Chapter 131 - 131- The Beginning Of A New Adventure

Love him more. That's what Theseus had said to him last night. Allias remembered his words very clearly and as he stood at the royal meeting room he couldn't get the thought out of his head. Should he do something more? Was there anything he was displeased with? Flowers? Maybe jewelry? What could Theseus want more. 

"My King…are you listening?" Radius asked him and Allias shook his head a bit, surprised. Yes. Right now was not the time for him to think about these matters. A new journey would begin soon and they would have to prepare for it. 

"Yes, Yes I am. Have you contacted the White Fang pack? Did they agree to our proposal?" Allias asked and looked at Ea. After the Council had visited them and created all this chaos and an unexpected murder case that weirdly they had never heard anything about yet, Allias had ordered Ea to send them a formal letter explaining the situation and asking their kind cooperation. How kind or cooperative they would be, he wasn't so sure about that after all the events that took place in the palace but at least they wouldn't deny. It was a Council decision after all. 

"I did. They will be expecting us in the upcoming days. After we all gather we will start planning. I believe we should visit one of our vampire informants first. She is trust worthy and…"

"What do you mean plan with them?" Theseus said with an annoyed expression. "Isn't it enough that I will have to go to the human world, dress like them, act like them but I will also have to co-exist with a dog, that likes my boyfriend?"

"Theseus…" Allias called him out and smiled at him. Gently but at the same time deadly. "This is not the time for this." He said, gritting his teeth. "You don't even know if Luke till be on this mission."

"Oh, of course he would sit nicely at home. Because he is so well behaved."

"Do you think Mikael will be there?" Ea asked, looking worried at his best friend but before Allias had the chance to reassure him Ea cut it. He hit his palms on the table and stood up from the chair. 

"This is not a meeting for you to solve your relationship, heartbreak or rejection issues. We have a mission." He scolded all of them and Radius nodded eagerly agreeing with him. When he sat back down Ares raised his hand for a high five and Ea looked at him like he would be getting more of a punch than a friendly pat.

"Okay" Ares said bringing down his hand. "No kiss, no high five…pff" 

"I said! This is not the place for this!" he repeated and coughed hoping that the relationship conversation would stopped and inside him he thanked Allias when he started talking again. He was saving him from a lot of trouble.

"Yes, Ea you are right. Let's not contact her yet. We will do so when we agree it with them. We don't want it to seem like we want to lead this whole operation."

"Don't we though?" Mark asked and Allias chuckled.

"Yes we do. We will just do it sneakily. They are stupid after all" he said and looked at Theseus with a smirk hoping that his insult would calm his worries a bit. The man though had dived into his chair, shriveled and annoyed his arms crossed over his chest. 

"Yeah, yeah" Theseus mumbled grumpily and Allias couldn't help but wonder if last night had really happened. Didn't they have just spent a crazy night and slept next to each other? Why was he suddenly acting like this? Maybe it had to do with that sentence. The love me more one. Maybe he should do something after all, he though and scratched the back of his head once more immersed in his thoughts. Maybe a poem. He could write him something, but suddenly that sounded so cheesy.

"Ugh!" he exclaimed "What should I do?" he groaned and everyone looked at him confused. He looked at them and sat straight taking his papers in his hands and bring them close to his face. "Ahem, yes. I think we should leave tomorrow. It's close and we should start as soon as possible. Ea, Ares and Mark will be coming with us."

"Can't I stay here?" Mark asked with a sweet smile and fluttered his eyelashes at his best friend. He wasn't ready yet to see Mikael. He was thinking that if the wolf still had feelings for him the mission would become difficult but at the same time the idea of rejection, of Mikael getting over him so easily when he was still thinking of him was the least disappointing. 

"No. You will be coming with us so you don't do anything stupid. Radius I need you to go to the armoire and prepare some easy to carry weapons and supplies. Just because we will be at the human world it doesn't mean we shouldn't be wary. After all we could end up encountering another hunter clan and other enemies. I don't think a lot of the witches and all the supernatural creatures that live there will be happy that we will be roaming to their domain."

"Allias, I know this is not a very concerning matter but hear me out…" Mark said with a very cheeky smile and pointed his finger at him. Everyone was listening to him carefully, their attention on him. "Clubbing. We should go clubbing" He told his friend and winked at him. Allias looked at him for a second almost stunned, his lips opening and closing like a fish in an aquarium before he busted out laughing. 

"What's clubbing?" Ares asked intrigued

"He will tell you later" Allias said trying to refrain himself from laughing any longer.  From all the thing we would miss, he wanted to go clubbing. Okay. That was reasonable…kind of. He had been locked up in here or the compound all this time. "Radius you can go prepare." Allias ordered him and the man stood up and bowed. 

"Yes your highness." 

"So now that he is gone. Do we have any news on Hara?" Allias asked 

"Nope." Ares replied dryly and Allias took a deep breath.

"I don't think this is good. They should have announced something by now. Called us to his funeral. Did you drop the body at the right spot?" 

"Yes, everything was done as you ordered." Ea said. "I think it's strange too. A council member goes missing but they don't make a fuss about it. They don't ask any questions. Could it be that they haven't found his body yet?" 

"Or he even annoyed his own people and when they found him no one cared. We might have actually done them a favor." Ares joked with his arms behind his head.

"There is no use in us talking about it. What happened, happened and we took care of everything. Even if they think that something is going on they cannot tie it with us. Especially with the whole situation in the palace at that moment. We had more important things to deal with. So the best thought is to simple stop talking about it. Come on now. I am hungry." Theseus announced and stood up, kicking back his chair recklessly. 

"Same. How about we sneak into the kitchen for some food before lunch. I heard they brought in lobster" Ares said and stood next to his brother. 

"Do you think I am some kid that goes into the kitchen like a thief…"

"They also have mushroom pie."

"Let's go" Theseus said and grabbed his brother away not saying a single word to Allias. The King looked at him go dumbfounded and then his eyes traveled to Ea. He had noticed it too, obviously, how weird he was today.

"The palace changed a lot" Mark commented. He was the first one to bring this topic up, maybe because it wasn't that usual for him that a whole building simply changed overnight. The ice had melted and Ea probably had made some magician to restore it to its old glamour. The dark marbled floors had returned, shinning reflecting everything that happened. Heavy wooden furniture in the colors of the ravens, with a slight blue hue to them and golden candles and chandeliers. The Disee palace had always been centered around darkness but it was always a calming dark. One that reminded you of a summer night, with a warm breeze and fireflies everywhere. It was elegant and minimal very different from the crowded, shining Avgee palace that made everyone stare in awe once they visited it. The meeting room table that had been broken so many times before had been replaced from a black iron one. The King almost sure it was a courtesy of Ea since wood would break too easily. He caressed the material and looked around with a longing smile. Life would return to this place. Allias would make sure of it.

"Yes. Once the King lifted the spell last night the ice began to melt so I employed a warlock to speed up the change and put everything in place for us. So we can function normally without troubles." Ea explained. 

"I see. Like a magical interior decorator." Mark commented and Allias nodded. His primary concern was not the change in the interior of the palace at the moment. Not even the wolves. He barely cared about it. What he couldn't get out of his head was Luke's weird behavior. 

"Ea. Did he say anything to you this morning? Theseus?" Allias asked him and the young elf took a second to think. 

"Not really. Maybe he didn't like the gift you got him for his birthday." Ea said. "You know he can be weird with stuff like that from time to time."

"His what? Wait…wait what day is it? What month?" he shouted confused 

"It's the 8th of May, at least in this realm" Ea said. "Wait, did you forget Theseus' birthday?" He asked him in shock.