At his declaration the room was silent, all eyes were on him. Ronan was shocked that his nephew had it in him to say no to such individuals, Karl just looked confused.
The three looked at him with infuriated eyes. King James knew his place, his seedling didn't seem to have been taught the same manners.
They had had enough of his useless squirming and pretending he was more than just a child with dreams of a world where conflict didn't exist.
They considered killing him right then and taking the Kingdom under themselves. But that was something they couldn't afford right now, a big change like that required time. Time they couldn't spare right now, they could always deal with him after they deal with their main problem.
What they needed now was complete and utter obedience and if they needed to use fear to achieve that, then that option wasn't off the table.