65. I Am The Luna Queen.
Narrator’s POV.
Harsh footsteps echoed through the hallways as Sarah and Fredrick’s feet pounded the floors. They feared they were too late and the alpha king had already faced the wrath of Emilia.
They cursed themselves for being held back a couple days at the vampire territory; apparently, going out was not as easy as coming in for them. They were side tracked by a few on their way to the main borders, they had tried to bribe them like they did with the other guards they had met earlier and, that was when things fell apart.
The guards saw it as an insult to collect or receive money from a werewolf although, their currency was surprisingly higher than theirs. They were sent into the dungeons for two days until the vampire king saw to them; every second they had to spend in that dungeon was hell, a werewolf should never be cooped up in such a small space.
They had explained the whole issue to the vampire lord band he had released them with immediate effect, which left them with less days that they had planned on to get to the witch’s coven and then back to the castle.
The spell had lasted a day to conjure, it was a very sacred spell and neither of them were allowed to be with the witch head as she did it; it was too risky and with a spell that dangerous, the darks spirits could have infiltrated the material world or worse, could have possessed one of their bodies.
“Sir”, a guard called after them, “Beta Johnathan”, the guard panted out, finally getting their attention,
“What is it that you want?”, the second in command snapped, “Where is the alpha king?”,
The man cowered down in fear, “He’s in the Dining hall with the Emilia Roland, I do not know what is about to happen, but I am willing to help”, he bowed his head down, finalizing his words.
“Good, but for now we have to get to the dining hall”, they took off once more and pushed the door open, “Do not drink that”, Fredrick yelled and rushed over to the alpha king, slapping the glass right out of his hand,
“What is this madness, Fredrick?”, Dwayne stood up angrily and looked at the spilled wine in distaste, “What has come over you?”.
Emilia had the expression of shock written all over her face, “How dare you slap a drink out of the alpha king’s hand?”, she yelled as her skin turned red in anger,
“You are not the real luna queen”, Sarah pointed out, she looked determined and ready to do anything to save the alpha king and Daphne,
“I am the luna queen”, Emilia placed her slender hand on the alpha king’s chest, “I am Daphne”, she convinced.
“Daphne?”, the alpha king’s eyes shut immediately and a ray of light fell upon him as memories came rushing back to him, his heart pounded rapidly against his ribcage as he saw through his moments with Daphne; the actual Daphne.
His eyes open once more and the light was gone, he fell unto his knees once the adrenaline rush left his body, “What happened?”, he asked rubbing his head, “Where is Daphne?”, his eyes scanned quickly through the room but halted once they landed on a wide-eyed Emilia, who looked like she was ready to shit herself any moment from then. He got to his feet quickly with a growl, “What is she doing here?”,
Emilia was about to take off when almost ten guards barged into the hall to restrain her, “No, you cannot do this to me”, she cried out, “I am the only daughter of Alpha Gilbert and Luna Helena Gilbert! I deserve to rule the werewolves, I deserve to be the supreme ruler of the world”, she looked absolutely crazy as she struggled to get out of their menacing and bone crushing holds.
“Good, you can join the both of the in hell because your actions are punishable by death”, Fredrick growled, “Take her away, lock her up. She is the most dangerous criminal on the face of this earth”, he ordered the guards, with a bow, they did as they were told, dragging her away,
“I will get my revenge. You will regret this”, she screamed out, while Sarah and Fredrick rolled their eyes at her.
“Would Sarah please tell me what on earth just happened? And where is my mate?”, he still had not spotted Daphne yet and he was growing worried, where could she be?
“You mean you do not remember?”, Fredrick looked worried, where was he supposed to start from if the alpha king could not remember anything from the past few months,
“I remember Daphne and I getting into a little fight last week, I might have rustled her up a little bit, but that is all”, he shrugged.
“No, your majesty, that was almost five months ago”, Fredrick bent his head down, unable to look at the pained expression his friend might have once he finds out what happened,
“What?”,
“You banished her”, he sighed, afraid of the consequences of what he said,
“What do you mean by I banished her? How could I banish my own mate? That is foolish talk”, his angry voiced bounced off the walls and landed directly ON the two people who stood in front of him,
“Your majesty, what he is saying is true”, Sarah knew it was not her place to talk but she had to, Daphne had stood up for her before and it was time for her to do the same, “You were spelled by Emilia into believing that she was Daphne and Daphne was her, the spell only had an effect on you because she wanted it to look like you had lost all sense of sanity”,
“That is impossible, the only set of witches that can cast any spell against me is the witch head family”, he pointed out,
“Yes sire”, she bowed her head in agreement,
“This calls for war!”, he growled out, assuming his dear friend had purposely done this to betray him and run him out of office by partnering up with an enemy of his.
“No! The witch head had nothing to do with this. Emilia fooled her sister into believing she was Daphne, the witch head helped us heal you”, Fredrick added quickly. The alpha king nodded and fell unto his knees once again,
“Where is my mate? I need my mate”, he whimpered, “How could this happen to me again? My father should have ended witchcraft with the humans”, he sounded like a pup and was thinking irrationally.
“No, my lord, without witchcraft, they would not be balance. They are the link between our world and the spiritual world”, he pointed out. He paused for a while, contemplating whether or not he should tell the alpha king where Daphne actually was and put him out of his misery. He could recall Daphne asking him not to tell the alpha king about their son, but she never said anything about not telling him where she was, “She is at the western border of the Vampire territory”, he spilled out.
“Vampire territory? What on earth is she doing there?”, he growled out,
“The vampire lord took her in”, Fredrick stated, the alpha king nodded and said,
“Gather troops, it seems like we are paying an old friend of mine an actual friendly visit. Most times, when I thought of stepping into the vampire territory, it was to wage war”, he chuckled, trying to lighten up the mood, even though he was not okay himself.
His statement shocked both Sarah and Fredrick, he had never been the one to have a good sense of humor or joke over such serious situations. Was it possible that the alpha king was shedding his old skin and putting on a new one?
“Fredrick! I gave you an order, gather the troops and get the SUV’s ready, I am retrieving my mate”, he growled out, surprising them once again with his sudden change of mood. Of course, he was not changing, he was the alpha king and change was not in his resume, what in the world were they thinking?
“Very well sire”, they both bowed and moved to leave, they were almost at the door when he called stopped them,
“Wait!”, they paused in their tracks and turned to face the alpha king,
“Sire?”, why did he stop them?
“Why is that wine spilled on the floor?”, he was curious to know what actually went down a few minutes before he was healed,
“I pushed it out of your hand, you were about to drink it and I believe that it was poisoned by Emilia”, he explained with a scowl as he thought about the imposter that could dare to impersonate the queen,
“She tried to kill me? How?”, only he knew the poison that could kill him, how could she find out about it?
“You probably told her what could kill you, thinking it was Daphne”, Fredrick guessed. They were dismissed by the alpha king as he thought about, she trying to kill him. How could he be so reckless? This is why he disliked witchcraft so much, it was very destructive and often used by the wrong people, it was a manipulative power that he hated badly.
How did she even get the poison that could kill him? He had all the plants in the werewolf kingdom burnt and withered, he could swear that the wild orchid flower was wiped away, unless she got it in another territory. He also wondered how many people knew about this, the flower that could potentially kill him.
“Your majesty, we are ready”, Fredrick said, opening the door slightly so his head could only be seen,
“Very well”.