The Tyrant's Queen

Synopsis & Author's Note

"I am bored, my Queen. So, entertain me."

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Young Prince Lucien of Aesna is more suited for the countryside than the royal palace of fatal mind games and seasonal assassinations. 

Despite being shunned by his two older brothers and father for being born to a palace maid, Lucien practices utmost loyalty as a soldier, leading battles for his country. 

That's until one day, he is captured and tortured as hostage, then used as a bargaining chip for Aesna's enemies to get back a valuable piece of land. 

But there is no bargain- Lucien, almost promptly, is given up by his own country.

Years later a bloody coup breaks out between the two princes of Aesna, leaving all men of royal blood dead or crippled. 

With two neighboring countries waiting to pounce on the destabilized nation, the royal officials get back Prince Lucien in exchange for the land he was given up for. 

They welcome the prince as king, remembering the soft-hearted and naïve boy and ready to easily control him as puppet king with bribes, flattery and threats.

But the man they put on the throne, is more madman than king, more beast than human, heralding another bloodbath in Aesna.

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To avoid being forced to work as a bar girl, May lives as boy "Toma" in a small town of Aesna. Taking up all sorts of jobs, May works day and night to pay medical bills of her ill mother and gambling debts of her late father. 

But one day a man offers to pay off all debts and to have her and her mother live in luxury all their lives- in exchange for marrying him. 

Little does she know he's the mad king of Aesna before she says her reluctant yes.

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"My lady. Your life as queen will be peaceful and effortless, for the king never has the same woman in bed more than once. Enjoy your diamonds and partake in the meat. But never invite a man to your room, unless you want his head on the king's blade."

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Thank you all of you who read and supported "Married to the Villain" and "Crazy but Sweet, Sweet but Crazy"! I'm back on the platform with "The Tyrant's Queen". Hope you enjoy the story :) 

-Cheers, Coko