I Scored Myself A Mate

Allias blinked a few times, his eyesight blurry from just waking up. He turned his head slowly, feeling his dry throat to face Theseus, sitting in a chair next to their bed, holding his right hand tightly as he slept. He smiled and swept his hair away from his eyes, the general frowning and slowly waking up too. 

"Hey." Allias said and Theseus smiled back. 

"How are you feeling?" he asked him and sat up, stretching his hands above his head, and his long legs. 

"Okay? I don't really know. You could've slept next to me you know." He said showing him the empty spot on their bed. It was empty, Theseus' part of the bed had no wrinkles in the sheets, his pillow neatly placed on the same spot as always. Instead of sleeping together with him, the general had decided to stay close, awake for as long as he could in case Allias needed anything.

His left arm now half, had been bandaged. Allias still didn't feel that much of a difference with one limb lost but he was smarter than this, the moment he got up from this bed his life would change completely and he would have to adjust. 

"I wanted to be ready in case something happened. I know it's still pretty early, after everything that has happened but there is a meeting now. We need to talk about your coronation, welcoming the royals, holding an official ball and those things I…they were never my strong point. I mean, I could try and organize them but I am not good with diplomatic relationship or who should sit next to whom, I am quite dumb." He said staring at Allias like a lost puppy. With Theseus he could always show his full possibilities with a weapon in his hands, a strategic battle plan on his mind but when it came to protocols, manners and appeasing sleazy royals he would always sit back and let Allias do his magic. 

The King laughed, realizing how desperately he wanted to avoid this and stood up, heading towards his wardrobe. 

"Okay, okay. Don't worry. I got it. Just help me with my cape please" he said and Theseus rushed to his side with a relieved smile. 

"Thank you." He said and held the beige cape over his shoulders, placing it gently on his body and securing it with a golden brooch. His lose shirt was neatly tucked inside his brown trousers. "Will you wear that too?" Theseus asked as he noticed his eyeing his crown. It was golden, with handmade vines and delicate leaves. Allias always felt heavier when he wore it but today he wished to take it out from its case. He was officially back. 

"Yes, I think I will. I also want to go meet that man, and the family of the guard. I need to apologize." Allias said and Theseus nodded. "Could you put it on me?" He asked him and Theseus carefully grabbed the crown, resting it on the center of Allias' head. 

"You look so handsome." He told him and Allias smiled, feeling the warmth of his words. "Also there is something we need to talk about. Joe, he said that the only solution for us at the moment is to destroy the gate." Theseus told him what the young hunter had said while they headed to the meeting room. 

"This is impossible. We will lose all access to the human world." Allias said. 

"There are other portals too. We could use one of them in case of emergency." 

"The closest one is in the demonic capital. Do you really think it would be good for us to need the demons? They would never grant us access."

"In case of emergency they would have to."

"Yes, but with what cost? I am sure there must be some other way for us to fix this. We got a bit of time, from what I understand Joe does not intend to reveal the portal's location. At the moment all his father's men that had known about it are dead. I read that in Ea's report." 

"That's true but can we risk wasting any more time? I mean…" 

"We are here. We should talk about this later, when we are alone." Allias told Theseus. They had taken their last turn reaching the door of the usual meeting room. In there many of the palace's staff would probably wait for them. The head maid, the general and many more. Allias always forgot to learn their names, he shouldn't neglect it anymore, he thought as he pushed the door. 

For the first time no one was patiently waiting on their seats. Ea and Ares were standing shouting at each other while the general tried to calm them down. Theseus brother was manically shaking his arms in the air, holding pieces of paper while Ea was telling him to stop. The head maid was slumped in her seat, fanning her face while Mark was shaking his head, filled with annoyance. 

"I am telling you that we should not participate in this. It's their business. I don't care!" Ares shouted. 

"We are allies; how could you be so inconsiderate? It's diplomacy! Di-plo-ma-cy you meat head!" Ea told him, pointing a finger at the pieces of paper he was holding. 

"Silence!" Allias commanded and everyone stopped moving. "Sit down, all of you." He said and every person in the room obeyed as he headed to his seat at the head of the table. "This is not what I was expecting to see first thing in the morning. Why are you fighting again?" he asked the young elves. 

"I will tell you! It's because that wolf Alpha Adam is dead and…" Ares began talking.

"What did you just say?" Allias asked surprised. Adam was dead? "Ea, fill me in" he said and the elf cleared his throat. 

"Today we received a magic letter from Luke. As it seemed a coup happened to overthrow Adam and he died. It did not happen with the natural procedures meaning that the one who orchestrated broke pack rules. They didn't say anything else, except that in their letter Luke wrote please help us. I think something horrible must be happening at the compound." 

"We should leave them. Nothing good happens from being involved with them." Ares said and Ea shot him a deadly glare. 

"Theseus send a few of your men to scout the area. We will see what we will do after we know a bit more. Tell them to find Luke, Mikael or Alexander if they can and bring one of them to us." Allias ordered and Theseus stood up, obeying.