"I am hungry," he told the man wearing a cold expression that the emptiness of his stomach; made so easy as there was no reason to smile with the hunger weakening his bones. He wished he could tell them he was eating for himself and that man in him.
"Your highness, we were instructed by her majesty that you are not to eat until the ritual is done. We were preparing to bring your meal to your chamber," the head of the kitchen told him with his head bowed. It was obvious that the man felt no fear for the prince for him to ignore the complaint of hunger.
"I need to eat right now or I will not go on with the ritual and it will be on your head," he told the man causing the man to raise his head to look at him in shock.
"I mean it. How could I be as weak as I am and still go on with the ritual that will take my time and energy?" Liam asked the man.
