He Belongs To Me✔️

36|| Going Back

*Previously*

Dad chuckles in amusement but Elizaveta claps her hands excitedly and says, "Yes. We got the biggest room for you since you're gonna be the next king."

I still as my mind processes what she had said.

"I'm gonna be the next WHAT?!"

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Melia stirs in my arms and I feel guilt consume me, knowing I had been the one to wake her up.

"Caspian" she whispers, looking up at me through half-lidded eyes.

"Shhh. Go back to sleep, Angel. Everything's fine" I whisper, kissing her forehead softly.

She hums and closes her eyes, snuggling into my chest.

Her breathing slows a few minutes later and I know that she has fallen asleep. 

I walk to the bed and gently place her down before covering her body with the duvet.

I caress her cheek before pecking her forehead gently and standing up.

I turn to face my Dad and Elizaveta, the latter who is looking down in shame, and the former who is staring at me with guilt plastered all over his face. 

"We'll talk outside," I say, walking past them and into the hallway.

A few moments later, they shuffle out and close the door behind them. Dad opens his mouth to say something but I interrupt.

"What do you mean I'm going to be king?!" I say, crossing my arms as I stare at them.

Dad twiddles his thumbs and bites his lip as his eyes dart about the hallway.

Elizaveta answers instead and says, "Well, since you're technically his first-born son, that kinda sorta makes you the heir..." she trails off, looking at me warily.

Strangely enough, I'm extremely calm for someone who just found out that he was going to be king of a whole species.

"Well, I can't. I have a life with Melia and I'm not going to drop that just because you need a heir."

"But Adonis and Eros can't accept it because not only are they twins but the are not the first child born to the king. The Moon Goddess won't allow it."

"I haven't even started college, much less finished high school. I don't have the time nor experience to be a king."

"You won't be king now. I'm still young so you'll have decades ahead of you before you assume the role of king since lycans age slowly. Just say you'll do it. Please." my dad begs. "Without a king, the lycans will spiral out of control and the human world as we know it will perish under the power of the them. Just please. Say you'll be king.lq"

I chew my lip as I contemplate the choices. Finally, I sigh and say, "Fine."

My dad lets out a sigh of relief and smiles at me.

"How am I going to tell Melia" I wonder out loud.

Suddenly a voice behind me says, "No need. She already heard everything."

I spin around to see Melia staring at me with a look of hurt in her eyes that makes my heart break.

"Angel, wait, you don't under-"

"I understand enough" she interrupts before she turns around and begins to walk away.

I curse under my breath and make my way towards her. I grab her arm and pull her towards me. She tries to resist but eventually, she just wraps her arms around me. I scrunch down and place my hands under her butt, lifting her up so she wraps her arms around my neck and her legs around my hips. She places her head in the crook of my neck as I open the door to the room she was just in and step inside, shutting it behind me.