The Tears of a Prince

The two brothers stood at the door, looking inside as the people whispered, confused. More than fifteen women and around five to four men had been brought in the small training room that Ash used. They were cramped but that didn't really mind anyone at the moment. The Avger brother's observed, looking at the crowd and their faces, Kai was able to recognize a few of them as he scanned the crowd. They had no idea why they had been summoned here. 

Xan walked in first, his expression serious as always, his footsteps on the wooden floor drawing everyone's attention. The chattering crowd grew more and more quiet until an awkward silence spread in the room, all of the servants following the crown prince with their anxious eyes. Everyone in the palace was scared of Xan, he was a man who would always look at them with cold eyes, deranged of any emotions while he talked. Sometimes they would wonder if he could feel anything at all, of course he could, he was just terrified to show it. 

Kai did not appear yet, he felt like it wasn't the best time and since everyone was so focused on his brother he decided to sit on the sidelines for a while and observe, who would have the biggest change in their expressions, who would look more scared or worried, who would try to secretly run away. Xan was scary enough to make someone speak, he would have to find the liar between them.

"You must be wondering why I asked for all of you here, especially with the commotion in the palace." Xan began his speech, his tone clear and stable, the weak man who spilled all of his trauma, the young man who had been pleading and crying, gone in just an instant. The candle light landed on his face, the darkness of the night making the atmosphere even more ominous as he tackled, the shadows everywhere taking forms and in the middle the man who had the coldest voice and the most distant stare. "It has come to our attention that one of you, maybe even more, had come to an alliance with the werewolf Alpha Alloy, considering the death of one of the werewolves. One of you sneaked into Kai's room, planting the knife there believing we wouldn't know. If you come forward we won't kill you. We just need you to go to the queen and expose them." Xan said and then the crowd suddenly started whispering again. 

It was weird, Kai thought. They were scared of him enough to lose their voices  the second he stepped into the room but when they heard the news, knowing that they could easily be blamed they started a ruckus, not caring about what would happen just to ask around, gossip about it. Kai observed them carefully, trying to see some change but for now all of them seemed to react the same and that was surprising. He scratched the back of his head, looking at his brother and signaling him to be more direct.

"No one?" Xan asked them the room as if they were a well tuned choir stopping any sound once again. "Let's see…if the one who did it, or someone who knows who did doesn't step in I will personally make sure as the crown prince that all of your lives are ruined, that your fortunes are taken away from you, I will kill your lovers and bury your children, I will make sure that you will be able to see your houses burn, am I clear enough?" he asked them, seeming completely serious. 

Now the behavior of the crowd began to swift. One would look at the person next to them as if they were suspicious. They wouldn't talk to each other but they would try to have some distance. 

Xan was impatient, he didn't like the fact that he was wasting time like this. He walked closer to the crowd, all of them taking a step back like a wave that had just crashed a shore and was now receding. He didn't mind it though, after there was no more room he walked between them, scanning their faces the same way Kai had been doing all this time.

"You think I won't do it? Why?" Xan asked, tilting his head to the side. "Because Lun is the one in danger now and not my brother any longer? Well, you could be thinking very reasonably here but let me ask you. What do you think, would he do it?" he asked the crowd and pointed towards his little brother, Kai looking at the crowd who stared at him with wide eyes, smiling. He waved at them, throwing a wink towards their direction. "Now tell me, do you think my brother would do it. Would you do it?" 

"Oh, yes. I definitely would. Have actually done something similar in the past too. What are you going to do to me anyways?" Kai asked them playfully. He walked in, his hands behind his back as he inspected all of them. "I do not give a shit about any of you so you better spill who did it, tell me now who helped get us framed and I swear I will spare you…if you don't annoy me." he said waiting for a few seconds. He was ready to speak more, grab someone and maybe throw a punch or two when he noticed something in the back of the room. A man, one of the oldest looking ones that stood in the back. He was trying to hide from his eyes and when they looked at each other he froze before he tried to run away. Kai smirked, a maddening look in his eyes as he flashed before the man, grabbing him by his neck, looking like the devil himself. "Got ya.." he said, filled with satisfaction. "You and I are going to have so much fun, you fucking bastard"