53- The Vicious Leaders

'Like you are treated as an outcast, Sebastian?" Turning our heads, we saw Nathaniel with his hands cuffed, in his usual attire. The black shirt with matching trouser and waistcoat accompanied with his gloves. His sleeves rolled to the elbow perfectly with a plague doctor's mask in his hand indicating- He lived as the Plague Doctor and shall die as one. 'You only have five minutes." The officer said, motioning to him to go inside. Nathaniel was glaring at me and replied, 'I only need two." 'Nathaniel." I smirked, turning to him when he took slow steps towards me. Oh, look how he burned at the humiliation of his beloved. 'Honestly, dignity doesn't suit the man who is nothing without his family hierarchy or perhaps you love being a misogynist pig?" Nathaniel mocked, smirking darkly at me to which I smirked back and retorted. 'Does it hurt to know your wife's reality? I merely told her what she is." I shrugged calmly but the vile smirk stayed to find Nathaniel pissed. 'But the fact remains she is Zariah Alroy. My wife." Sufiyan smirked at the tension Nathaniel created in a heartbeat and stood up. Tsk, assholes enjoying the moment. Standing beside Zaviyaar as they both were indulging in the heat collecting between us two followed by a competition of supremacy. 'And if another word escaped your lips against her, I wouldn't mind dragging another soul to hell with me." Nathaniel threatened me openly, outraged to find anyone taunting her. 'Doesn't sound good when your breaths are limited." I scoffed, reminding him he was going to die. Folding my arms and rolling my eyes off to consider his threat a fatuous enunciation. 'My breaths don't matter. Whether I live or not, my reign will never die." Nathaniel retorted, recalling the authority he had managed to hold, pissing me off. Authority he had gained was supreme. Taking another step closer, Nathaniel glared directly into my eyes, announcing. 'And I am warning you, Sebastian, If you were found anywhere near my wife, You better consider it a war then." All of us were taken aback at the augmenting tension. We didn't expect Nathaniel to openly challenge me for the sake of the person he ruined himself but amid this a question arose in my heart- Would I do the same for Eileen? Am I going to hold this level of sincerity for Eileen? 'You know you are going to die, Nathaniel, don't you?" I laughed, mocking him, not taking a single word seriously. 'Will my people too? Will the terror my people induce too? What can it alter?" Nathaniel arched a brow which died my laughter as we both were scowling at each other. Making him my enemy was equal to causing destruction. I didn't want to admit but his reign was stronger than mine. 'What an amazing view." Zaviyaar whispered with a chuckle, outraging me. 'Agreed." Sufiyan nodded, enjoying the show to the fullest. 'Then tell her to never cross her path with mine ever again or else I will grant her the honor to die by my very hands." I threatened, glaring at Zariah for a second, I would never join hands with her. Never. 'Zariah." Nathaniel's supreme voice came, not looking at his woman and honestly I could understand why. If he looked at her, his heart would melt. Same thing happened to me with Eileen too. If would stop if he looked at her so he didn't. 'Huh? Y-Yes?" How she stammered before Nathaniel or else we all know what a demon she is. A fucking human killing machine. 'You heard the man." Nathaniel said coldly, taking a step back, reminding Zariah to never cross her path with mine ever again. 'This feels off, don't you think, Zaviyaar?" Sufiyan whispered, narrowing his eyes in suspicion which I felt too. There was something wrong. Nathaniel was plotting something. 'Hmm. How can he openly say this?" Zaviyaaar nodded, noticing a strange aura in the air we were unable to encrypt. 'I have a bad feeling about it." Sufiyan breathed out, suspicious about Nathaniel now. 'Na-" Zariah was about to call him but I mocked her, 'I will look forward to the day you will beg me to grant you power." 'Tsk." Scoffing, she walked towards Nathaniel who turned his back on her to leave forever, taking her beats, her existence along with him. He was leaving forever and she couldn't bear but upon seeing them I couldn't help but to think about Eileen. Would her eyes look at me with the same desperation if I ever left? 'Nathaniel." Calling him desperately, she held his one with her freezing, weak ones. He noticed the tremble of her hand but stood stoic, unable to lift his gaze to link with her desperate ones. And I witnessed another couple falling into misery before my very eyes. 'Look at me, please." She begged him in a whisper, lowering her head and resting it on his shoulder, refusing to let him go. A dead silence dispersed in the room followed by the sound of her aching wails, wetting his shoulder by her tears, crying by her one request. The emotionless Crazy Zariah broke before the Aces. Nothing but Nathaniel mattered to her at this point. 'Please don't hate me, Nathaniel. Please don't hate me." Closing his eyes, he whispered coldly, 'I don't." Would you do the same for me, Eileen? 'Time's up." The officer called, motioning Nathaniel to come after him. Zariah refused to let him, sobbing faintly, shaking her head in denial. She couldn't let him go but then- Since when letting go of the person you love was easy? 'Zariah." Sufiyan called her, holding her shoulder but she didn't flinch. 'Let him go." 'It is time you should let him go." Sufiyan whispered, tightly holding to rip her off from Nathaniel. Closing her eyes, she fell on Sufiyan's chest, hiding her face and crying softly. Nathaniel glanced over his shoulder, looking at Sufiyan for a second who was holding Zariah by her shoulders, allowing her to wail silently in his chest. They didn't say anything, only an exchange of glances and Nathaniel walked away, leaving her domain forever. This sight unwillingly made my heart clench. When did I become this soft? 'Allow the one you love to leave is not for a weak heart, right Sufiyan? You understand her situation more than any of us." Zaviyaar smirked from behind. Sufiyan scoffed and rubbed her back to help her calm down. 'Do you think your wife would be mournful like her?" Zaviyaar teased, smirking at me, asking what I didn't want to hear. I glared at Zaviyaar for asking this. 'Never. She would definitely be grateful." Sufiyan scoffed from behind, giving Zariah some water to calm down. No, she would break too… she loves me after all… I remained silent, not bothering to react until Zaviyaar called, 'Oh, it's starting." 'Attention, People!" The jailer walked forward as the amount of people who gathered there were numerous while the man with a plague doctor's mask stood. 'This man right there is the Plague Doctor! The head of the underworld, the affliction of our peaceful home. He is the reason for our miserable lives." 'Tsk, liars." I scoffed to find how the cops were praising themselves while in reality he surrendered himself. 'Let the execution begin!" With an enunciation, Zariah stood up and was about to leave but Sufiyan held her. 'Let me go, Sufiyan." She hissed with tears recollecting in her eyes again. She was unable to bear it. I looked out of the window with pure excitement but soon my indulgence faded in a mere moment. With a grimace, I walked away, leaving them alone, 'Tsk, what a waste." I knew something was wrong.