In the Dragon Country Palace..

Long Kael was inside the room where Mo Rin was staying, sitting on a chair beside the bed. It was not typical of him to just sit, rather than working and looking outside the window.

All the time that he stayed in the room, Long Kael just waited for any sign that she would be waking up soon. He had not even considered visiting Long Cheng's mate and just made the elders do it.

For the first time in his entire existence, Long Kael was worried to the point of fear. 'What if..' That was the thought inside his head that he wanted to forget.

But it was inevitable since he was still not sure why his mate was like this. As far as he knew, the seal did not have such an effect to hurt her that much.

As long as she was alive, Long Kael wanted to hide her somewhere in case she would really not wake up anymore? What was happening with him was probably for the better. His life was already so complicated and involving someone to it would not have been a good idea. A mate was a weakness. Just like how his nephew was currently acting and they were not even officially mated yet. What more if the mating ceremony was done?

It was not the usual thing though. Still, Long Kael could not see himself like that.

'If she wakes up, she could stay, but need to do everything I want,' He thought to himself.

'Grrr..' Long Kael felt his dragon's displeasure because of the thought. He could feel him, aggressively scratching his claws within his being to show unhappiness. It was just another proof, that how his dragon was already so attached to his mate despite only being with her for a couple of hours.

What about the mortal side? Long Kael also did not like the idea to keep her in a stasis state. In fact, she had made him feel strange things from the time she kept on pushing him away during the Thunder Forest.

Remembering the feeling, it was so uncomfortable, that it made him raise his hand over his chest and massage his heart.

His actions were actually making him feel that he was not being a man and brave but he was still in the room, waiting.

Long Kael was never the type to get attached and he was still skeptical.? He still had not received any report regarding his mate's background or registration details.

What if she was with the people who were hunting down beast shifters?

He did not know for how long he had been waiting, but there was no change in her condition while a lot of things were running inside his head in a tangled mess.

Regardless of what he had to do, his mate still needed to get better.

Long Kael had already chased out another group of mages who was called from another country since they were making things worse.

The mages had almost died in his hands, as the wounds on his mate's back not only spread further but the bleeding had intensified.

Long Kael was still concerned. What if someone tried to cure her and it got worse again?

"Your Highness, the people from the Shenxi Galactic Cruise Corp are about to approach the palace very soon. They have arrived on the planet earlier and were cleared by the space patrol team. They have sent a message of request to see you regarding the Auction House." A guard announced from the outside of the room.

Long Kael did not reply, but he managed to release a very heavy sigh. There was no guarantee that the people from the main company of the Shenxi auction house could cure his mate.

However, it was better than nothing. After all, if they could not do it, Long Kael would chase them out of the country or just plainly kill them all.

"Your Majesty?" The guard asked again.

Long Kael stood up from the chair to step outside the room. "What is it?" He asked impatiently.

"My King, they are requesting a doctor.." The guard said nervously.

This made Long Kael frown. The people that he was waiting for were supposed to help him heal his mate. Then why they were asking for a doctor?

He would clarify that later. There was really no valid reason to say no, so Long Kael nodded and another guard took off to let the others know.

Long Kael felt something was not right. The guard who brought the message also felt the same way.

Though there were only a handful of people who knew what was going on inside the room where the king had stayed earlier, it was so easy to deduce that someone needed healing immediately.

The people from the amazingly huge ship that was currently staying at the space docking station, were supposed to help them heal someone, not ask to borrow a doctor.

"You said they are requesting an audience?" Long Kael clarified.

The guard affirmed respectfully. With that Long Kael went to the throne room to welcome his guest with unhappiness.

His visitors were already in front of his throne waiting.? Some elders were also waiting.

Long Kael's presence was announced as he walked towards his throne.

When he was seated, Long Kael inspected his visitors.

A male black tuxedo and black pants. There was also male fae with long blue hair, wearing a white shirt and tight jeans. The fae was way shorter than his companions so he was mostly hiding behind the male.

The two of them immediately shifted their gaze towards him when they got inside the room. The taller male smiled respectfully and gave him a small bow that the fae followed as well.

Long Kael frowned. His visitor was also with a female. She was wearing a very long dress sleeved black dress that only showed her face and hands. The female was holding a rock and blatantly ignored his presence.

"Are you all from Shenxi Galactic Cruise Corp? Did you perhaps pick up this woman from somewhere else? She seems to not know that the king is already in front of her." One of the elders pointed out.

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