Betraying Friends

"That fucking bastard! He did it intentionally because he could not accept that he had lost everything." Mike growled inside the room when his men nodded.

"Yes, master. I think he wanted to prove to everyone that he is better because he is jealous of you. I have seen how he looked at your wife. You should complain to the second prince about him." They had boot-licking expressions on their faces as they accepted Mike'a every word and fanned his anger.

"Why don't you tell madam what he did too? I am sure she would take revenge against you." another offered when Mike nodded.

"Go and see where Lia is and bring her here. Make sure to tell her everything in detail. Did you get it?" they nodded at once, joyful that they would get the chance to meet the woman and get in her good books.

"What about the second prince," asked Karren, when Mike scoffed.

"Do you think the second prince would have time to entertain you?" Mike's voice was full of ridicule making Karren flinched. "You can try if you think so."

They both shook their heads, afraid that Mike would take them as a threat.

"We only wanted Damien to suffer, my lord," said Nicole when Karren nodded.

"Yes, my lord. We are not smart like you to think better. We apologize." They bowed when Mike scoffed but his face was full of pride and the smile told them he was not angry anymore.

"Go and find my wife rather than wasting my time." he glared at his friends who ran with a large grin on their faces.

Not at all worried that their master was injured.

The physician soon returned with herbs. He cleaned Mike's wound and then stitched it.

"The wound is deep enough. If it was just two inches away. It would have cut your intestines completely.

The man frowned and moved his hands.

"But it is still a deep wound and you should take precautions."

"You can not eat spicy food until the wound heals and do not indulge yourself in heavy exercises." the physician stopped as if he recalled something, "You got married recently, right?"

Mike knew where the matter was going and he was sure he would not like the next advice when he nodded slowly.

"You can not have sex with your partner or the wound will be opened again. Make sure to control your urges for half a month." Mike's eyes widened at once.

"There must be another way. My wife and I are going on our honeymoon today. She would be devastated if she would hear that I can not pleasure her." The Physician frowned hearing Mike's whining and put more pressure on stitching.

They have not used anesthetic. It was already painful but the extra stab made Mike suck in a deep breath and shudder.

"Do not move" the Physician chided, "it is your wish if you want to follow the advice or not. But if your injury worsened later, do not come to me for treatment." with a frown, the man left from there when Mike sighed.

He was feeling physical pain but more than that, he was feeling insulted. He had already made so many plans yet he had to stay celibate now.

He waited for Lia to return so that he could share his miseries and took out his frustrations. But as the time passed, he frowned.

It had already been an hour but neither his friends nor Lia came to look for him. He called for the physician but even he did not come back.

"What is happening here?" he muttered as he tried to stand but his side hurts.

His face filled with sweat but he endured it and stood up. Dragging his injured body out of the room, he noticed the physician standing in the other corner with Damien.

He was dressing Dami's small wound now. Lia and his friends were standing there too.

His brows knitted as he dragged himself there.

"The fight was fair, my lady. It was Sir Micheal that could not meet standards." It was Karren who whispered those words to Lia.

"Yes, my lady. Sir Damien did not even attack Sir Micheal during their first fight. Sir Michael used your name as his shield and Sir Damien only blocked the attacks but Sir Michael fell on the ground and hit his back because of his folly." Nicole muttered with a look of disdain on his face.

"Not only that…" he felt Karren pressing his shoulders and frowned.

He glared at his friend as if warning him to not stop him. But Karren pointed at the door from his eyes and Nicole followed Karren's gaze instinctively.

He was shocked to see injured Mike standing there and staring at them with a dark face.

"Sir Mike." Nicole bowed his head immediately and Karren followed.

Dami, whose eyes were closed so finely, smiled and met Mike's seething eyes. If looks could kill, they all would have been dead already.

"What is happening here?" Mike glared at his so-called friends with a dark gaze before paying his attention to his wife who was frowning.

"Lia, I thought you would come for me. But you are here in his chamber." he accused her in a bitter voice as he pointed at smiling Damien.

"I only came to know you were injured when I went to look for you in the training grounds. I was waiting for you at the exit." She tilted her head and met his gaze. "When I came here looking for you, your friends dragged me here to tell me the story."

She paused as if waiting for him to explain first but when he did not speak, her lips curled into a twisted smile. He could already feel his doom coming closer and gulped while glaring at his friends.

"Would you tell me what this battle was about and why you used our name in the battlegrounds?"