Mending It

*Chapter 117*

Frederick and I went to the parlor room as soon as we were being summoned there. I felt humiliated but I thought that why would I feel embarrassed when I had done something more humiliating than what Frederick and I had done?

I ignored their teasing stares before I got distracted when Father greeted me with a tight hug. "I was worried, Novalie..." he said softly.

I looked at Frederick who nodded his head at me, urging me that I should hug my father back. He thought that this would be a fresh start for Father and me and that we would fix our father and daughter relationship.

I told him about what my mother and I talked about. He told me that Mother was right and that it was time for me to reconcile things with my father.

I hugged my father back which made him stiffen. "Mother said that She missed you so much, Father..." I whispered in his ear, feeling the warmth of his hug.

It didn't take long for Father to nod before I heard him sniffing. It was only then I realized that he was shedding tears as if I hadn't separated from him.

"Sorry..." Father said, wiping his tears. "I just missed your mother so much." I only nodded and smiled.

"She would like to see you soon, Father," I said softly. When I received a nod at him, I turned to Alpha King Azarius. "Please don't tell me that you are still punishing Frederick." I wanted to be certained that he was not going to do anything that would harm my darling.

He grinned. "I have received the message loud and clear from the Moon Goddess, sister-in-law." Then he glanced at his family. "Mother, Father, my brothers, and I would like to apologize for our behaviors earlier."

I felt relieved upon learning that. I glanced at Frederick when he scoffed but I squeezed his hand telling him to behave. He frowned but then he smiled afterward.

We had some tea with them. After that, only my sisters, my brother-in-law, Father, and Frederick were the ones left here.

Rachelle glanced at Father. "Dowager Marquis Argerich," she called.

"Yes, Your Majesty?" Father asked, standing up in surprise when he was being called.

Rachelle raised her hand and a portal opened. I blinked and gasped.

"Is that—"

She nodded. "A portal to our Mother's world," she answered my question, winking at me. Then she turned at Father. "A mortal one cannot enter if he or she is not invited by the spirit goddesses, one with deity blood like my son, or the Moon Goddess herself. Mother said that She wishes to see you. It is time that you are also reunited with Her."

Father gasped. "She is?" Rachelle nodded. Then he glanced at me. He looked excited and happy.

I nodded my head at him. "Have fun, Father," I said when he was entering the portal Rachelle made. I wondered if I could also do that.

"I shall come back, Novalie," Father said before he was being swallowed by light.

Rachelle greeted me with a hug. She was squealing happily. "Welcome to the club, Novalie! You finally reunited with Mother."

Even Isabella joined and hugged us both. "I am so happy!"

I blinked, shocked that their earnest expressions earlier changed. I didn't expect that they would be like this. It was too good for me to know.

"Say," Isabella said as she looked at me and Frederick. "I have heard that you are infertile, Novalie. You know my sobriquet. I can heal your condition."

"Really?" Frederick and I looked at each other when we spoke in unison. Our expression softened as we were both excited upon learning this.

"Uh-huh." Isabella glanced at Rachelle and held her hand.

I turned to Frederick. "Frederick..." I got excited that my condition would be healed. I knew that he accepted my condition that we would never get to have a pup, but I wished to bear one and have us completed as a family. "We can have a pup soon if that happens," I said and hugged him so tight.

He chuckled and caressed my back. "With or without a pup, I will be with you, Novalie. You know that..." I nodded and felt grateful for him being an understanding one. "You know how much I love you."

"And I love you, too..." I said and pecked his lips. Frederick blushed at my unexpected action. I gently pinched his cheek, finding him so adorable right now. He really looked so adorable whenever I caught him on guard.

If that was my point of view, Frederick had the same point of view. I had noticed that he also loved catching me off guard. Especially since he liked achieving that.

"Also, as a Goddess of Mate Bond, I would also like to bless the mate bond you both mended," Rachelle said. "Welcome to the family, Atticus."

Frederick looked surprised. "I-Is the Moon Goddess already accepting me as his son-in-law as well?" he asked, nervous.

She grinned. "Well... You have to ask that to yourself later." She gestured her head when Claude approached us. "You might want to ask Claude here how he easily wooed our mother."

Claude chuckled. "What I can say is as soon as She said that you can address her as 'Mother', that means that She is accepting you, Atticus."

Frederick sighed in relief. "I must see Her sooner or later then."

Rachelle opened her palms to us. "Perhaps, shall we start the ceremony? It is time that I must stitch your mate bond properly as I can sense some uncertainties because of the past that happened between you two." Our jaws dropped when she said that. "I knew what happened because Mother told me. And Isabella knows about this. Right, sister?"

Isabella nodded. "That is why I volunteered to come here as well when I heard that you are infertile and Mother said that you wish to get pregnant soon."

"Yes. I wish to get pregnant soon," I said, agreeing with them. I heard Frederick gasp upon hearing my words. "I want us to have a pup soon, Frederick..." I broke the news.

As soon as I heard how noble Frederick was, I already decided that I wanted to get pregnant. I wanted us to be complete and be called as family, having a pup.

I held Frederick's hand before I grabbed Rachelle's hand. "Darling." I nodded my head at him, urging him to hold my older sister's hand.

He smiled, nodding. "I am ready," he announced to Rachelle.

Rachelle had our hands intertwined with each other. "Make sure that you two are not going to do anything to break it again. It is hard to mend it for the second time around as it shall cause you two death if the two of you decide to break the mate bond. Do you understand me?" We both nodded our heads as an answer to her question. "Good." She inhaled and exhaled before she turned earnest at both of us. "I, Ragriel, the first daughter of the Moon Goddess, am the Goddess of Mate Bond who shall mend the mate bond of the lycan, Atticus, and the werewolf, Noblete properly to avoid their bond becoming a fragile one. May their mate bond become firm and be as strong as the rock."

The words she uttered made us gasp in surprise as soon as we felt something crawling under our skin. Frederick and I looked at each other as soon as our wolves started to communicate with us before our wolves started to connect more with each other.

I could feel it. The mate bond that we had was much stronger and firm than before. His scent became more alluring than before.

We both transformed into our wolf forms. I looked at Frederick when he growled softly and nuzzled his snout on me. I squirmed and nuzzled my snout at him as well.

At that moment, Frederick and I knew that we would never grow apart anymore. Both of us transformed into our human forms before we embraced each other. After that, we kissed each other in a slow yet passionate kiss.

I tasted how sweet it was and it would be one of the best things I would cherish forever.

"I love you, Novalie..."

"I love you more, Frederick..."

We both smiled after that. Finally, I admitted my feelings and reciprocated Frederick's feelings.

"It should be my time to shine."

Frederick and I turned our heads to see Isabella smiling softly seeing how we were being so in love with each other. Nodding my head, I hugged my second older sister. Then she held my hands and nodded her head, signaling to me that she would start to heal my condition of being unable to bear a pup.

"I, Iseldis, the second daughter of the Moon Goddess, am the Goddess of Healing and Hunting who shall heal your infertile condition," Isabella uttered earnestly as I felt a ticklish feeling crawling under my skin.

I shivered as I felt some energy travel through my body, feeling her power inside me. It was making me want to crawl up like a kitten but it was not painful.

"All done," she announced and hugged me again. "As for fertility, I hope our sister will help you with that." She giggled.

"What do you mean?" I asked when Frederick settled beside me. I hugged him first before I settled my head on his chest.

Isabella frowned when Rachelle pinched her. "That hurts, sister..."

Rachelle rolled her eyes but she chortled. "Mother told me that one of our sisters is also residing here in the Sowinski Kingdom. Her deity name is Sicilia, the Goddess of Fertility. We will be reunited with her at the right time!" she exclaimed.

"Why not now?" Frederick asked. "I am certain Brother Azarius can help you find her, Your Majesty."

Rachelle placed her finger on her lips, silencing him. "Not yet, brother-in-law. We must not rush things as we would come to that in the right time." She winked. "Just as I patiently waited to show myself here along with Iseldis is the proof already."

I clung to Frederick's arm after I understood everything. "How about Isabella's mate? Where is he?" I asked, curious.

That made Isabella silent. Rachelle smiled wryly as she glanced at Isabella and then at Claude, my brother-in-law.

"Rachelle cut their mate bond," Claude said.

"What? Why?" Frederick and I asked in unison, shocked that Rachelle would have done this.

"There must have been a reason why she cut their mate bond, right?" I asked, suddenly feeling sick about this. But I needed to learn if this was a good cause or not.

He nodded. "Isabella's mate's name is Cornelius. He had done something terrible to her by manipulating her to reject her very first mate," Claude explained before he draped his arm around Rachelle. "Basically, Cornelius is Isabella's second mate."

"What?" Frederick asked, shocked. "So, about having a second mate is true after all. Not just a legend?"

Rachelle was the one who answered. "Indeed, it is true. It is not a legend only that has been passed down to generations. The situation is never null after all." She heaved out a sigh and glanced at Isabella. "Mother made Isabella forget about the rejection she did to her first mate. I helped her remember and took away the unbearable pain she felt at that time. Isabella cannot handle the emotional pain of cutting off the mate bond from her first mate. As a result of Cornelius' stupidity, I cut Isabella and Cornelius's mate bond as being second mates."

"Cornelius and I are second mates to each other," Isabella finally spoke as she smiled bitterly. "He hid from me that he already had his first mate and made me believe that I am his first mate. What a jerk..." I was surprised that she was soft-spoken yet she said a word like 'jerk' that seemed foreign to me whenever she was the one speaking it. Scoffing, she shook her head. "I do not wish to remember that already. Let's just forget about it..."

The surroundings were covered with silence. I suddenly felt bad for her. That would be hurting since I experienced rejection as well.

Frederick was the one who broke the silence. "Does this mean... am I allowed to call the two of you as my sisters-in-law since Novalie and I finally accepted each other and our mate bond is stronger than before?" he asked, suddenly feeling nervous.

I couldn't help smiling seeing him in that state. He looked so cute.

Rachelle and Isabella exchanged glances before they grinned. "Of course!"