- I can not believe this is happening!, - The king roared at all his voice. The screams rang into the ears of the queen, of the prince Loras and princess Mary, and of all the lords in the throne room of the Moon Keep.
- Calm down Dany!, - the queen tried to calm him down touching him by his shoulders, - Getting mad solves nothing., - All the rest remained frozen in silence unconfident to speak to him.
- I got out to enjoy an evening, to clear my thoughts, to relax my mind!, - the king went on screaming, - I tried to be in my true nature, I got my teeth out and started to transform, but the happiness I was trying to enjoy turned into a nightmare! The pain I felt was terrible that touched the heart and the soul, it was to my bones, their crack! And than when it was finally over I started thinking about getting my human form back, and that pure pain felt even more intense! It felt like a distant memory came back to haunt my life!
- But I do not understand father, what did happen?, - Jacken seemed confused getting close to his father.
- The demonic queen of the vampires, Anabel Vampiryon, happened, - the king said and turned away.
- The Curse of the Moon, that's what is called my prince!, - one of the lords said, - The Great Witch of the High Hill can activate it, and he does it under the orders of the queen of the Vampire's Kingdom.
- And what does that exactly mean?, - he said.
- Loras, my love come with me!, - Mary took her husband by the arm and guided him aside, - I told you this would happen didn't I?
- But they talk of pain, I was a wolf just before and I felt none!, - Loras went on.
- Shh! Someone might hear you., - she whispered, - The witches made a spell on you to prevent the curse, did you forget?
- I did not! It's not something that can be easily forgotten., - Loras's face still turned pale at the memory of that night. He saw with his eyes the dark power of the witches.
- But be careful!, - his wife said, - no one must know, no one must see you transform anymore! Because they would ask for a spell to be made on them as well, but that can not happen. You saw with your eyes what happens during that dance.
- No one will know!
While the king was going on cursing queen Anabel, her family, her kingdom and her friend, The Great Witch. While the queen tried to calm him down, and was finally succeeding.
- And now? What do we do next?, - another lord asked, - They are prohibiting us to transform in our true nature, they are taking the happiness out of us for no reason all of a sudden! How will we deal with it?, - his anger and thag of the rest of the lords was clearly visible.
- First we have to try to negotiate with Anabel., - Daniel said a bit calmer now, - And if we do not reason with them, than with all of our forces we will tear their kingdom apart and burn it to the ground!, - still the voice of hate and anger was grunting out of him.
The throne room soon got empty, as all the lords left and inside remained just Josephine and Daniel. He sat on the ground exhausted from all the anger he unleashed until now, and lit up a cigarette to calm his nerves down cracking his neck bones.
- Why do you act like this Daniel?, - the queen sat beside him, like always trying to make him reason, hoping to change her husband's attitude.
- And how was I supposed to control myself Josie?, - he said with a voice that made the queen feel bad for his misery, - Despite everything I kept the peace, and do you see what does she do? You and Sebastian were always blaming me for hating their kind, what do you say now? Where is he anyways?
- I do not know, he is probably somewhere having fun. I am afraid he might transform too and feel the pain.
- I fear that too, but at least he will feel at his bones the poison of the queen he justified., - the king said, - I wish my mother was here too! To see who she has done peace with.
- But why?, - Josephine was asking confused, - Why would Anabel do it, why exactly now? If she wanted to hurt us she may as well have done it long ago.
- I ask myself that too!, - the king said, - Maybe after all those years, she reminded herself of it and decided to make me feel this pain.
- But the physical pain is not what gives all this sadness to your heart, is it?, - Josephine saw that her husband's pain was on his soul, - You could just avoid transforming, but that's not that, right?
- Memories!, - the king answered sadly, - They are torturing me! Suffering! That is all I feel right now! Memories of my brother..., - and it is there where his voice froze.
- All rotates again to your brother, after all those years!, - Josephine went on turning on the side, - How cruel can a person be to let this wound in his brother?
- Goodness and perfection were his cruelty. All of this reminds me of those years, of how I lost my brother, of the feelings I had afterwards and before that. And this curse came upon us when I was trying to get my revenge., - And he shut up for a moment, - That reminds me that I never got to pay my brother's debt. And knowing what would he have done for me, I blame myself for not being worthy of him.
- Stop blaming yourself for once and try to get better for your family Daniel!, - Josephine roared at him, - He was the worthy son of your mother too, but she understood that there was no one left to blame for his death. Try to make peace!
Daniel seemed to no longer have the energies to discuss, but the queen knew that in his mind, he still blamed himself and was full of hate.
While Loras and Mary went to their room.
- Did you see what happened?, - Mary said moving around, - I told you they were not keeping peace!
- Yes! You did!, - Loras answered, - And now what is next?
- We got to be ready for everything., - his wife told him, - The curse can not be placed upon you, and upon me too, but what first of all we have to do is keep it a secret. Than we got to be ready for everything, maybe to kill the mother of Kassandra and Jacken.
- But we can not do it to them! Mary do you hear yourself?
- I don't want it either., - she acted with him, - But we come first, me you and your brother! And your parents too.