Amor Enim Bellum

17

"Deal, my King."

Reaching back to the Odin's Riders MC castle, the entire club was in uproar as a fight had broken out between two thralls.

Elias immediately apprehended both of the idiots that decided to brawl in front of poor Nova.

She was huddled on the love seat in the main common room, Benjamin made his way over to her and grabbed her into his arms, comforting her. Her head was in the crook of his neck and her body was shaking badly.

Never in the month she was with the riders, has she ever seen her King so angry before.

"Don't worry bub, he is mad at them for scaring you. We also have a no fighting rule if its in any common area, it has to be either in the dojo, ring or out back in the training grounds. They broke the rules, they need to punished and reprimanded. C'mon, let us go get some ice cream."

Picking her up with her sitting  on his hip, Benjamin made his way over to the ice cream parlor that was on the grounds. He called Serah along the way for her to join them.

In Elias' office, he was spitting flames at the two thralls named Kai and Ling.

Not only did they scare his precious Nova, they also broke several rules and ruined a bunch of the furniture that was made by some of the other members, who put all of their heart and soul into those pieces.

Standing over the two, who had their heads bowed, he sneered at the two of them. The wretched darkness that he worked so hard to keep at bay, it was starting to surface.

"Which one of you dumbasses want to tell me why the fuck I came back home from a meeting, to be greeted with an absolute fucking wreckage in our main common room?"

Raising his head slightly, Kai replied, "I am so sorry my King. Ling and I started arguing about weapons training and he ended up swinging at me when I told him that I thought he should get some more practice."

Opening his mouth to argue, said other idiot was immediately shut up by the glare sent his way by their King.

"So instead of taking the advice from not only your elder but also the weapons trainer for all the thralls, you decided to start a fight IN MY FUCKING CASTLE!? IN FRONT OF NOVA?!!"

The whole castle more than likely heard him at that point, but he did not give one flying fuck.
He made it clear to everyone, to keep their violent shit away from her and never do anything like that in front of her. It scared her and the last thing he wanted was to see those beautiful grey orbs dim with remembered pain and sadness.

Mulling over the punishment for both of them, since one started it and the other continued it, instead of putting an end to it before it started fully. Finally coming to a decision, he told them to get up and lead them down to the parlor where he knew Nova was, because Benjamin texted him.

Coming to the table where the trio sat in the cute, 1950's inspired booth, Elias cleared his throat.

"This is not part of their punishment, but they wanted to apologize to you kärlek."

Ling stepped forward first, "Miss Nova, I am so sorry for fighting in front of you as well as scaring you. It was never my intention to do that to you. I hope you can forgive me."

Immediately after Kai spoke up, "I would like to apologize myself. I should have put a stop to the fight instead of reciprocating it, I am terribly sorry. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me as well."

In this moment everyone there knew that they had to protect her no matter what, because she looked at the two, gave them the most beautiful smile, all while telling them it was okay and that she forgave them. Then she turned to the man, who made her heart go crazy and asked him not to punish them at all.

The whole place went silent and their breathes were held.

What they witnessed after melted their hearts and also sent them into a mental frenzy.

They watched as their King sat down next to her, gave her a kiss on the cheek and smiled softly saying, "Anything for you, my kärlek."