Please get me out of this BL novel...I'm straight! novel Chapter 500

Chapter 500: ’Everything Is Under Control.’

"Your Majesty, my apologies for interrupting your time with His Highness," Lucius said, his voice carefully measured as he bowed low while stepping into the office. Heinz followed him in, the heavy wooden doors shutting with a muted thud that sealed them in.

"It’s alright," Heinz replied evenly.

On the surface, his tone was calm, but a flicker of irritation stirred beneath.

’I wanted him... just the rings against his skin, nothing else. I wanted to see him bare, adorned only with what belonged to me.’

The image burned in Heinz’s mind like a brand—Florian’s pale frame, the golden rings catching the candlelight, his expression flushed and uncertain.

A sight reserved only for him.

But Lucius had summoned him for something "urgent," and Heinz was not a man to ignore urgent matters.

Annoyance should have weighed on him, but strangely, it didn’t. He was in far too good a mood.

Tomorrow—tomorrow he would tell Florian everything.

Tomorrow, the truth would bind them together.

So, instead, Heinz crossed the room with his usual sharp grace, the dark sweep of his cloak trailing behind him. He settled into his seat, posture straight, the weight of authority rolling off him effortlessly.

His crimson eyes lifted, pinning Lucius in place with a single look.

Lucius stiffened, standing straighter as though that gaze had pulled him taut.

"Tell me," Heinz said, voice low but commanding. "What happened?"

Lucius cleared his throat, his expression grave. "There have been rogue sightings in the capital. At first it seemed minor, but reports confirm they’ve begun striking nearby villages—villages dangerously close to the Diamond Palace."

Heinz’s gaze darkened, fingers tapping once against the armrest of his chair.

’Rogues, here? That close to us?’ His voice cut through the silence like a blade. "Do you believe this is connected to the upcoming ball?"

Lucius clasped his hands behind his back, steady but firm. "Lancelot thinks it might be. With so many nobles gathered—and with royal families from other kingdoms attending—the timing is too deliberate to ignore."

"Where is Lancelot now?" Heinz asked, his crimson eyes narrowing.

"He’s already on his way to investigate, Your Majesty," Lucius replied swiftly. "And I’ve doubled the security around the palace grounds. Every patrol has been reinforced."

Heinz gave a single, sharp nod. The thought had already struck him the moment Lucius mentioned the villages.

’So it begins. Whoever is behind this knows the ball will be more than a celebration—it is a gathering of power. And Florian...’

His lips curved into a faint, humorless smile. "Do not worry. Azure will attend the ball."

Lucius blinked, visibly taken aback. "...Azure? Your Majesty, with respect—your dragon has been..." He hesitated, as though searching for the right word. "...unstable. Especially these past four days."

Well...

"I... I don’t know why Azure hasn’t been present lately," Florian began, his voice softer than usual, his head tilted down as though the words themselves weighed heavily on him.

Heinz stilled, taken aback at the sudden mention of his dragon. Azure? He hasn’t brought him up in weeks...

Florian’s fingers fidgeted with the edge of his sleeve, his shoulders drawn close. "But I’ve been starting to really miss him," he admitted, the faintest tremor in his voice. "And I was hoping... if he could be at tomorrow’s celebration? If... if that’s okay..."

Slowly, hesitantly, Florian raised his head. And then Heinz saw them—those impossibly green eyes, clear as gemstones, earnest and unguarded.

’Damn it.’

The sight nearly broke him. Heinz’s chest tightened with a fierce ache, his hand twitching at his side as every instinct screamed at him to close the distance, to seize Florian, to drown in the warmth of his lips over and over until nothing else mattered.

But he couldn’t. Not yet. Not like lit up like emeralds catching sunlight, a fragile joy sparking across his face that made Heinz’s heart pound.

"Really?" he asked, almost disbelieving, almost childlike.

"Yes," Heinz replied, the corners of his mouth softening. "Really. He’ll attend. Don’t worry."

For just a moment, the heaviness between them eased, replaced by something lighter—something dangerously tender.

Heinz cleared his throat, forcing his thoughts back to steadier ground before they betrayed him. He extended a hand toward Florian, palm up, steady and commanding yet gentle.

"Now," he said, his tone lower, smoother, "let’s go back to our room."this.

He steadied himself, forcing his voice into calm certainty. "I don’t see why not. I’m sure Azure misses you terribly as well."

The effect was instant. Florian’s eyes

’The only reason Azure was unstable was because of those memories...’ Heinz thought, exhaling slowly, the sound closer to a growl than a sigh. ’But that’s in the past now. I have my Florian. Everything is going as it should be.’

’Now what is he planning...?’ His crimson eyes narrowed sharply, dangerous heat bubbling beneath his calm expression.

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