Author's note: I'd like to say thank you to those of you who have read this story through till the end.  I know the chapters haven't always been that great and that they were more than not few and far between. 

Epilogue

Three weeks later

"I present to you her majesty Queen Prudence."  All in the hall knelt and the men placed their hands over their heart swearing their fealty.  She nodded in regal acceptance and from where he stood King Andrew smiled, Aye, she was a very proper queen.  None would ever suspect what lye beneath her silk visage.  Nay, they'd not for she was her mother's daughter.  

It still surprised him how much he'd come to care for the woman who now turned to him, She was just so incredible.  In the four cenights since the end of the trio he'd come to both know and love this woman.  Not that he'd not at first sight that night of the assault but in the time he'd spent with her he'd learned she was well learned and had a great many opinions.  True they did not usually agree but that made things all the more interesting.  That was why he thanked the Lord every morning at mass and every evening for giving Prudence into his life and keeping.

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From where they stood Princess Piper  smiled as did Prince Leonardo.  With all that had happened it had been decided that they'd not all stay together.  With Princess Pheona's and Princess Paige's powers bound they'd be safer away from the palace.  That was why Princess Piper was going to attend a finishing academy for the finest young women.  The betrothal between the fourteen year old princess and Prince Leonardo was made and upon her eighteenth birthday they were to wed. 

Princess Pheona was going to live with King Benjamin and his household.  This decision was made as much for her safety as because he was truly the only one who completely understood her.  This was good for she still had not regained her voice. 

As for the littlest princess, Princess Paige was to live with a couple in the village; they had a child her age and thus would care well for her.  None were to know she was even a princess.  The family knew and so would help keep the secret. Yet the people outside of the circle would believe she'd perished in the seage that killed the king and queen. As for their powers upon their sixteenth birthdays' they'd be unbound and training would begin. 

As the apparition slowly faded she knew it was all going to be fine, her precious eldest child was on the road to happiness with a man who would rule at her side and not dominate her.  All was as it should be. 

The end

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Ok, maybe it's not the best ending but I was doing some free writing and listening o Mozart, it's just what I came out with. 

Be sure to look for volume two, it will naturally be Piper's turn.