This is a story about Ella and Char's daughter, who was kidnapped at birth and didn't know she was a princess. I haven't read the book in a while so please let me know if I have any details wrong!
Chapter 1 - Stolen
After Ella's curse was broken, she and Char were married and they became King and Queen of Kyrria. For many years they were happy - but there was one thing they wanted badly. A child, an heir to the Kyrrian throne.
Ella lost all hope of ever becoming a mother. But then they were unexpectedly blessed with a miracle. The queen found out that she was with child. And, nine months later, Evangeline Lily Sienna, Crown Princess of Kyrria, was born.
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Mordred paced angrily in his chamber.
"I was ASSURED the throne! A now, because this stupid wench, this brat, has been born, I will never be King of Kyrria.
His two-year-old son, Jared, began crying at his feet, but Mordred failed to notice.
"But NO! I have a plan. I will take the princess far, far away."
Mordred was cruel, but he could not bring himself to kill a child. Yet.
"I can afford to wait until that vain Char and stupid Ella die. I WILL be king!"
Jared stopped crying, silenced by the menace and anger in his father's voice.
"It will happen tonight!"
Ella gazed down at her tiny daughter, lying on her chest.
"My beautiful, beautiful Eve. You will be the most beloved child in all of Kyrria."
Eve's green eyes gazed solemnly up at her. Ella stroked her baby's hand. Instinctively, Eve grabbed her finger and held on with a grip of iron.
Char looked lovingly at his wife and daughter.
That night, Char, Ella, and the guards outside their bedroom door slept heavily - thanks to the sleeping powder in their dinner.
Mordred crept silently into their room. Staring at the sleeping King and Queen, he was tempted to plunge his dagger into their hearts. He fingered the jewelled hilt, thinking.
No, he decided. Too messy - if they were murdered, there would be an investigation. I might never become king.
Mordred stole softly over to the baby's cradle, pocketing a few of the queen's jewels on the way. He looked at the sleeping princess's face. She had a little bit of soft, dark hair - almost black, like her mother's. But thanks to me, she will never know her mother! He thought maliciously.
He picked her up. Eve didn't stir - she was deep in sleep, dreaming baby dreams. Mordred tucked her under his cloak - he didn't want anyone to see the princess.
He crept through the silent castle. He was lucky - no one was awake. Or so he thought. His young son Jared, awakened when his father left their apartments, was quietly watching from the door of their rooms. Jared wondered what his father was hiding underneath his cloak.
Mordred made it to stables. There, one of his henchmen waited for him on a black horse.
"Here, take the child. Now go - swift and silent. Far, far away, then leave her on someone's doorstep."
The man nodded, and then galloped off into the night, quickly blending into the dark on the black horse.
And so the life of Evangeline Lily Sienna, Crown Princess of Kyrria, was forever changed. She wouldn't remember this night. No one would think anything wrong, until her mother would find an empty cradle and scream for her lost daughter. No one would think anything wrong, until the door opened in a manor far, far away, and a maid screamed as a child was found in the doorway.
But for now, nothing was amiss.
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