A Night With The King

“What the fuck did you do Patrick?”

Lance yelled out, still hoping that he was joking and Sophie was in on it that’s why she was hiding away from him, how could she not be in the palace when he gave a clear instruction that they should go get her and bring her here, he only spent one night away from the palace, that’s not enough time for her to leave or anything.

“I am sorry, Lancelot, you might hate me for what I did but I did what I had to do to protect you and the kingdom,”

“What nonsense are you talking about right now? What the fuck did you do, Patrick? I asked for Sophie to be brought to the palace. What do you mean she isn’t here, what are you saying? where could she be?”

Lance yelled out. He couldn’t keep calm, not when the reality of what Patrick was saying would make his life hell, no way Patrick would do something like that to him knowing just how much he loved Sophie.

“I found out something about her past that would harm you and your position, I spoke to her about it and we both agree that it would be best if she leaves,”

Patrick explained. His explanation made no sense to him.

“What? What did you find out? Why would you send her away because you found out about her life before she came to the palace, if anything, shouldn’t you have talked it out with me? How dare you make such a decision on your own?”

Lance roared in anger.

She changed her name, the identity she has been using isn’t hers, the only real thing about her is the name, Sophie, she lied for two years, I couldn’t let the elders or anyone else find out she is a fraud, you were planning on marrying her and it would have gotten out. I don’t want you to lose what you worked hard for because of her,”

Lance felt his blood boil, he couldn’t believe the reason why Patrick had sent her away was because of something that they would have easily sorted out, he was sure Sophie had her reasons for keeping that part of her life away, he hadn’t told her everything about his past and they haven’t been together long enough to know everything about each other. Not as if she committed a crime.

“Did she kill anyone? Did she commit any kind of crime?”

Lance asked. He hated the silence that was in the room, he needed Patrick to speak to him and not stay so quiet after what he did.

“No, she didn’t do a crime but she lied, we can’t have someone like that be queen, it would ruin your reputation,”

“That’s my decision to make, it has nothing to do with you, that’s not reason enough to send my woman away,”

Lance roared.

“She is carrying another man’s child, I understand your feelings for her but you can’t marry a woman who is pregnant for someone else, she already started to lie that you are the father, I had to cut her short when she said it, she already believes her child is yours, already calls her the future queen. it would be a disaster when her child grows up and the future heir has to fight for his or her place with a child brought into the union,”

Patrick’s words made Lance angrier. It was hard to keep any sort of control he had. How could he speak like that of his woman in his presence? Of course, the baby was his so Sophie wasn’t lying.

“The child is carrying is mine, the baby is fucking mine, you son of a bitch, how could you send the mother of my child and the woman I love away without my permission? How could you do this to me knowing just how much that woman means to me, don’t fucking tell me you did it for me because you didn’t, Patrick, you didn’t do it for me, you sent my family away while I wasn’t here,”

Lance yelled out. He couldn’t keep his temper in check anymore, he needed to punch something or someone.

“What? The baby is yours? But,”

Patrick asked, looking lost.

“Yes, the baby she is carrying is mine,”

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“I didn’t know she was telling the truth, I thought she was trying to pin her child on you, she was already pregnant before you guys got together, how am I supposed to know she is carrying your child? You didn’t even tell me even though we were supposed to be best friends, if you told me then it would have been easier for me to believe,”

Patrick was blaming him, Lance couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

“I was going to tell you, I also found out recently, even if the child wasn’t biologically mine, she would still have been my daughter, I fell in love with her mom and wanted to marry her even before I found out she was biologically mine, you had no right to send my woman away because of that or because of anything else, you tell me where I can find her right now, tell me!”

Lance yelled at him.

“I have made a mistake,”

“Is that all you can say to me right now? You made a mistake? Of course, you did. you do everything that you have to do and find my woman, you have less than forty-eight hours to do it, Patrick unless you will never be my friend again, and for now, you are fired until further notice, I don’t want you anywhere near me, I fucking hate you so much right now, just seeing your face makes me so mad,”

Lancelot yelled.

“What? You can’t fire me, I know I might have made a harsh decision but you can’t fire me, I am your best friend, I was only looking out for you. The elders were planning to replace you with Justin, if they find out she faked her identity, they would turn against you for real, they already don’t like how you aren’t listening to them, it would have sealed the deal,’

Patrick tried. His explanation only made things worse.

“I am the king, Patrick, no one can replace me, what the fuck do you even mean by that? I can’t stand you right now, you are fired, I will get people to do the job of finding her and bringing her back to me, I just don’t want to see you near the palace,”

Lance said and walked out of the emerald house, ignoring Patrick trying to talk him out of it. Once he was inside his chamber, he made sure to lock the door so that Patrick would not follow him in. The reality of what just happened dawned on him when he was left alone. There was no Sophie, no hugs, and right now, he didn’t even know where she was.

He hadn’t felt this lost in a long time, this wasn’t what he wanted to meet when he returned, he wanted his Sophie back.