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ZARYA'S POV
"There's a gift from King Water," Seryo told me when he saw me walking in the hallway. Good thing, I was on my way to Hali's office.
Seryo handed me the wooden box. "Who gave this?"
"Unknown. Just saying a gift from a friend living in the East." He stopped walking. "I forgot! King Fire asked me to look at Fira and Princess Ember. I'm taking my leave. Just make sure that gift will arrive at King Water."
"No problem." I nodded at him and then I looked down to the wooden box.
Is it a treasure? Who will give this to him?
After a few seconds, I reached his office. I saw how serious he was while staring at the Alpha King's World Map, studying every corner of it.
"Pst." I peeked at the door. He looked up. When he saw me, his eyes sparkled in happiness. I hurried towards him.
Since we came back together again, we hid it from Queen Haliana. She just knew that we were not together. Hali acted sad while he was meeting him. He talked about me who ripped his heart apart. That made Queen Haliana satisfied and content. Hali told me that she had ambition. She had a plan of targeting the Higher King position. Once Hali was held as the king of all kings, she also had a position there.
I could not understand why she was seeking more power when she already had? Having the element of power could be considered one of the unbreakable, and undefeatable individuals. They were hard to beat.
I placed the box on Hali's table. His attention was not on that matter. His eyes were staring at my face and then a second later, he stood up, wrapped his big arms on my hips and then lifted me. He dragged the box to the side and placed me on the table.
"Baby, you should check the box first." I pushed his chest a little. "And I won't take long. Your father summoned me for a meeting."
"Fuck them all." He positioned his body in my middle and kissed me hard. I responded to his kisses. The sound of lips to lips smacking surrounded the area.
"Don't fuck in the office. It's sacred."
We both stopped when suddenly Zephyrus' voice could be heard. I immediately got down on the table.
Hali's forehead was forming a furrow. "Don't you have manners? You should know furst before entering."
"It's open, so I come in." Zephyrus' aura was strange to me. He had no smile, no light expression, or friendly face. He was purely serious as if the next words that would come out from his mouth would be horror.
"Black Wolves Pack attacked other packs again."
His lines made us freeze. I had a guess that Prince Jace was the leader. Or should I say Alpha Jace? For sure he would take revenge on me. By that time, we wìll meet each other. I would not have pity on him. One of us will die.
"They vanished. They're not a threat. No members, really?" Hali sat again on the swivel chair.
I woke to the couch and settled my body next to Zephyrus.
"Don't underestimate them. They're now thousands." Zephyrus stretched his arms, reaching to the battle of wine on the side table.
I was in shock for the second time. "We left him with just himself? Who will help him?"
"Honey Zarya, change is possible. Years passed." Zephyrus responded.
Hali did not like the way he addressed me, so he threw a feather pen at him. Zephyrus caught the feather in just one hand.
"I won't mind about the Elemental Kingdom. I thought of the small pack community." Zephyrus placed the mouth of the bottle on his lips and then drank it straightly.
We were alarmed by the knock. I stood up and opened the door. I bowed my head to Raiden, Colden, and Pyro.
"Did Leo come home?" Hali asked them from the moment they entered. "I last saw him last week. He gave me some advice about love. The ball knew nothing about that shit, but he comforted me."
"That's one of our concerns why we're here." Raiden's eyes were sharp and scary, causing shivers to my spine.
Why are all of them serious?
Pyro remained standing while gazing at Hali. Colden sat next to me. Raiden bent his body and leaned his hands on the table while staring at Hali.
"We can't see Leo's body," Raiden revealed.
Hali froze for a second. He folded his arms and confidently spoke up. "Maybe he went to his mother? Isn't it Freedom Day last-"
"Did he ask your permission?" Pyro's words interrupt Hali's speech.
"No. He usually went to his mother because I told him not to worry if he wanted to visit her. I trusted him." Hali's gaze set on Raiden. "Did he betray me? I'm gonna cut his balls if-"
"Leo is included in the warrior who was commanded to protect the Waterfalls Pack, the alliance of Water Pack."
"Congratulations to him, then. He dreamt of becoming a warrior-"
"I think he died."
The silence filled the whole area. I blinked two times as I was absorbing the information. It was hard to understand at the beginning because why would Leo die? I just talked to him last time. He smiled at me and we had a short conversation about his role as King Water's Protector. This must not be true.
"King Lightning…" Hali stood up, and fought his stare of Raiden as his fists were closed. "You are clever… yes… but your knowledge can't scope everything." He turned his back to him, making himself busy by looking down at the map. "Leo will never die. I commanded him to stay alive as long as I didn't tell him to die."
"Sorry." Raiden's voice was low as if he was pretty serious. "Nobody was left alive. Women were raped and murdered by Black Wolves Pack. Warriors died in the most painful way. I saw…" Raiden grabbed a sword from his side and placed it on the table, "This."
Hali was slowly weakening, settling on the swivel chair. "That motherfucker. I ordered him not to leave my gift anywhere." Hali grabbed the sword. "Thanks. You found this."
"Why act like an idiot?" I was surprised when Pyro talked. His voice sounded irritated to Hali. "He died. Why can't you accept those simple details? Damn it."
"You can say that because you are unbothered!" Hali recklessly stood up. "I don't believe that Leo dies unless I see his body! Where is the body, huh? Where!" I almost jumped when he punched the table. "No body. No evidence. I will not believe it!" He emphasized those words one by one.
"You're crazy." Pyro messed up his hair. It was like he wanted to say more, but he ended the conversation just like that to avoid the tension.
"If Seryo dies, will you accept immediately? Right after it was announced?" Hali chinned up. He chuckled sarcastically when Pyro was unable to talk. "No, right? Because they are not just a protector or a guard! They are friends of ours! Like a brother!" Hali walked towards Pyro. "You will never understand because… you are a selfish dick."
Pyro gritted his teeth as he glared at Hali. This was what I observed for the longest time. Hali had always argued with his brothers. Sometimes he was shouting at Colden, but most of the time, he was mad at Pyro for just a simple reason.
"You're battling nonsense." Raiden went in the middle of them.
My eyes widened when suddenly Hali's fist landed on Pyro's face. Pyro just backed away as if his punch was a weak one. Hali attacked Pyro again. I could not understand why he was so mad at him when in fact, it was just a little argument. No matter how many times Hali hit Pyro he could not hurt him. Pyro was dodging left and right, resulting in no score for Hali.
Is Pyro the king of dodging? Or Hali was just so mad that he could not control his emotions.
"What are you looking at? Stop them!" I did not care if they were alpha kings. They should halt them or else they would hurt each other.
"Hali's mad…" When Colden talked, I stared at him. "Not to Pyro, but to Leo's death. If he's in that state, we are letting Hali punch whoever he wants. By that, he can release his anger."
"But… he can bruise King Fire?"
"Don't mind about him. Pyro can handle himself."
My attention went to Hali. He kept on punching while Pyro was dodging side by side, down and up. Hali could not hit him even once until he stopped moving. Hali looked for something and when he saw me, he hurried towards me. He hugged me so tight. I could feel his racing heartbeat.
"Darling… tell me. Leo is not yet dead, right?"
I could not move my body. A second later, I raised my hand and tapped his back. "The sun will rise and give you hope."
His hug to me tightened. "Leo is like a brother."
"I know. I know. Shhh." I brushed his hair using my fingers.
I had no idea why my eyes pointed at the wooden box. An instinct for me to open it covered my system. Hali almost forgets about the gift. However, there was no occasion today. How come someone sent a gift?
I waited for Hali to calm down before I let him sit on the couch. I walked to the wooden box and slowly opened it. My eyes widened as my mouth parted.
"What's in there?" The nervousness filled my system when Hali asked. He was about to come near me when I closed the box.
"Nothing. No content."
"May I see?"
"No, Hali. It's-"
"Give it to me!"
I had no choice, but to let him see it. He was surprised when he saw Leo's head…