PYRO'S POV"Kill me, King Fire."I moved closer to him and tapped his back. "I will think about that.""You can really kill me?" A chuckle of Colden came on in his mouth. I sighed in relief when I recognized that the calmness was now written on his face. "If your pack vanishes. What is the purpose of being an Alpha King of Ice if you don't have people?" I tapped his shoulder again, three times, soothing him. "You still have a pack to protect. Don't think of killing yourself. Learn how to control it instead.""I will." He smiled at me and wrapped his hands in my arms. If there was someone that I wanted to touch me, it was Colden. I had no idea why my heart was close to him. I smiled a bit and messed his hair. "We are going home.""Yup, Big Brother."We walked out of the room. We both stopped when we arrived at the door, Raiden was there. Looking at us with his serious face. He tilted his head and observed Colden. "What did you do?"Colden was about to open his mouth when I spoke. "No
PYRO'S POV"Thirty slashes." King Oswald ordered. "Oh, no! No way!" Zephyrus stomped his feet on the ground. "Forty slashes." Our father's echoed in my ears. That was hurtful, I was sure of that. Oh!" They all groaned in annoyance. "Fifty slashes." King Oswald turned his back at us while shaking his head. We closed our mouths. That was flesh ripping. "Nice one, Zephyrus." Hali looked at him badly. "Finally, we will have fifty sla—""Excluding Raiden." Father said. "For now, sleep. When the sun completely rises, you will be in the courtroom." He looked at us, one by one. "Going to a nightclub, really?" His corner lip went up. "Be ready for your punishment." He paused. "By the way, good morning." Note the sarcasm in his voice. We watched him walking away until his figure could not see anymore. What kind of policy is that? Raiden was excluded? Seriously?"Wow! Raiden will not have the punishment? Really wow!" Zephyrus was looking at him with a giggling expression. "You report us?
FIRA'S POVI moved back and back. I had no idea what was supposed to be the proper reaction to what he was doing, but I could not deny the feeling of fright crawling all over me. I could see the dark expression in his eyes as if he had an eagerness to touch me or do something bad to me. Eira said that I should not trust the kings. I must not talk to him as if we were friends. Moving away from them was the only choice we had because they were all monsters. Their powers were making them beast. Whatever they desired, they would do that even though you were weak and had no choice to stop them, to refuse. Even if you said 'no' they would get what they wanted. King Fire was not an exemption. This time, I believed Eira. Pyro's eyes told me that he wanted me. "No, please." I managed to say those lines to know if there was a possibility to escape from his wants. That was true that King Fire's feature was captivating the hearts of every woman who looked at him. He was adonis-personified, bu
FIRA'S POVBecause I am Fira? What kind of answer is that? He left me hanging, finding the answer to his lines. We were just talking about calling him by his name and it went deeper than I ever expected. That was just a name! Crappy. Nothing more, but it gave me a headache thinking about the hidden meaning in his words. Crap! I should not think about that. I had lots of things to do for today. Saza gave me a mind blowing task that was why I woke up early. I needed to prepare breakfast for the whole mining worker. I sighed in frustration when my father came into my mind. I still have not gotten any news about him. He was not yet home. I was hoping that he was fine and just drowning himself in work. I wondered what his struggle was when mom died. I would find out since I was going to the mining area to give them food. I hoped my father was there. Cass helped me to grab a cart and put their breakfast. The coffee was sealed carefully. When we were done preparing, we immediately walke
FIRA'S POV"Here is your breakfast!" A wide smile was on my face when we arrived at the mining area. As usual, the miners were busy and working early this morning. I looked around while giving them a cup of coffee. "Hello. Do you know where my father is?" I asked one of them when I handed him a coffee. "What's your father's name?" "Eyrom. Is he here? Maybe he is in the cave?" I was about to walk, but he grabbed my arms. "He has not been in the area since your mother died." He gulped a coffee. "I thought he was still recovering from the pain?"My lips parted, looking at him with confusion. He was not coming home for about a week. Last time, we talked. He just gave me bread and told a story about my mother and him. I could still remember his sad smile. I knew he had a problem, but I was just thinking that maybe he was just sad because he would not be with mom. "He did not go home for a week. Do you know where he went?" I could not hide the sad expression in my eyes. He pointed at
PYRO'S POVI was leaning on the door as my brothers: Hali and Colden, woke up Zephyrus. They were rocking his bed like an earthquake, like they always did when they were waking me up. "Wake up! We need to go to the courtroom! Father is waiting for us! Didn't you know that?" Hali was annoyed, he was shaking Zephyrus' shoulder and tapping his face. "Do you want ten more slashes?" Colden was concerned, too. We needed to go to the courtroom before 10 AM, that would be difficult for us, we were getting whipped, fifty slashes. Probably painful. "Oh, come on!" Hali jumped on the bed and fell on Zephyrus' body, but it did not work. He was snoring like a sleeping beauty. "Get some water and throw it to him." I said it comfortably. My back was still on the wall, my feet were crossed and my arms were folded. "Good idea." Colden clapped with a smile on his lips. He immediately moved, causing the bed to dip. Then, he ran to the doors. "Guards, get us water. Please!" His voice was soft and ca
PYRO'S POV"Sorry." Zephyrus gestured like zipping her mouth. King Arealdo looked at me in an intense way. "You disappoint me, King Fire." "How about King Lightning, Father? He was there, too. Why is he not going to take the punishment?" Hali talked in a boastful tone. He really disrespected everyone, our father was not an exemption. "I gave him a task." King Arealdo said shortly. "Why did you give me the task, too, father? So that I have a reason to go to the city?" Zephyrus' unclosed mouth talked again. "I promise I will do my—""Let's start whipping!" Father ordered. "Oh, no! This must be the worst nightmare of my life!" Zephyrus acted like a child who was covering his mouth while his eyes were widening. Well, he is the younger among us and we are forcing ourselves to accept his kiddo attitude, sometimes funny, sometimes annoying. I walked lazily to the table and grabbed my clothes out. I threw it on one of the guards. Then, I laid my frontal to the table, the back was expose
FIRA'S POV"Who told you to speak with another guy when my symbol is on you?"The stretch of my lips faded. I studied his expression, there was nothing on it, but the tone of his voice was irritating. "Sorry." I hid my pulse on my back. Since the symbol was on me, I always had a white scarf to my wrist, covering it. Fortunately, my sister did not see it. "I told you to go to my room after your duty, didn't I?" I heard the annoyance in his voice. "Sorry, Pyro, I came from—""King Fire. We are outside, Fira." He crossed his arms on his chest. "Follow me."He turned his back to me. I was shocked when I saw the blood on his garment. It was red, but it became maroon due to bleeding. I knew that it was blood because the color was different. I ran beside him and walked, labeled with him. "King Fire, what happened to your back? Oh, crap! You need serious medical attention. Do I need to call King Are—"His eyes glared at me. He also stopped from walking. "That's why I need you! I don't nee