Princess Lilliana Enth-Kimlye was ready to move on with her life. She
wanted to wed and find her own happiness. But she knew what was expected
of her. Before she was free to live her life, her brother, Prince
Tharnn, needed to be wed, bed and bred.
Tharnn was happiest when playing his music or collecting seeds around the village, trying to get him to discuss his future was a monumental task.. However, he had once commented that he lusted after smart women so at least she had a
starting place. It wasn't much to go by, but it would help.
Since
the new Princess would need to be untouched, her first stop was to the
local orphanage. There must be an acceptable young lady there.
A young green-haired half breed met her at the door and took her to meet Cassandra, the house mother.
Cassandra told her that there were only two teenage females at the orphanage at that time and that one, Sophie Dwyer, had been abandoned with her brother the previous year and was quite smart as well as good with children.
The initial meeting with Sophie didn't go well. She stated quite loudly she wanted no part of our Fairy Tale lives and that I was to "write her out of the happily ever after type of life." Although quite irritated at her, I couldn't help but notice her flashing green eyes. Yes, this is a woman who would keep my brother from being bored. I didn't have to like her myself, I just had to properly raise any Fae children she might have.
I'm sure that as she left to take the younger children to the park, she thought the house mother would see her side of the story. What she didn't know was that the Orphanage was operated by the Fairie families. If she had taken a closer look at the children there, she might have made the connection.
Instead, the bargain was struck and the price was paid. She would be delivered to the castle the night of her graduation. My brother would have one month to woo her and wed her. If he failed to do so, she would be sent back to the orphanage and allowed to make whatever life she may. Not that she would be told that last part.
That evening I thought hard about the life she would live and the dreams she would have to forfeit due to my meddling. Yes, the castle was beautiful, but she would be a lovely bird in a gilded cage for many years. What future had I created for her? And for myself?
