Ch. 32

SERGIUS

I was in such a good mood as the midwives had just announced the birth of my only heir. And now I can't take this from Cyprus. I do not want to really get angry, not on the day my heir was born, I thought to myself. I decided not to say anything to Cyprus and stormed out of his presence.

I felt someone following behind me, and I knew who that was. Now she was going to give me trouble. I just hope I do not do anything stupid to her right now, I thought to myself as Yvonne kept following me until I got to my tent.

“Sergius, what is all of these things that are going on? Is this child really yours? All the rumors I've been hearing, is it really true?” she asked.

I just looked at her without even answering her questions. I didn't have the time for all of these questions you are asking me right now. Even I’m not bound to answer your questions.

“So just leave me alone and go to your tent. Or better yet, see you go back to the Northern Kingdom,” I said to her as I stomped into my tent without even sparing her a glance.

Then, all of a sudden, she held my wrist and turned me to face her.

“Just stop it already, Sergius! You need to answer my questions. Is that child really yours? And if that child is really yours, because that is what it seems like, what the hell is going on? What made you and Cyprus become enemies? I mean, long ago when we were dating, before you guys were really close, and all of a sudden you just started to become sworn enemies towards each other. What is really going on? What caused your fight and what made you guys hate each other this much?” she asked.

I felt really frustrated. Now she's asking me the one question that I do not want to answer, and not at this moment, as I got really angry.

“Yvonne, you'd better stop it right now if you do not want me to do something I do not want to do,” I said to her.

She just looked at me.

“What are you going to do, Sergius? Oh, what are you going to do? I'm asking you a question and you have to answer me. I'm not going to leave this place until you answer my questions,” she shouted at me as I got really frustrated and raised my hand about to hit her, but I stopped myself.

“No, this is not who I am,” I thought to myself as she closed her eyes in fear.

“Sometimes I can’t help but wonder if I ever made a wrong choice bringing you into my life because at this point I don’t even know what to do anymore,” I muttered in hopes that she finally understood.

“Sergius, really? Is this what you are going to do? Just because I am asking you a simple question that you could just answer me? You actually want to raise your hands at me? I can't believe you are already turned into this,” she said.

I just turned from her as I did not want to utter any more words to her.

“Just leave already. Leave right now,” I said to her, and I knew she didn't think twice because she knew better than to get me angrier than I was already.

She cried out of my tent. But I do not care because she caused all of this. I don't know why she's asking me. That's one question that I hate to be asked, I thought to myself as my beta and the priest immediately came inside my tent as soon as Yvonne just left.

“Actually, we are here to inform you that we could actually continue with the meeting. We can actually finalize it and conclude on the matter at hand since Fiona is supposed to be in bed, and clearly that child is your heir, is your child. You can actually win this,” my beta said to me as I was backing them.

I did not even want to face anybody at this moment.

“No, I'm not going to do any of that. I'm not going to make things that easy. I want to prove to my brother. I want to prove to Cyprus that I am better than him in any way. If I do that right now, he would think that I've just been bitter and tried to steal his luna. But no, I'm not going to do any of that. I'll do it my way and I'm not going to take the easy way. I'm going to do it the hard way. I'm going to do it in a way that Cyprus would know that I am superior to him. I would not give it to him easily,” I said to them as they looked shocked.

I could feel the expression on their faces growing grim as my beta immediately stepped a bit forward.

“No, you have to seize this opportunity. This is the only opportunity for you to claim Fiona as your mate and then take your heir home. This is what you came here for, remember? You can't just let go of them just like that. I mean, Fiona is your mate and that child is actually your only heir, the one heir that you've been looking for for so many years. Are you just going to throw that away?” he said to me.

“I did not—I never said I was going to throw any of it away. And I did not say I was not going to take Fiona as my mate and my heir also. I never said any of that, but I just said I'm not going to do it the easy way, and I'm going to do it the hard way. And you both would not teach me how to make my own decisions!” I yelled, looking very angry.