Chapter 3
Cleitus obsession over Hephaistion consumed him. His games with the whore kept him going but soon he had to double the number of visits and going day or night.
One day Alexander decided he wanted to have some fun and organised some games.
It took several days of planning but when the day of the games arrived Cleitus found himself sitting opposite the royal stand in line with Hephaistion.
As the games began he tried to concentrate on nothing else but every so often he looks over to see what Hephaistion was doing.
He was in the middle of whispering something into Alexander's ear which caused them both to laugh. Cleitus dug his nails into the palm of his hand as once more he tried to watch the games but still found his attention drifting to over the royal stand.
He couldn't take it any more, he stood up and pushed his away passed the seated people and went to his room.
He wrote a quick letter to Hephaistion and summoned his servant.
"Give this to General Hephaistion and wait for his reply." he said
Inside the royal stand Alexander had just taken a bet from Hephaistion, which wrestler would win a man of Alexander choosing against one of Hephaistion's when suddenly one of Alexander's servants came up to them.
"There is a man waiting outside with a letter for General Hephaistion." he said
Alexander looked puzzled at Hephaistion who frowned he knew what it was about.
He stood up "I'll be back in a minute." he said as he patted Alexander's shoulder
"Well hurry I want to win my bet." Alexander called after him
How dare Cleitus he thought as he went to meet the man with the letter.
He had ignored all of his letters and tried to stay as close to Alexander as possible as a deterrent for any unwanted attention that Cleitus had to give.
When he saw Cleitus's servant he took hold of the man by the front of the shirt and pulled him close
"You can take your letter back to your master and tell him to go and fuck the hound of Hades." He said angrily.
He let go of the man and went back to join Alexander.
As he sat back down he smiled a forced smile and picked up his wine goblet.
"What was that about?" Alexander asked
Hephaistion took a sip of wine but since the night of the party he had suddenly lost interest in wine all together so he put it back on the table next to him.
"Do you remember when I asked you whether I left with someone after the party."
Alexander nodded "Yes." though he didn't
"Will I ended up sending the night with them and they thought it was the start of a relationship and I told them that it was a mistake and now they won't leave me alone."
The reaction he got was not one that he was expecting, Alexander laughed.
"By Zeus my Hephaistion a heartbreaker." He said ruffling Hephaistion's hair like a school boy.
Hephaistion moved his head out of the way and pushed Alexander's hand away he was glad that Alexander found the funny side to his troubles.
"Who was it?" Alexander asked
Hephaistion's cheeks went red he tried to think of an excuse not to tell, luckily Alexander said that he didn't have to say if he didn't want to just so long as he could take care of himself.
Hephaistion smiled again that wine looked very tempting now.
When the servant returned he was very reluctant to tell Cleitus what Hephaistion had said until Cleitus threaten him violence did he gave the massage.
Cleitus flew into a blind rage, he threw things, smashed thing and shouted things not just about Hephaistion but Alexander as well.
His servant tried to calm but Cleitus just shrugged him off, he scrambled up and left the palace.
By the time he got to the whore house it was closing.
His hair was sticking up and out from where he had been puling at it, he was all and sweaty and breathing hard from running.
When the owner saw him they laughed
"That bad huh we are closing but since you are one of my best customer I will let you have a free quick one."
The owner winked as they stepped aside to let him in.
He found the whore ready and waiting, Cleitus was a lot forceful than normal
He found that it did help he felt a lot better as he lay on top of the whore panting and listening to his heart beating so fast he thought that it would punch it's way out for his chest.
The next thing he knew he was being pulled off the whore and thrown in to the corner by a well built man and the owner was screaming at him while kicking.
He rolled out of the way and saw what he had tried to do, the owner of the whore house was sat on the edge of the bed arms wrapped around the boy who was sobbing. When he turned his head Cleitus saw the marks around the boy's throat.
The owner turned to him and gave a venomous look
"Nobody lifts a finger to any of my children." they said
Suddenly he found himself being dragged down the stairs and thrown naked out into the street.
"You are no longer welcome here" the owner said "Ever!"
With that they slammed the door and locked it.
Cleitus jumped up and ran to the door, he was so angry that he hardly felt three fingers break as he punched neither the door nor the pain when he set them.
He was still angry when he began to walk back to the palace he was sick of people having things that he couldn't have.
He made a mental note to do something about it starting with Hephaistion.