Rejected By My Mate novel Chapter 95

When Alice couldn’t feel the woman’s aura for days, she felt anxious. What if something happened to the woman? Who would take care of her children? Her worries grew, and she felt really frustrated now.

She heard her babies talking about looking for the woman instead. They kept waiting every day, but the woman never appeared. She felt worried for her children, so she desperately tried everything in her willpower to wake up. She fought the heavy pressure that keeps pulling her deeper into the darkness.

Anxiety kicked in when she didn’t hear her babies anymore. Fear struck her and Alice tried to use the energy that the woman transferred to her. With all her strength, she pulled herself up forcefully and when she finally saw the light; she felt overwhelmed. At long last, her eyes open sleepily and notice that she was floating inside a golden transparent cocoon that was filled with gravity. She looked around but didn’t feel the presence of her twins. She felt anxious and tried to break free from the cocoon multiple times.

Fortunately, the cocoon broke after how many attempts and she stumbled weakly to the ground. Her throat felt so dry and she gasped for air. She tried to stand up, but her knees felt so weak and instantly gave in. She slowly got up again and walked step by step until she regained her balance.

An agonizing hour later, she searched the house, hoping her children were sleeping, but no sign of them. Suddenly, her stomach grumbled loudly and ached slightly.

“I’m hungry,” she mumbled in a hoarse and low voice, and she felt strange with her own voice. It has been a long time since she hasn’t spoken. She wonders how long it has been.

She climbed down from the tree house, and an unknown forest greeted her. With a deep sigh, she walked around the forest to look for food. Then she found a magical fruit tree. She climbed up and picked the purple round fruit. After knowing it’s edible, she took a bite, and the sweetness touched her taste buds. Instantly, she regained her full energy after eating the whole fruit. She picked three more fruits and then climbed down. She still has to find her children.

When she stumbled into a waterfall, she saw a small trail and dashed towards the trail, hoping to bump into someone. But the trail led her to a small cave. She hesitated whether to go in or not. She sighed and turned around.

However, before Alice could walk away, she felt a familiar aura inside the cave. It was faint, but she was sure that it belonged to the woman who took care of her children while she was sleeping. She ran toward the dark cave blindly because her eyes, that automatically glowed brightly in the dark before, didn’t work anymore. She wondered what happened. Was it gone when she used her eye’s power in the eternal unknown?

She sighed and continued walking with a small fire on her forefinger to see the way into the dark cave.

“Hello? Anyone?” she called out. She heard a low grunt and a muffled sound. When she reached the dead end of the cave, she saw the woman lying on the ground helplessly with wounds all over her body and her clothes were soaked with blood. The woman opened her eyes slightly, but widened upon seeing her.

“I... I know you!” the woman let out in shock, but then groaned in pain from the sudden movement. The woman coughed up blood. Alice didn’t waste any time and quickly healed the woman’s deep wounds. The woman was badly injured, and it took a while to heal all her wounds.

“What are you doing here? Why are you wounded?” Alice asked, but the woman was just staring at Alice unbelievably without batting an eyelash, like she was mesmerized by the woman in front of her.

After the woman’s wounds fully healed, the woman thanked her and they introduced each other’s name.

“My name is Ashley.”

“I’m Alice.”

The woman smiled at her. Then Alice handed the purple fruit to Ashley to regain her full energy. Ashley ate the fruit gladly in silence. Alice just watched her until she finished eating the fruit.

“So tell me where are you from?” Alice asked and scanned her appearance.

Ashley smiled and didn’t hesitate to tell Alice where she came from. “I came from another dimension. On my way to find the portal going back to this world, a group of bandits ambushed me and took me hostage. After some time, I finally escaped but came across a beast and here I was, almost dead from the fatal wounds. Without your help, I might be a goner by now.” Ashley explained, while reliving her memories. Suddenly, she froze when she realized something. “Wait, you’re awake! And you’re out of the cocoon!” she let out in surprise.

Alice chuckled at her late reaction. “Yes. I just got out. But I couldn’t find my children. Do you know where they are?” she asked upon remembering that she was looking for her twin babies.

Ashley’s eyes widened when she remembered that it’s been 3 months since the portal forcefully brought her back into her world of origin. It turns out that the entire kingdom was searching for her and almost started a war because of false information that their enemies had her imprisoned. She wondered what would happen next now that the portal brought her back again into this world. She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.

Knowing the twins, Ashley knew they were looking for her. She forgot to tell the twins that she came from another dimension.

“Oh, no. I think they were looking for me. It’s possible that they cross the barrier now because I couldn’t feel their aura.” Ashley let out.

“Then let’s go look for them!” Alice said and got up quickly.

Ashley nodded without second thoughts. She hoped the twins didn’t go far.

They quickly began their journey out of the forest. On their way, they spotted some dangerous creatures but didn’t attack them and only hid in the dark. Ashley told Alice that the creatures respected the twins and didn’t attack on impulse. It amused Alice and now she was itching to see her children. She couldn’t wait to wrap them in her arms.

Just when Alice and Ashley break past the barrier, Azrael, the twins, and the sisters successfully enter the forest on the other side. It was like fate delayed their chances of seeing each other. The two groups went separate ways. Because of the heavy pressure that separated them, they couldn’t feel each other’s aura.

Alice and Ashley continued their journey of finding the twins. They will start looking in the nearest village that takes 2 hours to walk from their standpoint. To avoid the intense heat from the scorching sun, they entered the forest once more and Ashley took the lead because she knew the path to the elves’ village; she used to go to buy fabrics for their clothes.

While walking, they entertain themselves with their stories. Alice enjoys Ashley’s company and her interesting stories about her world. The woman was actually easy to talk to and sometimes funny.

An hour later, the weather suddenly changed. Thunder roared, the wind picked up harshly, and the clouds turned dark and attempted to pour rain. Even so, they continued walking and talking. They were laughing when the rain poured down. Each drop is heavy and they instantly get soaked. Instead of running away to find something to cover themselves from the rain, they both choose to welcome the rain with open arms. They are enjoying the rain like little children.

“Ah, it’s been too long since I shower in the rain.” Alice said with a smile and closed her eyes while looking up to feel the rain pouring on her face.

“Really? I always do this when it’s raining because in my world, it rarely rains at all, so I’m really happy when it rains.” Ashley said, smiling from ear to ear while swirling around like she was dancing a ballet. Alice felt amused and imitated Ashley. They both laughed and Alice suddenly halted and focused on her hearing. Ashley also stops when she notices Alice looking in every direction and suddenly smiles.

“Come on, Ash! There’s a waterfall nearby!” Alice said and ran in the direction where she heard water splashing down.

Ashley shook her head with an amuse smile and followed Alice until they reached the small lake with water running down from above. She was amused to see Alice swiftly stripped off her clothes and running head on to the water and diving under. She chuckled and also stripped off her already soaked clothes and placed her protected tiny storage bag carefully in the rock and then slowly stepped into the water.

The rain was still pouring heavily, but Ashley enjoyed the sound it produces like music to her ears. Ashley also swam deeper, and she saw Alice sitting in the big rock with her eyes closed and energy was flowing just around her. She smiles and chooses not to bother Alice and goes up to the surface to feel the pouring rain on her skin.

After how many minutes, the two stepped out of the water with a relaxed expression. The rain slowly stops pouring and the sunshine slowly peaks out in the cloudy sky.

They were both naked while staring at their wet clothes. Alice squeezed out some water on her long hair that already reached the ground. She dried her hair and body using her power.

Meanwhile, Ashley took her tiny storage bag she placed on the rock and took something out. She took a dry towel to dry her body and shoulder length black hair. Alice saw her and helped her dry quickly. Ashley smiled and thanked Alice, then she took out something again from her storage bag.

“Alice, here!” Ashley tossed a set of fabric and a pair of sandals to Alice.

Alice felt the softness of the fabric when it made contact with her skin. It’s a 3/4 white sleeve top with golden lining on the hem and on the sleeves.There’s some unknown symbol on the sleeves, but Alice didn’t know what it means. It paired with white pants with a golden lining on each side all the way down. It comes with a golden metal belt with a symbol of phoenix and dragon in the center of the belt. She smiled and thanked Ashley, who was almost finished dressing, so she also wore the clothes quickly. She gasped and smiled because the fabric was so nice on her skin. It actually stretched perfectly in her body, like it was designed only for her. She felt so comfortable and light.

“Wow,” she heard Ashley whisper. “The clothes looked good on you, like the twins. I knew it!”

“Did you make these clothes? It’s so nice and comfortable to wear.” Alice asked while still scanning her clothes.

Ashley smiled widely after receiving praise for her work. “Yes. I actually made that for you while you were sleeping, hoping you’ll wake up one day.”