After the brief meeting between Cyrus, Sule, and the chief priest, the three men had concluded but they still had two things that they hadn’t talked about yet. One of them was about how to bring the council chiefs into the picture. They were the ones who were to pass the final declaration before the battle of the throne could take place.
And then, there was also another issue, one that Sir Sule didn’t want to talk about until the chief priest was gone. It was a sensitive one that had to do with how Cyrus really felt about the battle for the throne.
“Your highness,” the chief priest got up from the floor and bowed to Cyrus, “I think that you need to speak to the council of chiefs. None of them have gotten a chance to see you, ever since you came back to life and this may be the best time to address them,” the chief priest referred to Cyrus’s revival as “coming back to life” because that was indeed what it was. King C
“What is it?” Cyrus asked and again, his voice was weaker than the last time he spoke. He had been sitting for so long and he already needed a little rest.Cyrus was frustrated with how easy it was for him to get tired but there wasn’t really anything that he could do about it. Cyrus had gone from the all-powerful King and Alpha to almost a vegetable. There were times when he had wondered if death wouldn’t have been a better option for him but then he got solace in the fact that he didn’t die at the hands of Gedoni, his evil cousin. He couldn’t give Gedoni or Tobias that satisfaction.His back was still badly bruised from all the strokes of Cain that they had lashed on his bare skin, he hadn’t been able to lay on his back ever since and it was going to be a long time before the physical pains went away.As for the emotional pains, they were never going to stop.Cyrus was bruised!“Your highness, I wan
Sir Theophilus was a young man when Cyrus’s father was on the throne and after the death of the late king, Cyrus had invited Sir Theo to be a member of the council of chiefs, and eventually, Sir Theo became the leader.Sir Theo had been a close contact of the royal family, he wasn’t an inner circle member like Sir Sule but still, he had his rank.And so, the invitation he received to join the former king in his bedroom was a privilege. And Sir Theo was honored.“Thank you for coming Sir Theophilus,” Cyrus greeted as soon as Sir Theo entered his bedroom. Cyrus got up from his bed and stretched out his hand to Sir Theo but Sir Theo waved it aside, he went to Cyrus and gave him a big hug.Cyrus was speechless and didn’t know how to react at first and so instead of returning the hug, he simply stood with his hands to his sides. But Sir Theo wasn’t letting go and that was when Cyrus realized that the fastest way to get out o
By Saturday morning, Sir Theo called together, the other eleven members of the council of chiefs. He did not tell them why he had called the meeting and some of them were already asking.One of the inquisitive ones, was Dagrin, the war chief. Dagrin had been impatient with his prisoners and he had been wondering about what was going to be done to Tobias and Gedoni. Dagrin had already approached king Lucius in a bid to get him to pass a judgment but Lucius had refused. Lucius felt that it was his father’s responsibility to pass judgment on the traitors, Tobias and Gedoni. Dagrin didn’t like that.But then on Saturday morning, Sir Theo called for the meeting and Dagrin assumed that the reason for the meeting had to do with his prisoners.But he was wrong and he was soon about to find out.All twelve members of the council of chiefs were already seated when Sir Theo started the meeting.“I have gathered you all here today because I
After the announcement at the council meeting, Lucius went up straight to his bedroom.He immediately took off the temporal crown he was wearing and unlaced the large cloak that was strung to his neck.Everything suddenly seemed like it was suffocating him and more than anything, he felt like he needed a break.This wasn’t what he had in mind when he left America. He didn’t come back to get killed, neither did he plan to kill his twin brother.But ever since the announcements, Darius’s words had been ringing in his ears, “PREPARE TO DIE,”Those were the words that Darius had said to him after the first council meeting. Lucius had almost forgotten those words; he had been too busy with running the affairs of the kingdom and so they hadn’t bothered him.Lucius had also noticed the intensity at which Darius had been training but still, he hadn't been moved because he knew he wasn’t going to fight his brothe
“Tell me what it is,” Emelda stood at the tip of her toes and stretched up to him, she was immediately filled with hope and anxiety at the same time.She wanted to hear what it was, Lucius hadn’t said it yet but Emelda already felt like that was the answer to the huge puzzle that lay before them.She didn’t want Lucius to die, but she also didn’t want Darius to die.That was one thing that had been confirmed between herself and Lucius.So, she couldn’t wait to hear this great idea of his that had suddenly propped up.And meticulously, Lucius explained the idea to her in detail. And it kind of made sense to her.It was supposed to work, assuming that Darius was interested in it. but that was a big assumption.The idea that Lucius had come up with involved a situation whereby BOTH LUCIUS AND DARIUS refused to fight. If both brothers could agree not to partake in the fight, then the council members as
Alpha Darius was in the woods with some of the wolves and they were having a running match. It was a regular practice for them but this time it was more intense because Darius was preparing for a battle for the throne. So, he needed to get into shape and blow off all the steam that had swelled up inside of me. He was already tied up in so much pressure from the fact that he had to fight Lucius. One thing Darius knew for sure was that his twin brother, Lucius, who was currently the king of the Lakewood kingdom, wasn’t a match for him when it came to physical strength.And Darius didn’t know how to feel about it.So, he had called out to some of his loyal werewolves and they had gone into the woods.He was currently racing with his friend and Beta, Adolf.And Darius was winning. By the time they got to the head of the mountain, Adolf was already out of breath but Darius was still strong. Darius was about to start another run that would take him
The friends continued their conversation for some minutes and then they got to the part about what Darius’s plans were for the kingdom. They had the conversation as if they were guaranteed that Darius was going to win the battle for the throne.They were already finished with their conversations and were about to head down from the mountain top when they heard some noises from the bottom. They didn’t know what was going on but from the sound of it, it sounded like they were in trouble.That was what Darius and Adolf thought and so they immediately shifted and ran down the mountain. Charging vehemently till they reached the bottom.“what is going on?” Darius barked as soon as he got to the bottom of the mountain. It didn’t look like they were in any sort of trouble so he wondered what the uproar had been about. His wolves had all shifted to humans and they stood side by side each other, all twelve of themThen they moved aside and s
“I don’t mean to be rude your highness, but the Lakewood kingdom and the Silver Lake kingdom are different. I do not see how a member of another kingdom will have a say in the affairs of who becomes king here at Lakewood.""I have never been to Silver Lake but from what I know about it, Lakewood is by far bigger in size and economy and some of your taxes come to us."Darius’s reaction to king Barroc was expected because the idea that someone else was going to give him something that he already considered to be his' was preposterous.He had never met King Barroc before and the fact that Barroc chose to meet him at a hidden location instead of coming directly to the palace didn’t seat well with Darius.To him, why was Barroc being fishy if his intentions were indeed genuine?Darius knew that every new era of a new king brought in some new relationships, allegiance even. So he expected that a lot of other royalty would reach out to