This world belongs to Kendare Blake, but the characters are original.
Queen Jilalta looked down at the three girls sleeping peacefully. She was greatly weakened, and her king-consort, Anden, put an arm around her, steadying her. She would depart in a few days' time to the mainland, with Anden, never to be seen on Fennbirn again.
Reyena watched the queen stumble to a different room. Her time making sure the queen was safe was finally over. Jilalta had never been strong. Her two sisters, Leroya and Araga, were both oracles, drowned at birth. She'd been raised in the lap of luxury in Indrid Down, at the temple. Now, who knows what would become of her?
...
Jilalta looked up at Anden from her chair. She was weak - too weak to live for much longer. She had to tell him.
Her voice cracked. "Anden," she started.
...
Reyena paused. She held sheets in one hand, ready to burn them, and was right outside Jilalta's room when she head Jilalta speak.
"The naturalist and the poisoner, Cadence and Calista," she breathed. Reyena moved closer to hear, nearly bumping into the closed door. "They're... they're legion cursed. Calista is also war gifted, and Cadence, she's also oracle gifted."
"Jilalta," Anden said, cutting her off, "they're not your problem. Let the Goddess decide their fates." Anden's voice was deep and reassuring.
"But I didn't tell the midwife, and the last one, she has all five," Jilalta replied, voice weak. "And if I tell her now, it'll be like I'm just making it up and she won't believe me-" Jilalta broke off, crying softly.
Reyena moved on from her spot by the door. She head what she needed to. Her thoughts were conflicted, though. Since three of them were legion cursed, would they go mad and have to be killed? Would Caitlyn become a White-Handed Queen like her mother? Or would the queensblood win out and keep them sane?
Reyena eventually decided to tell the matriarchs of the families and keep it hushed up. Hopefully, the Goddess knew what was best for the people of Fennbirn. Right now, they needed an Ascension Year, not another White-Handed Queen, whether she be Blue or sane.
...
Jilalta and Anden never made it to the Mainland. Jilalta died from having the Queens and Anden died soon after from grief. At least, that was the story everyone was told. Anden's family would need to be compensated, though, because he died on the island.
But, for now, it was just Reyena and her little girls. All of them for the next six years.