Beautiful Bastard [H.S]

21•King says Oink Oink

Alexis's pov

I walked into the dinning room it was time for second lunch

Oh yes that's right second lunch see in the palace you're up at 7 am so that's breakfast time at 10am brunch is served at 12pm is lunch at 3pm is second lunch and dinner is at 6pm

I'm forced to join him for all meals and I'm forced to eat but I always eat light

I sat down an entire roasted chicken sat in a tray if it's own drippings in front of Henry he glared at me as I sat

"I almost had to call you again you had me waiting so damn long" he complained and peeled the browned skin back stuffing it in his mouth

I looked away "I apologize I try to take my time on the steps after I slipped" he lip twitched up into a smile for a second as I mentioned my fall

"See that you do" he spoke with a mouth full

In front of me was a tray of shredded chicken dip it was a spicy buffalo flavor and it had crackers for me to use to scoop it up

I'm so happy the cooks used vintage cook books no one even knows what a buffalo is let alone what buffalo sauce is

As I nibbled on the crackers I thought 'why do they feed Henry so much?'

He's king what he says goes yes I get it but no doctor tells him how horribly unhealthy he is, no they clam up, no one tells him that eating at least 2 chickens a day can kill him

Maybe it's a display of wealth as in the 1800 century the fatter you are the richer you must be you're fat because you can afford to be you can afford food if you were skinny you were poor you couldn't afford food maybe that's what they were thinking

But regardless the cooks are possibly the most over worked bunch of servants in the palace

I glanced up and Harry was watching me as always I fluttered my lashes a bit at him just to be playful then looked away peeking at him from the corner of my eye still he was now smiling I looked at my food

"Alexis?" I turned and looked at Henry

"Sí Cardo?" I answered He glared I sat stiffer "yes my King?" I corrected myself

"I heard about a fight involving your guard and mine Joshua has told me your guard started it is that true?"

I glanced at Harry again and nodded "yes it's true"

"Well has he been punished?" He raised an eyebrow of course the one time he cares about anything with in the guards is when someone needs to be punished

"Yes I served his punishment" I nodded

"Good you've whipped him let me see" he looked at the wall scanning the guards obviously not knowing which one is mine Harry looked at me I did one quick half head shake telling him to stay put

"No I didn't whip him" he snapped his head back to me

"And why not?" He yelled slamming his fists on the table

"It was hardly even a fight no one was actually hit Henry it was nothing" I shrugged

"Stupid cunt you think it's okay to attack the King's guard?! That's disrespect to me he disrespected me he gets whipped" he hadn't called me names like that in such a long time it shocked me

"I didn't see it fit at the moment I-" I gasped and screamed as his hand hit my cheek my head flew to the side my hair flung by force into my eye