The Forgotten Princess Rose
Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Chapter 164

"James!" Lilian called for her husband as she stormed into their shared quarters. "You must speak to your daughter."

"Which one?" James answered.

"The only one who is recognised as a princess. Kiara," Lilian clarified, greatly annoyed that he thought of the others. "She is getting out of hand."

James sighed, sitting on the bed he wanted to sleep on peacefully. "Don’t you find it ridiculous that you are coming to me to deal with a princess? I deal with matters of our sons and leave you to teach Kiara. Not that you need to do anything. She is well above her peers."

James didn’t want to hear about Lilian’s issues with Kiara.

"She toys with our sons-"

"That only tells me that they continue to run and cry to you. Something they must stop doing since they are old enough to marry. It is not right of all of you to keep ganging up on Kiara. You do it because I care for her. Do not think I have not noticed," said James.

"It is not that. She doesn’t show you how she treats others. I am worried that our children might be so against each other. They might kill just to get ahead in the palace and right now I worry about Kiara the most. Your treatment of her has made her untouchable. You must do something," Lilian pleaded.

Kiara was right that she had become better at this game than her mother. There was nothing Lilian could do to get her daughter to stop. It was like staring into the face of a stranger who could stab her at any moment.

James laughed at Lilian’s request. "Do you hear yourself? You are afraid of our daughter? I could understand if one of the boys scared you but Kiara? It is foolish of you to come to me for this. The timing is a little too wonderful after she was praised for her knowledge. You never liked it when she shined more than Henry."

James stood up to find a glass to pour a drink. "Henry should be the best at everything like I was. A princess should not outshine him but that boy does not focus. Everything is handed to him so easily."

"It is not all handed to him. You don’t pay him the same attention that you do to Kiara," Lilian argued.

James threw the glass in his hands at the wall causing it to shatter. "I do it so he speaks up more and does not expect everything to fall into his hands. He is my heir but he does nothing to make me proud. He is almost sticking to you, searching for answers from you. You have babied my heir."

"He is my son," Lilian defended her actions.

"Is Mateo not your son? You do not baby him the same way," James replied. "You have ruined my night. I will find rest elsewhere."

"You mean you will find rest in another woman’s arms? Will you bring another child into this palace?" Lilian questioned, her heart aching as he did not think of her.

James grabbed a bottle of wine from the table in the room. "No. I would hate to bring another child into the palace for you to chase away the mother or kill it. Instead of being jealous of your daughter, I suggest you think over your actions."

"Maybe I am left with foolish sons as a result of you killing the others. I shouldn’t have listened to you or your father. A bunch of babbling fools you are," James spat.

His choice of queen still annoyed him years later.

James left Lilian to think over her actions and see how lonely she would be without him. He started down the path toward a maid he knew flirted with him but ended up heading towards Kiara’s wing of the palace.

James had the guards outside announce him and then entered after.

"Father," Kiara responded, standing up from where the maids brushed her hair. "You are all dismissed."

Kiara knew something was wrong from the bottle in his hands. It was either from an argument with the court or with her mother. "Something troubles you, father."

"You always know what is wrong, unlike your mother. I am certain you have inherited everything of me while your brothers take after your mother. Let me hear your side of what happened with your mother," James said, knowing he would get the truth from his daughter.

’So, she ran to tell,’ Kiara thought. And here she was going easy on her mother because she loved her.

"I was leaving dinner when Mateo approached me with some offer. I told him to focus on the army instead of doing things not worth his time. That upset mother as she thought I was always stealing the shine from my brothers. I was only trying to lead him in the right direction," Kiara explained.

Kiara bowed her head to hide her face from her father. "I think it would be best that you do not show me any kindness. They are jealous of it."

"Nonsense. You are my daughter. It is expected that I treat you differently. Those two want everything handed to them. They only come to me when they want something while you are always looking after me. You are my pride and joy. If only Henry had sense like you then I wouldn’t worry about the kingdom after me," James confessed.

He wasn’t proud of any of his sons at the moment which was why Henry wouldn’t get a hold of the throne until he was dead.

"If I might speak freely father," Kiara requested.

"Speak."

"Though Henry is the crown prince, Mateo does nothing to show he would make a great king should Henry fail and Henry never comes to your aid when you need him to. When he speaks, he ruins your plans. I think it is a result of mother shielding them too much. I know my duty as a princess, do they know their duties without mother?" Kiara asked, looking up to see her father’s face.

James pondered on this. "You must be in my mind child. I just accused your mother of babying them. I have let it go on for too long. I cannot let anyone say that I have raised fools."

"I wonder how they would be if mother wasn’t in the palace. Who would they turn to? They would have to learn how to speak up and act as your sons. I can sit in circles with my peers and not need my mother near to help me. I worry it is not the same for my brothers and what will be said about you," said Kiara.

Kiara continued, "A break would be lovely for mother since she speaks of missing grandfather."

"Perhaps it might be best to send your mother out of the palace. To have her visit her family for a few weeks or more. It would give me a break from arguing with her. That woman does not know how to be silent," James said, looking forward to a moment of peace.

It was time his sons knew how to be princes without their mother’s help. They were going to embarrass him if he did nothing.

Kiara smiled. "It is an excellent idea father. I’m sure in the long run she will thank you."

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