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"What are we gonna do now?" Roxett asked after I explained everything that happened with Aslan so far.

"Honestly, I don't know" I replied with a heavy sigh
"Even when we spoke a few moments ago, he wouldn't get to the point of this meeting. He wouldn't answer my questions about his final decision and kept deflecting back to me revoking my claim on you, uh, I also don't believe he's aware that Eymen has claimed you yet"

"Even if he does find out, I don't think it's wise for him to know she's my mate" Eymen said while remaining in serious thought

"Wouldn't it be better if he did know? True mates have become more of a distant fantasy for us now, having or knowing of someone who has found their true mate is something worth celebrating and protecting" I said making him hum from his seat next to me on the couch

"That may be true my moon, but what would happen when he does find out? Celebrating this new discovery would only last a few moments but, I can't help but think of what will happen afterwards" he said gaining both Roxetts and my attention

"What could happen?" Roxett asked looking up at him
She's laying across both our laps with her lower half on my lap, in case your wondering

"I don't know the man properly, mostly because I never cared to get to know him but, from what I've seen he isn't the type to back down nor settle for being in someone else's shadow" he said looking me in the eyes when he said those last few words which made me nod in agreement

"So, if he find out that I, the beast with no control, have found my true mate and that you, the man favoured by all the Kingdoms people, have claimed her it could initiate an unnecessary war because we'd indirectly be challenging his authority and power" 

"Everything seems so complicated" Roxett said making Eymen smile and rubbed her cheek for a moment before going back to playing with her hair

"It is complicated but it's the truth I'm choosing to believe. My moon, I wish to ask for your absolute truthfulness and transparency in your response to my question... do you honestly believe that your King would not decides on taking more females from their homes in order to search for his true mate?" he asked with a calm expression and I, oddly enough, already had an answer

Aslan isn't someone who can be described by just one word and I, unfortunately, don't have a single good or honourable word to do that simple task. He's beyond selfish, inconsiderate, arrogant, egotistical, and unfortunately stubborn.

I have never felt anything for him in my upbringing but, I respected him as the son of the man who raised me. Finding out that he is the reason behind my adoptive father's death was when my feelings of respect turned into resentment. I never thought it was possible to hate someone with so much passion, to wish death upon someone with such certainty, to find joy when imagining the downfall of a King.

There is no period of time where I did not wish death upon him and meeting Eymen who shared the same sentiments as me didn't help but it did ease my rage. I knew and still know that killing him isn't an option, not because of fear of the consequences I'd face, but because this Kingdom needs a King.

A Kingdom without a King is a clear invitation for war and other disputes, be it internally or externally. Then there's the fact that if I do kill him, I'd be made King only because I'm his so called 'brother' and being King isn't something I ever want to do. Why you may ask, because I hate the Kingdoms people who have forgiven and accepted him as King after killing my father in cold blood.

I still hate him for it, my men still hate him for it, Eymen just hates him in general and the people just accepted it. This just goes to show that no matter what you do, as long as you please those who serve you or are under you, you'll be forgiven. It's petty and unreasonable to still resent him so much but I can't forgive him.