Princess Evira returned to the royal palace in tears. Loudly, she pushed her way into the throne hall, ignoring the courtiers that were talking to the King about important business.
"Brother," she wailed, "She bullied ."
The King waved his hand outward, dismissing the courtiers so that he could speak to his sister in private. The courtiers wondered if this was going to beco a regular thing: etings being cut short because of troubleso live-strears and bratty sisters.
Evira threw herself at her brothers knees, crying dramatically, "Brother, you have to get revenge for ."
"What happened?" The King asked, lips twitching with amusent. "Who in this world is brave enough to bully my sister? Aren’t they afraid of the consequences?"
Evira wiped her tears. "Sienna Miller, that wicked human wife of the fox lord."
The King raised his bushy eyebrows. "Evira, didn’t you go there to bring my bee? Is it outside? I don’t hear any buzzing."
Evira wailed louder than before, causing the king, his assistants and the guards to wince. "She almost killed , and she sared my na. I had to get out of there because I was humiliated. I didn’t even see the queen bee." She sniffled, "And...and...she said she would bully whenever she sees ."
The king rolled his eyes. He had watched everything as it happened, and Sienna had said no such thing.
"Brother, she is counting on the fox Lord to protect her. You have to make him divorce her imdiately." She rose to her feet and turned her wide, shimry eyes on her brother, "Bro..." she grabbed the arms of his shirt, pulling on them while calling him coquettishly. "You always give what I want, I want Sienna divorced. Make her marry one of our brothers, the weak ones."
The King pushed her fingers away. "Evira, I have absolutely no control over the marriages of the Lords or anyone else in this world, with the exception of myself. I cannot make Elias divorce Sienna. Also, as much as I enjoy Sienna’s antics, I would not want her married into this royal family. Her mouth is too deadly. It is one thing when an ordinary, ignorant, human woman offends a beast man tribe and another when a mber of the royal family does so."
Evira stomped her foot. "So that’s it? You are not getting justice for !"
He shrugged. "I will make her apologize to you."
But that was not enough for Evira in any way. Sienna would be getting a tap on the wrist after all that! "That’s it! A stupid apology? What is her apology even worth?"
King Leon sighed. "Evira, Sienna Veythar is the wife of the Lord of a fox tribe. Her son is the next leader of that tribe. It is important for us to maintain good relations with her and the Veythars. Even if Elias divorces her, it doesn’t change the fact that her son will inherit his father’s position, as long as he is capable.
If he ends up as crazy and cold as his father, he could seek vengeance for any perceived wrongs against his mother. The fox tribe has always been our ally, I don’t want to alienate them.
The most I can get you is an apology. Even then, Elias could refuse her from doing so because technically, you did go to their ho uninvited. And then, you were rude to the family. I have told you many tis to be polite, watch your tone and actions.
You failed to do so and see where we are now. No queen bee."
Evira’s mouth opened slightly. So in the end, the stupid bee mattered more! She huffed and turned around, planning to get that apology herself. Tomorrow, she would return to Sienna’s compound and confront her again.
Now that she knew what the woman was like, she would be prepared for all her tricks.
****
Back at the compound, Sienna was irritated once again. One lion princess had gone, and another had shown up. Another mber of the royal family!
Looking at Sting with an angry, unwelcoming glare, Sienna wondered if their was a sign on her cottage that labeled it as a lion beast man zoo of so sort.
"You look like the King," were the first words out of her mouth. "And you are not welco here, because you are not him. I have to be polite to him but I will not tolerate the rest of you if you are looking for trouble. Are you here to get revenge for the bratty princess?"
Sting chuckled. This human woman was truly amusing and brave. Where others bent and grovelled at his feet because he was a royal, she did the opposite. Was she foolishly brave or just foolish?
"I co in peace." He replied, raising his hands.
Sienna put her hands on the porch rail and replied, "I don’t care if you co in pieces, I have had enough of lion beast n for the week. Unless you ca for important business, turn around and leave."
Sting crossed his arms on his chest. "And if I don’t leave. What will you do about it?"
Sienna stretched her arm out and bellowed. "Shalin, bring my pan. There is a lion beast man here that needs to lose a few teeth."
Sting tipped his head and laughed, roaring so loudly that Honey Thunder ca out of her hive, buzzing in anger. If she could talk, she would be yelling, ’shut up.’
Mrs. Miller quickly intervened, patting her daughter on the back.
Grandma Byra started the apology tour, "Your highness, please don’t be offended. My granddaughter is not in a good mood because of earlier events. She has no plans of hitting you with the pan."
The reason the won were worried was because Sting was not a loud mouth hot tempered royal like the princess. He was a cunning, SS ntal strength beast man raised at the King’s side. Having him for an enemy was the sa as having the king for an enemy.
The old woman was worried because Sienna was just human at the end of the day. If Sting used his ntal strength to attack her, her brain would be fried and she would end up as a fool forever.
She had not protected her grandchildren before because she didn’t know them. Now that she did, she would shelter them in any way she could.
Sting shook his head. "I am not offended. On the contrary, I would actually like to experience what it is like to be hit with her pan." He spread his arms out. "I an it, I won’t fight back."
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