Hellbound With You

For a while, Lucas was speechless. Not because Alexander's reasoning had made a lot of sense, but because he never would have thought Alexander could actually think through such complex scenarios like this. Lucas had forgotten that this man, according to what he found out, was once a prince who had burned kingdoms down even when he still did not have the power of the dragon. This man had been nothing but a troublemaker since he met him, doing whatever he wanted without thinking. That was why his thoughts right now shocked Lucas.

If what Alex said was true then, he actually managed to beat Prince Ezekiel at his own game! Which was such an unbelievable feat!

Alexander let out a big sigh again but there was a huge smirk flashing across his face. Now what was he smiling so wide about? Is it because of him beating Ezekiel at his own game?

"Zeke in love is cute, don't you think so, Lucas?" he asked playfully, causing Lucas to blink. "Ah… at long last… our Zeke is finally in love. I was waiting so long for this day to happen, haha! I didn't think it'd happen this soon though."

Lucas could only watch on speechlessly as Alex chuckled at his prince's predicament.

"You should've heard what he said just now, Lucas." he added, then his expression turned so serious as he re-enacted what the prince had supposedly said. "Who allowed you to attempt to touch my woman? Touch her and you'll die! Damn… I should've recorded that. I can't just let Zeke leave us forever. I still need to tease him about this for as many more years as possible." And he chuckled again.

Lucas was dumbfounded. Really? His Highness said that? He really called Alicia his woman?!! Wait… but why was it that Alex too, was focussing on this just so he could tease and poke fun at his lord? He sweat-dropped as he thought on how weird the friends and company Ezekiel kept.

However, thinking back to what Alex said, imagining it was so hard that Lucas wished he too could have seen it. He too had been hoping that Ezekiel would also find someone that could melt his ice-cold heart one day. He wanted the prince to live a happy life too and that he genuinely wished for such a woman to arrive soon.

He had been wondering about Alicia since the first day Ezekiel introduced her to him. Somehow, he had a feeling back then that Alicia was not just another woman to Ezekiel. Now it seems that his gut feeling was right? Wait… this was not the time for them to be thinking about the prince's romance! There were more important matters to deal with first!

"But… can we even stop him? I mean, His Highness from leaving?" Lucas' face became serious and so was Alexander's. "He seems to have decided and set his will in stone. He's hellbent on reaching his goal. I have a feeling that no matter what we do, we might still not be able to stop him." Lucas added in a sad tone.

"Well, stopping Zeke is in fact… impossible." Alexander said as though he had always known that it was a known fact. And somehow, this man saying that only made Lucas feel even more downhearted.

"But sometimes, the impossible does happen. That is what you call a miracle! And now that he's finally in love, I bet that anything can happen." Alexander continued, causing Lucas' face to lighten up. That was right. The impossible happened too when this troublemaker found the love of his life. Now he was already a father of a pair of twins and a civilized creature! Well… somewhat civilized.

"Right." Lucas nodded multiple times like an old man. Then he tilted his head as if something was bothering him. "But Alexander… you said, His Highness expected us to help him… does this mean that he'd come to us anytime for help or something if maybe he gets cornered again?"

"He might have actually been planning to have me take him and Alicia to hide out at my house. He knew that my wife would no doubt protect Alicia as they are close friends. And with Abi, she'd never let anyone harm her friend or let her disappear. But after his plan failed, he might not consider coming to me again… or you for that matter."

"But what if he did come to us?"

"Let's not help him." Alex's quick response stunned Lucas.

Lucas looked down. "I'm not sure if I can stand my ground and not offer my help if he suddenly appears before me."

"I want Zeke to be pushed to the very edge. Because I want him to do something to solve this. I want him to find a solution where he does not need to choose to leave us, nor should he abandon his woman. I know that he must be already trying hard but… only he can find a solution for this. Sometimes, a person can do the impossible when he's left without a choice and being pushed to the brink of desperation. And this is Zeke… so perhaps, he could find a way. We just need to push him harder into a desperate state. That guy had never been in a desperate enough situation for hundreds of years, never been that weak… I bet he might have long forgotten what desperation and weakness felt until now."

"I understand." Lucas said as he nodded, and Alex pushed himself off the van.

"Alright, I'm leaving all these to you, ginger head. See yah –"

"Wait, Alexander. One more question. What if something happens and Alicia disappears?"

"Ah, that… well, if that happens then prepare for chaos and doom."

"W-what?" Lucas tripped and almost fell to the ground before righting himself up suddenly.

Alex chuckled at Lucas' reaction and waved his hand at the man. "You don't need to worry about Alicia, Lucas. Zeke will never let anything happen to her. That's the one thing I'm more than certain about."