

Ember opened her eyes in shock.

'Did I just think about Draven? Am I missing him…?'

She felt her heart beating faster at the thought of the handsome black-haired man, the defined jaw, the straight nose and those red eyes of his that she could see up close whenever he would join her in bed. She somewhat missed his strong arms that would wrap around her and also that comforting scent of his.

'Maybe it's normal to feel like this once you have a mate.' She consoled herself and tried her best to not think about him.

But…

'What could he be doing at this moment? Sleeping? Is he in bed already as it's late night? Is he asleep? He must be.' She frowned as she pulled the blanket down from covering her head. 'Here I am, not able to sleep, and yet he is sleeping already.'

Filled with annoyance, she buried her face in the pillow.

'Why am I missing him? Ugh!' Then, she again wondered, 'Is he missing me as well? No, it can't be, or else, he would have already used his powers to appear by my side.' She once again countered her own thoughts. 'Maybe it's because he doesn't want to intrude in Lady Cornelia's home? That's a possible reason why he can't be here… but then again, he is the King and he can go anywhere he wants.'

She continued questioning and countering her own ideas, and in the end—

'Ugh! It's all his fault that I can't sleep!

'Why did he have to make me used to his embrace? Will I have to suffer a sleepless night tonight?

'It's all his fault, it's his fault, it's his fault!'

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After leaving the city of the witches, Morpheus and Aureus headed back to the rocky peak in the southern mountains where Myra's cave was located. Though strictly-speaking, Aureus was the guest of the King and should return to the palace to rest, Morpheus knew Draven wouldn't mind this 'outsider' with a special identity to act freely within Agartha. It would be fine even if the young eagle stayed out for the night.

With neither of them showing any signs of tiredness, the uncle and nephew sat at the edge of the cliff, silently enjoying the view of the clouds that appeared like the dark waters of a lake from their vantage point.

Above their heads, without clouds obscuring their vision, the number of stars in the sky appeared to be like thousands of diamond dust.

Aureus spoke up after some time. "Your smile shows she has accepted your gift, even liking it."

"She is a simple girl who becomes happy even with the simplest things. It was not difficult to make her like it."

"Hmm. Just like Seren."

Morpheus threw a glance at the side profile of his nephew. "What is the special thing you mentioned happening to the Queen of Megaris? You didn't explain last time."

"She will be coming of age."

It surprised Morpheus. "You mean to say the Queen of Megaris is, by human kingdom's law, still not yet an adult?"

Aureus nodded.

"I thought human families don't marry off their daughters before they are of age."

"There was a situation."

Morpheus sighed but then heard Aureus continue, "You don't have to sigh like this. The King of Megaris takes care of her really well. He is a patient person and truly loves her."

The gray eagle probed about the meaning of Aureus' words. "They still don't share a mate bond?"

Aureus nodded as he blankly stared at the starry sky. "Not yet, but soon… once she comes of age…"

Morpheus didn't have the will to say more. Though he would often make fun of Aureus' one-sided love, he knew his boundaries; he didn't want to hurt his nephew the same way it hurt him when Draven and Ember completed their bond

Morpheus cleared his throat hesitantly and said, "You know… a female can have more than just one mate."