My Beloved

Chapter Five

~KALIL~

The doors to the death pit opened in front of me. I stood there for a second, contemplating whether to enter or just fly away for the night. Lastly, I prayed for an extra bucket of patience tonight before entering the ballroom. The harbinger announced my arrival in the room, and “there goes my plan of fleeing,” I thought.

The huge golden doors opened, and I stepped into the now utterly silent room.

“Ah, my son, come, come,” the King said earnestly.

I walked up to where my father was, steady and firm, as every pair of eyes in the room were on me at that moment. Ever since I came back from Thulcandra that night, everything has changed. My father, King Kamil, is always behind me to make me the perfect crown prince that exists to date. As soon as I entered Oasis the next morning after meeting Kaira, I was called up to his office. He questioned my frequent visits to Thulcandra and then himself declared it to be nothing but one of my techniques for fooling around.

“Tomorrow. It's already decided. You are to be announced as my crown prince in front of all the citizens of Astraea, Oberon, and also Noctifer.” My father declared it sternly.

“Father… I never said no to being the crown prince. I just want us to wait for some more time for me to get to know our people closely.” I replied.

“Ridiculous! You are going to rule them one day. Sitting with them on the same level and making friends with them will lead them to challenge your authority. You should be focusing on building up your power, son, and not fooling around with lowly lives like them. Their being afraid of you will make you the most powerful monarch to date. Even more powerful than me," the King reprimanded.

“I beg to differ from this philosophy of yours father, and you know it very well. One thing I hate the most is suppressing our people to obtain their fear and tears in return. That is not how I want to rule.” I replied with a great effort to restrain my anger.

“What you want is of no significance to me in front of what needs to be done to make you what I couldn't be in my reign. It is decided that the announcement will be made tomorrow in front of the entire Oasis, and you are going to take up the crown prince duties as well as training from tomorrow itself," my father again stated sternly, fisting his hands together on the glass table in front of him.

Although my father was trying his level best to be his usual cold and mean self, something was different that day. I could see the anxiety and unrest within him through his eyes. They were switching from dark green to light green within minutes, indicating how restless my father was at the moment to give away that much control in front of me.

So I decided to wait and just go with the flow until I unravelled the truth behind my father’s unsettling demeanour. I agreed to what he wanted me to do that day, but I didn’t think it would make me so busy that I wouldn’t be able to see Kaira for a while now.

Thulcandra before Kaira felt like any other planet whom our kind knew as a vacation spot. Though permission from the royal court and a specific amount were to be paid for a visit to Thulcandra, being a royalty and soon-to-be crown prince had its perks.

On the first night, when I saw Kaira for the first time, she had an otherworldly glow surrounding her. Like a moth to a lamp, I was immediately drawn to her. Not only her body, but her soul was also calling for me. The thought of her being my soulmate crossed my mind, but it was not possible. Any human on Thulcandra can’t mate with our kind, as our biological as well as intellectual differences won’t allow it, also considering the fact that we have magical powers that surpass any measure of equality between humans and us.

Regardless of all that, that night, when I finally met Kaira and had a chance to touch her, I felt a tingling sensation. The kiss that we shared made my body react in more than one way. That reaction from my body alone sets Kaira on a different level than any other lady from Oasis. I wanted to do so much more with and for her. I have never been this attracted to a woman before.