Called it! :-)
Soon as I read the line “not their prince. Their princess,” I knew exactly how this chapter was going to end. It was still well delivered though.
Nice work on coming up with a reason for the obvious enmity between those two, and I absolutely did not predict the twist about Jasmine still being... well, I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
Also, I can't help but thinking that this soldier who carried Jasmine away is going to complicate the plot further down the line.