Alexander called both Francis and Olivia to his room to see him. Francis and Olivia were summoned by their servants and were sitting in the prince's bedroom. The room was quiet as none of them said anything. The dragon prince stared at his wife and husband quietly.
"Why have you called the both of us here?" Olivia asked tired of the suspense.
"I wished to talk to the two of you urgently," he said sitting up straight. "The two of you both requested me that you wished to fulfill," he continued. Olivia was all smiles, she thought that the prince was going to throw Francis out in her presence.
Francis kept his head down with shame. Had felt so bad for having made such an unreasonable request. He had no idea what had come over him to want that. He knew that he was jealous of his closeness with Olivia but not to the extent of demanding he leaves his wives for him.
"I called you both here because I have decided on what to do about both your demands," he said.
Olivia and Francis held their breaths in anticipation of the decision that the prince had made.
"I have decided to..."
"Alexander wait," Francis interrupted he got up from his seat. "I have to go. I just recalled something important that I had to do," he said and left the room without giving Alexander the chance to stop him. He ran away from the palace to head out. His eyes were clouded with tears so he couldn't see where he was going.
He bumped into someone on his way out. He stopped and helped stabilize the person so they don't fall. He looked up and saw the queen looking back at him. "And where may I ask are you going?"
"Home," he replied softly.
"With whose permission are you living the palace grounds?" she inquired rendering Francis speechless.
"Dear, it is against the rules of the palace for you or any other wives to leave the palace without permission. Even I the Queen is not spared from this rule, you must understand that you are royalty now and your safety is of priority," she explained and took him with her.
They went to Francis' bed-chamber, the queen helped him to settled down and dismissed the maids and manservants from the room. She sat with him and rubbed the male's back to comfort him.
"What happened dear?" she asked in a soft motherly voice.
"I am scared," Francis replied and started sobbing. The queen hugged him and coarse him to relax.
"Why do you say that when I am here with you?"
"Th..the pri..prince wants to get rid. rid of me. He ha..hates me," he struggled to say in between his sobs.
"Why would he do that?" she questioned not understanding why Alexander would ever push Francis away.
"Why wouldn't he? I asked him for such an unreasonable thing. I made such a stupid demand in the heat of the moment. I let myself get out of control and fought with him," he explained feeling suffocated in the room.
"What demand did you make to him? What did you ask for?"
"I asked him to leave his other wives for me. I got jealous seeing him in Olivia's arms and got into a heated argument with him and asked him to leave them to prove that he loves me," he said and looked at the queen in despair.
The queen gave him another hug tighter than the first one. He listened to everything that Francis' said, she wanted to be happy that he had done the one thing that she had been trying to do for years but she was concerned about Francis for the moment. Her worry for him surpassed her happiness.
"Don't worry my dear, you won't lose the prince. No one will throw you out of this palace. You are my son in law and that will never change," she said and hugged him. She wiped the tears in his eyes and held him.
"But if the prince decides then h.."
"Then nothing. Let him decide what he wants, it seems that the prince is very idle and needs work to do. He needs to use his head for useful things. But relax my dear, I am here and I am giving you my promise that nothing will happen. Trust me," she said in a comforting manner. She couldn't stop the anger that was boiling inside her for what the prince had done.
The queen kept comforting Francis and reassuring him not to worry. The door to the room opened and Alexander walked into the room. The queen and Francis stood surprised oathis arrival, the servants and guards outside the room didn't announce his arrival so they did expect him to come in.
Francis stood behind the queen as the queen shielded him from her son. "Mother, I would like to speak to Francis in private," he said to her.
"Gone are the days when sons respected their parents. My son doesn't even greet me and just orders me around like a servant," the queen stated.
"That is not what I want..."
"He orders me to leave like I am some kind of a nuisance. I am so unfortunate that despite having a son I suffer such disrespect. I am the queen but when my son doesn't respect me then how can I expect the world to respect me," she continued and hid her face in Francis' chest.
"Mother, listen I didn't mean to offend you. I just wanted to have a word with Francis and I was not starting a fight with you," he explained but the queen was not ready to listen. She increased her crying and used her hand to chase away her son.
Alexander knew his mother well decided it best to leave the room than to fight with his mother. His mother was the biggest drama queen he knew and there was no winning against her drama. And fighting with her would only make things worse for him.
The woman knew how to twist everything you said to her advantage, this is why he hates confronting his mother about things.