The big announcement p2

"How do you feel about it? becoming a family Garrick...if I were to follow you on your dreams."

Garrick turned his face to gaze through the window once again, while he answered the question, "The truth, I'd probably be the happiest man alive...I never had a family before, I was raised till I was 16 in an orphanage before Muriel scouted me to become a knight, and even choose my own last name since I had none.

I do consider my friends my chosen family, but I've always wanted to have my own in the end, a spouse, couple of kids and a family dog...maybe my own horse too."

"Wow, you have beautiful dreams, mine sound selfish...speaking of friends though you should really visit Yuuya at his parents house, he's been bedridden for 3 weeks." Ned pointed out.

"All dreams matter, desiring success, fame and money isn't selfish Neddie, the living nature is just like that." Garrick spoke in a reassuring tone, "And you're right about Yuuya, I don't know what happened but ever since the ceremony, he has been badly sick." he added.

"Agu said it's the first time he has seen him like this...do you think-"

"Why did you change the subject Neddie? you seemed like you were heading somewhere with what you said earlier." Garrick spoke, he was now staring his mate in the eyes once again.

Ned's anxiety only grew as he spoke, slightly biting his lips, "So you've noticed."

"I did, what happened that inspired this deep talk?"

Before Ned could come up with an answer the waiter came with his order, "You know something, never mind just enjoy your ice cream lovely, we can talk about this whenever you're ready." Garrick said turning his gaze away to watch the street like usual.

Shaking his head, "I've lost my appetite, I Think you really need to hear this, it'll be inhumane of me to hide it anyway." Ned spoke in a defeated tone while pushing away the ice cream from him.

"Neddie seriously, if you're uncomfortable talking right now we can do this some other time."

"Would you shut up motherfucker?! I'm pregnant!"

Garrick has never turned his head so fast in his life, "Hold your horses, what are you talking about?! is this some joke Neddie?"

"The real joke is what happened between us during my heat a few weeks ago! I'm not joking horse face, there's a baby right now inside of me and I've tested and all so I'm not making this up!" Ned replied reaching for the test results, he placed them on Garrick's side of the table.

Staring at the paper, the man with the light violet eyes felt something jumping inside of him, he couldn't believe what he was seeing but he couldn't show his real reaction right away either, because there's this still this one possibility... that Ned could end this all and he wanted to respect such choice, even if he was mentally against it.

"I think I know what that look on your face means, you're scared to react.

Well, you can celebrate Airhead cuz I'm keeping it!...I think you deserve that much." Ned simply stated while staring at Garrick's face, he got a bit shocked when the knight broke in tears right in front of him.

...Back to the actual time...at the party...

"Hey everyone listen we've been sitting on this fact for a week now, and although these aren't the best of circumstances...I would like to announce something." Ned spoke up, Matilda who already knew what this was about, was smiling big.

Ned decided it was safe to announce this since They didn't hold the party within the castle walls, instead the group was having a good time at an isolated property by the beach, the house belonged to Muriel's sister, so the young king gave permission to hold the party there.

They spent the day enjoying the beach, eating and talking, playing with the children, Muriel even brought the triplets as well while Lucius made sure to keep an eye on all of the kids.

it was overall a good day, too good to be true.

But When it got too dark outside, everyone hurried back inside the house, it's then when Ned decided to announce the unplanned pregnancy.

" I told you something bad is gonna happen pumpkin if we left them together!" Socorro whispered to Matilda.

"They are going through with This! I'm so happy for them, let's not make a drama scene Coconut." Matilda whispered back .

"Oh my! this definitely reminds me of when I had my triplets!" Muriel commented with a smiling face, the two princes were unamused at the announcement at first and focused on eating as much cake as they can while everyone else was distracted.

"Congratulations!" Thorn cheered loudly, making Muriel laugh at his enthusiasm, to show more support the Junglaya king hugged both Ned and Garrick briefly before letting them go again.

" I suppose it's a happy occasion, so congratulations sir Delun, and you too as well doctor. " Lucius spoke with a smile, despite having his worried eyes glancing at Aroon who completely went silent at the announcement.

"Thanks everyone! it's kind of a scary situation and it's mainly my fault, but I think we can manage together." Garrick said grabbing Ned's hand.

Ned stared at their intertwined hands for a while before he spoke, "We didn't plan to tell you about this so soon, but we thought it was a good time to do it now, Away from the palace...I can't believe I'm doing this, I'm officially a mother now!"

"It does not matter anymore what you are feeling or believing...it is pointless now, you will not see the baby come to life." Aroon said breaking his silence, every head in the Room turned to him confused.

"What did you just say?" Garrick asked.

"You are going to die here...all of you, even You Garrick." he added clapping his hands together once.

Suddenly, Socorro's whole body shuddered in horror As she felt some sort of energy engulfing the room they were in.

Then, Every door, every window and entrance just slammed shut, all at one once.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Matilda Shouted, "Dark magic...this maniac set us up in a trap! the room is now sealed with dark magic so no one can escape, We're caged!" Socorro explained.

Her words made everyone express horror on their faces, "What are you talking about?" Thorn said in disbelief, he eyed his assistant hoping this was just a prank, but Aroon blankly stared back at him.

Objects inside the room started bursting into flames out of nowhere, one by one.

Even the floor itself was heating up slowly underneath everyone's feet, like they were being cooked alive.

"As bird shit explained it, this is a trap...even if you reach for the door or the windows, you will not be able to open it, also this spell is irreversible even by me, so do not waste your time trying to break it with your weak magic Socorro.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy your last moments in life, in few minutes this whole room will be nothing but ashes and if the fire doesn't kill you, the smoke will." Aroon explained smiling.

"DO YOU REALIZE YOU'RE GOING TO DIE WITH US TOO?! WE'RE NOT BURNING ALONE HERE!" Socorro shouted on top of her lungs, "Oh please bird shit! you think I did not think this through! to be casting such spell, I must be inside the room! which basically means I'm sacrificing my life to end yours."

Thorn reached out to Aroon knocking him Onto the floor, "Aroon, you betrayed me! you betrayed all of us! HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!"

"Each and every one of you was a pain in my ass...even you Thorn, you are a fucking idiot who is not suitable to be a king or a lover." Aroon replied standing up from the floor.

"Aroon? why are you doing This?! what have we done to you?" Ned asked terrified but not wanting to believe what kind of situation they were in, "Oh? here's the other fucking idiot who blindly trusted me! I killed before for Garrick and I will do it again, since I cannot break your bond, I will kill you both and myself."

"Aroon never liked you Ned, he was only after me... tormenting me by being close to you all the time." Garrick spoke glaring at the foreign assistant.

Tacito was frightened by what was happening, he and Yurei hid behind Muriel clutching his clothes, " BLOODY HELL! I knew he was planning something! I should have never allowed us to use this bloody house!" Muriel said.

" It's not your fault my king, no one saw this coming." Socorro replied.

"This is a matter between adults! at least let the Children out, please!" Lucius's voice came begging Aroon, but he got snarled at.

"Oh Shut it you poor excuse of an Alpha! everyone means everyone! I already killed that tongueless little brat's mother, might as well finish the fucking job and FINISH THE DAMN WHOLE FAMILY!" Aroon shouted at them.

Thorn's eyes were bugging, "It's you who killed Fernando?!"

"He's also the one who attacked Tacito, and the motive is the same as 2 years ago! Fernando's death only happened because the poor man was in love with me... but This time I won't let you get what you want Aroon!" Garrick spoke up standing between Aroon and everyone else.

If the flames eating everything around them and a tauntingly slow rate wasn't enough, the smoke was filling in the air, making them unable to breath normally anymore.

Aroon was right, the smoke might actually kill them before the fire do.

Thorn and Matilda tried to open the windows and doors, but nothing budged from its place, so Thorn even turned into his beast form trying to push through the door countless of times, but he ended up miserably failing.

" *cough* to kill one person that is understandable, *cough* BUT TO ERASE A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE IS NO LOGIC BEHIND THAT!" Matilda said, desperate of the situation.

she was tongue tied for a while, unable to understand Aroon's logic in this.

Looking around, she saw her mate Socorro desperately trying to cast any spell to stop the fire, or at least open an entrance for them but nothing worked, her magic was weakened inside this room, and she was wearing a helpless expression on her face as she realized, there was no exit from this.

"She's right! *cough* Aroon I'm begging you don't do This! you could've just killed me, why are you going after everyone else including yourself?! no matter how much you hate them too, *cough* I am your target! isn't me who you're aiming for?!" Ned pled with him again.

"True to say the least, things would have ended quite differently if the two of you were not mates...But I have done many bad things in my life, let this be the last one." Aroon replied then casually he sat on the floor.

"I really love you Garrick, I wanted to be your mate more than anything, but if I do not have everything that I want in this life, I am not going to live Anymore." he added.

"THAT IS NOT LOVE YOU SICK FREAK!" Thorn screamed launching himself at his assistant.

Nobody did anything to stop him this time, as he hit Aroon like a punching bag.

When Thorn stopped for a moment to look at his assistant's now bloodied face, "You can kill me...if you want..I am dead anyways." A smiling Aroon spoke before spitting blood on Thorn's face, "Go Ahead, kill me! you will regret it, but do not worry your regret won't last this for long since you are going to die too."