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[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

Vershia held its breath when the vehicle carrying Princess Lucia June Handhoff drove past. Her veil covered her face, but you could just see her smile as she alternated between talking to her father, the King of Rhodes, and waving at the crowd gathered on either side of the road.

This woman would be their crown princess and, eventually, she would be their queen. They loved her already. They had seen her grace and kindness. They had seen her resilience and her beauty. They had also seen the way their prince lit up in her presence. They saw the way she made him smile. She made him happy, and that was all that mattered to them.

She was a princess of Rhodes now, and she would be the princess of Vershia when she married their prince. Vershia would accept her with open arms. It was not hard to love her.

From Fairytales