Chapter 5 || The Throne Is Mine

Everett trembled as her chin was gripped by Fredrick. It left her with a strange feeling. She couldn't voice those feelings but her stomach knotted uncomfortably. She was never touched by a man before this. To tell the truth, she was facing someone so high for the first time.

Her eyes fell on her father behind. He was still weak but stubborn to give up his power. Then again her eyes fell on the giant Lycans. Each one of them had a murderous look on their features as if they were waiting just for a signal from Fredrick. In her mind, she remembered Ophelia, her favourite sister's face then her nanny who raised her.

How could she see them die? How could she let her kingdom get destroyed in the hands of these monsters?

Everett blurted, her eyes falling tears,

" Take me! I will serve on behalf of my family. I will pay for their sins."

Everett's words brought shock to everyone. Even King Lucerys was so stunned that he lost his ability to speak. The chief tried to make some sense, looking deep at Everett,

" Princess! He is no joke. You are human. He is a Lycan. You can't get a life with this monster. Besides they have mates. You are no mate to him. Let us face him."

King Lucerys also added, shooting hateful glares at Fredrick and his Lycans,

" He is a bastard. I will never allow it. NEVER! My daughter won't be attached to the Lycans ever."

Only her unfaithful sisters were happy to get rid of her. They shared a cunning look among each other as they stood far away from the stage. Fredrick only grinned wickedly against their insult as if he was enjoying their taunts immensely. However one of his loyal Lycans wasn't happy with the humiliation. As soon as the word 'Bastard' came out of King Lucerys's lips, the Lycan charged himself at him, almost tearing his head apart.

Everett jumped out in a cry to see his father under the claws of the Lycan. The scary looking Lycan held King Lucerys under his paws lazily, enjoying his torture and struggle. Everett had no choice but to fall on her knees, begging Fredrick who had put a blind eye on his Lycan's doing,

" NO... PLEASE...I BEG YOU.. DON'T KILL MY FATHER...I AM WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.."

Fredrick's eyes snapped back at Everett. When he saw her tears and sincere begging, his lips curved up into a pleasant smirk. His deep, magnetic voice said two words slowly, looking at his pet Lycan,

" LET GO!!"

Lycan immediately returned to his submissive form. It stepped away from King Lucerys, hanging his head low to their king. Fredrick thought about the decision deeply. All this while, he wanted to rule over the man kind. He wished to see King Lucery's death. He wished to see him getting tortured everyday just like he did. Judging by everything, keeping his daughter would be the biggest slap for him.

The chief guard tried to speak again, trying to put some sense into Everett,

" Princess.. Please get up and let us fight. We will.."

Everett cut him off angrily, tears of helplessness falling from her eyes,

" DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN WIN AGAINST THEM?"

She was no fool to know that the power of their guards were nothing against the Lycans. Besides that, her father was always so proud and assured that there were no more Lycans in the lands, they didn't have any secret weapons to defeat those Lycans.

How could she save her family apart from kneeling and begging?

The chief guard was silent. Indeed their strength was no match against the Lycans.Only King Lucerys was insisting. He still held onto his raged face, flaring at Fredrick who was enjoying the whole situation. Everett cried out to her father, pointing at her sisters who were trembling in fear because of the way the lycan attacked their father,

" LOOK AT THEM, FATHER! How can you save them if you don't accept it now? If you have done something wrong, you should be responsible for that."

King Lucerys kept growling in rage, turning his eyes to Fredrick whose gaze was darkened now,

" I WILL NEVER GIVE MY THRONE TO THIS BASTARD! I...Aahh..."

He didn't get the chance to finish his words. One glare from Fredrick, King Lucerys lost his ability to speak. Nothing was visible in anyone's eyes. King Lucerys couldn't speak anymore as he opened and closed his mouth in disbelief. However the others could guess that it had something to do with Fredrick. He kept his piercing eyes on King Lucerys, unblinking. Fredrick's cold voice resonated in the courtroom once again,

" You should have thanked you for letting you speak until now, King Lucerys."

He kept speaking as his predatory, slow steps continued to approach King Lucerys whose eyes were still wide in disbelief,

" Who are you to hand over the throne to me when the throne is already MINE??"

This time, the chief guard swallowed hard as well. He didn't know that Fredrick had magical powers apart from being a beast. He didn't dare to think of rebellion anymore. King Lucerys felt weak after losing his voice. He had no choice but to drop his head in submission.

After he took care of his stubborn enemy, Fredrick shifted his attention to the throne. A series of distant memories came into his mind, filling him with emotions. From having a cold icy gaze, it had turned into a teen's eyes who once saw his father on the throne. But when he recalled his memories again after taking a glance of King Lucerys, his gaze turned murderous again.

Without wasting a single word, Fredrick made his way to the throne briskly. His each step felt heavy as if he was carrying the weight of the world. Others could only see helplessly. Even King Lucerys was trembling in rage but had nothing to object.

Fredrick continued walking, his long shimmering black coat swaying on the carpet. After getting the throne, he sat on it casually as if he owned it from birth. On his sitting, the Lycans all let out their howls, indicating it as a celebration. Fredrick spoke loudly, his voice sounding powerful and obvious,

" FROM THIS DAY ONWARDS, THIS THRONE IS MINE INCLUDING IT'S SUBJECTS AND....THE PRINCESS AS MY MISTRESS.."