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Ch. 10 - "Banquet of Darkness ~ Scheherazade"
"I take my daughter's safety very serious, Your Highness," Queen Edel said to the king in the vast throne room with Ahiru quietly standing beside her mother and Fakir standing to the side in a corner of the room, "If you cannot take care of this threat, then I have no choice other than to cancel the wedding and to take Ahiru with me the back to Oiseau."
"I don't think it will come to that," King Drosselmeyer said with a wide grin, "I will look into this myself, but I highly doubt it is no more than a cruel prank."
"Let's hope so," Queen Edel said as she curtsied in respect and started to leave the room when Mytho and Rue suddenly burst into the room.
"What is the meaning of this?," Lord Raven yelled from his position beside the king, "Can you not see that His Majesty is busy?!"
"I'm sorry to interrupt, Father, but this is a matter of some urgency!," Mytho said as he glared at Lord Raven with contempt.
"Well, what is it my son?," Drosselmeyer asked in a bored tone.
"Lady Rue and I believe that your adviser, Lord Raven Kraehe is conspiring something of the most devious nature!"
"Rue! What is this?!," her uncle yelled out in fury, "How dare you accuse me!"
"Easy, my friend," Drosselmeyer said with a crazed smile, "Let us tell the truth now. We have obviously lost the element of surprise. It is true, my dear son, Lord Raven has indeed been conspiring something awful indeed! Lord Raven Kraehe has been conspiracy the murder of Princess Ahiru and plotting to level the blame at Conte after the marriage of the Oiseauian Princess and the Kinkanese Prince, so that Kinkan can have the Oiseauian support when I invade Conte."
AN2: "Scheherazade" is Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade", which is based on One Thousand and One Nights. I know this is short...I'm sorry! Please review!