Khabari stormed down the castle halls not willing to believe that his father had done something so monstrous, surely; his father wasn't ruthless enough to do that to his own son, the fact that he had levelled an entire kingdom and because of what, the fact they refused to be enslaved by him...

Yes, enslaved; khabari's father was a conqueror, an emperor who loved nothing more than to strike fear into people's heart. Normally khabari wouldn't care if his father had killed millions, no; he cared because shali, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, the girl that had melted his heart with just a smile, the girl that had agreed to be his friends not because of his status, the girl he wanted to be around, the girl he had told his father about came from xocei, the place his father had completely destroyed minutes ago, he gritted his teeth as he stormed down the hall pushing open the double doors to his father's study

"father how could..." he pauses midsentence when he sees one of his father's whores sitting on him

"khabari, why do you disturb me??" his father drawls irritating kealan

"who is she?" khabari asks through gritted teeth

"my property " the emperor, slings his arm over the whores shoulder making her giggle....

It was no surprise as the emperor had hundreds of wives,concubines, whores throwing each one away when they failed to give him a heir, when khabari's mother had given birth to khabari, his mother had expected emperor annak to be more receptive towards her, but he had cast her aside immediatly and focused on the boy...

Khabari hated the way his father treated his mother yet was too afraid to stand up to him, he had just watched from the sidelines

"how could you?" khabari clenched his fists

"how could i what?" the emperor asked looking amused

"i told you that i loved her, that she was the one for me, and you go and do this, she's going to hate me now"

"who's she?"

"don't play dumb" khabari says breathing in and out slowly to calm himself

"excuse me?" the emperor hisses and pushes the whore off him, his entire deamenor changes and the air around him become extremely chilly

"you heard me, don't play dumb" he repeated to his father

"love is a disease, i will not allow you to be a victim to it" emperor annak continues

"and so xocie"

Khabari hated his father more than anything in that moment

" just because you never found love doesn't mean i won't " khabari chose that moment to stand up to his father

"what?" annak says glancing up at kealan who huffs and turns on his heel, storming out of the study to bump into a slave, the slave that competed with him for shali, the boy he met three years ago

"kealan" he growls

"my lord" the slave replies bending stiffly showing his distate for the young prince who is too annoyed to notice, he just walks past without so much as a second glance

"i heard about it!!" kealan yelled at him

"excuse me?" khabari growls turning to glare at kealan

"so did she... You'd have to be coldhearted to do that to someone you say you love..."

Kealan glares back

"what are you talking about?" khabari walks back over to kealan

"she knows you signed the petition" kealan says looking khabari in the eye

"what petition?" kealan blinks confused

"yeah, act all confused"

(A petition... but i didn't sign any petitions unless ... father... Very clever old man, very clever)

"where is she?!" khabari hisses

"she doesn't want to see you" kealan retorts

I have had enough of this thought khabari as he slammed khabari into the wall, pulling his dagger from its sheathe, kealan grunted as his back hit the wall and all the air left his body, he gasped, inhaling lungfulls of air when he felt something extremely cool press against his neck,his eyes open and he sees rage in the young prince's eyes

Health -6

"where is she, i won't ask you again" he growls

"in the garden" he says as he struggles to escape the prince's grip

"i don't want to be disturbed slave" khabari smirks reminding kealan once again of his status

"of course my lord" he sneers at the prince

who in response punches him in the gut

"damn it"

Health -5

"nobody will know about this got it" khabari whispers to him then drops him like a ragdoll and storms out of the castle to head to the garden, shali is on one of the benches crying, hands covering her face, khabari's chest aches as sobs rack her body, he automatically walks up to her and puts his arm around her

"i'm sorry" he whispered into her ear

"let go of me" she hissed and tried to pull away

"i swear i... It wasn't... I didn't "

"i know" she whispered as she finally stopped crying and was snuggling with him, it was comforting to be around him, she sighed and buried her face into his chest as tears spilled from her eyes

"my brother's... My sister... My parents...what can i do without them" shali sobs

"hey it's okay cause i'm here for you..."

"khabari..."

"shali"

"promise me, that you'll never leave"

"i promise, i will always be by your side"

"thank you..."

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Kealan sighed for the umpteenth time as miss ferdinand cussed at him again for picking the wrong set of apples

"this are just plain, they'll not go down Smoothly in pie"

Sighing again he apologized for the tenth time that day

"i'm sorry miss ferdinand"

"sorry for yourself !!! " she yells

"This was supposed to be perfect !!! i was even thinking of baking my worlds famous pie, but now..."

Kealan sighed again and decided to give her some room, he darts out of the kitchen, dodges a few servants who hurry down the halls, and heads to the library, he settles down and opens a book to read when someone bangs his table

"what are you doing here, slave ?? " a familiar voice asks

(ah, must be that spoilt brat)

"none of your business" he retorts

"oh but it is, the library is for the nobility, you should know your place, slave" the brat hisses

"shouldn't you be getting ready for the ball, your highness ?"

"i was but then i decide to come down here to get a book about the waltz, and what do i find, my dear friend kealan, sneaking into places he's not allowed in"

"..."

"Preharps you should learn to obey rules" khabari sneered

"..."

"støp ignoring me!!!" khabari yelled and kealan just flips to the next page

"why you little..."

"it's starting to get old" kealan says dryly

"wha... "

"your little act, you have daddy issues so what?"

Khabari blinked surprised and extremely aggrevated

"what did you just say to me?"

"you heard me, acting like a little brat all the time"

that was how Kealan Imagined ťhings going down but he just sat there listening to the little brat go on and on and on, if he wasn't prince kealan might have struck him, maybe even fried him by gifting him with a fîreball but he had heard how dangerous the little prince could be...

"are you even listening to me!! " khabari spat

"nö"

"why you little..."

"hey guys...what's going on?" Shali asked walking up fröm a shelf

"h...ow long ha...ve you been there " Khabari stuttered

"oh I just came in, I wanted to return this book" she said holding up a novel

"oh that's great"

"..."

"I...i mean it's great that you read, it's a good thing"

"I guess... Hey kealan" shali finally turns towards kealan

"you know him? " khabari asked shocked

"he's my bestfriend, it seems you've met already"

"I think... " kealan starts but khabari cuts in

"he's an amazing person, you know I've been getting to know him and I must say he is extremely exciting" "I know " shali says .... "I'm glad you finally get to meet "

"..." kealan keeps poker face

"play along" khabari whispers so just kealan would hear him

"why should I? " kealan whispèrs back

"so I'll see you at the ball, kealan you're going to be there right? "

"oh I don't know, you śee sömeone just told me I should learn my place"

"what? " shali grits her teeth annoyed

"yeah... Who's that horrible person? " khabari says chuckling nervously And kealan stares at him like are you serious right now?

"kealan please be there?" shali says pleading

"I don't have an invitation "

"allow me to take care of that... " khabari says immediately

"thanks khabari" shali says hugging him