Chapter 4: I’ll Find Him, For You... For Us
[KAWAI]
"I should have—" King Zaffuto began, but then he noticed something on his mate's arm, something that had been deliberately put there. It was the wolf battle sign, a tattoo of a wolf, one that wolves wore when they went to battle.
That Tattoo was neatly drawn, when his wife was already dead.
He knew that because of how neat the scar was. There was no disturbance, and her lycans couldn't have healed her in time. And that's why this was glaring at him like that. A mere wolf had taken his wife and child from him.
A wolf had been involved in whatever had happened, and that could only mean that someone was a spy in his kingdom. Someone was talking of the king to the other races, someone was betraying his people and there was nothing King Zaffuto hated more than traitors.
"Werewolves... Someone betrayed you, love. Someone betrayed us," the king said as he looked closely at the tattoo. He wasn't sure what was upsetting him even more. The fact that his erasthai was murdered by a wolf or that someone had been peddling information.
As the king sat there staring at his wife, he knew the time was closing in for her to be taken to the pyre. It was the worst thing for a mate, but he was aware that there was nothing left for him to do, other than face the first reality that he lost his wife.
It wasn't the easiest thing, but for his wife, he would do this.
"I'll find our son, Lili. I'll find him and find the people who did this to you. If I have to burn down Kawai while at it, then please forgive me, my love. Whatever happens, I'll try to hold onto my sanity long enough, while I find our son.