Seized By The Sea God

Chapter 25

Following up with the kiss from last night, I haven’t gotten enough sleep. I was up all night pondering about Demeter’s boldness. However, I’m not saying that I didn’t enjoy the whole kissing thing. It’s good that she is now decisive, I licked my lower lip and smirked wondering what she might be thinking.

I sprang up from the bed stunned at what flashed on my mind “something is amidst, this is what they want me to do. Being lustful and to forget what was happening” I thought, clenching my teeth, how is that even possible? No one knows that Demeter has been reincarnated, except those at the east wing. “I believe there is a spy in the east wing, that explains her misbehavior last night, she was under a puppet spell” I affirmed, pacing the room while trying to put out a suspect but nothing was linking together except that I saw Lysander coming out from the entrance gate of the east wing. I suddenly stopped my move and ran my hand through my hair “Lysander!” I thought deeply with a dark gaze. “He won’t dare betray me, we’re like brothers,” I mumbled as I haven’t found anything unusual about him. I walked into the bathhouse, took off my robe, and soaked myself into the spring while resting my head on the pavement that circled the spring with my eyes locked. Having a deep thought about what has occurred.

“My king” Lysander’s voice echoed through the silent bathhouse, which got me out of trance, I ignored his presence with my eyes still closed, “ my king, breakfast is served” he asserted an inch away from the spring, I could hear his heart pounding and thudding heavily trying to rip off his rib cage. “Tell the chefs to send my meal to the study.” I paused for a while then recalled that I had something to discuss with him, “meet me there in five minutes”

“Yes, my lord” he let out and strode out of the bathhouse. “Better to skip eating breakfast with Demeter than making her feel awkward,” I thought as I already know that she won’t be able to stand seeing me after last night. She would probably be confused by now and would be so ashamed to meet me, I’d rather give her space so that she will be able to eat well. I stepped out of the spring, dried my body, and chose a simple robe. I got dressed and teleported to my study room, “the chefs are quite punctual” I asserted while gazing at the meal on my table, I walked around the table and sat down on the seat, I hurriedly ate the food as I have many affairs to handle. Lysander arrived shortly with two guards which I already guessed were on duty last night, they slightly bowed their heads and greeted.

“Why was the east gate opened last night?”

“My king, I don't know what happened last night, we were at the gate guarding as usual when we saw a cloudy smoke. I don’t know what happened next after that, but I woke up to see Lysander next to me. I can’t remember anything other than seeing a cloudy smoke” one of the guards explained. I turned my gaze to the other guards, he nodded asserting that the same thing happened to him. I sighed and waved the two off dismissively.

“You quite have some explanation to make Lysander” I returned my gaze at him.

“My lord I think they were hypnotized”

“I already know that.” I creased my brow, glaring at him. “You don’t play dumb with me Lysander, what were you doing at the east gate last night? Like I already know you’re not one of the guards, your work is to advise the king not to roam around the gate” he swallowed hard, lowered his head, and fell to the ground afraid of meeting my gaze.

“My apologies my king, I didn’t know what got into me, I got a message that my mother was sick, so I didn’t hesitate to think about leaving the castle. I was to leave the castle tonight and visit my hometown, surely I’d planned to come back tonight, but I met the gate wide open without the guards which I found suspicious. I decided to check if there was an intruder before leaving, that was when you came, my king” he explained. Finding it hard to believe, I rested my gaze on him trying to put his words together.

“About the guards, my king, I found them both lying unconscious with their minds clouded with dark force,” he further explained. “Dark force, cloudy smoke, and hypnosis” my eyes widened. “Someone tried to break into the east wing, not only did the person want to break into the castle but ...” I stood up from the seat bewildered, “he knows the spell of ecstasy that can trap kings, and turn them into their puppets. Even the most powerful king is not exceptional” I uttered still in a daze as I paced the room wondering who had the guts to cast a dark spell in my castle.

“My king I think that they came for you” I halted my pace and stared at Lysander who trembled under my gaze. I took a few strides towards him and stopped in front of him “what made you think so?”

“My lord it’s obvious that they came for you, no one outside the east wing has seen my lady. Besides, you identified the spell as ecstasy that can only trap the mind of a king” I creased my brow and froze as I remembered the look on Demeter’s eyes last night, it was full of lust, not love and if clearly, I can still recall that what I’d see in her eyes were hatred and fear, “this explains what happened last night” I mumbled slightly, “I’ll find this person and give him an unbearable death” I uttered with clear annoyance, nobody harms my woman and go free, what if I wasn’t with her last night? I clenched my fist thinking about the worst thing that would happen because she was eager to be laid.