The Alpha's Temptation

"Shut up!" Fafnir warned Morava.

"Shut up?" Morava spat. "Who are you to give me orders, dimwit?" Her gaze turned to Tania. "You? You are back with your shenanigans? What have you done to my mother? And why are you sitting with these men?" Jealousy stabbed her heart seeing Tania amongst the very people she wanted to be with. But the main question that popped in her mind was how did she get here. Wasn't she supposed to be going to the Nyxers? She wanted to ask Tania about it, but she had to show that she was ignorant about what happened to her.

Tania narrowed her eyes at Morava. The woman was purely… malicious. She got up and closed the gap between them as Eltanin watched her with his arms crossed across his chest. He looked as if he would tear apart Morava if she even dared to touch Tania.

"Too many questions," Tania said, removing a twig from Morava's hair. She tossed it at her face.

"You bloody bitch!" Morava spat and charged at her, but Fafnir pulled her chain back. "Release me!" she shouted.

"Let us first talk about your shenanigans, Princess Morava," Tania said as she lifted her chin up. She was really done with her. She tilted her head slightly for Morava to see her marks. They were still fresh. Little red round marks where the skin was lifted. Morava's eyes popped out of her face.

"This— this—"

"Yes, those are his marks," Tania said softly. After she had made sure that she had silenced Morava after giving her the shock of her life, she continued, "You dared to mix a poisonous drug into the king's glass in order to incapacitate him and then have your way with him. Now that is an atrocious thing to do to a king. Isn't it?"

Morava gulped. She couldn't even deny it because Eltanin had made her drink that water and she ended up  drugged instead. Mizvah had told her what all had happened after that. "So what?" she said defiantly. "It is not like he had been offered a drug for the first time." She motioned at Rigel with her chin. "These two men, Eltanin and Rigel, are the most debauched men in Araniea. Did you really think that they never had women when they were high?" She chuckled. "Are you so naïve? But then how would you know?" she tsked. "You have never lived the life of a royal. Thanks to your whore of a mother who tried to steal my father's family!"

Tania's fury was like that of molten lava. Something in her heart stirred and it traveled to her fingertips, tingling all the way down. Honey yellow tendrils swirled around her hands and she flung them towards Morava. The smoky tendrils twisted and twirled angrily around Morava's neck and started squeezing her.

Everyone was stunned as Morava started coughing. Tears rolled out of her eyes for the want of air. "B— black magic!" she squeaked.

Tania's eyes turned violet. It was as if she was in a trance. "Queen Sirrah tried to sell me to the Nyxers and you know it. You helped your mother in drugging me and having me abducted. Eltanin knows."

All the men in the room were so astonished that they all fell silent. This kind of magic was inherent to… faes. And violet eyes? It was the first time Tania had displayed her powers. How was this possible? Was it because of her mating with Eltanin?

Morava's face turned red. "Leave— argh!"

A warm hand on the small of her back made her retreat her magic. "Lusitania...?" Eltanin called her back. "Release her."

Tania' chest was heaving. "You had me abducted twice to remove me from your path, but hard as you tried, I ended up with the king of Draka anyway. Now know this, Morava, once and for all. Eltanin is my mate. If you come in between us again, I will make sure that you are eliminated from the face of Araniea!"

Morava started coughing as soon as the tendrils had retracted. She sank onto the ground as tears poured from her eyes and she glared at Tania. Her gaze shifted to Eltanin and she said, "This girl practices black magic. This situation is just like when Kinshra was caught red-handed using black magic."

"Fuck off!" Eltanin snarled dangerously. "This is not black magic and you know it! These are her powers as half fae! And back then, when your mother accused Kinshra of using dark magic, she also knew that those were her inherent powers as a fae. Biham was an ass for believing Sirrah at that time, but I will never believe you. You are just as evil as your mother. You are accusing Tania of black magic so that the Elders will come down on her? Well, I got news for you, Morava! I am not like your father, who rejected his mate because he hadn't  recognized his mate's powers. And to make sure that you never approach the Elders, I have planned something very interesting for you."

Morava started shaking with fear. Eltanin wasn't as foolish or weak as her father. He was smarter and way more cunning. It was no wonder that he was the most powerful king of Araniea.

To her horror, he said, "You will never see the light of day now. On the charges of committing a crime against the king of Draka and his mate, you will be spending the rest of your fucking days in the dungeons of Draka."

"No!" she rasped. "No, you can't do that."

"Yes, I can and I will!"

"Where's my mother?" Morava said with her lips quivering. Her face was white. "I want to see my mother."

"She is also waiting for you in the dungeons. Don't worry. You will see her soon," Eltanin replied with a smirk and started to walk out of the meeting room. He stopped and in a low voice said, "Release the guard with her."

"I— I want to meet my father. I have the right to go to Pegasii! I am the Princess of Pegasii! I do not get governed by your rules."

Eltanin gave her a disapproving look and then guided his mate out of the meeting room.

"You can't leave me like this! Release me," she cried and pulled on her chains again.

Rigel finally rose from his chair. He sauntered over to her and shook his head. "Your father is here in the Draka Palace. He is currently healing."

"Healing? Why? What happened to him?" Morava was utterly confused and terrified.

"He rejected your mother as his wife."

Morava froze.

"So that means that you are no longer the legal heir of Pegasii. He heard how you fucked every guard in the fire festival, so I think he has disowned you," Rigel added. He chuckled because the last part was a lie, but he loved the shocked look on Morava's face. "Enjoy your stay in the dungeons of Draka," he added as he exited. "They are horrible."

Alrakis narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips as he watched how dramatic Rigel was. He too got up and approached Morava. He said, "I am so glad that you did what you did. If you hadn't kidnapped Lusitania, she would have never gone to her biological father." He sighed. "If you had stayed put and not continued on with your filthy deeds, I would have saved you, but now I won't. You deserve all this and more." Saying that, he too, walked out of the meeting room.