The Purpose

Jenny Ali

by Jenny Ali

Story

Chapter 1. “The Purpose”

´´The bells rang as the heads of the royal council would discuss the biggest event in our history, which involved her marriage to one of the higher ups of our region. Meyean wasn’t obviously fond of such idea, but at the end of the day, it was for the kingdom. She was gazing around the room which was filled with a few important members of her kingdom’s nearby border land, such as her country’s ally, the Calinons. Next to her were sitting her parents and her 3 siblings. The Paraminias always believed that the oldest child of the loyalty would inherit the throne, but due to the past controversies, the linage was only decided upon the male one. She didn’t see much of a difference, however, between her and her brother. She would describe him as a smug person who thinks everything will go in his way because he would be the next to the throne though she thought he would be a descent king. She then just stood silent as she simply couldn’t bring herself to stay awake and father had noticed and sighed. He then said, 

“My dear guests, we are really delighted about your visit. We would like to continue this event feast another time.”

The guests then began to leave as they were shaking their hands with the king. Mayean stood simply by his side, while awkwardly smiling, so this could finish even quicker, but as she thought she would be let free, her father suddenly looked at her. 

“I don’t understand you, my princess… I know that it’s something you don’t like, but it’s for the sake of the kingdom-

Meyean interrupted. 

“That’s what you always tell! Stop insisting on that. I don’t want to be married to someone I don’t know dad, I’m just not. I don’t even inherit anything-!”

“Silence!” The king yelled, which made the room very silent. 


© Jenny Ali 2024-10-17

Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Moods
Dunkel, Angespannt, Adventurous, Challenging, Reflective