After I talked to my brother and sister I felt good that at least someone is keeping it real with them, but i wondered if i made the right decision telling them. I mean they are still kids so maybe if i wasn't so direct?
But it is what it is now. What they decide to do with the information is completely up to them. I just tried helping and guiding them as best as I could.
I walked to the throne room and found the royal couple assigning tasks to the workers.
"No im not compromising when it comes to my family's security. They shouldn't know that you're following them, just hide in plain sight." he spoke to the head of security.
"Also Brian can you make sure the deco samples are ready so Caroline and I can start deciding which ideas we like." she spoke to one of our workers.
"Mother, father, a word please." i announce as the workers bow their heads upon my arrival.
"Yes?" my father says.
"I will be leaving soon but before I do we need to talk about my coronation."
"Oh yes honey, its going to be beautiful, I'm organising everything." she-devil chirps in.
"There won't be one." i say firmly.
"What do you mean there won't be one?" Asked my dad shifting in his chair to look at me, checking if I was joking or something.
"I mean I don't want to be Queen. I figured it would be rather useless if i become Queen because you already married me off to the King family." i say still using the firm voice i started with.
"Married you off?" asked my father almost sounding in disbelief.
"Yes father. Married me off. You made the decision that i dont deserve to have what you had with my mother. You made the decision that everything i did in my life would be decided for me. So yes, you married me off like you're trading cows." i finish still looking at him dead in the eye.
"Don't talk to your father that way Caroline! Know your place!" his wife yells.
"And you better know your place too. Im not your child and neither are you my mother. So speak when spoken too."
Things were getting tense now. I could feel that my pureblood was the one doing all the talking.
"Ukuluma nobani kanjalo wena?" my father asks his hand slowly forming into a fist. Who are you talking to like that?
I don't answer but neither do i back down. "Like i said, there will be no coronation taking place as i will not become queen of Durret. I could do without the stress anyway.
"How dare you decline your birthright?!" he asks now fuming and shooting out of his seat. "This decision is over! You will come to this coronation next month Caroline Parker!"
"Im sorry to disappoint you father but i have other things I'd like commit to. I wasn't born to devote my life to this throne."
Someone is ballsy today huh?! Yes! Stand your ground.
Despite how cool i sounded, deep down i was scared out of my wits. I had never spoken to my father in this manner, heck this is most probably the longest conversation I've ever had with him. I was now facing my oppressors and i was going to show them that im not the same Caroline as before. Unlike others, i practice what i preach.
My father started walking towards me and my first instinct was to back away, but he taught me that backing away while someone walked towards you was a sign of weakness. So i stopped my foot mid movement and i stayed like that for a while, while he kept walking towards me. I looked him in the eye and placed my foot back where it was. He noticed this and he stopped walking too.
He suddenly didn't look so angry anymore. And call me crazy but i swear i could have seen a ghost smile on his face.
I think he is proud that he has molded you into a strong, powerful and now independent young woman.
Well he has another thing coming because I wasn't done.
"And who do you think will rule?" My dad asked calmer now but if you weren't woke you'd fall for his trap to get you off guard.
"I have decided that I want Kevin to take over the throne when he turns 18. Kevin and Kevin only."
I saw Lisa's face soften after i said that.
"Elizer, i think we should support her decision. There's no use fighting about this." She says rubbing my father's forearm now next to him.
My subconscious, my vampire, my inner diva and I are all looking at each other in shock. She's agreeing? This might be the first thing she's supported me in.
"No!" said father. "I refuse for my daughter to be second best. Jeremy is just a stupid prince, who will not get crowned any time soon. You're refusing an opportunity to be an influencer Caroline. You're refusing everything I've worked hard for."
"Oh so you want to tell me that you deprived me of fatherly love for a stupid crown?!" I yelled.
"What did you say to me?!" he asked changing into his pureblood-which I rarely see-ready to charge.
Well, here goes...everything. "If you were around to actually watch us grow up you'd realise that we actually had the toughest childhood. Well 2 of us in that case." i say the last part direct to his wife.
I saw her tense up and my father switching to a more confused state.
"See that woman right there basically neglected Kevin and I because we weren't smart like her favourite child. We had to do everything ourselves. If you would have died, i can guarantee you we would be homeless as we speak." my father slowly turned his head to his wife who was still trying to gather something to say.
Where's that big mouth now?
I let out a deep sigh. "Dad, i wish you were here. I wish i was like the other kids who would get picked up from school and go on ice cream dates with their fathers. I wish you weren't so caught up in trying to please the public and just focus on me. It wasn't fair on me that i lost a mother and father. I practically had to rise myself and your wife showed me just how unwanted i was each and every day."
I hold back my tears. "I can't say that I'll forget that you've never played your role as my father, however i do forgive you because I know you work this hard to secure our future. Its useless holding a grudge that won't change the price of bread. But what it can change though, is you being there for your children from now on. Put being a King on hold for a second and actually be a father.
Brittany will always get everything she wants because she's your wife's favorite and would go to extreme lengths to ensure her princess gets everything she wants. Giving her the crown would just mean Lisa will do what she always does best and control her. Kev on the other hand always had me to look after and now that I'm gone, i know he will do the throne justice and with your guidance, he will thrive."
"Leave us Caroline." was all my father said while looking at his wife.
If looks could kill...
I bowed. "Yes father. I will call when I get to the castle." and with that I left.
Oh she's gonna get it. I thought to myself while i smirked.
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Had to re write this chapter because wow. But if you're reading the book for the second time, i hope now it's up to your standards 🔥.
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