KING IN THE NORTH
chapter 16 Artur

Artur again drove his horse across the forbidden forest....

Artur knows his brother very well and he realizes it could be too late, but he still has to be able to bring back Claire's daughter.

Artur went north by himself, having told some of his guards to pick up Mara who was still living in the middle of the forest, not even he had time to think somehow of Mara's reaction. For Artur the most important thing this time is to bring Olive back safely.

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EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO ....

"We can go."

The girl still shook her head, making the man lying next to her run out of ways to persuade her. The girl had blue eyes, and golden hair that was still scattered over the stretch of silk that partially covered her soft skin. The man's hands began to infiltrate into the layer of silk, looking for where the warm naked skin felt soft in its touch.

"Claire please... "

The hand found a place where the new life began to throb ....

"We can raise her together, not anyone else."

But the girl just closed her eyes again to imagine something that does not make sense....

Everyone was busy preparing for his wedding tomorrow, the wedding that would be the most anticipated party in the entire country.

She would marry a prince, the most extraordinary man and there would never be any girl who would be as lucky as her.

The most charming man in this country wants it, how can he so foolishly infiltrate the blanket of a martyr. It was really not a smart choice, especially if he was the guardian of the trust of the king, that betrayal would definitely be something unforgivable.

"We still have a chance to leave."

"King Alzov will know wherever we go, and in fact there is no place for us" Claire knows clearly who their King is.

All over the country know what the nature of the King, the Emperor's power even covers several other kingdoms in all directions.

"He's just a jerk who has power, I won't let his cockiness separate us."

"I know him more than anyone, and I know anything he can do."

Claire is not wrong about their notorious young king, though she knows her younger brother loves her very much, but King Alzov will spare her betrayal.

"Ramour !" a voice called out to him.

"That's King Alzov," Ramolus immediately panicked and immediately jumped out of his bed. They both know who's looking for him "the hell I forgot to accompany the King for a hunt this afternoon"

The man who was still bare-chested began to curse again.

Their friendship was indeed quite close, so King Alzov had used to go to the residence of his bodyguard without feeling the need to knock on the door again.

"He's going in."

Claire was still panicking, and had not had time to fix herself when the door to their room was open.

King Alzov was already standing there and it was already too late for the two of them, as it seemed like their lives had ended by then and there.

"What are you doing here Claire!!!"

The Triacic King Alzov.

The girl's body was still frozen wrapped in thin silk that was like it was just floating above her naked body. His eyes turned to the figure of a man standing not far from the bed...

"Ramolus sunggub I'll kill you!" sniff King Alzov with hissing lips.

"We love each other, My Lord," said the man still quite boldly.

"Berngsek, you're getting married to my brother in the morning, Claire!"

"I'm sorry, Al."

"Don't you dare say my name!!! "

They grew up together and used to call the King by his name, and never once objected.

"You make me angry, I think I can trust you, Ramolus."

"The man speaks with the sword" asserted King Alzov who had drawn his silver sword, "I hold your word as a knight."

"No!!! " triak Claire knows what is meant by the attitude of knights, they will fight to the death, Claire already knows the general rule. Although Ramolus was the most powerful knight in the country, he still opened a match for their king.

And sure enough, a single slash had just crossed his chest as the huge body collapsed slumped down in front of his bed.

Claire could only scream and fall down to snatch the body of her lover.

"Look how disgusting you are!"

King Alzov stood still without mercy after slashing the body of his trusted bodyguard who dared to dirty his palace bed.

"Just kill me," Claire already did not mind when the tip of the sword was still pointing in front of her face and dripping the rest of her lover's fresh blood.

"Tell yourself to my brother how dirty you are."

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For almost a year Claire disappeared, Artur was still convinced by her expectations.

He will marry the girl he loves when he returns.

Claire Rose Howard is not only the girl she loves, she is also the girl who grew up with her, not the wrong girl to make her fall in love and get married. But, suddenly her dream is gone, her whole life is gone that very day when Claire returns.

The woman was still crying on her knees in front of her, slashing the whole life she had built together as each tear she gave to another man.

Artur never thought there was anything wrong with him, until he could not make the girl just fall in love with him.

Artur still did not expect there would be such a bad day in his life even though he always obeyed all the rules ....

"You don't need to forgive me," regardless Artur chose to turn away leaving the woman on her knees. Her heart completely shattered her love Claire, her best friend Claire and her life Claire suddenly disappear into a stranger who can only cry and kneel for others who are nobody among them.

That's why Artur chose to go ....

Ten steps passed as the sound of metal clanking fell on the floor with Claire's body smashed with fresh blood still seeping from her chest, even the pair of bright blue Netra still stared at Artur.

"She herself chose to end her life" clearly there was not the slightest bit of sympathy left from King Alzov as she watched the woman droop in the middle of her own pool of blood.

"Maybe this wouldn't have been necessary had I been a little forgiving," Artur still knelt hugging the lifeless body of his lover.

" The woman is a disgusting traitor!" hiss King Alzov, "not even his body deserves to be on my land! "

"She's the woman I love, Al."

"There's no love and no bullshit, I told you not to believe such a thing !"

"She's Claire, the Claire we both know," Artur still wants to beg his lover to keep getting a proper funeral even though King Alzov thinks it is like a carcass that must be removed from his presence immediately.

"He still doesn't deserve you, you're just too young and innocent my brother."

"Only Claire I know."

"Listen, I'm sure he'd run off with his girlfriend if it wasn't for me slashing his body first, this world is full of traitors you better not believe any of them!"

"Maybe you shouldn't have killed him either, Al."

"He betrayed you, brother."

"Don't call the act a sacrifice to defend me" said Artur, who insisted he could not accept his brother's actions.

"I'll give all my women to you if you still doubt me!"

"They're just women you're sleeping with, Al, just women who don't mean anything to you ...."

Prince Artur, who had always been present like a lantern in the dark for his brutal and cruel brother's leadership, seemed to have surrendered as well. Since Lady Claire's departure, it looks like the lanterns of her life have also been extinguished. The angel-hearted young prince who had always cared about their nation was no more. As a cloud of darkness, sorrow enveloped the whole country, especially after the Prince chose to live in a castle far enough south, the, Prince Artur seems to really want to go as far as possible from his memories and maybe also from his brother.

Prince Artur and King Alzov never agree, but even though King Alzov's ways are very inhumane for Artur, they are still brothers who love each other. The hard nature of King Alzov may be more because of his way of life in forging, he indeed had to survive the worst to overcome, and had grown beyond a very unreasonable threshold. North Kingdoom became a great empire invincible also could not be denied because of the brutality of their young King.

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