Bonus chapter

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Prince Nathan and King Aaron were in the king's chambers, the king had summoned his first son for advice.

"You are a king, you need not lie," Prince Nathaniel said to the king as he helped his father get dressed.

"I did not lie to Xavier because I was scared, I lied to him because I knew what I did was wrong," The King said.

"There is nothing wrong about what you did, you are the king and you have every right to..."

"Nathan, as a king you need to think about your people before yourself, put the need of them first!" King Aaron said and Prince Nathan fell silent.

"you are soon to be king, you should know all this, we sold two slaves in exchange for vital metals to be insulated from a war that is yet to come!" He said again.

"Yes, Father," Prince Nathan said.

"I summoned you for advice and yet, I am giving you one," The king said with a smile.

"Where is Xavier?" He asked again.

"He has not been seen since he left last night," Prince Nathan replied, the king sighed and walked to the window, looking down at the servants walking back and forth.

"he is a grown man now, he should be able to get over it soon," The king said."

"Have you heard from your brother, Adam?" The King asked.

"No your Majesty he's not in this kingdom," Nathan replied.

"It's good that he left this kingdom, he was useless anyway," King Aaron said and walked out of his Chamber with the crown prince trailing behind him.

He bumped into Xavier on his way out, it looked like Xavier was also on his way to see him.

"Xavier..."

"...I am going to find her," He said nonchalantly.

"No you won't," Nathan said sternly.

"I would, and no one will stop me!" He said again and his eyes gleamed with something deadly, the bloodlust aura he emitted flared like wild flames, causing goosebumps to crawl on both the king and the crown prince's skin.

Xavier had changed, he had changed completely that there was some palpable difference, even in his face, Xavier had a round face back when he was younger, but now, he had strong jawlines that made him look like a real man, not that he wasn't a real man. His lashes had grown longer, it was supposed to look feminine, but strangely enough, it made him look like a sinful, yet beautiful man. The blue color of his eyes was more vivid and his skin was paler than usual.

"It was a fair trade, Stones Kingdom will raise war on us if we break..."

"You need not worry about any war Father, I will take care of that," Xavier said.

"And with what Army?" Prince Nathan said and there was silence between the three men for a minute, then Xavier took slow strides, looking like a predator stalking its prey as he walked towards Nathan.

"I am a one-man army, brother!" He said and turned to leave.

"Xavier..."

"let him go," King Aaron said, stopping Nathan from calling him back.

Ezekiel was walking In the castle's hallway all smiles, and playfully skipping and humming, he bumped into Xavier who was emitting a bloodlust aura that sent shivers down his spine.

Zeke knew of Zavian and his encounter with Xavier, he had been roommates with Xavier for five years, how wouldn't he find out, the images in the mirror, the constant change in Xavier, and the dark wisps of smoke that crawls around his body when he was asleep it was also a cloud of sharp razor that could injure you if you got to close.

"Pack up, we're heading to Stones Kingdom," Xavier said and Zeke raised his brow in confusion.

"What?" Zeke asked.

"I'll explain on the way, I'll go get the horses ready," Xavier said and walked past him.

"Fuck! How did I get involved in all this?" Zeke asked himself.

"After some minutes, Zeke went down to the stables, carrying some bags, things that they will probably need. He met Xavier feeding and brushing the horses.

Xavier seemed to have calmed down and was not emitting a bloodlust aura anymore.

"You know, I've been thinking about it, won't we need a, I don't know, like a lady to tag along, who will prepare food and other stuff for us?" Zeke asked, trying to convince Xavier to bring a female along.

"You don't need to worry about food, I stocked up enough, and I'm a great cook, besides in case we run out of ingredients we will stop by other towns to re-stock," Xavier said, he knew what Zeke was trying to do.

"The laundry, you don't do the laundry," Zeke said.

"I could make an exception..."

"Could you stop being a dick?!" Zeke cursed, he was fed up, Xavier kept countering his words.

"Alright, who do you have in mind?" Xavier asked with a smirk.

"The girl with the curly hair," Zeke said.

"Sarah?" Xavier asked.

"The assistant head maid, that's also a great choice," Zeke said and Xavier scoffed.

"Sure, if she agrees, then she can tag along," Xavier said and Zeke instantly ran to persuade Sarah, while Xavier got back to what he was doing. Ezekiel met Sarah carrying a tray filled with fruit salad.

"Hey, we meet again, pervert," Zeke said with a smirk on his face as he watched her struggle to keep him shut, she looked around and placed her palm on his lips to shut him up.

"Don't call me that!" She said, looking around to make sure no one heard what Ezekiel said, she withdrew her hand with a blush when she realized how close they were, she picked up her tray and walked ahead, but Zeke still followed her.

"If you want me to quit calling you a pervert, I want you to come with us," Zeke said.

"Where?" She asked.

"Xavier and I are heading somewhere called Stones Kingdom, and we need a maiden to tag along," Zeke said.

"There are plenty of maidens in the castle, you can pick one,"

"But you're the one who owes me, not them," Zeke said and she halted.

"And you are blackmailing me because I watched you take a swim, Alex didn't seem to have a problem with that so why should you, tsk, it's not like your body was impressive," She said while rolling her eyes, hearing those last words, Zeke lost it.

"You--you, do you know how many girls drool over me!" Zeke yelled, catching the attention of others passing by.

"I'm just saying, I won't be blackmailed by you," Sarah said and proceeded with her walk, causing Zeke to curse under his breath.

"The prince ordered it, you should at least reject it yourself," Zeke lied and before she could turn to him, he walked away.