Chapter 8 Prince Rye
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Prince Rye.
Today is Sol’s first day in the house, as a customer usually has breakfast and dinner around the dining table as a family. Fathers wishes.
Besides me, my father and brother. We have three of my older cousins, their wives and children living with us along with twenty five staff members.
It’s a bit hectic but you get used to it after a while, my cousins Emmanuel, Nicholas and Thomas know everything about the blood business and everything else my father and I are involved in.
Hotels, bars, nightclubs we own a lot around the world, mostly for our kind and when problems arise and me or dad can’t make it we send one of them to our place.
Sol comes out of the bathroom wearing a pair off black heels, a long pleated silk fabric shirt and a shirt with her hair falling in her shoulders. It's a weird combination of clothing but who am I to judge?
I take her hand and we make our way down to the dining room, as we make our way through the hallway and down the stairs many servants stop to bow and greet us.
Sol stopped as we arrived at the dining room entrance, she looked scared and ready to run, I gave her a little squeeze and assured her everything would be ok.
It's ok sister, there is no need to be scared,I'm kye your husband's brother and his pet Angel.`` My brother did.
“Ohh.. Hello it's nice to meet you and Angel.” Sol said.
Within a flash he wasn't gone and back with a grin,
“The kitchen made pancakes, chocolate chip. Let's sit before father comes, you know how he loves those.” he flashed me a smile and grabbed Sol's hands.
She looks back at me and then continues walking.
The room is noisy as usual. In here we don't greet each other as we do in the outside world, we sit, talk, smile and laugh at stories from our younger days.
The double doors to the dining room swings open and everyone goes silent, father is walking hard, his face is resting and his jaw is ticking. He's upset about something.
Taking his seat at the head of the table, he rubs his hand along his face and sighs. SLAM!
“Kye would you care to tell me why you did not take protection with you to the rave you attended last night. Or better yet why you attended it in the first place.” father asked.
I look over at my little brother who’s frozen shot, his eyes beg for mercy and if he only had a heart everyone in this room would hear it thumping against his chest.
“Father… I… Am..”
“I.. Am… Is that all, you could have been killed.. You know that we are targeted by many..”
“But many also love us.” key said.
My father stood from his chair slammed bed his hand again on the table and walked over to Kye, I felt Sol grip my arm.
“Father please, I'll talk to him.”
“Talk to him, he doesn't need talking to, he needs to be…”
“Father please..”
He looks me dead in the eyes and then notice Sol sitting next to me, his face went from angry to sad and then filled with joy, then angry again.
“Princess Sol, I'm sorry you had to see that side of me. It's just my i***t son doesn't know how dangerous it is out there. And his older brother seems to not teach him the right way to carry himself no matter how much he says he will.”
He walks over to Sol, she stands and he pulls her into a tight hug twirling her around. Once she's back on her feet she takes her seat.
“Hey, I never got twirled around like that.” Emily, Nicholas' wife said.
“Me either.” Hannah and Isabella said in sync.
Hannah is Emmanuel's wife and Isabella is Thomas' wife.
“Really girls.”
“Yes really, I thought I was your favorite daughter.” Hannah said.
“He said I was his favourite.” Isabella said.
“He told me that too, after I snuck him some chocolates the other day.” Emily said.
“You're playing us old man.” Isabella said.
“Yeah tell us who is your favorite.” Hannah said, standing and folding her arms. They all follow suit. I burst out laughing when Emmanuel stood to his feet also.
“Sit down Emmanuel, and all of you are my favorites. I don't just have one daughter, I have four. Now where are those chocolate chip pancakes?”
After the big discussion of Who’s who favorite we sat and ate, Sol took interest in Kye’s human pet and the others talked about fathers ball in a couple of weeks to come.
I had to leave Sol in the hands of Kye for a brief moment to see father in his office. The B positive district is mine to take care of and handle, it was to be kye’s but I took over. He's still little one thousand years old, he should be enjoying life.
“You wanted to see me father.” I knock and then entered.
“Talk to your brother Rye, please he's killing me. The boy is wild like you. “ he eyes me.
“Ipl talk to him, now what's wrong with the B positive district.”
“Sir Leon has been drinking from the supply, we've come up short by thousands. Also intel tells us he's had new staff every week for the past couple months. It's either he fired them or drank them to death.”
“We have to get rid of him father I've told you this more than enough, he's old and greedy.”
“But he has a power unlike any other, just like you. You can track just by tasting blood. He can see your past, present and future just by touching you. We need him son.”
“So what do you suppose we do.”
“Go talk to him, give him a warning and take Sol with you so he'd see you come as no threat.”
“Gosh father the man is a creep, he'll want to touch her and smell her. I'm not sure how I'd deal with that.”
“Just hold her close, besides she needs to see how things work after all we are equals and shell be Queen one day..”
“Yes father. And the counsel are aware of the death of loam.”
“They are and they send their thanks, along with a gift for the Princess.” He hands me a pink giant box with a bow. The card says, “A Princess is nothing without diamonds and diamonds are nothing without a princess.
“I'm sorry about cutting your honeymoon short son.”
“It's ok father.”
He nods and I walk to the door.
“Father.” I turned around with my hand on the knob.
“Yes son.”
“I'm still your favorite right.”
He burst out laughing before shaking his head ‘yes’.
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