|| Traitor || - kth.ksj

: Confrontation :

"Pardon me Your Grace, but I have to tell you something very important."

The Queen stopped talking with one of the nobles as Taehyung came out of nowhere and interrupted them.

The female alpha glanced at Taehyung before scrutinizing Seokjin from head to toe.

"Do you have anything to tell me, Elder Prince?", she asked her son who could sense that the queen certainly didn't want her presence at that time.

"Yes....", Seokjin heard Taehyung's deep voice answering to his mother.

"We both want to discuss something with you.... Your Grace.", he continued.

Seokjin looked up at Taehyung, confused if he should be nervous about the queen's reaction or should be relieved by the mental support he was receiving from the young alpha.

The queen looked at Taehyung for a second and nodded.

"Excuse us then...", she said to the nobleman she was speaking to earlier.

Taehyung hesitated a bit.

"Your Grace, I think we should.... We should invite the other nobles to join us too. They deserve to be in the discussion. Its....Its about the announcement you made this afternoon.", he mumbled after clearing his throat.

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"Its impossible.",was all the queen said after hearing the whole matter.

"The arrangements are complete, Younger prince is mentally prepared to get engaged and moreover,I am not going to take my words back."

Seokjin internally scoffed at his mother's stubborn words. This woman doesn't even care about her own daughter's happiness! And Jeongguk? He being "mentally prepared" for the engagement is nothing but a humorless joke.

"I beg your pardon,my Queen but I don't really think they want this marriage. It was...my fault that I didn't consider about Jennie's consent before serving the proposal to you. But,I've realized it now that we can not just force our decisions on them like this.",Taehyung calmly tried to convince the elder alpha.

"And who made you realize this all of a sudden, Duke Taehyung?!",the queen hissed while glaring at her eldest child.

Seokjin's jaw clenched.He have to do it for his siblings.For Jimin.For their happiness.

He took a deep breath and gathered all of his courage to confront his mother.

"Jisoo loves Jennie.And Jennie loves her back too.They've chosen each other as their mates,then why are we going to force any political agenda on them,Eomonie?! And to be honest, Jeongguk doesn't want this marriage at all.We need to stop this-",he reasoned but the queen cut him off.

"Who asked you to give your opinions?! I asked the question to Duke Taehyung then why are you interfering in our conversation?!"

Seokjin became stunned because of the amount of disrespect he was receiving infront of all of the nobles who were present in the meeting room.

His face became pale and his hands turned into fists as his mother continued spitting venomous words towards him.

"I should have known. You just couldn't stand the fact that your younger brother is getting a mate before you.You.You never really accepted Younger Prince's achievements! I shouldn't even have allowed you here in a meeting of Alphas,you ungrateful Ome-!"