Captive Slave 194

Chapter 194

Chapter 194

TWO YEARS LATER.

PRINCESS AEKEIRA

"Are we going to keep ignoring the elephant in this court, Your gliness?"

The court had been busy all day with talk of negotiations and upcoming festivities. You would think that after such a long

to leave, go home, and have a hot bath.

deliberation, the ministers would want nothing more..

But no. Court was never truly complete until 'the elephant in the room' was addressed. The last time, King Orestus's fury had been so frightening that the ministers had scurried away, like rats fleeing a sinking ship.

Six months since it was last brought up, but now here it was, rearing its head again.

All eyes turned to Minister Jacques, who was glazing at Aekeira. She met that glare with one of her own.

King Orestus, who had been about to leave his seat, paused. With a sigh, he settled back down. "What do you mean, Jacques?"

The overseer of military affairs broke his glare at Aekeira long enough to stand. "I mean those girls, Your Highness. At this point, our people are distraught. We once discussed sending them to the breeding houses, which—" "Ladamantly refused," King Orestus added.

"Indeed you did, Your Highness. We suggested the brothel-"

"I refused that too."

will not fulfill their roles in society, and you, sire, are enabling

properly," the

Jacques jumped, clearing his throat nervously. "Princess Aekeira is twenty-seven, and her sister is twenty-four. Most girls their age have four or five children by now. Yet here they are, where they have no right to be... in the court of men. Listening and even contributing verbally

glanced at Jacques with pure admiration. He had voiced what

laughed. Here we

to second what Jacques has said, Your Highness," Minister Murphy stood stiffly. "We do not have many females. We cannot afford to let those we have go to waste Princess Emeriel deceived this court for over twenty years, and in the two years since, you

should let you between her legs," King

around the room.

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kingd-

to have the likes of you strung up and hung in

into disorder. Aekeira winced, as Emeriel glared icicles at the

everyone you come across, sticking your organ into both young and old, all in the name of the betterment of society. You should be hung, and your organs cut off!" She pinned each minister with a frosty glare.

of outrage

"How dare she!?"

"Such disrespect!"

insolent

and struck it hard, roaring above

murmurs faded to a low hum but didn't entirely

"SILENCE!"

let such insolence go unpunished. She insulted not just one of us, but all of us. Such

this, Aekeira found it difficult to reconcile this Emeriel with the sister she once knew.

the years, Emeriel had...

each gradual shift, witnessed every small difference until the change

with anger. Her defenses

care about others' feelings, she spoke her mind with no regard for the

Like now.

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