12. Eavesdropping and Lashings

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Song of the Chapter: Coming Down - Halsey
"I found God, I found him in a lover.
I found the Devil, I found him in a lover.
I found the Savior, I don't think he remembers."

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"I HAVE BEEN JUST INFORMED THAT The decision made is to neglect the prophecy. So that is your plan for the kingdom? Ignoring what is right for all of us?" An accented voice came out from the other side of the door that Louis recognized as Killian.

The omega froze, as though he was a deer who just saw an arrow being pointed towards himself. Harry was on the other side of the room along with another. Just a turn of the knob away from exposing Louis with the leather journal still in his tight hands.

For some unknown reason, Louis' first response to the immediate rush of panic going through his body was to stuff the journal down a flap, or pocket like opening in his towel that was folded. But then he looked down at the hiding spot in pure pity, because truly, it was so obvious that there was a book like shaped object protruding from his chest.

Before muttering a quick curse, Louis realized he had a choice.

He could have returned the journal back to its place on the rich dressing table, and stayed put as Harry had told him before to do so. He could have returned his place on the bed, pretending that he had been waiting for the alpha to return.

Louis had enough time to do all those tasks. But he didn't. Instead, a conversation that was brewing outside of the Locus caused Louis' interest to spike up. Every word that was being spoken was confidential, and Louis needed to listen to every word, hoping that there was something that had to do with him or what the Castle's intentions were with the omega.

From the opening of the entryway, there was an open hinge that spewed out light from the other side. Louis made his way to that exact location by stepping very carefully, trying his best not to make any noise. Damp footprints followers his every move.

Louis needed to be careful not to touch the door, it may have the same rebound spell as it had last time. Charmed. He was also very careful not to breathe too loudly, not wanting any sort of suspicion at all.

"We all have waited decades for the boy to show up. You know we have. And if you think that I am going to just sit here and watch you disregard the prognostication-" Killian continued, his voice very muffled.

A sharp turn is heard, and a booming voice comes after it all at once, like a bomb. First the landing, then the explosion.

"This is more than to make sure I receive a rapturous ending. This is about Stellarum and how the kingdom is on the edge of collapsing due to the citizens thinking we are subsiding due to the very boy the prognostication had written down." The slow tone to Harry's voice made Louis let out a breath of relief, since it seemed not to be in a hurry at all.

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