Well, here it is, the final chapter. I had fun writing this story but I had said that this was going to be a short story compared to my other ones. It's sad knowing a story will end, but I think this was one of my more "successful" stories personally. I'm actually proud of how this story ends and I hope you, as a reader, will enjoy it as well.

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I Want to Tell You a Story

Chapter 10

Heine stood in stunned silence as he gazed at his eldest son. Tall, dark-haired, definitely an alpha. Powerful would be the best word to describe the prince. And Heine had failed him. He didn't even know what to even say to the young man. He was expecting a lashing out at him. He deserved it. He had abandoned his son and he was unforgivable.

So when Eins turned his back on Heine, no words spoken, Heine felt the punch in the gut as though it was a spirit that had coursed through him.

And that was the hardest hit he had taken.

As crown prince of Granzreich and the son of a once-homeless-omega, Eins had to prove himself twice over because of his father's mistakes. Did he consider himself a mistake? No, but his father having once a wife and an omega mate had surely muddled things up for the royal family. When it was announced that the princes would have tutoring to one day take the throne, Eins had gotten angry and demanded why there was even such cause for alarm. Eins was no sickly child. He was strong and proud and when his claim to the throne had been threatened, he took it very personally.

None of his brothers were worthy of the throne.

Viktor had a horrible relationship with Eins, ever since he was younger. Ever since he received glares from the staff when he first arrived at the palace with Heine, and ever since the man looked down on him. Yes, Viktor has tried to make up that relationship and tried to make amends with Eins, but Eins was the unforgiving type.

As Eins walked away from his Papa, from Heine, he had the sense of pride, and yet sad. This was the person who raised him for so long and then abandoned him in his time of need.

What would they even say to each other?

The party at the palace was lovely. Only the finest guests were there and all seemed well now. The princes had new tutors, and the Prince would soon be crowned once Viktor decided to retire. Eins walked around with Ernst, introducing his fiancée to the people and soon would be announcing their pregnancy to the people. Heine had come to the party to check on the other princes but saw that they were not in attendance. Not even Leonhard or Kai. Perhaps that was for the best.

Eins and Ernst walked to a man who wore clothing from the church. "Welcome to the Palace Weislinger," Eins said, "so glad that you could make it."

"It is good to be here in the palace once more. I hope to be here soon for your coronation Prince Eins," the man spoke with a fake kindness. Ernst offered his hand, "it's a pleasure to meet you Father Weisinger. I'm Count Ernst Rosenberg." He said, "we spoken a few times in private."

"Ah yes, Count Rosenberg. Forgive me, I thought you would be a beta, but I see you and the Prince are engaged? Is that correct?" The Priest said.

"Ah yes, we are," the count said as a hand went to his abdomen, "and we will share out news tonight," he smiled.

"I see," the Priest said and pulled out his bible, and smacking the Count with it. The party fell silent as the hall looked over at the two. Rosenberg was genuinely surprised that he was hit like that. More so, that he was going to be assaulted by the Father. "You vile omega! You'll ruin this kingdom! You birthed more omega-offspring into this world! We might as well be praising Satan!" He said and continued to assault the man. Before the fifth strike was hit, Ernst had covered himself and saw that the Prince, Heine, and Viktor came over and stopped the man. People soon began to chatter among themselves at the horror that just happened.

"You," Weislinger turned to Heine, "you're the cause of all of this! If you hadn't birthed the prince to get your greedy hands into the palace, Prince Kai would be the rightful heir of Granzreich!" The deranged man spoke. "You and your demonic offspring will be the ruin of this kingdom! Mark my words!"

"Guards! Escort Father Weislinger out now!" Viktor said. Soon a flock of guards came to the surround the Holy Father and walked him out of the palace by force. Heine looked over at Viktor for a moment but then turned to Eins who was helping Ernst up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, more shocked than anything," Ernst said and looked at Heine with shame in his eyes. "I just want to go home now…I'm sorry for ruining this evening, everyone," Ernst said as he limped back out of the room. Eins just stood there, watching Ernst leave in shame.

Heine approached Eins, "you should be ashamed of yourself."

Eins looked down at the omega, "excuse me?"

"You're his fiancé, aren't you? You should be with him and comfort him. He was just assaulted after all," he said. Eins made no move, and Heine spoke, "I know I raised you better than that. I may have left you when you were a child, but I raised you before then to be a decent person." As Eins was about to make a move to strike Heine, he spoke, "how can you call yourself king when there isn't a kind bone in your body?"

Eins froze and Heine looked at Eins in disappointment. "You should be ashamed of yourself Eins," Heine said informally to the Crown Prince. People gasped and began to talk, but Heine didn't care. Eins didn't seem to visibly care at all. The world no longer existed when these two met eye-to-eye. Heine approached and jumped up, grabbing Eins's ear and said, "I know I'm horrible, but should you really be treating the person carrying your child just as horrible?" He let go, the alpha holding his ear and he watched Heine walk away. When Viktor approached to talk to Heine, the short omega stopped him, "you should have disciplined him better," Heine said as he left the room.

"I'm sorry I left."

"I forgive you. Why did you leave?"

"I had to go and I couldn't take you with me."

"You did the right thing."

"You'll be a great king. You deserved better than me. I love you."

"I forgive you…Papa."

Words that never were spoken aloud by the people who needed to hear it the most.

Screams filled the room as Ernst labored for over a day. Eins had been waiting outside the birthing room, pacing back and forth. The princes and the king were with him, waiting for their newest family member to arrive.

"It'll be fine Eins!" Viktor chimed! "Your papa was in much worse labor when he gave birth to Bruno and Licht!" He said.

"That doesn't make us feel better!" Bruno and Licht said in unison, and Viktor laughed nervously. The two princes can't even imagine what giving birth would be like if they ever found alpha mates. Kai looked horrified as he heard the screams and Leonhard was ready to faint at any moment.

Just as the last scream was heard from Ernst, a baby's cry was heard soon after. They all breathed a sigh of relief until they began to hear hysterical crying and "get that thing away from me!" from behind the door. Eins barged in with his family behind him, wondering if something had happened during the labor. The nurses looked confused as Ernst was trying to back away from the nurse who was holding the baby. Tears filled his eyes. "No! It can't be! He's….hideous!" Ernst cried. "KEEP HIM AWAY FROM ME!"

Eins looked over at the baby in the midwife's arms, and nothing of deformity was wrong with the baby. In fact, the baby was very beautiful. The only thing that made Eins do a double-take was the orange hair on the baby's head. Viktor looked over and smiled, "the baby looks like Heine!"

The all gathered around the baby once Viktor got a hold of the infant and they all agreed. "He does look like Heine."

"That's to be expected when Heine's blood does run in Eins's genes," Bruno commented. "Kinda like how Eins looks like Grandpa!" Leo commented.

Eins looked over at the newborn wrapped up in the blue blanket and sighed, "give him to me," he said. Viktor smiled and handed Eins his son, and patted Eins on the back, "he's beautiful Eins. Congratulations," he said and soon ushered the other princes out.

Eins looked down at the baby and then turned to Ernst. "Don't you want to hold him? You are his papa after all."

"KEEP THAT HIDEOUS BEAST AWAY FROM ME! THAT IS NOT MY CHILD!" Ernst screamed and broke down crying. Eins frowned at Ernst. "This is your child! How could you call him hideous! You deny him even though he just came out of your body?!"

"If you want him so badly then you keep him! He is not my child! He should never have come out of me!" Ernst cried out. "That priest was right! All I did was birth a demon! That red hair proves it!" Ernst cried out. "My son was supposed to be handsome with dark locks and my eyes…and yet that ugly monster came out!"

"Ernst! Stop! This is your child! Our child!"

"No…if you want him. You keep him…I want nothing to do with that ugly child!" Ernst said as he was bleeding out. "I…would rather…die…then be that…thing's parent."

"Ernst! You don't mean that!" Eins said and soon, the omega collapsed. Eins handed the baby to Viktor and went to Ernst's side, holding him. "Rosenberg! Wake up! You can't do this to me!" He said, shaking him, only for his head to flop back. "Rosenberg! Rosenberg," Eins's lips quivered. The realization that Rosenberg was dying affected Eins in ways never expected. "…Ernst? Wake up…please wake up."

As the royal family lowered their heads, and as Viktor approached his son to try to console him, Eins pushed him back with a wave of his arm, "keep away from us!" Tears fell from his pale blue eyes and the first time he'd expressed true emotions in years. It took the princes by surprised, but the King was even more surprised. He had never seen his son emotional. Never since he was a young child and was by Heine's side as an infant was he ever emotional.

The king turned to the midwives and said, "please give him a few moments to say goodbye to his mate," he said and with a bow, the midwives took the newborn to clean him up and take him to a wet nurse to be fed. The king turned to the four younger princes, "boys, we'll do the same," Viktor led the way out, with the princes slowly following like ducklings, leaving the crown prince to mourn his loss.

Eins had mourned his lost briefly and stood by as they buried Ernst in the grave. He was completely silent in the entire ordeal. His entire family stood by his side except for Heine, who no one had seen for a while. While the princes tried to offer condolences to their eldest brother, the crown prince didn't acknowledge their words openly, but he was grateful for their love. The newest member of the family was held by the king through the ceremony despite not even having a name yet.

As soon as the funeral ended, and the deceased was buried, Eins remained standing at the grave, staring at the grave. "Ernst Rosenberg," he read that name so many times in his head by the time the sun began to set that it felt imprinted. Ever since that day, his son's birth, Eins hadn't shed any more tears.

The alpha stayed at the grave as the last person to be there. Though he wouldn't be alone for long. An all too familiar person approached the prince, standing beside him. The height difference between them made no difference as the alpha soon collapsed and began weeping once more. The omega by his side wrapped his arms around his child, rubbing his back in a soothing manner as he let his son cry openly.

Viktor, from a distance, smiled as Heine was with Eins, comforting in his time of need. He looked down at the youngest member of the royal family. He was pale, with Heine's hair color and red eyes like Rosenberg. He began to whimper and Viktor shushed him gently, smiling just as softly, "it's okay little one, your father will be okay. He just needs some time with his papa." He began walking away from the cemetery and continued to comfort the baby.

As time continued to march forward, Eins sat behind the desk that was once his father's office. The new king had held his position for less than a year now after his father decided to retire his throne. He and Heine had decided that it was time for them to travel around the kingdoms and spend some time adventuring on what was known as their honeymoon. The princes all held different responsibilities now and Eins was proud of their accomplishments. Kai still held his engagement with Beatrix, but they were still engaged and wedding planning was coming soon. Leonhard was, more or less, still around the palace, still receiving tutoring from Heine but since Heine decided to travel with Viktor, Bruno was his tutor. After taking upon himself to become like his papa, Bruno was trying to learn still, learn how to teach others and his brother was great practice. Licht was the most surprising as he chose to go into the commoner-lifestyle, working as a server still. He still came to the palace to pay his family visits every now and then. Adele was growing up to be a proper princess in the palace, and he just happened to have a new playmate.

There was a knock at his door. "Enter," Eins spoke, not even looking at the door, instead he was focused on reading some paperwork. The door opened, and a woman walked, "I'm sorry your grace, but he wanted to visit you." Eins put the paper down and saw the boy, hearing his sniffling. Eins looked at the clock for a moment and said, "it is close to lunch. Have a maid bring my lunch to my office and have her bring the prince's his lunch here as well."

"Yes, your grace," the nanny spoke and left the two alone.

The boy had been named Edsel von Granzreich. The boy's hair was long enough to be pulled down into a low ponytail and was as flamed-colored as Heine's hair. His eyes were rounder, not having his father's ling of sharp-edged eyes, possessing the roundness that Ernst once had. He looked a lot like his papa, right down to his facial structure. Soft pale skin with baby fat still in his cheeks. What was more interesting was that young Edsel resembled his cousin, Maximillian quite a bit, who was still a guard. Edsel was wearing a white, button up shirt with black shorts and straps attached to his shorts and a red bowtie, short socks, and black slip on shoes.

The boy would be an omega, Eins could sense it, which only made it more important to protect his child. Edsel awaited with resilience before he was given permission to approach. Eins pushed his chair back and the boy ran to his lap, resting his head on it and smiling. Eins picked up him and placed him on his lap, "did you miss me?" He asked. Edsel nodded softly, clinging to the alpha, "I finished my lessons early to see you."

"I hear from your tutor that you're doing excellent in your lessons," he said, smiling a bit, "I'm proud." He patted his son's head, feeling his soft locks. Edsel's hair texture was much like Ernst's hair. "Father," the boy spoke after a moment since Eins went silent. "I heard Grandfather Viktor and Grandpa Heine are returning to the palace soon," he said. "I got a letter from them," he said and pulled it out of his pocket. It was an envelope that was once sealed but had been ripped to pieces as the boy had been eager to read what was inside. Even at his young age, he was on a much higher reading level than that of most four-year-olds.

"Would you mind reading it to me?" Eins asked, knowing it would make his son happy. The boy beamed and nodded as he held the letter out and began reading aloud the words, only having some difficulty with a few larger words, but Eins helped him along with pronunciation. "Dear Edsel, we hope you are doing well? Your Grandfather and I have been traveling around for many months now. We have visited different kingdoms like…Bru…Bruns…wick?" The boy stopped running and looked at his father for help. "Brunswick." He said. "Bruns…wick." The boy repeated and continued reading, "and An-halt." Edsel said but was soon corrected by his father, "Anhalt." Edsel nodded and continued, "We will be returning home soon with many gifts for you and everyone. For now, we send our love. Grandfather Viktor and Grandpa Heine." Edsel read aloud. He looked back at his father for some form of praise. "Good job Edsel," he said and soon, the maid came in with their lunches.

Silently, the food was set up in front of them and Edsel was let down to go get a chair to drag it toward the desk. He soon climbed up on the chair and began eating his lunch, along with his father. Once the maid had left once more, Edsel asked, "father…why do I have two grandfathers? Adele has a grandmother, but she's technically not mine Grandmother. She's my great-grandmother, right?" Eins was a little surprised by the question. "Observant, aren't you?" He teased lightly and nodded. "Yes, but you will still call her grandmother. It's more respectful," he said. "Okay…but why do I have two grandfathers though?" Edsel asked once more.

Eins thought about how to answering this question, but he decided to just start from the beginning. A smirk came on his face, "Edsel…I want to tell you a story…"