The Battle of Kingdoms and Clans

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Kreadon

I've never been so fucking furious with my father in all my life. The last thing we need is a banquet to allow the enemy to sneak in. I've been telling him for a year now that we have a rebellion uprising and that showing parties cannot happen under any circumstances. I'm fuming as I sit in my rooms staring at the god awful pink invitation that Laura clearly made. I know he just wants her to be busy but fuck. I want to throw the goddamn thing in the fire. But instead I decide I'm going to confront the asshole. It's mid afternoon and I've just finished training with my seconds. Bas and Sky have been my two best friends since we were kids. They were children of some nobility so were at the castle often as a child. If I can't trust anyone, I know I can at least trust them. I got back to my rooms moments ago to find the invitation sitting inside my rooms on the table in my living space. Pink, with a see through ribbon in a light pink too. I know for a fact my father had nothing to do with it. I go to wash up in my bathing room and quickly change to confront my father about it.

As I make my way down the halls to his study I see a maid crying. I think her name is Matilda, she is one of the generals daughters and there are several people hovering around her. Curious I walk up to them and ask, "what's going on?" they jump startled by me and it's the butler who straightens.

He clears his throat, "sir.. The king ordered the death of all of his generals this morning. ... They were executed." And I see him start to get emotional.

"What?!" this can't be true.

"I'm afraid it's true sire. " He bows. And with fiery rage I run to my father's office. What the hell is wrong with him? What happened where he must kill them? Slowly I'm noticing all the distraught people and as I turn a corner to get to his study I see bodies being carried out of the throne room. I freeze in shock and my hand covers my mouth. Tobias... he was a good man, a good father and a great husband to his wife. Why? The fury comes back to me and I'm enraged. I storm into his office to see a woman sitting on my father's desk. She's laughing sitting with her legs crossed and my father is in the chair, her foot in his lap. They turn to me started by my bursting in.

My father stands walking around the desk, "Kreadon? Whats wrong boy?" I fucking hate it when he calls me that. I roll my eyes and throw him the invitation.

"How the fuck do you expect to throw a fucking banquet when we have enemies in our own villages?"

He grabs me pushing me to the wall and I keep my irritated gaze. "Don't talk to me like that boy." He says and I glance behind him to the woman who is now standing. I notice she's a warrior with training leathers and daggers strapped to her.

I grit through my teeth, "if this is all for a fucking lay." Then he throws me across the room, shattering a glass table. I get up and turn to him, "what the fuck is wrong with you? Why did you have the generals killed? They have families!" then the woman saunters over and puts a hand on my father's chest as if to calm him and he does.

She turns to me, "listen you little brat. I am the new master general and I have a proven success rate of making my leaders more powerful."

"Who the fuck are you." I glare at her and I notice the way he's looking at her like he's completely obsessed. My stomach turns at that knowing how weak he's become.

"Katerina."

"Katerina .. Who." I say sternly.

She rolls her eyes, "I don't have a fucking last name you stupid boy. I'm a Dark Rider." And my eyes widen.

"Yes." He says as she turns to him and she lazily draws her hand around his torso as she walks behind the desk and sits in his spot. His chair. He never lets anyone do that. "She is magnificent, isn't she? By having her as the master general we will not fail at out mission to take over the southlands."