The Bandana Lovers

Breaking Down In Your Hold

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Vegas was again sitting drenched in blood of several dead bodies surrounding him and yelping in pain. Stones were being pelted towards him. His dad , King Rama stood there looking at him in guilt. A woman bathing in blood guffawed at his misery as Vegas kept begging for the opium she held , so that he could consume it and sleep forever. His head was turning heavy and he felt like it would explode at any given time. He was wiggling in pain when he felt a cotton soft hand on his forehead pressing it lightly. On looking around he could still not see the face of his angel but all he could see was long silky hair. The angel hummed a lullaby and massaged his forehead while swaying with the song. Those hairs flared up and the surrounding became more pleasant. All the people from before disappeared. The river sounded full of life, the moon appeared clear in the sky and looking at that , Vegas finally went into a calming sleep. And woke up in the morning by cuckoos flying and singing songs in the air.

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Pete was tense as Vegas left for the basement where the attackers were kept and he strictly told Pete to not follow him. It had been two days since the intrusion happened. Pete followed everytime Vegas went to the basement since in interrogating the culprits he would apply the force while beating them and Pete was afraid that the cut on his arm would tear open. Pete was stubborn and Vegas could not convince him. But today he was firm that Pete would cross a line if he didn't listen to him hence Pete obeyed as he could see that Vegas didn't want him to be the witness of his cruel side everyday.

Pete was still adjusting to this new scenario where punishment was prioritized over reformation. In Dominica the culprits were given a chance to change but in Alcazar it was all about truth or death. And right now sitting with Macau , holding his hands and watching him trembling with fear, Pete felt that Alcazar's way was far more fair. Afterall how can it be unfair to punish someone who intruded the palace in order to abduct Macau.

"Why am I a trouble to everyone?" Macau said.

"Macau, you are the most loved one here. Why do you think like this?" Pete tried to console him.

"I am nothing more than a curse. Phi, this is not the first time that everyone's life got risked because of me."

"Macau, don't worry. Your brothers are really capable of finding and finishing anyone who is trying to harm you. You need to stop blaming yourself"

"But still phi, why would someone want to harm Macau?" Kamala asked, unaware of the fact that Macau's visions of the future were his biggest enemy.

"Khun Macau, Your Majesty has summoned you in the hall." A guard informed Macau. He followed him to the hall where his Khun Father along with his brothers was standing with lines of worry clearly overpowering his shining face.

"Can you all look at your brother and say proudly that you have him protected?" Rama asked

"Can you ? Vegas Theerapanakul? You insisted that Macau should be allowed to wander in the outer world but can you guarantee his safety when he is not safe in the house itself."

"Your Majesty, curbing him like this won't solve it. They want Macau in order to harm our state. It's time to make Macau more prepared for it. Your question itself has the answer. Macau is not even safe in his own house. Then what difference does it make where he goes. As long as people are aware of his power, he is a threat as well as an ace of spades. That's why he needs to be prepared more than any of us." Vegas as always didn't back down from stating the truth.

"It's always me. I am the problem" Macau bursted out and started storming off when Vegas stopped him.

"If you want to do something then improve yourself rather than doing these unnecessary drama and troubling us more. You are an eighteen year old boy. When will you act like one? Life is not all about playing and laughing and dreaming. You are more aware than anyone else about the possibility of danger posing on Alcazar and how well trained are you to prevent that danger? Do you think this will solve everything ? If you can't bring yourself to do something more fruitful then get lost from here." Macau ran back to his room crying. The atmosphere was silent and dull. Nobody liked what Vegas did but everyone knew he was right.