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Chapter 18

Even distant drops of water leaking from a tap could be heard clearly from his bearings. The steady Drip. Drip. Drip. rang in his ears as he lie on the soft yet ragged surface. The icy breeze ripped at his face, sending cold shivers down his spine. His body shifted slighty to free itself from the uncomfortable, but his limbs were frozen. Every nerve was encaged in a sheet of chill.

But above the watery sensation, was only the disturbing essence of still. The entire room was immersed in absolute silence.

Was he still alive?

The last fragment of memory his empty mind could grasp was the shining, sliver of metal descending above him.

Jack's sword.

That horrifying reflection... Was it all a dream? Perhaps he had never encountered the Northern King and when his eyes would fly open, he would be met with the crème walls of his bedroom smiling at him and the sun's shining rays brightening the room with every passing minute. The same repeat of his morning route for the last 18 years of his life.

Maybe ...

The sound of keys being fished out. Yes, the jingling sound of keys brushing against each other. The one key being selected out of the many, and finally the sound of the old key unlocking an equally antique lock. The large, old door creaked ear-splitting across the tiles soon following.

Yusei's thought immediately ceased and idled, too scared to even lift a hair. Footsteps silently crossed the room, and the prince realized, by the sound of the new taps, there had to be at lease two or three figures that entered the room.

"Your majesty, has his life force ceased?"

The formal voice, Yusei recognized as Jack's advisor Stein, echoed, the owner's fingers fidgeting nervously.

"His fate would be far better if he was still alive."

Jack hissed in his usual hard, cold tone.

"Yes, my lord, he is still indeed among the living."

Hm. An old voice this time.

"And when will he wake up?" Jack demanded, impatience consuming him.

" Erm...You did deliver a significant head wound, my lord. It's amazing he hasn't left this world due to blood loss." A wrinkled hand caressed his cheek gently.

"I knew exactly what I was doing!" His deep voice boomed, bouncing off the walls and causing a migraine in Yusei's cranium to emerge. Why was his voice so harsh?

"Yes, your majesty, I have never doubted you. I'm not starting now."

The old man's presence approached him further, a metal object was pressed lightly onto his chest. The metallic piece was shifted to different places for a while before Yusei guessed this man must've been a doctor.

"Though, would it be possible for me to recommend him moved to one of the castle's room? Leaving the boy in the dungeon is perhaps not one of your best ideas and upstairs he would probably heal quicker." Stein remarked looking from the unconscience prisoner back to the king, likewise.

"I'M THE ONE CALLING THE SHOTS HERE!"

The king's voice rang. Yusei could not help preventing his every limb from trembling, and to his dismay, the doctor caught the sudden movement...

"He has awaken, your majesty..."

The silence ruled for a few seconds til heavy boots stomped furiously towards him, and he was left no choice but to open his eyes.

Jack took one more intimidating step towards the boy when his sapphire pupil fluttered open. For a moment, Jack's anger soared, standing there watching his love stare up at him.

"Your Majesty..."

The doctor's voice snapped Jack out of his thoughts and barked,

"Get out!"

The two men bowed toward the floor and backtracked out the door. Jack stood there, never taking his weighted gaze off the prince.

Jack straightened into his usual kingly demeanor .

"We are now under the castle's floor, in the dungeons which need not introduction. I'm sure you are already familiar with this room from your previous visit. It has now been a week since you've opened your eyes."

Yusei kept his mouth shut, staring up at the giant. His headache would've kept him from doing so anyway.

"When I knocked you out cold with my sword, my guards pounced on me preventing me from finishing the job."

Jack raised eyebrows seeing Yusei's expression.

So he almost died? A vision of the scene flashed before him.

His father...What had become of him? The prince, ignoring his headache, whispered in a panic...

"A-And...M ... My father?"

Jack paused for a minute then smiled.

"All my adversaries suffer a similar fate, Yusei."

His world collapsed in downward spiral. He felt a million knives plunge his chest, and began to tremble in agony. Seeing this, Jack merely laughed.

"Why the long face, Yusei? Your the one who caused this! You only have yourself to blame!"

"B-B-But...W-Why, Why?!" He managed to choke between his sobs.

He could not restrain his tears. His father had died and it was all his fault. Yes, the entire fault was his, and his alone.

"Why?" Jack repeated the request amused, "I gave you my all love. Something that nobody had ever earned before. I took care of you! But you ran from me. And on top of all that, you waltzed home, turning yourself into a groom!

Jack couldn't controlled himself. He was FURIOUSLY BEYOND BELIEF! Over the pass week, he had tried to forget the memory of Yusei holding a woman he was about to marry. But he couldn't forget! It was like a slap across his alabaster skin! The king's eyes turned red, and he threw himself on Yusei, who lie on the moldy mattress which served as a makeshift bed.

"You disgraced me!" Jack spat. "YOU BETRAYED ME!"

Every vengeful thought became pouring out as Jack shredded the fabric covering Yusei's body. The prince struggled. Oh, how he struggled! Despite his headache he kept to struggling with all his might.

"I'll make you mine, Yusei! Nobody will ever take you away from me again!" He leaned in dangerously over his face and added menacing, "At any cost! Even you have to spend the rest of your life tied to a bed.."

The prince screamed and resisted harder, but soon his clothing was stripped away. Jack didn't even bother to remove all his clothes. He only took off the bare necessities. (lol)

"Don't expect me to go easy on you!"

After the last syllable of these words were uttered, Jack forced himself into the prince with a strength the prince had never known. The poor boy's scream shook the whole castle. The pain he felt was intense! The king didn't even pause to let the one under him catch his breath before, emerging and reentering him, causing the boy to let out another cry of agony.

Jack's pace was so fast he didn't even have time to adapt. He grabbed the king's shoulder, digging his nails deep into his shirt and cutting through his skin, but Jack's anger caused him to felt nothing at all.

The king lowered his eyes onto his fallen angel whose showed nothing but pain. A great pang of guilt invaded him seeing the suffering of his angel ...

But the boy had to suffer because of what he did... After a long debate in his head, Jack concluded on not ceasing his pace and instead pushed deeper, seeking the boy's prostate. When an acute, cry rang through the walls, Jack smiled and continued to abuse the delicious spot causing Yusei to groan.

The young prince's cheeks flushed red. His eyes were clouded with nothing but lust and, screams of pain were overshadowed by moans of pleasure.

Jack forced himself upon him like he usually did, but this time with more force than normal. Jack pounded the boy's prostate even harder while leaning over him, biting his neck. The prince wrapped his slender arms around the king's shoulders, entangling his fingers into the sovereign's hair. They remained in this situation until they were at their peak.

They were both exhausted. The, few minutes ago, frozen room's temperature was now as hot as the summer sun. Jack still lay in Yusei's arms trying resuming his normal breathing. After a few minutes, he got up, dressed himself and started toward the prison door, leaving, the still sweating, Yusei, naked and lying on the bed.

Before he left, Jack, never turning around, closed his eyes and softly said,

"I love you, Yusei and although I would want to despise you, I can not do it. But what you have done, I cannot forgive."

At these words, Jack disappeared into the dark dungeons. Yusei's thoughts went back to his father, and he sobbed painfully...

But nobody was there to hear him.

"THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! How are we supposed to get out of here!"

"Sir, we'll find a solution!"

Crow ran a hand through his hand, watching exasperatedly as King Fudo paced the prison.

"I refuse to stay here, knowing what this monster could be doing to my son at this moment!"

"I don't want to think about it either, but we must be in our right minds to think clearly and logically about our situation!"

Crow tried calm himself as well. He was surprised that the northern king had left them alive. But after a few minutes of contemplation, he had suspected that the king was still in love with Yusei and he didn't want to hurt the prince any further than he already had at this point.

When they had left the castle, Jack had seized control of the entire kingdom. They had traveled to the northern lands for 3 days without knowing what had become of the prince, nor his whereabouts for that matter. He tried not to think of what might had become of Aki. Even if he feared the worst. Afterall, she was almost married to the man whom Jack loved.

The prison in which they were confined in, wasn't as horrid as he had thought, even though it was prison. It was neither too hot nor too cold. There were comfortable but not too luxurious beds for them to sleep in. At first he would've thought this rooms was one of the slave's rooms, but thought otherwise seeing the bars surrounding the entrance and the tiny window as their only light source, leading to the outside. Crow would have tried to sneak out that way had the window not been its minuscule size. It couldn't even have accommodated a rat.

Soon, footsteps sounded in the corridor and stopped in front of the prison.

The red head held back a gasp when he recognized the man who stood before them. KIRYU!

The dark lord pinned his eyes on Crow and he motioned the guards to open the door.

"Catch the orange haired one." He said, pointing his finger at Crow.

Five guards immediately obeyed the orders of the sovereign and opened the door, arms ready to grab him. But Crow was prepared to defend himself, but three soldiers already pinned him to the ground effortlessly while the other two held King Fudo back.

"Leave him alone!" Cried the king.

But Kiryu and the guards had already left, taking Crow with them.

They walked through the castle corridors for a while before stopped in front of large doors.

Crow realizing these doors lead to dark king's chambers, began to scream, trying pry his captors off him. Kiryu paid no mind attention and ordered the soldiers to throw the boy into the room which they did without hesitation.

Kiryu locked the door behind the departing guards as Crow sat in the middle of the room and watching his kidnapper warily.

Kiryu finally broke the silence,

"You should've escaped when I told you to, but apparently you did not heed me."

The redhead looked at the lord quizzically, not understanding where Kiryu meant. And the Lord just hummed,

"I let you get away the first time, but do not count on that happening again..."

Kiryu slowly flitted toward as his victim backed away, but soon his path was stopped short when he reached the wall. Kiryu's eyes turned dark and he looked more intimidating than ever.

Then, at a speed even Crow couldn't react quickly to, Kiryu pounced on the fiery, haired boy.

To Be Continued