Chapter 27 - HIS PAST

Clyde Nielsen Eight years old. When all of the kids my age loves to play, I love to listen to people. I found them intriguing, so I always hang out with my grandfather instead of Christopher and Christina. Christopher was thirteen, and Christina was ten years old. When they were my age, they played around with other kids. That's why almost everyone said I'm very different from my siblings. I was born to rule. I was smart, poised, good with people, and listened to them. I love hearing their thoughts and trying to solve their problems inside my head. I talked to my grandfather a lot. He shared his thought process with me and taught me how to view the world differently. That's when he saw that I had the potential to be King. King Nikolas Nielsen was a great king, and he told me that he saw himself in me and wanted me to get the throne instead of Christopher. From his perspective, Christopher was not a good kid to begin with. He has terrible anger issues that he would scream at the guards and the maids for not doing something right. He's also not interested in learning, and he has zero knowledge. Christopher also loves to make bad decisions, but he's my father's favorite. Everyone has a favorite. I was my grandfather's, Christopher was my father's, and Christian was my mother's. Ever since I was a kid, my parents never liked me that much for some reason. When I asked them, they told me that I was overreacting. I never asked again because their answer was enough for me. My first downfall was when my grandfather told all of his friends about his thoughts about me going for the throne. He promised me that I would get it. He promised me a lot of things but never really fulfilled them all. Many people promised me things when they heard I would go for the throne, not Christopher. My father heard from his friend about it, and he hated me more since then. He was mad at my grandfather, but he couldn't do anything except fix Christopher to be a potential King. They started to treat me like I was the black sheep of the family. They started talking badly about me behind my back, causing me to not trust anyone in the house anymore. My grandfather confronted my parents about their treatment of me and threatened to give me the throne for real. Christopher overheard it. He's out to kill me. He swore that he would kill me one day, and that's when my grandfather knew that Christopher would do it for real. That's why he sent me to London when I was ten. He reconnect his relationship with his old friend named, Gerald Morris. He asked me if I wanted to meet his granddaughter so I could make friends, but I refused. A year later, I met Luna. She's weird because she's fascinated by little things like butterflies, flowers, and beautiful skies. She's so bubbly that it annoys me. I hated her at first, but she's the only person that never broke her promise. She's always there for me even though I was mean to her. After a year of spending almost every day with her, my attachment was so big that I couldn't even handle not seeing her for a day. I always forget my hardships at home when I'm with her. Then Christopher turned crazy. The reason is that I skipped two grades because I was so smart, and there are rumors about me wanting to steal the throne from him. He started to plot my dead at an early age. I knew he wanted me dead. I could see through him for it. People thought Christopher was experiencing adolescence by constantly getting mad at me. I was hanging out with Luna by going out to an art gallery, promising her that I would take her on more fun trips when I was called to Denmark. On my way to the airport, someone crashed their car into mine, my right arm broke, and I fractured my leg. I was treated back home in Denmark when I overheard Christopher plotting my dead and swore that he would kill everyone around me, including my grandfather and Luna. I was furious hearing it, so before it could happen, I was the one who gave him a lesson by pushing him off his horse, causing him to break his right arms and legs. That's where my climax downfall was. Everyone hated me and turned their heads away. My grandfather asked me why I did it, but I never answered. Something within me darkened that day, and I swore I wouldn't see Luna again until everything settled. Christopher was so mad that he almost stabbed me with a knife at dinner. Everyone witnessed it, but my parents said it was my fault that I triggered Christopher's anger. He's a psychopath. I never went back to London. That was my biggest regret, and I only wrote her a letter breaking her heart by saying all the opposite things I felt about her. I regretted meeting her, which was far from the truth. I did it because I didn't want her to be in trouble because of me. She's the last person I want to hurt, but I don't have any other choice. If I tell her the truth, she won't care and will keep seeing me. I don't want to risk that. For two years, I kept having a cold war with my brother. We both hurt each other to the point when we had knives in each other's throats. Then I decided to abdicate, and I swore I'd be more powerful than him. I went to Seattle and got involved with the mafia at 18 because I wanted that connection so bad that I was ready to risk it all. Christopher had been tailing me for years and decided to come to Seattle to kill me. Asher and Kayden saw it. If it weren't for them, I would have died that day. I was losing so much blood that I broke my shoulder and arm, and my left jaw was dislocated. I swore to Kayden and Asher to serve them, but they made me The Bloodhounds member after seeing my potential. I didn't disappoint them at all. Now, they're my only friends and the people that I trust. They never once betrayed me or disappointed me. One thing that made me feel secure when I was with them as they never let me see Christopher. They might not be related to me by blood, but we're stronger than blood.