The Love of a Lycan

"Who did this?" Jedrek squinted his eyes at Warlock's motionless body. His sixth in command was dead. Someone had killed him and the fact that Theo's life was still in danger, didn't make Jedrek feel any better now. 

The king's dark eyes found Kyle and Rowan, who were standing on the side, grief was palpable on their faces. After all, they had known each other for a long period of time. Or, perhaps that was what they wanted to show to their king.

"The shadow warrior," Rowan answered his Alpha.

"Shadow warrior?" Jedrek's voice turned even gloomier. "They are dead," he said grimly.

"No, your majesty," Rowan replied, shaking his head in denial. "We saw him." And then he nodded his head to Serefina. "She saw him."

Serefina gave Rowan a deathly stare, but she didn't say anything.

"No." Serefina denied. "When I came, I only saw Warlock being dead and Theo was badly injured," she said truthfully, yet her eyes never left Rowan and Kyle. "Other than that, I saw the two of them there. Why were you two in the old tower?"

Jedrek shifted his attention to Kyle and Rowan.

"Lord Eaton told us to leave the town. He said he and Sebastian will handle the things there," Kyle answered him.

"You told Warlock and Theo about that?" Serefina asked, her facial expression didn't let them know what was inside her mind.

Rowan glanced at Kyle before he replied. "Yes, they also asked us why we are there early."

Jedrek looked at Serefina and then asked the healer. "How is he now?"

"If he can make it past this night, I think he will be fine by tomorrow," the healer said. The wounds were already closed, but Theo lost a lot of blood. "We should thank Serefina for being there in time and for her assistance in closing up the wounds."

"Right."Jedrek nodded. "I will walk you back to your room," he said while gesturing for Serefina to walk ahead.

Serefina was about to reject him and say she could walk back to her room alone, but there was something in the way Jedrek just looked at her that made it hard for the witch to say something. Thus she walked toward the door in silence.

"I expect you two in my study room," Jedrek spoke to Kyle and Rowan before he followed Serefina out of the room.

"Yes, your majesty," Both of them answered him at the same time.

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Lilac watched in horror the state of the four dead guards at her door. However, it didn't take too long for three other guards to appear from the other end of the corridor. They must be guards on duty to patrol this tower.

Perhaps, they felt something wrong with their fellow guards, therefore they came to check on them.

Once the three guards' eyes landed on the dead bodies on the floor, they hurried over and asked Lilac.

"My lady, are you all right?!" One of them tried scanning Lilac's appearance for any visible injuries, since they couldn't be so bold as to touch her.

Lilac shook her head after she gained her bearing again, she looked at the guard, who asked her while the other two checked on the dead body of the guards, "I am all right." Though her voice was slightly trembling, she appeared fine. "What caused their death?"

"Their hearts have been crushed," one of the guards answered her solemnly, while the other guard grimaced. "I will call someone to come and…"

Lilac didn't heard the rest of whatever that guard was saying when she asked. "Where is the king?"

"The king is in the old tower," he answered.

"What is he doing there?" Lilac asked again and turned around in time to see the raindrops that started falling from the dark sky out of the blue.

"Apologies, but I don't know exactly." He paused and then added. "I heard that general Theo and Warlock were injured and the king went there to see them."

"Oh, okay." If that was the case, it should be fine if Lilac went to see him, right? "I will go to the old tower."

"But, my lady…" The guard tried to stop her. "I think you should stay inside your room, I will call more people to guard here."

"No," Lilac rejected his idea. "If whoever killed them could get away without being noticed, no matter how many people you station around me, it wouldn't stop them." She pointed out the obvious.

"But…" the guard tried to reason with Lilac, but she cut him short.

"I going to find the king," she said and walked away toward the old tower.

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Serefinanoticed the gloomy sky and frowned. She never liked the weather in this region; too much rain and always darkened sky. It just intensified the anxiousness in this castle.

However, she was not surprised when Jedrek suddenly grabbed her hand and pushed her into a room beside him and then closed the door behind them.

Serefina's back was against the wall, while in front of her, there was another wall that was currently glaring at her.

"You shouldn't trust the two general of yours," Serefina started, she knew exactly why Jedrek trapped both of them inside this empty room. Knowing him for so long, the witch could foresee their conversation now.

"Do you think they have something to do with this?" Jedrek asked, he stared at the woman before his eyes intensely. If it was someone else, they would have averted their eyes from him.

However, Serefina wouldn't do that. She looked at him right in his eyes.

"I think they killed Warlock and Theo," Serefina went to the extreme assumption, though that was not completely wrong. "Unfortunately, I came before they could finish him off."

Of course Jedrek didn't trust them too, but the king didn't say anything. He crossed his arms, keeping his focus on her. He missed hearing Serefina's bold statements. "Why do you think that they have something to do with this?"

"I asked them if they spoke to Theo and Warlock before they were attacked, and Rowan replied that they had spoken to them, but when I arrived they both didn't look like someone who had just fought a shadow warrior."