Chapter 14
Prisk Nay'Dren
Two weeks later Tana sat leafing through a data pad of wedding dress pictures.
"What do you think of this one?" Tana asked, showing him the picture. The dress was a white satin ball gown style dress with a fitted bodice and off the shoulder sleeves.
"It's white." Tyan said.
"Yes, most wedding dresses that human brides wear are white. It's a tradition." Tana said.
Tyan had told her about traditional bothan weddings, there was a lot of pomp and performance in an ordinary bothan wedding and even more in a royal wedding. The entire ceremony could last longer than two hours. To Tana it sounded more like an acquisition than it did a marriage.
"To humans a wedding is very special. It's a formal union of a man and a woman, where they become husband and wife by legal and religious commitment. Humans exchange vows and rings as a sign of their love and commitment to each other." Tana said.
"Why don't we combine them together, you can wear a human wedding gown and we can exchange rings before your coronation." Tyan said.
"Really, promise?" Tana asked in happiness.
"I promise." Tyan said slipping his arms around her waist and gently kissing her forehead.
The next morning as Tana walked sleepily out of her bedroom and crossed her dressing room to the fresher, a stern looking bothan woman who looked to be around 50 or 55 years old caught her roughly by the arm.
"What do you think you are doing in here?" She seethed, as she pulled Tana out of the room with a jerk of her arm causing Tana to step on the hem of her nightgown, sending her sprawling to the marble floor. "How dare you be in the bedchambers of the future princess."
Tana dazedly sat up as Hayden, Thackeray, and a few other attendants were coming down the hall.
"What's going on here!?" Thackeray demanded, as Hayden knelt down next to Tana.
"Are you all right?" Hayden asked.
"I think so...I'm not really sure." Tana murmured as she looked down at her arm where a bruise was already starting to form.
"Madame Nay'Dren, the young lady you just dragged out here is the future princess of Bothwaui." An attendant informed her.
"This is the future princess, you expect me to train this girl to act like a princess?" Prisk asked in disbelief.
"Come on, let's get you back to your room." Hayden said helping Tana up and back into her room.
"Who is she?" Tana asked.
"Her name is Prisk Nay'Dren, she's the head planner of all Royal events here at the palace." Hayden said. "She'll also be instructing you in the duties of being a princess and other lessons like that."