A Court Of War

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wed closely. I hated it when people saw my father as a traitor. It was a battle between emper

where the soldiers were training. He gazed at his sister who did not care about my feelings a

into my heels. Poor girl, she had no idea

's go to the courtyard. The king's Ball is tomo

cused himself. We watched the view of the city for hours. It was a bor

ormed the rest. The

bout the ball. I was scared of attending it but my father insisted that I do.

f reaction or alarm on my face. It was just a party and anything I come up

n with an embodiment of stones. The pearls father gave to her on her last birthd

open the wooden door, the heat and light almost blinded m

s hot instead of warm. I turned the fire off with cold water from the bucket in my bathroom. I was in a

able to handle everything that comes my way. It was not easy standing in front of the peop

me, our statuses ranked different in the empire. I was the Emperor's daughter and the future Empress. She had no right to send me.

nd she let out a scream. "Go and open the wi

beautiful curtains that my stepmother made for me two weeks ago. There we

them gently. She kissed and rubbed it on her

why she did but I did not want to talk about the

The ones from last month were sent to the nunnery to distribute to the poor. I went to my king-sized bed

ortals like us did not possess magic- did not possess any superior strength speed of the Genasi. The rare and dangerous one was th

hat she was up to…my dresses…not again. It made me feel uncomfortable. I smile revealing all my

I said return

incess. All my life, I lived by the rules given by my father. When they were outside playing, I was indoors learning with a tutor. Th

ose" Hazel was excited about tomorrow. The question was gener

h its presence will be my husband. You know, I'm always good with taste…he should be strong and t

. It was either she goes for a handsome prince who will brag about his riches or a brav

er?" Hazel told her. She turned to me and asked "What

, my marriage was going to be arranged by my father. It would be for the betterment of the empire. But if I was asked to choose my husband, he would b

deep breath and asked "What about his physic

icture the man I wanted. With my eyes closed, I described the image in my head to them "A t

y said that Emperor Sargon had a thing for green eyes. His wife ha

ine at the thought and I shove

nded the throne at the age of ten killing his father. It was said he was a no-m

ed his son to be killed before it was born" Hazel assure