King Henry

Victoria's smile is from ear to ear as she exits her bedroom.

"What happened to you last night?" I laugh, noting her extreme change of emotion.

"What do you mean?" She asks urgently. "Nothing happened last night."

"What changed? You were so angry with me." I remind her.

"I have decided to just take things as they come. Everything happens for a reason. Eventually, things will work out in my favor." She twirls her hair around her finger.

"Great. Then you will love what I have to tell you." I smile and wave her to follow me down the hall.

"I'm not sure I like your tone. What is going on?" She asks.

"I have fixed your Clarke issue." I open a door and invite her inside.

"Really?" She squeals. Her smile quickly fades when she does not see him in the room. She sees another face instead.

"Sir Luke here has agreed to court you until I am able to pull a wedding ceremony together." I smile, standing next to her future husband.

"What the hell is this, Henry?" She shakes her head, not understanding.

"Sir Luke is a good man. He has been a friend to our family for years. He can take good care of you."

"I am aware he is a good man, Henry. I am sure he could take good care of me as well. That is not the issue. He was my age when I was born. How does this make sense at all, Henry?" She laughs. "Is this some sort of joke? No offense to you at all, Sir. It is only that you have been like an uncle to me."

"You wanted a marriage, Victoria. Here I am presenting you with one." I wave my arms towards the very presentable man standing before her.

"I do not want a marriage, Henry. I want one with Clarke. That is the whole point." She scoffs.

I shake my head. Why can she not see that this is the perfect scenario? "This is the only union I will ever bless for you, Victoria. Arrangements are already being made for you two to wed."

"Luke, please tell Henry he has gone mad." She turns to him for support.

He won't dare speak against me. I am his king.

"Henry!" She lifts a vase and throws it at my head. I am able to dodge it. "You swore you would never do this to me! You swore it!"

"It is for your own good, Victoria. I promise. You will be fine."

"You don't even realize it do you?" She asks me. "You are pimping out your sister. I am nothing but an object to you, am I?" She laughs with tears in her eyes. "I am just a tool for you to use to gain more power."

"Victoria, my role is much bigger than you realize. I can not have you and a country to worry about constantly."

"Since when did I become a concern of yours?"

"Since you brought me possibly the worst man in the entire kingdom to ask for your hand in marriage!"

"You barely know him? You didn't give him two minutes to speak freely to you. How can you assume you know everything because you are king? You know nothing!"

"Victoria Anne! You will not speak to me this way! Know your place." I shout, causing her to jump.

Her eyes are filled with terror. "Fine then. If this is how it has to be, I will do as you say. I am going to ask one thing of you in return. I ask that you remember this as the day you lost your closest ally in this world. I will no longer be on your side, Henry. Mark my words. You setting this union up goes against everything you have ever promised me for the last decade."

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