3: The Necklace.

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  Everything in Firofine was elegant, the market place, the schools, the tourist centres, the street, the organization, the people, it was strong and approaching a first world country, Nadesh stared at the beautiful legacy that her late father king Bernard Dorgan I, had left behind, he was a disciplinarian and an intelligent engineer who drafted the structural design of the country.

   He financed the restructuring of the country without the help of the country's revenue.

   He was richer than the country himself, the more reason why he could fund the development of the immortal gadgets used as anti death protectives for his Army, which is the only treasure he left for Nadesh to save her army from deaths.

    He and his wife died before the immortal gadgets were completed which was then just about to be launched. They died during the war between the Melcians and themselves fifteen years ago along with many soldiers of the country. It was shortly after the survival eventual victory that the gadgets were launched. Duchess Nadesh and her sister were henceforth brought up under the rulership of the Firofinese Ministry of Defence and Authority before handing over to the trained governing Duchess Nadesh herself.

    The Country resumed its lively activities, markets buzzing, clubs earning and activities moving all over under their sound proofed walls. Nadesh stood at the top of the palace varender to observe the street.

   Robin, her chief protocol came by "Your highness, Duchess Nadesh, we found a box in the palace, we have no idea".

  Nadesh looks up startled, a numb expression on her face" really..." she heard  her voice sound cool when she actually meant to sound perplexed. Silent for a while, "who could have dropped a box? Send it to the precaution department for inspection", she said. He left at once, just then Misheal walked in.

"Beautiful evening", she smiled, "a beautiful one indeed if some strategy is not about to destroy it". " And what does that say?".

"We received a strange box in the palace Misheal".

Just then Robin came around "it's a necklace Duchess Nadesh" Robin said, "for you, your highness".

"Did  you take it to the precautions?" She asked Robin, "I checked it on the way your highness ".

"And that's against my orders Robin" she collected the box from him,  "leave at once and this shall be the last time you shall disobey me", Yes your highness.

  "A necklace?" Misheal wondered, from whom could it come from?"  Probably its coming from a secret admirer in Firofine" she teased, " hold on a minute, there's a note in it, at least we have a note now" Nadesh said.

" Oh my goodness!".
"What?" Misheal asked.
"Its from Prince Denning!". Nadesh replied as she looked at Misheal, "what?" Misheal blinked her eyes more than trice, "what did he want, how did he do it?" She asked a rhetorical question, "it's an invitation. At the occeanshore of the Gazerian shipwreck. "no harm intended, just a friendly invitation... I promise you Duchess Nadesh, I keep to my word" she read.

   Nadesh sighed, "what can I make up with this?" She said to herself, "I'ld say you should give it a trial, Nadesh. You could go with a gun if he'd try to kill you", she winked, " my trial giving advisor, I hope not to follow your advice only to be put in danger, I will send my reply to  him".

"Go and fill some space Nadii" Misheal replied teasingly. Nadesh brought out the necklace from it's box "this is a very expensive fortune, it's diamond" Nadesh said.
"This is a lot of fortune really, I hope its not what I'm imagining, if prince Denning is sending some unofficial message" Nadesh said.

"More reason why you need to find out" Misheal replied.

"I don't want to concur to any unofficial relationship, I'm in to take over the territory, that I owe Firofine with all my life".

   "Only the future knows it's way out Nadesh, don't be forced to live a hopeless and uncomfortable dream".

   "Misheal, I will give him my reply now, She writes a note, "just need to let you know that I will be coming with my gun and if you try anything tricky, I will be the one to kill you Prince Denning" She wrote.

She called for Robin who she gave the note to deliver to Prince Denning of Banzir.  Robin left at once and as much as possible tried to stay away from the complications of Duchess Nadesh if she sees him do what he was about to do. He opened the letter and read it's content, realised what the letter entailed, sealed it back to give to the postage department to Banzir. He begins to suspect  prince Denning as his upcoming counterfeit and vouches to shed the blood of Prince Denning  if it meant bethrothing Duchess Nadesh at all cost.

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