I'm loyal and I'll never leave here, not now not ever, zahla said as she carefully stood up from where she had been resting, beneath the coolest rock at the shore. My loyalty doesn't mean so much to the king, all he will keep thinking about his how to get rid of me, his majesty thinks I'm marrying his son because of his wealth. kele, the princess' favorite maid had been sitting there for a while now, I know the queen really likes you and wishes that you marry the third prince her son. The king won't really have an impact in this situation, tou know what they say, women always have there way no matter how, she concluded. Like they even have a choice, Im the only suiting match for their useless son, dint forget the plan kele, once i get married to the third prince then ill lure him to the mountain were he will be killed and the kingdom might be for our people and finally shekan will be the rightful ruler.
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Covered in thick snow catori tried to raise herself, she stretched out and all her bones made cracking sounds, though she was tired she had no choice but to continue the journey not even when she was being chased by armed men. Catori had just stolen a precious jewel from the palace it was the the royal staff of judgement which was used to sentence people to death and other critical judgements. Catori was an orphan, her mother died in a windstorm at her birth, after her mother's death she was adopted by her mother's cousin who just got married at that time, she took good care of catori and loved her very much as her own daughter, catori was given the name catori for the wonderful strength she possessed, she could left a large bowl of water as at ten, so her aunt changed her name from enola( beauty) to catori which meant SPIRIT.
Years later her mother's cousin whom she called "aunt" gave birth to three daughters, nita, nova and lulu they were triplets. After the birth of the three loving girls one would expect her love for catori to decrease in a way, but her aunt didn't act that way she only loved her better, and thats the only thing that kept their bonds so strong.
Catori's aunt, Ayita was accused of an offence which catori believed she knew nothing about and then she decided to steal the royal staff of justice. She stole the staff the night before the judgment was to be made and ran for her dear life hoping she might she her family again someday.
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Your dearest majesty, It's against my wish that i should marry the daughter of king shekan, i do not she the right values in which i can bestow my love upon, she might be beautiful to sight of many, but my heart has ceased to connect with hers in any way, the third prince concluded. It isn't I but your mother who have chosen this maiden for you and she knows she would make a perfect wife for you, you know your mother always has her way, remember what happened with the royal concubine, she made me make the judgment, the king replied.
The third prince, prince Hinto who was the third son of queen Halona, the most handsome of all the seven princes, he had a unique head shape and an extraordinary eye color which looked rather purple, his eye lashes were like girls' and is brows were full and shaped, he had a flawless skin and a good body structure, and those features made him popular among the girls in the kingdom. The other six good looking princes, vasan, sequola, chogan, tasunke, apitan and galilah were also well know and respected by the people but not as well as the third prince and so is the reason why the queen wants him married.
To be continued