It had been 20 years since Philip Duke Of Brittany had seen his beloved Anacona, the beautiful and intelligent Amerindian Queen of the island of St.Lucia. 20 years that he failed to keep his promise to go back for her. Twenty years since that long fate full day in 1651. And now in his castle thinking about her exotic olive skin, her long brown hair and watery brown eyes. Twenty years, is all he could think about Twenty long bloody years!
A lot had happen during this time, his mother had died, the thirty years war and the Franco- Spanish War. He really didn't have any time to plan a trip back to the island, there was always something major happening, somewar, some one dying or getting sick. Time had been wonderful to the very handsome duke, now nearing his fifties, the duke had never married nor had children for he was stuck on his true love the Carib Anacona, he wondered what became of her , as he had now know that his people the French was in total control of the island for now, although the were fighting the English for it.
Philip was sadden by his lack of action of not bring her to France, his mistake of not marrying her in some tribal wedding ceremony. He prayed to God that she was alive and well and happy and the the colonists had not killed her or her own people.
He wondered how she looked now but he was sure she aged gracefully because she was gorgerous in and outside. He wondered whether he can go now and try to find her, he wondered if he could do that but thought against , there was a war brewing around in Europe and he thought she would be safer in Saint Lucie.
For twenty years all he did was think and dream about her and everytime the dream would be the same. He would find himself on the beach and she would be crying out to him to come for and save her and everytime that he did, she would disappear, the same bloody dream fro over twenty years. He did not know what to do but talk to his friend the Roman Catholic priest Father Andre , he remembered when he told his friend and his reactions .
Father Andre said " You left her!" and Philip kept saying, I had no chocie they were going to kill her" and Father Andre said" You could thinkof something, you left her there? Now do you know that her people haven't killed her, they may consider her traitor. do you know if she is still alive?"
That conversation with Father Andre made Philip realize that he did not do anything to fight for the love for his life. He just left there to rot, left there to fend for herself. He hated himself now, he now had no idea whether to find out if she was alive or dead.
Anacona changed his life and he had some many women in Europe after him that not one woman was like her. He had no wife and no children and his various relations who had children and were married couldn't wait for the day that he died so that they can fight among themselves for his duchy. But that will be a long time coming. for he was not going to die anytime soon and a child a daughter he never knew will come to find him.
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Forbidden Love: Love Child On Hold
Narrativa StoricaThis is part two of Escape in Love: Anacona has died and now Philip now has to deal and meet their 19 year old daughter Philippia