A Night With The King

“I still can’t believe the baby is real yours, I was right back then,”

“Yes, you were right, we did sleep together a couple of months before the theft incident, I remembered but I thought it was a dream and Sophie thought I didn’t remember so she was scared to tell me,”

Lance explained.

“And I sent them both away, I don’t deserve to be forgiven,’

“Yes, you don’t but I love you, so you get some mercy,”

Lance responded, they continued talking all through the drive back to the palace, and even made plans to leave for Briscout as soon as he was done with the meeting with Justin and was able to put people in charge while he was away, he had a lot of people who would make sure everything continued running smoothly during his absence. When they got back to the palace, Lance told him to go rest and get ready while he dressed up to go meet his brother, he wanted their meeting to be just the two of them.

Once again, he drove himself to where he was meeting Justin, he didn’t want to meet him at the palace because for one, Justin was banned from the palace and two, he didn’t want to give him that grace of showing up anywhere near the palace. Justin wasn’t there when he got in so he had to wait for him. The bastard had the mind to make him wait for nearly one hour before he showed up.

“You are late,”

Lance said when he walked in.

“I am, I have things to do, what do you want from me? Why did you want us to meet?”

Justin asked. Lance hasn’t met his brother in person for a few years now, he still hasn’t changed at all, just the same annoying prick who made his life hell when they were younger, the same prick who threatened him when he got the call from their father for him to come back home. Justin had told him he would kill him if he came back, Lance had gotten on the plane that same day because he had to show Justin that he was no longer scared of him.

“I don’t have time to beat about the busy so I am going to go straight to why we are here, I want you to stop whatever shits you have been up to recently, trying to gather allies so that you can fight me for the throne, I am warning because it will never happen.”

Lance told him firmly. Justin didn’t look surprised which means he knew what he was saying.

“What makes you think I will listen to you? You are not the boss of me, I will do whatever I want, why are you so scared?”

He asked. Lance shook his head, he was out of his mind if he ever or once thought he was scared of him.

“Justin, you are nothing but a loser, you have never done anything right all your life. What makes you think you can do anything right now? I am scared of you? Stop projecting because we both know who is scared between the two of us and it is not me. If you weren’t scared of me, why then did you run away when you found out I was coming to you?”

Lance asked.

“Me? Scared of you? You don’t know what you are saying, why would I be scared of a rat like you, you are nothing but a thief and I am only looking out to get back what is rightfully mine,”

Justin let out. Lance so wanted to laugh in his face but the thought of Sophie who was still somewhere out there took all his laugh from him.

“I don’t have time to banter words with you, Justin, you had the throne and you messed things up, no matter what you do, you will never be king again, I am the king now and I have just one thing to tell you, better stop all the nonsense you have been up to lately or risk being evicted from Otano permanently.”

Lance warned.

“The elders don’t agree though and you are nothing without their approval,”

“You think so? Do you think you managed to buy them off with money? And if you did, do you really think they can dethrone me and reinstate you? I think you should wake up from your dream, speaking of elders,”

Lance picked up the tablet on the table in front of them and unlocked it. Lance tapped a few buttons and showed the screen to Justin who reluctantly took a look.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“This can’t be true, you just made this up, didn’t you?”

Justin fired.

“You think I have the time to make shits up? I have a kingdom to run, Justin, I don’t have the time in my hand for child’s play, the elders you thought you bought with the money you stole from the kingdom while you were king, willingly signed this, and need I tell you that your fate is completely in my hands,”

Lance told him. He watched his brother’s expression turn to fear. When he had spoken with the elders that day, he made them all sign that he could handle the case with Justin on his own and that they would never endorse him as king. They didn’t waste any time before signing and those who weren’t present were also sent copies and everyone signed without stress; with what he gave them, he could decide to banish Justin forever from Otano. That was what got him all worked up right now.

“You can’t send me away from Otano, this is my home, the only home I know. I deserve to be here,”

he yelled.

“Yeah, that’s why I am warning you not to push me over the edge, the only reason I am showing up so much mercy is because of your mother, the deceased queen, if not, I would have long sent you off the walls of Otano, mom never deserved an ungrateful child like you and she would have been disappointed to see the way you turned out to be after everything she did to make you a good person, just know mom is the only reason you get a grace but if you do anything stupid, I will not think twice before sending you out.”

Lance warned him. The queen’s mother’s love and care for him while she was alive was the only reason Lance had mercy on the fool whom she birthed.

“You have no right to do that, what? Show me mercy? You stole my inheritance and my throne, I will not rest until I get back what’s mine,”

Justin yelled, getting out of his seat. He started pacing around, Lance watched him go crazy without saying a word.

“You, you son of a mistress; you have no place on the throne of Otano, you are the product of an affair, you have no right to tell me, the true son of Otano what I can or can’t do,”

Justin let out. His words used to hurt when they were younger but not anymore.

“Then be ready for the consequences of whatever action you decide to take, I won’t be considerate when I deal with you, Justin, just try me,”

He let out and got up. He already warned him. If he decides not to listen, he will have him arrested and thrown out of Otano for good. Lance didn’t turn back even with Justin yelling for him to come back and telling him that he hadn’t heard the last of him. He had one thing in mind now, he needed to find Sophie and bring her back to Otano with him.