Royal slave: chapter 18
James' POV
The duke? Wha t was he doing here? There had been no anouncements of him coming. Which could only mean that he was here without the king's permission. "i don't think i've giving you the permission to burst into my dinner hall while we are in the middle of our meal." The king said agitated about his dinner being disturbed by the duke. "excuse me, sire, but i don't care." The duke said and placed both his hands on the other end of the table. He looked very pissed off. "tell me, sire, why the hell did your daughter pull out of my proposal." The duke growled and glared at Jasmine. "why is it such a problem?" The king asked. "it's a problem because she's turning 18 and she still hasn't gotten married!" He growled. The king sighed in annoyence. "my daughter doesn't feel ready for a marriage and i tend to give her the time she needs if i want her to be happy." He said. "who the hell cares about her happiness! what's important is that there will be an heir to the throne! what are you thinking? that a woman can handle it?" He yelled. Apparently it was that hard to believe that a good father wanted the best for his only little girl.
"what makes you think she can't?" I snapped surprising everyone in the room. The one who was the most surprised being the duke. "she's smart and beautifull! she can lead this country perfectly!" I yelled, silencing everyone else here in this dinner hall. Everyone was shocked at my sudden outburst. Especially Jasmine and the duke. But Jasmine's shock quickly wore off and she smiled sweetly at me. "that was so sweet of you." She said standing up from her chair and walked up to me. The king and queen recovered quickly aswell, but the duke was still to shocked. The royal couple didn't seem to mind my outburst. Both the king and the queen seemed to approve my outburst as they couldn't accept the fact that the duke had dared to say something like that about their only daughter.
Finally, after a while the duke recovered from his shock and surpise aswell. And he wasn't very pleased when he did. "you're just going to let him talk to me like that?" The duke asked the king and stomped over to us in anger. The king didn't answer immediatly. "i don't see why i shouldn't allow him to." He said. "he's a slave! he has no right to speak to me like that! he has no righ to speak at all without permission!" The duke yelled and pointed angrily at me. "he's my slave, he can do whatever he wants aslong as i think is fit." The king said. The duke growled again. He was getting even more ticked off then he already was.
But all of a sudden, his growling went to amusing chuckles. We all watched him in confusion. What made him change his mood. "oh, i see what this is all about." The duke said as his chuckling ceased. "what are you talking about?" The queen asked. "it's not because she's not ready, isn't it?" He started. "it's because she's in love with that savage!" The duke yelled and in blind rage pulled his fist back and before anyone knew what had happened, i was on the floor with my jaw hurting and my busted lip bleeding. The duke was about to hit me again, but Jasmine's father ordered someone to keep the duke from doing it. And two guards did what they were ordered. Jasmine's father walked up to the trio and looked him in the eye very seriously. "i suggest you leave now." He said with anger evident in his voice, though, he tried to stay calm. "fine." The duke said and got himself free from the grip of the guards. "but you listen to me, you savage good-for-nothing-slave, i will not let this be. you will pay for taking her away from me!" The duke said in anger and walked away. I had a feeling her really wouldn't be seeing the last of him.