9 Too Late

Erick with the best plan in his mind went to sleep even if it was for a short time...

The morning passed calmly and by noon everyone had woken up, many went down to have breakfast that Orsen and Killian had prepared, and others were walking through the corridors of the castle with their partners enjoying each other's company, talking about the preparations for their weddings, and others were only interested in the big show between Blausen and Daemon fighting over Terrence.

When Erick woke up, he took a bath and sent one of her maids to the kitchen to order some food for two, while another maid was looking for Prince Blausen's room.

The young maid took a while but as soon as she managed to find him she approached him to deliver a letter written by Erick, Blausen read that interesting message with curiosity, who would think that a single piece of paper could be a big useful thing after he read the message Blausen felt that his luck was changing in his favor again.

After he took a bath and changed into some comfortable clothes, he walked out to the side garden of the castle where he found the young and beautiful Erick sitting elegantly on a soft lawn cloth, waiting for him with lots of scattered food already prepared.

"I was waiting for you…Prince Blausen"

…

Killian was walking with furious steps towards Terrence's room, he had fought with Orsen... well it wasn't really an argument, as always his teacher had assumed the worst without even listening to him and now he was upset too...

One hour ago

Orsen couldn't sleep at all, the thought of seeing Killian with someone else made his stomach ache completely unbearably but he really didn't want to know who was the boy Killian liked but Orsen had a slight suspicion of someone.

The sun's rays entered his room and without further ado, he get up and get ready to leave his room going directly to the kitchen. He wanted to avoid looking at his disciple but he never expect that Killian will be already there.

"Wow, I didn't expect to see you here Killian, you got up early…"

"Yes… it's strange, well in fact I couldn't really sleep anything"

"Why?" Orsen dared to ask but he already knew the answer.

"Well... I'm still shocked by the events of yesterday, I mean… who would have thought that Prince Daemon… would ask for Terrence's hand"

Orsen clenched his hands when he heard him, he felt extremely paranoid, at first he thought that Killian was chasing a cute and charming Omega but his suspicions directed him to Terrence... that was the only logical reason as to why Killian put all his interest towards the omega.

"Why are you surprised? Terrence is quite cute…or is it something else?"

"Something else? What do you mean?"

"Perhaps what kept you up at night was that Terrence accept the proposal of prince Daemon"

Killian was cutting the fruit for breakfast but he stopped immediately upon hearing the opposite, he quickly turned to Orsen with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you implying that I'm jealous or that I like Terrence?"

"Whatever fits the best for you although it's probably both" the blonde answered with a grumpy tone

"Orsen, are you serious? It seems you forgot that..."

"YOU ARE THE ONE WHO FORGOT…" Orsen couldn't control himself and ended up yelling on the contrary while Killian just looked at him in complete silence "Are you going to challenge Daemon for his badge?"

Hearing that Killian knew why his teacher was so upset, he sighed with a smile and approached his opponent to show him that he had his badge; however, Orsen didn't let him approach him and instead he slap Killian.

"Don't come any close!" Orsen widened his eyes in surprise at his own actions trying to immediately apologize "K-Killian... I…"

Unfortunately, it was too late for that...

…

After that turn of events, they finished making breakfast in complete silence, as soon as they finished Killian washed his hands and left the place despite Orsen's voice calling him to apologize.

Killian walked with furious steps towards Terrence's room, he needed to talk to a friend about his fight with Orsen... although it wasn't really a fair discussion, as always his teacher had assumed the worst of him without even listening to him and now they were both upset...

…

In the room where Terrence rested, the young boy began to wake up, he felt his throat dry, his body in pain, and his eyes somewhat heavy, he only could think about what had happened to him? He tried to sit on the bed but from one moment to another he felt a horrible pain running through his body forcing him to lie down again.

When he was less confused and the pain calmed down a bit, a strong and pleasant aroma reached his nose.

«Who is it?»

That was his first thought and with curiosity, he focused his senses looking for the source of that delicious smell until he managed to find it, the aroma came off the person's body sitting next to him, Terrence could listen to his quiet breath and he was trying to discover who was that person.

At that moment a memory of the night before came to him, when Daemon was proposing to him that smell was the last thing he remembered before passing out.

Terrence felt nervous not knowing if Daemon was really in his room or not, he tried to get up one more time but he only could turn on his side because of the pain in his hip and the creaking of one of his bones.

"Do not tell me that…"

"You finally woke up… you had all worried"

Terrence's thoughts were interrupted by the soft voice of Daemon who woke up when he heard his voice and immediately got up from his seat to check his state, the alpha left his right hand on the minor's forehead checking if his temperature went down, and fortunately, it had finally dropped; that relaxed Daemon but Terrence didn't understand anything

The only thing he could think was that something had happened between them.

…

"Leva!"

When Killian was arriving at Terrence's room he met Leva so he greet her, Killian's anger dropped a bit as he explain to Leva why he didn't interfere with Daemon's proposal, but just at that moment, a loud scream was heard throughout the corridor causing that Leva and Killian entered Terrence's room frightened by the minor's terrified shouts.

"Terrence…" Killian and Leva ran in seeing Daemon more surprised than they were.

Terrence began to cry when he heard Leva's voice, she asked Daemon and Killian to go out and wait outside for a moment and give them privacy.

"Leva…. He… what did he do to me?"

"Prince Daemon?"

Leva sat next to him hugging the boy in a big sea of tears, she asked that confused while she was patting his head without understanding very well her master doubts.

Terrence just nodded as he covered his body with the blanket, he was still naked. Leva look the shyness of the contrary and tried to not laugh as she understood what was in her master's mind.

"Well, Prince Daemon took care of you all this time because of your bad fever"

"What? J-just that?"

Leva confirmed what Terrence was thinking about what happened and began to laugh euphorically, when she calmed down Leva began to tell him everything that happened between him and Daemon after the proposal.

Hearing the full story made Terrence embarrassed for having thought badly of someone he had just met and he proposed to him in front of all the packs without caring about his curse or that he was still suspected of murder and even after that, he took care of him until he woke up after her aggressive first transformation, Terrence felt terrible and he stopped his internal scolding o himself by remembering something specific that his friend had said.

"Wait…you said that I…accepted his proposal?"

"That's right, is there something wrong?"

Upon that confirmation, Terrence's body began to tremble a little, now what was he going to do? His mind was in a total mess, he didn't remember accepting him but now he had to be honest with Daemon even though he would probably hurt him, Terrence wanted to marry only one person... And it wasn't Daemon

With Leva's help, he got out of bed and went to the bathroom to clean his body, the hot water managed to relax his muscles and bones from the pain of his first transformation while both Killian and Daemon waited outside.

…

"They're taking their time" Killian spoke first to improve the tense atmosphere between them because after having left the room Daemon seemed very sad or upset with Terrence's reaction.

"Probably he's changing"

"Mm, are you alright, your highness?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" The serious face of the opposite only confirmed his suspicions.

"Terrence is not like the other guys, he needs a lot of patience…because he doesn't open up easily with people"

"I see…"

Killian felt uncomfortable, even though he had never spoken to Daemon, the Alpha had a very good reputation for being very polite to everyone but at the moment he didn't seem that way at all...

A few moments later Terrence came out of the room already dressed in his comfortable clothes, black pants with a long-sleeved blouse with Dutch at the wrists, all that together with elegant black shoes. Leva gave Terrence the cane to walk on his own but as soon as Terrence came out Daemon approached him to help him.

Daemon's face changed from a serious one to a happy expression in a matter of seconds and even Killian seemed to see a sparkle in the prince's eyes; however, after his bath, Terrence's face no longer had the makeup and they both managed to see the mark of the curse on his right eye, it was a kind of pentagram in a soft tone that remained on his face like a mole spice.

Daemon saw him but didn't really care at all, the boy in front of him was his fiancé and the person with who he fell in love, and he believed in Terrence's innocence.

"I'm very sorry for my previous behavior, your highness... I've never been through this before and I was a bit surprised…" Terrence immediately apologized but Daemon stopped him.

"You don't have to apologize, Terrence, I understand that it was something unexpected, we can talk later about what happened, for now, you should eat something"

Daemon took one of his hands to escort him beginning to walk, Terrence was embarrassed by everything that had happened between them but he still allowed himself to be helped by Daemon.

Leva and Killian followed them from a safe distance.

"Don't you think Prince Daemon is somewhat…" Leva leaned toward Killian talking in a low tone to him as she watched Daemon's attitude toward Terrence.

"Possessive" Killian finished that sentence understanding very well the girl's thoughts.

They all went out to the garden where they managed to see Erick very... affectionate with Blausen, and although Terrence couldn't see the image of them when he heard their voices together and by the sound of their joyful laughter he could understand that it was already too late to clarify the situation...

A lump settled in his throat and he squeezed his hands a little, if only he didn't have that curse...

«Wait…»

Terrence remembered that the mark on his face was exposed since he take a shower and the makeup dropped from his face, but Daemon still... treated him the same despite that curse on him...

But now that he show up with his face wash many had already begun to comment on his disgust at that curse mark.

To be continue