Chapter 44

'Wake up you fool!!! I said wake up!!" He slams the pillows on his face until his brother is forced to jerk up from his wonderful dream,
'What in the name of the goddess are you doing?!! Get the hell off of me!!" He pushes Conan to the floor and he smoothens his rough spiky hair, 'what are you even doing in the Queen's room!!?!!" He does his best to shield his nudity but Conan is genuinely confused at what he was saying,
'Are you mad or you just didn't sleep properly?! This is your room and not the Queen's room!!" He screams back at him and the only thing he prays for is that he wouldn't wake everyone up with his high pitched vocals.
But his words rang into his brain. He looks around to realize he was still in his room and not beside Arcadia. He pulls his gaze under the sheets and sees the mess he created all over himself, then he face palms himself really hard before letting out an annoyed groan.
'Don't tell me you were dreaming about the Queen?!" Conan is comically fainting at the audacity of his half brother, 'you're disgusting Asher, disgusting!!" He sleeks his hairs back, 'do you know what would happen to you if the king found out that you were after his daughter?? He would hang you instantly! Forget you're his student, you'll be in the halls of the prematurely killed Betas!!"
Asher groans even more, maybe Conan did have a point. He was going a bit too far with Arcadia. But she also wanted it. But he was also so scared of Xerxes, he would never forgive him if he slept with his daughter.
'It's just dreams, they don't mean anything." He pushes it aside and jumps off his bed to get himself clean, his body still ached but the medical attention he was receiving was helping a lot. It was very fast and he must say he was impressed with the knowledge his brother carried in that empty skull of his.
'That's what you said the last three times before you…" He was really pissed, 'look Asher, you should know the difference between us and them, they're royalty and we are nomal people. They would never allow it." He tries to put some sense into his head but Asher rolls his eyes to the moon and back,
'If the goddess wants it then she would allow it, why have you come to disturb my sleep? Don't you sleep anymore or are you a vampire now?" He throws some insult on him as he wipes the sticky mess off his legs and wear his favorite red robe, classic and expensive. A gift from the Queen herself.
Conan rolls his eyes and he makes sure to lock the door, and from his actions Asher knew it must have been serious for him to demand privacy because he was used to saying everything out loud.
'Alpha Mace has requested me to come see him for something urgent, I need advice." His violet orbs were stricken with worry and Asher became tensed at the mention of Mace,
'What is it all about?" They sit on the bed, far away from the messy area,
'He said he wants me to check someone, a woman, he mentioned that she was grown but acted like a child. It might be medical but this is a very strange case, I've never seen it before so I don't even know what to do about it." He exhales softly, his silver hair was a match to Asher's eyes and his orbs were a similarity with his hair, they looked like twins, 'and I have no idea if he knows I work for Queen Arcadia now and probably he wants to get back at me for running away."
'Well….." He gives it a big thought after listening to all he had to say, 'I think you should go…..we need a spy there anyway."
'A spy? What's going on in that empty head of yours now?" He didn't like being the bait even though he has always been used as one since his childhood, and Asher was always the Mastermind behind the dumb things he did.
'The Queen wants to plan an ambush to get back all of our people that were taken as slaves by Mace, she is not so sure of what the palace looks like on the inside but you've worked for Mace so you—" he doesn't even land but the look on his brother's face is discouraging, 'come on Conan!"
'You know I've always hated things like this from little, you're always putting me in danger when you know very well that I don't like trouble." He sulks comically, he hated being bait.
'Think of it as serving your kingdom and the Queen, we lost a lot during the war and trust me I don't want to put you in danger but right now it's the best way you can help innocent people regain their freedom." His eyes are soft, 'you know what it feels like to lose everything."
'Can we at least tell the Queen about it? She should know at least right?" He thought it was a good idea but Asher wasn't thinking of it like that,
'Well If I know my Master well enough, he is stopping her from attacking out of fear, but I want you to prompt her to attack." He smile on his face is wicked, he brings out a scroll from his cupboard and hands it to him,
'What's this?" It looked precious.
'It is one of the major seals to the kingdom, the Queen gave it to me as a reward of my bravery, it is basically a portion of the kingdom……and now It is stolen." He winks at him but the rumpled expression on Conan's face didn't vibe with his plan.
'No. I am not doing this!! She would think I'm a traitor!!" He pushes it back to his brother but Asher dumps it in his hand,
'You're not, I would explain to her and she would spare you. But right now we need immediate action and you're the one to initiate it, got it?" Conan was sweating bullets at the hair-brained plan his brother had made once more, and he always told him to go to school but he never listened.
'Are you sure about this? It's very risky you know?" He looks at the decree, he opens it and he reads the letters, 'she gave you this much?!" He chokes on his own spit and stares at his brother in disbelief, 'you're fucking rich!! What are you still doing here?! Buy me a house will you?!" He holds the scroll to himself, clutching it tightly to his chest, 'so much money." He didn't stop repeating it.
'It's not yours Conan." He reminds him of the fact and it snaps him out of his daydreaming,
'What?! What are you brothers for? Remember, what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine, is the brothers' code." He was being all sweet with him after discovering the fortune Arcadia left him as a reward for his bravery. Asher rolls his eyes and pushes his head back as he began to invade his personal space.
'You have to be the biggest scam I have ever met in my entire life." He adjusts his robe, 'you need to leave immediately, to make it look like it was stolen." He leaves his cupboard open and he points to the window, 'you're going through the window and you take the left route, away from the garden, no one would be able to see you leave."
'When do we meet again?" His eyes are soft, 'it's just been days and I'm leaving you already." He didn't like it, Asher pulls him into a tight embrace, he was truly the only family he had.
'Soon, when the Queen hunts you down and tries to kill you." He laughs a little, 'send me a message when you reach there, okay?"
'Sure. I'll miss you, you idiot. I'll go pack my things." He hugs him once more and he leaves his room. Asher hoped his idea would work, but his conscience pricked him, he didn't want to hurt her that way but he needed to get her to react or the people of her kingdom would continue to suffer in Mace's hands.
He was only doing his duty as her Beta.