"I don't want a birthday party."
Kitty walked fast on the pavement, trying to get some distance between her and the annoying wolf behind her.
"Why not?!" Charlie protested, having no trouble keeping up to her with his long legs.
"Just don't want it." Kitty frowned at the fact that she couldn't shake him off but she couldn't do much about it.
"You know your mom and my dad are good friends, right?" Charlie won't let it go, "It only makes sense if we corporate on this."
"What is 'this'?" Kitty suddenly stopped and staring at him, which caught Charlie off guard.
"Well, you know," Charlie shrugged, "Casting out the evil queen, getting married and ruling the kingdom, that kind of stuff."
Kitty was too angry that she burst into laughter at his words. She shook her head in silence and turned to get away from him again with three words:
"You are crazy."
Prince Charlie didn't follow up this time. He just stood there, watching her
"Ahh, there she is."A sharp yet low voice rose when Kitty enter the parlor on the fifty sixth floor.The Queen was everything Kitty had imagined with the help of all the fairy tales about the evil queens --The Queen wore a long, red gown with the tail so long that it paved the way the Queen took when she got into the room -- from the door to the seat all the way to the deepest of the room.Kitty didn't know how to answer to that exclaim."You did well." The Queen turned to Erebus with an august smile.Erebus bowed a bit without answering.Kitty frowned at that weird comment, taking a glance at Erebus.What did the Queen mean, 'you did good'? As if she gave Erebus some mission, which, based on what Kitty knew about the situation, was hard to even imagine."You are aware of the prophcy, I assume." The Queen fixed her scarlet red eyes on Kitty as she said.It was supposed to be a question, but her tone was just ste
"I guess you are having a birthday party after all."Kitty didn't even have to turn around to recognize the smirk in the voice rose behind her --Prince Charlie."Are you behind this?!" Kitty wheeled on him with a furious look."Wow, you think I have the power to order the Queen around just to make you have a birthday party?! I'm good, but not that good." Charlie held up his hands as a surrender.Erebus stood on the side, watching Charlie and Kitty without a word.Kitty squinted her eyes at Charlie with suspicion: "Then why are you so cocky about this?""Hey, that's so horrible a word!" Charlie protested with a grin, "I'm HAPPY, that you are getting a huge party, because you deserve the best.""Haha." Kitty said the word in sarcasm."I mean it --" Charlie frowned at that. Why was Kitty so against his "kindness"? If it was any other girls, they would be burst of happiness right now."You mean it?" Kitty said, "Do y
No matter how reluctant Kitty was, it seemed that the Party was gonna happen.Charlie had been the most active in the arranging, but Erebus was nowhere to be found. In fact, if it was possible, Kitty wanted to be out of the sight as well.She used to like sitting in the corner of the bar on the roof top with the whole city's view right at her left hand with a glass of wine in the other, but --"Hey, do you like rose or lily?""How about a huge seven level cake at exact mid night?""What do you think of the dish?"After too many detailed questions about a party that Kitty didn't want in the first place, she finally sat up and asked in the gentlest way that she was capable of: "I didn't know that princes do birthday party hosting.""It's okay, no need to feel guilty about it." Charlie said with a huge grin on his face. It was hard to tell whether he heard the sarcasm in her tone, "It's my pleasure."Kitty sighed and left for the
He should have figured that something was wrong when he couldn't find Kitty the moment he got back!Taken over by remorse, Erebus hurried up and down in the hotel, trying to find Kitty, but she was nowhere to be found.By the time Erebus got back to the dining hall where the main party was taking off, the Queen was already there, sitting at the top of the room with a gentle yet elegant smile on her face.Erebus felt a hit in his stomach -- he got a bad feeling for this weird day.Suddenly, Charlie began reciting with a low voice as if some ancient song:Protected by the power of the ocean,She was born to be the queen;At the fall of the kingdom,The price for her freedom was paid.The prophecy?Erebus squinted his eyes at this sudden "ritual", not sure what Charlie's plan was, but the bad feeling just got stronger --Of course, Charlie's target was Kitty.But what about the Queen? She should not wan
The excited mumble among the "guests" there that night was actually genuine. Guess they weren't all puppets of the Queen, but it didn't make it easier for Erebus to get out of this dilemma."I'll leave the stage to them now," The Queen stepped aside, "And hopefully that they would like my gift to this special day."Charlie took a step up to the edge of the stage with Kitty's hand his, and he turned Kitty asking: "Would you like to tell us what happened on that day?"Kitty hesitated for a while, and then turned to point at Perses: "I saw him killing all the village people."A quirky smile craw on Perses's lips as his vicious eyes fixed on Erebus, filled with hunger as if a predator spotted a prey.Erebus had already come to the edge of the stage. He stood under there, looking up to Kitty without paying any attention to Perses.But Kitty didn't turn to look at him."That's right." Charlie said. The Queen was already seated at this point
"Hahaha!..." Perses burst out in laughter so hard that he almost fell on the side. Charlie and a lot of guests jumped at his sudden outburst, but not the Queen, Kitty nor Erebus.Perses was not laughing as if he succeeded on something, it was just amused laughter, as if he just saw something funny.Erebus gave a bitter smile as he tried to stand up, on hand held on tight on his stomach, but Charlie won't let him. He pulled Erebus up on his collar and kneed him hard before he threw him on the floor.Blood oozed out from Erebus's temple.Kitty just stood there, watching in silence."Have you any idea how horrifying a crime you have commited?" Charlied yelled at Erebus, not at all worried about the wound."No, I'm not." Erebus said slowly as he stood up slowly again."What?!" Charlie had now a genuine horrified look on his face, "You wiped out a whole village! Not to mention, a village that used to be your apanage not too long ago! And y
Erebus put Perses in prison was only to save Perses from doing more damage to himself. By that point, Erebus was sure that Perses was put under spell, most likely by the Queen, or even by Allura.But he couldn't explain that to Kitty.He thought Kitty was mad at him only because the misunderstanding Charlie put in her mind, but she was actually mad at him for taking Perses's side on this one.He doesn't blame her.Under a spell or not, Perses killed her whole family, let alone another thousands of lives taken at the village, or God knows where else.But Erebus just couldn't leave him to die either.But it wasn't like he could explain any of this to Kitty anymore.He was taken to the castle.Perses was not.The Queen released Perses right there on the party, and put him the Lord of the city with a reason of "Being tricked by an alpha with understandable actions".But this Erebus knew only after he was taken to the
Erebus fell in silence."If what you are trying to do is try to make us believe that you don't care about her, then it's not working." Allura fixed her eyes on his, "I have seen how far you are willing to go for her.""I'm not." Erebus sighed. And there was nothing more out of him on this topic."I don't understand you." Allura shook her head slowly in confusion, "Then why?""Would you tell me if I ask?" Erebus sighed in defeat as if he was really tired.He WAS tired of the conversation."Yes.""Okay." Erebus shrugged, "How is Kitty?""Do you have any evidence that's ill to the Queen?" Allura asked.Erebus laughed in a low voice: "That's the most important question you wanna ask?""..." Allura frowned.This interrogation was NOT going as her planned at all."Yes." Allura suddenly answered."Why? You already arrested me. Whatever I have to say won't make too much a different for her." Erebus si