The kings tensed further when Eltanin said that it would be his wife who has to decide and not him. They were already informed that their daughters had visited on their own, shamelessly, to the queen and talked about alliances only if they married the Draka King. It was so embarrassing that the kings weren't even able to assess the humiliation they were facing.
In order to come out of the situation, only one way was left and that was to acknowledge that their daughters were wrong.
Eridanus said, "We know that the princesses were not in their right, when they approached you to marry King Eltanin. But we apologize for them. Please be kind and release them, Queen Lusitania."
Lusitania was looking for this opportunity. She knew that these two kings were showing maximum tantrums when it came to allying with her husband. So she smiled. "I have no problem releasing them, but I have a condition. No. Two conditions."
The kings whipped their heads towards Eltanin, but he was only looking at his wife with pure admiration. They were cursing him inwardly for giving her so much freedom. However, now that the fate of their girls was in her hands, they could only listen to what she said.
"Tell me. I am all ears!" said the Aquila king immediately.
Lusitania took a deep breath. She tilted her head and stated firmly, "The first condition is that you will be extending your alliance to the Draka Kingdom unconditionally. The drafts will be drawn in which you can make minor changes, but we will be crafting the documents. The documents would be different for both of you."
He kissed her again. "Thank you, love!"
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Alphard started his journey towards the border of Hydra along with Felis. Ten units of soldiers were marching with them. Felis couldn't believe that the time had finally come when he was not only going to take Eltanin as his hostage, but also the fae girl who he would make his queen. He wanted to meet his mother first, but now that has taken a backseat.
They marched throughout the morning and afternoon. They stopped after crossing the bridge to rest the horses. Felis looked at the Eridani River and chuckled. This river kept his kingdom pretty safe.
They reached near the borders by the evening. Felis realized that no one was on the other side as Menkar had stated. This was the time he had calculated to reach the borders then how come he wasn't here. Felis thought that it would be better to encamp for the night over here and wait for a day. His calculations could be wrong. When he asked his soldiers about the previous day, as to whether anyone had already come, they said that no one had arrived.
Felis was relieved and he gave orders to his soldiers to camp there. Throughout the night, he couldn't sleep, and the main reason was that he was extremely excited. Finally, he would be able to control Eltanin's beast and only because he was going to capture the fae girl who he loved.
In the morning he got up early. He took his horse and went to the main border but there was no one much to his anger. He returned and waited because there was no other thing to do. At the same time he didn't know why his General was so quiet.
It was almost midnoon that one of his soldiers came rushing to him. Felis was having his meals in his tent.
"Your Highness!" the soldier rasped. "There is a unit of about fifty soldiers coming towards the border!"