Chapter 501

With my hand linked with theirs, we walk towards the place the joiner stood. 

"You're really happy today.

For days now, this have being the time I've seen you genuinely smile." Reddy lightly pinched my cheeks. "I really thought I won't see your smile again."

"You wouldn't have seen my smiles had you not agreed to my offer."

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With the moon up on the sky, we had no need to make use of our powers in order to find our way to the clearing. A place that took us so long to arrive in because my mates had to stop at intervals for my pregnant sake.

Four times did we stop on our way here. Everytime we stop, my mates will beg for me to cancel the bonding ceremony, but am hearing none of that. 

I can't have them cancel this when it took me this long to force them to accept it.

Going back right now isn't an option, we've come this far just to go back.

Father and the other royal families stood in the cleared circle waiting for our arrival. A few of the common people of each of the species were present for our union. 

Happy and our friends stood close to the commons. Happy smiles on their faces as they watched us.

All the royal princes and princesses we spent half the school year with are also present. Aiana and Mee Mee lowly whispering together like always.

Ije stood at the other end waiting for us to proceed towards her. 

As the second in command after priestess, and the only one with a link to the gods, we chose her to bless the union. Something she was happy to do seeing she was the one who made me made me decide to have a bonding ceremony with my mates.

Without her, I won't be here for a bonding ceremony, at least not now that am pregnant. 

I've planned on having the ceremony after my baby have being born, but she was the one who gave me the push towards having it now.

Putting on a white gown. Her black hair left to flow as the wind softly blew on it. A red scarf on her head, and a golden staff on her hand, she looked really different.

If not for my knowledge of her being the one to conduct the bonding ceremony, I wouldn't have recognized her, not at all.

She looked so different and matured. She's not like the Ije who I spent months running round the entire Makoha with. 

She looked like a formidable priestess. No smile can be seen on her face. 

"Ije sure knows how to play well into an act. She looks like a real priestess." Blondie said probably having read my mind.

" If she will want to be that." Reddy sighed.

Ije have made it no secret she want nothing to do with the title of priestess. To her, taking the tittle of a priestess made it seem like she's taking the real mistress's role, and that's not something she wants.