Chap 17
Ianto burst into the war room and Jack swung from the table with surprise.
"You sent my people away? You have left me with no familiar faces?" Ianto accused with his hands on his hips.
The other occupants of the room gasped with shock at the open disagreement between the men. Jack heard the room breathe and felt a spark of anger. How dare he come into his war room and act like he had a right to openly challenge him.
"If I am to be the King of your kingdom then they will have no need to protect you from me. As my spouse you will be with my subjects, no matter which planet we are visiting!" Jack growled with a warning glare.
"Spouse? Are you forgetting we are to rule together? You declared it yet I am openly called your Cocked Queen by others and you do nothing to disprove the rumours with your blatant disregard for my wishes?" Ianto flared back and Jack saw more than a spark as flames danced in Ianto's glare. "How dare you make a fool of me Sir!"
Too late, Jack realised what Ianto had been asking and as he stepped forward to speak to Ianto without an open audience Ianto's snarl stopped him. As Ianto spun on his heel and stormed from the room he threw a comment over his shoulder that chilled Jack. "If you think you can take my kingdom from me with your velvet lies you can think again you bloody charlatan!"
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Word quickly spread through the Royal House and Jack was found by his father arguing with the guard outside the entrance to Ianto's wing.
"What do you mean, I cannot pass? I'm your bloody Prince Regent!" Jack was shouting.
Although the man wore the colours of the Harkness Family he was blatantly staring the Prince down.
"What is going on here?" King John demanded and the Guard bowed then saluted.
The salute was not the high sharp flick of the hand the Harkness Family expected, the guard gave an angled salute ending at chest height. The salute of the Jones Family. Jack bristled and King John placed a hand on his son's arm to calm him.
"Where did you last serve young man" the King asked.
"SV Myfanwy my Liege. I am sorry but my loyalty it to my future King. His royal Highness Prince Ianto." The man said with obvious discomfort.
Jack snorted and then shrank back from his father who had turned his gaze upon him. "What is going on? The rumours are true? You have deceived the young prince?"
"Father! This is all a misunderstanding but I cannot explain it if I cannot speak with him, can I!" Jack sighed and King John groaned.
"Am I allowed to pass in my son's stead?" the king asked the guard who hesitantly nodded.
As the king entered the wing he noted the feminine touches still present and wondered why Ianto hadn't altered things to suit his own taste. When he entered the private chambers he knew why.