Chapter 350 Closure

Alphard was stunned by his king's command. "But, Your Highness, this is dangerous!" he said, glancing every now and then at the woman who was with him.

Felis put his hand up and Alphard stopped speaking. "Do as I say!"

Scared of his king, Alphard ordered the soldiers to attach two horses to the wagon. As soon as it was ready, Felis helped his mother sit on the coachman's seat. It was broad enough for two people to sit. He hopped beside her.

"I will return in an hour," he informed Alphard. "Make sure that no fight erupts between soldiers of two kingdoms."

"Yes, Your Highness," Alphard said, bowing to him and glancing at the woman sitting beside him. She looked so serene even though she was sitting with the most dangerous man of Araniea. And that intrigued Alphard all the more.

Felis whipped the horses and they took off. He directed them towards the Hydra Kingdom. Taiyi wondered what was Felis's end game. She didn't ask him anything because right now she promised that she would trust him blindly.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"What are you doing?" Menkar shouted in his shrill voice with all his energy. "Don't you come in this woman's talks, Felis," he urged. "She is a trickster. She tricked your father and then left him. She left you knowingly. She knew that you are her son, but still she didn't come to meet her."

Anger bubbled inside Felis. He lashed his whip on the cage which was secured on a flat wagon with chains. "Stay quiet!"

Taiyi was surprised to see the sheer strength of his son. She saw the way his muscles rippled when he lifted the wagon and threw it on the ground. She saw the way Felis gritted his teeth upon seeing Menkar. But when she saw that Felis lifted a chain attached to the cage in his hands and wrapped it around his palm, she asked, "What are you doing Felis?" Dread skittered down her spine and a shudder passed through her.

Felis glared at Menkar for a long time. Then he started pulling the cage with his hands towards the river.

"Felis!" Menkar cried. "You must be joking. I will tell you all the secrets of Draka and Cetus. I will be very useful to you. I will get Sirrah with us. She knows the secrets of Pegasii. Together, we will rule the whole of Araniea! Don't do this!" He crawled to the other end of the cage.

Felis didn't listen to him. He pulled the cage to the edge of the river. "Look at it, Menkar and look carefully. This is the only place that will save you from my wrath!"

"Felis," Taiyi said as she touched his shoulder. She could never believe in her dreams that her elder son would do this. This was the closure he even needed. She didn't know what would happen to him after this.

When he turned to look at his mother, he saw that she was smiling through her tears. He allowed a smile on his lips. And the next moment, with a bellow to the sky, he yanked the cage and tossed it in the waters of Eridani.

Loud, blood-curdling screams of Menkar got drowned in the water as the cage sank inside it. "You will die a demon's death!" Menkar shouted, cursing him. "You will--" his voice drowned with gurgles. They heard his tail flapping furiously around the cage.

Taiyi and Felis watched the cage sink in the dark waters of Eridani. They continued to watch till the last bubble popped on the surface. And then some more. On an instinct, Felis wrapped his arm around his mother's shoulder as they stood at the edge of the river for some more time, each unable to believe that Menkar was... finished.

"Let's go back," Taiyi said in a hoarse voice.

Felis took his mother back to the wagon. He helped her sit on it and then jumped beside her. The journey back to the camp was silent, each in their own thoughts. But all the time, Felis held his mother's hand. He knew the night was coming to an end...