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Chapter 10 - Prince Adonis Horwich

In a throne room of the palace of chamole where the King of Greylan ruled many men were shouting and discussing in the middle of this was the king himself, King Horwich the fifth. King Horwich was adorned in his grey robe with gold lacing, he wore a cape made out of a blood wolf's hide it's colour making it seem as though it was just dyed with blood with a crown made of precious materials he gave of an aura fit for a king. He listened to his ministers discuss and come up of ways to deal with the invasion of the Drakon empire. Some of his advisers warned him earlier on but like the majority of his people he thought with the amount of territory the Drakon empire had they would be content but he was wrong.

*Boom* suddenly the huge doors that made up the entrance to the throne room was pushed open which such force all the ministers and King collectively became quiet to see who dared to disturb their meeting. " FATHER!" a booming voice followed after and enlightened everyone to who had barged in, it was none other than the first born of the King, the crowned prince Adonis Horwich.

Adonis was a fit man with muscles of perfect proportion and a face that seemed to be carved by the gods themselves with raven black hair, it was no wonder all the court ladies seemed to be infatuated with him. He wore armour made of black still which hade been carved to reveal a wolf on his chest which was the symbol of the Greylan Kingdom behind him was his cloak which was made from a winter wolf's hide.

"What is this I hear of our borders being invaded by those lizards huh father , I say we march over and show them just how sharp the canines of a wolf are." The Prince barged in and spoke his mind giving no respect to the various ministers present " watch your tone with me boy! you have no idea of the rulings of a Kingdom all you think of is war alcohol and women do you know how many knights the enemy has..." the Prince interrupted his father and spoke up " it matters not how many knights those lizards have for a knight of our kingdom can fight twenty of theirs. " the Prince argued his point believing he was right " you said it yourself father the best defense is a strong offense!" " and I have told you countless times a wise king does not seek out war but is prepared for it! " The king spoke up determined to put some sense into his son's head.

"so you would rather wait for our enemies to invade and divide up our lands, father you have fallen you are no longer the brave and fearless wolf who inspired fear in our enemies but rather an old senile dog." gasps were heard from all the ministers present."ENOUGH!" the king in a fate of rage grabbed his spear Amaruq which had followed him through countless battles and slammed it's but into the ground which caused a Shockwave silencing all ministers who had begun to murmur,even sending some to the ground and sending the Prince two steps back " have you forgotten who it is you are speaking to boy? leave and do not return here for the remainder for the day!" the king spoke and no one dared to go against him it was then they remembered this king was a blood thirsty wolf himself who ascended the throne by stepping over countless bodies.

Prince Adonis dared not go against his father and left in a huff, in his absence the conversations continued. Outside the throne room Adonis was angry as he could not understand why his father did not agree with him he did not believe for a second that the mighty wolves of Greylan would loose to a bunch of lizards pretending to be Dragons. " I take it I was right and father refused your request." a voice sounded from behind a pillar. A youth in armor similar to Adonis appeared his cloak made from the hide of a snow wolf he had a handsome face as well with a stubble under his chin his long raven black hair reaching his shoulder his face and appearance giving him an innocent and trustworthy look.

" Brother, you were right father dose not see what I do." Adonis spoke to the man who was none other than his brother Anwir " I told you father has long since forgotten the battlefield and is content with his throne but then again he is king and maybe sees something we don't. " Anwir came to his brother who was still upset his father did not pay heed to his suggestion. " I stand by word and say father is wrong and he will realise that too late." Adonis spoke as they reached a balcony, " well even if what you say is true brother you need an army and shame there is nothing you can do about that " Anwir spoke looking somewhere. Adonis followed his eyes and saw his Legion training below and an idea popped in his head" maybe there is. " he took another look at them and left Anwir watched him leave and shouted " don't do anything stupid " with a look showing concern but just as Adonis took a corner and dissappeared his face gained an evil smirk.