BANG! KLANG! BAM!
Ahmar's aide stood outside the night realm, a training arena that the Queen especially built for Lord Ahmar since he was a vampire and couldn't step into the sunlight. It was said that the darkness inside the night realm was so intense that anyone other than a vampire stepping inside would be sucked right into it and would never find their way back to the realm outside.
" You know I am really scared of stepping inside," said the aide as he continued to hesitate on the threshold of the night realm. The guard next to the entrance of the night realm rolled his eyes and shrugged, " then you can wait here until night, Xander."
Xander's face turned unsightly as he glared at the guard. " Do you think I would be hesitating here if I could do that?" Then he once again looked at the dark entrance of the training arena and gulped as a loud bang echoed in the surrounding. " My lord hasn't eaten anything and has locked himself here, if he doesn't drink his Ambrosia, I am afraid that he is going to faint soon."
Ambrosia was the food specifically created for the vampires, the hunting of other innocent creatures was long banned by the founding emperor. Thus, vampires who could no longer prey on the weak had to come up with another food resource that would stop them from getting starved, it wasn't as good as drinking blood which was why many Vampire lords still illegally hunted many creatures to quench their thirst but Ahmar being the consort and the next in line of becoming the next King, had no choice but to rely on ambrosia.
" Then you go inside," said the guard looking irritated, it wasn't that he was trying to draw a line between him and Xander since the second consort has gotten into trouble, it was just that Xander has been grinding on his nerves. He arrived three hours ago and yet he was yet to take a step inside the night realm, even if he had limitless patience, the guard was sure it will be all used by Xander.
Xander opened his mouth to retort but then another bang echoed inside, this one was louder than the previous ones which scared Xander and he immediately squared his shoulders and rushed inside, only to see a carnage like he hasn't before. All the beasts that were created by the magical orb of the night realm were slaughtered like they were geese and chickens.
" What does she want from me?" muttered Ahmar, his red eyes glowing with murderous intent as he stabbed the corpse of the basilisk again and again. " What does she wants from me! Never looking at me, never —— and now she chased me away like this? How can she do that? If she wanted my heart she could have just taken it since I don't even need it but why… why did she have to touch those freaks in front of me!"
The last note of his shout quivered in the air ominously.
" My Lord?" Xander tentatively called out.
Ahmar who was busy making mincemeat out of the basilisk's corpse turned his head and looked at Xander who was standing behind him, seeing Ahmar's vicious expression, Xander stiffened.
' Eep! He knew it, he shouldn't have come at this moment!'
Though Xander was regretting the choices that he made, he was still Ahmar's aide and couldn't retreat, so, he slowly and carefully stepped forward and held out the flask of ambrosia in his hands towards Ahmar. " My lord, you haven't eaten anything this morning, and if you don't drink this —— then I am afraid that your body will not be able to take it."
Ahmar stared at the flask of ambrosia and then at Xander who was shivering before he parted his bloodless lips and asked, " Xander, was I wrong in doing what I did?"
Xander swallowed as he licked his lips. Ahhhh! This was the question that he feared answering the most! He closed his eyes hoping that if he didn't see his lord the latter won't be able to see him anymore. However, his hopes were doomed to fail as Ahmar once again called out, " Xander?"
" I … I think that your plan was obviously flawless, as beasts, it's in our instincts to claim our woman to ourselves but maybe you should have made a plan that didn't involve the Queen's death or getting close to that maid what was her name, yes Harley… since the Queen is the ruler of this realm, she has the right to take as many consorts as she wants but you on the other——" Xander opened one eye and peered at his lord's expression and sure enough his lord was looking even more murderous than before.
" So you are saying that I was wrong? I should have watched my female being groped and kissed by others just like that—— isn't it enough that I am tolerating those three beasts?" said Ahmar quietly a little too quietly.
Xander retreated quite a few steps as he waved his hands in panic. " Th…. That.. that .. this... I didn't say that my lord, I meant that the Queen is your wife, shouldn't you prioritise her survival, her comfort and her happiness over everything? Yet you fought fire with fire, you let that maid get close to you and you played to her tune, even promising her that you will make her the Queen of this realm…. Doing such a thing in jealousy…. Don't you think that's too much? I mean you could have always acted cute and shamelessly stuck yourself to her then doing what you did, since the Queen is more dominant than you maybe you should have lowered your head and coaxed her with a bit of love —— eep!"
Ahmar clutched the front of Xander's shirt and pulled him close until the latter was only an inch away from his face. " A dominant male will never beg or coax, she is mine and as my woman, she should have come to me! No matter what! She is my woman! And love? Do I even need that? Isn't she mine already?"
Then he pushed Xander away and strode out of the night realm. Xander watched his master leave and shook his head, his master was really too much, so what if he was a dominant alpha? The Queen was a dominant female too and he really couldn't imagine the Queen acting all coquettish. In fact, it was possible for his lord to do that but the Queen Nah—— if only his lord accepted that there was nothing wrong with playing coquetry, he wasn't going to chance to bang anything!
And what was more in a relationship love was the most important thing! Not that damn possessiveness!