Back at Hindman Manor, Be tried to coax ra to stay for dinner, but thetter insisted on leaving, saying that she still had a lot of things to do in her pack.


    Be chuckled as she watched ra leave. It was always fun to rile her own friend up.


    ''Now what do I do...''


    Absently, she leaned on one of the nearest shelves beside her inside her sister-inw''s private chamber. She was about to doze off when she suddenly got startled by a bubbling sounding from one of Jayra''s transparent bottles.


    "Be? Why are you even still here?" Jayra asked while she continued on with her work.


    "Well, I''m currently not in the mood to help Mother in preparing for dinner," Be exined with a shrug. "Apparently, Lord Osman will be joining us for dinner tonight, and my ears are far from ready to get bombarded by Mother''s nonstop tips on how I should act in front of the admiral."


    She sighed, "She''s just so helpless... and that''s even after I reminded her that I still had two years left for the Mate Pull to make itself known to me..."


    "Well, it just can''t be helped, I suppose," Jayra casually replied. "Even I have my hopes for Lord Osman to seed. He''s a good man, and we all can see the sincerity in him whenever he tries to court you."


    "Ah still... Look at ra. She still loves King Darius for sure, but Gs ended up being her mate," Be pointed out. "I can''t imagine howplicated her situation might end up being if King Darius suddenly happened to return her feelings. Will she still ept Gs? Or will she reject him? Poor Gs..."


    "Hmm... In the end, everything fell into ce, right?" Jayra noted. "I mean, there should be a reason for everything. And the way I see it, ra already seems to be moving on already."


    "I agree," Be nodded in agreement. "It''s just too bad she couldn''t give me enough details about the Mate Pull though. I couldn''t even ask you about it since you didn''t experience the Mate Pull with my brother." She shook her head with a sigh, "I''ll just probably ask Freya like ra suggested."


    Jayra chuckled and asked, "Why are you so interested to know?"


    Be shrugged as her response... Hearing her silence, Jayra curiously followed, "By the way, how did you see the mark on ra when she had it covered? Gs and ra hadn''t mated yet, so I''m sure you didn''t smell Gs on her?"


    "Well, I identally saw it when I hugged her," Be chuckled.


    Well, she couldn''t really me ra for trying to hide it. She was a certified tease after all, and she knew in herself that she wouldn''t be able to help herself from holding back. It was no wonder then that her old friend chose to run away from her and leave instead of staying for dinner.


    Jayra simply nodded in eptance of her exnation before looking back at the potion she was mixing.


    Silence covered the room once more, Be had a pout as she sat on the nearest chair and put her elbows up on the table. Propped up her head by cing her cheeks on her palms, she watched her sister-inw do her work in silence as she waited for time to pass.


    After a while, Be noticed Jayra frowning. "What''s wrong?"


    Jayra let out a frustrated sigh and mumbled, "I''m trying to lengthen the effectiveness of the spell, but it just seems to refuse my efforts for it to do so."


    She grumbled, "This will be a hard thing to do since the Mate Bond is something sacred, and so far, I can only theoretically hold back the bond for just one day. Maybe even three to five days at most if we''re lucky..."


    "They should just enact their n with great precision on the exact day you put the spell on Lady Sh then," Be remarked. "Make Elder Nasser permanently disappear before the spell expires and all that."


    Be hoped that her words would somehow lift Jayra''s spirits. Seeing her sister-inw''s shoulder droop, however, she could tell that the mage was still disappointed with her work.


    "You did everything you can, Sis. No one in history had even managed to put a hold on the Mate Bond until you came along," Beforted. "Don''t be too hard on yourself."


    The two of them began hugging each other forfort, and they both only stopped when they were interrupted by a servant who came to inform them that dinner was ready. Everyone was already in the dining chamber, and it was only them that needed to appear.


    Nodding to the servant, Be quickly stood up and excitedly said, "Let''s go, Sis. Let''s not keep them waiting."


    Jayra shook her head and directly pointed out, "I''ve never seen you this excited for dinner. You''re obviously falling for Lord Osman already." She chuckled, "Admit it... Is your heart thumping so hard right now just from the thought of seeing him?"


    Be blushed hard at the question. Pouting, sheined, "Stop teasing me, Sis. Let''s just go."


    She then got her excitement back as she exined, "I''m excited to hear more of his stories! His adventures from all those years he had as a pirate are just honestly too engaging to miss!"


    "Go ahead then," Jayra chuckled. "I''ll follow shortly..."


    Be nodded and immediately left the room to go to the dining room. Left alone, Jayra went to clean up some of the mess she made. After she was done, she was about to leave the room when the royal pigeon Skyler arrived by her open window.


    "Oh, hello there, Skyler," Jayra smiled as she grabbed the letter attached to the pigeon. "I hope you brought good news this time."


    Taking a nce at the letter, Jayra went ahead and immediately destroyed the letter as soon as she was done reading. As she expect, it was unfortunately not as good as she had hoped for.