Heavenly Kingdom: The Kingdom among the clouds

Chapter 179: Anger

[Tekoa Town, Towns brigade office]

Rage, an indescribable amount of rage filled Ester's heart as he held down Rueben. Intense rage which is heightened state of anger that is extreme and often overpowering. It goes beyond regular anger, resulting in a profound loss of control over emotions and actions. Individuals experiencing intense rage may feel an overwhelming need to lash out, whether verbally or physically, and may struggle to think clearly or rationally.

This level of anger can lead to destructive behaviors, harm to oneself or others, and long-lasting emotional consequences. It is often accompanied by physical symptoms such as increased heart rate, sweating, and a surge of adrenaline.

In this state of mind, it Ester's patience is practically at the edge as he is really close at losing himself, the only reason why he was still holding on to his reasons was because he is in front of her daughter. No matter what he can't afford to let her daughter see the ugly side of him.

In this moment before he could lose it, Ester suppressed his rage for a little as he begged Rueben.

"Please! I'll forget this ever happened, I'll even go away, please give her back, she means a lot to me please!"

Seeing Ester begged him, Rueben couldn't help but slowly lose respect for him as he kept his thoughts to himself. His once dignified and happy going captain, was now in front of him begging to let his wife go. His previous image was completely now overwritten by his pathetic sight.

"Your a day too late"

At that time the rest of the town's brigade members pointed their weapons at him as they also begun threatening him with the safety of her daughter which he left behind right at the door of their office.

"Let me go Ester, you already lost your wife, you can't afford to lose your daughter now"

Seeing that they had his daughter in point blank range with their weapons, Ester slightly mellowed down as he let go of Rueben and slowly stood up. Now that he thought about it, Ester realized one particular thing about this group. All of the members were new faces, he can't hell but notice that none of the old members were here.

"You got one loyal group here, but I can't help but afford to notice that none of the original members are here, where are they?"

"As I've said before Ester, a lot of things had changed since you split from us... when you left us behind, they guys... they didn't survive the return trip, I was the remaining survivor of the previous town's brigade" lied by Rueben as he slowly stood up as chose to hid the truth from Ester.

After all the death of the original members were a foregone conclusion to his rise in position and a proof of loyalty towards the mayor. Even though the original town's brigade were loyal to mayor Zoabi, they were too upright and righteous for Mayor's Zoabi's true nature.

Due to that instead of being a helpful bunch, the town's brigade instead turned into a thorn the moment mayor Zoabi supported the cult from the shadows. With that they contacted the only person who have a twisted ambition in their group and convinced him to side with the mayor to bring down the current town's brigade, and that person was Rueben himself.

However that piece of lie greatly shocked Ester As he couldn't believe the death that his previous companions had suffered. They were all loyal to the group, they were like a second family to him, they supported each other and even comforted each other during the hard days, he just can't believe that they were now gone. In that moment another part of Ester's reality was destroyed.

Upon seeing his state of mind, Rueben then sighed for a bit as he suddenly felt pity towards his former captain and shared a piece of information towards him regarding his wife Ziv. Even though this hoes agaisnt the wishes of Mayor Zoabi, Rueben concluded that Ester wouldn't be able to do anything even though he knew about where his wife is, after all Jabarin and his group was by the Mayor's side and that bunch is on a whole new level of fighting capability than thr town's brigade.