Vengeance of The Broken Lycan Prince [BL]
Chapter 295: I Had All, And Now… None of You [3]

Chapter 295: I Had All, And Now... None of You [3]

[ZULA]

At the palace, Queen Liana was laid on her bed and well dressed for her husband to see her.

Of course, the King never did mind what his Erasthai wore, but when he walked through the doors and saw his pretty wife sleeping on one of the beds on the queen’s wing, King Zaffuto felt his heart being ripped off one more time.

"Oh, my Lili," the king whispered sadly as he walked into the room, carefully locking the door, like he was worried that he would wake her up. A part of him was still hoping that his wife was alive and sleeping, but then he had seen her belly open roughly.

"I’m so sorry I wasn’t there in time. Sorry, I wasn’t keen enough, my love," the king said shamefully as he walked closer to his wife, and held onto her hand. She was beautiful, even when she was dead and that made him feel like he was the most worthless mate of all time.

When he had gotten Liana as his mate, he had promised to be a good mate, to love and care for her, to be there for her all the time she needed him, to cherish her and listen to her, and more than anything, king Zaffuto had promised to protect her.

He had sworn to give his life up for her and yet when the time came for that, he wasn’t even in the room with her. He had disappointed her, something that he would forever regret for the remainder of his miserable life.

"I should have—" King Zaffuto began, but then he noticed something on his mate’s arm, something that had been deliberately put there. It was the wolf battle sign, a tattoo of a wolf, one that wolves wore when they went to battle.

That Tattoo was neatly drawn when his wife was already dead.

He knew that because of how neat the scar was. There was no disturbance, and her Lycans couldn’t have healed her in time. And that’s why this was glaring at him like that. A mere wolf had taken his wife and child from him.

A wolf had been involved in whatever had happened, and that could only mean that someone was a spy in his kingdom. Someone was talking of the king to the other races, someone was betraying his people and there was nothing King Zaffuto hated more than traitors.

"Werewolves... Someone betrayed you, love. Someone betrayed us," the king said as he looked closely at the tattoo. He wasn’t sure what was upsetting him even more. The fact that his Erasthai was murdered by a wolf or that someone had been peddling information.

As the king sat there staring at his wife, he knew the time was closing in for her to be taken to the pyre. It was the worst thing for a mate, but he was aware that there was nothing left for him to do, other than face the first reality that he lost his wife.

It wasn’t the easiest thing, but for his wife, he would do this.

"I’ll find our son, Lili. I’ll find him and find the people who did this to you. If I have to burn down Kawai while at it, then please forgive me, my love. Whatever happens, I’ll try to hold onto my sanity long enough, while I find our son.

"I’ll let him be free like you wanted him to, let him be happy, and interact with other children. I... I’ll make Kawai into the home he’d never want to run away from. I’ll love him for the both of us. And to do that, I might have to kill again, baby.

"Forgive me for that," King Zaffuto said before he took one last look at his wife. This was goodbye for him, the kind that he had never been ready for, but such was life, and he would find a way to make things right for them.

He would find his son, but first, he needed to collect himself and give her a proper ceremony. It was the hardest thing he was about to do, because just the previous day, he was laughing with his Liana, and looking forward to the next day.

It had been a simple day for them, and if Zaffuto had known that shit would end up like this, he would have been a better king. He would have done right by her, but that was the time that he no longer had.

"Come in," the king said softly after a few hours when he was done with his wife.

He may have been heartbroken, but he had a kingdom that had lost so many others and children. It was a sight that would forever break his heart and for that, forgiveness was never going to be an option for him. He would never forget what had happened.

"Hey, brother, I’ll go talk to the people. The bodies of the mothers have been retrieved from the birthing hall," Sadako said when King Zaffuto walked out of the room that the Queen had been in.

King Zaffuto didn’t know what they would do, but he was sure that none of them would dare do anything to piss him off more than he was already pissed. He was counting on their fear too, really because that way, he would find the person who did this to him.

He was hurting and he knew it was just a matter of time before his Lycan couldn’t handle the grief and he would have to find a king for his people. He may have been a monster, but he was determined to keep his wife’s wish. He would always try to live for himself and his son.

"No, brother, I’ll do it. I have to face this. I know I haven’t been the best of them all, but I need to do this. Those were mothers back there; mothers whose only crime was to be close to the queen.

"They trusted my Lili, and they believed in her through and through. I may not be the king they have known and I’m not planning on being the king they get used to. I just need them to know how sorry I am.

"—Even if it is for the last time," King Zaffuto said, his last statement making Sadako look at him skeptically. What the hell did he even mean by the last time? He wanted to ask that, but then the king was already headed out with the warriors who were scared shitless of him.

Today, Kawai would see their king and maybe it would be the last time. Oh, the horror that word held for them all. But maybe it would be for the best, right?

"Okay, let’s go then," Sadako whispered when he noticed his king was serious about going out there to the people who were most likely scared of him. But just this once, Sadako counted on King Zaffuto’s humanity.

It was the only way to make the people understand that they would be in great hands.

"The... The King is here?" the Lycans asked, having not expected to see the man who ruled over them on this side of the kingdom.

It was an insane sight, truly.

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