Rejected By My Mate novel Chapter 96

After a long walk, Alice and Ashley arrived in the village of elves. Colorful houses with thorn-like roofs beautifully lined up and the wide stone path road was filled with busy elves and some dwarves—buying something from the stores all across the busy streets. Some were chilling while drinking liquor—talking and laughing with each other.

The elves notice the arrival of the two women, looking elegant with their design of clothing, and Alice's beauty mesmerizes them. While looking at Alice, they felt a look of familiarity with her as though they had seen her somewhere but couldn’t remember. Some folks knew Ashley and greeted her with enthusiasm because they had not seen her for months. Some fruit vendors even ask her if she brought magical fruits with her, but sadly, Ashley didn’t.

Alice was busy looking at the passersby, especially at the children, while hoping to see her twins, but found none. She sighed while feeling dejected. While walking, she didn’t notice that she stepped into a small alleyway and went a little farther from Ashley, who was talking to some elves.

A young elf maiden named Greya noticed Alice and stopped walking with eyes widened in shock and her lips slightly trembling while at a loss for words. She was obsessed with the great sextuplets ever since she saw them in the war and with just one glance at the gorgeous long silvery blue hair and two distinct eyes; she knew the woman in front of her was the missing goddess. Her mouth is open but can’t find her voice because of the shock. She cleared her throat while trying to find her voice.

While doing so, it caught Alice’s attention, and quickly smiled at the adorable young elf maiden. Greya almost fainted and finally, she found her voice and squeaked with excitement, then bowed her head with the utmost respect. “Goddess Alice! It’s you! Ahh! You’re back!!!”

Alice smiled and nodded. “You recognized me?” she said.

“Of course, my lady! Your greatness was known in all lands and your statue was built in every church when you went missing for years. The other gods might harbor great jealousy upon you because the entire magic realm only worships you as the mighty goddess who saves the world. And I am your biggest follower!” Greya blabbered energetically, which Alice finds amusing.

However, Alice was speechless upon knowing that they built her a statue and even worshiped her. She doesn’t know what to feel and think. Before, only the lizardmen of the Zardonian Tribe built her a statue and worshiped her, but now her followers grow bigger. That news lightened up her mood and smiled.

“That’s so good to know. But isn’t it biased that I was the only one who you worship? How about my good sisters?” she said.

“Oh! I forgot to tell you that all kingdoms join to build a temple for all of you which is named, The Great Sextuplets Temple, with all your statues standing one another! It’s the biggest temple in all lands and the most visited. It’s actually built in the Central Kingdom. Oh wait, you didn’t know?” Greya said and furrowed her eyebrows together when she realized something.

“I actually just came back and stumbled into this village. Thank you for telling me that information. By the way, what is your name?” Alice said and smiled.

“I’m Greya, my lady. It’s an honor to talk to you in person.” Greya said with a full smile. She’s really happy to talk to the goddess she admires the most.

“Alice! There you are! I was looking for you! I thought something happ—Oh, Greya?” Ashley called out and halted when she saw the young elf maiden talking to Alice, then smiled.

“Ashley! I haven’t seen you for months now! Where have you been?!” Greya said in surprise and gave Ashley a quick hug.

“Oh, you two know each other?” Alice asked.

“Well, she’s the daughter of the chief of the village. We met two times when I bought fabrics in their store.” Ashley said.

Alice nodded and smiled. “So these soft and expensive fabrics are from their store?” she said while pointing to her clothes. Ashley nodded with a smile.

“Wow. This is amazing, Ashley! You design Lady Alice clothes?!” Greya said, her eyes twinkling in awe while looking at Alice and Ashley’s clothing.

All of a sudden, Alice felt a very familiar aura, and her heart quickens. She closed her eyes and listened intently to her surroundings.

Ashley and Greya saw how Alice suddenly froze in place while closing her eyes. “Alice, what’s wrong?” Ashley asked with worry clear in her voice. The sudden change of Alice’s movements stunned her and Greya because the goddess immediately half-running out of the alleyway in haste like she was chasing something.

Alice was just turning around the corner when she saw two kids running so fast in her direction and she quickly halted as if struck by a bolt of lightning. She gasped when her heart skipped a beat when she saw the kids’ faces. Her world slowly spun while waves of emotion struck her like a pool of whirlwinds. Alice was shocked and stood rooted on the ground and stared, mesmerisingly, at the two adorable darlings that exactly look like her and Azrael. Her heart skipped a beat faster and faster, which affected her hearing. The sound of her own heart resonated in her ear loudly, like the ramming of a drum.

It was as if she found the missing part of her. Tears ran down her face nonstop like a river. She sobbed and her body shook, then fell to her knees with wide open arms to welcome the twins in her arms, who were running at full speed towards her while calling her mother and filled with happy tears. They almost stumbled on the ground at the strong impact when the twins jumped on her while crying loudly. All her emotions went into turmoil. She couldn’t explain her feelings when the twins were both wrapped in her arms tightly. Her yearnings and longing for the twins for all of these years make her emotions turn like a roller coaster.

“My gorgeous babies… I finally hold you in my arms. After so long…” Alice uttered longingly in between sobs while hugging the twins tightly and kept kissing the twin’s head full of longingness. She was holding them like there’s no tomorrow. The excruciating pain and longing she felt when she couldn’t hold them before or even caress her tummy while they were growing inside her all came back at once, like a raging storm. Those painful memories were like thorns stabbed so deep in her heart that they kept lingering within her and stuck up. For some reason, she couldn’t stop herself from being so emotional, and it seemed like she was seeking comfort from the twins. The yearnings and longing she felt were too strong. She could hardly hold them all in place. It burst like a bubble and sent her emotion aflame and uncontrollable.