บท 123: The King
“Where are we going?” I asked Piper.
Currently, were in the car driving down the road. The road is surrounded by a bunch of trees, they loom over the street.
“Somewhere.” Is all she says. Her hands hold a strong grip over the steering wheel as her eyes focus on the street. I’ve never seen it before, but analyzing her neck she has a light bruise. It looks like she was cut or something, I wonder what happened.
“That’s so vivid Piper, thanks.” I say sarcastically. She gives me a look and focuses her attention back on the road.
“I’ll give you a hint. It’s quiet and secluded. So, if I decided to kill you no one would find your dainty corpse.”
“The woods.” I replied.
“Correct.” I roll my eyes at her and procced to look out the window. The only reason I decided to go with Piper so she won’t kill Irene. If I didn’t go with her Irene would have been laying on the ground in a puddle of blood.
“Katana said she knew you, before everything went down her father and his brother.” I see an unknown glint in her eyes.
“Yeah, we were good friends. Until she betrayed her King and got banished, alongside her father.” She turns down a different road, this one leads us down a hill. I hold onto the door handle so I don’t fall over. It’s steep, the hill, trees still loom over us.
The sky is a white-bluish color. Looks like a swarm of swirls in the sky, so beautiful and yet calm.
“But she did the right thing. The Queen felt her baby was in harm's way, I would do the same thing for my child. Wouldn’t you?” I asked her.
“The baby was with her family, the family that would keep her out of harm’s way. What Katana did was wrong and uncalled for. Til this day we don’t even know where Shilah is. Is she dead, or alive? We don’t know.”
I know where she is, I think to myself. Katana said she died a few days later at a pack on Nygaardian land. A bunch of rouges raided the pack, what a rogue is I have no idea. I don’t say anything for the whole car ride to the unknown destination.
Suddenly, the car comes to a halt. Piper takes the key out of the ignition and starts to get out the car. Before she gets out the door, she looks over to me. Watching me sit still in the passenger seat, not even managing to unbuckle my seatbelt.
“Get out the car before I drag you out.” She says in a harsh voice. I can tell from the look on her face, she isn’t lying. I unbuckle my seat belt, as the door opens a gust of wind blows in my face. My tendrils move wildly around my head. Some even blow on my face.
We are currently on top of a hill. Looking over, I can see all of St. Helena from here. City lights glow brightly, as car zoom up and down the street. At the peak of the hill stands an unknown figure, it’s a man. He’s really tall, when I say I mean unnaturally hall. His dark hair sits stiffly on his head, as his trench coat sways in the wind.
He looks like a man from the matrix, standing on the hill watching all the peasants down below live their mundane life. I turn around to look at Piper, I see her bowing to the man. Her long, ginger hair almost touches the ground. Behind her comes another man, he’s also bowing too. He looks a little like Alexander, not in the face but the body.
“What- what is going on here?” I asked out loud. I didn’t know exactly know who to ask the question to. I’m the only person lost in the situation.
“You bow to royalty. Bow!” Piper whisper yells to me. Scared for the tone of her voice, I go along with her and the man and bow the man standing on top of the hill in a trench coat. His back is still turned to us, not even trying to acknowledge out existence.
“Thank you for bringing her Piper, you did well. And Roman thank you for coming for my protection. Now, both of you leave I want time alone with Lotisia.” Piper, and the now unknown guy Roman give him one last bow and disappear in the woods.
“Wait, don’t leave me.” I say to Piper, but now she’s gone. Can’t help me now even if I wanted her to.
“Nice to meet you Quinneth. I’ve heard so much.” The man turns around, there's something familiar about his face. I can’t put a finger on it. His nose is prominent, wrinkles fill his face as a mole sits on the right side of his face. Besides all the wrinkles, he’s rather handsome.
“How do you know my name?” I asked curiously. I’ve never seen this man in my life, until now.
“Oh, honey I know a lot about you. Your parents died when you were a child. Your grandpa, a pack doctor at the golden summit pack, has been taken care of you since they died. He’s now dating a woman named Irene, who works at the newspaper you intern at. Kai Khan, my nephew, interns at the New paper with you. Lyra is your best friend, and your favorite subject is economics. Ida is your boss at her antique shop, she has three sons who are triplets.” He lets out a breath, finishing up his in-depth report on me.
I guess he doesn’t know everything about me, and I mean everything. He knows where I live, work and who my friends are. Also, he knows that Kai is working at the internship with me.
“I- how do you know Kai is working with me? Why haven’t you come after him, if I may ask.”
The sun shines in his eyes, making his black eyes a little lighter than what they are, “He’s my nephew, I would never kill a relative of mine.”
“But you would try to kill your niece and brother?” He laughs, a menacing laugh it is.
“That’s an exception. They betrayed me, when this happened Kai wasn’t even born yet. He’s not my problem, they are.” He tucks his hands in his trench coat.
“Do you still want them? You know. . .dead.”
“Now know, but in the future yes. I know that Vet is at the golden summit pack house. I knew the moment he stepped of the Island. I know that Katana has been following you, way before you and Alexander met.” He stalks towards me, instantly he’s standing right in front of me.
He smells quite nice, a pinch of cologne but most of it is a natural smell. I look up at him, as he stares down at me. Those creepy eyes bare into my soul. Tossing and turning it around as he pleases.
“You never answered my question, who are you.” He stays silent for a few minutes, rolling over my question in his mind.
“You know, I was going to lie to you, but you seem trustworthy. The name is Yount Sapphire, King of Insofar. And the soon to be King of Nygaard, if you help me.”
Why didn’t I put this together before, now I know who he looks like, his daughter Sasha? His daughter, who my boyfriend killed at Oslow. Before my brain connects to feet, they start to have a mind of their own and revert back. My back ends up against the tree.
“If you're thinking I’m going to kill you, lay the idea to rest. I need you, you’re the only one that can help me get what I want.”
“You want me to wake up the First Power. I’m not doing it.” A deep chuckle erupts from his throat, it sounds familiar to Sasha’s.
“The fact that you think you have a choice Is cute. You WILL wake them up or. . .” His voice trails off.
“Or what?”
“Or that grandpa of yours will die sooner than you think.” He holds his look steady; I can tell he isn’t lying.
“No, please don’t touch him.” He walks around me, looking my body up and down.
“You have my word that I won’t kill him or anyone you know. But. . .if you don’t do what I want then someone will die.”
I look down at my feet, running the idea over in my head. I know that Alexander, my grandpa or anyone else won’t like if I do this. But he’s threatening to kill the ones I care about; I have protected them at all cost. I make my decision.
"Your boyfriend did kill my daughter." Now he's guilt tripping.
“Fine, you won. What do you need me to do?”
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