UNFIT Royal (Short Story)

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"What the hell was that?" Daniel barked when we got back to my room.

"What are you talking about?" I asked in an annoyed tone.

"I saw how you were looking at him, and how you were looking at him." He seethed

"You are delusional." I walked to the other side of the room, to look out the window. 

"No, I am not. Even Athena saw it, hence the smart ass comment that left she made about you riding something else while on this ship like a harlot." He was pacing in the middle of the room.

The breath was knocked out of me full force at his statement, "Athena is a child, she knows not how to hold her tongue. Do not use her comment against me because those words did not leave my mouth. You are just a jealous prince." I barked at him.

"I am not. We had a good night last night, and you are going back on your word for the rules you suggested." He reasoned, as we walked around the couch and toward the door but not leaving the room.

"I did not break anything, all I did was talk to the captain and you are getting riled up over nothing." I said in a very nonchalant manner, as I looked out the window again.

"How you both were looking at each other was not nothing, I am not delusional. Do not make me out to be this overzealous and possessive prince." He yelled which gained my attention from the window once more.

"Well, that's what you are acting like." I scolded him.

"And you're acting like a fucking child, not a queen!" He shot back.

"Oh fuck you! Since I am such a child why are you courting me?" I shouted, as my chest was rising and falling quickly. My skin was hot, and I was shaking.

His face softened, "Because I really like you." He paused and took a deep breath.

"One of us has to be the bigger person here and obviously it is going to be me. Both of our tempers are running high, I think it is best I leave now before we say anything else that is harmful. We will speak later when we have both calmed down a bit." He walked toward me with his hand out as if he were going to touch me.

When it became clear he was, I stepped back from him and he frowned.

I turned around to face the window once more and saying,"I will not want to speak with you later however you are very welcomed to exit my quarters."

I heard a defeated sigh and heavy bootsteps moving toward the opposite side of the room.

Finally, I heard the door open and slam shut, as my heart lurched.

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Daniel's POV

I just left her room, and my mind is racing.

I keep replaying the argument in my head, it seems worse and worse every time.

"..like a harlot."

I took it too far when I called her a harlot. As I remember the hurt look on her face, I knew it would take some time to sway Ebonie back into my corner.

"I was just talking to the captain..."

They were just talking he was pointing to things and she was listening intently, it was just the proximity.

"You are acting like a child..."

That was harsh.

"..however you are very welcome to exit my quarters."

She didn't even look at me, but the sadness was laced in her voice.

My heart lurched.

What is she doing to me? I have never felt this way before.