The Royal Mark-Chapter 329: Changed Person

Chris woke up in the middle of the night to find Elsa missing from his side. Instinctively, he reached out to her through their bond, but she blocked him. He made several attempts, all in vain.

So, the next thing he did was to contact her lady-in-waiting, Lexi. ’Is the Queen with you?’ he asked via their mind link.

’You’re finally awake! We are all gathered in the assembly hall,’ Lexi said.

’Hmm, why was I not advised about it? Anyway, I’ll go there,’ he said before using his super speed to reach the assembly hall fast.

He swiftly scanned the hall upon entering. His brows knitted after not finding his wife there. "Where is she?" he asked Lexi.

The she-wolf glanced at his brother who nodded, giving her a go signal to relay the news and reason why they were gathered there.

"She went to the border to rescue her son and the rest of her family." Elandir blurted boldly even before Lexi had the chance to answer Chris.

"What?!" Chris stumped. He wants to think that it was just a bad dream but Elandir and everyone look serious and they are not kidding.

"Calm down. Let me explain..." Elandir said and gestured for Chris to take a seat.

But Chris’ mind was beyond reasoning. He didn’t even know what he was feeling anymore. He was panicking, scared, worried, and angry not only at Elsa but with everyone for not waking him up and telling him sooner.

"How the hell could I calm down? My wife is alone out there and no one even bothered to tell me!"

"Chris, listen... Elsa has a plan, she–" Elandir was interrupted by a loud bang on the door.

"RYLIE! WHERE IS RYLIE?!" Tallor screamed while searching for Rylie among the crowd.

Soon they heard the cry of a baby and everyone immediately recognized the voice.

Chris ran outside and followed the sound and so did everyone. He saw the werewolves from Tallor’s pack carrying a wounded man and a she-wolf was carrying Rocco trying to calm him down. He immediately took Rocco and checked him all over if he was hurt since his clothes were stained with blood.

"Those were my blood, not his. I did not let a single shadow flame hit your boy. I protected him like how a grandfather should protect his grandson," the wounded man uttered.

"Ambros?" Chris questioned with a hint of doubt in his voice since the man in front of him looked different. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

His golden brown hair is darker, his body is toned, and his face is way younger than the doctor he met in Novus.

"I am known as Nathaniel in Vectus. Call me Nathan... Ugh..." Nathan groaned in pain when he tried to stand on his own.

"Don’t move. Please bring him to the infirmary, hurry!" Rylie finally caught up with Chris and Tallor. "Please be careful, he might lose more blood!" she scolded the werewolves after abruptly lifting Nathan up.

Nathan chuckled but soon moaned in pain once more. "I won’t die. I’m immortal, but it fucking hurts! Give me some painkillers first."

"I didn’t know angels curse too," Lexi murmured to Hoven, trying to get the attention of his distracted brother who kept on looking through the door.

"Wait!" Chris exclaimed when the Tallor’s men carried Nathan. "Where’s Elsa and Milda?" he asked while looking gazing through the door as well.

"Milda tricked us. She’s one of the demons now, a dark witch. She knocked Elsa out using her spell and she’s the reason for my wounds," Nathan replied.

"What do you mean? What happened to my wife?" Chris was still confused since he was also trying to calm Rocco down in his arms.

"Mordrak got her. If she didn’t bring her pet, Bendy, to help us run away, we might not have made it here... I am sorry Christopher, I couldn’t save my daughter. My priority was Rocco for I know that it’s what she wanted as well.

She was only supposed to slow them down while we ran to the pterolycus. But Milda betrayed her and almost got me and the little prince killed."

"No! My sister loves Rocco, she would never hurt him!" Drake yelled.

Everyone turned their heads to the grand staircase where Drake, Arla, and Andrius were. Kaizer woke them up when Tallor went looking for his wife.

"But she did, she was determined to kill us. If not because of the pterolycus’ help, we would have been dead by now. Bendy blew them away, just giving us enough time to mount it and fly away," Nathan pointed out.

"I don’t believe you! Perhaps she’s under a spell or something. She has no reason to hurt Elsa and Rocco. She’s a changed person, and she tried very hard to change!" Drake retorted angrily.

"Did she truly change, or was it all an act? I bet she’s the one who kidnapped Rocco. She’s harbored hatred for Valeria and Hera for so long, it’s only natural she’d feel the same toward my daughter and grandson."

"You—!"

Drake lunged at Nathan, ready to punch him, but Andrius swiftly intervened, grabbing his brother to prevent further trouble.

"Enough!" Elandir ordered, "Let Rylie heal Nathan first. Chris also needs to attend to his son. The prince must be scared because of what he has been through. Elsa would not put her life in danger if she had no plan."

"I agree. Rocco needs to settle down first. Let’s talk again once he falls asleep," Chris voiced out.

"Let me and Arla help you with the prince," Lexi offered, knowing that Chris doesn’t have much experience in dealing with babies.

Chris immediately accepted her offer and headed towards Rocco’s nursery.

Andrius lightly gripped Drake’s shoulder and said, "Stay with Kaizer and Dasher while you’re cooling off your head. I will talk to Nathan to get more information."

Drake could no longer protest since he admitted to himself that he didn’t think before saying those words. "Alright, but I want to know everything that he will say later."

Andrius nodded and signaled for the werewolves to finally bring Nathan to the infirmary.