Alongside the Enemy

Zayn walked into the castle led by Princess Xantheia, the maids and guards around kept on staring at them, particularly him because he was believed to be from the enemy kingdom. But their princess had made it clear that he could be trusted.
Xantheia and Zayn got to the throne room but before they made their way in, Xantheia stopped and turned to him,
\"My mother is quite the very-hard-to-impress, are you sure you still want to meet her?\"
Zayn gave a deep chuckle, his chest vibrating because of his laugh.
\"Believe me, I\'ve been through a lot of very-hard-to-impress kind of people.\"
With that assurance, Xantheia turned to the door and the two guards standing there opened the huge doors.
Queen Anaya, Xantheia\'s mother sat on the golden throne at the other end of the giant room majestically in all her splendor, adorned with jewels and gold befitting of her royal and highest status. Zayn could now see why Xantheia was so beautiful.
Immediately she saw Zayn, Queen Anaya stood up from her throne, her eyebrows furrowed in displeasure and her lips twisted in a hard frown as she called out in a cold tone.

\"Prince Zayn of the Kingdom of Jadovia. How dare you step into my palace?!\"
She turned to her daughter and asked in the same dissatisfied tone,
\"Xantheia what is this madness?!\" Queen Anaya said in anger.
Her eyes then trailed to the guards, about to signal them to take the Prince out when Xantheia stopped them.
\"Mother please, listen to him. He\'s Zayna\'s son.\"
At the mention of that name, Queen Anaya grew quiet as she stared at the prince. He did have her features.
Jet black hair and eyes that were as bright as the silver moon.
\"Why are you here?\" She asked him in a more calmer tone.
\"I\'m sorry if my presence has caused discomfort to your highness.\" Zayn said with a slight bow.
\"So I\'ll just go straight to the point.\"
Queen Anaya stared at him with a suspicious gaze as she waited for him to speak.

\"I\'ll help you fight against my Kingdom.\"

The Queen was shocked.
\"What?!\"