Dr D.1.. your wish is my command!

Part 14

'I don't understand, my own brother..', Cian looked at Hirmas with eyes filled with questionmarks. When did things start to go right for once? He knew something bad would happen soon, but he never imagined things to get this twisted.

'I understand your confusion my king, the thought of my own brother touching my wife would take the heart of me..', Hirmas said in a slow voice, dripping with amusement.

'It's not that, you fool!!', Cian replied angered, startling Hirmas. He stopped his pasing through the throneroom and menacingly approached Hirmas. 'I don't desire Sky, I never have! It was your idea to get married in the first place, it was you who picked this cheating creature to be my other half and I bet it was you who told her to seduce Angus!'

This time it was Hirmas to be confused. He didn't expect this reaction from Cian at all. He had always been able to wield him like a puppet, including his emotions, but now it seemed he was resisting..

'You've thrown my brother in the dungeons without my consult! I demand to see him right this instance!', Cian said with a trembling voice, his cheeks turning bright red.

A sly grin appeared around Hirmas's face: 'You wish to see your brother my king? You will not find him in the dungeons..' Cian's eyes widened: 'What have you done with Angus!'

Hirmas took a few steps back to secure his safety if his king would 'loose' it. 'With Angus, nothing my liege.' He waited a few seconds, he wanted to savour this moment. 'He is, in fact, not your brother.' He was right, the puzzled look on Cian's face was priceless.

'He must be, you're lying!', the young king replied instantly.

'I'm sure I'm not your majesty, I had several of the most powerfull druides come to Simrach and none of them indicated him as a prince, not even of thievery. I'm sorry I went behind your back investigating this, but I didn't think you would support my.. findings..' A look of triumph appeared on Hirmas's face while pronouncing the last words of his sentence. A short pause of silence fell..

'The pendant, how do you explain that?!', whispered Cian hoarsely. He knew his case was lost though, no one was as allknowing as a druid, not to mention several druids.

Hirmas grinned: 'He could've found it anywhere, it was good fortune that his closest friends happened to be royalty.'

'I.. I have to think about this..' Cian left shakily for his quarters. Hirmas smiled, showing rows of long yellow teeth. 'Case closed'.