บททั้งหมดของ Dear Mate, You’re Mine!: บทที่ 101 - บทที่ 110

Astra's POVMy fist clenched, my chest rose and fail with sharp breaths. My blood boiled beneath my skin, rage swirled inside me like an inferno threatening to spill from the surface. I couldn't get over this– to get over the fact that Mary, my loyal servant was gone.Kidnapped. Right under my nose.I wasn't sure what was hurt the most, my heart or my ego. Mary was family, the kind you looked out for but even more so she was my staff, she was a servant of this palace and yet right under my nose as queen, she was Kidnapped. That was an insult to me and to my warriors.And so as soon as the warriors and guards assembled, I didn't hesitate to lash at them. After my ego, it was thiers on the line and maybe they needed a wake up call to realize it."You stand there, on this ground, in this palace and one of you. A member of this house was snatched right under your nose." My voice was cold and loud, sending shivers down their spine. "On your scouts honor, you promised to protect this palace

Astra's POVBeyond... the palace was transformed quietly, very quietly.Underground corridors were sealed. Blind spots on patrol routes were reinforced. Assassins hidden in the crowd were tracked with baited decoys. Trusted guards rotated in triple shifts.We went even further, surveillance Phoenix birds were released to circle the skies above the capital. They appeared like regular phoenix, sometimes even regular falcons but they were much more.We were careful though, careful to not release them often, sending suspicion to the other side.Every floor was wired. Every sound filtered through on my command. Every envoy the same.And still, no word from Mary.We'd gone through almost all the possible hideouts, about twenty possible hideouts, and she was not in eighteen of them.My composure didn't crack, but Jerome could see the toll in my eyes. The pain, the silence between our plans.It's been five days, five days since her kidnap, five days since the bomb incident. The shattered wall

Astra POVThe morning was quieter than it had ever been. It felt like a unanimous agreement from everyone including the universe to pay their respect to Mary.For even the sun seemed hesitatant to settle too loudly and the morning light was shy to filter in through the windows.I sighed, even I had gotten up without a fuss. Infact, I was awake but I hadn't gotten down from the bed yet. My eyes just scanned round the semi-dark room.We found Mary. Remembering that was enough to make me feel even more at ease but then I couldn't be completely at ease until this case was settled, until I figured out all the spies and dealt with the grass roots but even that I knew, was not a days job.So as I finally got out of bed and began addressing up, I knew that I had one mission today and that was; Start from somewhere. Even if that somewhere had something to do with questioning Mary.I've got to do what I've got to do.It was barely one day after her rescue and while I was of the opinion that she

Astra's POVI stood over a rough parchment sketch of the sigil. Jerome had drawn it to ask Mary if she was sure this was it and she had confirmed. I stared at it, unable to shake off the off feeling.How did something banned and already forgotten come back to life? Who was facilitating this things? What was there plans?Something flicked in my mind. Magic.Sooner or later, magic would get involved in this. Desperate times calls for desperate measures.My expression cracked a little and my hands popped but my eyes were cold and fixed, unyielding.I refuse to spend my time thinking about a mystery that I couldn't solve. I had better problems to focus on rather than that.So I summoned for Ann, my assistant. "Go through this and make sure there is nothing important I'm leaving out then file them." I handed over a pile of documents for her to sort.“Send for Jace on your way out,” I said, my voice was low but firm.Within minutes, the door to my private office opened and a lean man in dar

Astra's POVHe struggled but with each struggle the knife dug deeper into his body."Keep up with that and I'll end up cutting through your bones before I'm ready." I threatened him with a low voice.He whimpered, keeping his struggles at bay until I pulled the knife at him, I stared at him, watching his blood drip then I gave a sadistic smile.I hadn't had so much fun torturing a traitor in a long while and if this one served himself on a platter then I'd take it.His eyes widened, "You are a monster!"My eyes lifted without stress and fell on him, the menacing look on my face must have scared him because his eyes widened and his words stuck to his throat. Widened eyes, open mouth, and a cough he was holding in. I scoffed."You are such a coward yet have the guts to call me names." I shook the horse whip in the air and made sure it made the whip sound before flinging it hard towards his arms which were tied to the chain wall.Swipe. Swipe. Swipe.Three times of brain resetting proced