Solace

XXVI

days passed, kuea cant bring himself outside of the headquarter's private residence. he felt too overwhelmed to the point that he himself is scared of himself, scared of what he can do, scared of what he might do. 

late one afternoon, hes by himself at their garden. sunflowers are blooming and so does all the other flowers intentionally planted to please him. 

mesmerized by the bright colors of the sunflower, he thought of touching it and reaching for it. it blooms more like what he imagined but when gloom of what might have happened, it slowly looses its colors and withered... 

"No... no..." he panicked.

he closed his eyes and wished for it to be healthy again. tears of frustration streamed from his eyes. he seemed lost. lians been away for sometime now. the councils been making him preoccupied. there was once kuea longed for his mates scent, he went downstairs to where the business occurs. hes a bit scared but knowing that hes still inside the headquarters and lians just a room away made him walk through the corridor with his head held high. but as men in suits started to appear from one room to another, bowing low to him from here to there, he hurried his steps and followed lians scent to where he was. it made him so nervous. panicked even. 

"calm down." kuea uttered to himself with the sunflower still cupped in his hands. the moment he opened his eyes, he sighed in relief to see the flower in full bloom again, all perked up and healthy.

kuea sat on the grass. no matter how he denied that he gained so much power, evidence only disproves it and made him feel like a fool. hes no longer a powerless lab rat that anyone can stare into from a capsule. hes become this invisible being that no one could counter, even the current emperor himself acknowledged him though he is just a mate of his grandson. 

kuea laid down on the grass and closed his eyes, feeling the soft touch of the wind around him. he sighed deeply. his mind is in chaos. all jumbled up on what he must do, on what he should do.

"love?" lians voice seemed so distant, muffled even.

"if you dont wake up this minute, im going to take you here and wont ever let go until you beg me on your fours." lian slowly whispered on kueas ears. kueas been laying down on the grass for quite sometime now.  lians been looking all over for him. knowing his singer, hes probably still mulling over what had happened in the party. his connection to him seems to be stronger now that kuea had recognized and embraced himself. lian knew hes powerful but seeing how powerful he is just hits differently. this is the first time in the family that a mate would hold office. usually like his uncle rin, would be on the support side or even just be assigned to be the president or ceo of an affiliated company. its usually the alphas who governs the supernaturals but who he is to say that only alphas could rule. his grandpa ethan proves that omegas are as powerful as the alphas. no one is the lesser. omegas have their own wavelength of power incomparable to prideful alphas. in this family that really values mates, this only proves that statement.

"youre here." kuea gasped as he saw his mate hovering over him with the sea of stars behind him.

"i am for quite sometime now actually. youll catch a cold if you stay here for too long, you know. wolves are not that invisible." lian smiled as he teases the small omega wolf beneath him.

"says the vampire who thinks theyre above all others." kuea abruptly pulled lian down trapping him beneath him.

as giggles and laughter overcame them, kuea laid down on lians chest. "only when youre here that everything around me quieted down, yan."

"its still troubling you, isnt it?"

"yeah."

"its okay. whoever is in your position would feel the same, actually." lian kissed kueas head on his chest, noting the subtle scent of the sun on him.

"really?"

"yup. now, i got somebody make you some sweets. itll make me see your smile again for sure."

kuea looked up at his mates, "self serving much, mister?"

"not for me entirely." lian retorted.

"well, mostly it does." kuea pulled lian up to his feet.

"and you love me for it." lian bantered.

"not entirely true though." kuea ran for it inside their room and into the kitchen knowing his mate is at his heels shouting threats for later in their bedroom.

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a couple days passed, kueas granny gulf continued to appear at will in their home. sealing themselves at the library, only to emerge at night, much to lians annoyance at times.

gulf had been drilling kuea on all kinds of information regarding governance and in the afternoon, slamming his butt on the magically enhanced cushioned floor. kuea even wondered when will this training will ever end.

"you know youre progressing so much now, kuea." gulf gulped down his smoothie when they took a break from over one hour of sparring. wherever the food came from, kuea doesnt want to know. theyre delicious and thats what mattered.

"didnt feel like it, though. it seems im falling backward rather than moving forward."

"well, its true that you cant move forward without ever falling backward. ive been through all that and now im just laughing over it. dont worry so much about it."

"well, i guess..."

"dont even think that this is all worthless, kuea. youll never what the future holds. like what will happened 2 days from now."

"what? what will happen?"

"why should i tell you?"

"but..."

"slam me once on my back and ill tell you." gulf stood up and pulled kuea unto his feet sighing. kuea knows that he can never put gulf on his back no matter how powerful his new power is.

after a few tries, kuea never did.

a round of knocks stopped the duo mid-air. thats their usual alarm to drop everything and call it a day.

"lian seems agitated. i wonder why?" gulf wiped a stray sweat from his neck. kuea averted his eyes seeing that blood red hickey on his benefactors neck. its been there all the while but he never quite sure what it is. only a while ago that he pointed it out that gulf divulged some too much information for his innocent ears to hear.

"open the door. well take a break. ill be back 2 weeks from now." gulf gathered his things and put them into his gym bag.  "thanks for the work out, k. man, i never sweat so much."

"really?"

"well, except for... never mind..." gulf smiled and kuea turned around towards the door. hearing a silent pop, kuea knew gulfs gone and there in front of him is one red faced lian.