The Forgotten Princess Rose-Chapter 253

"Gage, I will hit you and aim for your teeth if you bring that up again," Zayne warned his brother.

Zayne expected to hear the question of consummation from the court but not from his brother. Not the same brother who went through feeling uncomfortable to have a group of men come to his room afterwards.

Gage didn’t fear what Zayne would do. They were a prince and king here, one having more authority. "It’s only right that we follow how things are done here. I don’t see why you are so against answering-"

"Because I don’t need a bunch of old men checking after my wife. Are you going to let this happen to our little sister?" Zayne questioned, testing Gage.

"This isn’t about our sister. This is about your wife who you were so rude to not bring to the palace to meet the king. There are ways for things to be done and I can’t keep bending the rules for you. It is also time that you return to the palace. Why do you want to live away from your family?" Gage asked, not understanding his brother.

Zayne didn’t feel the need to explain it since what Gage was doing now was a good reason he didn’t like living in the palace anymore.

"You know mother. She already came here to tell me about your wife and how you want to host a dinner to have us meet her. It is quite unlike you. That woman must be changing you," Gage said, more interested in meeting her now.

Who had a better hold on his brother to make him do all these new things?

"She’s not coming here. Not now, not ever," Zayne replied.

"I know how bad it can get but this is home, Zayne. We were born and raised here. This is our first home and it will always be home. I haven’t touched your wing in the palace so you are free to come back when you are ready. You should be in the palace," said Gage.

"I made it clear that I will never be coming back. Stop wasting your time on me and focus on the kingdom. Find someone else to send out fast because I am not leaving my wife. I am this close to hitting you," Zayne said, showing Gage a tiny space between his fingers.

"The king commands you to be present when it comes time to have a meeting about your plans. I would hate to have to imprison you for disobeying the king’s orders. Wouldn’t that be stressful for your wife- Wait!" Gage exclaimed, backing away from Zayne as his brother came toward him.

Finn panicked more than Gage and tried to stop Zayne from going to hit his brother. Zayne was a prince but still, this was the king he wanted to hit. "Think about this, Zayne. If you hit him then Rose will be worried and you might be caught up here trying to get out of this."

Zayne shoved Finn to the side. Gage only listened when he was hit and unfortunately for him, Zayne was in the mood to deliver a hard blow.

"Zayne, I trained for longer than you have. Don’t do something you will regret," Gage said, walking toward his brother. His fear of Zayne went away. He had to show that the king wasn’t afraid of anyone. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Zayne grabbed Gage’s shirt, pulling him forward. He dodged the punch Gage threw at his face. "You’ve spent too much time in the palace brother. You don’t know how to throw a punch. It’s like this," he said, giving Gage a demonstration.

Gage touched his sore nose. "You bastard!"

Zayne flicked his hand to get rid of the slight pain from hitting his brother’s face. "Don’t say stupid things and you won’t get hit. You’re lucky I didn’t come with a sword. Stop this foolish jealousy you have each time I return."

He continued, "You’re a good king but an annoying jealous brother."

"I am not jealous. I am the king," Gage replied.

"Right, so leave me alone and stop acting so jealous. Haven’t I warned you before? If you keep annoying me, I just might take your toys from you. Stop now before you make me desire the throne and I will take it from you if I want it," Zayne said, sure of himself that he could take this from his brother’s hands.

"I always knew that you desired it-"

"No, I never did and I never will. You fail to see that when you get so caught up in the kingdom saying my name more than your name at times like this. Then you must be letting the court get in your head. You’ve succeeded at being a good king so why don’t you try being a better brother?" Zayne asked.

Gage moved his hand from his bloody nose. "You’re one to talk when you just punched the king. I should have thrown you in the dungeon for this but I won’t since I need you to go where I am sending you."

"I am a good brother for not stabbing you when I really want to. You are testing my limits, Gage. It is no longer a time when I will jump to go out so fast to protect this kingdom. I have a wife I cannot leave when you want me to anymore. Times have changed. It’s time for you to get the other men off their asses," Zayne advised Gage.

"If you poke at me because of your little jealousy, I will bite back and you won’t like it if I do. Don’t let all of this get to your head. The throne wasn’t for you or me. If he hadn’t passed, you wouldn’t be standing before me and I would have an understanding brother not sending me out. I’ll keep my hands to myself now so mother doesn’t worry," Zayne said, putting his hand behind him.

Once Catherine found out about this, Zayne knew his mother was going to scold them. She was the only person who would pull them by their ears like they were children

"Thinking about your wife now reminds me of something interesting Lucy told me," Gage said, plotting how to get even with Zayne. It was going to be a low blow but he just couldn’t let Zayne away with punching him. "It can’t be that you married a girl from a brothel right? If you think you got her pregnant then you should have considered the chances of the child belonging to someone else.’

Zayne spared his brother too much. He had gone too easy on Gage which was why Gage was so foolish to bring that up now.

Finn closed his eyes. It had reached a boiling point where no one could stop the two brothers from fighting. Gage had gone too far with what he said last and unfortunately, Lucy had gone too far by speaking on what she didn’t know.

Finn tried to block out the noise of the two hitting each other. He worried more about the king even though he was a talented fighter. Finn could only count on one hand how many times Gage had beaten his brother and with Gage mentioning Rose, he didn’t think today would be the day Gage won again.