This story which is set in the medieval times tells the story of Regina who is not your typical royal. Her life as a princess and all the troubles that she overcame fearlessly are told in detail. And her journey starts as she and her twin Finnegan a...
I noticed that my brother and Princess Berenice weren't as close as usual.. Finnie didn't notice it but I did. I noticed that she was getting closer to Augustus instead...but that wasn't any of my concern. The royal painter did another official portrait of me again and I decided to use it and not the other one. I showed it to Finnegan and he agreed that it looked more powerful than the other one.... I joked that I looked like an angry shark in the previous one.. Finnie said as he gazed upon the new painting "You are truly your father's daughter Regina. Indeed, he would be proud of you today" I smiled... "Thank you brother..."
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At the back of my mind I kept thinking about how easy it was to poison my father.. I decided that it was time for me to start an investigation.. His killer must not go unpunished. So I called for a meeting with the House of Lords and the Queen's court... that meant Lady Absinthe had to be present along side with my mother. As I arrived at the throne room with my brother, they all arose... Finnegan bowed to me and went to his seat.. As I sat, they all did. "I would like to thank the House of Lords for gathering here on such short notice" I began "but this matter has lingered far too long in my mind....we all know how my father. King Cyrus died. He was poisoned....I want us to get to the bottom of his death... In all honesty, his death was an insult and a blow to the crown from his enemies" The lords agreed in unison A lord stood to address me, Lord Vincent. "My queen....I propose we start with the palace servants. Especially the cooks!" Another lord stood, "If I may, my queen" "Go on Lord Charlemagne" "Perhaps we should question his concubine! She should be the first suspect! I'm sure she hated the queen so much!" Lady absinthe stood up, heavily pregnant now "My Queen! I will not have this man smear my name in the mud and accuse me of killing the father of my child! I did no such thing!" I turned to her "ENOUGH!......Please lady Absinthe, take caution.. where were you on the night of the ball? I don't quite recall seeing you there?" She responded "Your Majesty, I was asleep in my bedchamber due to the ailment I suffer along with this pregnancy" My mother spoke "That is what happens when you decide to whore around, you daughter of the streets!" She and the other ladies at court gasped at the spiked words my mother threw at her. "Mother please. Let us not throw accusations around because they become common....lady Absinthe do you have someone to speak for you?" She nodded and another lady stood up "Your majesty, I am Calliope, I am the younger sister to Lady Absinthe, I arrived that evening to tend to my sister since she did not have anyone to do so." "And why was anyone not aware of your presence, Lady Absinthe you know the palace rules, you should have informed someone that your sister was on castle grounds" The lady responded back to me with tears in her eyes. "The only person who knew is now dead, your Majesty" "Bullshit!" My mother yelled. I shot a sharp glance at the now queen mother "Queen mother, I shall have you escorted back to your bed chambers if you do not comport yourself accordingly..." She looked at me, tears in her eyes.. I looked at her too and said quietly. "I understand how you must feel mother but you must let us get to the root of this matter" She nodded and wiped her tears with the cloth that Irene, her lady in waiting handed to her. "Lady Absinthe, you are not to leave this castle grounds at any moment until the investigation is complete..." She curtsied and said "as you wish my queen" and then she sat down.. "This investigation shall commence and this meeting is adjourned".. I rose up and the they all rose up as I walked out of the hall with my mother and brother beside me... As soon as we left the hall, I embraced my mother "Mother, I want you to rest.. please" She kissed my forehead as her lady in waiting took her to her bedchamber. I turned to Finnegan as we continued to walk to the gardens "So Finnegan...how are things with the princess?" He sighed. "I have this feeling inside that not everything is okay.." I scoffed.. "Don't ignore that feeling my brother.. that is the same one I felt the night our father was murdered"... I embraced him, kissed his forehead and went back to the throne room to listen to the complaints of the people. There was a long line of people waiting to see me. It took hours but thank God, it was over and I was able to retire to my bedchamber. Janes was waiting for me there. I entered the room, locked the door and heaved a sigh of relief. "My queen, how has your day been?" "It was quite eventful..I had to sort out issues between the townspeople, you know, who's goat was who's and who's land was who's.... then I decided to launch a full investigation on the death of the king" He looked at me. "Are you certain that you don't want to leave that matter?" I responded "my father will roll out of his grave and haunt me if I didn't...also this'll show his enemies that we will not accept the insult that was given that night... I took off my clothes and got in bed.. He kissed me and held me in his arms.. "Say, have you seen Mr Richard today?" I asked. He replied "oh him... last I saw him was when I went to spar with some of the royal guards. He was doing some sword training with some other officers at the other end of the field" I chuckled "you do not seem too fond of him" "I certainly am not, he kissed your hand in such a way that made me want to impale him with my sword" I laughed. "You will do no such thing, else I will throw you in the dungeons" I said. "Yes my queen" he said as he kissed me..
