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>Josephine would have been more excited about Lucia and Michael being on the news if she weren't stressing about what to do with Adela. She hated that her husband continued to ignore her. Breakfast had been another stiff chore, where her two older children had taken one look at her and Dominique and decided that they were not hungry.</p>

<p>Lucia was having another late start to her day. Josephine hoped she wouldn't make a habit of it. Her transition to being queen would be harder if she had more bad habits to unlearn on top of new ones to acquire. She was about to say something to the housekeeper about calling Lucia down when she heard her youngest daughter's footsteps coming down the stairs. She poured herself another cup of coffee. She needed it, having had a sleepless night.</p>

Line On The Line