Chapter 43 - Teo

"I want her head! Guards! Retrieve her now! Bring her to me now!" Dino's face was turning blue from screaming with rage.

"Zero make sure Anya doesn't leave the palace grounds. I want her in my chambers before the end of the night." I whispered to him under my breath. He nodded his head and left the room in a hurry.

"That's one hell of a woman to be able to stand up to one of the Emperors." A young man with short black hair and red bangs covering half his face said standing in front of the door after Zero left the room.

He signaled for the servants to leave and they left the room without a word. He shut the door with only the five of us in here.

"What are you doing here Rogan." Dino said sharply staring at that the young man in front of us. "Oh come on Father I belong in this meeting just as much as you do. After all I am next in line for the throne." Rogan said with a wolfie grin on his face.

"I don't have time to deal with your nonsense Rogan, I have to deal with that disrespectful slut." Dino said with hatred slamming his hand on the table. I stood up slowly walking in front of the table so Dino could see me clearly.

"That disrespectful slut your referring to is my woman." I whispered coldly to Dino who flinched at my gaze. Rogan stalked toward his Father giving him a icy grin. I could feel the blood lust oozing off of him as he walked past me.

"What's going on here?" Dino asked glancing between me and his son with fear in his eyes. I could see sweat running down his temple. The ugly woman beside him was shaking in fear.

Haku put his elbows on the table holding his head in his hands watching with amusement. "You know what this meeting is over. We are leaving." Dino said trying to stand when Rogan put his hands on his shoulders slamming his back into his seat. I pulled the dagger out that I had hidden in my sleeve about to hand it to Rogan when the women beside Dino started shouting.

"Rogan please let me leave. I did nothing wrong all those awful things I did to you was because your father ordered me to." The women kept pleading rambling on and on about being the victim in everything.

"Shut up you dirty whore!" Dino yelled smacking her across the face. She cried out covering her cheek with her hand looking stunned.

"Sue if only you were innocent in all this." Rogan said looking down at her with pity. "If only you didn't enjoy every second you snuck into my room in the middle of the night, touching me with those disgusting hands of yours. It took all my strength to pretend to enjoy it when it actually made me so sick but all that torture I endoored is worth this moment right here." Rogan said with so much rage and hate grabbing her by the throat.

She was squirming trying to fight to breathe as he was choking life out of her. She tried to pull his hands away from her throat and after a few minutes she grown still. He dropped her lifeless body to the ground. Dino looked like he was going to piss his pants when Rogan turned his focus on to him.

"I am your Father. W-we can talk about this R-rogan." Dino said trying to hide the fear in his voice but failed miserably. Rogan took the dagger I gave him out of my hand without hesitation.

"Don't take this personal Father but you made quite a bit of enemies. I had no choice but to step in to keep a meaningless war from happening. Look at it like this, I'm doing this for the good of our people." Rogan said sounding sincere but the wicked smile on his said something way different.

"You can't do this to me I'm-aah!" Before he could finish his sentence Rogan thrusted the dagger into side of his neck. He pulled the dagger out of his throat and blood was spilling out landing every wheres.

"Arghh, come on you got blood on my shoes Rogan." Haku said wrinkling his nose in disgust.

"Stop bitching I got the job done didn't I? You didn't have to get those precious clean hands of yours dirty." Rogan said taunting Haku cleaning the blood off my dagger watching his father bleed out slowly.

Haku rolled his eyes, "well I'm leaving I need to wash the stench of blood off of me." Haku said standing up straightening out his outfit.

"By the way Teo I would like to have dinner again with Anya." Haku said narrowing his eyes at me with a devilishly grin. I could feel my body tense up when her name came off his tongue.

"She's mine." I said in a deadly manner. "Oh so that's her name." Rogan said smiling studying me.

"I wouldn't say that. She made it very clear she belongs to no one." Haku said smirking at me making me step towards him when Rogan came in between us.

"How about a wager? Haku you want the girl right? Teo you want the girl as well but you also want more of my land. My people are starving because of my Father's selfishness. I have plenty of land but not any good farm land to grow good food. Teo you have plenty enough farm lands but not enough land for your people." Rogan said piercing through me with his green emerald eyes.

"If you win Teo I'll give you more of my land without a fight but if I win I get more of your farm land. Haku if you win you get the girl without any protest from Teo or me but if either of us win you have to stop trying to pursue Anya." Rogan said crossing his arms with satisfaction.

"Go on." I said sternly watching Rogan's eyes shift to exsitment. "It's simple who ever wins Anya's heart without force, wins. Simple enough right? No blood shed, no preparations for war, and who ever wins gets to have a beautiful Empress ruling by there side." Rogan said smiling brightly at us.

"Sounds fun I'm in." Haku said nodding his head. They both looked at me waiting for me to answer.

"Okay but their has to be rules. First rule she gets one month with each of us and she can't choose until she's been with all three of us. Second rule no force or corruption. She must stay unharmed and must choose willingly. The third and last rule, she must not find out about our wager. That's the only way I'll agree to any of this." I said firmly glaring between the two. Rogan seemed to be deep in thought for a moment before nodding his head.

"Deal," Rogan said seriously. "Yes I agree." Haku said in a charming manner like he has already won. "Good then let wager begin."