AnotidaMandemwa

[This book is complete]
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

The world was watching when the royal family went to the David Handhoff trial. Caroline had happily told her sisters that it had been dubbed the Faux King trial. Lucia thought it was clever, but she wondered how that affected her uncle's family.

They had not had a great time. It had become very apparent to them now, if they had not known before, that they were neither liked nor loved.

Sure, there were people who felt sorry for them because the children should not be persecuted for their father's sins, but others said that they were grown up and could have moved away from the man. Lucia thought that the latter argument was nonsensical.

If Her Uncle Was Her Father