Chapter 269: Lost traces
While Kalena inside Elena’s body was losing her mind due to the man that betrayed her, Gregory on the other side kept on failing with locating his beloved Iria.
No matter how many times he tried, there were absolutely no traces of Iria inside the Beast City or the places surrounding it. He even asked some of his men to check on the outskirts of the city and tribes to no avail. As a last resort, he tried to use his mystic powers to only get repelled back by his own powers. Garrison that bastard was probably messing with both his and Preston’s powers stopping them from reaching Iria.
"Damn it, Damn it!" Gregory banged against the chair he was sitting in and reclined in his place as though thoroughly exhausted. This was actually the case because both his mind and body were exhausted due to all of the ordeal he had gone through for the past few weeks. He used many crippled and old beastmen as sacrifices so that he could increase his powers and that in turn took a toll on his body. It was not easy to conjure the essence of the dead inside his living self.
The only reason he was not leaving the city was because he wanted to keep an eye on Iria’s daughter. Lyra was a bargaining chip he could always use to lure Iria to his side. However, he knew that this was not easy anymore. That child had many powerful beastmen by her side that wouldn’t bat an eye killing him the next time they get their hands on him. He shouldn’t die.....he could never die until he gets Iria all to himself. But after he gets her though, he would make sure to kill her and himself so that they could always stay together even in the afterlife.
Yes, Gregory knew of the odds he would face once he gets his hands on Iria. Either of her mates would kill him and he didn’t want his life to end like that. And dying with his beloved felt like a beautiful thing for him. Even after his death, he wanted to separate Iria from her other mates. She could be his and only his.
"There is news of Eagle King getting a mate, Lord" Gregory’s thoughts came to a halt when he heard one of his informants. He had made sure to plant spies all around the city to not miss any important news regarding Lyra and her family. Secondly, he also ordered some of his men to keep an eye on each of the tribes inside the city just in case. All of the things had their own uses and he never wanted to miss any chance even if it meant for him getting information from the weakest tribes that could somehow turn useful.
However, what his informant said now was nothing new, "So Kyrell finally mated with Lyra?" but the words he heard next left him shocked.
"No, Lord. It seems like Eagle King mated with a female of his tribe. Alice....yes, that was her name" The informant gazed at his master as the latter looked utterly stunned. The former was like that too when he heard about the Eagle king mating with a female that was not his beloved. It was unheard of, especially in the Beast world. A beastman would die than betray the one they loved.
Even the strays quenched their uncontrollable bloodlust by sleeping with another female because they didn’t want to hurt their mates. Then they killed off the female they slept with because they felt guilty for daring to be with someone other than their mate. Later came self-harm, they would randomly attack a powerful tribe just to get killed down. This was why the strays were such a headache to the city. They didn’t mind dying.