A Regent?

“No, I would not.”

Five faces turned to look at Tanya in surprise.

“Princess, you mean you don’t mind if the title leaves your lineage?” One of the kingsmen asked.

“No, she can never say that. My daughter, do you have a fever? I am sure it must be the stress of everything, right?” Dowager Charlotte asked as she gave Tanya a meaningful look.

Tanya shook her head and said; “I am fine. My mother is right though. I don’t mean that the title should leave our lineage. What I am saying is that there is another alternative that we are not thinking of.”

“What alternative? What other alternative is there, princess?” Another kingmaker asked while Brianna looked at her with interest.

“I can’t be queen. I was never meant to rule. George is…was the perfect person for that. Not me.”

“But the king is no longer with us, my princess. In the history of our land, we have never had a queen rule before, but time is advancing, and we are willing to allow change too. That is why we wouldn’t mind crowning yo