Sins of Lust Filled love Pt 10

A Chapter by Tsukin Archangel

Berrick's a pissed off cookie. Silvia is a cool cucumber

-Betrothed-

Sins of Lust Filled Love

Part 10

Berrick walked down the open air halls of Verlorene, no one touched him here, no one approached him, no one dared, he was infuriated and everyone knew it. They knew not to cross paths with the warrior when he was like this.

Well... almost everyone.

His mother was an exception to that rule, one he had to tolerate regardless of his mood. And unfortunately his mood had been less than stellar these past few days. Of course it was only natural for her to want him when he was at his moodiest.

He stormed into the pavilion and Silvia smiled and waved him over, Berrick begrudgingly followed her instruction.

"What do you want?" He growled at her. Hell he may not be able to strangle her like he really wanted to right now, but he didn't have to be nice to her too.

Silvia raised an eyebrow. "Is that anyway to speak to your mother?"

Berrick just glared.

Silvia sighed. "Well I just wanted to be with my second born child, is that such a crime?" She asked playfully. It was obvious she wasn't being serious.

Berrick made a face. "I have better things to do then entertain you woman, important things like finding out who poisoned my father, your husband, and wringing his damn neck."

"Always so violent aren't you?" She stated, bringing the cup of tea up to her lips. "Well I suppose I shouldn't waist your valuable time." A sad smile crossed her lips, "Your father wanted to see you." She set the cup down. "I'd hurry if I were you, he seemed exceedingly anxious."

Berrick turned to leave but Silvia stopped him. "Oh, and bring Shep, he asked to see him too."

Berrick nodded. "I'll try."

"I suppose that's all you can do hmmm?"

"I guess so."

Berrick left the pavilion feeling heavy in his soul. The second Prince scratched his beard, something was wrong, what was the cause of this sudden summons? Not to mention the King hadn't asked to see Shep since he'd been initially bed ridden. So what was the reason?

Berrick approached his younger brother's room and threw the door open.

"Shep-!" He began, but almost instantly recoiled at the sight in front of him.

His brother was even worse than he thought. Shep was all skin and bones and sunken cheeks and the air reeked with his stench, he had to fight back a gag as he stepped further into the room.

"Shep," He said less forcefully this time, strolling across the room and throwing open a window, before turning to his brother's virtually catatonic form. "Shep!" He hissed, throwing the blanket off of him, sightless sea green eyes meeting his own, it was disturbing how it looked like his brother wasn't even home in there.

"Shep! Snap out of it! Father wants to see us!"

Nothing.

No reaction.

Berrick didn't know what to do, well... nothing besides trying to shock him awake. So that's what he did. Berrick took a breath, hefted a hand up beside him and...

Slapped Shep in the face.

-Betrothed-

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