Summary

Arrabella and Maude come from the union between Naomi, a maid, and King Potentatus. Naomi had gotten close to the emotional king, eventually taking advantage of him and pressured him into having sex to sate her own desire one drunken night. While Naomi was in the wrong, Potentatus did not punish her for her actions, pining the blame on himself for taking advantage of a woman’s company. Unfortunately for Naomi, she did not become his next queen. Her daughters, however, did become princesses. Arrabella has noticed early that Naomi’s motherly care and attention was not genuine . It stemmed from Naomi’s obsession with the king, but rarely acted out against her. She put on a face, one that Potentatus would pity, so that she and her sister would be taken into the king’s Care.

Arrabella and Maude were the only siblings left with a mother to call their own after the assassinations of the mistresses Potentatus took on, save for Ruuben, of course. Naomi’s obsession for the king has spiraled out of control once people caught wind that he was remarrying. This took a toll on the twin princesses, who desperately tried to win his affection over from the others. After the purging of sirens, Arrabella and Maude shared the secret that Potentatus’s true assassin was their very mother. While they both kept their mouths shut, Arrabella had become aware that that the longer she kept this secret, the more the guilt would eat away at her. Though after awhile, Arrabella seemed to not care when the same hostility Ruuben was shown was being directed towards her and her sister. While Maude was more aggressive , Arrabella realized that there is no winning and that she must become the family favorite again.

Arrabella began to believe this secret held a very certain kind of power, one that would either allow her an escape or punishment.

The death of the second oldest princess, Altiora, caused great stress in the kingdom. It affected Arrabella more after overhearing Ruuben’s deduction with their father. Someone killed Altiora in a way that matched exactly how her mother had tried with Potentatus. Someone was angry at the elves of Rialta, or better yet, someone was angry with the royal family. Arrabella, being who she is, suspects everyone and wouldn’t hesitate to throw someone under the bus should they seem the slightest bit suspicious.

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