Chapter 5: Don’t Lose Hope, Not Yet
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"Are you sure about this, Zaffuto?" Sadako had asked, when his best friend had told him that all the mothers would be burnt in one place, and at the queen's burial chamber. It was a strange thing, an unheard-of custom. If anything it was the most humane a king could be.
But then again, King Zaffuto was in mourning and he was trying his very best to hold on. He couldn't pretend to be strong in front of his people. Seeing his Lili burning would anger him and would definitely make him want to commit a few random murders.
And that wasn't what he wanted. He wanted to respect his erasthai and the people that had lost their families today. It was cruel what had happened, and they wouldn't pretend that life was going to be better for them after that.
"Yes. Go be their enforcer. Go help them. They trust and love you, they know you brother. So go, be with them.
"I'll be watching from the window here, besides, I can't really be seen losing my shit over Lili out there. She wouldn't like it," King Zaffuto said with a sad laugh, and Sadako knew he was right.
"If you need me—" Sadako began, knowing so well that his friend was at his worst and most fragile state. he didn't expect Zaffuto to come crawling to him, but he wanted to make sure the king knew that he was not alone in this.
"I know. But for now, our people need someone who can relate to them, and I'm too heartbroken to be there with them, so go," King Zaffuto said and Sadako just nodded. He knew that this was a favor he was doing his friend, but what he hadn't realized was that it wasn't just for today.
And so the great lycan king watched as the lycans mourned their fallen mothers. He watched in anger and pain as they burnt his wife and the others.