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“These yours?” Darius asks Kalen, who nods slowly. Tobias looks over Darius' shoulder, and Darius hands the foil packet and box to Tobias.
“There for depression,” Kalen blurts. Darius raises an eyebrow at him but turns his gaze to Lycus. “You and I will talk later,” he spoke firmly to Lycus.
“He needs these?” Tobias asked Lycus, who nodded once.
“How, these are aren’t-”
“Later, Tobias, just send someone to get him more,” Darius cut Tobias off. All of them look at Kalen, who stared back, confused, worried they would reject him because he had a mental illness. “Come on, let's go home,” Darius said, offering a hand to Lycus.
“You will let us stay with you?” Lycus asks, a little shocked but accepts Darius hand, allowing him to pull him to his feet.
“Well, I won’t have my mates living in a park. Now, hurry up, or I am going to be late,” Darius said, checking his watch.
“Don’t leave him waiting. You piss him off, he is insufferable. He can hold a grudge like he bloody invented the word,” Tobias said, clicking his fingers at Kalen, Lycus, however, reaches down, gripping Kalen’s arm and hauling him to his feet.
After that day, Darius took them in, provided them with everything they ever needed or wanted, and looked after them despite his father clashing with Lycus constantly. Lycus hated Darius' father because he was controlling and abused his power, or he would constantly bully not only his son but Kalen. Yet, Darius was always quick to get on Lycus’ side, which often turned into a power battle. Darius barely won against his father, no matter how much he copped a beating in the arena that I now recognized was the outdoor obstacle course, though back then it was a simple training arena. Yet one thing always confused Kalen and Lycus, and that was how his father had magic without his mate.
Darius’ father hated Kalen and saw him as a weakness, proven when Kalen nearly got them all killed in an ambush. He ran after Lycus thinking he was hurt, but he was being the bait. It almost cost them all their lives when Kalen alerted everyone to their location. It was declared after that night that Kalen wouldn’t go on the scout teams. He would remain home in the castle, which just added to his depression until Darius handed him a tablet one day.
“What’s this?” Kalen asked, looking up at him.
“The school opened up a buddy system. Lycus said you were bored.”
“You’re lying,” Kalen accused, observing Darius’ aura. Darius laughed and nodded.
“Yes, I am. Tobias opened up a buddy system at the school, made it mandatory, and you have been assigned a friend to talk to, so you have someone outside this room to speak with when we aren’t here,” Darius said, kneeling between Kalen’s legs. He handed the tablet to Kalen, and Kalen took it from him curiously.
“Lycus won’t like me talking to random people,” Kalen told him.
“This one he approves of,” Darius told him.
“What would I say, though? I don’t do anything. I am useless,” Kalen said, hanging his head in shame. Darius growled.
“Don’t speak like that. Don’t listen to the shit my father spouts about, but talk to her. She is waiting for a response. The school logged her in this morning. She will be waiting to speak with you.”
“It’s a girl? I can’t speak to a girl,” Kalen said, handing back the tablet.
“You can because she is our keeper and our mate. You can’t hide from her now, can you?” Darius laughed, and Kalen bit his lips nervously.
“You think she will want to speak with me?”
“She has no choice but, yes, Kalen. You are worthy of your mates, of her, or the fates wouldn’t have given her to us,” Darius told him. Kalen sighed when Darius spoke again.
“No names. You must not tell her who you are. That is the rule of the school, not ours, by the way.” Darius nodded, and Kalen unlocked the tablet.
“I thought you said no names,” Kalen asked, staring at the pen name. “You told her yours.” Kalen laughed.
Darius smiled slyly. “No, I didn’t.”
“THIARW is Wraith spelled backward, definitely your name,” Kalen laughed.
“Our name. You are a Wraith now, too,” Darius told him.
“What?”
“We all have to take a name, so what better name than to take the name of the next Demonic King? No one will dare touch you when you share my name,” Darius told him. Kalen sniffled and nodded, his thumb brushing over the tablet. Darius turned to leave his room when Kalen spoke.
“Darius?” he called out. Darius stopped and turned to look at him.
