You'll Destroy Her...

The Second Prince placed a hand on either side of Meili in a fury, leaning over the bed, his eyebrows lowered, glaring down into her eyes.

"Don't say those words to me Mei Meili. Are you intentionally trying to make me jealous with talk of marrying Bai Li?" he was yelling now. "Tell me now," his arms shook as he held himself above her, "are you pining for another man?"

She blinked up at him in shock, tears spilling from her eyes.

He pinned her hands above her head with one of his hands and gripped the back of her head with the other.

She was tossing her head from side-to-side in a vain effort to avoid him when a servant announced, "the Crown Prince arrives".

The Crown Prince took one look at the scene and strode across the room, pulling his younger brother away from the young woman.