Chapter 6: Two Marriages Part 2

"Daniel, Eliza," said Almero as he came down the stairs of the hall room. He had come down looking for the source of the hullabaloo.

Both looked at Almero.

"Not the circumstances we thought we will see you again, but now please ask your son to let my son go because it is his wedding in two hours," said Eliza.

"Your son?" asked Almero and looked at Dylan.

He then looked at Zenon who was furious.

"You know the family is an exception, Zenon," said Almero.

"I did not know he is family until now," said Zenon.

"See why I always tell you to pay more attention to details," said Almero as he turned and looked back at Daniel and Eliza.

"I - sit down both of you," said Almero and sat down himself. Eliza and Daniel followed. Zenon was silent. Dylan was looking at Zenon.

"It hurts," said Dylan slowly and only Zenon could hear it. Zenon looked at him and realised he was gripping Dylan's hand rather tightly. The area looked red and Zenon let go. He looked at Dylan and back at his uncles as they said their story to his dad. He also listened. It was intriguing indeed.

But his fury and anger were simmering. The thought of Damon winning this kind of felt like a big hit on him but he was not going to go against his family. The first thing he learned from Almero was about how important family is.

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Dylan was not sure if he should be angry at Zenon. He is family and no matter what issues were there between him and Damon, it won't change. He cannot hate his family. Be it, Zenon or Damon.

Then he heard people rushing in and saw Damon and his family at the door. Damon was glaring at Zenon.

"You fucking asshole, you dared to-" started Damon and they were fighting physically. Dylan almost cried seeing them fight. He tried to pull them apart along with their parents.

"It is both of your fight that brought us to this situation. Now kindly shut up," said Almero and both Zenon and Damon stopped the fight but did not stop glaring at each other.

Dylan took the tissue and wiped off the blood from Damon's cheek even though his face was twisted in fury. Zenon got even angrier seeing this but remained silent. Damon looked at Dylan. He saw the redness on Dylan's arm and caught the hand.

"How did this happen?" he asked, rather protectively.

"It is nothing," said Dylan.

Damon looked even more angrier if that was possible.

"We cannot hide this, I am sure the royalty has already heard about the kidnap and how Dylan was brought here," said Melissa worried as she looked at the other parents all who nodded in agreement.

"Leave us to discuss this further and you are not supposed to fight," said Candice almost like grounding them as she closed the door to the main hall.

Damon glared at Zenon.

"You gush over him like you have known him all your life," Zenon sneered to Dylan.

Dylan flushed. He looked at Zenon.

"I have known you only for hours and you are still my family," said Dylan.

Damon was looking at Zenon with venom.

"If it was not against laws, I would kill you, you bastard," said Damon.

"Oh, you think I would have let you live that long if that was the case," sneered Zenon.

"Please don't fight," said Dylan looking at both of them pleadingly.

Both fell silent and looked in opposite directions after that.

They knew the kind of shit they were now in. The royalty would no doubt get involved if they did not find a solution on their own. Dylan was taken away on the way to the wedding which meant technically he now belonged to Zenon. However, he also belongs to Damon because of the solid marriage registration.

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"Do you think they will agree to the only obvious solution?" asked Melissa.

Almost everyone snorted.

"If they know what is good for them," said Almero.

"Are you by any chance referring to a threesome marriage because my son will not be used as the punchbag of those two kids in the body of adults," said Eliza firmly.

"There is no other way, Eli, you know what will happen otherwise. The archaic rules are still in place and aren't going to change anytime soon," said Daniel.

Eliza sighed, his eyes filled.

"Zenon and Damon can't see eye to eye. How will they survive?" asked Eliza.

"We can only hope that the three will find a way or maybe Dylan can do more than we all ever can," said Abernathy.

Almero sighed.

"I can see my son throwing a fit from here," said Almero.

"Damon is going to be mad," said Richard.

"I just hope our Dylan has the power to deal with all this," said Eliza.

They all breathed in and out to calm themselves down before Candice opened the door to let the three in.

"Take a seat," said Almero, nodding to the empty sofa.

Both Damon and Zenon sat on the extreme ends of it while Dylan sighed and sat between them.

"We hope all three of you are aware of the consequences of what just happened," said Candice.

"Well, he is the one who brought us to this stage," said Damon.

"No Damon, you made it personal first. What was the need to humiliate him? You know it is not done. It is not some child's play," said Melissa. Dylan remained silent after that.

"Kidnapping another's fiance is one of the worst things anyone can do. I hope you are aware of that Zenon," said Almero.

Zenon was silent.

"Now, Dylan, you must forgive all of us for this. To protect all of you, we think a poly marriage is the best possible solution," said Richard.

"No," said both Damon and Zenon and Dylan was speechless.

"I am not a commodity," said Dylan.

"You are not. Given the circumstances, though, the royalty could even take you away from both of them if they don't claim you and marry you to someone of the royalty's choice. They will also give long-term punishments. While Zenon had a free reign so far, this is a way too serious offence in the eye of royalty than even murders," said Almero.

"I can protect myself. No royalty will stand before me," said Zenon.

"I will kill anyone who dares," said Damon.

"It is a nice sentiment but you both are forgetting Dylan here," said Daniel.

Both looked at Dylan at that. Dylan looked like he will burst into tears at any moment.

They all fell silent at that.

A guard rushed in.

"Sir some royal councilmen are here," said the guard and all tensed up.

"Lead them in and ask them to wait in the entrance room," said Almero.

They looked at Zenon and Damon both of whom were glaring at each other.

"Is it the threesome part that is getting to you three?" asked Candice.

"No," said Damon and Zenon equally.

Dylan shook his head and said a small no.

"Then what is it?" asked Eliza.

"It is him," they pointed at each other. Even Dylan groaned at that, almost. He was way too shocked to do anything.

"So what is the decision?" asked Abernathy.

Zenon and Damon looked at Dylan who was looking anywhere but at them.

"Will you take me as your husband?" asked Zenon formally as he was supposed to. Damon did not object. There was no point.

Dylan looked at them both, in askance at Damon and then back at Zenon and nodded.

"But I have a condition," said Dylan slowly.

"What?" asked both men. Their combined harsh voice sending a chill down Dylan's spine.

"I- I want you both to get married to each other too," said Dylan.

"No way," both spluttered.

"I would rather take the punishment and face the stigma rather than be married to two men who try to kill each other. Now, please," Dylan practically begged.

There was a strange silence in the room after that.