Hopeful

If Haren had lashed out at Maya, he already had an inkling of what had happened and he expected Haren to lie through his teeth about it.

As Dakran ate the floor under his feet, fuming even though nothing was yet confirmed. He'd hoped that his darkest fear hadn't become reality.

Dakran stormed inside Haren's room only to find Haren on the bed with Nya astride half naked with his cock in her mouth. As the image in front of him took life and sunk in Dakran chuckled in disbelief. The nerve on the prick after he'd warned him to come alone.

" What the fuck Haren? Why are you here Nya?" Dakran scowled as Nya released Haren's cock and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand, feigning shame but he already knew she had none in her bones. It was all an act, means to an end.

The woman was lewd, not in a good way. She used her body to get what she wanted.

Haren pushed himself off the bed his erection in plain view and pretended outrage at his intrusion.

" These are my chambers Dakran I would appreciate it if would knock. As you can see I have fine company." Haren scowled and covered his erection with the bed cover while Nya didn't even bother and rested again on the headboard with a satisfied smile on her lips.

Dakran raked his hands through his hair trying to contain his temper " What happened between you and Maya?" Dakran skipped debating whether he should be there or not.

" The bitch had- " Dakran didn't give him a chance to finish his sentence and picked up the water jug off the nightstand bashing Haren's face.

" Say it again" Dakran challenged gripping tightly on the handle of the jug as Nya jumped off the bed when Haren nearly fell on her, so much for the fine company.

Haren threw Dakran a dirty look rubbing his face to soothe the aching spot and sat back on the bed somewhat unbothered.

" The bitc-" and again Dakran didn't give Haren the chance to finish the word and bashed his face again with the jug while Nya watched with her hands crossed under her breast, enjoying the little brawl between Dakran and Haren.

" One last time. Why the fuck are you here?" Dakran thundered at Nya making her flinch at the harsh tone and blinked owlishly at him.

As Haren groaned and grunted, wiped the blood off his face and pushed himself off the bed to sit as Dakran waited for either of them to explain themselves but neither of them did. Now that he'd found Nya in his room. Dakran had concluded that Nya was there for him and to get Maya out of her way. But she couldn't be more wrong, Maya wasn't the reason why he had pushed her aside. There was a plethora of reasons but Maya wasn't one of them.

" Pack your shit you're leaving. Both of you, together as you came." Dakran brooked and turned around to leave the room.

" You kicking me out for a whole? Sanctimonious prick, you're no better than I am." Haren accused scowling as he stood up from the bed preening his ruffled feathers as Dakran turned to him with complete disregard for him and Nya who finally gathered some common sense and covered herself.

Dakran chuckled " No. I'm kicking you out for everything you've done so far. Including Edýia and many others before but this was the last drop. I've never done what you did." Dakran said in an eerily calm voice and dropped the jug on the floor with a clatter.

" You too deserve each other," Dakran grumbled as he stepped out of the room to find Sala waiting for him, a little terrified.

" I want them gone, out of Ironstone by the time of supper. Find me an axe and meet me at the private quarters." Dakran instructed in a dark tone wearing a matching expression and sauntered his way back to his parent's quarters.

Without having a definite answer on what happened between Maya and Haren. Dakran's mind spiraled out of control. His imagination had gone off the rails picturing Maya battered and bruised or worse Haren had forced himself on her and done unspeakable things to the sweetest and gentle soul he'd had a chance to meet.

Dakran halted his steps in front of the fortified double door and didn't bother to check if it was unlocked, there was no point. Instead, he focused on the hinges, he knew from his father that was the weak spot. All he had to do is take the hinges off and the doors would collapse. Haren would have known this if he would have bothered to spend time with his father but he was too busy drinking himself to sleep and fucking everything in sight.

Sala's footsteps brought him back to the present and Dakran reached his hand out and Sala put the axe in his hand without saying anything more. He needed to see Maya, to see that she was alright. Safe, unharmed otherwise he'd lose his mind from all the dark thoughts that ravaged his mind.

Dakran cut through the hinges one at a time, Sala had brought him the biggest axe that they had and he couldn't be more grateful as the heavy blade cut through the steel hinges with ease. Dakran only stopped when the large door fell with a loud thud, panting he dropped the axe on the floor and headed to his parent's chamber. There were two more chambers, their former childhood rooms that later had been turned into something else when his mother couldn't bare any more children.

Dakran halted his steps in front of the door and took a deep breath. He couldn't believe that he'd gone from overjoyed to blinding fury in such a short time. Pushing down on the handle of the door, Dakran slowly pushed the door open, afraid of what he might find behind it. He hoped that his worst fears were just that.

The faint glow of a lamp sitting on the table was enough to know that Maya was in the room.

" Maya!" Dakran called in a measured tone, controlling his urge to run up to her and bury her in his chest.

What Haren had done to her wasn't light. Even after the attack on the hut Maya bravely faced whatever had come her way, him without backing down. So, his hiding in a room wasn't a good sign.

As Dakran stepped into the room, he carefully looked around in the dark corners making sure that she wasn't hiding behind anything. His gaze trailed off to the bed and at the moment he laid his eyes on her, he felt himself fall into a bottomless chasm as Maya perched herself at top of the bed hugging a pillow trembling like a cornered wild animal, fearful. The sunny disposition and the smile that could easily light up even the darkest places were gone. As his heart sunk to his feet and his soul briefly left his body at the sight of his little red, Dakran closed his eyes to gather his wits and took a step forward, hopeful that it wasn't what he thought.