Chapter 252: Heretic / 1.13 : Intoxicating
Kian woke up ready to deal with one of his family members. He’s been staying in his suite for more than a week now. He didn’t mind, he is used to spending time alone. Lucian told the king to push the negotiations, and they didn’t tell his family why.
Lucian told his father not to, for some reason. He looked down, thinking about him. He thought they were friends, but he was wrong. If anything, Elian has been more of a friend to him.
He came to visit him anytime he had time. There’s not a day when he didn’t come at least twice a day. Lucian never did, since their last conversation. He doesn’t understand why he is acting that way.
He never stopped being friends with Leah, even if she was in love with someone else. When you’re friends with someone, you accept their choices even if it hurts you. He was in love with Leah while Lucian probably only has feelings for him, yet he is acting this way.
He’s selfish, just like everyone else in those universes. Like a fool, he thought that he was different, but he isn’t. Since then, he’s gotten closer to Serena, like in the OG TL. They were always sitting together during Beast Warfare.
Well, it isn’t happening today, since he’ll be there. He feels anger, a lot of it, so he decided to let it all out this afternoon. Kian feels betrayed somehow. He stood up and after taking a shower he dressed.
Kian sat in the living room waiting for his breakfast and Elian. When someone knocked, he said:
"Come in."
Two maids came in and put breakfast on the coffee table, then left. Elian came in and closed the door behind him.
He sat next to him and smiled.
"Hey, how are you?"
"I feel a lot better."
As they ate, Kian asked:
"Aren’t you tired of spending time with me?"
Elian shook his head with a smile.
"I like spending time with you."
Kian smiled and looked down. Shouldn’t Lucian act the same way? Be his friend, even if he doesn’t feel the same way. Elian asked:
"What’s wrong?"
Kian looked at him and said::
"Can I ask you something that might seem weird?"
Elian nodded.
Kian asked:
"If you had feelings for someone, but the other person didn’t feel the same way, would you still be friends with that person?"
Elian felt his heartbeat quicken, is Kian talking about him? Did he develop feeling for him over the days he’s been visiting him? Elian said:
"I would, even if it was one-sided, I wouldn’t want to lose the person."
Kian nodded and resumed eating. That’s what he would do too, and that’s what he did. He doesn’t even know why he is this upset. Lucian is a jerk, and he doesn’t need him. When he is done with his mission, he’ll find a sweet girl and she’ll not only be his girlfriend but also his friend.
He doesn’t need a friend like him anyway. Elian looked at Kian and asked:
"Has anyone else come to visit you besides me?"
"Your parents."
Magnus and Arabella came to see him every day too. He knew that they were sweet but this just confirmed it. Even his family only came on the first day to make sure he was truly in a bad state. When they saw how bad he looked, they never came again.
Kian used an illusion spell, so when they saw how pale and tired he looked, they were satisfied. But today he’ll make a miraculous recovery. He’ll deal with his aunt and Dr. Eben all at once.
Honestly, he feels giddy at the idea of watching them die, maybe when it happens he’ll feel differently, but right now, all he feels is excitement. He can’t wait for today’s Beast Warfare. Elian frowned.
"Your family didn’t come?"
Kian looked at him and said:
"They don’t care about me. All they care about is making sure their daughter sits on the throne. They only act as if they care about me, they hated my mother for making me her heir, they all believed my uncle should’ve been."
Elian felt bad hearing that, this is the first time that Kian is being this deep. That means he’s truly hurt. Kian said:
"When I became sick a few days after she was killed, I immediately saw the changes. My aunt became controlling and would tell me everything I, could and could not do. She knew that when I drank blood I felt better, but she insisted on me not drinking it. I always felt their resentment because I’m half a vampire. They felt jealousy and hatred at the same time. They would always use my mother to manipulate me, it was only too late when I found out that this was all part of their plan."
Elian asked:
"What are you saying?"
Kian’s eyes moistened and murmured:
"My uncle is the one who helped that old employee of Celestino Inc kill my mother. When she passed he thought that he would be in charge since I was young, but it wasn’t the case. They’re the ones who have been poisoning me, me being a heretic has nothing to do with my state."
Elian felt stunned, he can’t believe they went this far. Kian is so sweet and caring. If he were a terrible leader, he would understand, but that’s not the case. He asked:
"What are you going to do?"
Kian said:
"There’s nothing I can do, I just wish they would die before I do. Especially my aunt and the doctor they used. And I want my uncle and cousin to see me stop them from making a deal with your father to extend their life."
Kian said:
"My wish would be, to see uncle’s and cousin’s faces as my aunt is being ripped to shred by a loose beast today. It would be the best."
Kian seemed to realize that he had said too much and looked at Elian in worry.
"You’re not going to say anything to anyone, right?"
Elian said:
"I won’t, I promise."
Kian smiled and hugged him. Elian felt his heartbeat quicken and hugged him back. When Kian pulled back, he asked:
"Is that really what you want?"
Kian said:
"More than anything. They killed my mother and put me through all this pain. But it’s not like I have anyone I can trust to make it come true. A wish is all that it will stay."
Elian looked into Kian’s eyes, he could tell that he was serious. Since this is what he desires, he’ll make sure it does. But before he does, he wants to make sure he only opened up to him and no one else.
He asked:
"Have you told this to anyone?"
"I’ve never trusted anyone enough to say it."
Elian couldn’t help but feel happy. The best in all of this is that he and Lucian stopped being friends. He is close to Serena now, it seems like what he said in the limo led his father to think.
Kian held his hand and said:
"I can trust you, right?"
"Of course, you can."
Elian looked at Kian’s lovely smile and felt his heartbeat quicken. Kian couldn’t help but think that the feeling he got from manipulating Elian was a little intoxicating.
