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
Erebus frowned at that question.No, he had never thought about that before.Yes, all human wonder where the human come from, just like werewolves. But it wasn't like there were ever a "one true answer".Legends have them coming from the space, from the core of the earth, and from some ancient species."Any guess?" The Queen smiled, "I have high expectations on you.""I don't know where the werewolves came from." Erebus said honestly."Ohh, no, no, no. You misunderstood my question." The Queen waved her hand, "My question was, where were the werewolves, before the final fight?""Neutral." Erebus frowned, thinking about the meaning of this question.There was NONE legends about the werewolves before the final fight where they saved the descendant of magic, and he had never found that weird until today."Good." The Queen nodded, "And we know that the marking IS a spell. So, my second question is, how could a spell influenc
"That's why you have been investigating me, right?" The Queen hinted at Erebus, "You were right all along. I did kill her."Having that suspicion for so long, Erebus felt as if it was all a dream when the Queen just openly admitted it out of blue."Just so you could control the King?" Erebus murmured, "Why did you have to say that she was exiled instead of died?""It's less trouble, don't you think?" The Queen shrugged, "Won't you want to examine the body if I told you she was died? You see? No one even dare talking about her knowing she was exiled. People would put themselves before anyone else.""Why did you have the royalties in the first place, then?" Erebus closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he started again, "You could have just made the human into werewolves and let them fight for you.""That's so smart!" The Queen said, "Why do you think the human would suddenly fight for us after we made them into werewolves? We were nemesis to
Erebus took the Queen's hand and backed out of her hug with a frown."Aww, are you embarrassed, little one?" The Queen chuckled, "Tell you what. I'd allow you a much better life, if you'd chose it to be continued in my bed. What do you say?"Erebus rose an eyebrow in surprise. Though he knew the Queen doesn't share the common moral line, it was a bit shock to him that she would make such a suggestion."Mother!"But before Erebus could say anything, Allura already lost her cool."Relax." The sneer was wiped off her face, "You really think I would be interested in a kid? I'm only showing you what you should have done."Erebus didn't say anything. He was genuinely surprised that Allura actually liked him."I didn't know." Erebus said with a deep sigh."Don't be ridiculous!" Stomped her foot in anger, Allura yelled with a shrill voice, "I have no interest in you!"With a slight nod of head, Erebus didn't say anything more. H
"By itself?" Erebus asked, "Based on what?""On who sees it." The Queen fixed her eyes on Erebus, "Some may own it and think they have got a diamond all their life without realizing they had one of the most powerful magic items their whole life.""Then why is it called a stone?""Because the ONE myth around it," The Queen said, "Was that it would give its power, to who sees it as itself."It WAS Phosis!Kitty got it without intention when she first saw a normal stone lied there in the shop!All this time spent on chasing it, it was actually by their side from the beginning!No wonder Phosis protected Kitty in the forest, but couldn't get her out of there. The stone and the wand, in another word, the tree of life was both part of legend, and they couldn't top the other one on power.Now that Kitty has got the wand, AND the stone! The only thing she needed would be the ring on the Queen's finger. But it didn't seem easy, cause ap
"Finally something interesting." Erebus chuckled at it, "I would love to see that."The Queen sneered coldly and waved her hand in front of Erebus.A streak of red light fell on Erebus like light silk, and he didn't even try to avoid it.Nothing happened.Didn't feel any different, Erebus rose his eyes to look at the Queen, who returned him a luring smile."W --!" Erebus wanted to say "what was that", but the moment he opened his mouth, he realized he couldn't speak any word."What?" The Queen still was smiling, "What do you want to say? Do you want to ask me, what did I do? Or... what was that?"Erebus pursed his lips, watching her as she laughed hard there all by herself, didn't want to yield to her "having fun"."Don't you have anything to say?" The Queen teased him."..." Erebus squinted his eyes at the Queen, starting to form an assumption in his mind."Try, please," The Queen said seductively, "for me?"