Chapter 39

Queen Genevieve

Genevieve woke to the sun shining inside the room; she and her husband had just woken up and were getting ready to head for breakfast with everyone else. As Genevieve was doing her hair, there was a knock at the door,

"Come in." Said Derek as he stepped out from the dressing compartment, and Genevieve stood from the vanity; as the door opened, it showed a board member.

It was Louis, a member of the court and a guard at the castle; he was undercover if something happened in the castle. He had a slip on his hands and a worried look.

"Good morning, Louis; what's wrong? You look worried?" Asked Genevieve as she looked at Derek and saw that he was concerned about what he had to say now.

"Good morning, your majesties; I know it's a bit early, but... A message just arrived this morning; it's from king Levi." Said Louis as he handed the letter to Derek.

As Derek read it, Genevieve saw a worried and severe expression; she waited for him to speak.

"Tell the other guards that after breakfast, I will go talk to them; we need to get ready." Said Derek.

"Derek, what's going on?" Asked Genevieve, confused, Derek looked into her soft blue eyes and tried to think how to tell her.

"Genevieve, he's coming. Levi will be here in three days; we need to prepare ourselves for this battle." Said Derek; Genevieve is worried, especially with their baby almost being here.

"Don't worry, Genevieve, we'll be all right; nothing will happen; thank you, Louis." Said Derek as he hugged Genevieve; Louis bowed down at them and then left to tell the guards what Derek told him to say to them.

Derek and Genevieve then went to have some breakfast; although she wasn't hungry, she had to eat something for the baby; as she took a seat, her long white dress was on the bottom of the chair.

She had long sleeves with a pink rose at the end of the sleeve and green colored vines around the bottom, showing her 'cute pregnant belly,' as Derek would say.

The table was quite chattery; Genevieve looked at her husband as she rubbed his hand; he gave her a look that said he wouldn't tell anyone yet since the triplets and the twins were there.

But they didn't really worry about the twins because they were getting older and needed to know about the movements, yet they still didn't tell them everything.

They were eating scrambled eggs with biscuits, pancakes, waffles, sausages, and fruit, and to drink, there was milk, orange juice or apple, tea, or coffee.

As Genevieve was eating, she and the other adults were murmuring, but Derek hadn't told them about the letter yet.

She heard the triples talking about having a little tea party in the gardens; she remembered when she was their age; girls at that age are so calm and joyful to have around.

While the twins were talking to Tobias, Hadley seemed to join the conversation once in a while; she saw that Isla and Tobias were coming closer.

Genevieve didn't have a problem with Tobias being around her sister or them getting closer.

The problem was that when everything went back to normal, Tobias would return to his kingdom, and Isla would stay here, and she didn't think she could stand it seeing her sister heartbroken.

Delia and her husband are leaving today after Derek has a talk with everyone. Ashlyn and her husband are back in their kingdom with their kids; Blair is in the same position, mainly because they just had their newborn daughter. But she does write to them often like Genevieve.

"Genevieve, will you play with us today?" Said Lacey with her little puppy eyes.

"We're playing tea party today, in the gardens." Said Kathleen.

"Although we aren't sure if we will bring our table to sit on or use a picnic blanket to have a simple tea party." Added Janessa, Genevieve saw them making their faces; she smiled at them because she couldn't say no to them whenever they did that.

"Alright, girls, I'll play with you; when will this tea party take?" Asked Genevieve.

"At three!" Exclaimed Janessa.

"Alright then, I have a couple of things to do first anyway, but don't worry, I'll finish by three." Said Genevieve.

"Yay!" Exclaimed the triplets.

"Don't worry, we need time to plan the party anyway." Said Kathleen; after everyone had finished breakfast, some went their own way, the triplets went to prepare their tea party, Isla decided to spend time with both Hadley and Tobias; they had decided to go horseback riding.

But they also knew that they would have some guards watching them make sure they were safe, but Derek had also told them to keep their distance, and unless they seemed to be in danger or needed help, they were not to interrupt them.

Then there were the adults; they had all held a meeting before Delia and her husband left to ensure what they would do?

And Derek also took the time to tell them about the letter that had arrived this morning about Levi's warning.

Queen Courtney

"Your highness, you can have as many men as you need for this war." Said King Edmund.

"Thank you for the gesture, King Edmund, but... we don't know how many we'll need?" Said Derek.

"It won't matter as long as Levi doesn't get away with this; he must not win." Added Delia.

Courtney saw as everyone agreed on what to do; when Derek had told them about the letter, she felt disgusted; how could have she been so blind? Her father and Genevieve had probably talked about it before she even met Levi, but she knew her father meant for her to be happy.

But for her to get married quickly and not honestly know him was just awful, her sisters got married to wonderful men, but she married a monster. She can't help but feel this is her fault, maybe if she was less of a bookworm.

But wait, bookworms are usually smart? Maybe the thing was that she needed to be a bit more open-minded like her sister Genevieve.

She watched as Genevieve sat down with one of her hands over her belly, and the other was resting on the chair's handle. Her sister didn't deserve all this pressure; she must be a heck of a worry, her husband Derek is a bit pressured, and she can't stand to see him like that.

Besides, she's due any day, hopefully not the night or day of the battle; she shouldn't worry too much because it's not good for the baby.

"I'm so disappointed; I thought he would never do this, especially to his father." Said Randolph.

"Don't worry, papa; when I heard this, I also couldn't believe it, I thought he was a nice person, but people surprise you." Said Courtney.

"I suppose that's true; I want to take this opportunity to apologize to you, Courtney and Genevieve." Said Randolph, that had done it. Courtney couldn't let her father feel responsible for what happened to her.

"But why papa?" Asked Genevieve.

"Because you warned me again, Genevieve, and I didn't listen again." Said Randolph.

"Oh, papa, there's no need for you to apologize to me, you are always trying your best, and all I wanted was for Courtney to be happy." Said Genevieve.

"Yes, I but-" said Randolph but was cut by Courtney.

"No, stop. Papa, it's not your fault; you shouldn't blame yourself for something you thought was right. I was blinded to papa; I should have gotten to know him better, instead of first impression, it's not your fault, papa." Said Courtney as she hugged her father.

"We should start heading back to our kingdom, but I will leave you several guards to fight." Said Edmond.

"I think I might have an idea about how many we'll need; before Tobias and I escaped, we saw the place where they have the history of the wars. And there usually were the number of people who died and the survivors, the number of people who died were 150, while the number of survivors was 200." Said Courtney.

"So, in total, we'll need about 350?" Asked Genevieve.

"We'll actually need about 400, dear that way, we'll have an advantage of a couple more." Said Derek.

"We're doomed, right? We only have 250 soldiers!" Exclaimed Fallon.

"But remember Delia brought 100 more and then another 100 from Blair's kingdom." Said Edaline.

"So, in total, that makes 450 soldiers!" Exclaimed Delia.

"That means we'll take the advantage and wait for them to arrive; we'll attack when they least expect it." Said Derek.

"But you must remember to be absolutely quiet until Derek signals to attack; otherwise, they'll know you guys are there and try to attack or blow up the place. And if that happens, some soldiers will die taking away the advantage that we have on them." Added Randolph.

After they all agreed on the plan, we all headed outside to say our farewell to Delia and her husband and thank them for the help they gave us.

As they left, I couldn't help but feel terrible; they left their kingdom and duties to help us because of me.

"Courtney?" Said Genevieve,

Courtney turned around and looked at her sister. "Courtney, what's the matter?" Asked Genevieve, she saw Courtney crying slightly; that was it. Courtney couldn't hold it anymore.

"I'm sorry, Genevieve, this is all my fault!" Exclaimed Courtney.

"What are you talking about, Courtney?" Asked Genevieve as she was hugging her sister.

"Hey, look at me; this isn't your fault ok; you had no idea this would happen. No one of us did, but we are here to help you; that's a vow that Derek and I took when we became king and queen of Glidonia. But most importantly, we vow to protect our sisters from every terrible thing; this war is because of you and us; remember that Levi tried to frame Derek, and he tried to hurt papa, you, and Kathleen." Said Genevieve as Courtney tried to stop sobbing.

"This war is to free and protect everybody he hurt or even tried to, and that way, Tobias can claim his kingdom back and rule with no difficulty; this isn't your fault, Courtney, and don't you think that for a second." Said Genevieve.

"Ok, thanks, Genevieve." Said Courtney as she and Genevieve went inside the castle.

Queen Genevieve

Genevieve was in her room getting ready for the little tea party she would have with the triplets; she decided to play with them before their happiness ended for a while.

As she was making her way to the garden, she couldn't help but think of poor Courtney, her sister; she seemed to be taking this terrible. She decided that she needed some distraction; she went to her room, knocked on the door, and then came out Courtney.

"Hey Courtney, I was just going to the garden to have a little tea party with the triplets; why don't you come and join us?" Asked Genevieve.

She saw Courtney looking at it puzzled, then finally said, "I-I don't-" Genevieve knew she was going to say that, so before she finished, she cut her off.

"Oh, come on, Courtney, please, I know for one thing the triplets will be happy and your new nephew." Said Genevieve with a smirk.

"Alright, let's go." Said Courtney; as they walked, Courtney helped Genevieve down the stairs to the garden.

"Genevieve, how do you know it's a boy?" Asked Courtney. Genevieve laughed a bit first.

"I don't. From what I've been reading, I just assume that I think it is. My belly is a bit larger than normal for girls, but it can be a girl, but I think it's a boy because I eat more food. When I sleep, I just picture the baby as a boy and see him in my dream." Said Genevieve.

"Oh, but either way, I know you and Derek, and we will love it either way." Said Courtney.

"You got that right." Said Genevieve.

"Genevieve! Courtney! You are here." Exclaimed Lacey.

"Welcome to our tea party," said Janessa.

"Let me show you to your seats; we decided to have it on the table instead of the grass; we can do that another time when the baby is here! "Exclaimed Kathleen.

Genevieve saw that they had tea, crumpets, cookies, and cake, then the five of them sat down and were having fun playing tea when suddenly I heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, Genevieve, you have a little tea party here?" Asked Derek as he kissed her cheek.

She was so happy to see him, and her father, of course, they had gone to where the entrance of Glidonia is, so he could make plans on how things will be organized and placed.

"Will you play with us?" Asked Lacey.

"Please, Derek, please?" Asked the triplets, he did have a long day and could use a distraction; besides, he can't say no to them either.

"As you wish." Said Derek as he bowed down to the princesses and took his seat next to Genevieve, as his father-in-law took a seat next to Courtney.

They were all playing, having fun, and enjoying the time; they had laughter everywhere.

They continued until it was time for dinner; they all went back to their rooms to change and have a nice family dinner.