Chapter 18

'Very well, and how do you want him to die and when do you want him to die?" He leads her out of the Queen's memorial with a hand around her waist,
'That is undecided, I would give him a chance to prove himself a loyal wolf and if not, then I want his head on a plate, the same thing that happened to father. It was quite incredible how you made his head fly that far." They laugh at the last statement,
'Magnus deserves what happened to him, the only person that didn't deserve to die was your mother." His eyes sadden a little as he remembered how cold she was that day
'Let us not invite sadness into our own hearts, mother would be proud of us irrespective," she wraps her arm around his torso in an embrace, 'what will you get me for my coronation??" She smirks devilishly, she hadn't really changed, she had just matured.
Only slightly though. She was still Loving and carefree but when she needed to put down a point she became more like the late Octavia.
'Ahh your coronation, I think I have something that would suite your new age, we are recruiting new soldiers and I'm sure you would like to pick some for yourself." He whispers into her ears and her face is flushed to an astounding degree,
'You're so disgusting father!!" She pushes him away as she hid her laughter and blush with the back of her palm, 'I wish mother warned be about you, what are you made of? Sin?" Her comment tickles a laugh out of his lungs,
'She managed me for the rest of her life so it's until I die that's when you can consider yourself free." He laughs even louder, 'but Arcadia, you might find one you like," he teases he even further and her blush deepens. Since the rejection she has held no bones with men, to her Mace was just a sore loser who believes he could have anyone he wished.
She still found the opposite gender very attractive and she had made new friends, a couple of them were those gorgeous wolves who were willing to lay their lives down for their Queen, one caught her attention especially. He was a beauty.
In fact she thought he must have been some god that was created especially for her to replace that good for nothing Mace.
'I think I know what is going on in my gem's mind, is it a certain wolf?" He nudges her side with his elbow and she burns even brighter,
'Father please!! Let me crush In peace, I can't enjoy my adulthood if you keep teasing me about every guy I meet." She pouts before superspeeding down the stairs, Xerxes laughs at her predicament and decides to do a little spying at their so called officers.
He knew them best, they would eventually plot to bring his daughter down, he would destroy them before they even laid a finger on his diamond.
'Is it still hurting master?" The maid gently dabbed wet cloth on his wound, she could treat his scars and cuts but she couldn't treat his damaged pride, nothing they do would ever be able to make him walk with his head held high, unless he killed her himself.
'That's enough, you can leave," he scowls and the maid gets the message, she quickly carries the bloody water and runs out of his room before she was the object he would be throwing out of the window.
He sat there remembering how she hit him, threw him around the palace like he was a rag doll, she made him look weak in front of everyone, he couldn't subdue her.
He throws the lamp and it smashed against the wall, and at that Czar runs in to make sure everything was alright,
'Master, what is the problem now?" He stares at the broken lamp,
'Call the sage immediately, we need to have a word with her," he was searing with rage, Czar bowed and excused himself.
'Such a fool," he smiles devilishly as he walked down the hallway with the new scar he had obtained from battle, it was something the Queen gave to him and now he would take her daughter as compensation.
From the day he met Arcadia he had wanted her, and he did a good job over exaggerating the matter to a point of war, it was the on thing at which he used to drive an even bigger rift between Mace and his destined mate so he could take her for himself.
He had heard rumours that the Queen had immense power and since Arcadia was her daughter then it was only normal for her to have inherited a portion of it. And that made him want her the more.
'Hey you!!" He points to one of the maids, her eyes held a deep sense of reverence when he called her, 'send a message to the sage, master wishes to see her immediately. Don't slack off or you would be in trouble." He eyes her as she scurried to do his bidding, she looked very beautiful and she was his next target.
He walks down the hallway further to see Loki giving instructions to the new soldiers, they were young and hunks but most of them had a deep desire to serve Mace after his loss in the war. They still believed that their master was the most powerful and one loss was not enough to diminish the worth of their master in their eyes.
'I hope that is clear to everyone?" They all chorus an affirmative and he couldn't help the smile on his face, 'good you're dismissed." He leaves them only to hump into his fellow comrade, 'Czar, didn't see you there, apologies, how is your face doing?" He points to the scar he gained and he simply shrugs,
'And your ears?" He points out, they were stuffed with cotton wool and a bandage that went around his head was attached to them,
'At least I'm not deaf yet." He laughs a little, 'the Queen gave us something before she died, a parting gift I must say?" Czar nods at his Beta with a grim look on his face, 'what is wrong now Czar?"
'It is master, he bothers me lately, he is always angry and breaking things, I have a feeling he is still grieving." He speaks half mindedly,
'It's is normal for everyone to grieve, Mace would get over it very soon and he would be back to his normal, less angry self." Loki shrugs as they take another turn down the hallway, very long and expansive if you ask,
'No, you do not understand, master isn't grieving the war, he is grieving something more," he tries to put it in a simpler way but Loki still wasn't understanding, Czar groans loudly, 'are you not using your brain?"
'You suck at speaking in riddles, be clear with me or I would leave your ass." Loki shoots back and Czar sighs heavily, his fellow Beta was a goof, the only thing he knew how to do was to chase after Sheila,
'Master is still in love with Arcadia."