"Elaine stared at the huge dinning room. It had a very long table and chairs on each side. The king sat at the far end single chair while the queen and the crown prince sat on each side. A woman who seems to be the crown Prince's wife sat next to him. The twin princesses sat next to each other beside the queen. And Elaine noticed three empty chairs
'there's two of us, so who's missing' she thought confused
"Ah that seat is reserved for the crown Prince's son prince Zac" the king said noticing the confusion in her eyes she simply nodded and smiled
'wow such a nice family' she thought
"Come" she heard Alex say then he led her to her seat
Elaine sat in between the eldest twin princesses and Alex
"Elaine, enjoy your meal, you must be famished after traveling so far" the king said and she heard Alex chuckle
'why does he have this much hostility towards his own family' she thought and laughed internally remembering her situation
They all ate in silence, the only noise that could be heard were the sounds of utensils hitting the plates
The king left to deal with a few matters
Cling cling
The crown prince stood up and his glass lightly with a spoon
"A toast to my brother, for his first time sitting in the dinning with his family" he said and they all cheered and drank wine except the crown Prince's wife, Alex and Elaine
The crown prince poured wine into his empty glass and raised it again
"Another toast to his wife, she must be really brave, I mean she walked into hell with open arms" he teased
"What do you mean" Elaine asked confused
"Well am sure you've heard that he is a monster" the crown prince said with a smirk
"That, is just a rumour" she replied with a challenging tone, mock sweetness coloring her voice
"So you don't believe it" he asked with a piercing gaze
"Why, should i? She asked with an arched brow and openly challenging smile
"Seems this princess really is brave enough to talk back at the crown prince" one of the twin princesses said, probably the eldest, making Elaine relax back on her chair and wonder why she got angry at his brother trying to ruin him in her eyes
"Well, I'll tell you the truth if he won't tell you" the other princess said and Elaine looked at her with curiosity and confusion
"Brothy is a monster, even his mom died after giving birth to him because she didn't want him" she said with a smirk
Elaine finally lost it, how could they say such cruel things about him, that is too cruel
Alexander's body tensed in anger and he tightened his knuckles until they turned white, he felt like killing his siblings at that moment but before he could react, he felt something warm on his hand
He looked under the table and saw a hand caging his warmly. He looked at the owner of the hand in confusion