Eugene's pov :
I know that there is nothing l can do about it. There's no how a new queen won't have challengers. And l'm worried Heaven might lose. Maybe if she was my mate l won't be so worried. Only the king's mate can win the fight.
I heard knock on the door. " Come in"
Then, Lucas, Xavier and Hiro entered. "My king" they bowed their heads. I signed for them to rise.
"Why are you here?" I asked coldly. "We are just here to chat with you" said Lucas. It's not like l can refuse them.
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Xavier : are you worried about the fight?.
Eugene : Yes. Shouldn't l be worried?.
Xavier :Heaven can take care of herself. There is no reason to worry.
Hiro : l agree. That girl is tough, she can handle the girls.
Eugene : you don't understand. She is not my real mate. So how is she supposed to win?. This fight was made so as to test the queen's strength. Even if Lucas ritual or whatever made everything flawless. But she doesn't and won't have the strength gifted to the queens of Dekrish. How will she win then?.
Hiro : Have you forgotten that in order to save me, Heaven materialized a lot powerful herbs and went to meet a unicorn face to face. Eugene, none of those girls can do that. That alone shows that Heaven is far much stronger than them.
Lucas : You are right. Heaven is a powerful demon. Everytime l'm near her, l can feel some kind of hidden energy. And l know you can feel it too.
Eugene : l know there is something underneath her exterior. But l don't know it is.
Xavier : Well that's something. Just have faith in her. She is not even worried about the fight.
Hiro : l thought l was the only one that saw the look on her face.
Lucas : The look was for the elders.
Eugene : What look?. What happened?.
Lucas : Well your mate slapped an elder in the lotus garden today.
All : She did what!!!.
Lucas : I heard the maids saying that Elder Saffron tried to intimidate her and bullied Stephenie. And Heaven put her in her place. She gave her two sound slaps.
Xavier : Why would she bully Stephenie?. (Angrily).
Lucas : l don't know either. All l know is Heaven gave her a good treatment. Back in the hall, the elders were glaring at her. And she somehow scared them. I don't know how she did it but she frightened them.
Eugene smirked. Looks like having her around won't be boring after all, he thought.
Hiro : Heaven is not the type that will let anyone step on her. No matter who it is.
Eugene : l just hope my real mate is like that.
Lucas : Same here. ( Although l wish Heaven is your mate, he thought).
Eugene looked at him. Lucas panicked, he had forgotten that his king can read minds. But Eugene looked away from him and didn't say anything. Lucas sighed of relief. For a moment there, he thought he was dead.
Then someone knocked on the door. "Come in" Eugene said.
Then commander Alex and four other generals entered. "My king" they bowed to him. He signed for them to take their seats. They bowed again before sitting.
"Is everything alright father?" Hiro asked.
Alex stayed quiet for a while before replying, "No". Eugene frown immediately.
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"What's going on?" I asked impatiently.
"Your majesty, dark demons attacked the cities near the south gate of the kingdom" said Alex. My fist turned white. Those dark demons really get on my nerves. " By the time we got there, alot of damage had been done". They are going to pay for this. " When did this happen" Lucas asked. "Today, in the morning" .
"How many casualties?" I asked, trying calm my nerves.
"Over three hundred demons" said one of the generals.
" I'm sorry we had to bring such a bad news to you today" Alex apologized.
Eugene : you don't have to apologize commander. You have done your best. It's those bastards that should be made to apologize.
Xavier : what are we going to do now?.
"There's no way they could have passed through without an insider's help. It's seems we have some moles within our mist" l chuckled a little. "Find them" l said with absolute finality. "Yes your majesty" they said in unison.
"Compensate the families that lost their loved ones in the fight" l said.
"Is there anything else?" l asked. The four of them stood up and bowed to me. "Congratulations your majesty on finding your mate" they said unison.
"Thank you" l said simply. They sat down.