The Fae World: Mirai: The Curse (part 3)

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“Stop snickering,” Mirai muttered. “It’s not helping.”

“That doesn’t matter,” her mother said, sounding irritated. “You may think that this is all going to be simple, the curse is something you can break, but I’m telling you now that it isn’t. What exactly will the curse do if it’s initiated?”

“Love, this isn’t something you or Mirai need to be worrying about. I promise you that I will sort it all out without our daughter having to marry that…” The sound of disgust her father made told her exactly what he was thinking. “I’m in the process of talking with someone who does have a suitable son, so I need to get things sorted quickly.”

“Who?”

“The Duke of West’s son.”

Leif laughed. If Mirai hadn’t felt vaguely nauseous at the mere thought of having to marry that man she might have found it amusing too. She’d never got on with either the Duke of West or his son and she knew why her father was planning a marriage between the two of them. Any children they had would have a chance of inheriting the powers of West, which would make any children she had an even better monarch.

“That’s not happening,” Mirai whispered, shaking her head.

“West? Are you being serious?” Her mother sounded just as disgusted as she felt. “You’ve never liked the man.”

“It’s not a case of liking him, sweetheart, but what his bloodline can offer our grandchildren.”

“Mirai hates them.”

“She’s just going to have to get over it.”

“That’s really fair.”

“If you’d been able to give me more than one child we wouldn’t be having this problem.”

A long silence followed. “I didn’t ask for this any more than you did.” Mirai’s mother swallowed. “Our parents made the choice and now we;re the ones being forced to live with it, which is something I will not inflict on our daughter. Not now, not ever.” She ran a hand through her hair. “It’s not as though you haven’t had other children.”

“They can’t legally inherit the throne. My focus is on Mirai’s marriage and it has to be the right one, which is what the marriage to the Duke of West’s son will be.”

“Have you told the Duke about the curse or are you planning on keeping him in the dark too?”

“We both know he’ll walk away if he finds out about the curse, so, no, I wasn’t planning on telling him. The problem will be solved long before the contract is signed and I don’t feel that it’s necessary to make a big deal of something that can be easily solved.”

“How many times? A curse can’t be easily solved and if Mirai is under a curse that is forcing our family into an alliance with another monarchy then there’s a reason for it. It’s possible, if you find out who cast the curse, we might be able to work around it in some way, but I think Mirai will have to marry Leif.”

Mirrored from K. A. Jones Writing.

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>> now we;re the ones <<

That should say "we're" above.

Also the title says "Miari" instead of "Mirai" as it should.