Chapter 16

Elina was sitting alone in a room, it had a wooden table and chair. The small room was turned into a office for her. There were many papers scattered on the table. A pen was twirling in her hand and she was lost in thoughts when suddenly Lizzy spoke

' A intruder stepped in our territory. '

Wolves are possessive creatures. Specially the alphas not to mention a royal like Elina. By now her eyes were glowing blue. They were deep and dark and were staring at nothing. She found that it was only one person so she relaxed a bit. She mind linked a member called Joy.

' Joy there is someone at the west border. Take five people with you and get him. '

' On it Your Highness ' She heard a quick reply

Elina relaxed on her seat, Joy is a good fighter and is quick on her feet. But that did not mean she has has completely let go of her vigilance.

The door flew open, it was Emma followed by Lukas and Crystal.

" There is someone at west border. " Emma said

" I know. I have already sent Joy and five more with her to look into it. " Elina replied

" It won't be Harvey's people right? " Crystal asked with uncertainty

" We have covered our tracks and he won't send just one person. Most likely someone came accidentally. " Lukas said

" I agree with that too but wait till they inform us of the situation. " Elina said

Others dragged few chairs from outside stayed in the room, waiting for the group to come back. There are still many things that needed to organized so they discussed trying to pass the time. Soon after Joy mid linked Elina

' Your Highness we found an injured demon. '

' Bring him back ' Elina replied

' Yes Your Highness '

" What happened? Who is it? " Emma asked

" An injured demon " Elina looked towards Lukas

All of them were taken back. Demons lived quite far away from wolves. Not to mention the two species do not have a good relationship so it is surprising that a demon would be here.

Lucas frowned after realizing that he was half demon he ignored it completely he did not know how to use those powers and he could not be bothered but if a demon could help maybe things can change a bit. The only problem is that a demon being here is downright weird. He was lost thinking when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he look up to see Elina's smiling face she lightly patted his shoulder reassuring him.

They waited for a while when they heard a knock on the door.

" Come in " Elina said

A girl walked in she saw everyone inside so she lightly smiled and then looked at Elina

" Your Highness he is unconscious so we kept him in a spare room. Two warriors are stationed outside the room. " Joy spoke

" Are the injuries serious? " Emma asked

" He is not going to die but he did lost a lot of blood. "

" Alright Joy good work. We will go and take a look later. " Elina said

" Yes Your Highness " Joy replied and walked out of the room

After Joy left everyone was quiet letting the situation sink.

" There is no point in sitting here and doing nothing. I will go and see if I can heal him. " Emma stood up, a witch can't heal a severe wounded but at the very least they can do much better than a first aid

" I will go with you " Elina decided to give it a look. It did not sit well with her that an unknown person is in her territory. She needed to get at the bottom of this.

Since both of them were going Crystal and Lukas too followed them.

They followed the new smell in the air and left the house after walked down the road. They came in front of a very small house. Two warriors were standing there. Elina specifically told them not to let anyone enter. It had only one room a single bed and nothing was placed in the room. The demon was on the bed he looked skinny and there was dried blood in many places. He had black hairs and his eyes were tightly closed. He looked like he is in late twenties. His white shirt was stained with mud and dust. The spectacles was placed beside his head.

" Step aside " Emma raised her hand and started chanting a spell a blue light came out of her hand and covered the man on the bed. Suddenly the man on the bed woke up. So Emma step back. He looked at them dazed and asked

" Who are you? "

" Should you not be telling us who you are? " Crystal asked

" Yes.....right...I " He stopped and then panicked " I don't know....I..I don't remember " He started stammering and the more he spoke the more difficult it was to understand.

" Alright stop talking " Lukas said he had never felt so irritated. ' What is wrong with this person can't he speak normally ' he thought. He looked closely at him and felt like he knows him but for some reason could not remember.

" Yes relax. It must be because of your injury. " Emma spoke. She felt it was a pity. He is injured so much and does not even remember who he is. ' Poor soul ' So she tried to calm him down while Crystal went out to get him some food and water.

When he drank water he looked at them and then bowed his head and said thanks in small voice and looked lost. He had already put on his spectacles and he looked extremely weak. Seeing him like that all of them believed him and felt bad for him. All but Elina, she leaned on the wall in a corner and looked at them speechlessly.

' What lousy acting. How can this bunch of idiots believe him ' Elina was talking to Lizzy she felt if she looked at this anymore she will definitely beat the bastard at the bed and give him some real injuries.

' He must have a reason to come here. Don't expose him now it will be even more troublesome. ' Lizzy spoke but even she was cracking with laughter. ' But it is hilarious ' Saying this Lizzy started laughing again

Elina wanted to laugh too but she can't so she simply bowed her head and continued to listen.

" Alright you rest well. Don't pressure yourself to remember it will cone back slowly. We will come to see you later. " Emma said

" And we will help you so relax " Crystal said

" Ok Thank you so much. " He stopped and then raised his head to look at Lukas and cautiously asked " Can you stay? I am scared alone. "

Lukas agreed before he could realize what he was doing, he felt frustrated for a while.

Elina felt a headache, scared, this person is scared. She directly left the room without looking back she is worried that if she heard one more word from a certain someone she would either laugh right away or beat him to stop talking.

It was midnight the moon was shining brightly Elina was walking alone on the dirt road. She came to the same small house where the demon was. She put a spell on the two guards outside so they would never know she was here. She went in and shook him up.

" What...what are you doing here? " He asked hesitantly

" Come with me. " She was in mood of his foolish chatter and directly went out after dropping her words. She did not pay attention to him but walk up a forest trail. They both were quiet and walked silently for quiet a while and only stopped when the reached the bank of a river. Elina stood right beside the river showing her back to the demon who stopped few meters away from her.

She turned around and said " What are you doing here? " She asked, she asked directly without beating around the bush.

" I have no idea what you are talking about. " He said while adjusting his spectacles

" Theodore Malcom " Elina said with a bit of anger in her voice, her eyes glowing indicating her wolf is surfacing. They had enough for a day. " State your business " She spoke with a growl her voice heavier than usual. She did not want this demon on her territory without any reason.

" Calm down little princess " He said with a smirk, he took off his specs and raised both of his hands in air " I mean no harm " His previous black eyes turned red like two rubies. He no more looked scared instead he gave dangerous vibe.

" Finally willing to talk " She actually did not want to fight him but unless she was not forceful he would not speak

" How did you know who I am? " He folded his hands on his chest and tilted his head to one side looking at her curiously

" I am a royal and so are you, right Demon King. It was not difficult to guess. What I want to know is why are you here? " Elina said

" I am here to look for my brother. " He said slowly he knew that if he did not get her trust there is no chance he could stay here.

" Your brother, who is he? " Elina had a faint guess but she wanted him to confirm it

" Lukas " He stopped and then looked in her eye to make her understand the seriousness and continued " Lukas is my brother "