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Princess Susanna Narrative

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She hadn’t even seen it coming. The devastating news came after a Jubilee ball celebrating her father’s years ruling as a just King and her mother being a kind and gentle Queen. She had been the jewel in her Father’s 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 …show more content…

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 guard’s 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 didn’t want this! She couldn’t 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

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