The Kings Love

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Jasmine
[Day 23, November 15th]

The Questions of Fate

Jasmine: "Um, I'm sorry but I didn't quite catch that. Can you please repeat that Your Majesty?", I asked with incredulous leaking from my voice. I was taken back by the way King Laurent stated that sentence, as though I had a part in his Queens death.

King Laurent: "I said, I wonder how YOU survived but not the Queen of Parisih.", he spoke the words with such venom in his voice, the tone dark and foreboding, his eyes taking on a deepened hue of obsidian. I shook away the sudden fear in me and bristled. What right did he have to think such a way about me? I stood up from my seat with such a force that the chair flew back and rattled about on the ground while I made my way over to where the King sat. I placed the palm of my hands down on the table and leaned forward until I was invading his personal space, only inches away.

Jasmine: " Look "King", the way you said that sounds like you blaming me for something I had no part in. I was lucky to survive goddamnit! I watched as people fell out the plane, surely to their deaths! I saw a little girl scream her last breath as her body flew through the air and every night her eyes haunt me! So if you're going to sit there and insinuate that I had something to do with your Queens death, then you can kiss my ass!", salty tears slid down from my eyes to my cheeks as my mind recalled all that happened on the plane. My breath hitched, oxygen became low in supply and it felt like I was drowning in a sea of misery. King Laurent eyes softened ever so slightly and he lifted his hand to wipe a tear away only to drop it when King Larry's livid tone rang out in the room.

King Larry: "Don't you ever speak to my brother like that! You may not be from these lands but you will respect its Kings damnit!" , King Larry snapped from behind me as his need to defend his brother became to great. King Laurent held his hand up in the air once again to quiet the terrifying King, I released a breath I hadn't known I kept.

King Laurent: "I apologize miss Jasmine. I did not mean to cause you to re experience such painful memories. I was out of line and that is unbecoming of one of my stature. Forgive me, it seems the losing of my Queen has caused me to forget my manners.", he whispered with such sincerity that I just stood there in shock just as everyone else seemed to stare at King Laurent with shock too. The King apologized? I stood back up and coughed into my hand, feeling all of a sudden very awkward.

Jasmine: "Um...I guess since you apologized so sincerely, I cannot stay very mad now can I ?", I mumbled under my breath and he smiled full blown at me, his perfect teeth damn near glistening in the light.

King Laurent: "If you will please sit back down, we will proceed with the questions and then mon frere and I will speak with you about your request.", my anger deflated at his mood change and I decided not to look a gift horse in its mouth. After all, he said that they would hear me out. With a relieved heart, I walked over to the space I had left emptied, lifted to chair back in place and sat down. I spotted Candice's sneer on her lips and the angry warped features, rolling my eyes in annoyance, she was of no factor.

To ease us into the serious event, King Larry started us off with a simple question in the beginning. He asked what were our names. After the multitude of women answered, there were far to many for me to remember or even attempt to remember.

The second question was did we mind children, to which I heard quite a few of the women reply they did, that children just wasn't for them. Candice and Melissa both answered no, although they both agreed that it would be a pity to lose their shapes. I was so over the selfish replies that I began to block them out, until I heard Kyanna's answer.