An Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 1 – Quarlia and its King
Far away, a world that is distant from many other planets lies alone in its peaceful bounty out of harm's way. This planet named Quarlia has given life to a great race of people who are known throughout the galaxy. It is home to King Celeas and his beautiful, young wife, Lily.
Before King Celeas grew old in age, he succeeded his father in keeping up with a constant struggle of making his kingdom the best there is in all of the cosmos. He went to other planets, conquered them, and took the men as his slaves, and women as concubines. But Celeas' grew sick and was plagued with disease, unknown to the people of Quarlia. It was believed that he contracted the disease from one of the planets that he conquered, as punishment for going against God's will. Since Quarlia was meant to be a peaceful and religious world, Celeas went against all of that by continuing his father's evil deeds and was therefore, punished.
However, Celeas gave up his days of conquering foreign worlds and peoples when he met a young, teenage girl who was about fifteen years old, at the time. It was on the planet Ven, where an auction was being held for anyone who was interested in purchasing slave girls. The girl caught Celeas' attention rather quickly for she reminded him of his first wife, Elena, who had passed away four years prior to the auction. The girl had dark features and if looks could kill she was definitely one of a kind in that department. She was olive complexioned, with long, mud brown hair, and chestnut colored eyes in the shape of large almonds. She had naturally pink, pouty lips, a button nose, and a small, but proportionate body frame. Her name was Lily. She was a small girl, but had killer attitude…just like Elena.
Celeas' immediate attraction to Lily had caused him to buy her off at the auction with the intention of making her his new queen. His advisors and councilmen had asked if he was mad in making a slave girl his wife, and he just simply answered that she was way more than that. In her, he saw a light that he saw in Elena. If he wasn't mistaken, Lily seemed to be Elena reincarnated. Lily was the answer in bringing Quarlia to its peaceful state.
In having no choice, Lily married Celeas and helped in restoring a calm and tranquil Quarlia that would have no part in war against other planets. Many times, she spoke for the king and signed treaties with other worlds to not interfere with their conflicts and in turn, Quarlia would receive the same treatment.
It took a few years work, but Quarlia was finally brought back to peace. The only problem was the thought of Celeas' son, Rume taking over the throne one day. Since Celeas was sick, this day would probably come sooner than expected. Rume had an evil and impure heart. He instilled fear among the Quarlians and wished to have Lily for himself. Rume felt that the only way to be a great empire was to continue the work of his grandfather, for he was the only great ruler of Quarlia who knew how to keep his kingdom in control and in power.