Royal Enemies

The Marriage

Cameryon's P.O.V

I was having brunch with Annalise Trovi and Alice Zeina when my handmaid Linda approached us.

"Cameryon your mother would like to see you."

I sigh.

"Well ladies I'm sorry but our time has been cut short due to my mother calling." Please stay as long as you want and enjoy the rest of the food so it doesn't go to waste." I say smiling

I walk away and then go into my room. I put on a black ankle-length dress and a red corset that only covers my stomach.  I put on some black shoes that have an ankle strap. I tied my hair up with a butterfly clip with some hair out. 

When I walk out I see my brother Camden leaning on the family painting.

"Stop leaning on it you might rip it," I said crossing my arms.

"Well, I thought you could care less about this picture," Camden said getting off the wall and crossing his arms mocking me.

"I don't but I can barely stand being in the same room as her as it is let alone being in the same room as her. Especially for hours on end for a family portrait." I say walking towards the staircase.
"Fair point. But where are you headed so angry I thought you had a guest over?" Camden says following me to the stairs.
"Well I was having treats with Lady Trovi and Lady Zeina but then Mother called me over to have dinner for who knows what," I say angrily walking down the stairs.
"It's most likely about the recent hunting competition, I heard your "best friend" scored well with an Albino Rabbit." My brother says referring to Noah Macias.
"Camden he's YOUR best friend, not mine, YOURS do you get that? I can't be friends with someone who is my number-one enemy since I came out of the womb! I say now fastening my pace.
"I know I know I get it but, you two should get along because our families work together all the time. And who knows maybe you two will end up married." My brother says in a sarcastic-serious tone.
When I get to the bottom of the stairs I notice a lot of maids and staff whispering when they see me. "Oh, poor girl." "I hope it's not true." "Poor Lady Cameryon." " She'd rather die than do that." "Cameryon's pride is way too high to ever agree to that." This had my mind racing.
Did they send me off to an arranged marriage?!?!? Am I getting sold to a marriage near the border or in another country?!?! So many thoughts raced through my head that I didn't realize that I was at the doors of the dining room.
"The heiress has arrived Grand Duchess." I hear my mom's handmaiden say from the door.
"Let her in and take Camden away." My mother says sternly.
Then the big red and black doors open.
I walk in and see my mom and dad sitting in the middle of the table with five maids and two guards behind my parents.
"Take a seat, dear."
My dad says gesturing to the seat in front of my mother.
I take a seat and then pull my chair up.
"So Cameryon, you must be wondering why I asked you to come here." My mother says.
"Yes," I say quickly
"Well I've spoken to the elders and the Macias
Family and we've come to an agreement." My mother says grabbing a vanilla folder in front of her.
"We've come to the agreement that you and Noah Macias shall both become the Emperor and Empress. Rule side by side and become betrothed." My mother says grabbing a paper out of the folder with a blank expression on her face.

I grabbed the folder and read it. It said, " If you sign your signature on the bottom that means both families understand the agreement that Cameryon Maxwell and Noah Macias shall be married the week after Cameryon Maxwell's 18th birthday party and will both rule the kingdom as both Emperor and Empress."

I looked at the bottom.

Both signatures were filled.

My mothers

And my fathers.

I excepted my mother to marry me off but not my dad.

I looked up at my father with a shocked look on my face. He didn't even look at me.

"So Cameryon you will be wed soon and you can't change it, not even a divorce until there's an heir. A male heir." My mother says with a stern look on her face. "Do you understand your duty?"

"Y-yes Mother," I say putting my head down and looking at my lap.

"You are dismissed." My mother says gesturing to the door, signaling for the maids to open the door.

I walk towards the door walking out. I stand till I hear the door close. "Oh, she knows, that poor thing." The maid says. I run. I don't know where I was going but I ran and ran and ran.

Eventually, I felt a cold air brush on my skin.

I opened my eyes and saw I was outside.

I ran to the seat in the garden and sat on the cold stone chair covered in vines.

I put my head down on the cold stone table as the wind started to blow past me.

I felt my eyes get watery.

I cried and cried and cried.

I was overcome by so many emotions.

Hate.

Betrayal.

Confusion.

Sadness.

How could my own family do that to me?

How could my father do that to me?

As the wind got heavier the clouds moved together. Eventually, just like me, the clouds began to cry. Eventually, my eyes got heavy and I fell asleep without realizing it.

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