I Scored Myself A Mate

"We don't have much time. But please don't be scared. Do you want to tell me what happened? About the basement and what you said?" he asked her. His voice was soft and jealous. Mira was looking at her with big deer like eyes, as she breathed heavily. The girl couldn't sleep even in her own house. Allias felt so bad for her. He wore his most charming smile, the kindness in his eyes was almost like a magic spell. He caressed her flushed cheek and she slowly calmed down. "You can trust me." He said. The girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Uttering a sentence that surprised them both. 

"He has dead bodies in the basement." 

Allias and Theseus had made many assumptions while they laughed a few minutes ago. They had never thought something like that would be the lord's secret. The king looked at the girl dumbfounded, his kind smile slowly being erased from his face.

"What do you mean?" He asked her.

"He, ever since the war and the end. When you died the villages far away from the palace were left pretty much on their own without any supervision. Eras is a psychopath. He picks up girls from the village. One every ten years. He marries them and when he thinks that their beauty is over he kills them. He keeps their bodies in their basement. As he tortures them for days. He sees them as trophied. Please your highness. I am so scared. We've been married for eight years already. I don't have that much time." She said and grabbed his shirt. Gripping him tightly, afraid that he would leave, right now he was her only salvation. "Please do something about it." 

Allias was stunned, trying to process if what he had just heard was true. Theseus stepped forward and tried to calm her down.

"It will be fine, don't worry. We will fix this." He said and the girl looked at him. Her expression was a lot different from when she had been charmed by the king. Her eyes turned cold as she met his and a frown formed on her young face. Theseus was surprised, he didn't expect such reaction since they had never talked before. The girl seemed to dislike him though.

"You're the one who took the throne while the king was dead. What were you doing? Don't you know about the people's suffering?" She attacked him with tears in her eyes. "All those girls, if you...if you hadn't turned a blind eye to everything..."

"Please." Allias told her, interrupting her. He stood in front of Theseus in a protective manner and looked at the girl again. Making sure that he was getting all of her attention. Theseus didn't have to listen any of this, he didn't need to feel more guilty about what had happened while he was king. If Allias could just close his ears he would. "Unfortunately, things happened this way. I promise you though I will make sure that things will get fixed. You have my word." He said and the girl started crying. She fell into the king's embrace and looked at him with a blush on her face. 

"Thank you. Thank you." She repeated and Allias' patted her head. 

"Theseus will take you back now. Please keep this meeting a secret okay?" Allias told her and she nodded. Mira unwillingly took Theseus' hand and closed her eyes, disappearing into thick smoke together with the general. Allias sat on the bed sighing and shaking his head as he realized the state his kingdom was in. He had to fix everything from the start. When Theseus returned he smiled, trying to hide his disappointment. "Well that was unexpected." Allias commented but Theseus was not in the mood for joking any more. 

He didn't even look at Allias and headed straight to the bathroom. He turned on the golden sink and let the water fall before he splashed some into his face. The king had followed him, standing at the door frame observing him as he sighed and paced around anxiously.

"It's not your fault Theseus." Allias told him. 

"The people seem to think otherwise." He said and messed up his hair. He was clearly frustrated. His body seemed to be hyper as he walked around and kicked one of the cupboards in the bathroom. Allias shook his head, siting for him to relax.

"The people know nothing. I know very well how hard you tried." Allias told him.

"No you don't. You don't know because I didn't try Allias. I was a mess. I was reckless and I didn't want to do anything. For years all I could think of was that you were gone. I didnt do anything and then it was too late. Things got too far and I didn't know how to fix them. She was right to blame me" he said as he left the room. He couldn't stand still. He couldn't look at Allias either, he felt embarrassed about his wrongdoings coming to light. Theseus hadn't done anything all this time and now things were harder for him. Now that he returned he would find his home in shambles because of him.

"It doesn't matter Theseus. Hey, stop moving around like that and look at me." He told him with a chuckle. "It doesn't matter. It wasn't your duty to be king. It was mine and I was dead. Things just happened this way. We can't do anything about the past. We can fix the present though and make sure the future is brighter. I don't want you to feel bad about it because I don't even care and my opinion matters more than anyone else's. I am the king after all." Allias told him with a smirk.

"Yes but..."

"No buts. Mira is just scared. I am pretty sure she didn't mean what she said. Stop thinking about it. It's an order" Allias said with a wink.

"You are very good at ordering others around to be positive but I don't see you doing that with yourself my dearest king." Theseus said and took Allias' hand, making him sit up from the bed and pulled him in his arms. "Allias I'm really sorry. Believe me."

"There is nothing to be sorry about." The king told him. "Oh and also didn't you know. We are always better at giving advice but not good at following them ourselves. I thought it was a fact." The king joked and Theseus laughed. 

"So, what are you going to do with that lord?" Theseus asked him and Allias' grinned 

"I am going to kill this bastard of course." He said with a playful smile.