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

Adela sat on the couch in her father's office. She was on one side of her father and her brother on the other. They were facing a camera, with a projector placing a picture on the wall beyond. They were on a video call with the King of Myria. He looked serious. What was this about? He was in Siambi. Adela could not believe it, but he was with that girl he had been with in the papers. Was he officially cancelling their engagement?

She looked at her father and across him at her brother. Leroy was looking straight ahead. Her father glanced at her, smiled, and looked ahead. She had found herself called into the room and asked to sit with this setup already in place. Her brother had already been seated when she got in. What was going on?

She was going to find out sooner or later.

"Thank you for joining us," Gustav said with a gentle smile.

It took everything in her to smile and say, "Glad to be here."

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