In the throne room, The king was seated on his throne with a distraught expression on his face. The royal investigator, Morat, the chief commander, Brenna and Kenna, were seated in the throne room.The sky was dark and cloudy as it was about to rain and the hall was dimly lit concealing the look of anxiousness and fear on the faces of Brenna and Kenna.The royal investigator cleared his throat, “The contents of the letter are highly incriminating, proper investigation has to be done, my king”“Are you trying to say I would do such a thing? Are you trying to say that I would leave the kingdom without even telling the king at night? This is treason!”, Brenna said angrily and stood up, “The writer of that false letter and the royal investigator must be charged with treason”. Kenna stared at her mother silently with obvious fear in her eyes.“But I am not the one who wrote the letter”, The royal investigator retorted politely with an expressionless face.“Silence everyone!”, the king orde
“It’s nice to meet you, I am Princess Kaliyah”, Kaliyah greeted monotonously and without expression. The woman clicked her tongue, “And I am Azar’s mother, the empress!” Kaliyah raised her brows, Azar? It must be the name of the father of her child. She quickly schooled her expression and bowed slightly, “My honor. Is there a problem?” “No, I came to see the human we have been expecting”, she couldn’t hide her disgust when she said ‘human’, “You will begin training in 30 minutes, get ready”, she said and turned to leave. “Wait”, Kaliyah stopped her and the empress paused, without turning back, “I just got here, shouldn’t you think of giving me food first and letting me rest before I go for whatever training I need to go for” The empress chuckled and turned sideways to talk to her, “You are hungry and you cooped yourself up in your room, that’s funny. Were you expecting me to come to serve you? Get ready, in half an hour, you will begin training. Being late will attract punishment
“Mother, what brings you here?”, Azar decided to ask to end the topic of pregnancy and avoid further fight. “To take her, training will begin shortly. I would have sent someone to come take her but I was afraid she’d decline”, the empress said with a smile plastered on her face. “I’m afraid she’d have to skip training for now”, Azar said. The empress looked at Azar, a little dumbfounded, “I am quite hurt that you dare speak against your mother and the Empress but it’s fine, I understand your sentiments as she is with your child. But your father and I have already discussed this. She is not even worthy to carry your…” “Mother”, Azar cut her mid-sentence, “Enough with all these. She cannot begin training immediately because she is with child” Kaliyah was touched seeing the way Azar supported her but then she thought, “It’s not like he cares about me, it's about his child”. “She is weak and clueless about this empire and about the kind she carries in her womb! She has to be taught!
“Who is the father?”, her father yelled angrily. He had every cause to be angry. She was his lucky prize, the one he planned to sell in marriage to the Slavcans but now she was pregnant… Kaliyah bowed her head as her father kept ranting. No, she didn’t bow her head in shame, she was trying to hide her facial expressions. As dire as the situation was, she couldn’t pull off that remorseful look that her father wanted. “Kaliyah! Are you even listening?”, her father screamed. Just then, her stepmother walked inside with a concerned expression on her face. Kaliyah scoffed, she knew better. “Your Highness”, Kaliyah bowed to greet her, the queen. “Shut the door”, the queen ordered the guards at the door of the courtroom. She then turned to the king, like Kaliyah never greeted her. “My king, I’ve been hearing rumors about Kaliyah getting pregnant, tell me that is not true”, she questioned. When her father didn’t reply, she turned to Kaliyah, “Kaliyah! How could you do this? Who is the f
Kaliyah had lied to her father that she wanted to go to riding lessons with her friend when they had planned to go for a party at an inn which was supposedly at the border. It was rumoured that people from different clans and kingdoms visited that inn. Kaliyah and her friend, Anastasia desperately wanted to go.It was morning, her normally tranquil morning was disturbed by Anastasia’s noises. She had overslept!“Why are you still in bed?”, Anastasia screeched with her very little voice.“Oh goodness!,” Kaliyah exclaimed and jumped out of bed, “Rhaegal, get that dress ready, the one I picked last night quickly please”.“Yes princess but please slow down, it’s still too early to start your riding lessons”, Rhaegal stated as she watched the two girls make a mess while trying to hurriedly get ready.“We like early”, Anastasia replied with a weird smile. Rhaegal was beginning to doubt the “riding lessons” but she complied because the king had given his permission already. When Kaliyah was
Brenna rode to her uncle’s house- her mother’s brother. He was part of the king’s court and would know a lot about the Slavcans. He was always one to help her out and accommodate her excesses. When the first queen died, she quickly related her intentions on being the next queen to him and he did his best to make sure she was where she was now. She arrived at his house and met him smoking outside. “Brenna, what are you doing outside the castle walls by this time?”, he scolded while sitting up. Brenna came down from the horse easily and ran to him, “Are you one to scold me for sneaking out while you’re smoking at your age”, she then sat down on the chair close by, “There’s an issue on ground, I just couldn’t sit still and fold my hands”. Her uncle, Morat threw the cigarette away and smiled, “About Princess Kaliyah?” Brenna hissed, “Even you have heard what happened” “Of course, I am Morat”, he said and chuckled, “For my wife to also have heard, then the news is fast spreading. I a
Morat was outside waiting. He wondered what Brenna was up to. He immediately started regretting why he agreed to help her in the first place.Meanwhile, in the courtroom, Brenna had started her game already.“Yes, she is pregnant and as her mother, I have given her necessary punishments”, Brenna stated.“You couldn’t even take care of the Slavcan’s prince betrothed. Do you think the Tamars will get away with it?”, Valen said casually.That statement alone sent shivers down her spine.“But you claimed you loved her and chose her out of the many princesses you could easily get”, Brenna started, “You surely won’t let her slip from your grasp”.“Yes, I was intrigued by the stories I heard about her. The warrior princess. But I won’t marry her with another man’s child growing in her. I won’t marry her with the stupid man alive either”, he said with a low tone.“I will make sure that baby dies in her womb if you still want to marry her and I will make sure I find the father of the baby. As
The king, Kenna, and Kaliyah were already seated at the dining table. The servants were already placing the dishes on the table.“Kenna, where is the queen? Is she alright?”, the king asked.Kaliyah and Kenna’s eyes met at that moment and Kaliyah flashed her a smile which made Kenna uncomfortable.“She… she is. I met her before coming downstairs. She’ll be here soon”, Kenna replied.“Good, we have to see. Since Kaliyah has decided to be a disgrace to our family and to the kingdom, it’s good that you’ve been well behaved”, the king started. Kenna’s face turned sour while Kaliyah smiled widely.“We may have to call off Kaliyah’s engagement and have you take her stead”, the king concluded. Just then, Brenna walked in.“Your Highness”, she greeted and sat down.“You didn’t join us for dinner yesterday”, he replied.Brenna smiled, “Oh yeah, I was so weak yesterday, I had to go to bed early. What were you all talking about?”, she asked to divert the attention from her.“Father was just talk