[ZAFFUTO]
At that moment, as the Lycans looked at their king, they finally understood why the king stayed away from them for that long. They were slowly understanding the weight of their monarch's shock.
The way that things had changed and how life seemed to have paused back then. It didn't make any sense to them at the time, especially after the log stayed away for the first year, but now it all made sense.
Ashton had created this monster.
And they would stay on the mad king's side for whatever the fuck he chose to do with the bastard.
"Pride? You think that will save you from me?" Zaffuto mocked, his laughter so raw and detached that Ashton felt the chills for a moment there. But still he refused to give in even as the king slowly closed the distance between them.
Ashton could already feel the magic coming from the king, the pheromones that were pushing him to bend.
The king wasn't even doing much at this point.
