ESTELLE BELSHAW
Abdicating the crown with no word was one of the best feelings in the world. From here, I felt as if I were above the clouds staring down at what used to be my life, but now, none of it was my problem. It was me, Eddie and our son, Elias who had been growing too swiftly for my mind to comprehend.
Throughout my entire life, I had felt like an outcast. Growing up without mother and having no one else but father and Marguerite, it was easy to feel like I was utterly alone; but now I know, it was the complete opposite. I had everything I wanted right now, right in front of my very eyes.
With Elias resting on top of his father's shoulders, I bring in the last few boxes of our belongings into our new cottage, far, far away from Toulouse and everybody around. It was perfect, with its single-storey basis and cosy rooms, it was unlike what we had ever known, and that's what made it perfect.
This was the ending of the beginning.
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Historical FictionWhen servants die during the plague, King Frederick steps down from the Throne in Toulouse, France in the 1800s. His daughter, Princess Estelle has no choice but to take over the heir and become the next queen, despite only being seventeen years old...
