Chapter 11: Planning the Future

With the Leaf Princess out of the way, Skylar had to begin thinking about taking the next steps towards dominating the other realms. He waited in the conference room for his siblings and his general, chair balancing on the back legs as he rested his legs on the table, ankles crossed. He had his arms crossed over his chest, head bowed, and eyes closed.

“Skylar, we need to talk,” Sabriel said, arriving before the others.

“That’s why I called you here,” the king pointed out, lazily opening one of his eyes.

“I don’t mean about your conquest,” she clarified, crossing her arms.

“My conquest?” Skylar asked. He lifted his head, both eyes open now.

“Whatever. I want to talk about the princess,” his sister said.

Skylar’s perfectly balanced chair nearly toppled over backward. He grunted and pulled his legs off the table, the front legs of the chair crashing against the ice, cracking the floor.

“You want to talk about the ‘intolerable’ princess?” he asked, using her own words.