I came from across the sea not as a princess or of any importance a gift for the king not as you would think not a wife or concubine. I'm not of any importance but yet here I find myself with the Kings favor. I spend my days in the harem with his many wives, concubines and many children. I spend my time playing with the children the women look on as if I have lost my mind I dances with the children I have not seen the King since the first time I was brought before him. Then she came Miss Anna the place was in an up roar about the new teacher coming. But this story is not about here it's about my place in the kings life.
My name is Leia my father was and English man of some wealth but he owned the king more than he could pay. So he sent for me I was thirteen at the time my mother had passed years ago I was left in the care of my Aunt and Uncle were I learned to be an English lady but my books took me far and wide and my dreams ran wild as they would as any child of lands outside my own. Then the letter came father was sending for me I was to meet him in Siam a place I have read about in my many books about the elephants and the kings many wives and but most of all about the king. I was excited maybe I would get to see the place or meet the king. Hey a girl could dream right but I would soon find out that I would see the place and meet the king not only would I meet him I would belong to him and there was nothing I could do about it. I was running around packing my things while my Aunt looked on.
"I'm finally going to see the lands in my book"
"Yes my dear you do"
I danced around the room laughing and humming
"Maybe I will get to dance with the king I laughed softly do they even know how to dance there Aunt"
"Well you will just have to teach them my dear"
Within a week's time I had everything packed and ready for my trip to Siam I had never been on a boat and I would be making this trip alone. Before I knew it they day to leave was a pone us it was a tear full goodbye as the carriage pulled away.