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Regal Games

[WSA 2024 Entry] Everyone is playing a regal game. Everyone except Lucia (who probably should). After her father faced accusations of trying to seize the throne from his father and king, he was exiled along with his family. They were no longer royalty, but his wife would not have it. She was friends with the queen of Vershia and used that to her advantage. Her two older daughters were the right age to marry the two princes, and she would make that happen come what may. That became a problem when the oldest daughter was ignored by the crown prince, who formed a friendship with the youngest of the girls. There was still hope; Lucia could become the future queen. But Lucia was not groomed for this role. She did not want to live for the type of marriage she could snag. She did not want to take the man who had been planned for her sister. But that’s the thing with plans, isn’t it? She never planned to fall in love with the man, and there she was: an unwilling participant in the regal games. Would she capture the crown? How would everything affect her relationship with her sister? Was there ever pleasing her mother?

AnotidaMandemwa · Urban
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190 Chs

Kidnapped

Due to his busy schedule, Michael had not managed to meet up with Lucia in the past week. Most of their conversations had been through text messages, light and brief. As far as the world knew, he was probably dating her, but it was not a certainty. He did not care what the world thought. He had not been oblivious to the darker part of the speculations and the conspiracy theories. He wanted to ask her if she had seen them. He wanted to hug her if she had, so he did not ask. He did not want to bring worries to the forefront of her mind when he was not there to soothe them away.

So what if her father was exiled for treason? He did not think that Dominique Handhoff was guilty of that crime, but even if he was, he would love Lucia anyway. The people who spoke ill of her were the same people who were envious of what she had and could not see good in anyone because their glasses were stained with their own crimes.