Chapter 58: Chapter 58

The trumpet blew again signifying that the participants should be in the ballroom waiting for the king while my Lenora could barely move.

"Are you sure you can handle this?" I asked as she nodded her head slowly, I didn't want it to be like she was fighting for my love because she definitely isn't.  I don't deserve her at all and she's way better than me. It would have been by far better if I was the one fighting for her to be with me and seeing her this way only made me upset. I have never felt this way in my entire life.

On a normal day, whenever Adolph starts to be a bitch, I usually excuse myself from the house and leave for a far away land but this time is different.  I couldn't do that because it involved Lenora.

At first it was still cool about just having a battle since werewolves loved to fight and I could have maybe thought of a way out of this but now if Lenora quits she would be killed and I'd rather let the vultures feed on my flesh than to see Adolph pull out a strand of her hair.

"Let's go" Lenora walked up to me as she held my hands while looking me in the eyes. I had guilt immediately running through my veins forcing me to remove my eyes from her as it hurt to look at her.

As soon as we stepped outside the room, Diane came rushing towards us as she gave Lenora a bottle of syrup with a smile on her face and Without saying anything she walked away like she was scared of being caught by her master.

Lenora gave me a concerned look and I nodded my head in response, there possibly couldn't be any harm in the syrup and the only purpose could be for healing her or helping her in some sort of way.

After gulping down the bottle, we continued to walk to the room as the King's throne was already there waiting for us to arrive. I could feel the annoyance in his face as he hated to be kept waiting for long but I didn't care.

"Let's sit " I pointed towards the chair in front of us and Lenora sat but as I was about to sit the king had instantly raised his voice.

"Son, sit next to me and enjoy the show" he smiled and I tried to object.  I didn't want to leave Lenora all alone in her current condition but with the way his eyes pierced into my skin I had no other choice but to sit right next to him on the smaller throne. Fuck why can't I stand up against him!

"Now that everyone is here, shall we start?" He asked and the crowd all answered in unison as my eyes met with Tala's. She was throwing me some seductive glances that made me want to yank her eyeballs out of her eyes instantly but I had heaved deep breaths to calm my tensed self.

"Tala Hunter and Lenora Hunter approach the center of the room" The King's guard announced as Tala stood up energetically while Lenora stood up afterwards.

I could sense she was a little bit better than before but it didn't cover the fact that she was still weak.

I heard a deep chuckle beside me and turned my head to look at my father who had a mischievous smile on his face as he seemed to be enjoying the sight before him. It seemed like he knew they were both sisters and was doing this on purpose.

What kind of psychopath would enjoy watching two women forcefully fight for their lives. I definitely won't let him get away with this once I become a king.

I watched as Tala striked the first blow and Lenora dodged it. I heaved a sigh of relief in hopes of her continuing that way so she doesn't give up easily but then I guess I must have spoken too soon as the next blow hit Lenora really hard causing her to crash on the floor.

She laid on the floor without getting up and I feared that something bad must have happened to her and immediately rushed towards the battle ground.

I could hear my father calling me but I had ignored, I knew I would definitely be punished for what I had just done but then again his punishment can wait. The most important person to me was my Lenora right now.

"Lenora are you okay?" I asked as I gently carried her off the ground. Her eyes tried to open immediately and shut back and it seemed like she was fighting to open her eyes.

I hate myself the most for putting her in this position and I swear I won't rest till I kill whoever had caused her to be like this. She was all fine when we had breakfast yesterday but became worse after the breakfast as she slept for a lot of hours during the day time.

I would have asked her what she had consumed but I wouldn't do that just yet until the case with Adolph is settled and we're finally together. I don't know how it would be settled but I have hopes for it to be settled for the best soon.

"You're a Joker,  funny of you to think I would watch you mark a weakling like her while I was still alive" Adolph scoffed and I could feel that those words really got the best of me as I didn't realize when I raised my voice back at him.

"Didn't I tell you she was poisoned earlier on but you chose to continue with the fight " I yelled in pain as I carried Lenora in my arms to leave. I could feel Tala trying to come close to me but immediately threw her a threatening look that made her back off.

After carrying Lenora away from the battle ground and to my room. I placed her on the bed and gave her the prescribed medications Diane had left for her but staring at the medicines made me more upset as I had no idea whether they were working or not.

"Let her rest for a long while,  she'll be better soon" Diane's voice said from the door of my room and I ignored her without saying any word back to her hoping she would easily leave but she didn't walk away as I heard her footsteps coming closer to the door.

"The poisoning did a lot to her system and her transformation isn't helping either. But she'll be fine soon after a good rest" Diane said but my ears ached the more I heard her voice.

"Why don't you tell your husband to take a chill pill rather than coming here to talk to me" I harshly replied to her as the expression on her face fell.

"Look Ricky..."

"Alaric" she corrected herself after I threw her a dirty glance.

"I thought we were past this already and you would have forgiven me. You're the only child I have left and I didn't mean for any of those things to happen." She cried.

"Well of course I'm your only child left because you and your husband killed my brothers like they were cows." I spat at the disgusting memory of what had happened.

"I had nothing to do with it Alaric, don't you know how bad I feel for having to watch them die. My own children, Alaric..."

"You'll disturb her sleep please get out" I shunned her halfway through her speech as she closed her mouth shut and stared at me for some while before shamefully waking out of my room.

I chose to not believe she had nothing to do about the death of my brothers than to watch them die because she really could have stopped the king from killing her children, their children but she let him carry on until I was the only one left out of 4 children.

I was glad they never gave birth afterwards because it'll be a shame to bear children and take them out of this world some years afterwards because of little mistakes and for not being the perfect son.

My mind had drifted to a painful fact I would never admit as it felt like I was my mother in my current situation and Lenora was my brother. Watching them hurt due to Adolph's brutality and not doing anything about it.

I immediately shoved the thought away from my head as I was nowhere near my mother and will never be.

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LENORA'S POV

I woke up feeling a little bit better from the incident last evening as I went on burying my head in my palms whenever I remembered how Tala had quickly knocked me out without using her real powers which I don't have even though we were blood. Or at least blood by just blood with nothing else, no relationship between the two of us .

I turned to see Alaric sleeping beside me on the bed as he looked peaceful. I didn't want to disturb his sleep but the moment I stood up his eyes went flying open in the absence of my body beside him.

"You're awake" he said with excitement as he stood from the bed while I nodded in response.

"Great. How do you feel now?" He asked while I paused for a moment trying to examine myself and after a while I answered him.

"I'm feeling better today" I responded and a broad smile appeared on his face.

"Do you think you'll be able to fight this evening? The second battle is tonight " He said and the remainder of the battle tonight alone was to make me fall sick again, why did he have to remind me?

"It's so soon" were the only words I was able to respond with as I was so shocked.

"Unfortunately but on the bright side I have some more hours to teach you some skills and train you better" Alaric said while I sighed. I wish this would come to an end already as I didn't think my body could continue with it but I couldn't quit because I wouldn't just lose my chance to be happy but also my life. To think of it, what if Alaric was never meant to be mine and these are signs.

"I don't feel like it, Alaric " I said as I crashed back on the bed while staring at the ceiling and calculating the fate I had left.

I suddenly remembered the words my mother had said about being with me all through but I haven't seen her since the last day she came to apologise. Maybe she left already.

"I know it's hard Lenora but you've started and you need to continue,  you can do it, I believe in you."

"No you don't get it do you? I was knocked out with just a punch and barely have any chance of throwing a solid punch at Tala"

"I'm sick of all of these already and never planned for it. Yes I didn't want to lose you because I have finally started to accept the fact that you're mine and that fact has travelled deep in me but I can't continue with this anymore"

"Only if you had been honest with the king and not trying to lie that I was the strongest. Perhaps these wouldn't happen to me, yet here I am on a sick bed and you're telling me to come for training "

"I know I'm at fault, Lenora and I apologise but at this moment you have to continue,  you need to...."

"I don't need to fucking continue anything Alaric" i cut him off his last statement.

"Can't you see I'm tired already? And at this point I honestly don't think I care if you mark Tala. The fight was hopeless as she would end up winning anyway."

"Maybe the moon goddess had just naturally created me as the unfortunate one that will never be happy" I cried as I tried to wipe the tears off of my eyes

"Don't say that Lenora, I know everything happening to us is my fault but I promise to make it up to you as soon as we settle this matter" he assured but everything is just bullshit as nothing could possibly work out.

"Maybe we're better off apart, maybe i'm the bad luck for you and if this truly was meant to be then then it'll be but I don't need to endanger myself because of you, Alaric" I cried as he held my hands In between his but I was quick to jerk my hands away.

"Don't say that Lenora, I love you and we're meant to be because I can tell you love me just as much as I love you"

"I don't think I love you Alaric,  you've brought nothing but sadness to me" I spat as tears started to flow down my cheeks like a waterfall.