"A queen needs a king in order to rule, your majesty." The priest declared in front of all, desperately wanting for me to "understand". Yet he still managed to fail, and subsequently forgot the most important thing about me.
I smirked, "Well not this queen."
• • •
Princess Geovani lead on a simple life under her fathers care. She was spoiled with riches and jewelry; with King Sebastian, her father, at her beck and call. Her life was simple, but they say that about every royal. What goes on inside the castle walls stays in the castle walls; especially declarations that are at severe risk of damaging the kingdom.
And this one, in particular, set the kingdom in confinement.
When Geovani, the second princess of Larthia, declares she does not wish to wed Prince Elliot, the whole kingdom spread with gossip and mayhem, protesting the princess--and future queen's--choice.
"The princess is being ridiculous!" They shouted.
"We need this marriage! It will save our people from dying!" They bellowed.
"This land of rich soil will crumble in the hands of another ruler!" They screamed.
But will their protest against her denial change Geovani's decision? Will the upcoming affair be crushed, or will Geovani love who she was so against?
After all, this man isn't just another rich, available, and spoiled prince of the next throne. He wasn't going to let his people die out.
No, he was going to wed Geovani. Even if their relationship went beyond the castle walls.
𝐑 𝐚 𝐧 𝐤 𝐬 :
#5 - lustful
Predator: one that preys, destroys, or devours.
He was always the predator, always the one stalking and preparing to strike. Failure was not an option to him, not achieving what he desired was not an option. He spent his whole life with this mentality, that he was the predator. In the wild it was the survival of the fittest, and life was no different. Those were the rules he lived by. And everything and everyone could be prey in his eyes. Including her.
Prey: one that is helpless or unable to resist attack.
She had lived on her own for years, taking care of herself. She had survived even against the odds, with her dignity still intact in the process. Maybe her life wasn't what others expected or would want, it wasn't even what she wanted. But it was hers and she made the best of it, surviving on her own and under her terms. Until she meets him and turns her life upside down. She is no longer surviving on her own terms, but his. And there is nothing she can do.
*The story will have underplays of power dynamics. Teasing, taunting. He is the predator and she his prey, but who is really going to be captured by who?*