THE DARKNESS THAT DECEIVES THE NAIVE

Pausing a little, to put his thoughts in order, to continue to retell the events of last night, Hunter looked at Commander Santana and noticed the contemptuous look she was giving him. Before he even had time to say anything, Hunter found himself questioned again by the officer.

"Does it mean that, after all, you deceived the poor boy and led him to conspire unknowingly against his own friend and boss?" she said with disgust in her eyes "Did you pretend to be romantically interested in the boy, to simply use him as a pawn in your evil move?" She said with venom in her tone, which was received and felt by Hunter, who swallowed, realizing how bad his character was when he said aloud, everything he did.

Knowing that he could no longer avoid the harm he had already done, and the consequences that were to come; Hunter nodded in agreement with the officer, which was met with a sort of grunt of disgust on the part of the commander. "Go ... continue to tell the disgusting plan, before I lose my ability to keep away from your disgusting face, you traitor."

Upon hearing Santana's clear threat, Hunter lowers his head and reports back on the events of the previous day.

"After confirming with young Wes, exactly where we would meet and the time of our romantic date, I said goodbye to the boy, with the promise of seeing each other in the late morning. From there, I went straight to look for my lord, Don Sebastian, to pass on the information so that he could deceive Don David and young Kurt. " Hunter said, looking at his lap, afraid to look directly at the officer.

Wanting to understand exactly what kind of plan Hunter and Don Sebastian had in mind, Commander Santana, asked dryly, "What kind of story was made up? Why use the young tutor? What would be your role in all of this? Come on ... tell me at once! "

Hunter, remembering everything as if he were experiencing everything again, began to retell "Prince Sebastian and I agreed that he would plant the seed of doubt about young Blaine's honor in the minds of Don David and, especially, in the heart of young Kurt ... As tutor Wes is physically similar to young Blaine, the story would be that Blaine would be meeting a man in the dead of night even though he was engaged to young officer Kurt, but who they would be seeing on a date would be me and young Wes. "

(NIGHT FLASHBACK OF THE LOVELY MEETING WITNESSING BY KURT)

After the party, and the revealing meeting with Don Sebastian, Don David and young Kurt, they met with the prince to prove the suspicions raised against the young Blaine's honor. It was after two o'clock in the morning, and all the inhabitants of the Dalton residence were resting in their chambers for the next day, when young Anderson's long-awaited wedding would take place.

Speaking directly to the prince, but watching Kurt out of the corner of his eye, don Sebastian says "I will not hand over whoever said it, but it is from a faithful source, that young Blaine made an appointment in the middle of the night, so that his infidelity would not be discovered ".

Upon hearing such a statement, Kurt feels a twinge in his chest as if he had taken a firm, treacherous blow. Not wanting to believe what he was hearing, he even asked the prince "How can you be sure that such a statement is true?" to which promptly, hiding his satisfaction at having captured the young man's attention, Don Sebastian replies "If you don't believe what I say, I will take you and my beloved brother so that they see with their own eyes such betrayal!"

Don Sebastian, leading the way through Dalton's gardens, takes Kurt and Don David to the inner garden that was opposite the balcony of the guest room where young Blaine, oblivious to all the Machiavellian plot that was unfolding, rested for his marriage.

"What do we do here in the Andersons' private gardens?" asked Don David, starting to feel uncomfortable about the situation. "We are here to open the eyes of your protégé, dear brother. Don't you believe that a betrayal of honor must be revealed to those who will suffer the most for it? " replied Don Sebastian, and pointing to a large tree on one side of the garden, continues "Come ... we cannot be seen, lest the truth be disguised by the soulless traitors"

Following Don Sebastian's indication, Kurt and Don David positioned themselves in the shadows of the big tree, where they could observe and hear any and all movements that happened in front of them. It was then, that minutes later, the prince pointed towards the balcony and whispered loudly enough for the two gentlemen to look in the direction that don Sebastian was pointing. "Look ... there ... Isn't young Blaine handed over to that man?"

On the porch, Wes and Hunter were exchanging caresses and kisses. As the dawn had already advanced, the shadows formed by the porch pillars, made it difficult to see the events clearly, by those in the garden below, as was the intention of Don Sebastian and Hunter.

Don David and Kurt watched the scene in horror, while don Sebastian hid his satisfaction with an unmoved face. Suddenly, the man making the advances on young Blaine (actually Wes), on the porch, gives an almost animalistic groan and grabs the boy by the hip, hinting at a sexual act and speaking in a voice that can be heard from garden "That my beautiful boy! You're mine tonight! No officer will be lucky enough to be your first lover! "

Kurt, watching the scene unfolding in front of him on the porch, takes his fist to his mouth to prevent the sound of his surprise and revolt from being heard. "It is not possible that Mr. Leonard tried to deceive Kurt!" don Sebastian said coldly "I will not admit such a disgusting action to tarnish the reputation of such an honorable officer" completed don David

With teary eyes, young Kurt could not look away from such an image. Your beloved, exchanging caresses with another man. "How could I be so foolish?" asked Kurt in an almost imperceptible tone. "You are not a fool, Mr. Kurt. These young people from wealthy families are totally disguised and take advantage of the honor and belief of people like you. " Don Sebastian replied, pretending sympathy for the young man's pain.

"This wedding will no longer happen, my dear Kurt. And your honor will be confirmed, once we reveal this action to those present tomorrow. " Don David said vehemently, shaking young Kurt's shoulder as a sign of support for the boy.

Kurt silently, lowers his head and lets a few tears escape before he raises his head, and responds to the prince what should have been a firm statement, but which left a lot to be desired "Certainly, my lord! I will not admit such betrayal! ".

The three left the garden towards their quarters. Don David determined to succeed in avenging his protégé and his honor the next day, young Kurt destroyed by the betrayal of his beloved thought only of the pain he felt and finally, a contented Don Sebastian who only wanted to sleep under the satisfactory result of his perfect plot .

(END OF FLASH BACK)