TAKEN

23.

Trial.

"Speak, you can't have your tongue caught now can you." Ramar taunted as he looked at the Lycan who was panting like a dog in heat, he knew what he wanted to say but it was better that one of the whores at the mercy of the demon king speak, from him it would be a conspiracy. "What is it, Jon?" Alquin growled as the scent of blood permeated the air.

"I was attacked my lord, more so threatened by someone in the castle not to speak of this, but please grant me your protection first before I speak." Jon urged pleading with the king because he knew what he was about to say would very well lead to the end of his life. "Granted, now speak because you're ruining a perfectly good evening for me." Alquin demanded as he looked at the man in front of him with frightened eyes. "My lord, Saytor, and Marcos are having an affair behind your back, Marcos has conceived, hidden the child by spell and it is not yours." Jon mumbled looking at the floor than the king.

Alquin roared with laughter as Jon had finished. "I knew you were desperate for my attention Jon, but these lengths are extreme." Alquin burst out laughing again. "My lord I tell the truth, I saw them, when I was on my way to tell you, I was intercepted by someone in the shadows they threatened me not to speak, please my lord, believe me, you can search my mind for the truth." Jon begged as Alquin calmed, the demon looked at the witch king who had remained stoic and knew something wasn't right.

Immediately Alquin had his hands wrapped around Jon's head. "Forbidden Circle: Psychic Division." He mumbled and it all unraveled to him, he saw what Jon had seen, he saw the baby bump, he saw the kisses, he saw his matriarch in the arms of his general. "No!" Alquin screamed and for the second time, the castle chandelier and anything glass burst into specks of little glass because of his anger. "You might want to hurry, your matriarch is trying to get out of the castle along with his followers." Ramar warned and it brought Alquin's mind to heal.

"You knew about this, why didn't you tell me?" He demanded and the witch king scoffed. "Would you have believed me, I could sense the child a mile away, powerful creature, something is going on in your home and outside Alquin, I suspected a lot, so I blocked any access to the outside world, your husbands and advisors can't leave, except the demon Malia, her mate nullifies my barrier magic, therefore, she can too temporarily, it was never my forte." The witch mused himself as Alquin growled.

"Guards bring me Saytor, find your king and the rest of his traitorous followers!" The demon yelled but Ramar flicked his fingers teleporting them to the exact location of where Marcos, Villa, and Saytor were. "You, I will have your head!" The demon king yelled as he lashed out with red claws to capture Saytor, they stood outside the door so when the claws tried to pass the entryway they vanished. "Impressive vampire." Ramar mumbled looking at Villa, the vampire smiled looking at the king.

"Whatever it is you want Alquin or whatever you think we did, don't use anger as a tool to avenge any of it." Marcos argued looking at the demon king, he knew Alquin in his rage would kill any who he felt had betrayed him. "I want his head on a pike!" Alquin yelled as Villa stood amused by the demon's rage. "Have I committed a crime worth death, have I committed a crime that would condemn me to any fate without trial?" Saytor argued and the witch laughed. "Please general, you know you're just stalling, sleeping with the king's mate is an offense worth treason." Ramar argued as Malia entered the room.

"Isn't sleeping with your enemy somehow a betrayal too?" She questioned and the four who were being attacked smirked. "So you know, it seems I was right Alquin, there has been more going on in this castle than we thought." The witch king pointed out to a furious Alquin, the walls began to shake, the temperature began to rise around the room and outside. "My lord." Jon pleaded as he and Tristan arrived at the scene. "The concubines, cute." The witch king commented with a chuckle but the two could only glare at him.