Wounded

The choreography lasted for about half an hour, and by the time the citizens were presenting their welcome message to King Lazarus, Daniel was fast asleep, snoring like a pig on Frank's legs.

“Remember to advise me never to invite Daniel for a night outing or night party,” Timber groaned as he tried to balance Daniel's legs around his neck. They [the Loser's United] were trying to carry him back to the room, but he was making it extremely difficult by changing his sleeping position and making funny gestures.

“This man can sleep on fire! Here I was thinking he was an Alpha, unfortunately, he is just a stupid cunt!” Justin grasped as Daniel's hand nearly hit his nose.

“Come on dude, there's no need for name-callings. My guy, Daniel, did nothing wrong, his only offense was sleeping in a boring music ceremony,” Frank chipped in with a sarcasm-filled voice.

“A voice in my head is telling me that Daniel is not asleep, he is just faking it to get us to carry him,” Justin continued with a grimace.

Timber and Frank laughed at him, and they were right for laughing, because Daniel was sleeping, and he slept for most of his two days at Freetown kingdom (ironically)

Daniel and King Lazarus didn't talk to each other during the remaining days. Whenever the king saw him, he would act like Daniel was a stranger, ignoring him and his greetings. Lord Astro also kept to himself, he wasn't the same cheerful and jovial man, instead, he would stay by King Lazarus's side 24/7 (throughout the day), Daniel knew he had something to do with it, and this made him feel terrible.

Lord Israel was also moody, he kept to himself, ignoring everyone. In fact, he seemed to be doing some deep thinking. His partner, Lord Henry, didn't visit and the guards guessed he went for the royal conference alone, but little did they know that the two men were avoiding each other.

The only sane man who didn't change his behavior like a chameleon was Lord Xander, he kept being the funny him, pranking and making jokes out of every matter.

The other guards stopped taunting Daniel, and he stayed with the members of the Loser's United [Justin, Frank, and Timber]; they stuck to one another, watching and laughing at the royal men's relationship with ladies.

King Lazarus had most of the ladies' attention, they were always around him, and this was one of the reasons why Daniel wasn't able to have a proper conversation with him. Daniel felt cheated, he couldn't comprehend why the king was treating him like a stranger; he blamed himself for being cheap, and as he watched the king flirt with other people, he knew that he would never be Lazarus's priority.

'I am a pet, meant to be used. No one will accept me, perhaps my late father was right after all,' Daniel thought as he watched the man he had come to like cheat on him. Yes, they weren't together or anything, but he still called the king's flirting a sign of cheating, because while in the river, they had both promised that they belonged to each other.

After a tortuous two damn days,' According to Daniel's narration, they all took their horses ready to go back to their kingdom. The peace treaty was signed, and everybody rejoiced exceedingly.

“Thank you so much for coming, it has been a great honor having you in the Northeast Kingdom,” King Derrick bowed down respectfully to King Lazarus.

“Memories were made,” that was Lazarus's curt response, and he swiftly climbed on his horse. Without waiting for his men and companions, his horse galloped away from the Northeast kingdom at full speed.

‘Memories were made? Is he talking about us?’ Daniel murmured under his breath, but on sighting the ladies who had pleasured Lazarus, his eyes dropped in sadness and disappointment.

The guards were commanded by Lord Astro to climb on their horses, and they went after the king, carrying their numerous gifts in five carriages. As usual, Lord Israel was the one who cleaned up King Lazarus's mess, and Israel politely greeted King Derrick, he even addressed the citizens on behalf of Lazarus.

During the journey, Daniel noticed that he didn't get as quickly tired as before, his body was finally getting used to this. As usual, King Lazarus paid him no attention, and he didn't mind, he was boiling inside already. His mind kept accusing the king of being a cheat and he promised to fuck as many men as possible to get Lazarus furious.

“Did something happen between you and Lord Astro? You are both acting strange,” Justin had asked, during their bath in the river. Apparently, Astro had passed by Daniel's side without sparing him the usual smile, and his friends had gotten confused.

“What do you mean?” Daniel feigned ignorance.

“Well…. Lord Astro is supposed to be trying to get you, not playing hard to please,” Justin whispered, and Timber gave Daniel a questioning look.

“Isn't he interested in you anymore? Or has he found another replacement who is more handsome and reasonable than you?”

“Come on, Justin! You know as much as I do that no man can beat Daniel in a handsomeness competition, not even me. So stop being jealous, and let's talk about other stuff. I am sure Lord Astro is acting that way because of His Majesty, and because he doesn't want unnecessary attention drawn to himself,” Frank replied, coming to his help.

Daniel snapped back to the present when he nearly fell off his horse due to the stone on his path. He shot Lord Astro a look, and he noticed how sad he looked.

'Do you like werewolves?’ He remembered his question and he furrowed his brows wondering why the Lord and the king were suddenly interested in werewolves.

'They don't know I am a werewolf, right? Or could it be that they've found out?’ he asked himself rhetorically, and his eyes widened. He looked at the focused King Lazarus for a short while. 'If truly he has found out, he would be the first to order for my execution. He wouldn't touch me, let alone kiss me,’ Daniel assured himself, calming down his anxiety, but when he looked at Astro, he didn't know how to console himself.