Closer to you

Closer to you
"Welcome to the kingdom of Lycans. I hope your journey went well."

"It wasn't unpleasant." The man replied to the king of Lycans but his face showed a stern expression.

King Kavin chuckled softly.

"You have young and hot blood in you. Don't be too hesitant in making decisions. Once you took the oath to be the king, you will find how difficult this post can be."

The expressions on Xavier's face softened a bit but he did not know how to react.

"Why don't you meet your sister's first? They are waiting for you."

Xavier greeted the king as a guard lead him inside the palace where he was going to stay.

"Are you really Princess Saya's brother?"

"Why so?" Xavier asked the man who looked same as age as him while he chuckled.

"Princess Saya is very pretty."
Xavier knitted his brows as the man reached near the door and stopped.
"Prince Yifang thought you were her lover and got jealous. You should have seen his face. Our Prince never gets jealous but he loves Princess Saya a lot. He even took her out of palace and no one knew .."

"Felix." A stern voice made Felix stop what he was saying. Near the door was standing Saya and behind her was Ursala. It was good that she did not hear anything or else her secret was out.

"Go away." Saya made him gloomily nod and leave while Xavier gave a questioning look to Saya who hugged him tightly.
"Brother, kindly ignore him. He is just a kid."

She looked at him who exhaled.

"How are you?"

"I am fine. Please don't let Ursala know what Felix told you."

She moved back as she whispered in Xavier's ear. Ursala greeted Xavier who now was relieved to see that both of them alright.

After spending a lot of time with Xavier and asking him every little detail about her family, finally Saya let him have some rest.

"I will ask Felix to stay with you. If you need anything, you can tell him."

"I will." Xavier told Saya but in his mind he knew Felix would be great for him to know the secrets of this palace.

.......

Ursala went to her chamber while Saya sat in the garden. Yifang was training in the ground and from where she was sitting he could not see her.

Saya never see him training before and hse had to admit he was very skilled. His muscles were firm and he was lean as compared to other Lycans but he was quite muscular in front of humans.

Sitting there, she completely forgot about her scent and when suddenly Yifang disappeared from the ground, she was worried and wanted to get up and was taken into a warm embrace.

"I don't know if you are seducing me or being seduced by me. In both ways, this succubus is quite horny."

He sat beside her still holding her I'm his embrace while Saya bit her lip.

"Is it that strong?"

"Hm."

"What should I do?"

"Nothing. Just make sure not get seduced by others. You are mine and so your scent."
He touched the ring in her finger. Saya never took off that ring while it was difficult for him to wear the ring and he will forget it everywhere so now that ring was stuck in his necklace.

"You are looking very happy."

"Hm."

"Is it because your brother?"

"Hm."
Saya nodded while Yifang pinched her chin.

"You are making me jealous."

"Prince Yifang, can I ask you something?"

"Anything my love." Yifang stole a kiss while Saya pressed her lips together.

"Can you be good with my brother? I know you are very rude sometimes but he is my only brother and I do not want you two have a bitter relationship."

Saya requested him who glanced at her and then smiled softly.

"Anything for you. If you want me to be good with him then I will be better. Just wait. Your brother is going to fall in love with me."

"No, no. Don't make him fall from you. You don't have to go to these limits."
Saya spoke in a teasing tone making Yifang laugh as he pulled her against his chest.

"You a re speaking a lot today. Is it because my little wife is happy after meeting her brother?"

Saya did not say anything but put her head against his chest while Yifang loosen his grip onto her.

At some distance, Ursala watched this and her face turned black with hatred. She could not understand why Yifang was still with Saya after everything. Why he still cared for her?

It should be her. He needs to care for her and not Saya. Is it her beauty? What else she had except that beauty?

All her life she was compared with Saya. She was good in fighting but Saya was prettiest among all. She learned horse riding but Saya was beautiful. She learned sword fighting but Saya was gorgeous.

So, she decided to be better in everything but in the end Saya's beauty still beat her.

But not anymore. She was not going to lose now. She was going to take what was her's.

............


Gloria hugged Paul as she put her head over his chest. His body temperature was colder than her and right now he looked exhausted.

A freshly made mark was present on Gloria's neck indicating what physical activity they were busy earlier.

"Paul..." She called him who had his eyes close.
"Do you love me?"

"What kind of question is this?"

"I don't know but I feel scared sometimes. I don't want to lose you."

She played with his hand who opened his eyes and looked at his mate. He looked hesitant if he should tell her what he was suffering from or not .

"Why don't you show yourself to someone?"

"Who?"

"Any healer. Please. I am scared. Your condition is becoming worse. You feel so cold and....I am just scared. What if something happened to you...?...I am also not going to live without you."

"Nothing is going to happen to me."

Paul sat up and then got from the bed. He wore his clothes and without saying anything left the room.
Gloria saw him leaving and wanted to stop him but in the med could not say anything.
She knew nothing about Paul's illness. She was scared if anything happened to him. She was scared because she felt helpless.

Outside, Paul kept walking under the dark sky. He did not know what to do. Should he tell the truth to Gloria? What if she left him? What if his family abandoned him? What about the throne? He always wanted to be a great king but now....it seemed like he could never achieve his dreams.

He was struggling inside.

Suddenly he heard footsteps behind and when he turned, he found Kyle.

"Uncle."

"What are you doing here at this time?"

"Just wanted some fresh air." He smiled while Kyle scanned him up and down.

"The human princess is here."

"I know."

"There was a spy outside the palace few days ago. "

"I did not know about this." Paul added while Kyle nodded and then reached near him and patted his shoulder.

"Take care of yourself."

"Why are you worried about me? Should not you be worried about Yifang? I can take care of myself."

Paul removed his hand away while Kyle squinted his eyes.

"I care for you."

"Don't say those words to me when you clearly are biased towards him."

Kyle could feel mockery in his voice and he wanted to say something but could not.

"All my life you and mother focused on him. But this thrown is mine. It belongs to me. If he wants it than he should kill me first."

"Paul, don't be blinded by you hatred."

"Blind, I am blind? I wish I was blind not to see what was happening here. You are betraying the current king and also the future king.
It's you who will be the cause of the war and it will be you who is going to be the cause of thousands of deaths because you are not doing your work.
You are the general of this kingdom and it's your duty to protect the kind."

Paul chuckled as his voice was full of hatred.

Suddenly he coughed and turned his face away. He coughed few times and Kyle wanted to rib his back but Paul pushed his away. He wiped his mouth and without looking at Kyle, he left. Kyle saw him leaving in a hurry and then a faint scent of blood hit him.
He looked down and found blood from where Paul pushed him. Suddenly his eyes went wide as the situation unfolded in front of him.
There were so many signs but he ignored all of these because why would a lycan suffer from a deadly disease. But now he knew the truth.
Paul was sick.

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