I looked on at a bit of discarded cream colored thread while the world bustled about me, and not for the first time since I had been notified that I was Queen, I realized I was a placeholder -- a figurehead and that really, anyone could be standing where I was standing. That is, it was not me, Juliette, that was important in this room, it was the Queen of England. How much of her was I going to have to be? Would there be room for me?
"Almost finished, your Majesty."
"Thank you," I said, as regally as possible.
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The Queen of England: Coronation (Drabbles)
Fiksi RemajaDrabbles for upcoming novel entitled The Queen of England: Coronation, set for release in 2016 (AU: Victorian England). Written by Courtney Brandt. Reviews and critiques are welcome - I could definitely use more steampunk elements/ideas.
