~The royal palace of lenmore ~
My lady in waiting woke up before dawn. Sister Estelle wanted out of the palace before the sun was up in the sky and everything was visible in the light.
"Bath, Princess Catherine?" Judith asked and I nodded. If I did not bathe I would not be able to stay awake the entire day."
Everything was so quiet. Earlier when everything was not as it was today the maids were usually up and about and were cleaning the hallways.
I did not know why she wanted out of the palace today itself and whenever I tried to ask her she would defect from the topic and her words would always be like I am young and I do not have that much knowledge or experience in the gas that one plays.
I truly wish that one day she would understand that I notice much more than she does. One does not seem to hold themselves back when in the company of a child and that is how I notice most of the people that involves herself with are nothing but traitors.
Sister Estelle never believed my words no matter how many tis I told her.
Judith and Irene had already packed my clothes and other necessities for . They were going to stay with in a remote village that my sister was sending us to. As I took a quick but I could not help but wonder if the sister that I loved and cherished was doing it to safeguard from what was about to co or was she just sending a way so that I want to beco a thorn in her way.
My other sister that I had cherished and loved the most was no longer a family mber. A father refused to tell us why and the only thing he told us was now she was Astria’s headache and none of us could keep contact with her.
I don’t understand this. Why would a stop us from conversing with Genevieve? Was it not enough that she was another Kingdom? How heartless could our father be?
The door opened and Estelle entered, shutting them close behind her. "Is she ready?" She asked Judith who nodded. Her eyes Turned to and they softened. "Are you ready?"
"Would you still not tell what it is?" I softly asked her. " At least you can tell why you are sending away, sister Estelle."
Her nostrils flared as she complentated on telling or not. She waved her hand and Judith and Erene disappeared.
She kneeled in front of and that was sothing my sister never did. It only scared of what she was about to say. "They have been rumours about the overthrow of queen Annatasia’s family by so unknown people."
My heart sank and I could no longer find it in myself to breathe. "What?! Genevieve? What about her?" Everyone knew what happened to the royal family once they were captured.
Estelle’s eyes lowered as she shook her head. "We do not know."
I closed my eyes and the tears escaped. Oh the horrors that Genevieve might be going through. I prayed to the god that it was mine and she was not being tortured.
"What now?" I opened my eyes and looked at my sister, "are we not sending in our troops to help?" If thanks for bad than we could send ambassadors and ministers to bring genevieve back. There was not much ti passed after her marriage to the prince so we could claim her back.
Estelle’s eyes did not raise to mine and she shook her head slowly. "We need to ascertain if she is there or not first. If she has escaped already then we do not want to cause them to act against us. I have written letters to be delivered but none have been replied."
I let out a shaky sigh. This was not good.
"Wh. . Won’t we attack?" I want to crumble up and cry out loudly. Why could we not help my sister? Why?
She shook her head. "Father would not entertain this and as long as he is King we cannot do anything about it." She gulped and patted my head. "Do not worry." She said making cry more.
She stood up and was ready to work away when I said, "who is that that has attacked astria? Their defences and army were quite strong." It must be difficult to defeat that country. So how did those people manage it?
Was it the Kingdom of Lethoris? They could do it to conquer more land.
Estelle stiffened but did not turn around making suspicious. What?
She shook her head. "We do not." She said and turned around, "I will write to you soon, once you reach there," before working out of the room.
Sohow those words manage to scare more than anything else. Was it possible that sohow in this world remained people that we did not know what?
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~• Unknown •~
"Here," the letters were placed in front of and I opened them. The sa sender it was.
I bit my lip as I read the contents of the letter. Crumbling the paper in my hands, I stood up from my seat and placed it over the torch near .
I watched as it burned. The last remnants of it fell off the floor and I sighed. The ga had begun.
"Now," I Turned to the woman, "what I want to do is," I walked back to the small pot and slid the papers from underneath and handed it to her, "give these to the man whom I have addressed the above. He will know what to do."
She nodded, glancing at them. " Anything else?" Her eyes went to my clothes and it did not escape ask how she looked down at them. No matter.
"No," I smiled, "just get it done."
The ga was of patience too.
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