Gerald lay next to Mia in the imperial garden his light brown eyes staring into hers while she stroked his on his beautiful blonde hair.
She could feel his hand against her face as he stroked it slowly drawing close in an attempt to kiss her.
He drew so close but only stared at her,his eyes filled with more pain than ever.
A smile curved on his lips through the tears that formed in his eyes.
He looked painfully into her eyes, before his hands cupped her breasts,pressing hard on it as he licked her neck.
Mia moaned softly engrossing her self in the moment,ignoring what she thought was a black hair she saw instead of the blonde she held on to.
When he stopped briefly,she opened her eyes,it wasn't Gerald any longer Infront of her but someone else.
An unfamiliar black haired knight, about the same age with Gerald.
The next moment his lips was upon hers, forcing his tongue through her mouth as his saliva mingled with hers while he kissed her deeply.
Mia forcefully drew away and spat on the ground angrily.
She abruptly rose to her feet and took a good look at him,he was good looking with a tall physique but was not as handsome as the man she liked.
Her eyes dropped to see the rim of her gament stained with blood.
Mia's gaze travelled to the smiling knight laying on the grass who stared lustfully at her with his head resting on his flexed arm.
"Blood!...it's not yours"She muttered.
"Gerald!....Gerald!...where are you?" she cried out as her eyes darted all over her surroundings.
Slowly she took few paces forward but for some reason she was drained of strength.
For some reason she felt weak and drained of strength.
Mia fell to her knees and found her self crying.
She didn't know why but she cried so much from a pain in her heart that almost ripped her apart.
She gripped her chest tightly and cried even more.
Mia opened her eyes to discover she had been crying in her sleep.
"Why.... Was I crying...in my sleep?_"
Slowly she sat up and wiped off the tears on her face with the back of her hand.
She put on the candle with a flame on her index finger before gripping her blanket tightly, staring into the darkness.
"Is Gerald in danger?"
Mia gasped and jumped out of bed.
"oh no!....I have to find him!"
She swung a big white shirt on her,unaware of her huge tilts visible through it before putting on pants and her night slippers and dashing out to the imperial field.
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Gerald rubbed on his eyes to ensure he wasn't dreaming but he wasn't.
There stood king Maxmillian,the Emperor's childhood friend in air, furiously staring at him with cold piercing eyes in a way he had never looked at him before.
He had always known him as the calm cheerful king of Urah everyone loved including the emperor,a wise king calm in both words and expression.
The Emperor's childhood friend whom Tyran both trusted and loved dearly.
How did he ever find the heart to betray him.
Gerald wondered how many more enemies lurked around the emperor in guise of allies,
His mind flashed back to how king Maxmillian had interrupted when he wanted to speak to the emperor during the briefing.
He blamed himself for not putting him on his suspect list.
"King Max! How could you?_"
"No!... how could he?...how could he choose that cursed creature over his own people".
"Don't you dare speak of the imperial prince that way!"Gerald barked.
"How dare you address me in that manner knight!...I am your king!"
Gerald shook his head.
" Not anymore!"
"You're correct...not any longer as I am no king of the dead,soon enough,I will no longer be your king"Maximum retorted with a half smile.
"I am not against his imperial Majesty, infact as his best friend I only correct his wrongdoings for the future of Delvin".
"Delvin has no future...can't you see it?....our extinction is destruction as retribution for our sins_"
"Oh we will make one!..sadly,you don't get to watch that happen"
"You're insane!you all are!... and you will all regret this!"
King Maxmillian's eyes narrowed and his gaze stiffened.
"Do you know how wrong you are knight?...I have never regretted a thing in my life and I certainly won't regret this one.And don't you bother cloning yourself,I will always know where you are.... Doesn't it amaze you how I found you?...your scent might be the same as your clones but_"
King Maxmillian placed a finger on his chest and titled his head slightly.
"your faster heartbeat rules you out from the rest...As you know a higher tier's ears are modified to hear even faintest sound from a very good distance"
Gerald slowly backed away as king Maxmillian landed and walked towards him,his wings slowly sinking into his back.
He knew what it meant to fight king,his magic energy was nowhere compared to his let alone his abilities.
Gerald knew he needed a miracle more than ever.
He made clones,twenty of them, allowing the ones that had frozen all the while he was distracted around Kaugra to disappear.
They charged at the king who stood with a wide grin.
As they drew closer,he swiftly drew out his sword cutting through and dodging them all before going straight for the real Gerald.
He made a run for it but the king was too fast,he overtook attacked with his sword, pointing and going straight for the knight's throat.
Gerald dodged but before he could recover his eyes sighted the king's sword going for his face again,a move he managed to block with his sword.
The clang of the metal filled the air as they both exchanged attacks and counter attacks.
He had always been one of Delvin's best swordsman but some how king Maxmillian managed to read his moves even before he made them.
Their swords clashed as they both gruelessly gazed into each other's eyes, grunting while trying to overpower the other's sword against his.
With a loud cry King Maxmillian pushed Gerald's sword away,swiftly swung his and succeeded in cutting his abdomen.
He ignored the pain,his face showing no sign of it as he swung his sword to counter king Max's next attack on his chest, pushing the king's sword aside before aiming the tip of his sword at his face.
Gerald's eye widened as the king caught the tip of his sword with his teeth.
"What!"
He pulled on it but he was unable to free it from the grasp of the king's fangs.
Just then, his eyes caught sight of king Max's sword coming for his chest.
Gerald swiftly get go of his sword and teleported backwards.
He watched as the King tossed his sword aside with his teeth.
King Maxmillian licked his lips before flashing a wide grin,exposing a long pair of canines.
Gerald had no choice.
He let his beast out and it took over him, transforming him into his full Semonio form.
The beast roared the loudest he had ever done so someone close by could come to his aid.
He wondered why none had come so far unless Kaugra had casted some sort of spell on the wind.
That would explain why the noise thus far was unable to attract someone and she was still alive.
With a loud cry,Gerald's demon beast clapped it's hands realeasing an outburst of flame to surround him and proceed further to engulf king Maxmillian who stood in the flame laughing uncontrollably.
"I am famished you are uninformed of my inborn flame ability which is rather enhanced to using lightening...your baby flames appear rather soothing to my skin this kind of flame cannot hurt a strand of my hair".