Chapter 67 - Ultimate Use

"He is going somewhere to fight with Quentin" Queen Teresa voiced weakly.

Michael noticed how greatly disturbed she was. She used to be brave and fearless but she didn't appear so right now.

"That Quentin, what makes him so special?" Michael asked in a lighter mood. He wanted his mother to be relaxed.

"He will just kill him. He has always wanted to kill him and he is a very powerful sorcerer" she shook visibly.

"I understood all what you said. I don't just get why you are frightened about father going to fight him. Father is a warrior" he was trying to get fear off her mind.

"He will kill your father over and over again and your father knows that well too but he was only concerned with James life neglecting his own life" she said sternly with her voice raised.

All she obviously wanted was to stop the Alpha King from going to meet this Quentin.

"You mean Father has no chance against him?" Michael questioned.

"Yes, he clearly doesn't" she affirmed.

"This is equally dangerous for both of them. Father can just set a trap for him the same way he can trick him to kill. I don't see any reason to fear in this" he insisted on his mother being overzealous.

"Your father is not ready to do anything he doesn't want. He claimed Quentin will know beforehand. He wants to go alone" she informed him.

Going alone was obviously dangerous. Michael reasoned with that. He had to do something without the Alpha King knowing.

"I just want you to talk him out of it" she begged impatiently.

"I know Father very well. There is only one way to talk him out of this and that is getting the remedy for James" Michael explained to her.

"And that is what Quentin promised him. If we can just get it from him through another way without having to sacrifice Henry's life" she bemoaned.

"I have to tell you something, Mother" Michael moved closer to Queen Teresa. "The poison taken by James was meant for the king. I switched it for him instead. So James should know the remedy" Michael whispered.

"You didn't help the issue at all. Poisoning him is the same thing as poisoning your father and if James know the remedy, we have nothing. He can't say an ordinary word right now" she sounded disappointed.

"Then Father should go" Michael concluded. He quickly realized through her looks that he had offended Queen Teresa by saying that.

"You want your father to die?" she asked hastily. "In case you don't know. James should better die now rather than your Father. Because James is the only one that will benefit from his death" she warned.

"Father could die if James die now. The heartbreak will definitely kill him" Michael complained.

"And there will be no obstruction on your way to the throne, Michael" she groaned flashing her eyebrows. "Isn't that what we wanted?" she asked to back herself up

"We need the remedy if we want to stop Father from going or dying" he insisted.

"I just want you to stop him from going" she retorted and sat down in frustration.

"Okay, I will know what to do to that" he assured her

"You must. Michael. You must stop him from going. That is the only way" she warned him severely.

She kept pressuring him like he was the sole cause of the problem. Michael regretted switching the poison for James instead. All these troubles would have been avoided.

"I will need some time to do that" he replied.

"I don't think there is time. He is already preparing for the journey as we speak. It is now or never, Michael" she advised.

"I will make sure I stop this from happening. Just let your mind be at rest" he gasped as he assured her again. He was not sure of what to do yet. He was just being hopeful but taking his father out of this without the remedy in hand would be fruitless.

He had to do something now or else his father would die and James would be the only beneficiary of that as Queen Teresa said.

He realized he had to find the remedy to the poison. He could do that if he could plan it well. He would just need a sample of the poison and if that didn't work.

He would resort to Julia, she had been useful in situations like this. It would be good if they can put an end to Quentin now once and for all.

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Julia paused as she came into Michael's chamber. She met him depressed. She thought he would be over the moon after James had taken the poison.

"Are you brooding over your sick brother? You know what, I have experienced that a lot. People fight with their families but they can't do without them" she chuckled.

"We have only created a bigger problem, Julia" he moaned. "A notable problem that we need to take care of as soon as possible" he sighed heavily.

"Why is there always a problem that is always bigger than the previous? There is always a problem, Michael. You just have to get it solved" she continued smiling. She felt there is nothing that be a bigger problem as they were near the throne now more than ever.

"You are smiling,I bet you will stop smiling when you realize what is happening" he chuckled.

"And what is that, that is capable of killing joy?" she inquired.

"The king is going to bargain his life for the remedy to cure James" he said loudly.

"Bargain, you mean, pay with his life?" she kept questioning unnecessarily. She didn't want to believe it.

"You heard me right. We shouldn't have given the poison to James. We could have thrown it away. Discard it and have all these discarded" he said with his face filled with regrets.

"May I ask who is selling this remedy to him?" she asked. She thought if the remedy was available. They would get it without giving out the Alpha king's life.

"Quentin. That is the name. The Mother Quen said he is very powerful" he uttered.

"Quentin, is that what you called it?" she remembered she already heard the name once.

"You knew him?" he asked quickly.

"Of course. We met in this very chamber. You lived together" she chuckled.

"In my chamber? Are you sure of what you are saying?" he asked looking around like he wanted to see the man they were talking about.

"He is the Martha that lived with you in here. He worked with James" she revealed, she got the name when Martha was talking to Wookah.

"We should stop Father from walking into his death" he reminded her the main issue.

"Let him just go with men armed to the teeth and are capable enough of nabbing a sorcerer. That is going to be easy, right?" she suggested. She believed that shouldn't have weighed Michael down as he was right now.

"No. He wants him to come alone. And he will know if he brings company" he rectified.

"He want your father to fight with him all alone?" Julia was amazed.

"Not even a fight. He wants him dead before reviving James" he buttressed.

"We have made a big mistake. That Quentin had used us to get to the King. Now he will kill the king for James without a trace to him" she sighed.

"He really used us. We think we are smart while doing his wish. Now we have to protect Father from him" he kept going back and forth on that.

"The only way to stop your father from going is to produce the remedy and heal James" she deduced.

"You think I haven't thought about that? I have known that already but there is no time to look for that right now because Father will soon be on his way. It is a matter of minutes" he gasped breathlessly. His mind was obviously not at rest.

"Your father will have to go with company, then" she quickly opted for the last possible way she believed could work. "If we can't stop him from going, we should stop him from dying" she asserted.

"He will never agree to that. He wouldn't do anything that will anger Quentin and jeopardize James' life" he shook his head in disagreement.

"What if he doesn't know about it?" she smiled.

"If he doesn't know about it, there is no way we will know where he goes" he replied after few moments of silence.

"Do not worry about that. I also have a sorcerer that will take care of that" she assured him.

She believed Rachel would help them if they could appeal to her. She would consult her.

"You have a sorcerer?" Michael asked with a tiny voice. "You can't just cease amazing me" he laughed.

"And she is a very powerful one. Are you ready to meet my mother?" she stretched out her hands toward him.