The Forgotten Prince Chapter 269

Chapter 269: Chapter 269

Zayne took Gage as far away from the dining room as he could so the others wouldn’t hear anything. Zayne entered the library first and didn’t hold the door open for his brother.

Gage held the door before it could hit him hard. "Who taught you manners? Mother should have paid more attention to your tutors."

"They raised

with plenty of manners to know not to go around speaking about my brother’s wife. You don’t ever hear or see

speaking about Yvonne to Paige. Who is the one without manners?" Zayne wondered.

"Paige wanted to know sothing about Rose so I told her what I knew. It’s not my fault that her background is a little ssy. I heard today about how you placed a princess as the queen over there. As long as she listens to my orders then I can allow it. I’m starting to gather n to be in her court," Gage shared.

Zayne folded his arms, uninterested in the small talk. "Get to why you wanted to speak to

alone. You didn’t co here to talk about her.

"No, I didn’t. I was trying to have a small talk before it got serious. I am sorry for the way I acted when you ca to the palace and for speaking about your wife to Paige. I know that it was wrong. I was trying to provoke you and it worked but now the family is in a strange place. Sorry," Gage apologised.

"Unfortunately," Gage started the hard part. "I cannot switch soone else to go in your place. I need you to handle what we already discussed-"

"I knew you were going to do this shit," Zayne cut in.

"Wait," Gage put his right hand up. "Hear

out completely first before you get upset. We already talked about this before you left and found Rose. You were to co back and then take a group with you to speak to him. He likes you the most and is reasonable with you."

"He likes that I was a prince not yet married and he has a daughter to marry off. That is why he liked

to be the one to visit. If you were not already married to Yvonne then he would want to see you. I’m married now so he’ll either lose interest in

or continue to push his daughter. I don’t want a mistress," said Zayne.

Gage didn’t want that for Zayne as well. "You know father or Zeek would co out of their graves to slap

if I pushed that on you. I don’t want you to take another woman into your ho but I need you, Zayne. You’re the only one he will talk to."

Gage continued, "He respects your swordsmanship as well. If I could leave the palace to take care of this or send soone else I would but I can’t. All I have is you because I know you will get the results I need. It’s not like I brought this up now to take you from your wife. We spoke about this before."

"And now things have changed. You didn’t give off the impression that this was all because you needed my help. You were enjoying the idea of punishing

for having the kingdom speak about the victory. I am used to this and I am tired of it," said Zayne.

Gage walked further into the room. "You do not understand. I know you deserve to be applauded but then cos all the talk about how you should be king. We are compared to each other and with

confined to the palace to be kept safe, I just can’t keep up with you. Being compared to Zeek was already hard."

"Do you think I wasn’t compared to the two of you or my father? It is annoying and upsetting at tis but knowing the relationship I had with all of you, I ignored it. You’ve done a lot as king which is why I haven’t pulled your ass off the throne. You’re terrible as a brother but a good king," Zayne described Gage as best as he could.

Gage laughed as he had heard this more tis than he wanted to. "I rember quite well how you told

the day I was crowned king that if I drag this kingdom down and ruin it, you would kill . It never bothered

that you said that. If I were to beco a bad king, I would hope soone stopped

even if they had to kill ."

Gage was grateful he hadn’t lost himself yet.

"It’s just a chair but once you sit on it, I swear to you that your mind is never the sa. So people are good at handling the pressure but then are so like

who let what is said get to them. I’m sorry for the way I treat you when they praise you and I won’t have trouble with your marriage but I need you," Gage pleaded, lost without Zayne.

"You are asking

to leave my wife when I have just returned. She’s not properly settled in yet for

to be comfortable leaving her. I plan to help you when needed but I am uneasy leaving her side already," Zayne replied, needing Gage to see this from his point of view.

"I understand that which is why I would offer protection to Rose while you are away. I will get down on my knees to beg you if that is what will convince you. What I am sending you for is to stop us from getting involved in another war. Rose lives here now so she would be in danger if we don’t stop a possible attack," Gage tried to reason with Zayne.

"We have the n to win should they attack us but you’ll be worried about where to place her and have to watch many of your n die or be hurt. I will reward the soldiers you gather to take with you, so will you do it?" Gage asked, his fingers crossed that this ti would have a different response.

There was a long mont of silence which Gage didn’t want to speak up first to break. He said his part and apologised to Zayne so all that was left now was for Zayne to say yes or no. If Zayne said no then Gage was left in a tight spot looking for soone who could co close to pleasing the leader as much as Zayne did.

"Get down on your knees to plead," Zayne finally answered.

"What?" Gage asked, puzzled why he needed to do that but then it ca to him what he said. "You fucking bastard. I didn’t think you would make

do it. Must you be so petty?"

"Yes. You deserve it for what you’re asking

to do," Zayne replied.