novelraw Chapter 184 : Sister, May I
Chapter 184 : Sister, May I
Fry Castle, perched on a peninsula, resembled an independent small kingdom.
Even for the royal family, extending their intelligence tentacles into the castle was no easy task.
The Fry family's collateral branches, due to their shared origins and years of infiltration, had only managed to gain some opportunities.
The Empress's invitation to enter Fry Castle attracted considerable attention.
However, only a select few, both inside and outside the castle, knew the specifics of the Empress's itinerary.
At this moment, in a heavily guarded floor of the castle's residential area, the Federation doctor who had accompanied the Empress wore a worried expression.
"Assistant Xu, didn't Her Majesty send me to treat Captain Shen?"
"Where is Captain Shen? If it's an emergency, we can't delay."
The Federation doctor hadn't seen the Empress enter the VIP suite where Shen Han was staying.
He had been waiting in the most secluded rest area on the same floor for quite some time. Now, seeing Xu Zhao push open the door and enter, he immediately bombarded her with questions.
Xu Zhao had waited outside the VIP suite for over twenty minutes, hearing no sound from within, before coming to the area where the Federation doctor was.
To be honest, she had also thought this doctor would be the first to enter and check on Shen Han's condition.
But the Empress wanted to comfort her Alpha first, and Xu Zhao couldn't dissuade her.
Of course, she couldn't disclose this to the doctor, so she vaguely said, "Don't worry about Captain Shen. If there's any problem, you'll certainly be called to work immediately."
The Federation doctor poured two glasses of warm water, handing one to Xu Zhao. "Well, it's actually good if I'm not needed. It means no one is sick or injured."
Then, he curiously asked, "By the way, isn't this the residential area? Why did Her Majesty take the same elevator as us earlier?"
Xu Zhao took a sip of the warm water and replied calmly, "There are reception rooms in the residential area too. Official business doesn't always have to be conducted in formal halls."
Hearing this, the Federation doctor nodded in agreement. "That's true. Ah, Her Majesty really works hard."
At this very moment, the hardworking Her Majesty was lying face down at the makeup mirror in the bathroom, blushing as she received her Alpha's mark.
On the bright mirror surface, two silhouettes were intertwined.
Shen Han's disheveled long hair spread out on the marble countertop like wings, enveloping Gu Junwan in her scent.
Several minutes had passed, but the Alpha showed no signs of letting go.
This wasn't the first time Gu Junwan had been bitten so deeply, but this time the sensation was entirely different from before.
The Alpha's domineering restraint made her nerves tense.
But because the level of force was just within her acceptable range, she felt no rejection.
Moreover, what Gu Junwan found somewhat difficult to admit was that this feeling of being completely dominated by the other, both physically and mentally, gave her an unprecedented comfort in her heat.
After a long while, Shen Han finally released her.
Her eyes had completely regained their clarity, and her consciousness was no longer muddled.
She lifted her Omega from the marble countertop and sat down on a soft stool near the bathroom.
"I'm sorry."
Shen Han tightly embraced her soft and powerless beloved, her voice hoarse.
She lowered her gaze to the finger marks she had left on the other's wrists, her heart aching as tears fell.
Gu Junwan, leaning against her Alpha's soft neck, raised her hand to wipe away the tears. "It's alright."
Then, she nuzzled Shen Han's chin like a small cat and asked softly, "Are you feeling better now?"
Shen Han nodded slightly. "I'm not uncomfortable anymore."
After saying this, she fell silent.
At this moment, Shen Han felt deeply remorseful.
Not only because she had roughly pinned Gu Junwan against the sink to mark her earlier.
Another reason was that she felt she had caused her wife great trouble.
Why had Gu Junwan come to Fry Castle?
Would it damage her reputation if word got out that the Empress was alone with a guard in heat?
Shen Han could think of these questions but had no way to resolve them.
Sensing her Alpha's guilt, Gu Junwan could guess what she was thinking.
She tucked a loose strand of hair behind Shen Han's ear, comforting her, "Little Lott used your phone to find me. What happened here won't spread to the outside world in the short term."
Shen Han held her delicate hand, kissing it before speaking, "What should we do now?"
Gu Junwan thought for a moment, then looked towards the nearby bathroom. "Let's bathe first. I'll have Xu Zhao bring in the prepared clothes later."
"As for Grand Duke Fry, I need to pay him a visit. Something about what happened in the castle today feels odd."
Shen Han always had only one option when it came to her wife's words: compliance.
Once Gu Junwan had regained some strength, Shen Han carried her into the bathroom.
When they first entered the bathroom, both managed to keep their emotions very stable.
But as they undressed and entered the hot spring-like bath, the pheromones swirling between them began to intertwine spontaneously, releasing signals of desire for intimacy.
Shen Han was still slightly uneasy about the earlier incident at the sink and didn't dare to directly proposition Gu Junwan.
She carefully pressed against the other, whispering near her delicate ear, "Sister, can we stay a bit longer before going out?"
The Alpha's lips, carrying a hint of scorching heat, brushed against the Omega's earlobe, successfully tinting it a rosy red.
Gu Junwan's eyes were misty, the reddened corners adding a mysterious allure to her already cool and beautiful face.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like two beautiful butterflies about to take flight.
Shen Han's fair face was also flushed a captivating red from the hot mist.
A wet strand of hair clung to her red lips, and as she spoke against Gu Junwan's ear, the corners of her mouth would unconsciously curl up slightly, looking somewhat wicked.
Gu Junwan was held from the front and couldn't see her beloved's expression at the moment.
But she could sense the other's desire through her sensory feedback.
She now had absolutely no immunity to Shen Han calling her "sister".
Moreover, although she had already been marked once, her heat hadn't completely passed.
She was somewhat conflicted, wondering whether to follow her heart and be intimate with the other here.
Not receiving a response from her wife, Shen Han bit the earlobe again and softly said, "Sister, may I?"
Gu Junwan wrapped her arms around the other, burying her face in Shen Han's wet hair at her neck, and let out a soft "Mm".
...
Outside the VIP suite, a bit further down the corridor.
Xu Zhao pulled Jiang Xinyue aside and said in a low voice, "Ning Xi and the others are watching the guard duty. Why don't you go rest in the doctor's rest area for a while?"
By now, Gu Junwan and Shen Han's romantic relationship was no longer kept secret from Jiang Xinyue.
Seeing that she didn't look well, Xu Zhao took the initiative to lighten her workload.
Of course, no one knew that Jiang Xinyue had actually known for a long time that her guard captain was the Empress's Alpha partner.
When Xu Zhao told her this "secret", she had even put on an act of being shocked.
Now, given the Special Assistant's offer of rest, she didn't stand during the ceremony.
After a brief expression of gratitude, she walked towards the other corner of the corridor.
The reason for Jiang Xinyue's physical discomfort was actually due to Shen Han.
Although she had released her pheromones in the VIP suite, Little Lott, who had come into contact with her, had unknowingly carried her scent out.
Earlier, when Little Lott was talking to Gu Junwan, Jiang Xinyue wasn't far away.
She was particularly sensitive to Alpha pheromones, and even a slight exposure made her feel unwell.
Fortunately, Little Lott had left quickly, and the advanced ventilation system in the VIP suite had prevented Jiang Xinyue from being stimulated to the point of fainting.
She thought she might as well ask the doctor for some stimulant medication to alleviate her condition.
As for the reason, she'd have to use heatstroke as an excuse, otherwise she'd have to explain a lot to that Beta doctor.
As she was walking and thinking, suddenly she heard the sound of a wheeled cart rolling across the floor from upstairs.
'A food cart? Or a cleaning cart? That shouldn't be right, how could there be servants coming to deliver food or clean at this time?'
'Fry Lott seems to be on the floor above. Could it be that the little one got hungry and had food sent?'
Jiang Xinyue found the sound from upstairs strange, so she activated her ability.
Her main task on this visit to Ksenrode was to detect if there were any awakened individuals near the Empress.
Although being awakened didn't equate to being dangerous, it was certainly safer to be prepared in advance.
After more than a year of training, she could now use her ability for a total of 10 minutes each day.
The 10-meter effective range of coverage allowed her to monitor almost the entire nearby area of the upper, middle, and lower floors.
If there were awakened individuals thinking within the area.
As soon as she activated her mind-reading ability, the first voice she heard was Shen Han's.
[How can my wife be so cute~ She smells so good~]
[I don't want to leave the bathroom at all!]
Hearing these two sentences, Jiang Xinyue's face instantly turned bright red.
But just as she was about to retract her ability, another male voice resounded from above.
[Why is it suddenly under high alert? Has Grand Duke Fry discovered our actions?]
[That's unlikely. If he knew we were going to use the incident of the Federation officer going berserk to secretly eliminate his only grandson, he would have sent us to the gallows by now.]
[I wonder if I can get the food cart in. What if Lott doesn't choose those two poisoned pastries?]
The stranger's thoughts came like bullets, scaring Jiang Xinyue out of her wits.
She touched the gun holster at her waist, instinctively wanting to run up to the floor above to see what the awakened person looked like.
After taking two steps, she quickly turned back to the area where the guards were stationed and found Ning Xi.
"I just sensed an awakened person's fluctuation on the floor above!"
Without needing Jiang Xinyue to say more, Ning Xi immediately instructed the other team members and then quickly headed towards the upper floor with her.
This was a tactical operation the guard team had practiced extensively.
Whenever Jiang Xinyue detected an awakened person near the Empress, they would all secretly pay attention.
As they were going upstairs, Ning Xi noticed that the other's face was pale and her forehead was covered in sweat. She softly comforted her in the Federation language, "Don't be nervous, let's just cooperate as usual."
Jiang Xinyue couldn't explain to her the thoughts she had heard.
She could only nod at Ning Xi and quickly contemplate the situation they might face next.