Raphael
After my dinner with the oracle and my father I headed straight to my side of the castle; north wing. My office was still being redecorated after my out burst and in order to avoid another one of those I need that girl here. I saw her clear as day, she absolutely gorgeous. Her grey eyes her silky pink lips, the carves of her perfect face. The way she lights up the room with just her smile she's amazing, and am already in love.
" Ah... Raph?" Brandon's voice broke through my concentration. Subconsciously I ended up in his room." We are leaving in two hours," I said to him without trying to give off too much information." Where are we going?" Brandon asked picking up a towel to cover his naked bod. That's when I noticed that he was kinda busy with one of my girls.
" What are you doing?" I asked him instead of answering his question. He turned to look at Zara who's still very naked in his bed. She turned her gaze to her hands as guilt took over her lovely facial features.
" Oh.. ah... Look at the time. Two hours right? Yep, I must start packing," Brandon said scaring away to his closet. " If you move I'll reap your head off," I growled at him and he knew better than to move. " Zara!" I watched her intentively, watching as her body stiffened ready for me to command her. " Come," I said in a calm voice hiding my anger. She arose from the mess of sheets in her naked glory and made her way to me in a hesitate slow pace. When she was before me she dropped down to her knees slowly. I knew by this point my eyes were clowded by rage and she could feel it; it's way I didn't have to say anything to her for further action.
" Are you-," I took a deep breath trying to hide my rage for my voice was that of my lion." In love with him?" The question it self felt like acid on my tongue, my lion is possessive of her even though she isn't my mate; she mine. Unlike wolves and lycans we cannot get intimate with anything without creating a bond with the creature. On my hundredth birthday I'd chose five females that would satisfy my sexual needs, as tradition and instincts demand. These specific five aren't my mates but sex buddies. They like me aren't allowed to have sexual relations with anyone other than me, they are trained to satisfy only I . Zara is the first I picked and what she's just done here calls for death; my lion demands both of their blood. But I can't, because at some point I started to love Zara and there's no question here about how much I love my best friend. This is too painful for me. " Yes," she said her voice a mare whisper a human would have missed it, but my ears heard it like she was closer and used a magaphone to enhance her voice. My eye twitched. I closed my eyes desparatly trying to control myself. Safe way is to remove my bond but that's more painful for me than death. She betrayed me. I twiled my first in her silky hair only making her sobbing louder. I yanked her up to her feet, tilting her head so I'd get a clear view of her teary face. Letting out a loud roar, I tightened my grip on her hair. My hand by now was the only thing holding her up from collapsing to the ground.
" Please kill me! This isn't her fault!" I turned to my attention to Brandon who hadn't moved an inch, I roared at them both.
Kill. Them. Both. The pain is too much. I roar again fighting off my Lion. No we can't harm either of them, it's not worth it. My Lion growled at me in my mind, finding it hard to forgive. No this is death. Move am taking over. Fighting him off this time was hard, he was pulled so hard I felt myself losing.
My bones began to shift, my frame widened as my muscles in larged. The tux I had on was ripping as my height and everything about my human facade began to morph into the beast that lived inside me. All I saw was red as the fire in my chest continued to burn brighter. Zara was shacking, her sobs getting louder, knowing that she wasn't going to be spared. But a thought that went to the back of my mind when all this happened, resurfaced.
Mate.
And that was enough for me to drop everything and pop back to my human self.
Our mate. He purred losing his grip and rage. Get mate fast, or I'll kill them both. He warned sounding on edge again. We are going to be with her in a few hours, hold on to that promise, I replied feeling him return to the back of my mind. I chuckled.
I placed Zara on her feet. Untangling her hair from my grip I let her go and she collapsed on the floor. " You are lucky some things are more important than fuckery," I chuckled. Brandon's surprise made him turn to face us. My eyes fell on Zara at the expression on his face and saw I had pulled to much on her hair; that some strands fell out leaving her head hallway bare. Trincklets of blood cascaded down her face to her temple then to the valley in between her breasts. She was bleeding badly.
I frowned as I took in her appearance. " Zara you have betrayed me." I started calmly taking out a blade from my shraded jacket's hidden pocket. She gasped but stayed in her place as I approached her. Putting my hand up to stop Brandon's plea, I knelt down in front of her. Putting my index finger under her temple I lifted her gaze to mine. She was already healing and her hair was growing back replacing the strands I yanked out from the roots. Her heart speed up as I brought the blade closer to her belly and stabbed her. Her shoke brought a smile to my face as I withdraw the knife and plugged it into myself in the same place I did her. Neither of us could scream for our throats where clogged with excruciating pain; as the power of the blade separated us. It felt like voltage running through my blood at speeds you could not comprehend.
My Lion was taking over by now, and that only worsened the pain I was already feeling.
After what felt like hours strength was returned to me. I pulled out the blade as it turned from blood red to black before returning to a silver it once was. " Are you crazy you almost died," Brandon's annoying voice broke out the minute Zara and I stood. He was contemplating who to check up on between me and Zara. I waved him off and started making my way out.
" Thirty minutes," I said existing. The things I do for love, I thought as I entered my room across the hall from Brandon's. Malia, Cleopatra, Eva and Natasha were packing my bags when I got there. Malia and Cleopatra broke away from the other two and approached me. They started taking off my raggered clothes to prepare me for my bath. Eva and Natasha had been done by the time I was bare and they all followed suit.
" My king we are short of one," Malia started, only stating the obvious. The other three hummed in agreement with what she said as we made our way to the washroom in my room. It had a mini poll sized tib with a hot tub at the far right corner. The water was warm as I emersed my feet in it. I turned to face the girls and they came to a halt a few feet from where I was. Silence enveloped the room before I spoke.
" I unbound her from me," they gasped and that was all that was said that night.