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 tomorr

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

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

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

t 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

its presence will be my husband. You know, I'm always good with taste...he should be strong and tal

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

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

, 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