Thread: Sold to an Arrangement (Rania Lark x Wander)

She hadnt even seen it coming. The devastating news came after a Jubilee ball celebrating her fathers years ruling as a just King and her mother being a kind and gentle Queen. She had been the jewel in her Fathers eye that is, except for her propensity for education. Princess Susanna since she was small had always been fascinated by the world around her, her nose constantly buried in books that explored vast untamed lands outside the castle walls. They were places she would never see due to the protection of her constant guard and ladies in waiting. Her father had reluctantly agreed to allow her a tutor who taught her all about the history of her own land, as well as fantastical tales of adventurers and damsels and wars between regions, and knights! Susanna spent many nights up late with the tutor as he regaled her with tales of dragons, and witches and all sort of mythical creatures! The stories grew with the Princess as she entered her teenage years. The tales of fantastical beasts turned to romances between knights and ladies! Of happy endings in which true love was found! These were stories that Susanna dreamed of at night finding her true love and living happily ever after. While she dreamed, her childish looks grew into those of a beautiful young woman. Her soft brunette curls fell from around her ears to move down her back as they were constantly styled in the most beautiful fashion of the day. Her cerulean blue eyes were mesmerizing to all that gazed upon her. Her alabaster skin bore no scars nor imperfection as her ladies in waiting ensured that she was perfect in every way. Her clothes were always made with the finest of fabrics velvets, furs, linens, anything she could have desired that complemented the beauty she had been born with. However, unbeknownst to her, her parents had also noticed their daughters daydreams. They saw her wishful stares and heard her conversations of love and romance and adventure and it became too much. The King and Queen decided that their daughter was treading into dangerous territory. Her thoughts of adventure could very well end in injury or even death should she decide to act on them. So this was where that caution had led them. The King negotiated a marriage between Princess Susanna and the Prince of a neighbouring kingdom. It was not only a marriage of convenience as the neighbouring kingdom had a reputation of being very strict with their royal women, it was also one of strategy. The marriage would cleave the two Kingdoms together in an eternal alliance. Each would be behest to defend the other from any raids or attacks which would strengthen both in the end. The Princess however did not see the Kings explanation to be one of reason and she locked herself in her room for days out of protest, refusing to leave the kingdom. However, her protest did not stop the sun from rising and setting as days passed and the day arrived where she was to be sent to meet her husband for the first time on their wedding day. It had taken two guards and her lady-in-waiting to escort the Princess to her waiting carriage. She had been dressed in a white dress, trimmed with the fur of the rare white fox. She wore a banded tiara encrusted with diamonds and a large sapphire that complemented her eyes. Around her neck, she wore a necklace of sapphires to match her tiara. Her brown hair had been half pulled up and threaded about the circlet around her head, creating a lovely cascade of loose curls and waves over her shoulders. However, despite all this finery, Susanna fought like a cornered rat, scrambling to get away as the guards held fast to her arms. They had to force her into the gilded prison on wheels and locked the door behind her, beckoning the driver to move swiftly as Susanna struggled to escape her impending fate. She didnt want this! She couldnt have been meant for this! It was then her gaze darkened as her panicked struggles turned inward, turned to a glowering stare as she contemplated escape. She began to go through every possibility in search of a way to get away from this arrangement, from this unwanted marriage...