CHAPTER I

Why, must the gods be silent when its just my turn to get my mate. HUH!" King Klaus boomed angrily so much as the people around him cowered in fear. He then sighed exasperatedly, he run a perfectly manicured fingers through his thick black hair, they immediately fall back into place and shimmered as if they were in the sun.But however that wasn't the case at all.

He was sat in his thrown, in the thrown room with his elders and council members. He glared intensely at the chief priest who just spewed that nonsense. With his index finger massaging his temple while his thumb stayed on his jaw as he thought deeply what to do with that good for nothing, chief priest. Wasn't he supposed to be the mouth piece of the gods?

If you asked him, the old man was just a stupid old fool who knew absolutely nothing about what he was doing. I mean, how can you claim to be able to talk to the gods yet still give such a stupid statement as "the gods are silent about whom your mate is for now" both him and the gods are crazy but he in particular is completely useless.

Immediately those words fell out of the priests lips, his entire demeanor changed completely. he was calm at first and somewhat excited about getting his mate but not anymore. he was a fearful king, who rules his kingdom with an ion fist. everybody, including the chief priest himself who was supposed to be the eye of the gods was scared of him. So when in fact he was called by the king himself to give news about his mate , the chief priest had known there was bound to be trouble. Given as the gods hadn't spoken yet about the kings soulmate.

King Klaus's demeanor as he sat on his thrown screamed power and dominance, the air around him screamed danger. He was about to snap and they knew that.

"You and your gods are completely useless. Absolutely useless." he said dangerously low, in a quiet and calm tone but nobody was fooled by the calmness in that voice. In fact all it did was fuel their anxiety the more.

King Klaus stood up from his thrown and with slow strides, he came upon the already shaken chief priest. He grabbed him by his collar and at this time all members of the council were already pleading for dear life, while maids and guards fell onto their knees with their forehead on the floor begging their king for mercy because they all knew how it was when their king lost his temper.

"Have mercy my lord, May your reign be forever... please have mercy." they all pleaded.

Seeing and hearing how his people pleaded with him and how they submitted to him, somehow calmed the king, however just a little bit. He picked the chief priest up with one hand as if he weighed nothing. And with fire dancing in his golden orbs, he said to the priest,

"You and your gods better provide my mate within the next few days, 7 days to be precise. Failure to do so, I'll kill you and have you replaced immediately while I choose my own mate on top of it. If you and your gods don't want me going after someone else mate then I give you up until this coming days to provide her."

With that being said he dropped the terrified man to the flow like a piece of garbage. The priest immediately scrambled backwards dragging onto his ass. He was terrified to death. Because he knew the threat issued wasn't just an empty one, it would be carried out without as much as a blink of an eye. He made a mind note to plead with the gods this whole 7 days he had been given, even if what it took was sleepless nights and fasting until his prayers have been heard.

King Klaus turned to his seat with his long cape sweeping the floors. He took his seat yet again. He sat back into his thrown gracefully with his legs crossed perfectly on to the other. The rings on his fingers blinked blindly as he adjusted himself properly.

"Now listen to me attentively, all of you.. Until I get my mate, none of you is to be mated, no marriage ceremonies, no going to see the priest about mating issues, because apart from those who are already mated, if I as much as hear that someone is to be mated from today, the groom shall be killed and the bride will be my concubine. " he said and a loud collective gasps went through the room, followed by murmuring. He didn't care, he was giving his decree and that was it.

"SILENCE!!" He bellowed, and immediately the room was filled with dead silence. You could actually hear a pin drop.

The gods have been playing with him for years now about his soulmate and now it was time to take a stand and challenge them right back. If he cant get his mate then the people the gods loved so much shall also suffer with him.

"Now, as I was saying before I got rudely interrupted by your idiotic comments" he continued with a death glare at the people gathered, daring them to utter a word and get slaughtered. "Until i get my mate, your mateship is on hold. And this decree goes to the whole kingdom...make it known to others as well. Or else I wouldn't be responsible for what happens."

With that being said he stood up to leave, he walked for awhile with his guards following suit, he paused midway and without a single glance backward he said "meeting is adjourned, you may all leave now." as he continued to his suite.

Nobody dared to move until he was completely gone, before standing on shaky legs, to leave. They were troubled and not happy about the kings decision but still couldn't bring themselves to challenge him. In as much as King Klaus was a jerk of a king, obnoxious, rude, and disrespectful, they couldn't hate him.. In fact they created that beast within him so they had to learn to live with it. If only they had believed him at a point, he would've still been that sweet innocent boy the always knew, but things happened that they couldn't explain.

The only hope they had of him ever changing was his mate, they prayed she would help tame him.

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