Pampered by the Villainous Tyrant King

Chapter 49

A/N: I own nothing but plot. Enjoy!

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Annabeth held down the fort at the Eldoris palaces while Percy and the troops were mired down at the borders fending off the combined troops of Kiran and Barinia. The two combined troops were highly coordinated, much to Percy's chagrin.

In his letter to Annabeth, Percy wrote that Sir Luke Castellan was the general of the Kiran troops while the prince of Barinia was heading his troops. He also included his suspicions that Princess Alana was using her power and influence to controls of both countries' armies with precise coordination.  The Eldorisians were still trying to get into contact with the deposed crown princess of Barinia in hopes of combining her forces and destroying Barinia from the outside. Meanwhile, the prince of Tynan was blocked from joining his forces with Eldoris as a separate army from Barinia was fighting with Tynan.

Aside from the information of war, Percy asked whether Annabeth was doing well. Was she eating healthy foods? Was she staying late at night working? Having pegged Annabeth as a workaholic, Percy wrote that she took care of herself more and not work herself down to the bone.

"I will bring news of victory soon," said the letter. " I miss you dearest, my queen of Eldoris and queen of my heart. May we meet in our dreams on these weary nights when I wish I was by your side."

Annabeth carefully laid the letter in a mahogany box where other letters from Percy laid. It had been about three weeks since Percy and the troops had left.

Clarisse's novel had stated that the war between Eldoris and Kiran had lasted half a year. This time, Annabeth had ensured that Tynan had allied with Eldoris, but never had she expected Barinia to ally with Kiran.

The wizard Lord Christopher was still in Eldoris and had stayed behind in the palace, but Annabeth couldn't keep her suspicions that the wizard lord was only here to observe and not help fight out in the front lines. Was Lord Christopher a spy sent by Kiran? Percy had assured her that Lord Christopher was not with such confidence that Annabeth was a bit wary of where the king had gotten his confidence.

Either way, with Prince Jason and Lord Christopher tentatively on Eldoris' side, Percy should win easily, right? Unless Princess Alana had some bullshit plot armor as the story's main character. That was what Annabeth was worried about.

With Annabeth's survival and manipulation of story events, there was no way to predict which way the war would swing. She had survived, but for how long? She didn't just want to live. She wanted to live with Percy.

Annabeth sighed and declined a new cup of tea and some biscuits. She was safe here, heavily protected by the troops left behind. Part of her felt guilty for being snug in the palace while the summer began to turn to the chill of fall. What was Percy doing? Was he staying healthy? How were the troops doing?

She missed Percy very, very much. The bed sheets that were laundered on a regular basis had long lost his smell.

"Your Majesty." Lady Piper passed her another tray of missives.

Annabeth plucked the top one and began to read through the pile of reports that needed her attention. Because of Kiran's surprise invasion, the nearest border villages and towns were caught off guard. Those that weren't captured immediately had many people flee towards the center of Eldoris for protection. Many of the towns closer and safer at the center of Eldoris were experiencing a high influx of refugees. The Eldoris capital was slowly opening its doors to refugees as well. Annabeth approved the budget of expanding more relief towards the fleeing citizens. 

Her eyebrow raised at the next paper. These were reports aside from what official war reports and the tidbits of information Percy had written in his letters. The room seemed to grow ten degrees colder.