A Night With The King

“You are joking, right? What you just said is satire, right? Because there is no way you expect me to believe what you just said, you seem to forget I know you were already pregnant before you and Lancelot got together. Are you really trying to pin the child you are carrying to him now? Is that the kind of game you decided to play?”

He asked in an offended tone.

“I am not playing any game, my child is the child of the king, I don’t have to answer your questions, the king knows and believes me and that’s all that matters to me not you, I don’t care if you believe what I say or not,”

Sophie responded and watched the crazy man start laughing, she didn’t see anything that she said that was funny and making him laugh but she just stood there and watched him laugh his heart out, after a while, he stopped and glared at her.

“You told Lancelot that the child you carry belongs to him and he believed you? What bull crap are you vomiting right now? We both know the child doesn’t belong to him and your child can never be the future queen because you won’t be in Otano long enough to even birth the child, I don’t know what you did to Lancelot but don’t you dare think he is dumb enough to believe your shits,”

He fired at her. Sophie wasn’t even moved by what he was saying because Lance already knew and he was the one who talked about their daughter being the future queen before the thought even crossed her mind.

“Patrick, your lordship, whatever you say, Lancelot has the final say, I am not going to leave unless he tells me to and my child belongs to him, I don’t need to explain our situation to you,”

Sophie said confidently.

“What if I told you that you need to leave if you care a little about the king? Your staying won’t be good for him, he already has to deal with his older brother going about trying to get people on his side and dethrone Lancelot, don’t you think your being around would make it easy for him? Do you really want him to lose everything he spent the last five years building?”

He sounded so serious right now and Sophie didn’t like that his words got to her; she knew who Lance’s older brother was and just how much of a loser he had been when he had been king, no way would anyone want him back as the king when he nearly ruined the kingdom when the former king made him a temporary while he was ill, which had led to Lance taking over, no way they would do that.

“You are finally listening, good, you have to do what is best for him if you even love him at all,”

“Why would my leaving help him? I don’t get it,”

Sophie asked, surely no one would side with his older brother over him.

“Do you even know why Lancelot left you here alone? Do you know what he needed to take care of? I am guessing that he didn’t tell you,”

“Yes, he didn’t and I didn’t push him to tell me because I know he would tell me if he wants me to know,”

Sophie responded.

“His brother is already making big moves to get the throne from him, and the elders are already against him because of his relationship with you, now connect the dots if you are smart enough or do I need to spell it out for you?”

Sophie didn’t like how he practically called her dumb.

“I am going to need you to spell it out for me because you already assume I am a dumbass who doesn’t know anything and I have no intention of correcting you,”

Sophie let it out.

“I didn’t directly call you dumb but if you want me to spell it out to you, I will. The elders already hate the fact that he is with you and the fact that he isn’t even listening to them, before I continue, I need to let you know that those elders have a lot of influence on the people of Otano, which is why it was easy for Lance to become king after the former king passed even though he wasn’t the oldest, it was because he had the backings of the elders and because he listened to their words; the big contributing fact is because he knew what he was doing but if he didn’t have their backings, he might not have been crowned king after the former king died,”

He paused. Sophie already got an idea of what he was on about and she didn’t like it at all.

“Now what do you think would happen if they take back their support of him? Especially now that his older brother is trying to get back the throne?”

Patrick asked.

“They will not agree to dethrone him, right? That would be a big mistake given the kind of person his older brother is,”

Sophie let out.

“You think so? If they turn against him completely, they will turn a blind eye to what his brother has done wrong, they would rather have a king who will listen to them than one who would not, think about it,”

“I am thinking about it but what I don’t get is what that got to do with me, I am sure Lancelot can fight his own battles,”

Sophie responded to him, she didn’t want to think about what his words were putting in her head and refused to believe that being with her would make the elders stop supporting him.

“Fight his own battles you say? It doesn’t work that way, he is breaking a lot of rules to be with you, there are so many reasons why your union would only hurt him in the long run, I don’t know why you are not seeing it, if you guys stay together, you will never be truly happy because too many things are in the way and top on that list is the fact that he would surely lose the throne, you don’t want that to happen right?”

He asked. Sophie didn’t like how his voice turned to one trying to convince her and how she was suddenly giving ears to what he was saying. She should be listening to him; she should wait for Lancelot to come around and they will talk it out and find a way together.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.