"Sister, there you are." Prince Brioc shouted as he ran up towards his sister. As he came closer he noticed her hair was a little disheveled and the bottom of her dress had a tear. "What happened to you? Did those heathens do this?" Brioc asked as he gripped Tegwen's shoulders gently. He felt anger surge through his body just at the thought of his sister's virtue was no longer intact before her wedding. 'What if it was Ulf that did this?' Brioc thought as he felt his blood boil, "I-I just wanted to see the camp and what it looked like, then a man he…he tried to…to" Tegwen began as unshed tears fell down her face. "Shh, it's alright I am here." Brioc whispered to his sister as he pulled her into an embrace as she sobbed and began to shake with fear. "Do you know who it was?" Brioc asked carefully, Tegwen shook her head no as her head stayed buried into her older brothers' chest. "Ulf's brother Sigurd saved me and killed the man. Then he walked me back here." Tegwen stated quietly.
"Alright, come let's go inside, no more venturing out unless someone is with you." Brioc said sternly as he looked into her blue/green eyes. Tegwen linked her arm with her brothers as they both walked back into the castle. "Your majesty, I implore you to listen to reason." A voice pleaded loudly. Brioc and Tegwen stopped in their tracks and looked toward the throne room. "This is not your decision; this wedding will happen, and it will be according to their traditions!" Their father shouted. "They are barbaric, did you know they purchased three live animals? Then to top it off both bride and groom will have the animal blood splattered on their faces. Please your majesty, rethink your decision have them become Christian." "That is not what Ulf and I agreed upon. If that is how they do things so be it. Tegwen will do as she is told, and she has already agreed!" They heard the arguing between their father and the unnamed man become louder and more vicious. Tegwen and Brioc knew they should not have been listening, but they could not help it.
"You are king you can change it!" "ENOUGH! I KNOW I AM KING, AND I AM DOING THIS FOR MY PEOPLE!" "So, you would send your daughter into the slaughter…" "DON'T EVEN FINISH THAT SENTENCE! TEGWEN KNOWS HER POSITION AND HER PLACE! IT IS TIME YOU KNOW YOURS LORD DERYN!" King Trahaearn shouted at the man. Brioc and Tegwen both knew that their father was furious, and it takes a lot to get him the way he currently is now. "GUARDS!! TAKE HIM AWAY FROM MY SIGHT!" The king shouted as the guards rushed past the prince and princess and inside the throne room and dragged Lord Deryn away. Tegwen and Brioc quickly hid behind the open doors so no one could see them. King Trahaearn sighed and ran a hand down his face before he to left the room. "I have never heard father that angry." Tegwen said quietly as she stepped out of her hiding spot. "Neither have I sister, we must keep all this to ourselves understand?" Brioc asked his sister as she nodded in agreement and walked to her chambers as her brother went to go after their father.