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Princess of Harlem (3)

"Princess, I've come to get you."

Princess Misty turned halfway from looking at the portrait beautifully framed on one of the palace hallway to her own royal adviser Zuri.

The 26 year old male made it his job to check on her once the sun had set. She doesn't remember how he got hired but she just woke up one day to see him at the foot of her bed, introducing himself as her royal advisor and bodyguard, well sometimes.

"Princess, if I may-" he tries again but Misty simply put  a hand up silencing his attempts.

He could only sigh in defeat as he watch her look at the photo some more before finally gracing him with her full attention, but didn't say anything. He stares back for a few seconds before opening his mouth to speak again.

"Everything is prepared for the journey, your highness. The team are just waiting for your final consent before embarking at first light."

The princess simply nodded before climbing down the few stairs and walked past him heading out.

Zuri quickly follwed maintaining a good distance in which he was so used by now. He doesn't have a memory of the princess ever smiling.

She was called the ice princess, her straight and stoic expressions were enough to intimidate whoever she is facing with.

Many had tried to court and win her hand but she turned all of them down and focused on her royal duties which includes the protection of the whole kingdom.

Her parents were long gone. They were taken from her during the last war she herself witnessed as an 8 year old child. She was forced to grow up as she learned to mask every pain with unseen and untouchable armors.

Her royal officials had tried to force her to assume the throne as queen but she had stood her ground and denied them all.

She is aware of their accussations, calling her crazy and good for nothing while they themselves stuffed their bellies by extorting money from the people, overtaxing them, all while overworking them.

Being aware of her people's grief, she then decided to put an end to it once and for all.

Sending her trusted group of intelligent spies, she asked them to watch the higher ranking officials of the kingdom.

As soon as she had gathered enough evidences, she set a one day trial leaving the officials surprised and dumbfounded.

She never let them hear her voice before but when she did, it was the first and last they would ever hear it.  She invited everyone of her people to witness the trial only to let them talk about all the wrongdoings the officials had done to them.

Overtaxing, overworking, extorting properties and lands, murdering, and forcefully sleeping with young women. The guilty officials tried to feign innocence, defending themselves only to witness how strong her authority really is.

They thought they had her play in their palms and have complete control of the kingdom only to backfire at them.

Who they thought was on their side were none other than her very trusted soldiers.

She could have executed them but thinking of their families who were only dragged by their greed made her grieve in silence. Therefore, she banished them from the land, them and thier families never granted return passage.

The people  however protested angrily and demanded  their merciless deaths. Yet the kingdom silenced when she their very own princess got on her knees and asked for forgivesness as she explained why she ended up with that dercree.

Her actions were enough to calm and make them understand, pledging their loyalty and support for as long as they live.

The kingdom then flourished and peace comforted them with it's warmth, carried through out the whole realm.

Her pact with the other kingdoms were founded with loyalty and trust so it was impossible for invading forces to ever dream of defeating them.

However, given all what she had accomplished, she stayed as their princess as she very well knew, the throne is for someone else.

Harlems Crown Prince...

Her very own older brother...

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Yay.. okay 2 updates in one day..

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