"He has started ignoring me... It's been two whole weeks since we have been intimate...", Aera was complaining while her maids helped to put on her attire.

Now it has become more boring that Jungkook was always busy. Busy thinking about Jimin more. At first Aera showed her distaste about this whole situation and Jungkook's decision of bringing Jimi back as his exclusive whore, but Jungkook didn't pay any attention to her. And now he has started straight up ignoring her complaints. The only one happy in all of this fiasco was Taehyung. And she hated losing to him so much...

"I'm telling you, you are way more lenient, your highness. At this rate, you will be thrown away without anyone's notice and nobody will even care...", The door opened and her most favourite maid came in with fresh essences to enhance her pheromones for Jungkook's liking. Aera looked at her maid in anticipation.

This maid was the only person she could trust to give her the right advice. She was known to be that cunning. And this persona had won her Aera's favour.

"Do you have anything in your mind, Lisa? How can I win my alpha back?", She asked in a desperate tone. And all Lisa did was smirk. She put down the small vessels of exotic rose essences and started tasting them herself on back of her hand to choose a perfect one for Queen.

"Your husband is a weak man, your highness. The way he came to you and going back to that Omega. He should go back to you the same way and if not that shouldn't be too difficult too.", She said making Aera more confused. "What are you suggesting here?"

"You were married to his majesty according to the royal family's traditional agreements. Just threaten him to take them back. He'll be back to you just like that, since he gets scared easily, your highness...", Lisa said and the other maids gasped at the audacity of her. But they knew they had no right to talk about Aera's favourite maid. Lisa just looked at them to get out and they took the signal silently, already not wanting to be involved in any evil plot of the duo.

"So you think I should involve my father in all of this? You know Jungkook would not like that... Moreover, I hardly believe my father to agree to this. He would never do something that would cause him loss.", She sighed out.

"You are not exactly asking him to unmerge your kingdoms. Just a wind of news to threaten him. If your father threatens him to take back his support for not treating his daughter right. The worry about failing his people and court will rush him back to his arms. And as for that peasant Omega, he's been staying out. I don't think you need to be told what to do...", Lisa said with her permanent smirk. Understanding her implementation, Aera nodded, already planning her ploy.

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Jungkook was waiting impatiently for Taehyung to come inside from that door.

He was sitting there for few hours now. He had sent Taehyung to check on Jimin, secretly so that he don't gets another point against him. And he wanted to know what Jimin was exactly upto and what was his reason for wanting to go to Kisaeng house everyday.

'Is he seeing some another Alpha?', Jungkook thought, his Alpha immediately grimacing at the thought. Then suddenly he shook his head to shake off the thought. 'Stop making assumptions Jungkook. You're already on the bad side of him because of these petty and wrong assumptions....'

"May I come in, your majesty?", Taehyung's voice came from the door. Jungkook perked up and nodded his head eagerly.

"So why is he insisting on going to Kisaeng house daily? What's so important?", He didn't even let Taehyung come in and sit, just bombarding him with questions.

"Omega Jimin has been on hunting duty. Since Kisaeng house is full of Omegas, they are not qualified in hunting except Omega Jimin and Omega Hyejin. And it's the start of summer so they need to start hunting.", Taehyung provided the whole report as promised. But that didn't erase the frown on Jungkook's face. If anything, it grew even more.

"What!! Hunting? He is an Omega!! He should ask some Alpha to do that for him!!! Why risking his own life? What if he gets hurt!??", Jungkook was fretting. But Taehyung had no expressions at all which was setting Jungkook off.

"They don't have Alphas to rely on for such matters, your majesty.", Taehyung just reminded him with straight face. And Jungkook's Alpha was now on its toes.

"Then we should go. Go and get ready, we are going for hunting!!", Jungkook said and stood up to leave and get ready only to be stopped by Taehyung yet again.

"We can't go now, your majesty. We need to inform the court of your absence beforehand according to rules. The only exception are illness of you or your mate or other emergencies like period of war."

Jungkook grunted. 'Why Taehyung had to be so smart!!!'. He whined only to be ignored by Taehyung. So he sighed.

"Fine. We'll go tomorrow. Now go and get me some medicine from Royal Healer because my head hurts.", He huffed.

"Mine too...", Taehyung sighed out and left the room leaving Jungkook in disbelief.

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It has been three days since Jimin and Hwasa have been trying to get their first hunt. All the Omegas have been looking forward to celebrating the summer's arrival. It was really important to get the hunt before summer starts. Otherwise its said to be bad luck.

"I think the herds still haven't moved. It's still quite chilly...", Hwasa said retrieving her arrow in the quiver. She and Jimin decided to take a break finally after 4 hours of wandering.

"I suppose. I would've thought other people got the hunts before us if I didn't know no one comes here...", Jimin also rested his back to a huge tree trunk while he was practically bathing in his own sweat. His scent of apples strong around the area. Hwasa chuckled.

"No one comes here, because this area is ours!!", She snarked sarcastically and Jimin couldn't hold in his laugh. He started joking back not knowing some pair of eyes staring straight at them.

They were standing quite far away from the two unsuspecting Omegas. Their scents hidden perfectly by some herb. They had no intention to attract their attention yet they just stood their watching.

"Look pup... It's your Eomma.", Taemin whispered in his Soobin's ear. Soobin's stare was locked on the petite male Omega. The pup was looking longingly yet fondly at his Eomma, wanting to run to his Eomma and bury his nose in his neck. Wanting to cling to his Eomma to make up all those years he spent away.

Hoseok and Jongin stood back but looking the father-son duo fondly. Hoseok quite in surprise.

"Appa... Can't we go and talk to my Eomma?", He asked innocently. Taemin sighed sadly.

"No pup, if we try to, your Eomma can get in trouble... Do you want that?", The pup furiously shook his head.

"Then can't we take Eomma with us?", One more question came in.

"No pup. But you can... Just grow up fast and become stronger so you can carry your mother, okay??", Taemin convinced Soobin easily and pup was eager to agree. Already feeling like big with responsibility.

Suddenly Soobin hopped from Taemin's lap and ran back to Hoseok. Hoseok had a pouch which he opened and pulled out a neatly packed rabbit which Soobin himself had hunted.

The pup wanted to give some gift to his Eomma for their first ever meeting, determining to catch a prey. And with quite fair difficulties as a pup, he was successful in catching a brown hare. Hoseok had packed the hunt in maple leaves. He took the package to his Appa.

"Appa... I want to give this to Eomma...", He pouted. And how dare Taemin resist that pout!! His heart palpitated at this sweet gesture and picked his son up kissed his whole face affectionately.

"I will take this your Eomma, don't worry. I will tell him, how much of a brave boy our Soobinnie is!!! Okay??", Soobin nodded enthusiastically while once again turning look at his Eomma from their hidden place. Although they could hardly smell Jimin, the pup had caught on his apple scent. The longing in his eyes hurt Taemin, but he couldn't risk his pup's life once again.

Even if he wasn't Soobin's biological father, Soobin was his pup. And nobody can change this fact...

He silently started scenting the lost pup staring at his Eomma, Jimin. Pup let out a purr before leaning back in Appa's warm embrace.

Hoseok was confused but he didn't have privilege to ask anything so he just stood silently. Somehow, Jongin picked up on his thoughts and decided to answer.

"Soobin is not his pup. But he was handed to him and ever since he's been only his pup. His only priority. But the pup should at least know his mother. Someone who loves the pup unconditionally even if he's not there. So Taemin promised Soobin to meet him his Eomma on his seventh winter..."

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Ayyo Beautiful Saramis!!

I know I haven't been consistent but believe me when I say I'm busy. And that busy is on another level... So much that I keep loosing interest in writing this. And thats what must have been reflecting in the book...

I just wanna say, I will try harder to make it more exciting and longer.....

And... Did you notice anything in this chapter?? If you did, what is that???

Borahae 💜