It felt amazing, she thought. He got up then and positioned himself in between her legs.“Flossina, this will hurt.”She thought he was talKing about for him. He spread her legs wide and entered her with one mighty thrust. “Get out of me ! Ouch !” She began to wiggle, then he moaned.“Please, stop. Be still.”“No! It hurts.”“I’m so sorry, but I told you. I’ve hurt you my love. I will never do it again.” He saw the tears in her eyes. He wiped them away and then kissed her again. The kiss took her mind off of the sharp intense pain she felt. Marlon began

He nodded then looked at his father who was already asleep on the bamboo chaise, then back at the old woman. She was kind and in an odd way reminded him of his grandmother. He left then. Easily finding his way back into the castle undetected. He had waited for her in the room and heard every oily word that snake had said to her. It cut him deep when he had heard her call him “husband”. He had wanted that privilege. He had been so happy to see her, and hadn't expected her to undress and want him to take her then and there, but they had. Now here they were. He still had to protect her. He couldn't tell her about his father just yet. He snapped back to reality. Flossina was still staring at him. He realized he hadn’t answered her question, and he wasn’t going to. He didn’t want to

“You have never been and will never will be a failure. This is what I mean. You act so broken. When in reality you have been strengthened by these hardships. What if I told you that your love had hardships? That he had come face to face with on the other side to get back to you? Would you still shrink in fear of this General or would you remember the things your mother instilled inside of you to never look down and to never forget you are a Queen?Born a Queen . Live as a Queen ! I am sorry. I digress. I am here because it is time.”“Time for what?”“To show you what I showed your mother before she became Queen.”“Oh.”“Close your eyes.”Flossina did as she requested.

Then began to eat. Flossina was pleased with her small triumph and definitely infuriated with the Generals actions. She looked on her bed and saw the large cream and gold colored gown atop it. It looked bigger than her wedding gown. She couldn't help but feel sad this day. Today was yet another momentous moment in her life and her parents weren’t here to see it. She would become the Queen of Zuff. Rule the strongest Kingdom with no family left. She felt the tears beginning to sting her eyes and she took a deep breath to clear her thoughts and hold them back. She took her robe off and began to dress herself. She thought she looked beautiful in her full length mirror. The dress’s tulle made her look as if she were floating. The cream color made the hue of her skin seem warm and glowy. She turned around to ask Alexi how she looked but noticed Alexi h

“The night was long, the day was gone. We saw the dusk we saw the dawn. Some lives were lost our victory was won. Zuff thy name to behold…”She still felt it was all unreal, and even more so when she saw them all kneel when she arose. She was no longer a Princess. Her life no longer her own. She knew then she could no longer cower or be fearful of the General. Not anymore. She knew soon after this he would want to place blame on a poor unfortunate, or worse a neighboring Kingdom. Then it hit her. That was his plan. Instead of having her marry the young prince her stepfather had mentioned before this had all began. He had kept her for himself, and would blame the murders on them, just like he had before. She knew then what she had to do. She had to kill the General and end the madness once and for all…***Marlon