This chapter is dedicated to @clumsywalker for always being such a supportive reader. :D
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I storm down the stairs with Darien and the guard close at my heels. Slamming the doors to the armory open, I start barking orders.
"Get every available weapon and get them to the men!"
The guard calls for backup and begins collecting as many weapons as possible. I stop short at the sight of my father's sword laying on its perch, it's golden scabbard glinting in the sunlight. I run my fingers along its smooth edge, memories of my father springing tears to my eyes. My eyes move to pillars standing guard on either side of it as if protecting it. My and my father's names etched into the pillars.
A single tear runs down my cheek. Darien comes up behind me.
"Ariana, you okay?"
I blink away the tears and turn to face him, my father's sword in my hand. He closes the distance between us and gently strokes my cheek.
"Your father would've been so proud of you."
I inhale a sharp breath and raise the sword.
"Are the men ready?"
He nods. "Ready as they'll ever be."
"Let's go win this war."
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RULE (Completed)
Macera"You are queen now, start acting like it." Ariana has waited her entire life to become queen and rule her country. But things prove to be much more difficult than she ever thought they would be. After the death of her beloved father, her mother sudd...
