King Tau sat on his throne looking down at a young woman who had been brought to him as a challenger for his crown. She had white hair, and piercing ice-blue eyes. The guards caught her plotting against him. King Tau scoffed and waved his hand at the two guards to take her away. There was no way this skinny thing was going to be a worthy opponent for him.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Tau asked sternly.
She looked up at him and smirked, "You will respect my claim, or die and become a story I tell my children."
"Guards put her on a wooden cross like all the others." King Tau would string his slaves up on wooden crosses for a few days to break down their last bits of self-worth, dignity, and will to fight. He smiled an evil smile as he thought about her being punished by the brutal sun.
As soon as the guards tried to lay their hands on her, she dropped down into a fighting stance and pulled a blade from somewhere under her skirt. She jabbed it up under the armor plates of the guard on her right, then leaped onto the back of the other guard, slitting his throat. She slowly turned back to King Tau. She wiped the blood off her blade and dropped back down into a fighting stance, pointing the blade at him.
"Underestimating me was your first mistake. I am Reyna... Daughter of Rao the God of War and Hua the Goddess of Nature."
King Tau laid his blade and crown down on the throne stepping aside, "Here... take them."
She tossed her blade and it landed in the middle of his chest, "No true king steps away from his kingdom while there is still a breath in him."
Tau fell forward, he attempted to call for help but it was too late. All he did was make a gurgling sound as blood poured from his mouth. His eyes closed and he went limp on the steps before the throne.
Reyna stepped over his body with her bare feet as she took the crown and blade before sitting on the throne. "You do not deserve such power." She sat on the throne and placed the crown on her head.
Guards charged into the throne room. When they saw the tyrant who had ruled over the realm was finally dead and a white-haired girl was now sitting on the throne, they all dropped to their knees.
"All hail the Goddess of war." The Guards said all at once, placing their swords on the ground before them. This was a symbol of pledging themselves to her.
She smiled, "I am your Queen. The Queen of War." She was leaving her Goddess title behind, she knew what she had been sent here to do. And it was to rule this realm, setting it free from the evil master who had ruled for far too long.
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Tribal Queen Book 1
FantasyA child of the Gods is sent to the exile lands, she must discover why she was sent there. Once she finds her purpose nothing will stand in the way of her reaching that goal! Follow Reyna as she discovers her true purpose.
