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After the Banquet, Night have become eerily quiet. Everyone has gone to sleep after long tiring day. But a voice which can't be hear by anyone, sound neither human nor animal, seems to show many emotion's at once.

We want it.... (Sobbing)

We want what is our... (aggressively)

We want to live... (desperately)

We want to be free... (begging)

Let us be free... (sobbing)

We will spare you if you let us free now ... (threatening)

Sometime it cries in aggressiveness, sometime it cries in desperation, sometime it laughs eerily and sometime it yelled threateningly to wanted to be free in endless cycle. But it can't seem to free itself. The voice seems to bound by an invisible chain which it can't broke.

"When we will be free.... (it become quiet for few second) ... we will kill you.... (Hahahaha) then... then.... bath in every.... drop of your blood.... without leaving a single drop but .... we won't let you die so easily even if your blood run dry .... (it become deadly quite) we will keep you alive .....(Aggressively) after all you have kept us lock in this place for year's.... We will keep you alive ... and let you see .... how we will take everything you desire .... you want ... make them our's.... (Hahahaha).... our time will come soon.... Soon it will come.... and when that time come... you will cry blood and tear for locking us here... (Hahahahahaha)

Those voice disappeared in darkness of night once again with the promise to be free soon and seek revenge.

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Dominique was sleeping soundly for first time after months of struggle when a sudden heavy weight drops on him.

"Wake up, before I kill you with my weight" Erick annoyingly loud voice woke him up.

"F*ck, you are heavy. Do you eat giant beast in breakfast?" Dominique growl breathlessly at him still lying under Erick's weight trying to soothe his aching chest.

Adrian was coming behind Erick with Keith in his arms. When he saw Erick on top of Dominique, he growls possessively. He glared at Dominique before lifting Erick from his waist with one hand effortlessly. Dominique look at him disbelievingly.

"Are you serious? He jumps on me so why are you glaring at me?" Dominique groaned half sitting, half lying.

"There was blanket between us, it's not like I touched him directly" Erick pouted at Adrian.

"Baby, don't do that. I don't like you touching other men except me please" Adrian pleaded.

Sometime Adrian wondered how he can be so possessive of Erick when he is not possessive by nature in general. He don't have much desire for things since he was young but Erick brought out emotion's he didn't know he possess in him.

"You will make me murder someone someday" he nuzzled Erick on neck breathing his scent to calm himself. Dominique cringe watching the scene so early in morning in front of his bed.

"Will you two get a room and get out of my room so i can sleep peacefully" Dominique throw a pillow at them without hitting Keith wiggling Butt who is busy drooling over Adrian shoulder.

"I will keep it in mind next time. For now, me and Keith will go and meet Future Queen" Erick said excitedly ignoring Dominique grumbling while pecking Adrian on lips before running out with Keith in his arms.

"Now what?" Dominique said looking at him. Adrian took deep breath to calm himself down before taking sofa in front of Dominique bed.

"Nothing, I am here to ask if you okay? Your headache, symptoms and all?" He questioned.

"I am fine, all symptom seems to disappeared suddenly" Dominique said shrugging.

"So, they are mate withdrawal symptom after all. Your genes are trying to force you to mate" Adrian said looking smug.

"Shut up, you look ugly" Dominique groaned because he knows Adrian won't be shut up about it for years.

"That what you get for being bull headed freak. My vocal cord has been almost damaged after telling you over and over again to look for your mate for years and it's not like you are allergic to mate, you are just too proud to look for her" Adrian accused him.

"Are you going to nag me so early in morning?" Dominique huffed getting off the bed and put on his shirt. (Hmmm Hot guys sure like to sleep naked o(*￣▽￣*)ブ )

"Let's me freshen up first before we talk more"

"Fine, i was told to told you to be present at breakfast table in an hour" Adrian said while existing the room.

Dominique groaned inwardly because he knows his whole family will be their to nag him.

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Erick and Keith knocked at Celestine door.

"Baby, are you excited to meet your soon to be aunt too?" Erick said nuzzling against Keith cheek who just giggled at him in return.

Celestine Open her door after a while. She looks at him confused.

"Umm, Hello I am Beta Adrian Mate Erick Curtis Jones and he is our son Keith. We are here to invite you to have breakfast with everyone" Erick said suddenly feeling embarrassed after seeing her confused face. Celestine face brighten up.

"Oh, I am sorry I don't know anyone here so I was confused. Please come in" She said opening door wide for both to enter. Erick didn't want to go inside her room for some reason but he doesn't want to be sound rude so he accepted her invitation to come inside.

"Please sit, I will love to know you before we go" She said sweetly.

Erick took Sofa not far from her.

"Thank you, I love to know you too" Erick replied politely.

"Btw congrats on finally finding your mate, I am sure it was your effort that why you two are able to meet each other"

"Haha, yes it took me lot of effort to get here but I still can't believe Royal King is my mate" Celestine said shyly.

"Yes, it hard to believe for anyone specially we who are not noble or royal" Erick can feel what she is feeling after all once he was in her shoes too. Even if his father is higher council member, they are not Noble or Royals.

"Can I hold your son? He kind of keep looking at me for while" Celestine said looking at Keith who kept his eyes on her since they enter her room.

"I am sorry if it's made you uncomfortable, he usually won't mind people because he too occupied to mind them. It seems he find you charming that he can't even take his eyes off you but he kind of sensitive to others touch than me and Adrian. He won't shut up once he starts crying till he tires himself out" Erick rambled.

"Oh, Sad I really like babies" Celestine said looking dejected.

"I am sure he will warm up to you soon in future, we have all the time to catch up" Erick gave her genuine smile.

"Yes, I am hoping so too, shall we go now?" she asked.

"Ok, let's go"

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At Dining Hall...

When Dominique reached everyone was chatting to each other.

"Ahem" Dominique announced his presence.

"I am sorry, I was little late"

He took his seat and food was served to him. An Awkward silence was lingering on hall because no one tried to start conversation after Dominique came.

"Dominique, when you going to officially mate?" King Leonor broke the silence.

"We just met yesterday" Dominique said without taking his eyes away from his breakfast. Suddenly breakfast in his hand seems more interesting than his own family to him.

"You already took 6 year to get a mate" King Leonor frown.

"So...? I am sure no one want to mate as soon as they met" Dominique said stubbornly.

"No, they don't take time as you" King Leonor argue back. King Leonor and Dominique usually end up clashing because of their different views.

"Miles, still haven't got his mate. He is going to be 30 soon" Dominique counter.

"He is not King; He don't need to produce an heir" King Leonor raised his voice.

"And i don't want to be father at the moment, at first you all tried to force any random person if my fated mate were not going to appear and now when she appears you want me to get an heir as soon as possible. I am not going to produce an heir just because someone told me" Dominique snapped glaring at his grandfather.

He was clearly excited when he smelled his mate yesterday, but today he is calm and return back to his usual self who is indifferent to having mate or heir. No one knows what going on his not so little head. Why he was so against on having mate or heir?

"We will talk later about it, let's have breakfast peacefully first" Queen Lesley said calmly. Since both grandfather and grandson are similar to each other, they won't back down even if they argue for whole day, whole night.

"I am returning to my office; I have some work left to do" Dominique said leaving hall.

"I should follow him" Adrian said going after Dominique.

"I don't know who he takes after" King Leonor muttered to himself. No one said anything just look at him quietly agreeing with each other who he takes after.

"Celestine dear, please don't mind Dominique, he doesn't easily warm up to people since he was young. I am sure he will warm up to you slowly" Queen Anna tried to cheered her.

"Thank you, Queen Anna" Celestine said feeling dejected. Anyone will feel sad if their Mate won't want to take their relation forward specially if they looking for them for years.

"Let's leave this for later. Celestine dear, we were not able to meet you yesterday because Dominique said you were tired from long journey. We were happy we finally able to meet our only grandson mate after years of waiting. Welcome to the family" Queen Lillian heartily welcomed her.

"Thank you, I feel so happy to be here with my mate and his family" Celestine said truthfully.

"Where you from? We were told you came here alone" Queen Anna ask her.

"Umm... I am from Kingdom Sleteron" Celestine said looking sad.

Dining hall suddenly become silent after hearing her origin. All males were instructed to not open their mouth so Celestine would be at ease.

"I am not anyone bad, I came here to find my mate only but I didn't know Royal King Dominique will turn out my mate" Celestine said lowering her head.

"Oh, we were sorry for awkward silent. I am sure it was not because we thought you are evil and all but we were surprise to see a person from Kingdom Sleteron, it's been decades since anyone seen from there. Till now we thought no one able to survive and those who able to save themselves may have died long ago" Queen Anna curiously.

"Many of our ancestor's able to save themselves and hide underground where they learn to survive, not many of us are left now but still there many but they don't want to leave because they thought we were not welcomed outside" Celestine said sadly.

"Oh Dear, they were welcomed even when tragedy happen, many were offered to leave the kingdom and join other kingdoms" Queen Lillian said.

"Yes, but they were too proud to accept help. Now we can't do anything but I am hoping my friends were able to leave there too one day" Celestine said feeling depressed suddenly after thinking about her friends.

"I am not feeling well, please I would like to return''

"Please, you may. Erick please take her back to her room." Queen Anna said.

"Yes, Queen Anna" Erick said. Celestine nodded and left the hall with Erick.

"I am surprised you didn't cause a scene" King Lukas who was quiet the whole time said to King Leonor.

"Do I look like stupid to you?" King Leonor glared at him.

"If only we could do something about Kingdom Sleteron" King Damian concerned.

He has always been interested in Kingdom Sleteron. He wanted to revive it as it was before, he tried many means while he was King. He called out to many powerful magician around all the kingdoms to see why this happened but since it happens decades ago and nothing written was available about Kingdom Sleteron, no one was able to tell him anything. When Kingdom Sleteron door was sealed, every knowledge about it sealed. Those outside Kingdom Seleteron were destroyed so no one can try to unseal him in future. It remain mystery why he let the power sealed in his castle loose when he was about to be sealed away deep in his own castle??