The council members are made up of the elite people who help the emperor in decision making concerning the kingdom. It's members are firstly the Duke of the East, Kenneth Anderson which is Victoria's husband, the Duke of the South, Landen Thompson Violet's husband, the Duke of the West, Felix Martin and the Duke of the North, Ethan Regan .
There was also the leader of the nobles, lady Everly Wren, the Prime Minister Frank Vincent also he is joseph father and is to take over him when time comes, the treasurer Bridget Vance.
The head of the imperial gaurds Veer Joshi, the emperors personal gaurd and true aide Trevor .
They where all standing up and discussing but when they saw us the bowed and then when we took our sit at the head of the table they filled the other spaces at the right side of the table and then the people from the barbarian kingdom entered; it was first Kier then who I believed was Bidellia entered supporting an old man of about 60 year old .
The problem was Bidellia. She was dressed exactly as me the previous day just the color of the dress which was red instead of blue was the only difference. She tied her hair exactly as mine and even walked like me. She was really determined to seduce this moron but one thing she did not know was that he doesn't like me so dressing like me was a big mistake.
" Dehlia this the king of Lavanté ( the barbarian kingdom's name) Cashel De Lavanté"Ares whispered to me.
This man's reputation was full of bad things first was that he was a womanizer ,like he had so many affairs that it was uncountable. He had 30 kids 14 sons and 16 daughters and Bidellia as the oldest daughter.
After the fight for the throne Kier murdered all his brothers old or infants as a way of not having any contestants for the throne which left Cashel with his young daughters.
" Why don't we start this meeting" he proposed and every one took their seats.
"I declare open this meeting " said Ares and everyone bowed
" We would like to hear the kingdom of Lavanté proposal" said prime Minister Vincent
" What better thing to unite two countries than marriage " asked Cashel as he smiled widely as he looked at Ares who had a poker face " not only would it straighten our relationship but also it would be advantageous for you too my dear Ares"
With a small grin he supported his chin with his hand then spoke" I would like to hear how " he said
With this Cashel smiled more widely as he sipped his wine and continued speaking " I know you are the only son of the previous king and in need of many heirs as possible to continue the family line and what more of having many wives to bear you heirs and satisfy your needs wouldn't it be wonderful and that's why I would like to propose my daughter here as your bride , go introduce yourself " he said to Bidellia and she stood up from her seat and walked up to Ares seat and bowed to him
" I am the first princess of Lavanté princess Bidellia Rhys De Lavanté " she said and she forced a smile
" And don't worry I prepared special presents for the other council members " he turned to Kier " let them bring in the other girls "
With his statement I saw Bidellia face turn pale as we all turned to look at the door which was opening and I also looked at it with shock
Five girls where pushed into the room ; two with silver hair and eyes and two with the same physic as Bidellia and the last girl to enter was Muella.
" These are my daughters who are all ripe for marriage their names are Fiona , Nuala ,Lashea, Sloane and Muella they are all aged from 14 to 16 you all can make your chioces and if your magesty is not satisfied you can choose another one or you can take all of them if you please and in exchange i want your newly born daughter to marry my nephew Munro who is 6. That is all what i would propose" he ended
His statement made my ear ring he wanted my daughter to be married off at this young age,no this can't be happening and when I raised up my head I saw Bidellia rush up to her sisters and stand infront of them in a diffencive position as they shivered with fear .
" Father" I heard Bidellia scream " you promised that if I married him the other girls would not be included in this you would give them an education ,you promised "
He just ignored her and then looked at Frank who shook his head and duke Martin said
" Very convenient and besides it would be beneficial to have more women to bear you not only a girl but many children"
" That is a very good agreement it would forever unite our kingdoms politicaly and militarily what do you think you're magesty "
" I too support this proposal " said madam Everly
We all turned to look at Ares who just held my hand then declared" my wife would be the person to give the final decision, she is the princess's mother after all"
I was given the chance to speak and this would be the only one I got
" I deny the proposal of king Cashel ,my daughter who hasn't learned how to walk yet would not be married of and besides why are you so eager to give out your oldest daughter in marriage instead of offering us one of your mines as compensation, what ever the reason neither Emerald nor any of the princesses would be getting married so give up ".
Ares grinned and then said " you heard her I give you guys another week to find a better proposal apart from giving me and my court your daughters" he said with such a cold vioce it made me shiver
" I want the princesses of Lavanté to be brought to my palace immediately " I commanded and the guards came in and escorted the frightened girls away
" Dismissed" Ares demanded and Cashel and Kier stormed out followed by their people and after that the hall fell silent
" I don't understand why you didn't grab onto this opportunity your Highness " said Frank " their support could have made us military stronger and we could have benefitted from their reasorces "
" I don't have to explain myself to you Frank and better mind your neck before splurting such absurdities " Ares said " I would not be like my father to send away his daughters , Emerald is staying here till she grows and thats final " he declaerd and the court room emptied itself before the Duke of the East and South left they smiled and nodded their heads at me which I returned it and that made me happy as I now know I have two supporters in this room.
The only people left was i, Ares, the Duke of North Ethan , veer ,Trevor and Joseph
" Aren't you guys going home too " asked Ares
" Oww" he pouted " my heart hurts aren't you going to introduce us to her "
Ares sighed and then said " this is my friends, the Duke of the North, you know Joseph , my personal aide Trevor and the chief of Gaurds Veer "
I then nodded and they bowed after some chatting I then stood up.
" Are you going home?" asked Ares .
Since when did he ever cared where I was going to did he still think I was going to run away? How naive of him I would but not now
" I am indeed departing " I responded with a smile
" Let me take you back " he proposed
" No thanks I would be safe with the gaurds and I would be better by myself " after saying this I quickly hurried away and infront of the door where Luna and tia and we started departing.
Not long after I found out I left my bracelet behind and asked tia to go get it which she quickly complied .
Then when she arrived she was faced with her worst nightmare the person who turned her world upside down.
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( Ethan)
After everyone departed I stayed in the court room just drinking then when I closed my eyes, I had a flash of that woman calling my name then I opened my eyes at the sound of the door opening thinking it was
Ares but to my surprise it was someone else, the person who haunted my dreams , my heart and my mind,the love of my life .
As she looked for something I didn't even know when I left my sit and started walking up to her . She hadn't even noticed me yet, then when she found what she was looking for, she lifted her head up with a smile.
" Celestia" I called out and she froze. she must have recognized the vioce because she slowly turned around and when our eyes met, I saw how shocked she was then the wind blew her hair which moved out of her face then i saw those green eyes, that I missed so much.
" Im so glad to see you again" I said with tears in my eyes
She breathed in then adjusted her smile and bowed" your highness I think you have mistaken me with some one else, my name is Candace ,I was sent by her magesty the empress to come retrieve her missing bracelet so if you excuse me I would be departing " she then tried to go away but I grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to me and used the other hand to hold her waist.
She struggled in my arms" please let go of me sir " she pleaded but it sounded more like a threat " I would be late and my master would worry"
" Why do you pretend not to know me " I asked looking deep into her eyes" l know your angry but please just listen to me even this once"
"... As I said my name is Candace and I don't know what you are talking about your highness" she responded " and please can you let me go, my master would search for me if i dont return soon"
"Please just answer me, say any word to me " I pleaded with her then her lips moved to say something but the door burst open which distracted me and she stepped on my foot and ran away
" Celestia get back here " I shouted and ran after her but when I arrived the door she was already half the hallway
I grinned darkly and shouted at her running frame" don't worry my darling I would play this game with you, this game of ours can only end with you in my arms and nothing else " she stopped for some time then continued running away .
" I need to get you back no matter what " I murmured to myself and departed from there