Ch. 25

CYPRUS

I sat amongst the elders as they continued muttering words to themselves, not knowing that deep in my mind, I wouldn't want to agree to this.

“Why would they even accept that I talked to my brother? Or else he's going to invade the Southern Territory?”

I stamped my hand on the table angrily, and they all looked at me. They had to stare face upright as they knew they had tampered with my anger.

“It's enough. It's enough with you guys, the elders. I have done everything you told me to do anytime you always want me to. Why? Why do you keep taunting me this way? Why do you keep making my life more frustrating?”

“I don't want to do it. I don't want to be in any connection to my brother, and I don't care if he speaks. Stands outside my gate. I won't give him what he wants.”

I was on my own, living my life peacefully when you all made your so-called meetings your dues and forced me to be the King of the Southern Territory. And now I am. I don't know what else you want from me, and no matter what, I won't do what you want.

I said this as I was about to stand up when one of the senior elders, who always acted gentle but was a clear devil, spoke.

“Then what should I do to you? We are trying everywhere to persuade you to bring peace between you and your brother. You know how Sergius is, you know how Alpha Sergius is. And you do know he plans on taking everything from you if you don't accept this. This is one of his most cunning chances to become the Lincoln Alpha. Do you even know what it means? You are giving him every chance and every excuse to call you weak. And you know you are not weak.”

He said this as I laughed.

“You said the same thing to me years ago. And then a few months ago too when you all kept begging me to take a wife. Now I have found Fiona, and I want to keep her as my Luna. Yet you guys refuse to accept her for coronation. What else do you expect me to do?”

I said, frustrated.

“We don't want Fiona. She is trouble. She is not the one for you. She belonged to your brother. She is mated to your brother, which means you have no right to be with her. Whatever abomination is going on has to stop. You have to return her back.”

He attacked.

“I would not. She's carrying my child, and that is what matters.”

I claimed, hoping that they had not gotten any news that the pregnancy actually belonged to my brother. One of the elders stood up and cleared his stone throat. I could see a smirk on his face, and instantly I knew whatever I just did was a waste of time because clearly they had caught up and they knew everything that was going on.

“You don't have to keep supporting her. We don't plan on calling her an outcast or someone who did something without divinity. Everything was all your fault for rejecting her and pushing her away. She did what she had to do to survive, and you know the territory's rules. A pregnant woman without a mate is as good as useless, thrown out to be a rogue. I know you are protecting her, but that child does not belong to you. That child is your brother's, and the only child from you and your brother's bloodline. Nobody else. If that child dies, your bloodline dies with it. Now you know why Sergius can't leave her for you, and there's nothing you want to do that will make him put down those things and go home. He does not plan on getting defeated, and I have another worse news than you expect.”

He said as I rested my back on the chair, feeling frustrated as I massaged my forehead, trying to think of something. Everything I tried, they already attacked me with it.

“What else could I possibly do? What is worse than this?”

I questioned as everywhere went silent, everyone's eyes fixed on the elder with curiosity.

“He wants a meeting. Your brother wants us to have a meeting, and he claims if we don't, he is going to raid the palace. I plan on saying this to you. Don't think you can act stubborn again. He is going to take everything from you if you don't accept it. Give him a chance to talk whatever gibberish he has in mind, whatever he thinks he can persuade us to do. Just listen to him for the meantime. That is all I can tell you. You need to listen to him. I know for sure when he realizes that despite all his persuasion he can't always get what he wants, I guess he will rest.”

He said as I laughed.

“Sergius's rest be damned! That fool would not even give up.”

I said as all the elders began to murmur amongst themselves while they began to argue.

“Give Fiona back to him, accept the meeting, and negotiate.”

They said, making me frustrated. I stood up instantly.

“End of meeting now!”

I shouted and stormed off from the throne room. All I needed at this moment was to talk to Fiona. I knew there was nothing she could do to help me, but being with her assured me I was slowly falling madly in love with her.

The look in her eyes still felt so empty and distant, I just hoped at the end of everything she still finds a place in her heart to love me just as much as I love her.

I smiled in anticipation of seeing her and then remembered she was already slowly slipping into labor and needed me with her.