Chapter 4: kidnapping him

Lynx raised his hands, signaling the rest of Dorian's bodyguards to leave their hideout. When they stepped out, they looked around them until their gaze landed on the Alpha prince and they almost gasped in horror. Blood was gushing out of his head, his royal clothes were shredded and his diadem had fallen on the ground.

"A... are we not done for?" Zedd asked everyone, but he was mostly talking to Lynx for hurting the prince like this.

"We aren't" Lynx frowned, "You two..." He pointed at some boys, "Help His Highness up, and let's leave for the palace" He ordered.

Two boys dressed in their royal insignia, emerald green with diamond stones, stepped forward to help Prince Dorian. "What about His Highness Zephyr? Are we going to leave him here?" Zedd asked wide-eyed.

Lynx frowned hard at him, "If his royal guards care about him so much they should be looking for his highness by now" He spat indifferently. "Let's just leave him here to avoid any hassle.

" Get going, you two!" Lynx called out to the boys carrying Prince Dorian into the royal carriage.

"What if someone comes to know that you're responsible for hurting his highness, you would be pun-"Zedd blabbed once again.

Glancing back, Lynx seized his sword and drew it with great force, pointing it at Zedd's neck, he began, "You ask too many questions Zedd, mind you, don't let that person be you or else..." He trailed off as he used the sword to Mark a part of Zedd's neck that started spilling out blood. "You would not be needing your neck anymore" He hissed out loudly.

Zedd nodded his head abruptly as he gulped down frightfully. He saw Lynx eye him and withdraw his sword.

"Now follow me" He commanded again. Lynx turned away from Zephyr and marched along with the rest of the guards. He deliberately hurt Prince Zephyr because he was not a fan of this man, he hated Zephyr for his arrogance and his love of power.

He was also jealous of Zephyr because he knew- Zephyr was the strongest Alpha in their kingdom, even stronger than the king. And he could take anything down.

Lynx would use the fact that Zephyr wanted to hurt Dorian as a cover, for blowing up the prince with the bomb. As he walked away, he wished that Zephyr never woke up, even if he did, he shouldn't remember who he was.

Lynx was scared for his life, he knew what Zephyr could do to him when he got hold of him.

The royal guards went away without taking Prince Zephyr along with them.

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At the end of six hours, the royal servants of the kingdom of Neblon passed through the forest. Six royal servants were at the left and another six at the right, while four chained able-bodied men were in the middle, lifting a carriage that contained women of the kingdom that had just been conquered.

The men seemed weary as they were exhaling heavily, they were also slowing down. And if the royal officials caught them slowing down, they would be whipped with iron. Hence, they increased their pace.

"Stop" Commanded one of the royal servants as he walked ahead to inspect something.

A frown appeared on his face when he sighted a man lying on the ground with his back facing up.

His clothes were torn and his braided long hair splattered across his face. His back was hard, like a man who always worked out and his skin was smooth, fair, and glowing. The servant could almost mistake him for royalty if there weren't plenty of injuries on his body.

'Looks like some thief was beaten up and thrown here' He murmured to himself as he squatted down. He lifted his hand to turn the man's face so he could see him.

The royal servant cocked his head to the side as he scanned the man laying on the ground. His face was enchanting.

The royal servant could almost kiss this man's lips but somehow he managed to refrain. Telling himself that people were around him. 'I must not be referred to as gay because of this man' He said to himself and stood up.

He signaled one of the servants to get him some water. After some minutes, the water was brought to him in a wooden bowl. The royal servant stepped back a bit before throwing the water on the man's face.

Zephyr's long eyelash opened slowly, squinting his eyes to adapt to the daylight. His ears perked up at the sound of chirping birds and rustling leaves, the wind was gentle and fresh.

He took a moment to look around him to see lush trees, beautiful birds, and flowers. Then his eyes came to settle on a polished black leather shoe. He raised his eyes to meet the servant's eyes and he asked him, "Where am I?"

The royal servant eyed him, "You shouldn't be asking me that question, what are you doing here?" He questioned him back. Zephyr didn't answer him as he instantly tugged at his head as if he was feeling some lethal pain in there.

"Since you don't have a mouth to answer my question, we could as well take you back to the kingdom so you could work diligently for his majesty," The servant said rudely.

The rest of the servants marched forward to grab hold of Zephyr, "Where are you taking me?" Zephyr growled as he struggled to get away from them.

"Looks like some hopeless omega" The servant commented with a cackle. "Seize him!" He frowned at Zephyr

More servants flocked to them to take Zephyr down, as if feeling the danger around him Zephyr began to fight them with his bare hands, and in less than two minutes, the men were already down while groaning in pain.

Zephyr looked down at them and frowned his face, 'why were they after him?' He asked himself. 'Who am I?' He asked himself again as he started Looking for his head for any reply but an instant headache stopped him from thinking further.

"You seem to have a lot of potential eh?" The servant snickered, "Get him!" He ordered in a serious tone.

The servants who were previously beaten stood up from the ground and raced toward Zephyr, Although they were plenty in number, they still couldn't take Zephyr down so he began punching them one by one. They flew in the air and landed on top of each other in front of the royal servant who had ordered them before.

"Fools" The royal servant harrumphed at the sight of the battered servants.

"Stop your foolishness, there's no way you can harm me" Zephyr spat and turned around to leave the scene, even though he didn't know where he was heading. He knew that he couldn't go with these people.

"We'll see about that" The royal servant mumbled inwardly. He clenched the drill that was in his left pocket and pulled it out.

"I'm about to give you some attitude adjustment since you don't have a good attitude" He laughed maniacally. He raced toward Zephyr and smacked him from behind before Zephyr could have a chance to retaliate.

The royal servant had used the drill on him, and in that way, Zephyr was captured.

A/N: What's going to happen next?

*Curious*