◇EDMUND POV◇
Edmund Silas Winchester, the name known for ruthlessness, and it's me, the terror of wild beast empire, there is no single person who doesn't fears to me.
I have everything, there is nothing I couldn't get, among three empires I'm known for my powers and strange names people have given to me.
Neither I'm bothered nor worried about what people think of me, when we have our own set of rules to enjoy this life, it doesn't matter what people are up to!
People thinks I'm the most happiest person because I have a handsome figure which no man has, the woman begs me to have them while kneeling in front me, sleeping with me for at least once is the fantasy of every woman.
Throwing them after fulfilling my lustful desires is one of my hobby, just because I'm powerful and wealthy people respects me, but none of these gives' satisfaction to me.
When I'm the everything like people wanted to be, still there is something that annoys me, there is a person whom I hate most in this world.
It's none other than my father, whom I hate the most in the world. I don't give a shit about his worries. A man who can't control himself for a woman wants me to change my hobbies!!
Our dispute is not like other fathers and son who have misunderstandings or miscommunication, all we have is hatred filled hearts on each other.
I fought against this leopard just not because he challenged me, I fought to control my anger, I almost killed this scaredy fool out of rage, it's his problem who asked him to fight against!
Now the whole forest is echoed with my name, I hate when the opponent in front of me falls on his knees after defeat, just the way I love woman falls on their knees to beg me.
"Edmund Silas Winchester is the winner of tonight's ring match" these words gives more than enough satisfaction to others, but not to me.
Every clan in the empire wish to have a powerful prince like me, every leader of the clan dreams to have a son like me to hover the throne after them, but to my own father I'm nobody, he is disgusted to accept me as his son, like I'm begging him to accept, similar to the way he doesn't like me as a son even I don't like to accept that so-called heartless man as my father.
While I was lost in my own thought, I was brought back to my senses by a voice, "Ed, are you okay?"
It's Merlin, son of Archduke, the cousin of mine and my best friend, "tonight you're so fiercer than the other nights Ed" Jonas commented, he is the prince of nine-tailed fox clan .
I didn't answer to both of them, "is something bothering you?" I knew Merlin is worried about me, at least I have these two people by my side, who never breaks my trust or betray me.
If I have someone to call as mine wholeheartedly I would love to prefer these both, who never left my side at my worst, "I'm fine" I know it is a lie, but I said to stop them worrying about me.
"It's too bad, prince of white lion clan lying to his friends, so bad" this Jonas never changes, "stop pulling his leg, Jo" Merlin is really a savior unlike me and Jo, Merlin is kindhearted and calm person, so everyone respects him the most compared to us.
"I'm worried that one day you'll become the bride of Ed" Jonas teased, "there is no girl who escaped from the bed of Ed, in the same way, as everyone can see you both are worried about each other, so if there is no girl to the liking of Ed, then it'll be you who is the bride of Ed."
We burst into laughter after hearing to Jo, seriously this man never fails to annoy us, "why it must be me as a bride, why can't Ed be my bride?"
Is this question that necessary? He is not worried about marrying me but worried about being a bride, God! I hope this Merlin gets brain one day.
"Ed is known as the best ruthless and aggressive husband material, moreover everyone woman who slept with him said how wonderful he is in the bed, but it's you who is like a calm and obedient wife type, never slept with any girl, that's why you're perfect as a bride."
Jo is explaining it like a kid who learned new theory, I knew is he loves to invite troubles, "you bloody nine-tailed fox, come here today I'll shed your fun with my claws" Merlin started running behind Jo.
I simply sat on the ground leaning to the tree, "tell me what exactly bothering you?" I know Merlin will not leave me alone unless I answer him.
"You knew right no one or nothing can bother me, unless if it is my so-called father" I clenched my fist in anger.
"You never said us what exactly happened, even we never wants to irritate you, but day by day the relationship between you both are turning worst, so please tell at least now what exactly happened in the past?"
Jo was never curious to know about my past, not even Merlin either, all they do is supporting me though they never know who is at fault.
I thought about diverting the topic by asking Merlin, "when you're planning to come back to our school?"
"I'll come there starting from tomorrow if you can answer to the question asked by Jo" Merlin is stubborn today.
"Fine, I'll say" I gave up in front of their stubbornness.
"Like every family mine is also good until I was five, I knew my mother and father have conflicts, but they were never worst, though they fight but still at the end of the day they solved everything and been a happy couple.
I got the most beautiful family's love and affection from them, but a day when the former bird empire princess visited my home, everything changed in our lives.
Unlike other days mom and dad started fighting more worse, he even stopped coming to home at least once in a while, I heard maids gossiping that my father is being with the princess of bird empire by abandoning mom and me.
Day by day mom's mental condition reached out of hands, she started hallucinating more and used to beat me to get over the frustration over dad.
After few days dad returned home and convinced mom regarding something, fight stopped, I felt maybe mom and dad reconciled after talking to each other, but I understood that I'm wrong after witnessing the dead body of my mom.
She committed suicide, I didn't understand why she died when everything solved that's when I have known the truth that nothing was solved because my father wants to leave my mother just to marry the princess of bird empire.
He didn't even think for a second to abandon us for his favorite mistress, he costed my mother's life, even after that he didn't change, never cared about me not even once he thought about bothering whether his only son is alive or not.
I grew up as I wanted, now he is ashamed of me and disgusted to accept me as his son, a man like him, who is a murderer have the right to speak about my life, but I can't question him about his wrongdoings.
We are father and son according to the world, but he is a murderer according to me, whereas I'm a despising black mark according to him, the hatred between us raised already and still raising from time to time."
As soon as I completed talking, I glanced at them, Merlin caressed my shoulder, "past can't be changed Ed, at the same time we can't ask you to forget it because you're the one who experienced it, so all we can ask is, don't let that past ruin your present and future."
I hummed, "I heard the former princess of bird empire passed away, isn't it?" Jo questioned.
"Yeah, I heard too, but I feel that vicious woman who plans to steal other husbands deserve it" I replied with extreme hatred.
"From tomorrow I'm going to join you both in the same school" Merlin said with excitement, "I'm glad that you're coming back to us, we missed your presence around us." I said with happy tone.
"I don't know what impressed you most in that commoners school, it's not even as beautiful as our compound wall" Jo sighed.
"Come on dude, let it be, you know that I want some change that's why I've gone there now I'm going to come back" Merlin tried to convince Jo.
I'm just watching the way they're fighting like kids, nothing changed in between us since from childhood, I wish it'll continue like this forever.
Though I'm not lucky enough to receive family's affection and attention, still I have friends who never makes me to remember that I'm all alone in this vast world.
I don't know where my future leads to, but I know my present is more worst than my past, but this is the present life I've designed by my own, as I wanted to make my so-called father to suffer mentally.
Maybe a day comes he regrets everything, but it's too late for me to forgive him, I hate women as a woman destroyed my family I hate my father for giving chance to that woman to ruin our family.
I don't want a mate who makes me weak, and I don't want a family of my own either because I want to be alone as I belong to dark loneliness as a heartless prince.