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>The breeze hit Lucia as she stood in the morning sun. It played with the fabric of her shirt and sent a strand of her brown hair into her face. She tucked her hair behind her ear absent-mindedly. The fact that she had a pair of large butterfly sunglasses covering half her face made it a bit of a task. She was lost in thought. She had not been able to reach Adela the previous night, and she was worried about her. She heard movement behind her and turned her head to see Michael join her. He was matching her casual loose blouse, shorts, and sandals with a pair of shorts, a white shirt, and sandals. He had a pair of aviator sunglasses clipped to his shirt.</p>

<p>She nodded as she lifted her glasses over her head like an Alice band, "Yes."</p>

Full Circle