Cinder Diaries

Day 1: Worries

Father is dying. This horrid disease is taking his life, and many others as well. What am I going to do? I'll be emperor soon. How will I take care of my country? How will I rid it of this epidemic? It's infecting the whole world. It's been around for as long as I can remember. It took mom and now my Father, the emperor of New Beijing, has been plagued with it.

Everyday he is breathing his last breaths, and it is the hardest thing I have to see. But I have to be strong—I'm going to run a country soon. I need them to know that I can do this.

Or can I?

I do have my most trusted advisor, Torin, and my childhood robot Nansi, but Can I really do this? Was I trained enough?

For God's sake I just want to lock myself in my room, and pray that this is just a very bad dream.

But my mind knows it's not. I have the very best doctors working to find a cure. Hopefully they can. Another thing Father...I have to worry about is finding common ground with Luna. The Queen is very stubborn. She won't accept anything.

One thing Father is trying to avoid is the marriage alliance.

That would be absolutely dreadful.

Lunars have the ability to manipulate you into doing whatever they want you to do. It's also known as glamour. They can make you see what's not there.

There have been rumors about the Queen actually being very ugly. It's the glamour that fools people.

Who honestly knows though?

Marriage is not an option at all. God forbid.