Betrayed By The Hero, Loved By The Lord novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73: Bending rules (2)

"Why is everything acceptable for you but I must follow what the family wants? That doesn’t sound fair," said Xavier.

"This isn’t about me," Nathaniel replied, needing Xavier and everyone else to stay focused. "This is about you."

"I am making it about you. You’ve done the opposite of what you want me to do, which isn’t fair. Why should I follow what you want when you bend the rules to your liking? It must have been the princess you were trying to get me to marry. Wasn’t it?" Xavier asked, knowing a bit of what his father did. "First it was Vivienne then it was the princess."

"You could have had the queen at your side but you allowed her to go to Darius. We had to endure hearing him claim he stole her from you. I have never liked to hear you lose against him," said Nathaniel.

Nathaniel knew Xavier was better than Darius so if Xavier had listened then Nathaniel would have made him sit as king.

Xavier laughed at his father thinking he had lost. Again, how many times did he need to say his relationship with Vivienne was nothing by the time she got engaged?

"It certainly was a mistake letting her use my name to protect herself. Years later I have to deal with all of you thinking there was something more between us. If you looked at what happened and thought I lost to Darius then you are also a fool," Xavier said, disappointed his father wasn’t proving him wrong.

"So, for this marriage to end we will have to kill the girl but then you will come after us?" Ragnar asked, stepping in since Nathaniel was getting anywhere. "There are far more of us who oppose the marriage than those who accept it. No power you possess can protect you."

Xavier only smiled in response. Talking was pointless at times.

Camilla stepped out from the quiet corner she had been enjoying. "I think the best decision is to wake father to see what he thinks. Or, if we want to go further we should wake grandfather."

"Don’t be absurd," Nathaniel replied, fully against the idea.

Camilla frowned. Why was it that when it came to her ideas Nathaniel was so quick to dismiss them? "Why? Because you fear they will take Xavier’s side or speak of how you should have led by example? You still haven’t spoken about how you bend the rules to your liking."

Camilla walked to where Xavier sat. Seeing him alone while they were here to question him reminded her of the days her family would question her. She used to feel so alone which didn’t help with her outburst then.

Camilla stopped when she was closer to Xavier so he wasn’t alone. "All the elders aren’t awake therefore we cannot order Xavier to end his marriage. Besides, father was always the kind to tell us not to bow too fast."

"That was for dealing with people who are not from the family. This is different," Nathaniel informed Camilla. "He taught us to respect the family’s wishes. Leave for the men to speak."

"If you wanted only the men to speak then you shouldn’t have sent word to my home and told me to come here. Don’t bring that talk of men speaking to me or I will claw your eyes out. I am not afraid of you," Camilla said to Nathaniel.

Xavier smiled since it was always quick for the trio to turn against each other. One of them was going to stab the others in the back and while the first guess would be Nathaniel, Xavier had his eye on Camilla. Her temper was still there along with her dislike for Nathaniel.

"Stop it before it goes too far. You have him laughing at us," Ragnar stepped in. "It appears nothing we say will end the marriage. I wouldn’t like for the family to be divided because of this so I say we give Selene the chance to prove herself."

"Ragnar," Nathaniel turned to his brother. That was not the plan.

"Josephine was given the chance so it is only fair we give Selene a chance. She wasn’t listed as one of the traitors so we can’t curse her for her parents’ actions but we will still keep an eye on her. What do you say?" Ragnar asked Xavier.

"Open arms?" Camilla laughed. "What relatives have you seen do that? They only welcome the people they look forward to getting something from and then their interest in you goes away." _{freewёbnoνel.com}