Victor-18 / Lance-17 / Anders-11
Lance rolled his eyes, annoyed by his little brother presence "What are those papers you are reading?"
The older prince sighed out of irritation "They are trade charts, not that you would know anything about them"
Anders frowned "…and Why are you reading them?"
Lance didn't bother to look at him "Knowledge. Why are you here? You are too dumb to understand anything you could find in here"
The young prince didn't seem to mind his brother's words "That's cause' I'm little, I'm sure that I'll get it when I'm older"
Lance laughed mockingly "You should save yourself time and stop getting up in the morning, there is nothing that can cure stupidity… not even time"
Anders remained in silence for a moment, the older of the two brothers resumed his studying
"Victor told me that I would understand this when I got older"
Lance slammed the book shut, making his younger brother jump out of surprise; he glared at Anders
"Don't speak to me of Victor, he is a coward, he's afraid of competing against Alexei and that's why he decided to settle for less than the crown… It is a disgraced to be his brother"
Anders glared at his sibling, showing irritation for the first time "You are wrong! Victor is not a disgrace, he's better than you in everything he does" the piercing words only fuelled Lance's rage
Flaring with anger he pushed his brother, making him crash against a table, Anders cried out in pain, Lance looked away with not the slightest hint of guilt "Victor is only better than me because he is older, but he's an idiot, he was too afraid of competing against us and decided to take the easy way out and join the clergy"
Anders rubbed his leg in pain, sourly looking at his brother "He chose to do what he liked the most, unlike you... you will never excel in anything unless you like it. And that's something even I can understand. You don't know what you want, You just know what you are supposed to want! The real coward is you!" he cried out, furious at Lance for insulting their older brother.
Lance stood from his chair, prepared to beat his younger brother to pulp "Get out of here!" he ordered full of rage
Anders shivered in fear before he ran out of the room as fast as he could, leaving Lance alone. But Lance was used to being alone.
Lance was always alone.