royal blood

01 | the royal tragedy.

wendy was not the princess of hlorrendin. she was the king's biggest mistake, a person who should've never existed. wendy was the daughter he had with a simple peasant, that was quickly murdered afterwards. wendy was scared she'd get murdered next, but that was her last worry.

her older brother was officially getting crowned as the next heir of hlorrendin. as he was thirty, doyoung was supposed to be taking part in multiple plans in the war that was hovering above them. the people of peleria, a county within hlorrendin, were threatning to start a war against the royal family, a thing that scared the king.

wendy walked down the hallways of the palace. she tried to find her younger sister, yeri, who's dress was getting fitted last minute for the coronation. she got to a door, slowly knocking on it. she opened the door, before realising that it was the room where doyoung was.

" i am terribly sorry, brother. " wendy whispered to doyoung, who seemed to be asleep. he was sitting on a couch, with his eyes closed. wendy approached him, seeing that doyoung had drank a glass of wine. she softly shaked him, as doyoung opened his eyes, shocked to see her. " did you fall asleep ? "

" it seems like i did. " doyoung replied, as he let out a small scoff. " the clock. i need to know what the clock is. " he asked, as wendy looked for the nearest clock. she pointed to one, as doyoung squinted his eyes, figuring out that it was three in the afternoon. " the pelerian family .. are they here ? "

" not yet, but i came to tell you that not only are their highnesses coming, but the baron and his three sons. " wendy explained to doyoung, slowly sitting down next to him. " i think you are familiar with them. you are the same age as the middle son. " she told doyoung, before reaching out to fix his hair.

doyoung prevented wendy from doing it. he blocked her hand with is, before putting it down. he didn't like being touched. wendy looked down, realising the mistake she had made. wendy looked away, before noticing that doyoung began fixing his suit.

growing up, wendy and doyoung were quite close. their younger sister, yeri, disliked spending time with either of them, but the two older siblings enjoyed spending their time together. wendy had noticed doyoung's sudden changes to his personality as he reached his teenage years, but she brushed it off as a symptom of him being in love with someone.

" father asked me today if i found a wife to marry yet. he has found a suitable person for me, and i'm scared it might be my third cousin. " doyoung let out a laugh, as wendy tried covering her smile. " wendy, you might not know this, but my parents are third cousins. " he said, as he pat wendy's shoulder. " it's weird to say my parents, because .. "

" it's fine. " wendy said, as she got up. she fixed her skirt, as doyoung joined his sister. the two left the room. they walked down the hallways, before yeri spotted seulgi, the maid that was assigned to take care of doyoung. " i don't think that seulgi is aware you spent some time in that room. "

" she doesn't need to be aware of everything i do. " doyoung mumbled, walking past her. they got to the staircase, where they both saw an angry yeri, going down the stairs. " she is also clearly mad. i wonder what is bothering her these days. " he let out a small sigh, as yeri noticed them.

" i am angry because father yelled at me ! " yeri raised her voice, turning around. " he asked me where you were, because the pelerian royal family has arrived ! and you certainly weren't there ! " she complained to doyoung, who started running down the stairs.

he couldn't have made such a mistake. doyoung rushed to see where his father was, before he saw king hwan the second standing infront of him. doyoung stepped down the last stair, as hwan rushed to his son. yeri and wendy made it down the stairs, now looking at the scene.