Gloria Regali || Larry Stylinson

Chapter Eight: Psalms

TAG WARNING: DETAILS OF A PANIC ATTACK.

The path which led to the castle was flanked with dark purple flags. The knights who were holding the flags hurried into the large canvas of the wooden doors. The clouds above their heads were uncharacteristically seeming to burst, as the sun was still breathing the clouds away to showcase its brilliance.

Louis was not pleased with the turn of events by even a notch. He was furious, seething and comfortably annoyed.

Why was Liam such a bleeding heart?

Aurelius was passing through Alareign the night before and had asked for shelter in the middle of the fucking night at god knows what hour. Louis always remembered the wrongs done to him and always exacted his vengeance which was why the messenger did not come to the Queen. He went after the chief advisor. And as it was established, Liam allowed it. Without his permission, of course.

Louis was definitively not pleased.

Turning his gaze away from the entourage, he frowned in Liam's direction, "You are such an idiot."

"Whatever happened on the field, happened to me, Louis," Liam counteracted and was going to add more sentences when Zayn completed for him.

"So is it not obvious that if I have forgiven them it is enough?" Zayn suggested in a very poor depiction of Liam's voice who just stared at him in retaliation.

"If you were king and I would usurp your throne, you would still forgive me," Louis declared with no hint of sarcasm to which everyone around him nodded in assent.

"Louis, we need to maintain good relationships with fellow rulers regardless," Harvey advised him, subtly siding with the Chief Advisor.

"If I really gave a fuck about people's opinions, I would have married Nick or you or him," he pointed at Harvey nonchalantly. "but thank god I do not."

Everyone glared at Louis, unimpressed with his opinions thoroughly but the Omega was unbothered, as Nick voiced out, "You express your affection in such vague concepts."

"Who said it was affection?" Louis darted, sarcasm evident in his voice, "I genuinely hate the three of you."

"Now let's go welcome our so-called guest," Louis muttered with the enthusiasm which rivalled that of the sun on a solar eclipse.

As soon as Louis moved a few steps forward, Michael's gaze shifted to the Alphas, "Which one of you thought it was a great idea to not tell him?"

The three of them looked at one another uncomfortably and Nick sighed, "Why can't he just be normal like other Omegas?"

Zayn gave him a very death threatening glare, whereas Timotee paused while raising his eyebrows and Michael spoke up, "Because then you'd be King, right? And how could we let that happen?"

"Dick," Timotee commented and sauntered away with the other two Omegas.

After they left, Nick looked at the two of them, "What did I do?"

Liam and Harvey shook their heads derisively and beckoned the Alpha to move downstairs.

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Thankfully, Aurelius had decided to stay only for two nights because if he would have over-extended his stay, Louis might've accidentally killed him. And now he just had another one day to avoid him. The Omega had skillfully steered clear from the Alpha for the sole reason of not annoying himself more than he was already by the infallibly appropriate suggestions of his ministers.