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

Lucia felt giddy the next morning. She had to admit that was because of the date the previous day. It had ended on a good note. She had not been brave enough to get into tough topics and had decided to save them for when it was certain they were going somewhere.

Josephine was also giddy. It was a good morning. She had just received the invitations to the Easton Equine. Lucia had never been to one and this one would be her first. Young women who were not eighteen were not allowed unless they were in the direct line of royalty. Lucia was not in the direct line of Vershian royalty.

Well, she will be soon, Josephine thought gleefully.

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