Royal picking

BRIDAL SELECTION



MAIN FEMALE LEAD:

CLARE BRIGDGER

23YRS



MAIN MALE LEAD:

KNOT DAVINSTON

26YRS



SECOND FEMALE LEAD:

EMBAR WEICHAR

24YRS



SECOND MALE LEAD:

DAVIS HARINTON

25YRS



THE QUEEN (KNOT MOTHER)

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CHAPTER ONE: BRIDAL SELECTION

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"MY LADY YOU HAVE TO GET READY FOR TONIGHT'S BALL AT THE KINGS PALACE....THE QUEEN ORDERED ME TO DRESS YOU UP AND TEACH YOU ALL THE NECESSARY THINGS YOU HAVE YOU KNOW ABOUT BEING A PROPER PRINCESS "

" BUT I TOLD MOTHER I CAN DRESS MYSELF THIS ISN'T EVEN A BIG DEAL " CLARE SAID LYING ON HER BED.

" MY LADY IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BUT ALSO TO YOUR PEOPLE....YOU NEED TO MARRY THE PRINCE AT ALL COST " LADY EMILY SAID WALKING TO CLARE'S WARDROBE.

* CLARE SIGHED*

" WHERE IS MOTHER ?" CLARE ASKED

" SHE'S CURRENTLY NOT IN THE PALACE MY LADY .....BUT SHE WOULD BE BACK BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR THE KING'S PALACE" LADY EMILY CALLED FOR THE MAIDS TO BATH FOR CLARE.

" WOULDN'T YOU ALLOW ME TO AT LEAST BATH FOR MYSELF " CLARE WALKED TO THE MIRROR AND STARTED TO TAKE OFF HER DRESS , LADY EMILY TURNED AROUND TO GIVE CLARE HER PRIVACY.

" I DON'T KNOW WHY MOTHER WANTS ME TO BE PART TO THE PRINCE BRIDAL SELECTION WHEN SHE CLEARLY KNOWS THAT LADY EMBAR WOULD ALSO PARTICIPATE...THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD PICK A POOR FAMILY LIKE US " CLARE SAID AFTER BEING COMPLETELY NAKED .

" MY LADY IT MAY NOT ALL BE ABOUT MONEY ..YOU LOOK MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ANY OF THE PRINCESSES I HAVE SEEN EVEN LADY EMBAR IS NO MATCH FOR YOU "

CLARE SMILED LOOKING AT HERSELF THROUGH THE MIRROR *IF IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THAT THEN THE PRINCE WOULD SURELY BE MINE *SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF

CLARE WALKED TO THE BATHROOM TO HAVE HER BATH .

* FEW MINUTES WHILE CLARE WAS STILL HAVING HER BATH*

" MY LADY WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER TO WEAR BETWEEN THE RED FLOWER GOWN FROM BRITISH OR THE ROYAL BLUE GOWN THE QUEEN BROUGHT FOR YOU" LADY EMILY SAID LOOKING AT THE DOOR OF THE BATHROOM.

NO SOUND OF CLARE CAME FROM THE BATHROOM INSTEAD THE DOOR OF THE BATHROOM OPENED WITH CLARE IN A TOWEL , HER LONG BLACK SILKY HAIR WAS WET DRIPPING ON THE FLOOR.

LADY EMILY RUSHED TO CLARE " MY LADY COME HAVE YOUR SIT I WOULD DRY YOUR HAIR ". LADY EMILY TOOK CLARE TO THE MIRROR AND SAT HER DOWN.

LADY EMILY HELP CLARE WITH HER HAIR AND HER MAKE UP WHILE THE OTHER MAIDS WHERE WAITING TO HELP HER DRESS UP .

" I WOULD WEAR THE RED DRESS "

THE MAIDS TOOK CLARE TO THE DRESSING ROOM AND HELP HER DRESS TO LOOK LIKE A DAMSEL.

* THE DOOR OPENED WHILE THE MAID WHERE ALMOST DONE WITH CLARE*

" MY BABY LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS" THE QUEEN SAID SMILING.

" MOTHER .."

" THE CARRIAGE IS READY TO TAKE YOU TO YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND'S PALACE" THE QUEEN SAID STILL SMILING

CLARE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING AFTER THAT AND JUST LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SIGHED . THE MAIDS FINISHED WITH HER DRESS AND LEFT THE ROOM AFTER BOWING TO THE QUEEN.CLARE STILL STOOD THERE WITH HER .

" CLARE BLACK LONG HAIR FLOWING LIKE A MIDNIGHT RIVER, HER BLUE EYES SPARKING LIKE DIAMOND'S, AND HER ELEGANT RED FLOWER GOWN SWAYING WITH EACH STEP, EXUDED AN AURA OF GRACE AND BEAUTY AS SHE MADE HER WAY TO NEET THE QUEEN. THE CONTRAST OF HER DARK HAIR AGAINST THE VIBRANT RED OF HER ATTIRE CREATED A MESMERIZING SIGHT FIT FOR A ROYAL ENCOUNTER.

CLARE HELD HER MOTHER'S HAND AND STARED AT HER DEEPLY.

CLARE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TREATED LIKE A REAL PRINCESS EVEN IF SHE WAS FROM A MIDDLE CLASS ROYAL FAMILY HER DAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS JUST FIVE YEARS OF AGE, HER ONLY FRIENDS WERE HER MOTHER AND LADY EMILY WHO AS ALWAYS TREATED HER LIKE A DAUGHTER.

" I WOULD TRY MY BEST TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF ME MOTHER...EVEN IF IT NOT THE PRINCE OF BRIVONTON IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WEALTHY PRINCES " CLARE WAS NOT DOING THIS FOR HERSELF BUT FOR HER MOTHER SHE WANT HER MOTHER TO LIVE A PEACEFUL LIFE FROM NOW ON .

THE QUEEN EXPRESSION CHANGE, SHE LET GO OF CLARE'S HAND AND CUPPED HER FACE .

" IT WOULD BE THE PRINCE OF BRIVONTON..HE AS MORE LANDS AND WEALTH.."

CLARE INTERRUPTED THE QUEEN.

" MOTHER !! ..."

" CLARE ..I WANT THE BEST FOR YOU EVEN IF IT'S NOT LOVE YOU WOULD BE TREATED LIKE A TREASURE AT THE BRIVONTON PALACE " CLARE WAS SHOOKETH FROM WHAT HER MOTHER SAID SHE SLOWLY REMOVED HER MOTHER HAND FROM HER FACE .

" THEN WHY DID YOU END UP WITH DAD WHEN YOU REALLY LIKE MONEY...YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO ME MOTHER " CLARE SAID AND WALKED OUT OF THE QUEEN BEFORE SHE WOULD REPLY HER .CLARE WALKED DOWN THE HALL WAY FURIOUSLY.

" GET A DIFFERENT CARRIAGE FOR MOTHER I WOULD TAKE THIS ONE " CLARE SAID TO LADY EMILY.

LADY EMILY BOWED HER HEAD AND WENT TO FULFILL CLARE'S ORDERS.

CLARE AND LADY EMILY ENTER THE CARRIAGE FEW MINUTES LATER AND THE COACHMAN STARTED THERE JOURNEY TO THE PALACE.

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" LADY EMBAR HAS ARRIVED YOUR MAJESTY" DAVIS SAID TO THE PRINCES .

" SHALL I KNOW WHY YOU ARE TELLING ME THIS" THE PRINCES SAID SITTED ON HIS DESK.

" YOUR HIGHNESS SAID TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IT...THE PRINCESSES ARE ARRIVING ALREADY YOU NEED TO COME DOWN "

DAVIS IS PRINCE KNOT PERSONAL ASSISTANT AND CHILDHOOD FRIEND.

" I WOULD BE THERE IN A MINUTE" KNOT SAID AND DAVIS WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE AFTER BOWING FOR KNOT .

" AND DO I HAVE TO KEEP TELLING YOU TO CALL ME KNOT WHEN WE ARE ALONE IT SOUNDS WEIRD HEARING IT FROM YOU " KNOT SAID AND DAVIS SLIGHTLY NODDED HIS HEAD WITH A LITTLE SMILING.

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EVERYONE ENJOYING TALKING AND DANCING WHEN CLARE ARRIVED AT THE PALACE THIS WOULD BE AWFUL FOR HER BECAUSE SHE DON'T KNOW ANYONE EVEN A SINGLE PRINCESS ..SHE DON'T LIKE TO ATTENTION SOCIAL GATHERINGS ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL THE PRINCESS WOULD BE THERE .

LADY EMILY HELD CLARE'S HAND AFTER THEY CAME DOWN FROM THE CARRIAGE.

" YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY JUST BE YOURSELF AND DON'T MIND WHAT ANYONE SAY'S ABOUT YOU OR YOUR KINGDOM.

CLARE SMILED AT LADY EMILY AND HUGGED HER BRIEFLY.

" YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME I WOULD BE JUST FINE " CLARE SAID AFTER LETTING GO OF LADY EMILY'S HAND . CLARE WALKED TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE PALACE.

EVERYONE WAS DRESSED SO MAJESTICALLY IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND STYLE'S HER EYES LANDED ON LADY EMBAR AND HER GROUP OF FRIENDS SHE LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL WITH HER FLOWING BLONDE LOCKS, ADORNED IN A SHIMMERING YELLOW GOWN THAT SPARKLES LIKE THE SUNS RAYS, HER PIERCING BLUE EYES SHINING WITH ANTICIPATION , SHE EXUDED ELEGANCE AND CHARM CAPTIVATING ALL WHO LAY EYES UPON HER. THE WAYS SHE TALKS AND SMILE AT THE SAME TIME MADE HER LOOK MORE ATTRACTIVE.

TALKING A DEEP BREATH CLARE MADE HER WAY INSIDE THE PALACE SHE FELT SO LOST BECAUSE SO MANY EYES WERE ON HER.

SHE MADE HER WAY TO SOME LADIES STANDING AND OBSERVING EVERYONE WHILE SMILING.

SHE STOOD THERE NOT TO FEEL LEFT OUT AT THE MOMENT.

THE PALACE WAS LIKE A MAJESTIC FORTRESS,GRAND AND OPULENT WITH TOWERING SPIRES THAT REACH TOWARDS THE SKY. THE ENTERNCE IS ADORNED WITH INTRICATE CARVINGS AND ELABORATE DECORATIONS FIT FOR ROYALTY.

INSIDE,THE HALLS ARE VAST AND ADORNED WITH LUXURIOUS TAPESTRIES, GLISTENING CHANDELIERS, AND ORNATE FURNITURES.

" I HEARD THAT LADY EMBAR WOULD BE THE ONE TO MARRY THE PRINCE ..SO WHY BOTHER THE OTHERS " THE YOUNG LADY STAYING NEXT TO CLARE SAID .

" THAT'S ALL RUMORS... PEOPLE ARE JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THE WEALTH OF LADY EMBAR FAMILY AND LADY VIVIAN'S FAMILY MIGHT ALLOW ONE OF THEM TO BE THE NEXT QUEEN OF FROSTEVALE JUDGING BY THERE REPUTATION " THE OTHER YOUNG LADY SAID .

" I WOULD BE SO SURPRISED IF THE PRINCE MARRIES LADY SOPHIE OR LADY CLARE ... EVERYONE SAID THAT THEY HAD THE LOWEST PROPERTY IN THE WHOLE NATION TBE QUEEN WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THEM TO HER SON " AFTER THE FIRST YOUNG LADY SAID THAT THEY ALL LAUGH AND CLARE WALKED OUT AND WENT TO AN EMPTY HALL , SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE SHE WAS GOING BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THIS PALACE ANYMORE.

BACK INSIDE THE HALL THE PRINCE WAS ALREADY MAKING HIS WAY TO HIS THROWN ALL THE PRINCESSES WHERE ALREADY GATHERED TO PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE PRINCE .

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KNOT POV

-LET ME GET THIS f*****g NIGHT OVER WITH - HE THOUGHT TO HIMSELF AFTER SITTING ON THE THRONE. THE QUEEN WAS NEXT TO HIM READY TO SEE ALL THE YOUNG LADY'S.

THE ANNOUNCER'S VOICE ECHOED IN THE BALL ROOM .

" IT'S TIME TO PRESENT THE YOUNG LADY'S TO YOUR HIGHNESS AND HIS MAJESTY" THE ANNOUNCER SAID AS THE ROOM WENT QUIET .

THE YOUNG LADDIES WERE ALREADY GATHERED OUTSIDE THE ROOM WITH THERE MOTHER'S WHILE CLARE WAS STILL IN THE GARDEN HAVING NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE BALL ROOM . LADY EMILY HAS SEARCHED FOR CLARE INSIDE THE BALL ROOM SHE WAS FREAKING OUT BECAUSE HER MOTHER WAS ALREADY WAITING FOR HER WITH THE OTHER YOUNG LADDIES.

LADY EMILY LATER SAW CLARE AND SCOLDED HER BEFORE TAKING HER TO HER MOTHER.

THE QUEENS ANNOUNCER START PRESENTING THE PRINCESS AND THEIR MOTHER ACCORDING TO THE RICHES AND POPULARITY OF THEIR KINGDOM.

LADY EMBAR FAMILY WAS CALLED FIRST, HER MOTHER WAS DRESSED IN ONE OF THE MOSTLY EXPENSIVE LACES IN THE KINGDOM SHE WALKED WITH SO MUCH PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE AS LADY EMBAR WALK WITH HER GIVING THE PRINCE A SHY AND INNOCENT GLARE . LADY EMBAR'S EYES DIDN'T LEAVE THE PRINCESS EMOTIONLESS GLARE ....HER SMILES WHERE LIGHTNING UP THE WHOLE ROOM GIVING THE QUEEN MORE REASONS TO SMILE AT HER .

" YOU SHOULD MAKE A GOOD DECISION NOW SON... YOU HAVE TO GET MARRIED TO HER ,I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I NEED THERE RICHES SO JUST PICK AT LEAST FOUR MORE PRINCESS"

KNOT JUST SAID A SIMPLE ALRIGHT AND SMILED AT LADY EMBAR .AFTER LADY EMBAR AND HER MOTHER REACHED THE QUEENS PRESENCE THEY BOTH GAVE THEIR GREETINGS TO THE QUEEN AND KNOT .

THE WHOLE BALL ROOM BECAME SILENT WAITING TO LISTEN TO THE PRINCES DECISION.

"LUCKY FOR YOU LADY EMBAR ..YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SELECTION" KNOT SAID TO EMBAR AS SHE SMILED BRIGHTLY AT THE HIM .

EMBAR AND HER MOTHER BOWL FOR THE QUEEN AND KNOT ONCE AGAIN BEFORE THE ANNOUNCER SHOWED THEM WHERE TO STAND .

" PRESENTING THE QUEEN OF SWITHERDON AND THE YOUNG LADY MARY "

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THE PRINCES ALREADY CHOOSE FOUR YOUNG LADIES FOR THE NEXT ROUND WHILE IT STILL REMAINED THREE MORE FAMILIES TO PRESENT.

🥀 FROM THE AUTHOR KNAXXL7 🥀

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