Chapter 134: _Keeping Up With The Stormborns Elian’s POV
[ALERT!] [Mate #1 energy levels spiking rapidly. Possibly involved in a fight or something.] Elian’s brows furrowed as he felt the bond between him and Lucian pulse. It was hard to concentrate with Kyren’s naked body behind him, but he could sense something coming through from Lucian. Pure, unfiltered rage. "K–Kyren..." Elian tried stepping out of the tub but the rogue king only held him closer, causing his face to heat up. "Kyren, I have to go." "You have to go?" Kyren repeated as Elian glanced over his shoulder to stare at the confusion in his eyes. "Why? Am I missing something?" Elian parted his lips, pondering what to say... but then he felt it. A sudden surge of energy so powerful that it pulsed through the palace, the ceiling and walls shaking like there was a mini earthquake. It seemed Kyren noticed it too as he blinked at the ceiling with squinted eyes. "That’s... Odd. That felt like a celestial Sovereign’s power surge. And I know only one other on the continent." Elian tilted his head in confusion.
[ALERT!] [Mate #1 energy levels spiking rapidly. Possibly involved in a fight or something.] Elian’s brows furrowed as he felt the bond between him and Lucian pulse. It was hard to concentrate with Kyren’s naked body behind him, but he could sense something coming through from Lucian. Pure, unfiltered rage. "K–Kyren..." Elian tried stepping out of the tub but the rogue king only held him closer, causing his face to heat up. "Kyren, I have to go." "You have to go?" Kyren repeated as Elian glanced over his shoulder to stare at the confusion in his eyes. "Why? Am I missing something?" Elian parted his lips, pondering what to say... but then he felt it. A sudden surge of energy so powerful that it pulsed through the palace, the ceiling and walls shaking like there was a mini earthquake. It seemed Kyren noticed it too as he blinked at the ceiling with squinted eyes. "That’s... Odd. That felt like a celestial Sovereign’s power surge. And I know only one other on the continent." Elian tilted his head in confusion.
A celestial... What?
[Ugh, you’re so out of touch with werewolf power systems in your world. Well, to be fair I kept the information locked away from you because you weren’t qualified yet.]
Elian was still confused, but didn’t have time to process anything as Kyren gently shoved him forward before getting out of the bathtub.
"Kyren, what’s going on?" He asked with increasing worry, still feeling Lucian’s rage surging through the mate bond.
Is he perhaps the celestial sovereign?
"What’s happening is that I think someone got your Alpha King riled up enough to start a fight," Kyren explained casually, snapping his fingers.
That caused his body to light up with a crimson light before a black full-body armour morphed on him, his long white hair flowing behind him like snakes.
He snapped his knuckles, fixing his eyes one last time on Elian. "He’s the celestial sovereign behind those power surges. But the other person he’s fighting is—"
Another quake hit the palace, this time actually causing debris to fall from the ceiling.
Elian stared up, gripping the edge of the bathtub nervously as the system finally flashed a screen in front of him.
[Here’s the total rundown of possible power levels of Werewolves with examples:
Omega. (Weakest point Ahem You.)
Average Werewolf
Soldier/warrior Class Wolf
Wolf Sovereign which is divided into five (Alpha class)
- Low Alpha (Estella, Baron Magnus.)
- Mid Alpha (Aurora, Lucian, Beta Axel. Even at this stage, there’s a disparity in power levels and skills)
- Elder Sovereign (Luna Queen Elowen)
- Celestial Sovereign (Kyren, Alpha King Arian)
- Eternal Wolf] Elian blinked at all that info dump, his lips parting on why it was relevant in any way. But then Kyren spoke up yet again. "The person the Alpha king is fighting is a mid-Alpha. And from the energy the Alpha king is using, it seems he’s even holding back." Mid Alpha? Elian’s eyes flicked from Kyren to the screen in front of his face repeatedly as he came to a realisation. The Alpha King and Lucian were fighting!
"Shit!" Elian cursed, attempting to get out of the bathtub too fast and almost slipping in the process.
But Kyren grabbed him just in time, making Elian’s face press flush against the cold surface of his armour.
"I got you," Kyren remarked with a low chuckle. "You might want to put some clothes on if you’re heading out."
[You think?]
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When Kyren and Elian were out of the room, the first thing they noticed was maids running through the hallway in a frenzy.
"It’s happening in the throne room." One maid said to her friend, trying hard to catch her breath.
"One of the guards there said the Alpha Prince just... Attacked the Alpha King. Do you think it’s an attempted coup?"
"Or maybe it’s because of him?" A maid with a mole on her jaw pointed at Elian as he and Kyren walked through the hallway.
But most of them didn’t dare glance at Elian with Kyren walking beside him.
"So it’s happening in the throne room," Kyren remarked with a small smirk, as if he were talking about his favourite sports event. "What a grand way to welcome the Rogue king into the Lunarian empire. Don’t you think?"
He glanced at Elian, who only rolled his eyes before picking up his pace.
Once they got to the floor where the throne room was, Elian felt the shift in the air pressure.
The hallway walls trembled, the crystal chandeliers flickering as they finally got in front of the large golden throne room doors.
They were open, giving them a view of the chaos inside.
. "By the gods..." Elian muttered under his breath, subconsciously standing closer to Kyren as they stared at the devastation.
Pillars had crumbled into nothing but piles of rubble. Dust filled the room, some of it rising into the golden-encrusted ceiling.
Some of the walls had been caved in with cracks that could’ve only been made by a body or two smashing into them... Repeatedly.
Even the ground wasn’t spared, cracks spreading around most parts like spiderwebs.
And up on the elevated platform where the thrones of the rulers of Lunaria stood, the two people who caused this devastation were still at it.
"You dare attack me, Lucian!" Arian roared, his voice booming like thunder.
He was barely scratched, his body surging with powerful waves of pure white energy that shone bright like a second sun.
And then there was Lucian.
The Alpha Prince had transformed into his wolf, standing taller than a grown man even though he was on all fours. His fur was silver white, flowing around him like fire in the wind.
But despite his transformation, Elian was able to recognise that defiant arrogance in his silver eyes from anywhere.
[Talk about a literal royal rumble.]
Elian’s jaw clenched, but his fingers couldn’t help but tremble beside him.
The raw power flowing from both the Alpha king and Lucian was too much, even though it wasn’t directed at him.
He thought his body would’ve given out, making him drop to his knees by now.
Unless...
[Yes. Kyren is shielding you with his aura. You can get all kissy touchy with him later. My favourite show—Keeping Up with the Stormborns—is live.]
Suddenly, Lucian shifted back into his human form, the transformation instantaneous.
His clothes were still intact, but barely, cuts littered across his black blazer.
A trail of blood trickled down the corner of his lips but his eyes were still locked on his father.
"Attack you?" Lucian snarled, his voice sharp like a blade. "You put the entire Empire in jeopardy when you chose to sponsor the Dark Hand!"
Elian’s eyes widened, his jaw nearly slacking from how far his mouth fell.
[Oop! Talk about a mid-season plot twist.]