The Broken Prince - Chapter 141

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“Everything will happen for a reason dear. In case anything bad happens, then we know that we are ready and we could always try and win but for now, let us ease down and treasure this moment. A King does not always need to be so troubled when there is nothing to be troubled to. At ease, our soldier.” Queen Athena spoke and smiled. Gulping down the blood that she wanted to puke so bad and restricted herself to not cry in agony as her stomach felt like getting stabbed a thousand times.

“All will be fine.” She spoke and smiled the pain that she was feeling away.

Years passed and King Zeus noticed that his wife was falling ill. Her energy was no longer how it used to be and he was fearing that she might go away permanently. He would not know what to do if he looses the woman that helped him become a king and more as a king and a father not just to the kingdom but to their only heir who was too little and young for him to loose his mother..

“Dear, why did you not tell me about it?” King Zeus asked Queen Athena. Both were on the bed, Queen Athena laid her head on King Zeus’s chest as the king caressed her head.

Queen Athena smiled wearily and nuzzled into her husband even more. A moment of silence passed before the answer was given and before that, King Zeus was beyond scared because he knew whatever the reason was, he failed to protect the woman he came to hold dear and love.

“I did not found the need and reason to say it Zeus. Life is something given to us by the divine which is the one who created the gods. He gave it to us and he will take it away. Although it would be better for those whose life are taken away after some time, may be a hundred years but I am not one to question for all I can do is be thankful for giving me a chance to experience this world and become a wife and a mother to my son and husband. I did not want to make you worry, want to be a burden. I just thought of the pain as a challenge as to how I will do as both mother and wife. I would be lying if I did not say that I did not expect the divine to see my sincerity as both and hoped that he would give me more time but then, he has reasons. Maybe I did not do enough of maybe he just wants me back.” Queen Athena spoke, a tear escaping her eyes but she still was smiling. She would always say that everything will feel better when you smile, no matter how hard or painful you are feeling.

King Zeus closed his eyes and held his wife tighter. Not wanting to let go of her. Tears were flooding his eyes as he sobbed silently, holding his dear wife. He did not say anything and just cried.

“Dear, can you sing that song you sang for me at when you fell in love with me? I want to feel that again.” Queen Athena spoke her eyes closed as she wanted to sleep. She then heard King Zeus clear his throat before he released words that was too familiar to the both of them.

“Kailangan kita, ngayon at kailanman. Kailangan mong malaman na, ikaw lamang ang tunay kong minamahal. At tangi kong hiling ay, makapiling kang lagi. Kailangan kita.”

(I need you, now and forever. I need you to know that you are the only one that I truly love. All I want, is to be with you always. I need you.)

“Minsan lang ako, nakadama nang ganito. Pagmamahal na hindi, magbabago at habang buhay na ipaglalaban ko.”

(Only then, did I feel like this. A love that won’t change and I would fight for).

King Zeus sang with his voice, lulling his wife to her slumber. The only place where she does not feel the pain and the need to endure all of what she feels.

“I need you still, Athena.” King Zeus whispered.

Months has passed and the Queen has become very ill for her to be able to leave her bed. Young Alexander was still so clueless about what was happening. King Zeus on the other hand ventured to far lands in search for the best healer there was and has came across a bunch. But to no avail, they have failed in making the Queen a little better. Until he came across the last one and this one may not done anything for the betterment of Athena but he did gave out some information that crushed Zeus’s heart into pieces.

“What do you mean!? That cannot be! How absurd the idea that you have proposed. I know him like myself. He would never do such crime or even have the nerve to manifest such wicked desires. He may look wicked but I know how he is.”

“Is that because the both of you were previous lovers?” The person which was not a healer but a talisman spoke. King Zeus was taken off on about with the sudden confrontation but he never saw something wrong with admitting his previous relationship this once when it’s Athena’s life on the line.

“Then it was the previous and broken love that you found and left so helplessly that has came to haunt you now. This time, the toll will be what you sow. The life of her majesties. I can only simply give you that much. The rest of the answer is not mine to give but for you to ask and for him to answer.” The talisman spoke before vanishing into thin air.

King Zeus stood there facing nothingness but the traces that the talisman has left as he vanished. Tears filled his eyes as his palm turned into fists. He could simply not believe such. With such anger and the feeling of betrayal, he used his power and teleported to a kingdom he has not come to spoke and its ruler where the answer to his questions lies.

He teleported immediately to the kingdom and when he arrived, he saw the one he was looking for staring at the mirror with a smile on his face.

“What have you done?”

That was the only thing that King Zeus was able to muster as soon as he arrived at his ex lover’s bed room. He was alone and was staring at the mirror with such joyful face while the other was broken and tears fell from his eyes.

Frozen he became, King Lucifer froze and became like a statue on where he sat. He did not know that he would see the person he loved still this soon after the coming demise of his wife. The woman that Lucifer forsake so much for as she saw Queen Athena as the one who ruined what he dreamed of and what he and Zeus had.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the person he has waited for a long time now but was disheartened more than so by the sight of his beloved being so sad and heartbroken. He wondered as to why and quickly ran towards Zeus and hugged him tight.

He hugged him for a while but the other did not return the gesture which confused Lucifer and was quite shocked after wards by the action of the other as King Zeus pushed the other so harshly that Lucifer fell on the floor.

“Do not touch me, Lucifer” King Zeus mustered lowly, his eyes glowing as his hands clenched into fists. He was a single nerve away in jumping on King Lucifer and just take him six feet below the ground that they both stood in. He could not understand still that is why he is here to get some answers as he could still not wrap his head around the idea of this.

“W-What are you talking about? What happened?!” Lucifer spoke, his eyes wide as he stood up slowly and recovering from the sudden action at the same time. King Zeus just stood there and looked for any lies in the latter’s eye and he could see none. The other may as well be just as confused as him. Thus he sighed and was about to apologize and have a normal conversation when Lucifer spoke that made King Archemidius see red.

“Is this about me killing your wife? That pathetic excuse of a sea fern?” Lucifer spoke with no sense or sight of regret in his face. He let it out like it was just a normal thing for him. King Zeus was beyond perplexed, disappointed and was just straight up angry that he could not hold his fist as it landed on the others face. He could hear a cracking sound and he was sure that he broke the others’ nose as bleed tainted his knuckles.

“You dare say and admit that you did that?!” Zeus spoke his voice ringing across the room.