Chapter 217: Stripped of the Blackthorn name (3)
Xavier sat down, giving Orlork a moment of his time before he would go back to Selene.
"What is the meaning of this? You called upon all of them and you were going to call his wife here? The Blackthorns have not accepted her yet," Nathaniel argued.
"They certainly won’t when you are behaving this way. Sit, Nathaniel. You are the one who needs to hear what I say the most. Sit, before I force you into a chair," Orlork warned.
Jasper worried his master was pushing himself too much when he had not long woken up. Why did Nathaniel need to be so stubborn?
Nathaniel avoided his siblings and son’s gaze as he sat down. He had been doing well for his father and many of the relatives agreed with him about Xavier’s marriage only for his father to be like this.
"I will meet with Xavier’s wife and make my judgement of her. I will take into consideration how hard it has always been to get him to pick a woman to carry our name. I am certain that has not changed since he turned down the suggestion to be with the princess. Truthfully, I don’t care for him to marry the princess," Orlork revealed.
"Father!" Nathaniel exclaimed. Where was this coming from now?
"We started the existence of mixed-bloods but that doesn’t mean I like all of them. Your grandfather never liked all the others," Orlork informed Nathaniel. "It isn’t needed for us to marry anyone from the other families. I have already done it with your mother so it is enough."
"It was all the elders ever spoke of. They expressed disappointment when I presented Josephine," Nathaniel said, confused as to why it was different. He glanced at Xavier. "You are bending your plans for him."