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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?

[WSA 2024 Entry]

Regal Games

<p>After her sisters left the palace, Adela started the wait by wearing out a part of the floor pacing up and down. She had nothing on her agenda. Nothing but seeing her father. She had not realised how much she missed her old man. When she started biting her nails, she decided to distract herself by turning on the television. Maybe she could find something interesting there.</p>

<p>Fortune or misfortune, she could not decide, but the news channel was where she landed. They were talking about her upcoming wedding to their king. They showed images of her arriving in Myria a few days back and then images of her sisters arriving in the country. Next, they showed her father and brother getting on the plane to arrive in Myria.</p>

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