1. The Newest Heir
I had been the only child for five years! Well, not really. I had a half brother who was 7. How dare my mother have another child! It hadnÕt actually been born yet, but I was already beggining to sense a change in attitude from my mother and father. I was extremely jealous of this unborn child. I was praying my new sibling would be a girl- that way my path to the Bellezan thorne wouldnÕt become nonexistent.
My hopes were crushed when on January 17, 449 H.E. my mother gave birth to a new son named Mavr. My brother, Lukviian, was present as was I, when my fathers squire, Herek, came to tell the crowd outside my mothers room.
ÒOn this day, January 17 Human Era 449, the queen of Belleza, Livia Illiniat, has given birth to a son. He will be named Lukviian Illiniat.Ó
The crowd cheered. I didnÕt nor neither did my brother. This brother had stolen my dream.
It wasnÕt unlikely that I would have been queen, even with Lukviian before me in the line of sucession. There was an old prophecy; The eighth ruler of the seventh dynasty shall give birth to an evil heir. He will rein in corruption and disorder untill he is overthrown by the Red Cliffs.
My father was the eighth ruler, and the Yatz dynasty was the seventh one. Mavr was the heir! Or at least he was. I had been hoping the Red Cliffs would name me as queen. But that hope was crushed now. More than likely now Lukviian would be named King by the Red Cliffs. And I would be shipped off to marry some foreigner. Lucky me.
I turned out to be wrong. Lukviian was still first in line for the throne.
But I was right on one count. Mavr did take my place in the line to the throne. My family couldnÕt do enough to fawn over the newest heir.
So you can see why I hated my brother. He had stolen my inheritance. He had stolen my destiny. He had stolen my family.
I had been the only child for five years! Well, not really. I had a half brother who was 7. How dare my mother have another child! It hadnÕt actually been born yet, but I was already beggining to sense a change in attitude from my mother and father. I was extremely jealous of this unborn child. I was praying my new sibling would be a girl- that way my path to the Bellezan thorne wouldnÕt become nonexistent.
My hopes were crushed when on January 17, 449 H.E. my mother gave birth to a new son named Mavr. My brother, Lukviian, was present as was I, when my fathers squire, Herek, came to tell the crowd outside my mothers room.
ÒOn this day, January 17 Human Era 449, the queen of Belleza, Livia Illiniat, has given birth to a son. He will be named Lukviian Illiniat.Ó
The crowd cheered. I didnÕt nor neither did my brother. This brother had stolen my dream.
It wasnÕt unlikely that I would have been queen, even with Lukviian before me in the line of sucession. There was an old prophecy; The eighth ruler of the seventh dynasty shall give birth to an evil heir. He will rein in corruption and disorder untill he is overthrown by the Red Cliffs.
My father was the eighth ruler, and the Yatz dynasty was the seventh one. Mavr was the heir! Or at least he was. I had been hoping the Red Cliffs would name me as queen. But that hope was crushed now. More than likely now Lukviian would be named King by the Red Cliffs. And I would be shipped off to marry some foreigner. Lucky me.
I turned out to be wrong. Lukviian was still first in line for the throne.
But I was right on one count. Mavr did take my place in the line to the throne. My family couldnÕt do enough to fawn over the newest heir.
So you can see why I hated my brother. He had stolen my inheritance. He had stolen my destiny. He had stolen my family.