All cards on the table
2187 Words
Tyrus pov:
Noone followed, I had actually hoped someone would, it pissed me off and also showed just how much I mattered to all of them. Days turned into weeks, and then a month. Then two. It had been two month and 6 days since I had left the castle. I was sad and lonely, but not as much as I had thought I would be. Now the kids in the pictures and Penelope would have moved into the castle, she would have explained all of this to them and they would all be living happily together, without me. I had thought about going back a few times, but word from Cyllic never came so I just let it be. I was expendable and that was a fact now. I had found a really good place in this realm. Flowers, a lake and I even built a small stable for me to sleep in. Another two days passed when I heard the flapping of Alex's wings. “CHILD?!” I heard mothers voice over the trees and Fathers shortly after. To be fair they were not my parents by DNA but by choice. I went out of the stable and into the clearing, Alex got a whiff of me and turned his massive body around, he landed the only place he could. In the lake. Mother and father got off him and went to me with a massive hug. “We have been looking everywhere for you child, look at you” mother said while she hugged me. I hugged her back. Father was standing still a little behind her, I knew what was coming, the lecturing of my behavior, like always their only fault was that they did not believe that there was any fault in what Liam ever did. “Son,” He said. I bowed to show my respect. “WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!” Alex had shifted and was coming out of the lake, totally drenched. He was angry and the water literally was vaporizing his warm, angry skin. “Are you done with the mating?” I asked, colder than I thought. Alex was taken aback with my words. “No!” He said, angry “She left the same day you did” I was surprised to be honest. “Why?” I was confused, she had no reason whatsoever to leave them. Alex was still. Mother came to the rescue. “Cyllic filled us in.” I just looked at her. “mind filling me in too?” I asked, she smiled and grabbed my hand. “Only if you come home” She was smiling, but was sad too. “Sure” i said.
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When arriving home, we went to the office. Cyllic, Liam and gabe were sitting there, slumped over, mother probably mindlinked them to tell them we were coming home. Cyllic got up and went for Alex and I. Alex got a hug first. while they hugged I went and stood up against the wall by the books. “This is how you treat your mate after he has been gone for 3 months?” Father was fuming, he was never a man to raise his voice and this was not one of those times where he did. Liam looked at me, not entirely sure what the emotions he was having were, but he was at least not angry. “This is why your mother will not talk to you Liam” I was stumped. I looked at my mother, she was not even acknowledging him being in the room. “I am so disappointed in the two of you, taking the mating and marking from someone imprinted is incredibly painful.” He was lecturing both Liam and Gabe, as astonished that I was about this, I was still confused about where TJ was. “Where is TJ? and Curt?” I asked our into the room. TJ was probably crying somewhere, he hated when we fought, always thinking it was his fault, Curt had a more detached life from us, so he probably came home when all the drama was over. When it rarely was. “TJ went with Penelope.” Mother said. I just nodded. “Can we get this over with? I kinda liked my new home” I said, my mates all whipping their heads my way, “what?” Alex said. “Yes, peace and quiet, only me and myself to think about. Nice for a change” I said, I was not lying. I knew there was a chance that it would hurt them, but I was mostly certain that the only thing actually hurting these dominants was the fact that they were not respected and needed every second of every day. “Child” mother said as she walked over to me. “Mother, you said you would fill me in when we were at home, now is the time” I said. She looked at me and gently smiled. As she told me what had happened after I had left the castle, I was partly happy that she had decided that I was worth the effort but also sad that she decided to take TJ with her. To my knowledge, TJ had not marked her yet, but they could have mated a few times without me knowing it. “So son,” Father said as he sat down in the office chair. “So what?” I was confused. “You going to forgive these stupid sons of mine?” He looked at all 4 of my mates, “you know it's hard to forgive someone, when they don't even feel like they are at fault, or not present” I said, father nodded in agreement. “But I might just take her up on her suggestion, that I go to her.” I said, remembering her house, the smells and the feel I got when I was there. “Father, you said 3 months but it has only been 2” I said, he looked at me. “Rounding up son” I smiled at his answer. “2 months 8 days and 4 hours” Liam said from the couch. “The longest time you have ever been apart from us” Gabe continued. “Want me to feel special when you remember the date and time I left?” I was sarcastic “No, just letting you know, if you didn't keep track” Gabe said, I smiled at him. “Oh, I have been keeping track. 2 moths 8 days and 4 hour you did not come looking for me” Alex tensed up. “Or should I say forget me, not care about me.” I looked around the room. “No that would be waaaaay longer than that now wouldn't it?” I was pushing it and I knew it. Liam was tensing his shoulder and hands, keeping King from coming out. “Probably only came now because the marks are starting to fade” I said loud enough to really tick off Liam. But to my surprise nothing happened. “Child. You knew about the markings fading?” Mother asked. “No, but even a non dominant i***t like myself knows how long it takes for the half marking to turn into no marking.” She looked at me confused. “I only just now knew that she had gone home, but because for some weird reason that the bond between her and myself never broke, I can tell that she has no more marks on her body and she has not giving out any marks either.” I took a deep breath. “Guess my little mare has more of a heart than the rest of my mates, that could clearly care less about the pain and suffering I was in.” Alex left the room, he was crying Cyllic went to the window and opened it. Gabe looked at me angry, hurt and disappointed. Those were the emotions his face showed. “you think we don't care?” Liam asked. I just nodded. “never really did, did you?” He stood up, went to stand in front of me. “Can you feel them? my emotions towards you?” He was calm, and even though I could feel the emotions, love, sadness, loneliness and longing from him. “Does not mean those emotions are there because of me Liam” He took a step back chok all over his face. “You could have those feelings for TJ or for Alex that just left, but I will bet my money that they are actually for the only mate that could ever give you an heir.” He was shocked, he stumbled back. “You don't believe me?” He choked out. I smiled. “Sure I do, just like I believed that you would never intentionally hurt me, or cause me heartbreak.” a tear ran down his cheek. “I have always been the last for you and Gabe to come to.” This was my chance to get everything off my chest. “You never let me take you, you never have time when I want time with you” I was looking between the both of them. “You would never admit it, but the fact that I am not dominant in your head means I am weak, and there is no chance that any of my mates would ever let me be the one in full control, even if I was the giver. Ever!” I said, Alex was back in the room, confused and contemplating my words. “Funny right, 1131 years, and my p***s has yet to be inside my mates without them giving me promision” The room was silent, Cyllic was more confused than anyone. “That can't be true, '' Father said from the side lines. “Tell me that, it is not true” He looked at his son with disgust and distaste. “Dad” the word Liam would say when he knew he had f****d up, but did not know how to appoligize. “No!” Father yelled, and yes yelled. He was angry, fuming. And for once in my life, someone was standing up for me. Well maybe twice, Penelope had done it once. I think. “Have I raised you to look down upon you mate like that?” Liam was looking at his mother for help, but she was not even admitting he was in the room. Gabe was stumped, probably thinking about all the times we had been intimate. “Ty” Gabe said, he walked over and tried taking my hands in his, but I was not going to let the freaking matebond help his ass out of this mess he had created. “What?” I asked cold as I walked past him toward the door that I was clearly going through in a matter of minutes. “Why didn't you tell us?” I was actually confused about his question and before I even had the chance to answer mother stood up for me. “Why in god's given name, would he have to tell you that you have not given him your ass in submission. How many years have you all been together?” I was looking at my mother, she was right there was no reason to tell them that I had never been the one to be in control, they should have known. The room was silent. Alex came up to me. “I'm sorry , stud” He said in a sweet and hurt voice. “Too little too late.” I said, he was taken aback by my words. “Please don't leave” Cyllic said, he was breathing heavily and was having what looked like a breakdown. “Why?” I asked him. Cyllic looked at me. “You always got your way Cyllic.” He was confused. “Whenever both of us were having a hard time, you were always in the front to be taken care of, I would have to wait to get attention from my mates.” Liam and Gabe looked at me. “I know you had a hard time with the fact that you could have chosen to be a female instead of male, but I myself was working through some things, but the difference being” I walked over to Cyllic, the small man standing in front of me. “My size made a difference, for some reason I was more capable of going through it on my own then you, because I am bigger, stronger and tougher than you.” He was getting smaller and smaller with every word I said. “The first time someone actually paid full attention to me was when I went and picked up Penelope, and told her my story.” As I looked Cyllic in the eyes, someone was behind me. “Sorry Ty” I turned around.
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