Sophia Williams
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There were fortresses all along the coast, from Anlar to Sur. The fortress at the border between the two regions, which was on a mouth of a river, was jointly overseen by the two marquis families and was a training grounds for new sailors in the Sur navies. Tori was able to watch some training exercises from their ship. It wasn’t really something that interested her, but Andy was very excited to show her, so she sat through three hours of it as he stood next to her and enthusiastically explained what…-
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She couldn’t wait to tell Ilyana that she spent her birthday on a boat, cruising King’s Harbor, and gorging on the freshest seafood on the western side of the empire. On the day they scheduled to celebrate her birthday, it was just the O’Tuaghs and Gueveras left at Moss Hill, allowing for a small, relaxed celebration. The morning started with a full breakfast and gifts from the family, which were something Tori didn’t expect as she wasn’t at home in Presidio. She received a few dresses, some…
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Antonia knew exactly what Monica wanted and, though she had no real qualms with Monica and Matthieu-Philippe as in-laws, she had sworn to herself that she would never betroth her children. That was why she had no problem throwing all formality away when she wedged herself between Monica and Tori when the attendant found them, and dragged Monica off. Who was going to stop her? The Imperial Knights and Guards? Monica already told her escorts not to get between them. Antonia had one objective with her friend…
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For the last two days, Tori made a point to avoid Dimitri and Gideon. She knew when they were set to arrive and planned around them. She had more important and interesting things she’d rather do. Her family also seemed to try to keep them away from her by sending them out of Moss Hill, on ‘tours’ of King’s Harbor. Tori could continue her exploration of the city when they were gone. When she wasn’t doing some work on her Lycée project, she was playing with her little cousins: Aiden and Maeve,…
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In his fifteen years of life, he had never faced such a humiliating event. Dimitri stood beside an increasingly frustrated Prince Gideon in a detention cell. They were stopped and detained at the main gatehouse before even entering King’s Field. From their cell, he could look outside the iron-barred window and see dozens of carriages and wagons going in and out, through the large gate of the massive stone wall that surrounded King’s Field. The carriages and wagons had to provide papers to allow them…
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The Empress appeared proud of herself for defending her son, but Tori’s mother only looked at her as if she were an idiot. “I’m not talking about Piers, Monica! I’m talking about The sound of their armor clanging filled the courtyard as they surrounded the two middle-aged women and Tori, who was near-by. Spears were pointed and swords were ready to be drawn in defense of the Empress. None of this seemed to bother Antonia as her eyes bore into the Empress. “Mama!” Tori called for her…
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Baron Hart appeared confused and looked from Tori and Kasen, to his daughter and her friends. Alessa was standing stiff with a look of horror on her face. On either side of her, Dimitri and Gideon were at a loss. Tori could almost see the gears in their heads turning as she stood up straight and faced them. “Your Highness, Mr. Guthry,” Kasen said, without a hint of remorse in his voice. “I didn’t expect to see you here. Are you coming through on your way to Moss Hill?” Even Andy seemed to have…
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“So...who do you think approached the other first?” Tori gave him a droll look. “Baron Hart, obviously.” “Oh? Why is it obvious?” Andy leaned back against the carriage seat, peering out the window, towards the unsuspecting ‘couple’. Tori sat across from him, also looking out the window as she rested her arm against the sill. “A common working woman busy desperately trying to keep her family business afloat, and a widow with teenage sons, no less, approaching a poor nobleman? No matter…
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While it would take about two weeks to travel from Horizon to Moss Hill in King’s Harbor, the westernmost city on the continental empire, they wouldn’t have to navigate around or over any mountains. The road to Anlar was quite smooth and every day Tori woke up to fields or rolling green hills. Sometimes, there were forests or lakes, just to keep it interesting. Of course, several days of the same scenery could get boring, especially when she was looking at it from inside of a moving carriage. Tori…
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The consecration of various areas of the delta was an all-day event. After much discussion with the villagers, civil engineers, surveyors, and excavators, three sites were consecrated by the Bishop of Karap. The first site was on the largest of the delta islands, which had yet to start any development. In the morning, several boats brought Tori, several village leaders, project and construction leads, and the Bishop of Karap’s party, including Brother Cassius and Constantine, to the largest island:…
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