Chapter 22

Loki was preparing to see his lover, making sure his hair was okay and he was smelling good, he never stopped smiling like an idiot anytime he thought of her, he was dying to make her his, anything to touch her and have her call him mate officially.
'And where are you going to?" The sound of his voice gave him chills, Mace walks into the room to look at what his half brother was doing to his hair, so much gel, 'it's Sheila isn't it?" He knew at the instant and Loki laughed,
'Yes, she requested to see me and I have to look good." He was a dashing young wolf,
'Are you sure she isn't playing with your emotions Loki? I've never seen her here so I don't know why you're always so up and about when it comes to her." He jumps on his bed, 'there are other women in this palace that you could always take for yourself, the women we took from the war are beyond beautiful." He tries to pull him to his side but deep down he knew Loki would never touch them to save his life.
'I love Sheila a lot, she's more than enough for me." He was a bit offended by his talk but he hid it properly, he looked good enough, 'I would be back soon, probably by sunrise." He slings his cloak over his head,
'Why are you going out this late?" Mace couldn't understand this man anymore,
'Because that's the best time for lovers to meet." His savage response only brings a smirk to Mace's features, 'if Czar does something stupid as usual don't be afraid to put him on probation, last thing we want is him starting another war while we're sleeping." And he leaves his brother to his thoughts.
Mace still thought of Arcadia up till date, it's been close to a month now and he wasn't able to get her off his mind. He had sincerely began to think that he was Bewitched by the Luna, he had never felt this much for any woman. He only saw them as objects, meant to satisfy a man whenever he calls. But ever since he met her his perception about them had began to change. Now he believed most of them were witches that wanted to do nothing but consume.
There was nothing he could do for now, but when he as up and running he would make sure to pay Arcadia back for everything she took from him, he would take her kingdom and most importantly; her.
How she was able to drive him out still astonished him, she must have used sorcery of some sort, he ponders on the possibility that she might be a hybrid, a blend between a wolf and a magical creature, usually a witch.
She had powers that no would had ever borne, he wouldn't entirely say so because his half brother happened to be a hybrid but he was a good one and not like her.
He scoffs, thinking of ways to destroy the princess of the North, he needed to prove his worth as an alpha; as the most powerful alpha of the land.
It was already midnight and the moon was high in the sky, dancing with her sisters, Loki moved through the woods, he had been here several times and he knew where to find his beloved,
'Sheila?" He reaches a clearing that was surrounded with numerous rose bushes, he turns looking for her in the dead of the night, 'Sheila?" He turns once more to have arms embrace him,
'I thought you wouldn't make it my love." She buries her face in his back and he feels his heart skip numerous beats,
'How would I not see my precious rose?" He pulls her to his front and she looks different, 'this is strange, when did you start wearing clothes like these?" He could see her attire underneath the cloak she wore, her eyes shift to the side, she needed to tell him about her new life, 'what is wrong Sheila? What are you hiding now?"
'Loki, I work for Queen Arcadia now, I'm her personal assassin." The news breaks him and his face twists in confusion, he is broken but he still sees the love in her eyes, 'I don't know what you will think of me now but I can't live without you Loki." Her eyes were beginning to water, 'our masters hate each other and it is so but should be allow it interfere with our lives? I've been thinking a lot about it Loki, if we need to leave then let us leave but I can't live without you." She holds his hands as he kept mute, 'say something my love, don't you love me anymore?"
'Sheila…..I don't know if I should do this, I'm betraying my Master by having a relationship with you, you know I would do anything for Mace." He heaves a very heavy sigh, this was not how he planned this night,
'And Arcadia had helped me a lot since your absence, she brought me from ruins and gave me a new life!" She was surprised how high her voice went,
'I've been with Mace since my childhood, maybe he was right after all," it pierced his heart and he didn't want to let her go but did he have a choice? On one hand it is the love of his life and on the other it is his brother.
'Are you leaving me Loki? Loki please, don't do this to me, I love you," she tried to make him stay but he was already leaving, 'Loki!! Wait!" She runs in front of him to stop him, 'let's just leave this land, we can start a new life elsewhere, let's forget everything." She holds his hand but he does not hold hers, her fears were becoming true,
'I won't forget Mace, I'm loyal to him, we have two different lives now," his words cut through her like butter and her reality shatters, she feels a force in her heart as she watches him leave,
'Loki….." A tear from her eye and she falls to the floor, 'I've lost everything."
He couldn't believe he had to leave his love for his loyalty, but that was what was required of him as a Beta. He hoped he made the right decision, he would never stop loving her but they couldn't be together since it would put their loyalty to question. He needed to take his mind of her, he needed to forget her.
He would burn everything of her, everything.
He enters the palace too early and as expected his brother was watching the moonlight, it came as a shocker when he saw him come back home so early, but he didn't like the look on his face either,
'Loki what is wrong? Is it Sheila?" He settles him down beside him, Loki couldn't say anything, he didn't want to tell him anything, 'she has broken your heart hasn't she?" Mace expected so, 'I told you, you have been too soft on her, she has played you like a deck of cards. What does she look like? I would make her sorry."
'You don't understand Mace, there are sacrifices we tend to make for the ones we love, and I have done my part, hopefully I would be rewarded by the Goddess for my good deed." A yawn escapes his lips, 'I would love to go to bed now, do not stay up too late brother." He stands to leave,
'What did she tell you Loki? Who is she?" Mace wanted to know, how dare she hurt his brother this way.
'She isn't anyone anymore."