Chapter 65

Her people cheer for her and the praises get to her head, she clears her throat and speaks again, 'alpha Mace has caused me too much trouble, he came to me with a proposal and he believed that I would agree to marry him because he was powerful!!" She begins to with the back story so everyone would know the Genesis and the revelation of his death.
'Xerxes, did you talk to her?" Octavia whispers to her husband but he only gives her a glance before turning back to his daughter with his head held high, her heart sinks and she knew he was in support of the execution, 'well if they can play the game then so can I." She grunts to herself and her eyes rest on Loki.
He catches her gaze on him and he remembers she came to him last night to heal him, she was the woman who came last night to help him. He smelled like her. She says some words with her eyes and he understood stood it clearly due to his nature. He looks at Czar and he was wandering what that was all about.
'We have finally defeated him and shown the strength of the rose clan, now we are at glory but I could not have done any of these without my parents." She turns to her mom and dad, 'and as a gift I will have Alpha Mace's head, it would be hung at the entrance of the palace, as a trophy!" They roar in favour of their Queen but Mace's eyes are open in fear, he had never seen anyone as cruel as he had been. And especially not a woman.
The executioner walks out with a giant Axe, his bulging muscles and masked face was scaring the living Daylight out of the three men. They think he was going to chop their heads off but he gave the axe to the Queen instead. Czar didn't believe she would carry that but she held it quite firmly and slung it over her shoulder, them men were petrified but they still hid their fear appropriately.
The executioner forces Mace's head on a platter and she raised the Axe over her head, 'It was nice knowing you." Her grin was sinister and just as the Axe was coming down,
'Arcadia wait!!!" Octavia commands and her daughter stops mid air, everyone gasps as the Axe was so close to his head, his eyes were closed Hoping that the death would be over. But a part of him still held on to Loki's words, but Arcadia was infuriated that her mother had stopped her from ending the tyrant.
'What is it mother?" It was more of a snarl than a humble question.
There is silence as her eyes was still on Loki, it was his time to speak and he had to put on his best acting skills.
'My queen!! This is injustice!!" He cries and Czar did not believe he just begged, he moved a few inches away from Loki so he wouldn't be infected by his weakness, 'Queen!" He crawls closer to the throne but Sheila jumped down to put her fan to his neck. His eyes met hers and his heart sank, he swallowed the pain and looks at Octavia, 'you cannot do this Queen." He begs again.
Arcadia knew what her mother was doing and she was gritting her teeth, 'what is this now mother?! Would you just let me end his miserable life in peace?!" She was sorely vexed.
'No I will not! We didn't perform any of their last request, is this what I instilled in you Arcadia?" Her tone was just as harsh and this makes the Queen growl in anger,
'Fine!!!" She turns to Mace and raises his head up by his hair, 'what is your last wish? Hurry up and be quick with it!!" She was basically spitting on him but he was too broken to even speak. And that is when Loki spoke up,
'We all have one last wish; that you honor your clan and heritage." His words confuse people the more but Octavia is pleased, he was very smart. Xerxes could see the smile on her face even though she hid it well,
'What is she up to now?" He grumbles to himself, he was still confident that his daughter would kill them irrespective of what they had to say.
'What exactly are you trying to say?" She drops his head on the board before moving to Loki, Sheila's blade still threatened to end him so he didn't do so much as blink, 'drop the riddles and talk properly." She flashes the axe in front of him but even that couldn't scare him. Sheila's anger had made him die a thousand times in a minute.
'My Queen," he pays her respects, 'I beg you to repay the kindness I have shown to you." He pleads with her but this puts her in a hard situation, it would soon be time for Octavia to speak, 'it's a teaching that your clan women pass to their children; to always reward good with good. I know my master has not been good but I pray that you consider the good things I have done to your mother and spare us."
There is contemplation from the crowd but Arcadia silences them, she bends to Loki's height, her blue eyes had become stone,
'Do you think I would let you live just because of your words? It seems you would be the first to die." She raises her Axe at him ready to chop off his head,
'Arcadia I said stop!! It's an order!!" Octavia rises from her throne,
'I'm the Queen mother, and I'm doing this for the well being of my people!!" It was turning into a fight,
'And I am your mother!! You owe me a little respect, drop your Axe this instant!!" She commands and in a fit of rage she throws the weapon far away from her, she rubs her face in pure annoyance and lets her mother speak, 'thank you, go on child." She slowly goes back to her seat to listen to what Loki had to say.
'I found a woman unconscious and with great difficulty I begged my Master to let me take care of her. Little did I know that it was the Queen, she told me her name was Orla and I loved her with everything that I had in me, I took her as a mother." Everyone had been captivated by his story, 'I knew Orla was from from the rose tribe as she was too beautiful for her age although she was mentally unstable."
His compliment made Octavia cover her face with her fan to hide her blush; it was a perfect description of her. Beautiful with a touch of crazy.
He clears his throat as Sheila's blade had landed on his throat, 'I fought with master multiple times not to touch her, I even attempted to fight my fellow Beta until she stopped me. I was ready to leave everything for her as I saw my mother in her. I beg of you, I could have used her to my satisfaction, and killed her afterwards. I didn't know it was the Queen but she was from your clan, but even with the hatred master has for your clan I still didn't let him harm the queen."
The people had began to think about it and Loki and his tale has began to make sense, once he sees that he was getting people tho think about it, he blinks rapidly to make tears drip from his eyes,
'I beg of you queen, don't kill Mace, he is more of a brother than a master to me. I am an orphan and he is the only family I have left in this world ever since my love has deserted me." Sheila looks away and her fan moves away from his neck, his words pierced her but she kept her cool, 'please don't overlook this good I have done. I swear I didn't touch your wife king, I wouldn't even dream of doing such! Don't take away my brother from me." His head reaches the ground and he prays desperately that his words would reach them. But Arcadia and Xerxes were set in their ways.
'I really can't care, it's not enough to rectify the damage you have done." Loki was shattered when he heard Xerxes say that, 'Arcadia, you know what to do." He gives the go ahead and she is delighted.
'Arcadia you will not do such!!" She stops her again as she was picking up the axe, 'I don't know what has happened to you but it seems my absence has made your heart hard, I would deal with you later." She was talking to Xerxes but he didn't even look at her. She turns to her daughter, 'Loki did take care of me even though I used him as protection while I figured the insides of the palace."
There Is still silence and she turns to the boy, 'he is a good soul, and it would be wrong to punish him despite the good he has done for me. He could have used me but he kept true to his words, even though he was in pain. I will grant him his wish."
'Octavia you can't be serious!!" Xerxes finally speaks to her, 'you're making a mistake!" But she ignores him like he had been ignoring her,
'I will let him live, to repay his kindness, he did let me eat whatever I wanted without complaining unlike you Xerxes." I bite back makes some people snicker and it was audible, she smiles a bit, 'in our clan, we repay kindness with kindness first, then if the offender has done wrong he can be punished. But we do not forget the good deed." She preaches, 'you should know that better than anyone Arcadia."
'But—" she wanted to speak up,
'Release their chains!!" She orders but no one listens to her, 'I said release their chains immediately!!" Her voice booms and soldiers are forced to obey her command, they free Mace, Loki and Czar and the men stretch to let blood flow to their limbs freely, 'you will live, I have repaid the good you have done to me. But your punishment would be that you would work as servants for my daughter and myself."
Loki heaves a heavy sigh of relief, he was happy with the decision but he didn't know what Mace and Czar would think about it since they weren't used to things like these. But it was way better than death.
'I would take Beta Czar in my position, and Mace would be at the service of Queen Arcadia, while you," she thinks for a while, before her eyes rest on Sheila, 'madam Sheila would be your master from now on." She concludes.
'Mother I do not agree with this at all!!" Arcadia makes her feelings known but Octavia doesn't listen to her,
'If you even the tiniest respect for me then you would honor my decision Arcadia." She retorts and this puts the Queen in a hard place. She was irked to space.
'Mace and his men shall live, but they will be servants until their death!!" She announces as she looked at him with detest, 'no one would be killed, but if they try anything funny then they would be beheaded instantly, without anyone interfering." It was directed at Octavia but she was more than happy with it.
The people hail their Queen and praise her for her kindness, Arcadia comes face to face with Mace, he bends his head a little as she commanded it with a hand gesture,
'I would make sure to torture you so bad you would end your life yourself." She whispers in his ear before laughing evilly. She walks away as the people cheered behind her, a part of him found that part of her very attractive but he would make sure to escape and take his revenge on her.
He would still reduce her and make her beg, if he wasn't the most powerful alpha in the land.
They're led back to the castle by Asher's escorts, and though there was silence Czar decides to break it,
'This is the plan you were so proud of? To turn us into slaves?" His anger was directed at Loki but the hybrid Beta wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone. His mind and heart was in Sheila. He had turned her from the loving woman she was into a cruel assassin, 'answer me Loki!!"
'Do not fight here, when we get to the castle you can fight outside, you should provide some entertainment for Arcadia." Mace rolls his eyes at his Betas,
'Are you really okay with being a slave for your enemy? I'm sorry to say but this is not the master I devoted myself to." He scowls before turning to his front,
'I'm sorry Mace, this was the best I could get us." He voices out with a heavy heart But Mace is still happy that he made an attempt to save them but all Czar did was complain.
'I'm happy you kept me alive, you've proved yourself as more than worthy and I'm proud." He was truly grateful, 'but we would not be in this situation forever, we need to rise from the ashes once more and take back what belongs to us."
'And how do we do that when we have been turned to slaves?" It was a sarcastic question from the scarred Beta, he rolls his eyes at them, he would not submit to women. And he would definitely not be at the mercy of Queen Octavia, he would prefer to die.
He remembers the time she was pretending to be Orla, the times he got to touch her. He must at admit she was on a different whole level, and since he would be her servant then there might still be a chance to get close to her. She was so soft and he felt jealous that only Xerxes was allowed to touch her. If Loki hadn't come that moment he would have fingered her until she would beg him to stop. Then he would take her to his room to fuck her till she forgot her name.
She was beautiful as Orla but now she looks like a goddess. He wasn't sure which he would like more; Arcadia or Octavia? He had started making plans since he saw them and everything was going smoothly, soon he would have them in his arms.
'Patience Czar, we won't be slaves forever, as Octavia did to us, we must do to her." Mace puts a little hope in his heart, 'we shouldn't fight with strength, we would be killed too quickly. We need to be smart about this."
'I agree with you Mace, the queen already had a soft spot for me, we can use that to our advantage." They were almost ag the palace, they had been talking in hushed tones since the journey started.
'They wouldn't know what hit them."