Jared's POV
Today is our second anniversary.
Indeed, two years with the Queen of my heart and body, Kira. The mother of my four children; Jaeigh, Sun, Kora and of course the newest addition to our family, Dexter.
I have Invited my friends from far and near; Hector and Bianca with their son, Cedric and youngest daughter, Cecilia. I promoted Hector to my chief advisor because he has earned my trust over the years. I trust the man with my life.
Victor and Vena with their three handsome boys. Victor became chief of the Dharik tribe after Vethruk died, and Vena, his Queen.
The rest were my trusted men, officials and the people of Verthona at large.
I stand at the altar, awaiting my Queen to renew our vows. Jaeigh and his siblings stand beside me with flowers in their hands.
"There she is!". Yells Kora happily.
She is right! Here comes my radiant beauty, the goddess of my dreams in a white dress like the day we first got married.
I walk up to her and hold her soft hand like she is the most fragile of things.
"I can't believe you're all mine".
She blushes, "I can't believe it too".
But someone interrupts our moment...
"Your Majesties!"
"Yes! What do you want?", I ask the servant boy who had a letter in his hand.
"A letter".
He kneels before me, offering me the envelope.
"Who brought it?".
I take it from his hand and examined it. This is from Aakh.
"A messenger from the Aakhian palace". He replied.
I begin to read the words... and I froze.
"What is the matter?". Kira asks.
I handed it to her. "It is for you".
She takes it from me and reads it.
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From the Aakhian palace,
To Queen Kira,
The deeds of the late Xhi-Lan has been shed more light upon in the past few weeks. We apologise for not knowing about you or your mother, Hayel.
As custodians of the ancient traditions and culture of the Aakhian empire, we have rejected everything that bears a connection to the late empress. The children she bore and the brother with whom she committed incest have been banished from the soil.
The deities now demand that you become the next empress of Aakh so that the bloodline of Hanwi can continue, uncontaminated by his abominable wife.
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She shakes her head in disbelief;
"They want me as their empress?"
The end
Author's note:
Thank you for reading my book.