Aleksander sat at the edge of the bed,watching softly at the old soul laying weakly in front of him. Her soft and weak breath was the only thing he could hear in the room. Her eyes were closed and she was sleeping soundly just like any other day.
Her body condition was deteriorating rapidly,the sadness and eeriness in her heart was eating her silently.
As if laying here wasn't enough, the only expression he got from his beautiful mother every time she opened her eyes was a longing look and hopelessness.
He knows the reason.
But unable to solve the problem.
The longing she has for her mate who has turned crazy was like a poison to her.
He was neither alive nor dead, no rationality left in him and there was no more light in him.
His father, the late king was banished from his position and was held into the prison for so many decades by his own wife,the queen.
The once sweet, calm and loving husband and father to them suddenly went missing and was replaced by an unknown soul in him, as if he was possessed.
He went on a killing spree and sacrificed so many lives including his soldiers. He doesn't even recognise his own mate and son.
The queen lost it when he tried to kill the young prince and with a broken heart she ordered for him to be detained and stripped from his title for a while until he recovered.
But he remained the same,still lashing out and looking at people with grim and menacing expressions. His eyes have turned full black and his body proportion has become much bigger and taller than he used to.
This brings so much pain to the queen.
Aleksander was just a 13 years old boy when he ascended the throne in place of his father. The mind of a 13 years old boy of the world was still too shallow and innocent.
He was only 7 years old until he got his wolf,Oryn. He was a beautiful,big and bulky wolf with vibrant and bright golden fur.
Something rare among the werewolf race.
On the night of his shift,when the moon was full and beautiful,when the sky suddenly turned red.
The attendance of the moon goddess suddenly appeared and told the queen that the era of the king's curse will end in his son's hand but he'll need to make a huge sacrifice for his kingdom and his people.
A sacrifice to break the curse made by the lord of darkness..
Aleksander stared at his mother's clean face,it's been a while since he heard her voice. Her soft voice always reminds him of the right way of being a ruler.
His mother has been busy dealing with his dad's curse when he was just 8 years old. Trying her very best to find any ways to cure him,to stop him from changing and becoming a monster he doesn't want to be.
It was heartbreaking.
He tried to fight it but he couldn't and he ended up trying to hurt his mate without realising it.
Even though he hurts her so many times,she doesn't give up because she knows the real him.
But she finally had to when he nearly killed his son and his people.
As the queen who was still sane she needed to make a decision to save everyone…from their king.
To save her son…from his own father.
Now, his dad does not change to himself anymore,the curse has totally taken control over his body and mind.
The last time he suddenly awakened from the long slumber in his body was 10 years ago.
"I'm sorry,i'm sorry for everything,"
He kept repeating the words, and kept blaming himself for hurting his family.
He was crying hard while being tied up against the wall with the ancient chain.
There's no more laughter and cheeriness in the palace, the once vibrant and happy mood has been robbed from them.
Aleksander slowly tugged a strain of his mother's hair behind her ear and softly brushed her cheek with the back of his fingers before he leaned forward and gave her a soft kiss on the forehead.
"Your majesty,there's something i need to tell you," the caretaker spoke
"What is it?"He still looked at his mother.
"For the last few days, i saw the queen have been sleep walking, i follow her to make sure of her safety and every time she sleepwalking,the path she used was always the path to the underground dungeon,"
"Did she enter?"
"No,she passed out every time she arrived there,"
"Make sure she doesn't enter the dungeon when she is sleepwalking,it was very dangerous for her safety,"
"Yes your majesty,"the caretaker bowed down.
Aleksander stood up and strode out of the room after giving his mom a final look.
"Your majesty," a brunette guy greeted him.
"Stop with the greeting Micha,"Micha gave him an eye roll.
"How's the queen?"
"Still the same,"
"Remind the guards at the dungeon to not let the queen enter the dungeon no matter what state she is," Mica turned his head and looked at him before slowly nodding.
"Did something happen?"
"She has been sleepwalking to the dungeon for the past few days,it's dangerous because she doesn't realize what she's doing,"
"She must have been missing the king very much,"
"I guess..,"
They now stride down straight to the dungeon. It's been quite a long time since he paid a visit to his so-called 'father'.
The queen is unable to handle this case anymore since she started to fall ill a few years ago.
The information he got will certainly shock her to the core.
The reason she suddenly fell ill and became weak.
"Your majesty!"The guards greeted him with utmost respect.
He held power and dominance radiating from him. The difference in their wolf color and build made him feared by his subordinate.
On his early years as a king,he nearly died for so many times,even kidnapped and tortured in a dark room.
Tight and whipped by silver rope that left scars on his body.
But he never gave up,as a ruler that word should not even exist in his dictionary.
That's what his mother used to tell him.
The warriors opened the metal door, a high pitched and metal clicking was heard. Leading them to a new narrow dark path.
"Man..I can never get used to this place!" Mica squinted his nose and frowned. Hating the ideas of entering the eerie dungeon.
The aura from the path alone was eerie.
They stepped into the dungeon,moving towards the end of the walls,the farthest and deepest part of the dungeon. A place where no living being can differentiate between day and night, a place that is narrower than other places.
He stopped in front of a metallic door and instantly heard the clicking metals behind the door.
Mica slid open the small metal window on the door, leading them to see a small part of the space behind the door.
From there he saw his so-called 'father'.
The creature in front of him is no longer his father. Instead it was another unknown entity sent by the lord of darkness to enter his father's body.
His real father died a few months.
His soul was no longer in that body. He has been in a constant fight with that thing and weakened severely by the lack of energy while that thing is another being that can't be weakened with anything.
The death of his father caused his mom to be weakened too, he has lost his father.
Later he was about to lose his mom too.
That thing lifted up his head and tried to lunge forward like a crazy wild animal. Thrashing against the chain and lashing it to break it.
He was jumping, snarling and bearing his sharp teeth to anyone he saw.
"I'll never let you go,"Aleksander spat with so much hatred. Looking at the creature in front of him with a grimm look. He was radiating his power and dominance as the king of his kingdom.
His power oozed so high making his warriors and guards tremble. They instantly kneel on the ground fearing the king's wrath. The love from his people is the one who boosted up his power even more. He got their trust and backbone.
He was respected by his people for being a ruler with a right judgement.
The creature stopped lashing out and glared at the king menacingly. He could feel the power in him, menacingly and full of hatred.
"You'll be trapped in this place forever and died a painful death ,what have you done to my family cannot be compared to any type of punishment that you received,"
Aleksander raised his hand and in instance the creature let out a screeching painful cry full of terror as the chain began to burn his soul alife. It cannot kill him but surely will torture him to the bone.
He was thrashing on the ground, struggling to stand on his two feet while throwing Aleksander a glance full of hatred.
"Increase the power of the chain and the barrier around this place,"
"His scream was not as I expected,it was too shallow and weak,i want more than just a scream,"
"Yes your majesty!"
They now move out of the dungeon.
Later a maid rushed over in front of him and straight kneel.
"Your majesty!the queen…! The queen..!" Upon hearing the mention of his mother.
"What happened?!Tell me!"he shook the maid's body with a worried expression written all over his face.
"She's been screaming your name,over and over again,please go to her..!"
Before she got to complete her sentence he already left her behind,running towards his mother.