Empresses of Pangaea: The Clash of Queens [ BOOK 1 ]

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Location: Forteresse de la Clagueux, French county, European Lands

Adelaide Kasperek was having a servant comb her hair when her twin sister had barged in the room. 

"Ugh do you not have the manners to knock," Adelaide complained rolling her eyes. 

"Sorry," Pepper said as she strolled in with a scroll in her hand. "But I have to check in with you last minute before you leave for your trip."

All of Pangaea was in a frenzy. A new Empress for the African lands was all anyone was talking about, and this was also the ultimate test for the Kasperek's.

"It was about time that hag finally disappeared from this world," was Adelaide's first words when she was first told of the death of former empress Tamela Eze. 

"What do you expect when meeting her?" Pepper asked her older sister, as she took a seat on the stool behind Adelaide. "Do you think she be tough enough."

"Knowing Tamela was her mother probably, but we'll see," Adelaide responded. The African Lands were always known to have the fierce, and strongest leaders, soldiers, and warriors. The Kasperek family had a history of failure trying to invade, capture, and steal from the African lands. The only enemy the Kasperek could not ever defeat was the empire of the African Lands. 

"This could be a chance for us?" Pepper said with a smirk. 

"How?" Adelaide asked with an eyebrow up. 

"If she isn't up for it, if she can't govern and control her states and lands, this could be a chance for us to expand the European Lands, and gain more control in Pangaea," Pepper said. "She is young and inexperienced." 

"Don't be stupid," Adelaide replied. "The Queen council has their eyes on us more than ever, ever since what happened with Vanhala's."

Pepper rolled her eyes, "Ugh they need to get over that eventually. Mother was always the most bloodthirsty in the family." 

But how could anyone get over it. The Bloody Massacre of the Vanhala's at the Greenland state that used to be part of Frozen Lands was what almost destroyed the Kasperek's and lead to the imprisonment of Adelaide's and Pepper's mother, the former empress of the Frozen lands Isolda Kasperek. 

"No matter what happens I will not engage in conflict that will have the Queen Council remove me from my thrown, and throw me in exile, like they did with mother. One more conflict, one more war, and its over for this family," Adelaide hissed. "You should be smarter than that."

Suddenly the servant ended up combing a part of Adelaide's hair that was tangled, which resulted in her pulling too hard. 

"OW!" Adelaide yelled with annoyance. "What the hell are you doing." She turned around to see a short young servant, with a giant red face, whose hand was now shaking in fear because of the mistake she realized she just made.

"I'm so sorry your majesty," The servant said quickly bowing on the ground and placing her forehead on the floor. "Please forgive me." 

Pepper giggled, which increased the anger in Adelaide. 

"Ugh take her outside and make her kneel in the sun for a hour," Adelaide said with anger. Two female guard's nodded, and took the arms of the shocked female servant forcing her to leave the room. 

"Maybe this family is going to soft," Pepper said. "If mom was here that servant would be dead." Pepper got up and placed the scroll in front of the desk that Adelaide was sitting at. "Here the Queen councils final invitation and reminder about the trip."