Don't You Dare

"Need I remind you that you are a prince not a commoner!" The king exclaimed angrily as he slammed is hands on the desk, Skye resisted the urge to tense up as he stared at his father with blank eyes.

"Thanks you the students and teachers are now talking about what happened! What's even more humiliating is that the girl who slapped you is a commoner and she even slapped you to begin with" the king added with a furious look.

"Dare I ask what happened down there because I could hear her yelling from my office?" The king demanded as Skye continued to stare at him but refused to say anything, seeing this the king scowled.

"Should I bring her up here to be interrogated and punished for hitting a royal?" Skye's eyes flashed as he stood up and slammed his hands on the desk almost taking his father by surprise, the venom showing in Skye's eyes were enough to stun the king. Even the eyes that were once grey were flashing to a familiar shade of green.

"You will not lay a hand on her!" Prince Skye bellowed in anger as he stood up while placing his hands on the desk "It was my fault that she slapped me so do not get involved!" Skye added with the same tone, his mind now cared not that he was showing 'weakness' in front of his father.

Instead it was filled with the need to protect Anberine, yes he had known her name for years but in truth had only muttered it in secret when no one would be able to hear him saying it.

Knowing that if he had ever uttered her name, if he had ever showed that he liked her it would cause unwanted problems like now.

"Do not speak to me like that boy! You forget I am not just the king of this land but your father as well. You will give me the respect I deserve, without me you'd be suffering alone and forgotten like your mother" the king hissed causing Skye's eyes to slit in anger.

"I have worked too hard for us to be where we are today, I will not have you act senselessly knowing that people are watching our every move. You are to keep your distance from the girl or I will bring her here to be punished" the king soon smirked cruelly.

"I could always put her in the dungeons" Skye tensed up quickly as he remembered that no one ever came back out in one piece, the things the torturers to the prisoners even now left shivers running down Skye's spine. It made Skye sick that his father would even allow prisoners to be treated this way, yes they did wrong but some people who were also innocent.

However his father cared not if they were left broken regardless of being truly innocent or not. They were just tools to be used and thrown when they were deemed useless. Now his father was playing with her life it had immediately set Skye on edge.

"Don't you dare!" the prince snapped as he slammed one hand on the table not caring that it damaged it somehow. "If you lay a hand or do anything to her in any shape or form I'll-"

"You'll do what boy?" the king challenged in a baritone, just hearing it caused Skye to now realised who he was talking to, his eyes now reverted back revealing fear from knowing he had crossed the line.

"You forget son that I am the one ruling this kingdom, do not forget that I've been hearing stories about how you've made her life miserable and yet I turned a blind eye to it. I could have easily punished and silenced the girl for being such a nuisance, but instead I had allowed you to do whatever you wanted. Now you are becoming of age you will need to grow up and stop acting like a child. This is my last warning if you associate with her one more time, if I ever hear you have caused a scene with her one more time... then I will make sure the problem goes away for good" the king vowed as he saw his son's terrified expression. Just seeing this made the king smirk cruelly at him, in truth he relished from seeing the fear of others knowing that he could control them one way or another.

Weakness was something he refused to have and he would gladly destroy all of his weaknesses, no family member would be safe and like his mother he would never falter or fail. He will stay as king even if he had to refuse the right to give his son the king's crown for acting out.

"Now get out... don't ever let me see you come in here for misbehaving, as prince you are the face of the kingdom. Other kingdoms look to us for guidance and because we provide what others cannot; we rule the main country and it's essential that we keep the ties with the Dark Dwellers strong. Which means you do not cause anymore problems with them again, do not make our ancestor King Arthur turn in his grave for being a disobedient degenerate" The king warned as Skye left the room silently, once the door was closed behind him Skye's teeth clenched tightly in anger, his hands now turned into balls by his side almost shook at what had happened.

'How... how could I have been careless?!' Skye at that moment wanted nothing more than to cry from what had took place but refrained from doing so, instead he silently went to his room and slammed it shut behind him. Wanting no one to disturb him for the rest of the day, instead he'll miss the rest of his classes in exchange to reflect and calm down. His mind then went to Anberine leaving him more unsettled and worried. His father for sure would make good on his word and yet would easily do anything to get people to bend to his will, to make it worse she was in danger it left Skye uncertain of what to do now.

"What am I going to do?" Skye was left unsure of what would happen now and yet it took every part of him not to climb out the window and down the tower that led to the second floor so he could find her.