Magnus strode down the hallway and when he got in front of the door to their chamber, Lyla opens the door and came out, all dressed up and looking beautiful.
She is not aware of Magnus standing behind her.
She turns to go but "Ahh!"
Magnus laughs cheekily at her and she place her hand on her chest, panting.
"You scared me" she said.
"No I didn't. You noticed me when I was about to walk off"
Lyla smile at his sentence he'll call a joke.
And then, her face becomes stern all of a sudden.
"Love, I want you to apologize to Mum and Dad" Magnus frowns at this but listens.
"I don't want to cause a separation between the three of you"
Magnus feels his wolf self rise to his throat, ready to just become a white muscular and furry wolf that he is and do whatever he wants with Lyla.
But he with holds it.
"I know you care about our relationship but they don't. So please Love, don't get into things that won't work out" he says and caresses her face gently.
He plays with the tip of her hair softly as he stared down at her eyes.
"What is your plan now?" Lyla ask.
Magnus read her thoughts staring at her, while she did the same.
"You want us to leave the Castle" she says and Magnus nods faintly.
Lyla's arm is round the arm of Magnus as they both walk to where he would make his announcement.
"But what of supplies? You know how the citizens are when they aren't much to eat and other provisions"
Magnus stared ahead and his chiseled end face spoke for him.
He will only take a few of them, Lyla reasoned.
She said nothing more and walked Majestically in her beautiful dress, beside Magnus.
"Welcome... ! King and Queen of Rokha!"
My heart beat right out of my chest as I walked with Magnus by my side. My arm is round his like as if we are a newly married couple.
The applauds stopped when Von waved his hand and Magnus spoke.
"It has come to my notice that even my parents hates my Queen!"
The whole place exploded with gasps. Everyone eyes are filled with horror because every Queen that has found hatred in front of the parents of the King has automatically lost her place in the Kingdom.
They like Lyla because she would send her own harvest from the time she came till now to the poor and they will eat, drink and be satisfied.
"And so I have decided to make a few families out of everyone here to follow me to somewhere we can all build our lives all over!"
All the people faces became pale because it is not all of them that will go to the land arranged for them by the King.
"We will take a thousand men!" Magnus say and everywhere is filled with audible sighs of relief.
Rokha isn't a big Kingdom. There should be three or six thousand people in it.
Magnus says this and turns to Von.
"Make sure the families are chosen properly. All should be the youths... " Von nods as he listens to what the King says.
"Why the youths only? What about... "
"I don't want my rule to kill elderly people. It's better we take people within our age range" Magnus Interrupts Lyla and she kept quiet.
Von eyes showed a glint of pity that the Queen's part isn't being heard.
Immediately, everybody started forming a tense atmosphere with all the here and there thingies.
Lyla and Magnus are very busy with the ordering of people everywhere and when Magnus was done with his own part he called unto Lyla.
"Can you be able to handle the other things?" he asks.
"Yes. I will try my best" Magnus nods
"I and the soldiers will go set the new land up" he says and Lyla nods and steps forward.
"Please be safe" she said and gave a soft peck on his cheek.
He nods with cold eyes and that same unpredictable expression and for once Lyla notices the change in his eyes. He went off with Von beside him.
The guards eyes Lyla with wide eyes and like they are married to her, they just felt the urge to go and touch her.
"Please make sure the people pack their things before midnight. If they need help, please render it to them" Lyla says softly and all the guards present bowed deeply before her.
"Vilva, please follow me"
The maids follow closely behind their Queen and Lyla leads them to her chamber.
They are inside now and Lyla close the door and face them.
"Tell me, do you know where we are going to?" she asks and they all shake their head with a disappointed look.
What is Magnus up to now? Why and where is he taking us to?
"Should we call his attention about your needs, My lady?"
"No. I am fine. Please help the citizens selected to pack quickly we have no much time left" I say and they all scurry off to their assigned duties.
The sun is completely down now and he is still not back home. Where did he go to and what does he have to say about this?
I lay on our bed with my thoughts spinning, my eyes wide open. To blink is a problem right now.
I stare at the long mirror I'm directly opposite and even in the darkness, I can still see the red thunder like lines in my eyes like I haven't slept for days.
The door finally creaks open and I immediately sit up and lit up the lamp.
Expecting to see Magnus, but who I see is his mother.
"Mo... Mother"
Her eyes are red with a certain kind of calmness in them.
"He's not here"
"That's right. Because he's out there cheating on you... "
She squints her eyes and maintain the eye contact.
"You never thought he'd sleep with someone who isn't ready to have a connection with him, did you now?"
Intercourse? Is that what she is talking about?
"Whatever is running in your mind is correct. Procreation is the real reason two people come together"
Wha-What does that mean?
He did say he had other mistresses.
Is... Is this true?