Ryker: So, maybe two more chapters, or one more, then a sequel! haha I hate this chapter tbh, but eh. Actually maybe three because I want Bell and Yu to be 16 years old in the sequel.
LAST TIME:
All that filed his mind was… revenge.
When Wolfram came too, he was frigid cold. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and counted each time he heard a drip of water smack against the cold ground. He panicked when he couldn't recognize his surroundings and his children weren't with him. He ran up to the metal bars and shook them in a desperate attempt to break them.
"Give it up Wolfram, we already tried that," he looked over to see his brothers in the cell next to him.
"B-but Yu and Bell… Where are my babies?!" Wolfram yelled. He relaxed as a hand rested on his shoulder.
"Wolf," it was Yuuri. Wolfram pressed his forehead against the rusty metal and bit his lip to hold back the tears.
He looked to his left and saw Gunter, Gisela, and Murata. Then Cassandra had her hands chained together and a muzzle on to prevent her from speaking a spell.
"Has anyone seen Yozak?" Conrad asked.
"Or Aleksei?" Gwendal looked around.
"Oh, I've seen dear Aleksei," the chilling voice struck through each of their hearts. Wolfram put an arm out in front of Yuuri to protect him.
Wolfram snarled at the man.
"What can you do, Little Boy?" he smirked, "You are unarmed."
"I'll beat the living shit out of you!" the blonde barked.
"Now now, temper, you don't want to set off the induced heat just yet," Wolfram took a step back at the words, "Your loved ones are safe, for now."
'Induced heat…' Wolfram scratched at his milky white skin, "What did you do to me?!"
"Injected you with an induced heat, don't worry Beautiful, you won't live long enough to suffer the weeks of hell it will put you through. I mean, my guards would be more than happy to help you relieve that insufferable heat since you have too much pride to let your Maoh take you in front of your friends and family."
"That's not pride, it's common decency," Wolfram crossed his arms over his chest.
Henry stepped out from the shadows, which wasn't a surprise to Wolfram. Yuuri was furious at this reveal, but he couldn't call to his Maoh powers.
"Oh, don't even try," Henry smiled like the Cheshire Cat, "Your powers won't work down here, not even the Maoh's power."
"Where's Aleksei!?" Gwendal snapped, "If you hurt him-"
Henry laughed so hard he grabbed his sides, "That's funny, me hurt him. I saved him! You see, this was all a game. I planted him in your castle, I told him to seduce you, I even induced his heat through an odorless powder he inhaled when he opened a letter from me. He loves me, I was his fiance, I took him before you touched him. He's my toy and I don't appreciate you breaking him!" Henry got up to the bars to scream in Gwendal's face, "You made him soft! You showed him happiness! All of you showed him what it's like to be accepted! Well, he's not accepted! He's a pathetic, stupid, horrid monster that stumbled into this town before I knew he was half Mazoku."
Gwendal punched at the bars out of rage. His heart crumbled and sunk to his feet while his knuckles stained crimson. Conrad had to hold his brother back before he hurt himself even worse.
"Do you wish to see him?" Henry snapped his fingers and the redhead was by his side. Aleksei wore the casual guard attire with his sword close to his hip. Aleksei's eyes were glazed over with hopelessness and agony. He felt empty and guilty as Henry wrapped his arms around Aleksei's waist.
"You-" Wolfram started, "You traitor! How dare you take advantage of us! I-I trusted you!"
"Sorry," Aleksei mumbled under his breath before Henry dismissed him.
"I'd keep a level head if I were you, Lord von Bielefeld," he cackled, "But your fate is inevitable." Henry waltzed away to leave Wolfram with a pit in his chest.
His face flushed red and he couldn't tell if his mind played tricks on him or if it was the induced heat. He slid down the bars and wrapped his arms around himself. Yuuri went over to see it he was okay, but Wolfram swatted him away.
"Don't touch me!" he yelled, "You'll only make it worse."
"What is induced heat?" Yuuri asked.
The Great Sage took off his glasses to clean them, "It's a forbidden potion that used to be for noble men that couldn't quite reach their heat. So, they would induce their heat and then their bodies would be ready to birth. But that potion had a side effect," Murata put his glasses back on, "The heat was intense, even the blood burned. Most Mazokus died from it if they weren't relieved of their heat." Wolfram twitched at the thought of dying in such a shameful way. Murata turned to Cassandra, "Did you stash some?" the girl nodded.
"Some what?" Yuuri asked.
"I anticipated this to happen, so I asked Cassandra to make more of that powder-"
"Oh no," Wolfram groaned.
"-As I was saying. I asked her to make more, but this time if the powder hits an incompatible soul, that soul will burn," Murata said, "Basically, if we hit Henry and Aleksei with it, since our dear Aleksei was just a pawn in his game of chess, then Henry should perish along with Aleksei."
"Why both? Aleksei was compatible with Gwendal," the double black pointed over to the silver haired man.
Murata shook his head, "We don't know that because Aleksei faked everything from day one."
Yuuri shook his head at the thought of killing the redhead. He knew Aleksei was deceitful, but the boy was tricked and hurt into doing so, Yuuri knew that Aleksei was good.
"Why wimp?" Wolfram noticed his head shake, "Aleksei is evil. He tricked us, played with Gwendal's heart… Yuuri, he took care of our children. He held our children in his arms, and any moment he could've hurt them."
"But he didn't."
"Wimp King I swear-" Just as Wolfram felt his blood boil, it wouldn't stop, "No…"
"Wolf," Yuuri reached out to his husband again.
"No, no, no, NO!" his body felt as if it was consumed in flames, "SHINOU MAKE IT STOP!"
Isabella hated her baby. She hated children in general. So, she asked Aleksei to look after her baby since she noticed how well he worked with the two one-year-old Mazoku children.
Bell sat on Aleksei's bed and poked around. He watched over his sleeping sister as if they were about to be attacked by wolves.
"Aleks," Aleksei looked over at Bell as he cradled the human baby, "Where's Mama?"
'Wolfram…' Aleksei hung his head low. He rested his back against the side of the best as he sat on the floor.
Bell sensed an overwhelming guilt and helplessness coming from Aleksei. He never felt such remorse from one person before, so he slapped Aleksei upside the head.
"Ouch!" He yelped, "Bellamy von Bielefeld-Shibuya! You do NOT hit people!"
"You aren't helpless," Bell spoke, "You are strong. I know you. Save my Mama and Papa."
"I can't believe a one-year-old is giving me advice," Aleksei smiled.
"That mean man is just that, a mean man. You've been through too much to just give up now," Aleksei couldn't tell if it was actually Bell or his conscious, but his mind was made up.
That night, he was going to break out the prisoners.
It pained Yuuri to watch his precious Wolfram twitch and spasm on the stone floor. The boy whimpered in the heat that consumed him. He didn't want to be touched, it was too painful for even his clothes to touch his skin.
Gwendal wasn't doing any better, he slumped against the wall as he didn't want to miss Aleksei. He wanted to hate that pathetic excuse for a boy, but he couldn't.
"Gwendal," Gunter piped up, "You remember what we talked about when he first showed up."
"So, what is Aleksei is my destined mate? That doesn't change the fact that I'll never accept that traitor."
"Why are we all needed though?" Gisela asked, "Why us?"
Murata sighed, "I was afraid of this, but there is this extremely dangerous spell that could only be cast one because it involved the prophesied Maoh from Earth and his virgin consort that birthed his children. They needed blood from each of us, and it must be the virgin mother's heated blood in order for it to work. He plans on sentencing every Mazoku to death via a curse."
"But that would include Aleksei," Conrad said.
"I think Aleksei, as traitorous as he is, didn't know the exact plan. I'm assuming Henry lied to him among many other things, like how Henry got married after Aleksei left."
"How tragic," Gisela sighed, "You can't help but pity the poor boy."
"I want to punch the 'poor boy'," Gwendal growled.
A while later, Henry came back to check on them with a smug smirk, "I told him to stay level headed. Oh well, what else to expect from the feisty virgin Bielefeld?"
The brunette unlocked the cell and dragged out the blonde by his hair. His pained gasps made Yuuri lunge at Henry. His guards blocked the attack as Henry scooped up Wolfram's crumpled body into his arms. He tucked wet locks of blonde hair out of Wolfram's flushed face. Wolfram's lips were parted slightly and his green eyes glazed with agony.
"No wonder you love him," Henry commented, "His beauty by far excels anyone I have ever seen. Not even Aleksei can mirror this boy."
Gwendal felt a surge of jealousy. He knew his brother was gorgeous, but the fact that Henry called his beloved Aleksei average made his head spin. He ran up to the bars with a snarl.
"How DARE you speak of Aleksei!" he spat at Henry.
Henry laughed, "Oh I'm sorry, for a second it seemed like you still like Aleksei. That boy is loyal to me, I trained him as such. Just because you managed to make him scream beneath the sheets means nothing. He's great in bed, isn't he?" Henry winked before he left Gwendal to throw himself at the rusted bars.
Conrad tried to hold back his brother again, but Gwendal was bigger and stronger than his little brother. Yuuri reached over to try and sooth Gwendal, the double black was still in shock that his love was taken from him.
Henry took Wolfram to Aleksei's room. He ordered Aleksei to guard the blonde with his life. He has a bucket of cool water that he dipped dipped a cloth in and rested it on Wolfram's burning forehead. Bell and Yu crawled over their mother in a desperate attempt to make him feel better.
Aleksei sniffled back his tears as he fetched Wolfram some water to drink. The redhead wished that all of Wolfram's pain would fall on his shoulders.
"I'm so sorry," he blubbered as he rested his head on Wolfram's chest, "I didn't know he would do this. I thought you were evil but it turned out Henry is the only malicious one. I ruined everything. I hurt you, His Majesty, Gwendal…"
Wolfram weakly pet Aleksei's head, "It's alright." he breathed out a chuckle, "that's what Yuuri would say. I can't tell you if Gwendal forgives you, he's a rather stubborn man. But I know what it's like to have no choice but to listen, please, it's alright. You saved my children, I owe you my life."
"How did I save them?" Aleksei asked.
"You brought them here unharmed. If Henry had the chance, he would've slit their throats by now, but you stopped him," Wolfram twirled his daughter's hair between his fingers, "We have a plan to stop Henry. But since I'm a bit incapacitated, would you like to help?
Aleksei smirked, "Of course, I'd like to show Henry how it feels to be lied to for years and played with."
Wolfram loved the passion in Aleksei's amethyst eyes. He soaked in the burn for revenge that Aleksei held through his tight grip on his sword.
"All you need to do is free Murata and Cassandra, with them, we can stop Henry, they will throw the new and improved powder at him to end him," Wolfram winced as he tried to sit up. Bell pushed his mother back on the bed.
"No Mama," he nestled his head on Wolfram's stomach, "You're huwrt."
"He's right Lord Wolfram, you are in no condition to go anywhere," Aleksei said, "Besides, you need to look after your children in case a guard comes back. Though that's a slim chance since I ordered them to avoid this room," he tweaked a little smirk, "I am the lead of the personal guard. They do as I command."
Wolfram despised being left behind, but the way his children curled up at his side made him agree. Bell and Yu made the heat feel less severe and he truly was in no condition to wield a sword. He was reluctant to let Aleksei leave the room to go and free his only hope for survival.
The blonde threw his head back against the pillow uncomfortably and squirmed around until he felt another wave of heat slap him in the face. He was in hell, a living torment that he couldn't escape. He wanted the heat to stop- no- he needed it to cease its punches.
The room was smaller than Aleksei's room at Blood Pledge Castle. 'No wonder Aleksei went rogue on Henry, that man is a menace,' Wolfram sighed to himself as he took a sip of water.
Aleksei made it to the prison cell where he snatched the keys from the guard. He unlocked the cell with Yuuri in it first. He could feel Gwendal's glare like ice piercing his burning skin.
"Well Mazoku's!" Henry's voice filled the shadows of the chambers.
"Shit!" Aleksei cursed. He grabbed Yuuri's hand and made an attempt to run with his grip tight on the handle of his sword.
Henry bellowed, "It turns out my little pet did not give Wolfram the extra dose to induce his heat where his blood will literally boil. I know because I went to check on them to find Wolfram unattended. Oh, he begged for his children to be spared," Henry cackled.
Aleksei made a run for it until he smacked right into Henry's chest. The man wrapped his arms around the boy and said, "Got you. Drop your sword Soldier, that's an order."
"I don't take orders from you!" Aleksei spat.
The brunette stroked Aleksei's cheek as the sword fell to the ground with a loud 'clank'. His hands wrapped around Aleksei's throat again and pushed him against the wall. Yuuri yanked on his arm to pull him off of the redhead.
"I am your King, I took pity on you," Henry hissed, "You take orders from me,"
"Where's-Wolfram?" Aleksei choked out.
"He's safe in the throne room where the spell will commence, right now he can barely move," Henry said, "If you want his children to stay safe, you will bring the rest of the filth into the throne room as well, do I make myself clear?"
Aleksei nodded and Henry let go of his neck. The boy collapsed to the floor breathless. He was helped to his feet by his fellow guards that shackled Yuuri's wrists and pushed him along.
Aleksei told them that he wanted to get Gwendal, so he unlocked the cell and pushed Conrad to the next guard. Gwendal's fists were cracked and bloody while his once tanned skin was mucked with dirt. The boy reached out to brush away the dirt, but Gwendal slapped his hand away. He held out his wrists in defeat which broke Aleksei's spirit.
"Gwendal I-"
"Just shut up Aleksei," the man cautioned, "I've heard enough of your lies."
"Gwen I wasn't-"
"Aleksei. Shut. Up!"
"Make me!" Aleksei screamed back at Gwendal as he kicked the man out of the cell.
He held Gwendal by the arm to lead him with the others into the throne room. Aleksei felt bad about yelling, he deserved the man's venomous words.
"What I was saying before," Aleksei whispered while Gwendal turned his head, "I wasn't lying about loving you. I'm just an idiot because I couldn't see that the person I've always wanted had thrown himself at me feet. I love you, Gwendal, not Henry."
"Too late for that," Gwendal stomped over Aleksei's heart, which he deserved.
The throne room was littered in candles and odd red markings everywhere. In the middle of a circle laid Wolfram's burning figure. He trembled and twitched at the pain his body was induced in.
Murata looked over at Cassandra whom nodded, they were ready for the right moment to throw the powder. Aleksei knew what he would do, he planned to hold Henry in place when the powder was thrown, even if he will perish in doing so. After all, if the powder was thrown at unsuited souls, they would be consumed in their desires and burn for eternity.
"Guards," Aleksei called, "Take the chains off of the… prisoners." he could barely make out the end of the sentence. He took the metal off of Gwendal. As he did so, he rested his head on Gwendal's back to relax himself. He wanted to feel the security one last time before he died.
He slunk to Gwendal's front and got up on his toes to kiss the unwilling lips. Then he pressed his face against the man's chest and let out hiccups of sobs. Gwendal wanted to stay mad at Aleksei, but his soul didn't allow it and he held the boy.
"How touching," Henry snapped, "Throw him in the circle Aleksei," Henry demanded, "NOW!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Aleksei let out a slur of whispers as he pushed Gwendal in the circle with the rest of them. Guards at every angle with shiny swords pointed in their direction ready to slice everything in the center.
When Aleksei saw Cassandra take out the powder, he ran over to Henry and held him in place. The brunette's wicked smile turned into a frown as he struggled against Aleksei's grasp.
"Now Cassandra!" he yelled.
"Aleksei but-"
"Just do it! I can't hold him for very long!" Henry twisted and turned.
Gwendal's heart dropped to his feet. He was mad, no, beyond furious that Aleksei would be so selfish to leave him. He ran over to the two just as the witch threw the powder.
Ryker: Sucky way to end it, sorry! Well, this will only make you guys want to read more ;) haha omg plz stop me now.
Also, thank you to the Guest who congratulated me on passing math, THANK YOU DARLING! This does free up my time to write more :)
