Chapter 165 - 164

Kai hadn't really thought about it. BloodBound was like an open wound for him, the red sun a bright beacon in his nightmares. As he heard Philip tell him he would leave he realized this city was not the one he should be anymore. 

Distance, that's what they needed from each other and possibly the thought of never seeing each other again. There was no city though, no country that wouldn't tempt the lovestruck prince to simply go out into every forest and search for him at some point.

That's why he believed he should imprison himself. Put a stop to the madness he called his love and return back to where he came from, hide behind the pretty tapestries and the heavy curtains. His room, the soft sheets and the people all around him would help him forget. 

The prince had spent two hundred years in the world of humans and hadn't loved not even a second of it. BloodBound was the only option at the moment. Even if he would have to face his mother, his father and everyone he grew up hating it was the only place that would keep him there, the only city in this wretched world where Philip would not be able to enter and once he stepped in, Kai himself would not be able to step out.

The werewolf seemed to be shocked, his anger subsiding as he processed Kai's words. He was not expecting this. The truth was that the werewolf was waiting for the blond man to beg, ask him not to leave, tell him everything that happened but as it seemed he had been wrong with everything. Kai would not utter a word about what happened and on top of that he was going to leave.

"What do you mean you're going back? What about the Bloody People, isn't their organization on BloodBound?" Philip asked him, visibly concerned for his safety.

"My family will protect me. I will be fine. Don't worry about me."

"I am not worried about you. I just can't believe how stupid you are! Just to get away from me? Is that it? You can't stand me, after you used me, after I put my life on the line for you and you got rid of someone that was after you you're just going to leave."

"It's not like that!" Kai shouted, his body getting tense. It was as if Philip was pushing him, step by step the prince felt as if he was getting closer to a sharp cliff, his back turned to chaos. One more word, one more accusation and the man felt like he would slip, lose all self control and ruin everything. 

"It is like that. Exactly like that. You're a user, a manipulator. The fact that you're running away once again proves it."

"Stop!" Kai screamed. His tears were set free once more. Staining his beautiful face as he talked to the werewolf. "You have no idea. You know nothing of the things I went through just because I ended up falling in love with you!" The prince told him, raising his arm and pointing an angry finger at him. "I got whipped, I got kidnapped, I got fucking tortured all because…" he started saying when another coughing fit made his lungs burn. He took a few steps back, blood dots falling on the floor and Philip focused on them with his eyes. He didn't say anything, he didn't know how to respond. He was the one being wronged, he was the one that had been tricked so why was Kai trying to end up being the victim here? Philip closed his eyes, a deep breath getting in his body through his nostrils as he tried to calm down. It was the first time he felt like his veins were burning, his blood was on fire as he looked at the blond prince. He was crying while blaming him, while talking about things he didn't know.

"You don't love me." Philip uttered and the next instant he regretted it. Kai's expression was enough for him to realize that he had just stepped over an invisible line. The vampire stood stunned, completely frozen when the sound of Philip's words reached his ears and the words made sense.

"You are a fucking idiot." The prince said, rushing towards the door. He violently grabbed the handle, opening it wide and showing him the corridor. "I am sorry, you have no idea how sorry I am but this...I won't stand it. I can't, it hurts too much. Go back to the forest, it's fine, I will go back home. It is better this way, we were never meant to be after all." The prince announced. 

The werewolf stood there. He did not expect things to go this way. He felt angry, he wanted to fight and tell Kai everything he was thinking but from the first moment things went completely wrong. Kai was crying, he was talking about things that didn't make sense and had announced that he was leaving, far away to a place he wouldn't be able to reach him. After everything, after all the things he had found out about the past the thought still hurt, the idea of him being out of reach made his chest tighten and he hated himself for feeling this way. He was supposed to be angered, mad, confront him but now all he wanted was to beg him to let him stay. His face fell, the feelings of disappointment having locked restraints on his wrists and ankles.

"Get out. Please" Kai said and Philip looked at him. There were no signs of anger in his face anymore, it was almost as if the roles were reversed. "Get out!" He repeated. 

Philip began moving, heading towards the opened door and stopping right in front of Kai.t

Their eyes met for a few moments, a deadly silence between them, the prince gripping on the handle so tightly it deformed in his palm but no one paid attention to that, no one cared.

"I wish I never met you" Philip told Kai. 

Those were the last words they were going to say to each other for a while.