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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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154 Chs

Messy Incoming

Michael had never felt more contented than when he was sitting with Lucia in his arms after they had finished their meal. They were on the couch watching television. They had been watching the local news station when the international news segment switched to Rhodes. He had wanted to change the channel, but Lucia had stopped him with her arm on his hand.

"Are you sure?" he asked her.

He remembered her telling him that they did not watch Vershian news. But she was not at home, where she had to worry about triggering her parents. She was curious about her birth country.

"Yes, it is a little tense here in the capital city of Rhodes," the news reporter was saying.

"The people are not happy with the way their country is being governed," she said to the camera, "They are saying that things have been declining ever since Prince Dominique was exiled, and they feel their royal family does not care for them."