Chapter 18 MONSTER: KING ICE

PYRO'S POV

"You see that, Pyro! You see him, right? Or I was just drunk to see Raiden here? Maybe, maybe? I mean why would Raiden come here? Oh, that was making my mind away from my body! I was trembling and nervous when I heard his voice! Where is the justice in that!" Zephyrus seemed active. The effect of alcohol was blown away by just seeing Raiden. He was being blabby again and that hurt my ear.

"Pyro, what is your reaction to that!" Zephyrus shook my shoulder. When I glared at him, he stopped, he just sat beside me.

He shut his mouth when I started drinking again.

When the chair moved to my side, I looked up and saw Hali. He had lipstick all over her lips, cheek and even in the chin. That was gross.

"Hali! You will not believe what we saw! Raiden is here!" Zephyrus walked closer to him and sat beside him. "Ask Pyro, we saw him with our two eyes! My eyes wide—"

"I saw him before you. He was dancing there." Hali pointed at the dance floor. "When we arrived, he was here."

"Really? Why didn't you tell us?" Zephyrus grabbed my glass. I let him drink the content of that. He was absolutely gross.

"Because we are busy." Hali paused. "Don't mind him. He will not report us or else he will be slash." Hali raised his hands, gesturing to the bartender to come. "Give me one bottle of tequila."

"Right!" Zephyrus nodded, agreeing to what Hali had said. "What time are we going home?"

"Maybe one of two in the morning." Hali folded his arms. He looked from left to right, looking for someone. "Where's Colden?"

I wanted to answer his question that he moved upstairs with Kiana, the girl I met before, but my mouth did not want to cooperate.

"Did you see him, Pyro?" Hali asked me.

I forced my mouth to open to say a word. "Upstairs with a woman."

"Why did you let him?" Zephyrus moved up and looked at the stairs. "You know it's dangerous for him to be with women when it is night."

"He is old enough. Let him." I drank the contents of the two glasses.

"No! It is dangerous for that woman!" Hali was now gritting his teeth. "You should not do that, Pyro! How can you act like nothing is concerned at all?" His glare became intense.

"Don't fight, Water and Fire. We need to get him." Zephyrus grabbed glass and gulped it before stepping faster to go up the stairs.

"Let us go!" Hali gazed at me with his burning eyes before following Zephyrus.

I closed my eyes hardly and blew a sigh before moving up lazily. I followed them.

We ran faster upstairs and opened all the doors. We saw different erotic scenes, nudity and others. That was gross.

We went to the last door and when it opened. My body froze. Colden was in the corner of the room, hugging his knee. He was trembling in fear. "I didn't mean to. I have no intentions to hurt her. I promised. I was holding myself, but I couldn't."

My chest moved up and down, grasping the air when my eyes viewed the girl on the bed. She had bruises, especially on her neck and thighs.

What did Colden do?

"Geez." Hali went to the girl and put his hand on her neck, checking her pulse. "She is still alive."

"I didn't mean to hurt her. I have no control. No control. Help me. Please. I am sorry. I am sorry." Colden was quaking more. The tears crawled down to his cheek. "Save her."

"It is not your fault." Zephyrus slowly walked towards Colden. He offered his hand. "Remember, it's not your… mistake. Come here." He was observing how Colden would react to the situation.

Colden's eyes were no longer the usual kind look. I felt like he had a monster, hiding on his back, hiding inside him.

"Come here. Hold my hand. We are going home." Zephyrus moved closer and closer, but Colden's stare on him became wilder.

Colden giggled his teeth and tightened his palm. "You said it is not my fault! But it was! I heard her pleading to me and I had nothing to do! I wanted to control myself, but I could not hold it back! See her!" The expression on his face intensified as if he was going to kill Zephyrus anytime.

When Colden was about to attack Zephyrus, I hid him behind my back. "Alpha King of Ice…" I called him in a soft voice. "It's me Pyro, your brother. Behind me is Zephyrus. Can you see us?"

Colden stared at me in confusion. "Pyro? Zephyrus?"

"Yes." I nodded. "I can't tell if you made a mistake. I can't say it's your fault, either. You are not in the right condition." I paused and gradually walked towards him. "She is alive. No harm. No bruises. She's okay." I looked on my side and gestured to Hali to get the woman out. He walked away lifting the woman. "Call the ambulance." I whispered Zephyrus at my back.

"She's okay?" Colden repeated. In an instant, his expression was lighting up like the Colden who always had a warm feature. "She's okay?" He repeated again.

"Yes." I ran towards him and hugged him so tight. "She will be okay."

He cried on my shoulder. He was like a baby trying to calm himself because it was hurting him so much. "I am sorry, Pyro. I am sorry."

"That's fine."

Colden did not want to fight any of us because he had no control when his emotions were high. He could not prohibit himself from doing things that he wanted to do. If he desired it, no struggle could stop him. Like what happened here. It was dangerous to make him mad or trigger his eagerness to do such a thing. That was why as long as he could, he kept himself calm all the time.

"I have no intention to hurt anyone." Colden sobs becoming loud. As a king, it would not be advisable to cry. In our kingdom, it was punishable by law. Good thing, we were in the city. No one would see him like this.

"I know. I know."

He removed his hands on me. "What if in the future I hurt someone I loved? Someone I cared about?" He shook his head. "I can't take that."

"You just need to control yourself. You will learn how to do that. I will teach you—"

"I am a monster, Pyro! I was born a monster and that is inside me." His tears were streaming on his cheek. "If you don't want that monster to harm anybody. You need to kill me."

He knelt down on me. His shoulder went up and down. "Kill me, King Fire."