Chapter 549: She Wasn’t Afraid of Her Darkness
[KIA]
The familiarity of the human realm was something the queen Kia hadn't expected. She had been hit with a lot of things in the past two hundred years but none of them would ever match up to what she was met with today.
She couldn't quite put everything into words and she felt like the world was playing Russian roulette with her feelings. Hell, she never thought that she would be this affected because of anyone whatsoever.
But then the woman with dark eyes had managed to get her out of some hibernation because right now, as she sat on the seats of club Hernia, the werewolf queen could only ever think of those eyes.
She hadn't been sure of what it would mean, but then as she had watched her disappear into the portal, Kia had thought that there was more to this. The wolves were highly alert and most of them had gone back home to the werewolf realm.
There was nothing in the history books that mentioned that there was someone that powerful who could cause havoc like that. It was like her scent had been enough to make every panic.
But then again, it made no sense because the history books only talked about one great enemy of the real and that was the Russels.
Did that man that Hawi was a Russel?
Oh but Kia wanted an answer, so she summoned Kadiam over her eyes filled with desperation for answers that she could feel were so close and yet so far from her.
This was what she had expected and it made her wonder what her amnesia had hidden from her. Maybe she had lost her memories because Hawi had been a Russel and had tried to hurt her, right?
That could explain why everyone had gotten on high alert, even the sleeper guards who had been lingering around were active at the moment. Anyone would think that Club Hernia had been turned into a warzone, which was theta had been intended.
But then with Hawi, anything was possible.
"Who was she?" Queen Kai asked as she stared into the eyes of her most trusted protector. She knew he had the answers because he had been the first one to put everyone in a position to keep her safe.
However, even in that formation, Queen Kia had felt like it wasn't her who was being saved from Hawi. It was like they were hoping that Hawi wouldn't get access to her. The warriors were scared that she would be triggered if she saw Hawi, and it wasn't the dangerous kind.
Oh, but Kia had been around her warriors long enough to know how they reacted to actual threats, and that shit got her even more curious about who the fuck Awuor Hawi was. It just didn't make any sense to her.
"Your majesty—" Kadiam began, his words talking softly as he looked at his commander-in-chief. He knew that this wasn't the time to play games with her, but he also knew that telling her the truth would upset the natural order.
Then again, he could see the defiance in his queen's eyes, which made him wonder what would happen if both ends of the greatest love story ever met and reconciled the pasts. Would it ever be okay or would they all be doomed to shit?
This was the one thing that got Kadiam thinking on overdrive and he was sure he was losing his mind bit by bit. Then again, he couldn't be named for it, because life didn't come with a manual and the duo certainly didn't walk with handouts either.
"You owe me the truth, Kadiam," Queen Kia said, her voice not commanding him. She was reaching out to him, as a friend, as someone who had been around her for the longest time.
She was relying on the trust that had been built over the years and Kadiam knew that this was not going to be the easiest of things for him.
It was one of those times when life was testing their loyalties which was not going to be a good thing if Kadiam dared to lie to Kia. It would be a totally different thing and that would be awkward as hell.
"It's not that simple," Kadiam said earnestly. There was nothing about all of this that screamed simplicity and the fact that I had seen Hawi was also one thing that Kadiam had to keep in mind.
It would have been easier if she hadn't seen the woman but then that was a bridge that they couldn't even cross anymore. It had been like a slap on the face for Kadiam and Dumi, and now they had to make the choice between stalling or giving their queen the raw truth.
"You never react like this when there is a threat. Your actions are not even defensive, it's almost like you are scared that I will walk myself to the woman who disappeared. And that makes me have so many questions. Who is she?
"Why did she come here to pretend to be a human man? What was she doing serving as the warrior here? Why did she choose this particular palace and realm? Why did she look so shocked to see me, almost like she had seen a ghost and why did her scent get you all on high alert like that?
"You do realize you will have to answer these eventually, right?" Queen Kia insisted.
She wanted to know more about Hawi.
She wanted to know what their relationship was and why everyone had reacted like that.
She wanted to know why they were keeping her herb and Hawi was out there. If they had come for Hawi, then she had to know why this was like this. Surely, she needed to be on the same page with her people, right?
Besides, it wasn't like she had seen Hawi do anything wrong, no? When she had seen the woman and looked into her eyes, Kia had felt safe, like she was home. She felt a surge of love and a long history of pain, but the thing was that the pain wasn't hers.
It was like she had channelled Hawi's pain which confused her even more. Why would she be that concerned about a woman she had just met? What was the reason that this had to happen like this? Find exclusive stories on My Virtual Library Empire
Oh, but Kia was desperate.
"The answers you seek could burn down the entire werewolf realm, Kia. You and I already know that, and even if you don't know, you have a gut feeling that the woman is not a good person.
"She screams anger and we send everyone away because that woman, wherever she goes, death and destruction are bound to follow. It's not even a matter of if, it is a matter of when.
"Wherever she steps into, there are losses to be counted. Here this evening, we have seventeen warriors dead. She didn't leave them alive because she doesn't have a regard for life.
"She is dangerous and yet she can't be eliminated. That is our current predicament right now. If she could be eliminated, then things would have been completely different," Kadiam said earnestly and Kia listened.