Magnus wandered the empty halls early the next morning, his thoughts swimming in his head as he walked. The sun barely peaked over the distant hills when he saw some of his servants getting up and ready for the day.
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“Good morning my king got up early. I see, may I get you some tea? you seem tired” one of the maids asked a hint of worry in her voice.
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“No thank you marisol, I will get some when lucinda and i make breakfast.” Magnus replied, smiling softly at her.
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The maid nods before giving her respectful bow and scurrying off to do her daily tasks. Magnus continued his walk, his faint smile now gone as he wandered past one of the guards' rooms. From within he could hear his wife giggling he sighs knowing she had been here all night and didn't plan on leaving anytime soon. His walk continued until he stopped in front of Lucinda's room; he could hear her singing to herself as she got herself ready for the day. He gently knocked on the door bringing her singing to a stop as the door opened.
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“Good morning my beautiful daughter.” Magnus said, smiling once again.
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“Good morning daddy I'm almost done getting ready then we can make pancakes” she said excitedly sipping over to her mirror again.
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“Take your time dear, the day is still young. But we will have a guest joining us, a young man named Baze. He will be staying with us for a while.” Magnus explained as he watched her brush her hair.
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“Okay daddy we make him pancakes too?” she asked, skipping over to him.
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“Of course my little bunny wants our guests to feel welcome don't we?”
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She nodded and began to pull him to the kitchen where blaze waitied fiddling with a napkin. Magnus smiled remembering the first time he had been around royalty before his father took him in.
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“Good morning, I hope you got some rest last night.” Magnus called from the doorway making blaze jump slightly.
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“Yes sir…thank you” blaze replied bowing slightly.
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“No need to bow blaze, you're our guest and no guest of mine needs to bow. But I would love for you to meet my daughter lucinda. She just turned eleven not too long ago and today she gets to learn how to make pancakes." Magnus said tickling Lucinda, causing her to smile. He watched as blaze smiled softly becoming more relaxed as the minutes ticked by.
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Soon the kitchen was filled with laughter as flour filled the air in a white cloud after ir being mistakenly dropped on lucinda's head as she slipped on the flour that already laid on the floor. Magnus helped her up his cheeks sore from smiling before his smile faded hearing a scoff from the doorway.
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“You're supposed to teach her to cook, not to make a mess,” the woman replied coldly. Magnus glanced at blaze seeing that he was back to being quiet and staring at the ground.
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“Mertha please we will go over this later we have a guest.” Magnus sighed as he mixed the batter for lucinda. “Blaze this is my wife queen mertha. Mertha this is blaze he's staying with us for a while.”
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A smile spread across mertha's lips as she waltzed over to blaze her hands trailing along his shoulders making even magnus cringe. “I'll be sure to stop by your room later to give you a proper welcome.” she cooed into his ear.
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Magnus sighed heavily watching this horrid scene go down in front of him. “He's fifteen mertha show some self respect will you?”
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She scolded Magnus before leaving the kitchen in a hurry. Magnus knew she would more than likely be waiting in their bedroom to scold him but for now he went back to teaching Lucinda how to cook. “Im sorry about that blaze she wasn't always like this”
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“Its okay,” blaze replied “my mom was the same way”
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After breakfast Magnus returned to his room where Mertha immediately slapped him across his face. “How dare you humiliate me in front of our guest in front of our daughter!” she yelled her hands hitting anywhere they landed on his body. Magnus just stood there taking the hits knowing that it would make her feel better in some sort of way.
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“As soon as lucinda turns twelve i am divorcing you and i am taking her with me so you can die here miserable and alone”
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“You know you cannot take Lucinda if she chooses to stay. Besides why wait a whole year why not do it now and be done of me”
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“Because you brainless oaf. If I do it now I get nothing. The council told me about Lucinda's inheritance from her grandfather that she's supposed to get at twelve but she will only get it if we are together. “ she explained by smoothing out a wrinkle in her dress.
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Magnus stood there numb. His father died when he had just married mertha. This whole time she stayed with Magnus to take Lucinda's inheritance away from her the moment she got it. He couldn't find the words to speak for a few minutes before finally doing so. “Why are you telling me this?” Magnus asked, not daring to look in her direction.
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He heard her scoff as her hands hit her sides. “because “ she started as she lifted his head to meet her cold heartless gaze. “You're too weak and pathetic to do anything about it.”
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She dropped her hand smirking before going to the door, stopping at the door looking back. “What room is that handsome young boy staying in again?” she asked, laughing as she walked out of the door. He waited till the clicking of her heels faded away before finally exhaling the breath he was holding. He walked to his balcony that was attached to his room to get air as he watched Lucinda run around with the butler's dog. He didn't know how he was going to stop her from taking lucinda away but he had a year to figure it out
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