Erebus slept for three days after he got back to his city.
For three days, it was Perses instead of Kitty who was waiting right outside of his room on the sixtieth floor.
Kitty put a protection and a soothing spell before she left the hotel, but no one knew to where.
She only ordered the kitchen to make sure delivering meals on time, and take back if Erebus was still sleeping --
No one was to bother him.
That was Kitty's order.
Perses watched food taken to the door, waiting for an hour and then taken away, feeling anxious inside him that was eating him away.
He was put under a spell for a long time, and getting his mind back also got back his ability to feel --
Which was not the best thing to have right now because it meant only guilty for now.
The past years was like a dark shadow that he couldn't even recall clearly, but some actions stuck and one of them, was him killing thousands of people before he took on the alpha
"May I take your order, sir?" The waiter came fast enough."Gin tonic." Erebus said, "Two. And get me a Ribye with the mushroom soup."They came to the roof top bar for dinner after the ring. It was Kitty's favorite place."The same please." Perses didn't even take a look."I have been missing the steak here for some time now." Erebus smiled, "Every day when they gave me the bread, I regretted not appreciating the steak enough when I had the chance.""I'm really sorry..." Apology had become the new mantra of Perses now."You are gonna have to apologize non-stop if you are going to say sorry for every mistake the Queen makes." Erebus laughed and put his hand on Perses head, "You are okay, Perses."The tip of Perses's ears went flush red at his touch."How much did you remember about Kitty?" Erebus said as he dug in the steak."I was sent to take her in, you know, after Metis --" Perses stopped instantly and looked at Ereb
"Of course you are alive!" Erebus stood up excitedly and pulled a chair out for Metis."Your tone sounds surprised, my Lord." Metis smiled as usual, and exposed Erebus's "lie" --He HAD been worried."Always so straight forward." Erebus put on a wry smile, "I was noticed twice of your 'death'. Give me a slack for almost falling for it, alright?"Metis laughed."Why are you suddenly back?" Erebus asked looking around, "I assumed you went hiding?""Yes, my Lord." Metis nodded, serious as always, "Guess you didn't hear. With the charge put on you withdrawn, all of our charges were gone as well.""I HAD been sleeping for three days." Erebus shook his head with a wry smile, "I guess I have missed out a lot.""I have been in touch with them already." Metis never had too much sense of humor when it comes to work, and this time was no exception, "It would take another day for those captured by the Queen to get here. Standard procedure
"We were on to you by that point, I think," Perses suddenly said with a deep frown, as if trying hard to remember something, "Theia gave me an order after she visited the bar.""I THOUGHT it was her." Metis nodded, "I had to leave a message in the bar in case others go back, but it would lead to me if anyone were to decode it.""Of course she did." Erebus nodded."I still cannot believe it was her who was the spy..." Metis sighed."You two were close. I know you see her as your little sister." Erebus patter her on the shoulder, "I'm sorry.""It's okay." Metis shook her head, "I guess she never really loved us, which made all these easier.""But Kitty suggested that she should be the one to take Metis in." Perses said, turning to Erebus, "I think at that point they were still pretty convinced that Kitty really hated you for protecting me, so no one even objected it.""I was, too." Erebus gave a bitter smile.That was three HORRI
"The Three Hallows?" Metis frowned."The wand, the stone, and the ring." Erebus murmured."That's right." Menoetius nodded, "But by then I had no idea what she was even talking about, I was just pointed to a direction and so I ran.""That sounds a bit risky, for her to give you this assignment." Metis frowned, "What happens if you couldn't find her? After all, you didn't know anything about this matter.""We knew." Menoetius nodded, "But while she wasn't exactly 'arrested', she couldn't go anywhere either. I think it's the Queen's mistake to leave the guard in the dark, because if the wolf guarding her didn't let me in, then it would be even harder.""Still --"But before Metis could finish her concern about the past, the rest of the Dim Patronus was already there."My Lord." Pallas bowed to Erebus with a polite smile and stood on the side, calm and with grace, like always. He was Erebus's oldest warrior, and they knew each other too
Put Kitty on the bed, Erebus knelt beside the bed, struggling whether he could just stay there for a little longer.It felt inappropriate to stay near when she was sleeping, but he also had no strength to fight against his suppressed longing towards her anymore.Just a peaceful moment with her would satisfy his desires but...Erebus forced himself to stand up and leaving for the door. She was too precious for him to mess this up. He had to be patient and not scare her.But when he left the bedroom, his step froze --Allura was standing by the window, back towards him, watching outside.The burning pain inside his stomach distinguished the moment he saw Allura.Danger always alert him."Feeling better?" Said Allura after a shore silence."Why are you here?" Erebus wasn't even trying to hide the hostility in his tone.Allura turned around with a bitter smile: "I know you hate me, but I... I...""I told you, I
Kitty stared at him in shock.The scar on his chest was so scarlet, as if it was just cut open, and blood would be oozing out any second. But that wasn't the only thing that shocked Kitty --"I really don't understand you." Kitty mumbled in a wronged voice, as if tears would come down any second.Why would he always reject her and then pull her close, and do the exact same thing all over again the next time she tried to get ANY closer?"I'm sorry, I really am..." Erebus said, not even noticing that his tone took on a shred of pain from her sorrow, "I can explain, and I promise I won't hurt you ever again.""I don't want promises." Kitty frowned and want to pull back her hand, "I cannot do anything if you won't hold up to your words. I'm done forcing you --""You are not forcing me!" His heart hurt so much hearing her heart broken words that even breathing hurt, "Please, I know I have hurt you, I won't hide things from you again, can you deci
"I do talk to her." Erebus joked with a pretended "serious face"."I know you don't like her --" Kitty laughed, touching his hand."She did try to kill you." Erebus rose an eyebrow with a surprised tone."Well --" Kitty laughed, "That too. But she's our ally now, a necessary one at that.""I can talk to her. I'll do anything if you ask." Erebus said simply with a grin, "Can I get off your blacklist now?"It didn't seem to be a hard decision for him.Kitty squinted her eyes at him with an amused look."That day, the Queen came to me telling me about all your 'crime', and while she didn't say it, I was actually under house arrest." Kitty shook her head with a wry laugh, "I didn't really have a choice.""I know --" Erebus nodded."But I WAS shocked." Kitty continued, "I understand why you chose to hide that from me, but you don't think I would have understood if Perses were not to be blamed?""You are right. I should
"I understand." Erebus nodded, "If she can be trusted, then I won't be hostile to her, I can do that.""But?" Kitty laughed and asked at the struggling look on Erebus's face."But, even if we CAN trust her, it sounds like that the Queen has all the reason to have all the precautions she can have against Allura, so it would be hard to get the ring anyways." Erebus sighed, frowning."That's true." Kitty sighed as well, "It's not easy, even at this step. And now with the new powerful wand, it could only be harder.""Speaking of," Erebus said, "I thought the wand your mom gave you was broken! That was actually how I confirmed that 'Jane' were Kitty, because she wouldn't have that wand in anyway.""Yeah, haha," Kitty laughed, "I only did that to give you a hint, so that you would know it was me. But you didn't seem to have any reaction towards me. I thought it was too nebulous a hint.""No..." Erebus shook his head with a wry smile, "I really tho