The Crown's Entrapment

Chapter 775 The Familiarity

Despite her wishes, Bella’s private time with Amon during the celebration that night was short-lived as he was promptly pulled away from her by her brother Bartos, King Nikolai, Gideon, Gilas, and Calypso along with his former crew. Seeing that she was outnumbered, she didn’t protest as she watched them all leave her. After all, it was the first time they all saw Osman after a year of mourning for him. She still had a lot of time to spend with Osman in the future unlike them, so she allowed them to have her husband for now.

Shrugging, she smiled as she made her way to the table where Queen Mother Mona and Casimir were together with her parents and sister-in-law.

“They missed him, so I let them be with him for tonight,” Bella commented with a content smile on her face as she sat on the nearest available chair. “He may not recognize them, but apparently, it’s still in him seeing as he talks to them as naturally as Osman did back when he was still their Great Admiral.”

“I’m glad that my son seems to have good memories here,” Queen Mother Mona couldn’t help but voice out, her eyes still glued to Amon as she watched him laugh, talk, and drink with all the men. “They clearly love him. He feels at ease around them. He recognized that familiar feeling with them, and he’s enjoying it.” She then let out a heavy sigh as she added, “He looks more carefree here.”

Smiling, Bella touched her mother-in-law’s hand on the table. They then looked at each other, her smile growing warmer as she gently squeezed the older woman’s hand. “Amon’s destiny is far greater than what he had here,” she reassured her. “His people need him, so don’t worry, Mother. I’ll make sure that he’ll have enough time to relax and destress every once in a while.”

Smiling back, Mona put her other hand on top of hers as she replied, “Thank you so much, Bella. Thank you for being his other half. I feel more reassured now that he has you by his side…”

“Thank you too, Mother,” Bella muttered before they then shared a loving hug.

By the sidelines, Amon smiled as his eyes searched for his wife. He spotted them just as they hugged each other, and he couldn’t be more happy at the sight of it.

“It must be nice for you to finally be with your real family,” Darius remarked. “I remember before how you wanted to find out about your origins and look for your family out there, but unfortunately, there’s been no progress since.”

Amon simply nodded in agreement. He was indeed fortunate to finally be reunited with his mother and to find out where he really came from.

“Man, we really missed you,” Gideon interrupted as the man stared at him with teary eyes.

“You’ve been doing well holding up your emotions a while ago, but how come you look like you’re crying now?” Calypso teased Gideon.

Amon smiled as the two bantered. Although he couldn’t recognize them all, he still felt at home around them. In fact, he was so comfortable and at ease with them that he gradually loosened up around them. The familiarity of their presence was simply undeniable, and he himself was amazed at how naturally he interacted with them. It was as if he had known them all his life.

Back in the real world, Gideon started sniffing in front of him as he stood up. “Well, it’s only us now,” he stated before he suddenly hugged him. “Bella isn’t here to glare at me, so I can do this freely now.” He then let out another sniffle as he chuckled, “Oh, man! Thank the heavens that you’re really alive! It’s been a year… We really thought we lost you!”

“This happens a lot when Gideon is drunk,” Gilas commented from the sidelines. “He’ll collapse soon, then Calypso will follow him next.”

Calypso’s face soured as he scoffed, “Huh? Surely you’ll go down next.”

Gideon chuckled. “Well, every one of us won’t be the last one drinking if Osman’s here with us. He’s always the last man standing,” he proudly stated as he put his arm over Amon’s shoulders. “This man here never gets drunk! In fact, how about we try getting him drunk now and see if he still has it in him?!”

Darius chuckled at the challenge, and Amon gulped as his eyes darted toward the servants who suddenly arrived with barrels of beer in tow. He couldn’t even remember the last time he consumed alcohol. Was his tolerance really that high?

[Are you planning on getting drunk on our honeymoon night?!] Bella suddenly talked to him in his head. It was his first time hearing her in their bond, and it was fascinating to experience it first hand.

He inwardly smiled and replied, [Don’t worry. They said my tolerance for alcohol is really impressive, so I believe I won’t get drunk. I’ll be with you shortly. I’m sure these men will be knocked out soon enough.]

[Hah, look at you boasting about how good you are with alcohol,] Bella candidly scoffed. [Hmm, I would rather have you show me how good you are in bed.]

Amon coughed as he almost choked on the beer he just drank. His face red at her words, his gaze immediately went to the direction of his wife who simply gave him a playful wink.

“Goodness, you and your wife will have a lot of time to play around later. You should focus on the now since you only have tonight to spend with us,” Gideon complained. He then looked at Bartos and said, “Brother, talk to your sister and ask her not to disturb Amon through their bond.”

“It’s not like she’ll listen to me,” Bartos snorted before downing his own drink. “You should try it yourself if you want.”

Amon chuckled at his friends’ antics before he then focused on his wife through the bond. [I will show it to you soon, little vixen,] he replied. [I’ll see you later. You go ahead and get some rest. I’ll crawl to your bed later…]

[In that case, I’ll save you the effort of undressing me,] Bella chuckled. [I won’t be wearing anything under the sheets.]

Amon inwardly cursed at her reply. Talking with Bella like this through their bond was already enough to make him hard. He was more than ready to just sweep her off her feet and carry her right to their bedchamber in that instant and fill her with –

[I can feel and smell your arousal, my dear husband. Tell me… is your mind going wild right now?] she seductively whispered in his head. [Because I’m feeling so wet right now just thinking how good it is to have you inside of me….]

Right then and there, Amon could no longer suppress his groan through the bond. How could his wife be so playful like this now? He gulped as he composed himself before replying.

[You’re torturing me, Bella,] he firmly replied. [I’ll deal with you later, and I’ll make sure you’ll never have rest tonight.]

He then promptly cut his connection with her, letting out a soft sigh as he composed himself yet again.

“Are you alright?” Darius asked, his tone sounding as if he already knew what he was currently agonizing about. “As much as I want to excuse you from us…. I’m afraid that the rest won’t let that happen.”

Shaking his head, Amon gave him a timid smile as he replied. “It’s fine. Bella and I have to leave tomorrow too, so it would be my honor to spend the rest of the night with all of you.”

“How come you look like you’re in a hurry? Don’t you want to visit your castle and see all of your properties personally?” Atlas, whom Darius introduced before as the Great Constable of Cordon, commented.

“Some other time maybe,” Amon replied without giving much detail. “We need to go back to Helion as soon as possible.”

Atlas simply nodded, content with the answer he just got.

“Helion will open its borders to foreigners now, right?” Calypso chimed in with a question. “Can we visit you there?”

“I’ll open the borders, but I’m afraid that letting foreigners in and out of the kingdom will be restricted and filtered carefully for now,” Amon informed. “Still, you all can visit Helion anytime. My friends here in Cordon will have special access.”

“That’s understandable,” Darius hummed in approval. “Your life seems to be in danger still.”

Amon could only nod in agreement. Devon’s dark sorcerers and dark warlocks were still out there spreading evil, and some obviously wanted revenge against him since he was hunting them down.

“Don’t worry, we’ll cooperate with Helion in putting down these remaining minions of Devon. Also, we’re looking for a particular follower of Devon. He’s one of Devon’s spies, Bulun. In the last investigation, we had, this man is colliding with Devon’s dark witches and warlocks,” Darius informed.

“I will take note of that name. If you have a portrait of him then that would be better so I can check if this man is still inside my kingdom,” Amon commented. He really wanted to wipe all Devon’s remnants inside his kingdom before they could influence more of his people.