The Broken Prince - Chapter 142

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“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.

He was beyond enraged and his thinking was already unclear. He just wanted to get everything out of Lucifers’ mouth as he still could not believe how such person he swore to know became such monster to be able to do such a thing to another.

Lucifer looked up with his eyes tearing up. He could not believe that the person he waited for a very long time did this to him. When all he could just think of was to save both of them from their responsibility as he saw how Zeus got caught up in his position as a prince that will take the crown and act as the king.

“W-Why?-”

“You dare ask me why?! Are you out of you senses? Huh Lucifer?! How can you do that and why must you?! Did she do you any wrong?! You have become another person-”

“That is because you made me become another person!” Lucifer yelled and pushed Zeus back as he got to his feet.

“You have the face and the audacity to speak of such when it was you who made millions of promises to me! How you promised me that we will stay together and would say together no matter how things will be! You said that you will abandon everything for me and more promises came! You made me believe in your words that I was a fool to not see it get broken somehow!-”

“This is not about us-”

“It is about us! How you left without any goodbyes! How you just disappeared and then reappeared with the announcement of your marriage?! How was I supposed to react! Did you ever wonder how broken I was!? I did not see even the edge of your shadow around me to check and ask how I might have felt! Because you are selfish! You are a coward! You were not strong enough! But guess what!? I was still there!” I was the one that kept holding on when you have already let go. It was I that threaded our relationship even if I knew that you were no longer coming back! I mostly gave up but whenever I saw you, you looked so sad and unhappy! Seeing you like that pained me even more because I know that you still loved me, you needed me but could never utter a word! I did this for you! I wanted you to be happy! I wanted us to be happy! I wanted us to do the things you said that we would do! Zeus you came barging in here with your words but did I ever came barging at the doors of your kingdom asking for an explanation that I know I deserved! Did I ever hurt you physically?!”

“I remembered you being so unclear about us when I was first announced to get married but I told you that I will fight for us and I would run away with you but you kept quiet so I left and you went rogue. When you did came back, you were married while I was still struggling to delay mine! I left you alone for a while to clear your head and tell me how things will be! Not for you to find someone else, get married and leave me in the pits of blood that I cried when I figured! I gave you my all! Was that not enough! Was that not enough for you to fulfill your promises! Because whenever I looked at you back then when I was in the middle of getting excuses just to delay my wedding, I knew deep inside that I would turn around and leave everything behind because I know that your worth is nothing compared to what I may have! It pains me now, knowing that you might have not seen the same thing! You left me broken and bleeding but I still yearned for us to be together! I would never do such thing like this and you know that but it was all for you! I kept holding on still even after all those years because I hoped that one day, you will come back and now that you have, you greet me with nothing but disrespect and hypocrisy that you became more disgusting that me.”

Lucifer snarled.