The Heat of the Moment

Disclaimer=i do not own any of the characters to Kyo Kara Maoh

Chapter 6

As Yuuri sits behind his desk he begins to think about everything that has happened in Shin Makoku. He smiled slightly as he watches a very pregnant Conrad waddle across the compound. Yuuri had to laugh because his godfather looked so ridiculous trying to walk like a soldier though he was six months along in his pregnancy. Running to catch up with him wearing his trademark cheerful smile was his husband Josak. The orange hair spy held a picnic basket in one hand and looped his other arm around Conrad’s arm as they made their way toward the stable. Yuuri continued to smile as he remembered that fateful day which put poor Conrad in this predicament.

-Flashback-

It was a year and half ago, when the two were wedded. Strangely enough, Josak looked nice in a wedding dress. It came as no surprise that the orange hair spy would wear a wedding dress. It would have been strange if he didn't. Anyway, Yuuri still doesn’t know how it happened. Josak had decided that he would take the elixir that would make him have children. As Yuuri made his way to the couple, everything was going along fine but he swears he felt the ground move beneath his feet. Yuuri fell forward, Conrad rushed up to catch him. Suddenly Yuuri crashed into Conrad and the elixir found itself going down the older man’s throat instead of Josak. Everyone gasped in shock as Yuuri pulled the bowl away but it was too late. Instead of Josak, Conrad would be the one giving birth to Josak’s children. Conrad stared at Yuuri in wide eyed shock as the young king babbled out a flood of apologizes. The only one not in total shock was Gwendal. The tall earth wielder was laughing and it was not a soft sound. It was a loud boisterous joyous noise that echoed throughout the temple and had everyone looking at him as though he had gone insane.

Then Gwendal patted Conrad on the back smirking and said, "Congratulation little brother." And then walked out of the shrine.

Suddenly Cecilie squealed in delight as she ran to her second son pulling him into a hug. “I am so happy for you, Conrad.”

Conrad watched with his mouth hanging open as his elder brother walked away still laughing and his mother going on about buying maternity clothes. She wanted him to wear her clothes but there was no way in hell the brown hair soldier would ever consider that.

-End of Flashback-


Yuuri didn’t know why but he had a strong feeling that Gwendal was pleased with the turn of events. Afterward, Yuuri overhead Conrad telling Josak that he believed Gwendal had something to do with Yuuri’s bout of clumsiness. Although, Conrad's new husband could care less. In fact, he looked quite pleased that his captain will be having his children. Personally, Yuuri couldn’t see how Gwendal could have done something to make him trip like that. Anyway, they are expecting their first child.

Where as Melinda and he have been married a little more than three years and have yet to have a child. Yuuri knew in the beginning that Melinda did not want children. She didn't think it was time for them to have a child. At least that is what Melinda had told him but Yuuri wanted a child so bad. In the beginning Greta used to constantly ask when will she be getting a new brother or sister. But now, it's as though she has changed her mind. Greta has become so distant as of lately. She now spends just about all her time traveling with Lady Celi. ‘The only time I see her is when Celi returns from one of her trips and even then, she does not stay long. It’s as though they are avoiding me.’ Well, maybe not him but Melinda. ‘Could that be it? Are they avoiding Melinda? But why? When she first came to Blood Pledge Castle, Greta could hardly bear to be apart from her. Now, it’s as though the child doesn’t want anything to do with her stepmother.’ Yuuri noticed that Greta’s behavior wasn't the only one that has changed. All the servants and some of the guards are terrified of her. Gwendal, Conrad, Gunter, Gisela and Josak all loath the ground she walks on. Yuuri even noticed that Anissina holds some animosity toward the queen as well. He doesn’t know what was said between the two but every since about a year ago, Anissina rarely comes to Blood Pledge Castle anymore. She says her duties at Karebelnikoff Castle keeps her busy.

Even his perverted friend, Murata doesn't come by like he use to. He would come by to talk for a while but he doesn't stay anymore. Yuuri thought his life would become a dream made in heaven once he was married to a woman. But it seems like things have begun to fall apart. First, his daughter doesn't want to stay in the castle and then both Anissina and Murata stopped coming by. 'What in the hell is going on? Why is this happening?' He opeend the first three buttons to his jacket. 'When Wolfram was here, the only problems I had was his jealousy but now it is as though his words have come back to haunt me.' He leaned forward in his chair as he watched Conrad and Josak ride away in a carriage out the front gates. Sighing, he looks up at the ceiling. 'Just because you marry a woman doesn’t mean you will live happily ever after. That's what you said Wolfram in your letter when you left. Were those words you left me with a preminition of what to expect when I refuse to acknowledge the love that you held for me?'


Gisela was the first to go to him, telling him that his wife has been acting very nasty and rude to everyone. Of course, Yuuri didn’t believe it. He wanted proof. When Conrad, Gwendal and even Gunter told him about what his so-called wonderful wife was doing. He got angry with them and accused them of trying to sabotage his marriage. He also accused them of hating him because they believed he was the reason Wolfram had run away.

Conrad was shocked and hurt that Yuuri would think he would hate him. Which was far from the truth. Conrad loved the black hair boy like a brother and he would never think otherwise. Gwendal however did not take to kindly to being accused like that. He told Yuuri that he did blame him for his brother’s disappearance but the well being of the kingdom was more important than his lover’s quarrel with his baby brother. The two got into a heated argument which ended with Gunter dragging the stoic older man out of the office to cool down.

Melinda tried to get Yuuri to get rid of Gwendal but the boy knew that Gwendal was a very important asset when it came to getting advice about what would be right for the kingdom. But she continued to try and persuade Yuuri to replace his friends with people she claimed would be better suited to the positions of his advisors, tutors, healers and personal guard. Yuuri flatly refused. He was not going to change anything. Somehow they all got wind of what the queen was plotting and went to Yuuri to voice their concerns and opinions about the demon queen.

Yuuri couldn't understand what would make them hate her so. She didn't seem any different to him. In fact she goes out of her way to be nice to them all whenever he sees them. Then something occurred to him. She is nice whenever he was around but what about when isn't around. ‘Is what everyone saying true? Is Melinda a shrew behind her mask of beauty? No, I won’t believe it. I refuse to believe it. She was the only one that showed me an ounce of kindness when everyone blamed me for Wolfram’s disappearance.’ He didn't even want to contemplate that Melinda is as bad as they claim she is. As usual, he blamed himself for it. ‘Well, if she’s snapping at them, maybe it is my fault because I have not been able to spend any time with her. If I’m not busy with my studying, I am with either Conrad practicing my swordsmanship or locked away in my office with Gwendal signing stacks of papers. It seems the only time I get to see her is at dinner time and when we go to bed.’

Yuuri turned away from the window and began drumming his fingers against the desk. His thoughts were on his problem. ‘Melinda has been kind of distant to me lately. It’s as though she has grown tired of being here. Perhaps I should take her away to relax. Or maybe what we need is a child.’ The more Yuuri thought about it the more excited he became. ‘Yes, that’s it, a child. I know my mother will be excited about this news. She has been hinting to me also about how her sons will never make her a grandmother.’ Yuuri smiled as he thought about how his mother will react to finally becoming a grandmother. ‘I will go talk to Melinda about this right now.’

Suddenly the door opened and in walked Gunter and Gwendal carrying a handful of documents that must be signed. Yuuri sighed, sat down and picked up his pen. "Guess it’ll have to wait,” Yuuri said under his breath.

“What was that your majesty?” asked Gunter as he placed a document to be signed on the desk in front of him.

“Nothing,” said Yuuri signing the paper and waited as Gunter placed the next one before him.

xxxxx

The Demon Queen, Melinda von Strauss, sat in Gisela’s office tapping her foot angrily against the floor as she waited for the green hair healer to come out and give her a reason as to why she has been throwing up in the morning and feeling tired in the evening. As Gisela walked into her office and took a seat behind her desk, she stared at the queen.

"Well?" snapped the woman glaring daggers at Gisela. "What is wrong?"

"I checked the results twice to make sure of my findings," said Gisela. "The reason you are tired and sick in the morning is because you are pregnant. Congratulation, your majesty."

The queen sat there in shock. Then she exploded. "I cannot be pregnant! You have to get rid of it!"

"I'm sorry but I cannot in good conscious do that. In order for me to do anything, you have to get his majesty to agree to terminate the pregnancy." Gisela stared at the enraged woman. She could not believe what she was hearing. Usually a scheming conniving witch would jump for joy at hearing this news. It would mean their claws are firmly embedded in the throne but Melinda was acting completely opposite.

Melinda bolted to her feet and began pacing the floor glaring at Gisela. "You did this! You gave me some sort of fertility drug."

Gisela arched a brow at the insane woman. ‘Why would she even think I would want to curse a child by having her as a mother.’ "Believe it or not, I could care less as to what your delusional mind is coming up with. But the fact still remains, you are pregnant and I refuse to abort this child because you do not want it."

"You . . . You." Melinda was filled with so much anger until she could barely finish her sentence. “You blame me because I married the king and your little brat friend lost his chance to be the next queen.”

Gisela didn’t even dignify that with an answer. "I suggest you go to your husband and tell him the good news.”

Melinda glared angrily at the green hair healer and stormed toward the door. Just as she reached for the knob, Gisela voice brought her to a stop.

"Oh, and your majesty," Gisela said smirking. "Congratulation."

Melinda turned to glare at her. "I hate you."

"And I hate you. Now, we're even."

Melinda snarled yanking the door open and stalked out of the room. She swore savagely as she serged through the halls of Blood Pledge Castle with a frightened servant behind her.

"My lady, what ails you? Did the healer know what was wrong?" asked the upset pink hair young woman.

Melinda stopped and sighed in disgust. "Yes Gertrude, she did find out what was wrong with me. It seems that I am pregnant with that fool's child."

"Isn’t that . . . good news?" Gertrude bit her bottom lip frowning in puzzlement. She could not understand why the queen would be upset by this wonderful news.


"No! It is not good news." She paced back and forth with her arms folded across her chest. "I do not want this . . . this thing growing inside of me, feeding off of me like a parasite."

"Wouldn’t having a child make you happy, my lady?" asked the young woman.

"No, it would not make me happy. I hate children. Why do you think I am spending so much money trying to find that brat's real parent? I wonder if I paid them would her uncle and aunt take her back. I can’t stand having that human filth around me.” The queen shuddered in disgust. “It made my skin crawl every time she touched me. And that annoying voice, gods, it made me want to strangle her just to stop it from grating on my nerves. To think, I had to spend all my time with her just so that fool would marry me." Her voice was a low savage sneer.

"But my lady . . ."

"I could barely stomach letting that incompetent fool touch me on our wedding night," she seethed. "Not only did he not know what to do, I had to do everything myself. Then after that, he couldn’t even satisfy me. That was the worse two minutes of my life. Then he had the nerve to say he was sorry, like that was going to help me. So, I ask you. Why would I want to have a child that will turn out like him? Now I know why that Bielefeld brat ran away. That child that calls himself king isn't much of a man. We’ve been married for three years and he still isn’t much in the bedroom. I can't imagine how he was able to get me pregnant."

"You mean you don't love him at all?" asked Gertrude.

Melinda snorted in disgust. "Love? I don't even like him let alone love him. The only thing I love is being the demon queen. And if you truly want me to be happy, you will help me find a healer to get rid of this parasite."

Suddenly the door to the right of them slammed opened. Both women shrieked in surprised and turned to see an angry Yuuri standing in the doorway.

xxxxx

Yuuri had returned to his room to rest but he couldn't sleep. The memories of everyone telling him bad things about his beloved wife kept swimming through his head. He sat up sighing and decided he would talk to Melinda. Just as his hand rested on the door knob, he heard Melinda and her personal servant Gertrude talking. He pressed his ear against the door and listened to the two women. He heard Gertrude ask the demon queen what was wrong.

'I am pregnant'

Yuuri was filled with joy to hear this wonderful news. He was going to be a daddy. But all that changed when his sweet wife spoke again.

'No, I do not want this . . . this thing growing inside me, feeding off of me like a parasite.'

Yuuri felt a stab of pain pierce his heart to hear his beautiful wife call their child a 'thing and a 'parasite.' He continued to listen as the servant asked her wouldn't having a child make her happy. Yuuri was on the verge of tears to hear his wife speak so hateful of an innocent life.

'I hate children.' He heard the hate and spite in her voice. Then his hurt turned into anger when he heard her speak so badly of Greta and of wanting to get rid of her.

'Why do you think I am spending so much money trying to find that brat's real parents? I wonder if I paid them would her uncle and aunt take her back? I can't stand having that human filth around me. It made my skin crawl every time she touched me. And that annoying voice, gods, it made me want to strangle her just to stop it from grating on my nerves. To think I had to spend all my time with her just so that fool could marry me.'

Yuuri felt his blood boiling over in rage as he listened to Melinda continuing her attack upon his manhood.

'I could barely stomach letting that incompetent fool touch me on our wedding night.' Yuuri could hear the contempt and loathing in her voice as she continued to berate him. "Not only did he not know what to do. I had to do everything myself. Then after that, he couldn't even satisfy me. That was the worse two minutes of my life. Then he had the nerve to say he was sorry, like that was going to help me. So, I ask you why in the hell would I want to have a child that will turn out like him. Now I know why that Bielefeld brat ran away. That child that calls himself king isn't much of a man. We've been married for three years and he's still isn't much in the bedroom. I can't imagine how he was able to get me pregnant."

But what was the turning point for Yuuri was Melinda's last statement. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

'If you truly want me to be happy, you will help me find a healer to get rid of this parasite.'

It would be a very cold day in hell before he let that . . . that bitch kill his child. Slamming the door open, the two women shrieked in fright and turned to stare at him in shock.

"Your majesty," Gertrude said frightened, bowing to him. The woman shivered as she could feel the rage radiating from the king.

"Leave us," Yuuri snarled.

Gertrude straightened and hurried away around the corner.

"So, how much did you hear?" Melinda asked folding her arms across her chest again.

"Every thing." Yuuri glared at her with nothing but contempt. "So, all this time I have been defending you from the others. Hell, I even blamed myself thinking what you want is to spend time with me. But it was all a lie, wasn’t it? Everything they said about you was true, wasn’t it. You are nothing but a contemptuous power hungry shrew. How dare you think you can return Greta to those monsters that call themselves her aunt and uncle. She is my daughter and I’ll be damn before I let you hurt her."

"Oh and what are you going to do? Nothing." She answered before he could say anything. "You know why? Because you are a spineless slug," Melinda said venomously. "You sit around spouting all your crap about peace."

"And what's wrong with wanting peace. I would rather talk peace than send thousands of men to their death just because you don't like someone because they are human." Yuuri snapped. "A war fought on those bases only proves that you're either ignorant or insane or both, and I am neither."

"The sight of you disgusts me." She sneered at Yuuri in contempt. "I see why Bielefeld always called you a wimp. You are pathetic."

"Don't you dare speak Wolfram's name. He may have been a jealous brat but at least he was always there when I needed him."

"Oh. So, tell me oh great demon king, where is your friend now?" And not waiting for Yuuri to answer Melinda continues. "I’ll tell you. He ran away because you are a fool and a wimp, in more ways than one." She turned and stomped down the hall.

Yuuri ran after her intent on finishing their conversation. "Where are you going?" He grabbed her by the arm stopping her at the top of the stairs.

"It’s none of your concern." Melinda tried yanking her arm out of his grip but Yuuri held her tight.

"It is my concern when you are talking about killing my child." He dug his nails into her arm.

"Ouch! You’re hurting me." She tried breaking free again but Yuuri still held on tight.

"Not until you forget this ideal of killing my child."

"No! I will do whatever I want. It is my body and I am the only one who can decide what I can do with it. And if I don't want your bastard feeding off of me I will have it removed."

"When hell freezes over, I will not let you kill my child."

"I SAID RELEASE ME AT ONCE!" She yanked her arm free and lost her balance. Her eyes widened in shock as she went tumbling down the stairs.

"MELINDA" yelled Yuuri rushing down the stairs. He turned her over and there was blood flowing from her mouth and nose. And there was a long gash across her left eyebrow. "Oh God, Melinda. SOMEONE HELP ME!" yelled Yuuri.

Suddenly the palace guards rushed to his aid. With their help they took the injured woman to Gisela.

xxxxx

Three hours later Gisela walked out of the infirmary wiping sweat from her forehead and drying her hands. Yuuri, Conrad, Gunter and Gwendal were standing out in the hallway.

"Well?" asked Yuuri rushing up to Gisela. "How is she?"

"The queen will be fine. There were no serious injuries only the cut across her eye. I gave her something to help her sleep. She should be off her feet for a few days to heal," said the green hair healer.

"What about the baby?"

Gwendal, Conrad, and Gunter stared in shock. This was the first they had heard about the queen being pregnant.

Gisela looked away sighing sadly. Then she turned back to face him. "I’m sorry, your majesty, but there was nothing I could do to save it."

Yuuri felt his heart shatter as he collapsed to the floor on his knees sobbing into his hand. Yuuri felt as though his world had come to an end. Conrad knelt beside him and wrapped his arms around his godson.

"What about Melinda?"asked Gwendal as another wrinkled appeared across his forehead. "Does she know about the baby?"

"No, I had to keep her sedated," said Gisela "She should wake soon."

Yuuri dried his eyes and stood up. "I want to see her."

"Very well." She opened the door for him and Yuuri walked inside. She closed the door behind him.

"Gisela, what happened?" asked Conrad standing with the help of his brother. "We tried asking but Yuuri would not say anything. He just kept mumbling. It was his fault."

"Melinda found out today that she was pregnant, and it seems that Yuuri overhead Melinda talking about getting rid of the baby." She sighed in exhaustion and leaned against the wall. Gunter went to his daughter and held her in his arms. "They got into an argument and she fell down the stairs."

“My poor beloved king,” said Gunter distraught, “having to face such tragedy at such a young age.”

"Now what are you not telling his majesty/" asked Gwendal.

"Can't hide anything from you." She smiled sadly at him. "The fall down the stairs damaged her uterus. Melinda will never be able to have children."

"Do you plan on telling his majesty and the queen?" asked Conrad.

"I have no choice," said Gisela. "Although I’m sure Melinda will be happy to hear this. When I spoke to her, she told me point blank she wanted to get rid of it. She had wanted me to give her something to abort the child but I refused. Knowing her, she probably fell down the stairs on purpose."

"I guess now, his majesty sees what sort of person Lady von Strauss truly is," said Gwendal.

Gisela wasn't too sure about that. She had a feeling that they will have to suffer the presence of Melinda von Strauss for a little while longer.

xxxxx

Yuuri sat in a chair beside Melinda’s bed and took her hand into his. Kissing her palm, tears fell from his eyes. "I’m sorry Melinda. This is my fault. I should have let you cool down and talked to you later about the baby. I’m sure you were probably just a little stunned because you wanted to wait at least five years before starting a family. Well, it's okay now. I will take care of you and when the time is right, we will start our family."

Melinda tightened her grip on his hand as her eyes fluttered opened half way. "Yuuri," she said drowsily. "What happened?"

"Sshhh," he soothed as he loving stroked the dampened hair from her forehead. "Go back to sleep, my love. Everything will be all-right once you are well."

She mumbled something and fell back to sleep.

"That’s right, my sweet. Sleep and everything will be as it was when you awaken."

xxxxx

Melinda was bedridden for nearly a month and to Yuuri's dismay, everything did not go back to the way they were. The queen had become more and more vicious toward Yuuri and the others. Josak came within an inch of killing the woman as she had Conrad so upset he nearly had a miscarriage. And things began to deteriorate from there. Melinda went on a rampage yelling at the servants and calling them incompetent if they accidently dropped something. She shrieked at the cooks saying their food tasted like garbage. Whenever she saw one of Wolfram's brothers, she goes out of her way to insult them. Josak decided that before he ended up killing that shrew, he took Lady Celi up on her offer to stay in a small cottage she has out in the country. At this point, Josak would have moved Conrad half way around the world to keep him away from that viper. While Gwendal simply ignored her and locked himself in his office. Gwendal was seeing a lot more of his office than usual as the room was filled from top to bottom with stuffed animals he knitted on an everyday bases.

The last straw was what happened with Greta when the girl finally returned home from her voyage with Lady Cecilie.

Greta had decided that she would give Melinda another chance since Yuuri was so fixated with her. And even though she may not like it, Melinda was her mother now. So in the interest of peace, she had a gift for her stepmother.

Melinda was out in the garden drinking tea when Greta found the woman. "Good afternoon, mother. I have returned from my voyage with lady Celi and I have a present for you." Greta held out the box that had several small holes in it.

Arching a delicate brow, Melinda opened the top and a cute tan colored puppy with large brown eyes poked its head out of the box. It yipped in excitement and leaped out of the box onto the table knocking over the tea cup. The warm liquid splashed into Melinda's lap.

"You stupid little brat!" She fumed leaping to her feet wiping the excess tea from her dress. "This was a very expensive dress given to me by my mother. Now it's ruined!"

"I’m sorry mother," Greta said, her large brown eyes were on the verge of spilling over with tears. "I’m sure . . .

"And will you stop calling me that! I AM NOT NEITHER WILL I EVER BE YOUR MOTHER! And frankly, I don't want to be! I hate kids! And your stupid incompetence is the reason why kids should have a leash on them!"

"I’m . . . I’m sorry." Greta began wiping the tears from her eyes. "I thought you would like having a little friend."

"I hate animals almost as much as I hate children," the queen said in disgust. "If it was up to me, I would send you back to wherever it is you come from. You are nothing but a nuisance and I wished you had never come back."

"THAT'S ENOUGH, MELINDA!" yelled Yuuri walking out into the garden. He had been watching and listening to everything that was being said. And he realized that he has been a fool. He had been blaming himself for Melinda losing the baby and he wanted things to work out between them. But he sees that Melinda doesn't want to work things out. So, be it.

"All this time, I felt guilty because you lost the baby. I was hoping that we could mend the distance between us but that could only happen if you wanted things to work out between us. But I see you do not. You are as everyone said you are. You’re nothing but a mean, spiteful hateful bitch that only cares about being the demon queen."

"And you're a fool to think any woman would truly want you. You disgust me, hugging and kissing up to the humans." She sneered at him.

"If I disgust you so much than why are you still here? If you don't love me why are you still married to me?"

She smirked at him. "Simple. You are the demon king. You are the one with the power and as your queen, I have that power as well. And I will never give that up."

Greta stood there watching the two argue as tears fell from her eyes. She began to wonder when her world fell apart. In the beginning before Melinda married Yuuri, everything was fine. The woman was like an older sister that she would do anything for but now, what she sees before her is nothing but a bitter hateful woman set on making the lives of everyone in Blood Pledge Castle miserable. Did this woman ever care about any of them? Or was she playing them all for fools in the beginning? Greta looked into the woman hateful blue eyes and knew that she was playing them for fools. She guessed Yuuri was the biggest fool of all since he turned his back on Wolfram and drove him away. Wolfram. Greta began to wonder where the blonde hair demon prince was. It has been over three years and they have not heard a word from him since then. It was as though he had dropped off the face of the planet. She wanted her poppa Wolf back.

"I wish Wolfram was here," said Greta. The girl's soft voice made the two adults ceased their arguing.

Melinda was filled with rage at the mention of the fire wielder. "Well, he's not here and you know who's to blame for that, don't we, majesty?"

"I am not . . ."

"Of course you're to blame. He left because you publicly denounce your engagement and told him that you will never love him because he was a man. You ignored him at every function that was held. You would not speak or even show him an ounce of kindness. You only saw the beautiful young women that smiled prettily and batted their eyelashes at you." She smirked at him placing her hands on her hips. "But then, I knew that Bielefeld brat was too weak to go after what he wanted. If he was a real man, he would have stayed and fought for what was his. Instead he ran off like a little girl that was spanked by her mother." Melinda laughed bitterly.

"Shut your mouth!" snarled Yuuri. His dark eyes were ablaze with anger. "How dare you? Don’t you dare speak of wolfram. He was more of a man than anyone I have ever known. And he showed more compassion and love than you could ever hope to have in your wretched body. And I’m going to do something I should have continued to do three years ago. I am going to look for my friend."

"Why? Surely you are not going to tell him you love him." Her laughter was on the edge of insanity. "How can you tell him that when over the pass three years it has been my name you called out in bed at night." She raised one hand and caressed his cheek. "I am the one you love Yuuri and I shall let no other have you. You are mine!"

Yuuri slapped the hand from his face sneering at the woman. He grabbed Greta and pulled the girl close to him. "I was yours but not anymore. I want you gone by sundown. I shall send a messenger with the appropriate documents for you to sign for our divorce. . . You know what, to hell with waiting, I will have Gwendal draw up the papers now and you will sign them."

Melinda snorted and crossed her arms across her chest. "And what makes you think I will be fool enough to give up all this power."

Suddenly the pupils in Yuuri's eyes became serpent like. "Greta," he said in a voice that did not sound like Yuuri. "Go inside."

Hearing the change in his voice, Greta quickly ran inside. What happened afterwards, Yuuri refused to tell anyone but whatever it was. Melinda had agreed to sign the divorce papers without taking any settlement.

And so it was, four hours later after signing the divorce papers, Melinda had packed all her things and gathered all her servants and left Blood Pledge Castle. Gisela had glimpsed the ex queen as she got into her carriage and the green hair healer had seen a look of sheer terror in Melinda eyes. When she was in her carriage, the woman shrieked at the driver to get her as far away from the castle as possible.

When Gisela walked into Yuuri's office, Conrad, her father and Gwendal were already inside. "You sent for me, majesty?"

"Yes," Yuuri said sitting up straight and looking her in the eyes. Gisela shivered in dread as she stared into those black serpent like eyes. It was strange to see Yuuri still in his demon king persona even though there was no threat around. "Melinda and I will be divorced soon and I am going to start up the search for Wolfram again. Now," he said in that voice that chilled her to the bone, "Gwendal says you have some news about Wolfram."