The Borderlands The Memoirs Of Lord Tristan

Chapter V

Due to Tristan's status—a lord— and partly to Cassim's connections, we were able to schedule an audience with the Captain of the Royal Guard. He would determine if our news was pressing enough to bring to the Queen and King. It was.
The next morning, as the sun rose, we were taken to one of the many throne rooms. The room was small, and one could comfortably host no more than twenty people. It contained ten people, the Queen and King (of course), four guards, Captain Orvis of the Royal Guard, Tristan, Palin and I.
"What is this news you bring? You say it is private?" said the King, in a rumbling voice.
Deep creases lined his face and his auburn hair was greying. The Queen had white blond curly hair bright green eyes and tan skin, which contrasted with her husband's pale skin. They were both very attractive. Tristan stepped forward to speak, his face was pale and his eyes were glassy. He cleared his throat.
"Your Majesties, I am Lord Tristan Belmont son of Lord Faedin and Lady Lena, and I bring tidings of woe. The much talked of lost princess, your daughter, has passed on to the next life," said Tristan.
The Queen gripped the armrests of her throne as if she had been punched. The King sagged in his chair.
"How do you know this?" he croaked.
"I believe, your Majesties, that your daughter was kidnapped for a second time at the age of ten and sold as a slave."
The Queen choked and began to sob, bringing tears to my own eyes.
"I would give you a full account of your daughter, but I must place the evidence before you. Your daughter known to me by the name of Genevah came to work at my estate four or five months ago. Genevah and I fell in love, I freed her and we lived a week of paradise as husband and wife to be. But the Raiders came and swept through our plain and—," he paused and steadied his breathing. "And I am the only survivor."
Both the Queen and King were gutted. The Queen cried uncontrollably and the King cleared his throat several times. We discussed the evidence in full detail, Palin giving his side of the story and Tristan his. Everyone, including the disbelieving Queen had to agree that Genevah was indeed their daughter, and that she was indeed dead.
"Lord Tristan you have been very brave through this whole ordeal, but there is something I think you should know, this knowledge should not be discussed with anyone aside from the people in this room," said the Queen.
"Yes your Majesty," replied Tristan.
"Genevah was not our only daughter. We had twins, both of whom were kidnapped."

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I have told my part of the story, now I will pass the tale on to my friend Cassim Anscombe.