The Crown's Entrapment



Bella felt like her world just crumbled down after hearing the name Amon uttered. Her eyes welled up at the implication of it, and she immediately felt the need to be alone to process things. Without a word, she rushed out of the water and grabbed her clothes to put them on.

"Lady Bella!" 

She heard Amon's voice calling out to her, but she felt too numb at that point to even care. There was something aching inside her chest, and it was as if someone was stabbing her heart without a pause.

"Why?" she murmured to herself as she ran back to the tent, only to stop because she didn't want to make a scene and worry her brother and sister-in-law. 

Looking around, Bella tried to find somewhere else to hide. Eventually, she found a large white oak tree and quickly hid there. The moment she felt the wood on her back, she immediately slumped on the ground, hugging her knees as she curled up into herself. She tried her best to stop her tears, but it was way too hard for her to do so now. She couldn't but sob, but she at least kept herself as quiet as she could.

There was no denying it. Helena… She was Osman's first love, the Fairy Queen. It looked like he remembered her. Knowing that what if Osman happened to only remember the Fairy Queen and not her? Bella trembled at the thought. What if he returned to the Element Forest instead to be with her?

[No! That won't happen] Poona reassured her. [Don't you remember what he told you before?] 

Narrowing her eyes, Bella strained as she recalled that conversation she once had with Osman about Helena.

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…

"Are you going back to the Element Forest to see her then? It looks like our new queen had relayed some good news to you coming from Helena."

"Oh, that… No, she just had something for me," Osman quickly explained. "But honestly, I haven't checked it yet since I've been so occupied recently. As soon as I returned, I immediately went back here as soon as I could, and the first thing I did as soon as I'm here was to look for you…"

Bella's heart drummed rapidly once more. His words were making her react again, and she did her best to not let it affect her.

"I have no intentions of going back inside the Elemental Forest to meet with Helena for personal reasons. I admit that I fell for her once, but you've completely occupied the space I had inside my heart and mind now, Lady Bella," Osman confessed. "I don't know how you did it, but you kicked her out and greedily took her place inside of me as if you weren't even thinking about sharing with anyone…" 

Bella blinked at him, unable to answer… She didn't know what to say. She was just that caught off guard.

[Two years…] Poona interrupted.

"Two years… As soon as I turn twenty-eight without being blessed by the Mate Pull, then I'll accept you as my mate and husband," Bella unknowingly voiced out.

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…..

"There's still a few months left until I turn twenty-eight," Bella hummed as she turned her thoughts back to the present.

[And we recognized him… He is our mate. I still don't know how things ended up like this, but I'm sure he's our mate,] Poona hypothesized as she started analyzing everything. 

[Maybe we didn't recognize his scent before since his inner energy and true nature were blocked and hidden from us back then… That's probably why we didn't feel the Mate Pull before because his mother masked him as a human, then His Majesty turned him into a Lycan…]

Bella bit her lower lip as she bowed her head down. "He said that I completely occupied his heart, Poona. There's no way he won't remember me and his feelings for me now. Right, Poona?" she hopefully asked. "I must make him remember me! He must remember that I'm the only one there inside his heart!"

[So why are you still here crying then? Fix yourself up already and go back to him,] her inner wolf insisted. [We looked so pathetic with you just running away from him like that out of nowhere. I'm sure that he's confused right now. He looked surprised too when he uttered Helena's name earlier.]

With renewed hope, Bella quickly got back up on her feet and composed herself. Walking back, she immediately saw Amon looking around. He seemed to be looking for her, and he only stopped when he finally spotted her. 

"Lady Bella," he called to her as he hastily approached her.

Bella gave him a meek smile as she confessed, "I apologize for suddenly running away like that. I just felt hurt when I heard you utter Helena's name."

"I see," Amon hummed. "I did hear her say something earlier, but I can't actually remember everything. Do you know her?"

"Hold on. Come and sit with me near the fire," Amon remarked as he led her near the fire. "You must be cold after not properly drying yourself up."

"I'm a werewolf, Your Majesty, so I don't get cold as easily," Bella simply said. "This is nothing." 

In truth, she was still feeling a bit sad seeing how Osman was only interested to know more about Helena. Then again, she knew that she should also understand Amon's situation. If she were in his shoes, she would also be curious to find out more about the remnants of her memory that might randomly appear like that.

There was terse silence, and Bella let out a heavy sigh before she broke it and spoke. "Helena was your first love, Your Majesty. She's the Fairy Queen inside the Element Forest," she began. "It'll be a long story though, so I'll only give you what I've heard about it personally." 

From there, she then started narrating what she had heard of Osman's experience inside the forest and his encounter with Helena.

"I see… Now everything makes sense," Amon murmured in thought. "So she's the woman I've been hearing in my head."

Bella turned to stare at him and unknowingly voiced out, "Is she the only voice you're hearing, Your Majesty? How about my voice? Don't you recall hearing it in your head?"

There was another silence before Bella sighed. "Nevermind. It doesn't matter. I don't care whether or not you heard my voice…" she grumbled. "What matters is that your heart remembers that I'm the only one inside it. I'll help you remember that I'm the only one occupying your heart… even if it's the last thing I do."

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