All Chapters of His Majesty's Forced Bride: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The morning of my coronation, I was strangely calm. Thinking about what was going to happen step by step helped me not to lose my mind. Cora had explained to me in detail everything that was going to happen: first I was going to be crowned in a formal ceremony here at the castle, then I was going to go out in a carriage through the streets of Dranda so people could see their new queen, after that I was coming back to the castle to have a big celebration with the members of the court, the party was going to last all day and at midnight there was going to be fireworks. The idea of having an entire kingdom celebrating me was intimidating but at the same time made me feel proud. For the first time in my life, I felt special. I made sure I looked impeccable more than ten times before leaving my room, Cora accompanied me to the antechamber of the room where the coronation ceremony was going to take place and there we waited patiently f

It was time for dinner and I had to sit next to Gregory at the enormous rectangular table.“Are you having fun?” He asked while stroking my hair."I guess," I replied without enthusiasm shrugging my shoulders.“You guess? Wow, do not be afraid to hurt my feelings. I mean, I just spent the last few weeks planning every detail of this party so that everything would be perfect, not a big deal,” he commented sarcastically. I looked at him out of the corner of my eye and said nothing. The knights and their families sat at the table with us. While everyone was chatting with each other, I just ate in silence and listen to their conversations. No one at the table seemed to be offended by Gregory's jokes and sarcastic remarks, everyone treated their king with great affecti

I woke up feeling excited, this was my first day as queen. I did not know what to expect, I got up early despite staying up late the night before. I walked to the balcony and stared at my garden, wondering what the day had in store for me. Cora came into the room with my breakfast and helped me get dressed. I decided to wear a navy blue dress and the pearl necklace that Norton and Mary Terese Caldwell gave me at the coronation.Once I was ready, Cora led me to the Queen's Hall. As Gregory had explained to me, that room was the place where I would attend to my affairs. Many people would come to visit me and ask for things from me, they would try to win my sympathy so that when the king denied them something I would support them and persuade him to change his mind. My poor subjects had no idea that it was useless, I had no influence over my husband and I would never have it. I was just anot

After my afternoon with Margaret Lewis, I went back to the royal chambers. I found Gregory in the common area with a book in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. The moment he saw me, my husband closed the book and put the glass aside. His piercing blue eyes were fixed on me, something was bothering him, I could see it in his facial expression. With an authoritative air, he gestured for me to come and sit by him on the couch. I swiftly did what he asked.“Can you explain to me how is it that a woman humiliated you in front of everyone and you allowed her to go unpunished?” He inquired with an arched eyebrow.“Unpunished? Fiona Miller spoke her mind, I could not punish her for it,” I replied nervously.“She mocked you. You are the queen, you cannot tolerate that kind of disrespect. It is important for people to know who is in charge, their opinions about you are irrelevant, they need to show you respect at all times,” he stated.“I am not like you. I do not want people to fear me.

Constance Labelle had lost control of herself, her eyes were wide open and her hands resembled claws. She was like a wild animal and her only objective was to hurt me. I tried to dodge her but it was impossible, she grabbed my hair and started pulling as hard as she could. Then she tried to scratch my face and my arms as she kept on screaming. In that moment, something came over me, I too got enraged so instead of just defending myself I hit her back, I pulled her hair and I punched her several times. Constance intensified her attack, yelling curses and calling me names. I also insulted her, my anger made it easier for me to say all kinds of curse words that I had never said before. We had both lost control, I was not behaving like a queen and she was not behaving like a lady, we were just two enraged women. It was the first time in my life that I was in a fight and I took the moment to release all my anger and frustration for what had happened to me. All these weeks feeling like someb