Chapter 131: The King of Shadows

Liam added suddenly : "I would like us to take more time to chat and get to know you better if you agree of course."

Kevin nodded, he wanted to learn more about 'his father' too, Alan had told him that he had been murdered because he wanted to end the war with the demons and find common ground with them, if he wanted a safe place for his future children then he had to find out what the former King had planned to do.

Liam finally turned his attention to Axel and he exploded so suddenly that they both got such a fright : "Fuck Axel, what the hell were you thinking when you went to loot a purple dungeon with our rightful King, what if you were both killed ...."

While Liam continued to yell at him, Axel couldn't believe that this accident was still falling on him, he tried to calm Liam but it was Kevin who finally managed to divert his attention by saying : "Listen, Liam, we are all fine, we came out of this dungeon unscathed and we even found a phoenix egg in there so it was well worth it."

Liam was speechless again… A phoenix egg… had he heard correctly ?

Kevin wanted to smile but he had preferred to keep it for himself as he was too curious to know why Liam wanted to talk to him so he asked him : "So now, tell me why you wanted to see me."

Liam raised his hand and before speaking he brushed it across his face growling in frustration, even for him it was a lot of information all at once, but the most important thing was that he had finally found the bearer of the Pentagram Mark and that he was fine.

He looked up and said honestly to them : "I need some time to digest all these informations ... Before I answer you, how did you know about the black bandage, and how did you know that he could be relate to the organization ?"

He raised his hand again to stop Kevin who was about to answer him : "For the phoenix egg we will talk about it later, as long as the egg is surrounded by heat it should be fine, the best would be to ask Alan to make you some Fire Talisman papers, phoenixes are very smart creatures and he will know how to use them."

Kevin just nodded, Liam was already disturbed enough, it wasn't worth telling him about the help Axel's father had provided them with, plus, he still hadn't told Axel about it for fear of being wrong with his assumptions.

He ended up answering his question by explaining to him what he had deduced when he saw this bandage on Ashton, Caleb and Ellis, he explained to him the same thing as Axel and Liam couldn't help but smile, this new bearer of the Pentagram Mark wouldn't be as easy to eliminate as his predecessors.

Kevin was brilliant, probably even smarter than Xander, and he was the mate of a legendary wolf, but something was bothering him : "Why did you meet Caleb ? Does he already know about you ?"

Axel then said : "Only Alan and Erik know about Kevin, and we want it to stay that way."

Kevin added : "Look, I'm really not interested in becoming a King, the Queen can take back her place when 'my uncle' will be killed, it's only a matter of time before that happens anyway.

If I met Caleb it was to ask him to gather some information for me ... The information I need to be able to free the Queen and her sister.

And before you tell me that it's too dangerous, don't forget that I'm not that 18-year-old boy you see with your eyes, my soul is that of a 33-year-old assassin who spent more than half of his life doing these kinds of missions.

And take my word for it, Caleb and his men are far away from my own abilities, in my world I was nicknamed the King of Shadows, and believe me that nickname was not an exaggeration."

Liam couldn't help pointing out : "If you were already the King of Shadows, why do you refuse to become our king ?

You already have all the experience you need to be a good King I have no doubt about it."

Kevin laughed but it was a very sardonic laugh and it hadn't escaped to Axel and Liam, whatever Kevin was going to say, it wouldn't be something pleasant to hear.

He suddenly stopped smiling, before saying to Liam : "Having been the King of Shadows only brought me enemies and loneliness, I had to get away from people who could have become my friends because my life was under constant threat, I was never able to have a family because they would have always been in danger, and in the end I have been hunted down like a beast for the last five years of my life, so tell me honestly, if you were in my place, would you like to try this experience again ?"

Liam didn't know what to say to him, of course his answer would be 'Absolutely not' or 'I would rather die', but how could he say that when he wanted Kevin to become their King.

Axel came to embrace Kevin from behind and he said to him after kissing his cheek : "No one will force you babe, I will make sure of it personally."

There was a note of threat in his voice which Liam had gotten perfectly so he stepped back and finally said : "If you need anything, you can count on me and Ian, we will help you."

Kevin nodded and he waited for Liam to finally tell him why he wanted to talk to him.

Liam got his mute message and he cleared his throat before saying : "It's about Ian ... You were right when you said he didn't feel worthly to be with me and that he didn't want to be a burden.

I can't tell you his story for him but Ian has an affinity with the fire and earth element.

Only, just before he turned 16, he started a fire and since then he has refused to use his fire element.

He would like to get stronger, but due to his pyrophobia he has mainly focused on crafting potions, remedies, creams, that sort of things.

I don't know if you can help him, but he is still young, he is only 26, and I know he has huge potential … Look I … I just want him to feel better and strong …"

Kevin raised his hand to interrupt him and he said : "I got it Liam, don't worry, I will do my best to help him."