An Inevitable Outcome 2
(Author’s Point of View.)
“Are you challenging us, king Reagan?” This time, it was none other than Elder Alexander, who has been quiet since his appearance that finally made his voice heard.
Reagan placed Amelia down on her seat and sat down as well. “Challenge?” He sneered. “There is something I have been meaning to ask you particularly, Elder Alexander.” The name brought a bitter taste to his tongue. “Remind me again how you became the Supreme Elder?”
The whole hall instantly went silent…
Elder Alexander cocked his eyebrows. “Is that even a question, King Reagan? Who amongst us here does not know how I got my position?” he asked casually.
“Is that so?” Reagan’s lips curled up. ‘These snakes really take him for a fool’ he thought. “From what I know, the previous high priestess, Ulva, should have been the Supreme Elder of all the supernatural realms. Am I correct?” He asked no one.
“Yes, Your Majesty! You are correct with what you have just said!” Elder Kingsley, who has been unusually quiet due to his son’s current predicament voiced out.
“Indeed.” Could anyone here, please do the honour of telling us what went wrong?” Reagan asked casually.
“It would be my honour, King Reagan!”
The whole crowd whipped their head towards the direction of where the voice had come from, revealing a dignified older woman with grey hair stepping inside the hall.
“Shainu? You are alive?” Disbelief was evident within the Elders.
“Ulva was cast away by her own people for losing her chastity that should have remained intact as the fated daughter of our mother, Asteria.” The woman spoke striding towards the beautiful young queen. Completely ignoring the existence of those scheming Elders then continued-‘
She didn’t just lose it to anyone, but to the former vampire King, Odin. Shainu added then stopped in front of Amelia. “My dear, how good it is to finally meet you, she said cupping Amelia’s cheeks with a bright smile plastered on her enchanting face.
Amelia’s mouth was wide agape, namely enthralled by the woman in front of her. There were some wrinkles on the woman’s face, but that made her even more dainty. She was exquisite in her red gown which made her white hair shine even brighter. “Who is she?” Amelia wondered.
“Alexander!” Shainu, called with a bitter taste in her tongue at the mention of that name. “For centuries, all you have done is schlenter your way up to the top.” Shainu’s face was hard. “You thought getting rid of Ulva, by using Odin as scape goat so you could have your puppet take over, and have the vampires at the tip of your finger, was all you needed to succeed in your quest for power?” Shainu laughed.
“It was working, wasn’t it? You had it all. The power you had used dirty means to get. It felt good and everything was going according to your plan until he showed up,” she said pointing at Reagan, “and snatched the wolves right under your nose, and became their king.”
“Shainu! I honestly do not understand what you are trying to get at,” Alexander said indifferently. Still imperturbable as ever.
“Oh, really?” Then tell everyone here, why you have been so hell bent on trying to get the daughter of your puppet married to him?” Shainu’s sneered. “Oh, let me guess, since you could not openly go against him because the people adore him and would go to war anytime for him, you thought the latter option was more suitable. Thus, you began plotting to get him trapped by first using his people as leverage , then to threatening him with his mate. Isn’t that correct?“
“What do you mean? Elaborate on that.” Elder Alexanders brows lifted.
“Bring in those pathetic things!” Reagan ordered, and Angelo immediately rose to his feet and dashed out to conduct his task.
Not five minutes passed, two miserable figures in chains were being escorted inside the hall, and Elder Donaghy immediately jumped to his feet in fury.
“What do you mean by this King Reagan?” Elder Donaghy asked through clenched jaws. “Are you trying to make mockery of us?” The man was about to lose it. “The demise of our previous king was as a result of being cursed by the goddess Asteria for violating her chosen one. Tell me, who seduced who? It was that seductress she-wolf of a priestess!” Elder Donaghy said through greeted teeth. “Now you try to humiliate us like this?”
The Atmosphere was getting tenser by the second, and Amelia started feeling unease. She could sense something was about to happen, but she couldn’t tell exactly what it was. Her breathing was becoming ragged as her heart rate picked up.
“Are you okay, love?” Reagan’s worried voice was the last thing Amelia heard before time ceased around her, and she suddenly found herself in what looked like an ice cave that had glittering crystals hanging upended at the top, as well as the whole surrounding. What’s more, in the middle of the cave, stood much larger crystals of about eighty centimetres tall, which merged out of the ground in an oval shaped. On them, rested a massive Moon that glowed magnificently.
Amelia was in absolute stupefaction by the magic that beholds her eyes with her mouth agape. She blinked hoping that perhaps, this was another one of her imaginations. However, after a couple of nictating her eyes, and the place did not disappear like she had expected it to, fear gripped her.
Amelia then twirled around as the feeling of trepidation rose within her. Just a moment ago, she was facing those mean Elders together with Reagan. “How did she get here? Most importantly, where is this place?” she muttered inwardly.
At once, as though the innumerable numbers of crystals could hear her thoughts, they began to vibrate aggressively which in turn produced an ear-piercing shriek that had Amelia shut her ears with her hands as she dropped to her knees in dread.
It would seem the crystals were calling to her. And Amelia struggling to block the sounds from reaching her ears, did not help matter at all; instead, the pressure increased even more that she felt her eardrum would burst any second from the intensity of which the crystals were screeching.