AnotidaMandemwa

[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?

Regal Games

<p>If Lucia thought that the crowd when they had gone to inspect the chapel was big, she was wrong. The crowd she was seeing today was much bigger. It was a wedding and so she guessed no one would care much about her. She would focus on her duties and not her insecurities.</p>

<p>Lucia turned her head and looked at Princess Danielle and Adela and wondered why they looked so calm; She wasn't. Despite how calm her reflection looked in the glass as she looked outside again, her heart felt like it wanted to break through her chest and make a run for it. She wondered how Caroline was doing. Was the crowd as intimidating to her as it was to Lucia?</p>

That's The Smile