My Precious Prince (fruk royal au)

Chapter 9

"It's when you actually taste the drink, you realise how bad it is.."

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Warning: Mentions of SA (sexual abuse)

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"ARTHUR!!"

A loud and aggressive yell rang through the hallways of the castle, bouncing off the walls to it could dash to the next corridor and then to the next. Everyone in the castle knew that the King was angry at his new Queen. Arthur rushed at of his room accompanied by Feliciano, who looked quite frightened and was starting to shake in fear, and Yao. Yao was his new servant to help Arthur get used to the accustoms and rules around this country and castle. Yao also gave advice to Arthur and helped him with his Queenship; he seemed very experienced and was a short Chinese man with brown, wavy hair and cocoa brown eyes. He encouraged Arthur to read the history of the Kingdom itself and what he found was very gory. Arthur had known about the Kings two wives but by doing a lot of digging in and research, he found out that his first wife was locked away in a tower, forced away from her two sons, and then in one of her small meals, she was poisoned. Some say that the servant was commanded by her majesty's self to do so but others say it was the King's spy, who was commanded by the King himself to kill her. The second wife, from what Arthur read, had it much worse. She was independent and wanted to go her own way, displeasing the King a lot. One day, they had gotten into a huge argument where she was taken away and beaten up heavily. She was said to be a doll for the guards, sexually abused regularly without anyone doing a thing about it. It seemed that one day, she had enough as she took one of the guards rifle and shot herself.

Arthur stood infront of the King, back straight and with a fearless expression, when he noticed that John had shoved Ludwig to the floor. Feliciano looked horrified and knelt down next to him, checking for wounds and injuries until Ludwig gently took his hand and squeezed it as a way of calming him down which worked.

"WHAT IS THIS!!"

The King shoved a letter into Arthur's hand and as Arthur opened it, he realised who it was from. Francis. His love, he had wrote to him! Arthur's smile seemed to have formed on his face as John started to violently shake him.

"WHAT DOES THIS SAY! ARE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE KING OF FRANCE!!"

"NO!" Arthur yelled, trying to defend himself.

"And how should I believe you?"

"He is my friend! He is writing to check up on me and how I am doing!"

Lie, Arthur told himself, but it was the best shot he got. He still remembered the tragic fate of his past two wives and how he shivered as the melody played once through.

"My son speaks French. Matthew, I am sure you have met him.. I will ask him to translate the letter. We will see if you are telling the truth.."

He snatched the letter back from Arthur and started heading to his children's room, straight down the hallway. He knew that he relied on Matthew now for whether he lives or dies but something kept repeating non-stop in his mind. Something that the King had said. John had questioned whether he was having an affair with the King of France but the letter was from Francis. Francis' father was the King of France, right? Unless... Francis was now King and his father, unfortunately, passed away. Poor Francis, he thought, he was not even an adult yet, though his 18th birthday was soon.

"Hello father-"

"Your grace.." he cut Jett off, "You call me your grace and anywho, I am not here for you. Matthew, translate this for me."

Matthew stood up from the bed, placing his cards down, and walked over to receive the letter from his father. He scanned it and took a glance at his 'mother', who gave him silently begged him not to tell; Matthew seemed to have gotten the message and said to his father,

"It is just the King of France asking about his new life. He also tells about some of their childhood memories.."

Matthew had said that all very calmly and composed, that his father believed it and shoved it back into Arthur's arms.

"I am keeping an eye on you." he said, "Don't try anything funny, or else..."

He had left the room and shut the door, leaving only Arthur, Yao and the children in the room.

"Thank you.." he said to Matthew, "Thank you so so much.."

"You're welcome, I don't want the same to happen to you.."

"You know what happened to your mothers?"

Before any of the four kids could reply, Yao turned to Arthur and said that they have to leave.

"We have to take our stroll in the kingdom, remember?"

"Oh yes, of course I do. Sorry boys, we can talk next time and maybe play some games," he said, as he pointed towards the cards.

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School starts tomorrow 😭😭😭 I am now depresso!

I did go to a trampoline park today with my two besties and now my legs are dead 💀

Have a good morning/afternoon/evening/night on our beautiful Mother Earth 🌍