“Is that a request from my long lost brother or an order from the King?” Lysander asked coldly.
Evan sighed at the tone, kinda used to people talking to him like that… Mainly vampires. ”Trust me on this, fréro, you’ll know when I’m talking to you as the King.”
Tyler looked at betty with a slight look of fear
Henry carefully walked over to Lysander and put his hands on Lysander's shoulders. ”With all due respect, sir. You two may have the same human parents, but I’ve known Ly for over three centuries.” he said calmly to Evan. ”If you’ll excuse us for a moment, we're going to talk outside.”
Evan shook his head. ”No, Henry. I appreciate you trying to help but I want him to tell me himself.”
Betty put her hand on Evan´s shoulder ¨Evan, Maybe you shouldnt…¨
Evan smiled softly at Betty and put his hand on top of hers. ”Don’t worry, princess. He won't hurt me.”
”Don’t bet on it.” Lysander hissed through clenched teeth.
”Ly, I swear, if you don't calm down… I’m going to throw you in the lake.” Henry warned.
¨Evan I´m Serous Maybe you should drop it¨ she said.
Evan raised a brow at her insistence… but nodded with a soft sigh. ”Alright. I will but only because I don't want our truce to have a rough start.”
Lysander let out a breath but could not seem to calm down this time. He was too confused, too upset.
Henry groaned and picked up his adopted brother. ”We’ll be right back.” he promised Betty before fulfilling his earlier threat.
" woah woah no there's vervain in that lake but him down" she said
Henry blinked in surprise and turned to face Betty. ”Are you serious? Why would there be poison in the lake?”
”Henry, just put me down.” Lysander groaned.
¨Because theres a water outbreak humans think it would be safer¨ she said glancing at Evan
Evan raised a brow at her explanation. ”Do you mean that humans may attempt to kill us again?” he asked.
¨It´s very possible ¨ she said ¨But one thing at a time we need to solve this feud¨ she said.
Evan nodded. ”You’re right. It's just odd that humans know about vervain. Normally, we don't mention it.” he explained before looking at Lysander.
As Henry reluctantly put him down, Lysander refused to look at Evan. ”It’s nothing.” he said, his tone still a bit heated. ”If this truce is going to work out… Then I'm just going to have to get used to it.”
It finally clicked in her head Lysander was jealous
Evan seemed to reach the same realization. ”That’s what's bothering you? That I kissed Betty?” he asked incredulously.
”How would you feel if you found your Eternal and saw her kissing someone else?” Lysander growled back.
Betty sighed she was going to say something but decided against it
Evan rolled his eyes. ”You’re being childish, fréro. Me and Betty have known each other since she was in high school and just now wasn't the first time I've kissed her.” he pointed out. ”Honestly, do you know how many relationships she's had? Does she know how many you’ve had?”
Lysander’s eyes flashed red. ”Shut up.” he almost snarled.
Betty looked at Evan in shock then at Tyler.
Henry stepped in front of Lysander. ”Ok. That one was crossing the line a little.” he said to Evan. ”Look, Evan, can I call you Evan? I don't know how you turned but since I spent all that time with him after you bit him, I’m pretty sure I know Ly better than you do. So I'm going to give you this one warning; Don't bring that up. With very few exceptions, we don't talk about ex’s since most of them have tried to kill us.”
Betty clenched her hands into tight fists her fingernails cutting the skin and drawing blood
Lysander looked at Henry in confusion as he picked up on what he’d just said. ”He bit me?”
”Oh, sh1+.” Henry muttered while Evan glared at him.
”You and Charles always told me that Charles turned me.” Lysander accused.
¨Ly …¨ Betty said.
Henry sighed and turned to Lysander. ”I’m sorry, Ly. He told us not to mention him, to say that the old man turned you.” he explained.
”How would he have been able to influence Charles?” Lysander demanded.
”I ran away when I was a kid.” Evan explained. ”It didn't take long for the previous King to find me. Then he took me to an Oracle who said I would inherit that position.” he sighed. ”I grew up preparing to be the next King. Once I finally turned I already knew a lot of my abilities, that's when I wiped your memories of me but I didn't expect you to end up nearly dead because of that harlot!”
Betty ran a hand through her hair " oh my- " she stopped herself
”What other choice did I have?” Evan pointed out. ”You’re my brother, I couldn't just let you die back then. But I couldn't bring you back with me.”
”So you turned me into a monster and dropped me off with Charles like an unwanted child.” Lysander spat. ”I left Charles and ran back home. A month later, I killed mom and dad because of what… you made me.”