Fated Enemies

Chapter 42 - Lucius Unravelled

"Do you thought you could get rid of me that easily, but I have a question, how did you manage to poison me knowing you would die?" Asked Lucius, tilting his head to one side, looking like a predator ready to jump into his prey.

"Flavius found a way to free me from that curse, and he anchored everyone else to me," Morgaine explained, slowly as if she was on autopilot and didn't have the chance to process everything that was happening.

"You could have succeeded, but you didn't! I came to take home my servants and my warriors, if you want to keep this war of yours, you can do it, but not with my people!" Argued Lucius in an authoritative voice.

"You can talk to them, but they will not choose you! They despise you! You're a monster, torture and fear aren't quite the motivators!" Morgaine replied, with a half-smile creeping up to her lips.

"I will talk to my men, everyone is on this side of the can't, right?

"Yes, they are." Answered Morgaine visibly shaken by the turn of events.

Lucius turned around and left the tent, he inspired the air, ready to talk, "Warriors! Hunters! Servants! Heed my call, I, your master have come to take you home!" He shouted at the air, quickly the vampires gathered with surprise and fearful expressions on their face, he smiled and let them watch him for a bit, "My wife Morgaine Vladi as committed a treasonous act, and tried to kill me, she told me that you're now anchored to her life force, but she isn't the one who made you, she can't feel the bond of Creation like I can, she didn't inform you of the changes that would employ. As she isn't any longer tethered to a born vampire, she hasn't the ability to create new vampires or to maintain the ones she has anchored to her," some people huffed, some shouted or whistled, but that didn't distract Lucius, "she will begin to lose her life force and start to grow old, as are any who are under heir reign, it will reach a moment that anyone of you will die of old age! But I came at the right time, I can undo that and prevent the loss of life that this war will bring! Now it's on your hands, to choose, you know me, but you also know her!"

Morgaine changed a look with Flavius and whispered to his ear, "when would you tell me that I would grow old and die like a filthy human?"

"It was the only way you would get what you wanted, I never thought you minded this much!" Famous replied in a whisper, not caring with the angry face that Morgaine had.

"If you want to come back to my grace, I'll forgive every wrongdoing that led you here, I can give you a day, to decide, the gates of Zulcan will be open to receive any of you who want to come back to me, at the middle sun of tomorrow, this offer will be rescinded and I'll have no mercy!" Lucius finished, then turned around, to face Morgaine, who was still looking angrily at Flavius. "You didn't know, that you would grow old and die? You should have never trusted Flavius, I've told this countless times! He only cares about himself!"

"And you are any different?" Snapped Morgaine.

"Oh yes, my dear, I'm certainly different than that worm! He only cares to amass power, I can rule with an iron fist but there isn't a single basic need that has been missing, in the entire kingdom! And I never tricked anyone, not even you! Didn't I gave you eternal life and youth, didn't I gave you riches beyond parallel, and what have I asked of you? Devotion, loyalty, and obedience, and you've said yes! A promise from a born vampire is forever! You now chose to break your word, to betray me, so I've not obliged anymore to my promise, and I'll show you no mercy if you ever want to come to me again, you can come, but the deal will not be the same!"

"I'll rather die than to be by your side ever again!" Morgan stated her fists closed in anger.

"Be as you wish, I think now we will leave! Queen Alexa, do you have anything else to discuss?"

"No, I don't, and I'll not accept surrender, I also have a message to be relayed to the werewolves," she spoke, her tone becomes higher in the last words, so the vampires and some of Rufus guards could hear, "Any wolf who is done with the cruelty and savagery that has been treated by Alpha Rufus, will find sanctuary in the Royal Pack of Zulcan, we care for each other and help each other grow, wolves are treated as nobles in Zulcan, I have offered this to two former members of this pack and not only they are doing anything to help us, they confessed their love to each other without ever feeling afraid of being caught. If you don't believe me, you can confirm that the two riders of my group are Patricia and Schirouca! I don't own anyone and no one is treated as such! The same offer that Lucius made for the vampires I'll do for the werewolves, my gates are open, until the middle sun tomorrow!"

Now was time for Rufus to be raging, he tried to launch himself to Alexa, who growled at him, warning him he wouldn't want that, as the swords of Michel and Sam pointed in his direction, Flavius hold him back, he whispered something in his hear that left Alexa suspicious, but she didn't show it, she turned her back and walked towards her horse.

She mounted, just as the other did, and left to meet the main group. She felt an arrow cross close to her head, shouted a warning, but it was too late, she saw one of the horse riders fell, screams where shouted, weapons were drawn, others picked the fallen rider and the retreated to Zulcan, hearing the stomp of armored feet getting in pursue.