The Royal Mark-Chapter 240: Silver

Elsa used all her strength to press hard on the sides of Chris’ neck for he was struggling so much even though Elsa had already tied his arms with her magic. Nonetheless, it was a success. It just took longer compared to humans since he was in his werewolf form and not just an ordinary werewolf, but a true alpha.

After twenty seconds, the Prince of Arcanis was successfully knocked down. Elsa tried to hold onto him while he was still in his werewolf form as she flapped her red angel wings.

"Help! Darn, you’re heavy! Someone help!" Elsa yelled while trying not to drop Chris onto the ground, or else his head might hit the ground made of stone.

Tallor heard her and came to her rescue. "Let me, Luna," he said while extending his arms, ready to catch Chris.

"Thank you. He might not wake up soon, can you look after him? I need to find the bitch," Elsa asked.

"Yes, Your Highness. But I don’t know where the witch queen is. I was also looking for her," Tallor informed Elsa.

"It’s ok, I will look for her, just please call me right away in case he gains consciousness sooner than expected."

Tallor nodded and Elsa quickly looked for higher ground to make it easier for her to look for Queen Yvonne. Flying was not an option since she was still not used to it and she was afraid she might drop her defense if she lost control of her wings.

Concurrently, Prince Andrius and King Stefan infiltrated Blackhart Castle looking for Princess Neia. They met Baahu, and Lexi on their way as he was looking for Princess Neia at the same time.

"How’s everyone outside?" Prince Andrius asked.

"It was a mess, good thing your team and Prince Drake arrived in time. Prince Christopher is insanely strong. It took me, Arla, and Rylie to contain him," Baahu said.

"You were the former lady-in-waiting of Princess Neia, right? Where is she?" King Stefan asked Lexi upon recognizing her.

"I was, Your Majesty. King Mordrak asked me to get his cloak earlier while the princess was attending to him. He was affected by Princess Elsa’s divine light but when I came back they were gone including the servants," Lexi replied while still combing the castle.

"Lady Alexandra!’ a panting servant called out, "The demon king is in the dining hall."

Lexi nodded and all of them turned right, towards the dining hall.

What they saw astonished them, King Mordrak was seated at the very end of the long table, eating and drinking wine calmly.

"Mordrak..." King Stefanan uttered, making the demon king look at them, particularly at the vampire king.

"Oh, hello there Stefan! Come and join me. The food in Arcanis is exquisite, you will like it!" King Mordrak remarked.

"Where’s Neia?" King Stefan angrily questions.

"The feisty princess? Probably with Yvonne. Thank evilness she’s off my hands. She’s giving me a headache. Constantly yapping and complaining," King Mordrak mentioned before using his fork to reach for a steak.

"Where did she take her?" Stefan asked in a much more furious voice than before.

"Why are you getting angry at me? Do you think I like puppy-sitting? I have no interest in your lover. The hell I care where Yvonne would take her."

Everyone looked at King Stefan upon hearing King Mordrak say ’Your lover’. Lexi’s eyes widened and she covered her mouth in surprise.

Stefan cleared his throat and questioned the demon king once more. "If you don’t care about anything at all then what are you still doing here?"

"Well, first, as you can see, I am enjoying Arcanis’ dishes. Second, my men are still enjoying outside. Don’t worry, once I am full and satisfied with all these, we will leave. I still have to taste a lot of their delicacies. Hmm, maybe I should take their cook and bring him to Kurzen. That’s a good idea!"

And without waiting for Stefan’s reply, the demon king left the dining room in the blink of an eye.

"What the hell did I just witness?" Prince Andrius uttered.

"Erm, forget it. Let’s look for Neia," King Stefan glanced at Lexi before walking away.

Lexi on the other hand squinted her eyes at the vampire king and whispered, "So maybe he’s the one sending the flowers, the secret admirer, hmm..." before following everyone.

"Werewolves of Arcanis!" A loud roar from the castle’s balcony was heard. It was so loud that it attracted everyone’s interest.

"Surrender to me, if you want to see your princess and your two alphas alive!" Queen Yvonne shouted.

Everyone saw Queen Yvonne hold a silver knife to Princess Neia’s neck that was already slightly burning her skin while she was under a spell and not with herself. Beside her was Laureen, her eyes were all white, and standing there like a puppet.

Laureen then took the unconscious Aeson and Gavin one by one and hung their body on the balcony’s concrete railing.

Everyone gasped as the two alphas were on the verge of falling.

"What is happening?! I thought they were ok earlier?" Rylie asked herself while staring at the balcony as she continued to heal their injured mages.

"WHAT THE FUCK! This is not what we talked about!" King Alaric exclaimed before feeling from Elandir.

"Hey! We are not done yet!" Elandir called out with a smirk. If he wanted to, he could have ended Alaric’s life earlier, but he was having fun fighting. It’s not every day that he gets to fight like that.

Alaric shifted and ran towards the balcony without Yvonne noticing it. Her focus was on Elsa who cannot move from her spot for fear of causing more problems for Neia.

"No? Your Prince Christopher is still mine and will never go back to his old self. Serve me and Alaric and together, Saldivar and Arcanis will take down Zemaria!" Yvonne tried convincing one more time everyone.

It was a desperate move for her, the moment she saw Elsa transform, she knew she was defeated. But her pride and ego will not give up that easily. She knows how important Chris and Neia’s bloodline is to the citizens of Arcanis.

They value the bloodline of their true alpha. Chris was a lost cause for her. She’s not sure if her experiment on him will be a success. If Chris will die because of it, Neia is next in line. She will be Arcanis’ next true alpha and if she has her, she could still make the werewolves follow her.

"You are deliriously insane!" Hoven shouted and laughed. "Arcanis has a new prince! Prince Rocco Jorgensen. He has the blood of a true alpha and an angel. So why would we follow a weakling like you who knows nothing about leadership? All you did was threaten people and make them work for you in fear.

Aeson and Gavin are ready to die for Arcanis, and so are we. I am sure that our Princess Neia would like to die first before she becomes a puppet of someone like you."

Queen Yvonne trembles in rage and screams, "Remember what you said and I’ll make sure you regret it! Watch this!"

Yvonne pulled away her hand holding the silver knife to wind it up and with full strength she stabbed it on Neia’s neck.

"NOOO!!!" King Alaric roared as he jumped on Yvonne. He was able to push her away from Neia in time before the silver knife struck the princess’ neck.

He pushed her so hard, causing her to hit Laureen who also bumped into Aeson and Gavin. A collective gasp and shout were heard when Aeson and Gavin’s body from the castle’s balcony.

"Gotcha!" Blake voiced out upon catching the two.

Even though Laureen did not fall, she was not safe still. Yvonne quickly grabbed her to become her shield from Alaric.

"I told you not to harm Neia!" Alaric said as he faced Yvonne, his fiancee.

"And why would you care for someone who could take your throne someday?" Yvonne retorted.

"Because that’s how you care for family, just like how I treated you... Despicable witch..."

Yvonne turned her head to the voice behind her and saw Elsa fluttering her majestic wings and with fireballs in her hands. She quickly turned around and placed Laureen in front of her and alternately checked Alaric at the same time.

"Let go of Laureen!"

Yvonne heard another voice yell at her. It was Andrius together with Stefan.

"Fuck this!" she uttered. She’s now surrounded on three sides.

"You will regret this!" Yvonne said to Alaric before pushing Laureen off the balcony.

"No!!!" Andrius screamed and quickly ran towards the balcony but Stefan pulled and threw him to Baahu and Kaizer as the vampire king ran after Laureen, saving her.

Elsa immediately shot her fireballs at Yvonne but everything happened so fast. Yvonne threw a bottle of liquid silver to Alaric and briskly stabbed him with her silver knife before grabbing Neia and jumping off the balcony.

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A/N: 2/5/2024

Hello everyone! We have reached the climax of the story and as you know what comes next is the ending. But do not fret, I love happy endings so that’s one thing that you can expect. Hopefully, we can finish the story by the end of February since I don’t want to make it unnecessarily long. I have also decided to publish my 3rd book soon. It’s a contemporary romance, like my 1st book CEO’s Contract Obsession, and I hope to get your support as well.

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