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24 : King Always Gets What He Wants

24 : King Always Gets What He Wants

They had set back onto the track after the driver had his sleep. The whole day was spent in the chariot filled with Stephen's and Xena's mindless talking while Cassius slept.

He needed a nap after eating that much. Even a beast needed his beastly sleep.

Xena had moved to sit beside Stephen to give Cassius more space to sleep and now, he was sprawled on the whole seat, but something about his form looked so elegant and Xena was not able to put a finger on it.

And since it was a carriage made for the Princess, it was comfy enough for his aching back.

Night had already fallen and Cassius was awake now, they made another stop and everyone did their private business, came back to the carriage and soon they were back on track.

This went on for three to four days. They slept, woke up, took a break, ate, did their private business, and went back on track - Cassius was always reluctant to stop though, he wanted to be at his destination as soon as possible.

And by the day, this desire of his only grew stronger, making him angrier.

It was today that finally something happened.

Stephen, Xena, and Cassius sat on the ground while waiting for the driver who was supposedly off to the bathroom and hadn't returned yet.

Stephen and Xena talked while Cassius looked around, trying to find their driver when he took longer than 5 minutes, and when he was nowhere in sight, he grew restless.

"I will be back," Cassius muttered and stood up, not caring for Xena's and Stephen's reply. He knew something was wrong.

Who in the world takes longer than five minutes to relieve themselves?

Cassius sniffed him out and smirked the driver's scent found its way to his nostrils, someone was trying to run away and Cassius was ready to give him one hell of a chase.

Cassius watched through the trees with his strong vision as their driver quickly shoved all the gold coins that Xena had brought with her in his bag and some food.

While he did that, Cassius had climbed up the tree.

The driver looked around and when he was sure there was no one, he was ready to run away but all good things came to an end when Cassius cleared his throat and the driver knew that he had significantly messed up.

The driver slowly looked up and Cassius smirked while licking his lips,

"Always wanted to eat you." He whispered and in an instant, jumped off the tree and in front of the driver who was already on his knees, ready to beg.

"Ah! Please! I will do an-" the driver was cut short in his sentence when Cassius bared his canines at him.

"Do you know the difference between a King and a common man?" The driver didn't say anything and Cassius continued,

"The King gets what he wants, whenever he wants," Cassius smirked and knelt in front of the pale man. The bag he had prepared had fallen from his grasp long ago.

"Tell me human, what is it that you desire?" The driver looked wide-eyed at Cassius but gulped when he saw that he was serious.

"I - I only want to be with my family and fill their needs." Cassius scoffed.

What a liar he was. Cassius knew he was lying by the way he looked around and stuttered. He knew by his heart skipping beats.

"You know what I desire?" The driver shook his head and Cassius continued,

"I want to eat you -" the driver gulped again and almost passed out and then Cassius added, "- and since I am a King, I get whatever I want, whenever I want."

And with that words that escaped his lips, Cassius grabbed the man, pulled him up to his feet, and ripped into his flesh of neck.

A shrill scream escaped from the driver which obviously reached Xena and Stephen and they were immediately on their feet.

Stephen tried to sniff Cassius out but he was so out of practice, he couldn't find any prominent smell. Nevertheless, they ran in the direction from where they thought they heard the scream.

But they were too late because when they reached the clearing where their carriage stood, Cassius had already feasted on the driver.

He had even licked his bones clean, clean of any flesh. Blood was splattered on the ground and Cassius's clothes.

He had a small trail of blood going down one side of his lips and he almost looked like a vampire.

"Brother!" Stephen exclaimed.

"He was running away, stole our food and money so I decided to give him a reward," Cassius muttered while pushing the bag that the driver had prepared for himself in Stephen's feet.

Xena quietly watched with no expression on her face and Cassius took sneaky glances at her. He wanted to know what she thought, was she disgusted?

"You guys sit, I will drive," Stephen answered.

"I will drive, I have slept a lot anyway and the night is about to fall. You need your sleep." Cassius spoke and walked towards the horses. He fed one of them an apple that had fallen from the bag.

"You don't know the directions, I have been their multiple times, let me drive," Xena spoke, leaving both the men surprised.

What was she trying to do?

"Princess, leave it to the men." Stephen as the gentlemen spoke but Xena shrugged him off and spoke,

"Don't worry, I ca-" Cassius cut her off,

"Xena! Go and sit inside the carriage." His loud voice boomed and even the horses stopped moving. Xena looked wide-eyed at Cassius.

It had been a long time since he had spoken to her this way and it hurt her.

Xena's eyes filled up with tears at the feeling of hurt and quietly went inside the carriage and sat down.

Cassius was already anxious and his temper was taking the best of him.

"Cut her some slack Cassius. She was just trying to help." Stephen snapped at his brother and then also made his way inside the carriage.

Well, damn it!

Cassius wasn't supposed to be second-guessing his actions but he was. What was this woman doing to him!?

Whatever it was, it ticked him off and he was not going to let it happen for any longer. He had to put an end to this.

Even though he had thought this, he still went to the side of the carriage where Xena sat and looked at her through the square window. There was a dry tear on her cheek.

Damn it.

Cassius sighed and without another thought, he opened the door of Xena's side,

"Come on, sit with me." He muttered rudely and Xena immediately looked up at him. Stephen also took a glance at his brother and Xena, waiting to see what was going to happen next.

"No thank you." She snapped and Cassius growled.

"Fucking fine!" Cassius muttered. He was trying to make his mistake right but she wasn't accepting what he was doing.

Cassius closed the door angrily and started to the driver's seat but stopped when he heard her voice after a minute or two,

"Wait! I . .  Am coming." Slowly, all anger that Cassius had for Xena disappeared and a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

Cassius immediately shook his head and took his seat at the front and soon enough, Xena came from the other side.

Cassius lent her a hand while looking straight forward and Xena accepted. In one hard jerk, Cassius had pulled Xena up and she immediately sat beside him.

She felt a shiver swim up to her spine as she noticed the close proximity between them, after a while, she took a breath calmness - only to calm her racing heart.

All the while, Stephen watched them from the window that was cut right behind Cassius' seat - the window was sort of a connection between the driver and the people inside the chariot.

Stephen had a frown on his lips. Why? He asked himself the question but he didn't have the answer himself.

...
What do you think? I mean, Cassius loves to tease his prey before devouring them. I love him.
I need someone like him.

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