The Negotiation

Prince Bane was confused, angry and so many other negative emotions flowed through his veins as he thought of what to do.

''Those philandering brothers.'' Prince Bane angrily walked to the room where Prince Harry was heavily guarded in.

''Your brothers dare to challenge me?'' Prince Bane said to Prince Harry who did not even have the slightest idea about what was happening.

''I beg your pardon? When are you going to let me out of here?'' Prince Harry was depressed and it was evident in his looks.

''Get out of where? You have everything here, there's no need for you to leave. I wonder why you are trying so hard.'' Prince Bane eyed Prince Harry, wondering if he had not heard about what his brothers were doing. Had the news not gotten to him? News was known to travel long distances without a trace so Prince Bane naturally thought that Prince Harry must have heard about his brother's venture.

''My brothers will not take this lightly...'' Prince Harry was about to start going on about how his brothers would attack Persia when Prince Bane slammed the letter in front of Prince Harry.

''Tell your brothers however you can that they should release my girfriend and send her back to me if they ever want to see you again.''

''Your girlfriend?'' Prince Harry took the letter that Prince Bane gave him and read it, and the more details Prince Harry grabbed from the letter, the more his eyes widened in shock.

''What? Macy is your girlfriend?'' Prince Harry could not believe his eyes.

''Who is Macy? Well, that's your business. Whatever she told you that her name is, is entirely your business. Her name is Sent, and she was in the Vandersar palace to see to it that the union did not come to pass, but she failed, so I think you should go ahead and tell your brothers to send her back to me if they ever want to see you again.'' Prince Bane was adamant in his suggestion.

Prince Harry broke out into a low, yet intense laughter as he looked at Prince Bane.

''So, the entire time we thought we had a maid, it was you right there in our living room. How pathetic to reduce your girlfriend to the position of an ordinary maid. If not that I and my brothers are honourable people, we would have slept with her and made her feel useless just like maids feel in the palaces that they work in. I regret not using her to enjoy my sexual desires.'' Prince Bane landed a heavy slap on the face of Prince Harry soon after that latter made the statement above.

''How dare you say that about her when I have just told you that she belongs to me?'' Prince Bane was upset as he glared at the Magusian Prince while Prince Harry wore a smile that only upset Prince Bane the more.

''I was not the person who asked your girlfriend to take on the role of a maid. Besides, Bane, you will pay for this slap sooner than later.'' Prince Harry's mood had changed from that of depression to hope, extreme hope.

''Go ahead, keep on yapping. If your brothers dare to try anything stupid, I will kill you instantly without thinking twice.'' Prince Bane barged out of the room right after he finished speaking.

Prince Harry stood at the very spot he had been in while he tried to digest what had just happened.

Macy was Bane's girlfriend? As in the notorious heathen of a girlfriend that Prince Bane had? How did they even find out back at home?

Harry wished he could disappear from that Persian castle where he was locked up in.

''Send word back to those scoundrels that if they as much as touch a hair on Sent's head, I will kill their brother immediately.'' Prince Bane entered back his throneroom and instructed Xavier.

''Bane, forget about that lady. How many times...'' Xavier was about to tell Bane that he was making a mistake but Prince Bane quickly shut him down.

''I am the king here, okay? or teh Prince, whatever. I am in charge here, Uncle Xavier. So? You will have to do as I have said and only as I have said. Send word back to Magus that Sent should be allowed back to Persia unharmed or else Prince Harry dies.''

Xavier stared at his nephew for some seconds before he turned around to leave. Since Bane was bent on having Sent return to Persia, there was nothing he could do, but he was sure that the Prince would come to realise how much of a snake Sent is.

Back in the Vandersar palace, all hell had broken loose, and even Roger was now under scrutiny.

''Are you sure that you are not also from Persia?''

''I think it's good for you to confess your sins now so that the punishment will be mediocre.''

''If we let you go and then find out sooner or later that you are also a Persian spy, you will regret the day your mother gave birth to you.''

Prince Barry, Larry, and McGuire heaped warnings on Roger while they thought of how to handle Sent.

Roger swore that he had noting to do with Persia. While he swore on the life of his father and mother, he nursed the intenstion to escape from Magus as soon as it was possible for him as things were getting heated up.

''Your boyfriend does not love you as much as you thought he did. Instead of him to release Harry, he is insisting on us letting you go free if not he will kill Harry. Maybe we should show you and him a bit of what we are capable of, right? Maybe he thinks we are joking about how much we will hurt you. Well, we will let himhave a taste, and after that, we will see if he doesn't release Harry to us.''