The Devil's Betrothed novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217: Instinct Of Mating

Imbert, who was by the door, caught the faint scent of blood by the door as well and decided to step in. He also noticed the blood stains on the floor and looked at Arlan who was holding Oriana.

"Your Highness, is everything alright?"

Arlan carried Oriana in his arms as he knew what was going on. "I am going to the Megaris guest mansion."

Imbert also understood and spoke, "I will take care of things here, Your Highness." He watched his master vanish into thin air along with Oriana.

Arlan knew Oriana needed to be handled by other women in this situation and given her hidden identity of a woman, Arlan could only trust Seren’s servants. All he had with him the knights and few male male servants from palace of thistle. There was no way he could let any male servant touch her and let her identify be revealed and using Othinian female servants was not an option at all.

The pair of mates appeared inside Drayce’s study. Although it was empty, Arlan didn’t have to call for a servant to summon their king as he was sure Drayce would sense his presence.

As expected, Drayce entered his study through the door. "What brought you here at this hour—"

Drayce clamped his mouth shut when he saw the unconscious Oriana in Arlan’s arms. His nose caught the whiff of blood coming off her, a blood which was not result of her being hurt anywhere.

"Bring her with me," Drayce said and led Arlans way towards an unused guest room on the same floor.

Arlan put Oriana on the bed and stepped aside, his own clothes damp from carrying her body and there were blood stains on them.

Even though hours had passed, since Oriana wore layers of clothes, her clothes were yet to completely dry. Not to mention, because her body was originally dripping wet, when she passed out, a puddle of water mixed with her blood had formed on the marble floor. It caused the lower part of her uniform to be stained with blood.

"Wait inside my study," the young king instructed his friend. "Seren’s servants will take care of her."

Though Arlan was worried about Oriana, he agreed. He could not stand that strong scent of blood, and he was at his limits of holding himself back, a limit of holding his carnal desires. Without delay, he stepped out of the room with Drayce.

Drayce ordered a nearby knight to summon the Queen’s servants to care for Oriana.

As Oriana’s gender was hidden, not any servant could be appointed to take care of her. Minutes later, Martha along with Marie heeded his summons. Only after they assure him that Oriana would be fine did Drayce return to his study.

An agitated Arlan looked at him as soon as Drayce entered the study. "Is she alright?"

"You should know she is a woman so there is nothing to worry about," Drayce replied and tossed a fresh pair of clothes to him. "I am sure you want to get rid of those blood-stained clothes. You must feel like going crazy due to the scent of her blood.

Arlan caught the clothes and changed into them quickly. However, the scent of her blood continued to linger in the air and Arlan remained agitated.

Drayce could see his struggle.