Tea slumped back in her carriage seat as it rolled up the path of the English palace. Her maid, Serenity pulled back the curtain, "we're here" she said clasping her hands together. Sighing Tea knew that her maid would enjoy living in England and the palace more than she would, she wouldn't even be here if it weren't for her parents forcing her to marry the King of England.

She had only met him once when he came to visit France. He seemed very arrogant and had an ego the size of the nations he commanded. Obviously he had seen enough of her to want to make her his wife and Queen of England, but that was only because he was smitten with her pretty face.

The carriage stopped and the driver opened the door for them. Tea got out without waiting for someone to help her down, she hated to admit it but the palace was a beautiful sight to behold, much grander than the chateau she lived in back in France.

Two guards came down from the entrance along with a tall man with short brown hair. "Princess of France, it is an honour" he said bowing, "I am the cousin of the King, Lord Seto"

Tea decided to be as formal as he was so she curtsied, "and an honour to meet you sir, I apologise if we are early"

He shook his head with a chuckled, "not at all Princess, The King was just preparing for your arrival. If you will follow me?"

She nodded and followed the man along with Serenity. They walked through a large corridor and into a room with grand furnishings, paintings and décor. Lifting her head she saw him, King Atem, sitting on his throne, as handsome and daring as always. Next to him was an empty throne, presumably for her once they were wed.

When they got closer he stepped down from his throne, "Princess, how good it is to see your face again" he said taking her hand and kissing the back of it with a grin.

Tea couldn't help but tease him, she didn't know why but he stirred some anger deep from within her. "I'm sure it is your grace" she replied trying to resist the urge not to laugh sarcastically, "It is a pity I can not say the same"

Seto and Serenity, who were stood behind Tea looked at each other, surprised she would say such a thing to the King. Much to all of their surprise the King chuckled, "you mean you do not like seeing my face?"

"that I do not" she replied without hesitating whilst folding her arms. To her dismay, he chuckled again, "Did you think id expect you to come into this marriage with open arms? Oh my dear Princess, where would the fun in that be?"

Before she could ask what he meant he turned and went to sit on his throne again. "Taming you shall be most...fun"

"Taming?" she gasped, "I am not an animal"

He sighed looking her up and down, his magenta eyes eyeing her every curve. "Hmm, I have to disagree with you there"

Tea was about to match his whit again but he interrupted her calling over a maid to show them to her chambers. She inwardly grumbled, she hated not having the last word.

Atem sat on his throne watching as Tea, along with her maid walked out from the room. He ran a hand through his wild hair, he didn't know why but that woman infuriated him so much. Perhaps that's why he found her so attractive, because after all, he did love a challenge.

Author's Notes: So I'm back after a few days with a new story which I've had in mind for a while. I've read a lot of stories were Tea is portrayed as your typical woman who falls in love with Yami/Atem in an instant but there's not many stories were she's defiant so I decided that, that is going to be the focus point of this story. I hope to make this story longer than my previous one. If you haven't guessed from my other stories I've written I'm a big fan of Period Drama's, so this story is inspired a little by the tv show Reign which I believe was on the CW in the U.S, if your living in the UK you can watch all four seasons on Netflix, you should watch it because its amazing!