Episode 1 - trust

The knock on the door was subtle.

"Your Majesty?" A man's voice spoke from behind the tall, wooden door.

"Are you awake?" He sounded worried.

Behind the wooden door lay a dark room. There were two big windows, which were covered with curtains, so no light came in. On the left side of the room was a king-sized bed, next to it was a small table and on it a mirror.

On the other side of the bed stood a big wardrobe with clothes. Next to the wardrobe were doors, they led to a dressing room with more wardrobes and clothes, no one used it much though.

Opposite of the bed stood a table under the window. All kinds of papers lied there.

The room was engulfed in dark colours. And on the bed there, was lying a woman.

The voice behind the door grew more restless.

"Your Majesty?"

With a loud knock, the woman woke up. Her eyes sparked with red for a while, before turning into a dark brown with a hint of green color.

She looked as if she woke up from a nightmare. Her long hair, upper half of them was brown, the lower one was red, fell of her shoulders as she sat up straight.

"Abello?' He voice was hoarse.

"What's going on? What time is it?" She asked the man, Abello.

"It's still very early in the morning, Your Majesty, but the king of Fulgur is here...." Abello spoke with disgust in his tone.

"Arlechino?" The queen frowned.

"Why would he be here?"

"I do not know, as he did not state his business." Abello spoke calmly this time, over time, he learnt to keep calm in all kinds of situations.

"Give me few minutes." She got up from the bed and walked to her wardrobe. She didn't even use the dressing room that often. She didn't have the mood to, and the time.

She picked out her favourite dress. They were dark blue colour with golden ornaments, some signifying dragon heads and flames.

She brushed her hair neatly and braided a small braid on her hair, just so it didn't get in her eyes and face.

Then she walked out, composed, calm. She has walked through this palace many times over the years, she's lived here for over 9 thousand years.

Abello, her loyal servant and assistant, stood by her left side, slowly walking a bit behind her.

He always helped with anything she needed. He was her most trusted servant, and he was more than that, he was a friend.

His grayish eyes shone in the light, same as his silver hair.

He was a tall man, but the queen was just as tall.

The Flamanian women were known to be very tall in comparison to others.

Flama was one of the five great nations. It was secluded from other nations, but the Flamanians didn't care. They liked it like this. They were free.

The imperial family, the family of the highest Gods, resided in Laevis, the central nation. It was north of Flama.

Tarisha has been the queen of Flama for several thousand years. No one knew it, except for the Flamanians, as Flama had closed off it's gates a long, long time ago, because of some circumstances.

Fulgur wasn't a great nation. It was a small island located near Laevis, it was so small in comparison to Laevis, no one really cared about it.

Arlechino, the king of Fulgur, knew the queen of Flama from many years ago, however, she didn't like him.

He was suspicious. He always acted harshly and weirdly. He couldn't be trusted.

Not anymore.

TO BE CONTINUED....

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