I Scored Myself A Mate

"I want to talk about my payment. I will leave for a while with the human afterwards to let you gather your stuff and return home." Amelia told Theseus and he sighed. He couldn't deny her, her payment. He didn't want to. He simply didn't want to risk their lives. Joe needed to leave this place if not intact, something that was already impossible, alive. 

"Okay. What is it that you want?" He asked her. She rubbed her chin, her pretty nails painted in many different colours. As it seemed she hadn't decided yet and her almond eyes traveled between every elf, as if she was searching the answer in them.

"I want the cuff. It is worth a lot and I also want to give one of you a reading."

"A reading?" Ea asked confused. Why would she want to do something like this for payment? She didn't get anything out of it. 

"Yes." She answered. "I will give you a reading." She said and pointed at Mark . Once her finger showed him he frowned, not completely undestanding why this woman wanted to talk to him. The proper response would be to not even let him inside the house,not offer him a reading too. 

"Are you planning to lie to make me miserable just because I was trying to save Mikael?" He asked her filled with suspicion. 

"No, you are a human and I am against hurting humans. I will go get ready some tea. Go sit at the dining table and wait for me. Also we should restrain the King. We don't know how he will react once he opens his eyes." She advised and Theseus nodded. He was still sitting next to him and his pale hand traveled on the wrinkled sheets do find his. It was heavy as he raised it and kissed it. Feeling his skin underneath his chapped lips his sad eyes scanned his peaceful face as he slept. 

Why did Theseus feel that Allias always had to sacrifice something because of him? His life, his palace and now the only trait that kept him stable, away from the shadows of his past. Allias gave up on his light so he could live. What would happen now that the burning fire inside the golden King was brutally put out? Will the sapphire eyes that Theseus would meet still show love and understanding? Will his words be filled with adoration and his touches with want? He doubted it. He was scared, terrified of what he would have to face once Allias awoke. 

"Do you have rope?" Theseus asked her and she nodded. "It's in the living room where the boy is. There was some left, you can use that." Amelia told him and Theseus stood up from the bed, standing on his feet perfectly fine. He was feeling no physical pain, there weren't any scars on his already flawed body but he still felt a burden on his chest. A bolder sitting comfortably there. Anxious. Impatient. He couldn't stop thinking of what was going to happen next as he entered the living room he had been enchanted previously. 

Now that the armchair was broken, Joe had been positioned in one of the couches, beaten up and bruised he was too weak to even move and the general wondered if the restraints were necessary. 

"Thank you." He heard the hunter mumbled as he grabbed the remaining rope from the tea table, rough and hard on his hand, he was worried it would hurt Allias. "You saved me."

"I didn't do it for you. I did it for him. So his dream would not die." Theseus told him coldly. "You know, it really wasn't his fault that your people died. The promise he gave to you, he didn't break it. They went behind our back. I would partially understand why you would want to hurt the wolf pack but us...we never hurt anyone. We only meant to protect you. Allias is too kind to hurt humans."

"Too kind?" Joe asked and scoffed. "The way I look right now shows a kind person?"

"Well, that might be partially my fault. I am his weak spot."

"I don't see the big deal in a boyfriend." Joe mumbled annoyed. So he had been beaten up and almost died just because he touched Theseus. It was ridiculous. What kind of King lost control just because of someone he slept with? He didn't want to imagine the political relationships in the palace, if he operated that way. 

"It's not just a boyfriend silly human. I have been with Allias for thousands of years. Gone through adventures and pain you'd never imagine and not one day have I thought I was bored of him. He is not just someone I sleep with or spent my free time. He is my lover, my partner in war, my other half. Maybe it's too hard for humans to understand. With your feeble lives you want to try so much, being with so many people that you don't get what love is really is about. Love is not just all smiles and giggles, bailing on the first chance things go wrong. Love is having someone who can see you at your worst and not judge you, having someone who brings out the best in you. Before I met Allias I aimlessly roamed the streets, wasting my time creating trouble and just in one moment. One fatefull instant that our eyes met I felt so stupid. Wondering what I was doing with my life. If I was better maybe he would look at me?" Theseus said. He didn't know why he was trying to explain everything to him, or why he was mumbling about old memories but this was the only warmth he had right now. "What would you do if someone hurt that person? The one you loved the most?" He asked him and Joe stared at him unable to answer. "Figured." Theseus said and chuckled. "We will release you so don't come with your own to kill us all."

"You saved me. I don't like owing people so hear me out." Joe said. "The only way you will be safe is to destroy the portal. Completely ruin it. Even if my people stepped back there are other clans. So you must destroy it. Also, the magic source. It was a girl. A girl from Allias' tribe" Joe revealed and stared at him with wide eyes.

"What did you just say?"