There weren't any servant in my chamber, mother chased them away when we got into the room. I thought it was normal for a mother to take care of their children.
But I find it odd after a visit to a cousin, his mother didn't do anything like my mother did. He was bathed, clothes and fed by the servant because he is the son of the house. They are hired for the job.
Mother said, I am special and a special being like me don't need many people in my line of line. She raises me to be independent.
Making sure I was allright, she left me alone as usual to take care of something she said.
"what is the meaning of this Thalia?!" the King shouted as soon as she entered the chamber. Quickly, she grabbed Lukas far from the door because there were people guarding the front door.
"shh" she put her finger on his husband lips.
"people might hear you"
"I'll kill them if they touch you" Lukas hugged his wife passionately. Wouldn't let go of her as her scents calming his inner thoughts.
What would he do if Thalia blamed him if his son died? If he didn't made a mistake last night Eliot wouldn't run away after witnessing the thing he did with one of her wife attendant.
He wouldn't left his son handle the pain on his own so he can settle things with the corpse to make sure there is evidences of the crown prince next to dead guard.
Luckily it was raining yesterday and his son's footprint vanished. It's partially my fault, the thing attacked the guard he counter control it, his son's injury was due to his stubbornness and palying after curfew.
"I'm sorry. I let you down" Lukas is sure Eliot won't understand what he did yesterday. So he won't Thalia any of it.
"what of it honey?" patting the back of his head, Thalia soft voice brings anxious to his heart.
"I couldn't protect our son, but that thing what are you going to do about it?" he tried to put the guilt on Thalia since she's the owner of that being.
"Lukas"
"It put a hole on my son! One tiny movement it could be his heart" Thalia Flinced she refused to look at her husband and sighed.
"I don't know" she go away from him and sit on the couch.
"My boy, he won't be one of them? Will he Darling?" Lukas kneeled under her knees, finding a way to get his wife attention but Thalia close her eyes instead.
"I won't know until he is twelve. Normally, a beast berserk around the age of 10, juding from his size he is smaller compare to other beast in his age,"
"then" His brows twitched waiting for her next explanation.
"He probably won't inherit my beast ability, he will probably just an ordinary boy" it was a great news, somehow Lukas showed a disappointment maybe because it was the result he wanted from this marriage.
"is that so?" Thalia nodded.
"the thing, the weird thing that follos you around if he's ordinary he isn't born with it? Then why would it attacked him?" Lukas thinks Thalia is lying to him since she hated the idea of making Eliot the first line to the succession.
"Lukas, are you doutbing me dear?"
Dark aura leaking out of her body as she got up. This sight of her made him trembled, if she had not marry Lukas, she is the owner of the beast Palace after her father which made the throne vacant after she left.
To be the next owner of such palace lead to the meaning, she is the strongest after her father, and a normal human such as him taming her is a success, but Lukas could not control her entirely.
It was possible Thalia was lying to make her fisrtborn as the heir to the Beast Palace because it was rumored a half born of beast is fae more stronger compare to a pure blood beast.
She married Lukas to prove that and now this man has the audacity to question her?
"That thing came from my mother's bloodline. She was a witch. A demon of that realm are aftering those who had her blood, they didn't came to him until now so I assume he is ordinary,"
"Those demons won't crawl into human realm, the follows those who had a spilled blood. If you hadn't hunt me down Lukas, we won't be in this situation where thousands of that demon taunting this palace!"
"how did he get hurt?" Thalia lowered her voice. She is disappointed of her man that is clueless to his surrounding. Why did she marry him in the first place?
I should have just kill him so Marcus can be the King!
She had no expression while saying that out loud in her mind while unzziping her gown. Lukas is still on the floor like a kid scolded by his mother.
"I don't know" He had no idea how his son get into trouble with that demon. He only saw that demon silhouettes on the wall in his wife mansion, but now that thing started to walk around? What's the point in building a second house?
"Expected answer" She chuckled.
"what did you do last night that you don't even noticed our son was in trouble? Did you have fun without me?" His eyes shaken now that Thalia touched his chin and raised his head to see his reaction. She smirked and let him go.
"You must be tired. I understand your neglect but You will regret it if you didn't fix that behaviour"
It seems Eliot didn't understand it at all and didn't tell his mother about it Lukas left in relief.
"How is it going my love? Did it go well with the Beast King?" Lukas don't want to talk about it again afraid his mistake would be bring on the table.
Thalia smirked and smiled as she sit on Lukas laps and lay her head onto her husband shoulder.
"It it didn't work, my head will be on the ceiling of my father's palace and I won't be here right now"
Beast people are people, they lived like human does. The difference they made was that they lived in nature. Becoming one of the nature, they aren't human thoroighly and not animals either.
From time to time they shifted back into animals or human as they wishes. None knows how it went when they began to berserk and tranform into a beast that conquer whatever in its paths.
One of its kin is needed to rule what she or he wants and it will be over. Maybe it was a mistake Lukas wanted Thalia to be his while he is a coward man.
Never did he know, Thalia is too much for him to handle. The fact the his son will be like his mother he is afraid of him, even it's not for the crown prince's eyes, Lukas wouldn't dare to look at his own son.
Terrified to be murder by Eliot just like how he do to his own father to get to the throne, He is petrified. However it is, he must do something to control both beast in his Palace.
'I hope my son isn't a beast, I hope He is normal'
That's what he hope. However, his mission to have stronger generation will be forgotten if he is afraid of his own copy.
It was a mistake he sent the crown Prince away that night, he did his best to correct himself by making the incident as a traggic.
There was a reason to her absence for those two weeks. Only those closes to the queen notified to where she might be.
No guards, she was all alone coming to meet her father which is forbidden for human species. Her desire was no other than.
"Alliance?" There were veins on the man hearing a nonsense out of his beloved daughter's mouth.
She was a disappointment to him after she left him for a mortal and now she wanted his father, the Beast People to befriends their enemy?
The human heads which were intact in flesh when they were tied up as throphies during the war with human, which had dried up leavinv only skulls and spiderweb on it.
The Beast King saught for peace, he knew trouble is near when her daughter came to him saying she's was pregnant with a human child.
"Do you wish to see me dead?"
"Your absence is poking a hole within Beast people when you choose over the thing that massacre your kin for generations, now you want us to bow our heads under those fragile and ignorant people!?" the Beast King couldn't help but to accept the change in Thalia.
Was it because she was raised by humans in early before they found out who she is? The way she turn her back to her first parent's side saying so much she is on their side.
She is too much like her mother. Only if I have found out about her birth sooner, she won't have that mercy. He too let his guard down meeting Thalia's mother and that love story was something he wish to forget.
"You will be dead to me if you drive me away tonight father." Stunned to speak he got up. The child that was crawling to him asking to be kill years ago, now wishing to let go of him the one who feed her stomach with plenty of food to make her look alive without knowing she was his own daughter.
" how could you, do this to me"
"I was- dying when your mother left me, how did you resemble her too much that you didn't even saw her,"
There was agony in his voice, they were trembling because her father refuse to cry in front of his daughter. He stare blankly at the sky afraid Thalia would see his face.
" Father, You know why I did this" She felt guilty and approaches the beast king.
"Neglecting your position as the ruler, this land needs a replacement, give me your child then this will be the last time agree to whatever you say" The beast King raisee his voice to justify what he said.
He can just give his position to relatives, there are sons of his older brothers who can continue his position as the owner after him.
Was it just his sulk and stubborness that he ask of that from Thalia? He is angry she left this land after efforts he made to make her the successor.
"Are you angry? My cousins can lead this land or is this one of the way to show your childish side? Keeping my son here is the first thing I am hoping for"
She was finding ways to take Eliot into the land of beast even during his first birthday. She hope her father would accept her half breed.
The crown prince wpild be safe under the Beast King. So why is her father seems to hate the idea? He face showing disagreement.
"I don't want him."
"He isn't worth it." she flushed hearing that insult. But she needs to hear his explanation that she clenched her knuckle staying calm.
"He may be a half breed. But his has many blood in his veins.
Your son may be the crown prince, but he is claimable. Do think the seat I am sitting right now can hold him down?"
"I don't understand"
"Something has claimed him Thalia, your man may named him his heir, but mark my word- your firstborn won't ever sit on the Wisteria throne"
The Beast King isn't someone to leave people behind. He is willimg to do anything for his kin survival. Even the way he accepted his sife despite he was supposed to kill her.
He sticked to her until the end though she isn't one of the beast people, and Thalia too isn't a pure blood and he still wanted her to take the reign. The way her father rejecting Eliot must have a meaning.
"That child stays with me" There was an egg reside in a craddle that only few people knows about. The thing she hid in secret because he deliver it in a strange way human wouldn't understand.
"whatever the gender, it will pay the price of your offer" She almost laughed. As if she wanted to land to begin with should she leave and forteit from from her mission?
"as you wish" that day both swore to protect each other from harming each other, protecting one another whoever is in trouble.
Until the moment Eliot said she is not in one of few dreams he had, it breaks her heart.