MEILIN’S REBORN (Battle Of The Heart And Throne)

Den furiously pushed the king’s door, startling both the king and queen who were chatting.

“Den! Where is your respect? Have you forgotten how to knock?” The king sounded furious.

“I heard that right father. You faked my marriage with Sapphire, how could you?” He almost yelled at his father.

“Den we just wanted the best for you” the queen spoke up.

“Oh yeah? And how did that turn out?” He asked back, sarcasm definitely present in his tone.

The king angrily banged his fist on the table.

“What the hell is wrong with you Den? Apologize to your mother now!” He ordered and Den squeezed his face really hard.

“Why are you even squeezing your face, don’t you know that your mother and I did this for your own good! You were turning into a sadist and you’re the crown and only prince of this palace so now tell me how you are going to rule it one day in that state of yours, we just wanted you to move on” the King explained.

Den clenched his fist really hard as he stared at them then he slowly bowed.

“Thank you Father, mother but I don’t want to marry Sapphire anymore, I’d love to cut off my marriage with her” he said.

“You can’t do that Den” the queen sighed.

“Why not?” He asked with an angry look.

“It’ll degrade this palace, we will become a laughing stock for using the gods to lie” she replied.

“Oh so what, I should just force myself to be with a woman I don’t love, what the f**k is that?” He asked hard.

“Den watch your words!” The king snapped at him and he nearly scoffed but just took all he had to refrain himself.

The king sighed and continued.

“If you love that girl so much then I’m not against you making her your concubine” he added and the queen nodded in agreement.

Den couldn’t believe his ears, he just shut his eyes tight for a while before bowing.

“Thank you Father, mother, I’ll take my leave now” he bowed and left immediately.

After Den left, there was silence for a while until the queen looked at the king and let out a sigh.

“I knew he would take the news too heartily,” she said.

The king was about to reply but someone knocked on his door.

“Who?” He asked.

“Your majesty, the Pearl prince has arrived” the guard said to himself and the king exchanged looks with the queen.

*

DEN’S ROOM**

Gianna just finished eating, she wiped her lips, her hands and dusted it then stretched.

It’s been long since she last ate good food like this and honestly it felt so good. The door opened and some maids came to carry her plates away and she could only just smile because this was the kind of life she was used to living.

After the maids had gone, Den stepped in next, looking furious. He ignored her looks and moved towards his window then kicked the chair angrily.

Gianna just stared at him with creased brows before standing up.

“Hey what’s wrong?” She moved closer to him as she asked and next thing, he pulled her into a tight hug.

“Hey” .. Gianna wanted to push him back but he just hugged her even tighter.

“One minute please,” he pleaded.

Gianna sighed and dropped her eyes, she didn’t hug him back as she kept calculating the time in her head.

One minute passed and she pushed him away immediately.

“I’m sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable just now,” he muttered.

“You need to learn how to stop making me feel uncomfortable, seriously I wonder why you can’t do this with the woman the gods chose for you, are you…

Again, Gianna didn’t finish scolding when Den grabbed her closer by the waist and slammed his lips on hers.

Her eyes widened and she tried pushing him immediately but the more she struggled the more he kissed her forcefully. It went like that till she just decided to give up and wait for him to finish.

When Den pulled away, a tight slap landed on his cheeks and he could only just smile and he rubbed where she just slapped him.

“What’s the point of hitting me?” He asked slowly then looked up at her as she was fuming in anger.

“Have you forgotten our agreement, I will love and spoil Gianna the way I want?” He reminded me.

“But you are married now, Gianna is not a b*tch who would try to get close to someone’s husband” she gritted her teeth.

Den let out a low chuckle and walked slowly to sit on the bed.

“I don’t have a wife,” he muttered.

“What’s wrong with you, who got married then? Was it your photocopy?” She asked in a mocking tone.

“No, I just found out that my marriage was fake,” he replied.

“Huh?” Gianna replied not getting what he was actually talking about.

Den looked up at her and sighed.

“I said my marriage with Sapphire was a scam, the gods didn’t choose her for me. My parents did that because they thought that I needed another woman in my life to move on” he repeated.

“Oh” Gianna muttered not knowing what else to say.

Is she feeling happy or what?

“You don’t have anything to say?” He asked when he saw that she was quiet.

“Huh, what do you want me to say?” She replied.

“Are you not happy?”

“You’ve forgotten that I’m not Anna right?” She sighed.

“I’m sure my Anna is happy, I can’t wait to see her again” he smiled sadly and blocked her face with his palms.

Gianna sighed and went to sit beside him.

“Just a little time and you’ll get to see her again” she said softly.

Den removed his hands from his face and turned to look at her face.

“What?” She asked.

“Can you permit me to kiss you for just a few minutes?” He asked.

Gianna stared at him for a while, he looked really pitiful that she could really understand what he’s feeling right now and it seems like she’s part of those people who are taking his happiness from him.

She let out a deep sigh and cupped his cheeks then pressed her lips on his, kissing him softly.

Den wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss, each second he kept pulling her closer to himself, his hands moving all over her body like a snake.

Few minutes passed and his lips moved up to her neck, he began biting and sucking and licking on it, earning a soft whimper from her.

Sensing that he was going too far, he stopped immediately and hugged her tightly to himself.

“I miss you Anna, when will you ever come back to me” he whispered, pressing her body on his even tighter.

Gianna sighed and slowly brought her hands to hug him back a little.

“It’s fine, I’m here, your Anna is here” she whispered softly and Den just hugged her even tighter.

*

“Greetings your majesty” a familiar guy along with his bodyguard bowed in front of the king and greeted.

“Prince Aaron, you came today,” the king smiled.

“Yes your majesty, I came to see how my sister is doing” he replied.

“Your sister is fine, I’ll tell the maids to lead you to her room” the queen replied and he smiled.

“Thank you my queen, if it’s so then I shall take my leave now” he bowed and stood along with his bodyguard.

A maid then came to escort them out.

The maid got to Sapphire’s room and bowed before leaving.

“Sis” Aaron knocked on the door and Gina opened it immediately.

The moment she saw his face, she bowed immediately.

“Your highness” she looked surprised to see him there.

“Hey Gina, is Sapphire inside?” He asked and she nodded.

“I’ll go see her then, Alix, wait here” he smiled and entered the room.

“Sis” he called the moment he stepped in and Sapphire who was busy with her makeup turned to him immediately.

“Aaron?” She called, looking surprised.

“Sis” he moved closer to hug her but she pushed him back slightly.

“Don’t spoil my makeup, why are you here?” She asked.

“To see you ofcourse, how is your married life going?” He replied.

“Tiring but I’m trying to survive, I didn’t know that you’ll be coming to see me today and I had plans to meet up with my husband, can you wait?” She asked.

“Sure I was the one who came here without informing you anyways” he rolled his eyes and she flashed him a smile.

“Don’t smile at me just go, I’m tired anyways so I’ll take a nap” he stretched and went to lay on her bed.

Sapphire walked out with Gina, Alix who was standing outside greeted her but she didn’t bother to reply.

Alix scoffed.

He never liked her anyways.

*

Sapphire got to Den’s room and tried entering but as usual Fen and Boi would block her path.

“Let me in!” She frowned.

“His highness is busy and would prefer if no one comes to disturb him” Fen replied and Boy nodded.

“Let me guess, she’s there with him right?” Sapphire frowned.

“What are you talking about?” Boi asked and Gina drew out her sword.

“Let her highness in,” she ordered.

Fen and Boi drew out their sword too but in either ways, Sapphire forcefully entered inside.

“Hey!” Boi yelled, he tried stopping her but it was too late so he could only just look at Fen and they both went in too.

When Sapphire got in, she met Gianna and Den hugging in an intimate position which made her blood boil immediately.

Without wasting time, she grabbed the sword from Fen’s hand and began rushing towards Gianna.

“I will kill you!” She yelled angrily.

She was a little close to stabbing Gianna when Den caught the sword with his bare hands.

Gianna gasped as she stared at the blood dripping from Den’s hand but his attention was focused on Sapphire and he looked really angry.

“How dare you!” He seethed.

“What do you mean Den, we are married now and look at what you’re doing with another woman!” She yelled out in tears.

Den shut his eyes tight and let go of the sword, his blood continued dripping down from his hands and leaking to the floor.

“Leave” he said in a calm and controlled voice.

“But Den…

Boi stormed to her and grabbed her by the forearm.

“His highness asked you to leave so leave!!” He yelled and began pulling her out.

“Hey let me go damn you!!” Sapphire yelled out as she was being dragged out and soon her voice turned to an invisible trait.

Gianna stood up and moved closer to Den then took his hands that were bleeding.

“It must hurt a lot,” she muttered. It was as if she was feeling those pains.

“Not at all” Den smiled and she stared at him with a painful expression for a while before facing Fen.

“Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and get medicine for him!!” She ordered.

Fen immediately rushed out and she led Den to sit on the bed.

Fen came back in with some medicine, she collected it from him and began applying it on his hands.

“Does it hurt?” She asked softly and Den shook his head with a smile.

It just feels good to see Anna care about him like this once again.

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EVENING, DEMON KINGDOM**

Finally the wedding process has taken place, the rituals that need to be done are done so what’s next is the wedding couples staying in the room.

Nevaeh looked angry as she sat opposite Draco who kept drinking and ignoring her looks.

“I don’t really understand you, you know? You know I want to kill you but yet you still married me, aren’t you afraid of death?” She started but no reply.

Nevaeh was not even expecting a reply as she continued.

“Do you think I’m as soft hearted as my friend you killed five hundred years ago? I will kill you just the way you killed her at the end” she added.

“I know” Draco replied and took the jug of liquor then began pouring himself more drinks.

Nevaeh huffed and sat straight.

“The rumors were right, no one can really understand this new demon King. You found out that I was betraying you aren’t you supposed to kill me or are you perhaps taking a liking to me?” She asked, studying his movement and facial expression closely.

Draco slowly looked up at her and twirled the wine on his cup then sipped from it and licked his lips lightly.

“A demon is supposed to have a partner by their side, someone who can stand by them, sit by their side and satisfy all their needs” he paused and dropped the cup down, his dark eyes not leaving hers which was starting to make her feel a bit uncomfortable.

“And I like you” he added and Nevaeh didn’t know when her heart skipped beats.