Chapter 73: Bending rules (2)
"Why is everything acceptable for you but I must follow what the family wants? That doesn’t sound fair," said Xavier.
"This isn’t about me," Nathaniel replied, needing Xavier and everyone else to stay focused. "This is about you."
"I am making it about you. You’ve done the opposite of what you want me to do, which isn’t fair. Why should I follow what you want when you bend the rules to your liking? It must have been the princess you were trying to get me to marry. Wasn’t it?" Xavier asked, knowing a bit of what his father did. "First it was Vivienne then it was the princess."
"You could have had the queen at your side but you allowed her to go to Darius. We had to endure hearing him claim he stole her from you. I have never liked to hear you lose against him," said Nathaniel.
Nathaniel knew Xavier was better than Darius so if Xavier had listened then Nathaniel would have made him sit as king.
Xavier laughed at his father thinking he had lost. Again, how many times did he need to say his relationship with Vivienne was nothing by the time she got engaged?
"It certainly was a mistake letting her use my name to protect herself. Years later I have to deal with all of you thinking there was something more between us. If you looked at what happened and thought I lost to Darius then you are also a fool," Xavier said, disappointed his father wasn’t proving him wrong.
"So, for this marriage to end we will have to kill the girl but then you will come after us?" Ragnar asked, stepping in since Nathaniel was getting anywhere. "There are far more of us who oppose the marriage than those who accept it. No power you possess can protect you."
Xavier only smiled in response. Talking was pointless at times.