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>It had been four days, and the tension between her parents had not ebbed. When her mother called her for a private chat during her day off, Adela hoped it had nothing to do with that. It was not fun being in the middle of a big confrontation. She wondered if her mother wanted her to convince Lucia of something. What else could it be about? The only other time her father had gotten close to this was when Lucia begged him to let her go to boarding school because their mother and the queen wanted her to marry Prince Michael. Maybe their father saw the impending marriage and was against the union.</p>

<p>She wondered if her mother wanted her to play mediator in favour of her sister marrying the man she once considered to be her future husband. She hoped her mother had more heart than that.</p>

The Duty Of All Of Us