Ch. 22

SERGIUS

At first, I couldn't understand what my priest was trying to say. But then I noticed Yvonne's expression change instantly.

And suddenly, I felt strengthened as I sat down, looking at him, my hands folded, the whole room going silent and even my beta not saying a word.

"What is going on? I am here camping, getting weak, giving limits, and you guys are not telling me the truth. And now you two are staying silent because you know something that I don't know. This is my case. I am the king. I am the alpha. And I am the one who needs to save my life or I will lose everything. You guys are not helping things!" I shouted in frustration as they looked at each other.

Though my beta stepped forward.

"When I went to call Fiona for you, I found out something I never expected. Fiona is pregnant and it's almost due,” he said as I looked confused and frustrated.

"Because I can't believe he kept something like this from me. And if the priest had not told me, I would have had no idea of it."

"What? Don't tell me you are actually saying this to my ear now? You are just telling me Fiona had been pregnant for me? You mean I have a child and I have been suffering? I have been suffering and you knew? And what about you, Priest? You followed me all the way from the north here to the south and you did not tell me a thing. And now you are acting like you are some God. You could have told me from the start!" I shouted in annoyance as Yvonne tried to calm me down.

"Let me guess Yvonne. From the looks of it, you don't seem shocked. You also knew too, right? That was why you rushed and came here. You wanted this to be a secret. I would not know about my child. And I'll keep fighting for something that does not even exist. That explains everything. That explains when I saw Fiona, how she acted, how she tries to keep her body a secret, cover it up. Everything makes perfect sense to me. So you guys had a secret, huh? You kept it away from me? You kept my own child a secret from me?" I shouted angrily as I stood up, feeling frustrated.

"I need to see Fiona. Create a meeting. I don't care if I have to see my brother. I need to see Fiona. I have a child and she'll be due anytime. She needs the father of that child. You do know that the child will not be strong without me. I need to bond with my own heir," I said to them as the priest scoffed.

"So what you're shouting and your healing and your commands will change nothing. It won't improve the matter at hand. I keep telling you but you don't want to listen to me. Your anger won't help matters. Whenever you get angry you ruin things, you make things difficult and I don't even have time to talk to you. I don't have that strength at this point. If you would not calm down and let us find a suitable solution to this matter, I am sorry but we are going to be stuck here. Fiona won't see you and Cyprus won't allow you because he knows she is having a child for you. If only you had not snubbed her, rejected her that day, your ego had not gotten in the way, maybe things would have been different and you would have had an heir a long time ago. But then you ruined everything and now you want what, a miracle to happen?" the priest said to me as I felt even more frustrated.

I took my seat, stomping my legs on the floor.

"This is just so stupid. I married four fucking women because of this and I had a child outside. All this while I tried every day to have an heir. You know how difficult the parliament is making it for me, how the elders won't let me breathe. You knew and you couldn't even tell me and let me solve this matter." I said, getting more and more enraged as Yvonne stood at a corner.

"And you, Yvonne, I always thought you had my best interest at heart. You wanted things to work out perfectly for me but I guess it was all just a joke and a lie. You never really cared about me. You never really cared about what was going to happen to me. You just wanted to be by my side. Did your stupid love blind you not to understand that I am dying," I said angrily.

"The best thing to happen now is either you wage a war against your brother or Fiona change her mind. And from the looks of it, I don't think Fiona is changing her mind anytime soon," he said as I laughed.

"No, I don't care what you say. Fiona will change her mind. I don't care how you put it, she is going to fucking change her mind and I don't care how it's going to happen, but it will happen. I need to see her one last time. Now I have an upper hand. I have something to threaten her with. I have a pregnancy in my hands. I know that that child is mine and that alone will cause chaos if everybody finds out about it. My brother is keeping my child away from me and is claiming it as his and now he wants to marry the woman I want," I said as Yvonne stood up and stormed off, leaving me entirely with just the priest and my beta.

My beta slowly walked towards me.

"Don't comeclose to me," I warned him before he could even make a step closer.

"I just wanted to explain to you. I don't think I can arrange a meeting with Fiona. She won't come. No matter what I say, she won't accept it. I think you should just accept the reality. She doesn't want to talk about this. She doesn't even want you to be aware of the child. And now that you are, clearly your anger will get in the way," he said as I laughed.

"My anger? What am I supposed to do when my child is out? Going to be trained by my useless brother? Fine. What is going to be the solution?" I asked as my beta slowly walked towards me and whispered,

"Make her love you."