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CHAPTER ONE
The day that my life changed started out as a normal day. I was sitting in my huge office expecting my head of the guard back today after he went home because his wife was expecting their first child any day now. The bell rung to telling me that someone was here to see me. I could hear the mental voice of Charlie out side.
"Come in." I smiled as I saw him enter but that soon turned to confusion when I saw the bundle he was caring. He bowed as was customary and took the seat I offered him in fount of my desk.
"Charlie, it is good to have you back. I trust that you are well" I said while trying to keep my eyes off the bundle that he was holding so carefully.
"Thank you your majesty, I am well but I am afraid not everything is." He said keeping his eyes down on the ground. "There where some complications during my wife's pregnancy and she died shortly after giving birth to our daughter."
"My dear friend I am truly sorry for your loss" I said. But I could tell from the voice in his head that he was not hugely upset about it. There was something strange about Charlies mind. I could never exactly hear what he was thinking; I could only ever get the gist of it. I got the sense that he was concerned about someone but it was not his late wife.
"My parents wanted me to marry her because of her wealth. There was never any love involved" he said with a hard look on his face.
"And I guess that small bundle in your arms in you child, may I?" I asked holding my hand out towards the baby. Charlie got up and moved around the table and then very carefully handed me the baby. When I looked down I felt something shift and all I could focus on was the small girl in my arms. I was like nothing else in the world mattered. A small portion of my brain realized what was happening, the rest was still focused on the child. After a minute I knew I had to call my father to explain to Charlie what had just happened.