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The Princess Phedre sighed softly as she looked into her mirror. The image was always the same and it bored her. Her long midnight tresses were being perfectly coifed by one of her maids while her face was being made up by another and yet a third was busy behind them drawing out an array of gowns for her to choose from. She was never allowed to be seen in public looking anything but perfect and in her father's world "public" meant anything outside of her own chamber doors.
What she wouldn't give for something new!
"Phedre!" her younger sister Selene called just before she came barreling through the door. Phedre smiled at her sister, they were only a year apart and looked almost identical. Both were slightly taller than average with long legs that led up to perfect heart shaped asses, full hips, flat stomach and generous breasts. Selene however had more muscle because as a younger daughter she was given more freedoms and Phedre was softer with what her mother had once called " a body made to be loved." Though Phedre wasn't quite certain what that meant.
Even the girls faces were nearly identical with ripe wine colored lips, straight noses and piercing eyes. While Phedre's eyes were a mesmerizing violet however Selenes were a sharp green that saw everything around her.
"What is it Selene?" Phedre asked her sister who seemed to be nearly dancing with excitement.
"Gypsies! And father finally agreed that we could both go down to see them!" Selene quickly shooed away her sisters maids and as she ushered them out the door no one saw the calculating look in the young woman's eyes. "This will be all wrong though," she said and began plucking the pins from Phedre's hair.
Selene had plans for her life and they didn't include playing second fiddle to her sister through all of it. As it stood Phedre was their father's heir and seeing her soft sister sitting on the throne just didn't work for Selene. She knew she would make the better Queen which meant she had to get Phedre out of her way.
The Gypsies were the perfect excuse.
Selene had already made arrangements to sell her sister to a Sorceror she had met in one of the seedier parts of the city. She knew he had estates somewhere and would be capable of secreting her sister away if Selene could get her outside of the palace. She didn't know why the man wanted her sister and she didn't really care. All the Selene cared about was her path to power and he had offered it to her.
It had taken months of plotting to figure out how to get Phedre outside the palace walls however. Their father was as protective of his heir as he was lax in gaurding his younger daughter. It had taken months of pestering and pleading but finally he had agreed that both girls could go down to see the Gypsy wagons without the huge gaurd that normally surrounded Phedre.
Laying out a dress for Phedre that nearly mathed her own she grinned devilishly at her sister. The only difference in their appearance now was the color of their eyes and the fact that Phedre's hair was unbound while Selene's was tightly braided.
Violet eyes and unbound hair were to be the Sorceror's clues as to which sister he was meant to take.
Phedre laughed in delight as they left the palace with no idea what twist of fate her life was about to take.
The Princess Phedre sighed softly as she looked into her mirror. The image was always the same and it bored her. Her long midnight tresses were being perfectly coifed by one of her maids while her face was being made up by another and yet a third was busy behind them drawing out an array of gowns for her to choose from. She was never allowed to be seen in public looking anything but perfect and in her father's world "public" meant anything outside of her own chamber doors.
What she wouldn't give for something new!
"Phedre!" her younger sister Selene called just before she came barreling through the door. Phedre smiled at her sister, they were only a year apart and looked almost identical. Both were slightly taller than average with long legs that led up to perfect heart shaped asses, full hips, flat stomach and generous breasts. Selene however had more muscle because as a younger daughter she was given more freedoms and Phedre was softer with what her mother had once called " a body made to be loved." Though Phedre wasn't quite certain what that meant.
Even the girls faces were nearly identical with ripe wine colored lips, straight noses and piercing eyes. While Phedre's eyes were a mesmerizing violet however Selenes were a sharp green that saw everything around her.
"What is it Selene?" Phedre asked her sister who seemed to be nearly dancing with excitement.
"Gypsies! And father finally agreed that we could both go down to see them!" Selene quickly shooed away her sisters maids and as she ushered them out the door no one saw the calculating look in the young woman's eyes. "This will be all wrong though," she said and began plucking the pins from Phedre's hair.
Selene had plans for her life and they didn't include playing second fiddle to her sister through all of it. As it stood Phedre was their father's heir and seeing her soft sister sitting on the throne just didn't work for Selene. She knew she would make the better Queen which meant she had to get Phedre out of her way.
The Gypsies were the perfect excuse.
Selene had already made arrangements to sell her sister to a Sorceror she had met in one of the seedier parts of the city. She knew he had estates somewhere and would be capable of secreting her sister away if Selene could get her outside of the palace. She didn't know why the man wanted her sister and she didn't really care. All the Selene cared about was her path to power and he had offered it to her.
It had taken months of plotting to figure out how to get Phedre outside the palace walls however. Their father was as protective of his heir as he was lax in gaurding his younger daughter. It had taken months of pestering and pleading but finally he had agreed that both girls could go down to see the Gypsy wagons without the huge gaurd that normally surrounded Phedre.
Laying out a dress for Phedre that nearly mathed her own she grinned devilishly at her sister. The only difference in their appearance now was the color of their eyes and the fact that Phedre's hair was unbound while Selene's was tightly braided.
Violet eyes and unbound hair were to be the Sorceror's clues as to which sister he was meant to take.
Phedre laughed in delight as they left the palace with no idea what twist of fate her life was about to take.