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I watch harry play with my son Alexander, and I smile at the sight in front of me. I love this man so much... And the fact that I tried to marry him and the counsel, who has the final say on who the King or queen can get married to, told me that I can't marry my only true love disappoints me.

I remember everything like it was yesterday...

~ flashback ~

"I'm sorry, my lord... But we cannot grant you permission to marry harry." One of the counsel leaders said, which breaks my heart.

"why not?" I ask them.

"we need someone who can bring in an heir... If you and your future Queen die, who will take over the Royal throne?" he says.

I shake my head, "but Harry can give me an heir. He has something special about him, please!"

"You need a woman-"

"I don't want a woman. I want him." I stare dead into their eyes and they stare back at me.

"I'm sorry, King Zayn... But our decision is final." he finishes before leaving the room that we were in.

I groan in frustration as I pace back and forth around the room. The fact that I won't be able to spend the rest of my life with my love upsets me... And the fact that I have to marry someone who I don't even love upsets me even more.

~ end of flashback ~

"husband!" I hear my wife Gigi calling for me. I keep my eyes on harry for a moment before looking at her. "yes, my love?" I reply.

"I need to borrow harry for a moment." she says, and I give her a confused look. "what for?" I ask her.

"I want my hair to be perfect for our dinner party tonight. And half of the girl servants can't satisfy my hair needs like Harry can." she explains. I nod my head and look over at harry who is still playing with Alex... "harry!" I call for him.

He looks at me. "yes, my lord?" he replies. "can you please help my wife with her hair please?" I say and he nods his head. "of course." he says and he picks alex up and follows Gigi into our bedroom.

~ harry's pov ~

"how would you like your hair to be styled, your grace?" I ask the Queen as she sits down in a chair in front of me.

"I want a crown braid... The usual. But last time you made it look messy... don't do that again." she replies and I nod my head. She is a very picky Queen. She carries herself with elegance at least that's what she tells herself.

I begin to braid her hair. It was quiet for a few minutes... And then she started to complain. "ow! Harry! You're pulling my hair!" she whines. I shake my head. "No I'm not... You're just tender headed, your grace." I reply to her.

"Are you calling me a liar?" she asks in a stern voice. I instantly knew that what I said was a big mistake. "No, your grace... I'll... I'll be more careful." I reply.

She nods her head. "good... Remember harry... You're just a servant... Or a handmaiden. Whatever title your king gives you... You're nothing more than that. You're not above my son... You're not above zayn... And you're definitely not above me..." she says before looking at me through the mirror.

"know your place." she finishes. I look at her through the mirror. We stare at each other for a moment before I said anything.

"yes, your grace..." was all I could say. If only she knew what her husband was doing behind her back.

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~ zayn's pov ~

This whole dinner party was overwhelming... King Liam of France was sitting in front of me, and beside him was King Niall of Ireland. We were talking about forming an alliance within our three kingdoms, if another kingdom attacks one of us, we would send soldiers from each of our kingdoms and have them patrol our area.

And if we help each other take over land, we would split it amongst the three of our kingdoms.

And though everything was going good... Gigi felt the need to step in. "I think that if we were to take over land, me and zayn's Kingdom should get double than you and liam." she says.

Which catches me, niall and liam off guard. That's not at all what we planned.

"how so...?" niall asked in a stern yet calm voice. I can tell he was getting upset but tried hard not to show it.

"well... Me and zayn have a much bigger kingdom." Gigi starts to explain.

"but so do I." liam starts, "yet I don't think it's fair that one kingdom has more than the other. It'll waste the whole point of the alliance-"

"that me and zayn started." Gigi cuts him off. "if it wasn't for our idea, your kingdom could be under attack and have no help or support!" she finishes.

I'm sick of this. I'm tired of hearing her speak. "that's enough!" I shout as I slam my whine glass on the table. "thank you King Niall and King Liam. We will discuss more of this next week." I say to them. Liam and Niall nods their heads and leaves the room.

I look at gigi and shakes my head before getting up and leaving. I ignored her calls for me and went straight to our bedroom.

~*~

Making sure that Gigi was asleep, I sneak out of our room and into harry's room. I slowly sneak over to his bed, and carefully takes his covers off. He wakes up and looks at me and gasps. "wh-what are you doing, my lord?" he says. No matter how many times we do this, he is always still surprised to see me.

"shh..." I say in a soothing voice, trying to calm him down. "just relax..." I unbutton my shirt. "And enjoy the moment..."

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So that's the first chapter! What do you think about the characters so far?

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