Chapter 3. The Bomb

Chapter 3. The Bomb

As soon as he finished his chores, Jeremiah quickly reported his duty to the head servant that his chore had been done. Lauretta Saige just shook her head ignoring the fact that there were bloodstains on Jeremiah's torn shirt.

"You’re free for now, just get out of my sight already!" she curtly said to her least favorite servant.

Jeremiah smiled and replied, "Thank you, Ma'am."

'I am free for today; I wonder what should I do next? Either visits my dear friend Selena or reading books in the abandoned library.'

Jeremiah sighed in his dilemma. There are pros and cons to each option.

He felt hesitant to visit the library, because recently, he somehow could hear overlapping voices calling out his name, from somewhere inside the library. The voices became clearer and clearer each day. He honestly afraid of ghost, but the library was the only place he could find peace and books was his only source of entertainment.

He loved reading books; he learned alchemy and even healing magic from these abandon books. The people of Blackfrost didn't read much; they preferred to hone their fighting skills in the barrack compare to study. That's why the Castle library always had no visitors, except Jeremiah.

If he went to visit his friend, Selena Armstrong, in the castle laboratory, he could ask for food; however, the laboratory was located next to the barrack, in which the direction of the Blackfrost brother went to. They usually sparred to each other in the training yard, outside the barrack.

Hence, after hearing his stomach grumbling, he knew where he should go. 'Selena, here I come.'

On his way to the lab, he carefully passed the barrack by sneaking behind the crowds of women watching the half-naked Blackfrost brothers sparring with each other in the training yards. The ladies cheered for them by calling their names. Aiden winked to the ladies suavely, while the other two completely ignore them.

'To show their bare chests in this cold winter, these brothers are so desperate for women's attention'

But Jeremiah also couldn't hold himself not to look at the brothers' sweaty muscular chests and their six-packs abs. 'Their bodies are sure hot…' He gulped, after took a quick peek at them. But he warned himself that those brothers are just like rotten frosting cake, look delicious and alluring from the outside, but when you ate it, it would taste sour and bitter.

The small omega quickly passed the barrack into the laboratory; it was a two-story building with red-colored bricks and black rooftop. After observing his left and right, he sneaked in inside the lab through the entrance door. The laboratory only has few scientists working there, so he could sneak in and out easily without anyone noticed. Jeremiah tried to keep his friendship with Selena in private. If someone knew that they were close, the people of the Blackfrost kingdom could also shun Selena.

When he about to enter Selena's experimental room, he could smell a strong odor coming out from that room, it just like someone who just ate rotten eggs farting all over the place. The stink forced him to cover his nose with one hand as he was getting nearby.

As soon as he opened the door, he could see yellow smoke fuming out from one of the test tubes.

He saw Selena lying down on the floor, fainting. He quickly approached her, "Oh my goddess, Selena what happened to you?"

The dorky blonde girl, with a medium-long pigtail hair, smiled when she saw her friend, "Just take me out of here, Jemmy, I can't breathe!" and she coughed.

He quickly carried Selena by his shoulder and they were heading to the greenhouse. In there, he let Selena sat on the wooden floor and so she could breathe normally.

"Are you okay now?" he asked her worriedly.

"Now I am, thanks to you Jemmy," Selena replied, as her blue eyes started to open.

"What was that?" Jeremiah asked, while his thumb was pointing at her experimental room. "It smells like fart."

Selena giggled, "It was my latest invention, 'the stink bomb'."

Jeremiah sigh, 'of course it is, why has she never invented something useful?' He mumbled.

"Excuse me, did you say something?" Selena blurted, she kind of hate it when Jeremiah spoke to himself like that.

"No, it's nothing." Jeremiah replied, "By the way, do I have a reward for saving you?" he smiled while showing his teeth.

"Oh about that..." Selena giggled and quickly unbuttoned her lab coat and her blouse to reveal her flashy red bra.

"Wait! What are you doing?" Jeremiah shocked. She never knew that Selena could be so indecent.

"Oh please, Jemmy, I’ve known you since we were toddlers that you have no feeling for women." Selena then unzipped a pocket in the front side of her right bra and took out a chocolate cookie. "Here you go; I made you a chocolate milk cookie this morning. I hope you like it."

Jeremiah hesitantly accepted the cookie and look at his friend awkwardly, "You've created a food-container bra?" Jeremiah gawked.

"Correct," Selena giggled and seemed enthusiastic about her invention. "It's made from thermal insulator fabrics to keep the food fresh for a long time."

"Why don't you just use a normal food container? Perhaps, a lunch box would be nice."

"Well, sometimes when I am doing a hazardous experiment, I get hungry and it would be more practical to get food safely from the nearest place possible."

Jeremiah sighed; he knew it would be impossible to reason her crazy ideas. "Well, at least it makes your flat chest look bigger." He joked and quickly received smack on the back of his head. "Ouch, that's hurt." He chuckled.

Selena's face became flushing red all of sudden and it was impossible for Jeremiah not to notice. "Oh my Goddess, did you find him? I mean your mate?" Jeremiah asked suddenly.

Selena silent for a moment, then she looked at Jeremiah with a sparkle in her eyes. She smiled and nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me? Since when? So, it's that the real reason behind your seductive invention?"

"Actually I want to tell you after you find your mates. Because our age gap is not much different. You will reach 18 years old in a few months."

Jeremiah sighed, "I think no one would want to be my mate, besides I am the only omega left in this kingdom. Since we cannot have a mate from higher stature, I don't have any option except being single and fabulous for the rest of my life," he tried to sound optimistic. 

"Don't say that Jeremiah, If we couldn't find your mate in this kingdom, let's find in other places."

"Where? How?" Jeremiah wheezed.

"There is a city named Liannon located in a neutral region in the South. There is a noblewoman in that town that held a matchmaking party every month. Every wolf that lived in Wolftopia can join this party. We should go there sometime."

"But, how about the Blackfrost brothers? Even though I have found my mate there, would they allow me to be together with my mate?" Jeremiah asked, "I am a prisoner in this freezing kingdom."

Selena smiled warmly and patted his shoulder, "Relax, there is a rule that must abide for every ruler in Wolftopia that they couldn't interfere soulmates that destined to be together, even if they were slaves. In other words, you will be free from the brothers." Selena explained, "And speaking of those brothers, what happened to your shirt, there is blood on it."

"Oh... you know... the usual stuff." Jeremiah tried to act casual.

"Those dogs are so cruel. It's not your fault you know, we cannot be blamed for our parent mistakes."

"It's okay Selena, I am okay."

"It's not okay, Jemmy, they cannot treat you like this forever," she paused and rose up, "You know what, just wait here and let me bring you some bandages to patch your wounds."

Jeremiah pulled her hand and forced her back down to sit. "Selena please, you don't have to, the wound was not so bad this time. Besides you haven't told me about your mate yet, who is he?"

"He is the son of the head laboratory, Timothy Whitewood. You know him right?"

"Yes, I think I saw him once or twice, he is one of your lab mates, right?"

"Correct, he is working on the second floor. He has turned eighteenth last week, such a sweet gentleman he is." She said as her face turned red again. "But his father was quite the opposite... he just ...old and grumpy..."

Suddenly they heard Mr. Harold Whitewood, the head of Blackfrost laboratory, calling for Selena from her experimental room. "SELEEENAAAAAA! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!"

"Speaking of the devil, I must head back to my room. Bye!" Selena quickly rose up and ran to her room.

"Okay, I will see you again soon, good luck!" Jeremiah cheered, 'cos she seems to need it.'

A few moments later, He could barely hear the conversation of Selena and her boss from the greenhouse.

"You must vanish all of this smell, or I swear I will cut your payroll into half." Mr. Whitewood yelled.

"You cannot do that; I am your future daughter-in-law."

"If you were my daughter-in-law, I will force you to work here for free, now start cleaning and open the Goddamn windows!" Mr. Whitewood shouted and left the room.

Jeremiah could hear her complaining while doing her tasks. It made him laugh a little while he still held the 'booby chocolate milk cookie' in his hand. He heard his stomach grumbling because he hadn't eaten all day, he finally decided to eat it. Hopefully, he couldn't taste any 'extra milk' in it.

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