The Chosen one

At a time when marriages were arranged by families, Cecília tried to get rid of all the suitors arranged by her parents, her sister Madeleine, in turn, grew up being prepared to become the wife of her cousin Prince Emanuel, families had this agreement since they were children. Cecília, had already been offered to two suitors, but as soon as they met her, they gave up at the same time.

Ceci, as she was known, was a woman ahead of her time, that's why she was considered crazy, she liked things different from the traditional ones, predetermined for women of her time, Ceci liked to paint, create poetry, run through the countryside, riding and none of that was allowed for his time. Madeleine, in turn, was silent, she was the perfect woman, prepared for marriage as far back as anyone could remember, her mother always defined who was her favorite. Cecília's family was of medium size, they didn't have many possessions, so Madeleine's marriage to her cousin was quite a deal, it would greatly favor the family's conditions and their possessions. Prince Emanuel would complete his 21 years and to assume the throne he would have to marry, that was not his wish, but he did not have many choices, either he would marry or lose the throne, in his constant fights with his mothers he made it very clear that marriage was not his desire, but he would do it for the family.

Sophia, the matriarch of the imperial family, had always imposed her decisions and choices and everyone had to accept it and with Emanuel it was no different, she will force him to marry a woman she had chosen for him, her cousin Madeleine. Cecilia, where are you, your new suitor is on his way and you haven't even had a shower yet, you have to comb your hair, I've already sorted out a dress, where are you girl? her mother screams throughout the house and Cecília does not appear, she hid in the backyard, this is the third suitor she has sent this month alone, her mother no longer knows what to do with her, and does not understand what world Ceci is in live. While her sister Madeleine, in turn, is being groomed to marry Prince Emanuel, her distant cousin, their families struck a deal and agreed that the marriage would be great for both families. The trip to the kingdom is near where the bride and groom will meet and soon get married, uniting the families, Madeleine knows all the responsibilities that it is to marry a prince and all the obligations that she will carry, in fact being a trophy wife, just so that the prince can assume the throne and calm his people who are a bit euphoric with the approach of a war.

Cecília, on the other hand, loves her freedom, loves to write her poems and be totally original, she doesn't accept the rules willingly, as long as she can she will run away from her suitors. And finally the big day of the trip arrived, even though it wasn't necessary Madeleine insisted on Cecília's presence, who, despite being dissatisfied, accompanied her mother and sister on this trip and promised to behave at the height of the occasion, even though she found it all boring and unnecessary, she didn't understand how her sister accepted all this, as if it were wonderful, besides the title what else was good about being a decoration wife, where the husband would only look for her from time to time or when necessary. She went all the way writing her poems that she loved so much and each new landscape a new drawing, she lost herself in this world and her sister admired her courage in putting out everything she felt and liked, she didn't have such courage as Cecília, that everything was too much for Madeleine and for her mother it was called madness, how could a woman want to live in a world where she wasn't married, at a time when not being married was living on the margins of society. After a few days of travel, they finally arrived in the kingdom, where they would meet the future groom and the queen, Emanuel's mother, the matriarch of the family, the severe Sophia and Emanuel's brother, Maximus and the other brother who is still a child.

Cecília, on the other hand, loves her freedom, loves to write her poems and be totally original, she doesn't accept the rules willingly, as long as she can she will run away from her suitors. And finally the big day of the trip arrived, even though it wasn't necessary Madeleine insisted on Cecília's presence, who, despite being dissatisfied, accompanied her mother and sister on this trip and promised to behave at the height of the occasion, even though she found it all boring and unnecessary, she didn't understand how her sister accepted all this, as if it were wonderful, besides the title what else was good about being a decoration wife, where the husband would only look for her from time to time or when necessary. She went all the way writing her poems that she loved so much and each new landscape a new drawing, she lost herself in this world and her sister admired her courage in putting out everything she felt and liked, she didn't have such courage as Cecília, that everything was too much for Madeleine and for her mother it was called madness, how could a woman want to live in a world where she wasn't married, at a time when not being married was living on the margins of society. After a few days of travel, they finally arrived in the kingdom, where they would meet the future groom and the queen, Emanuel's mother, the matriarch of the family, the severe Sophia and Emanuel's brother, Maximus and the other brother who is still a child.

Maximus But what a bag! I don't know why I had to go back to this kingdom, after all, as my mother says, I'm of no use, I'm just second in line of succession and for her it's like I'm nothing. Dona Sophia is a bitch who pretends to be the best person in the world until she gets what she wants, let's see why she made me come back so suddenly, it must be something kind of urgent, or another presentation from the royal family.

I get down from my carriage and my mother along with her royal nannies, I don't understand what all this reception is for, she gets all angry when she finds out that I brought a visitor without notifying her beforehand. Hi Mama, what do I owe the honor of being summoned back to your humble kingdom; Maximus, don't start your jokes, just go in and try to keep quiet; I see her raise her eyes above me and probably Miss Alane must be getting out of the carriage and when I turn around that's what my eyes see. Mama, with the haste in your invitation, I forgot to tell you that I would bring a company; My dear, what you do doesn't matter even try not to do anything I wouldn't do Maxims; she turns her back and enters the kingdom along with her royal nannies, without even greeting Alane. I'm sorry dear, my mother is like that, she doesn't tend to be very cordial with people she doesn't know; No problem my dear; We go in and the servants of the kingdom bring our bags, we settle in my old royal room, and it reminds me of my childhood and how much I suffered, all the best was for Emanuel, the best toys, the best clothes, the my mother's attention, yes they were always for my brother and that hurts me a lot, but I try to push those bad thoughts away and let's get down to business, try to find out why they demanded my presence. I leave Alane resting and I go for a walk around the kingdom, and my eyes see the most beautiful of ladies, who can she be? I approach slowly so as not to scare her and she doesn't even notice my presence because she seems so entertained with what she's doing and doesn't even notice me. Hi, pretty young lady? She gets scared and drops a notebook she was holding in her hands, it had some scribbles, she seemed to be drawing; Who are you? She asks me looking for her notebook on the floor. Maximus at your disposal; she doesn't say anything else, takes her sketchbook and gets up and walks back to the kingdom. What a lovely woman, I wanted to know more about her, who is where she comes from, what is her name, but she didn't give me any chance.

Madeleine-

I was prepared to marry Prince Emanuel since I was a child, I dedicated myself to every training that my mother gave me, that was the best for me, after all I would become a princess, I know what my role will be in kingdom, support my husband in whatever he decides, give him healthy children and serve him whenever he needs it, when I go out I'm always accompanied, this all seems a bit crazy, but not for my time, that's how we we live, we women have a role, a single role, which is marriage. I accepted this condition as soon as I understood the rules, but deep down I am dying of envy for my sister Cecília, she is a woman ahead of our time, she is brave and loves her freedom and fights for it, I never had that courage, everyone they consider her crazy, for having an untraditional behavior, she likes to walk barefoot, which is immoral, but she doesn't care about anything, she just wants to live her life and nothing else.

Even without need, I demanded my sister's presence at my presentation to the prince, she didn't want to come, but besides my mother she is the person closest to me and I need all the support at this moment, despite being prepared by I've been scared to death all my life, because I've never seen a picture of this prince, what if he's an ogre, or a caveman? I needed all the support I could get. The closer the time to meet Emanuel gets closer, the more nervous I get and I call my sister to calm me down and she joins me in the bath and we talk and laugh and remember things from our childhood, Cecília has the gift of making me laugh, she gives me good and calm things, her laughs are music to my ears, even when I'm crazy I love her so much and I always thank her for being my sister, nobody is perfect, right? Mother of Cecilia and Madeleine These daughters of mine drive me crazy, Cecília as soon as she arrived in the kingdom she ran to walk around the field, her behavior often embarrasses me if it weren't for Madeleine she would have stayed at home, I don't know why she wanted to bring her sister, the look-alike was to take your concentration, on the other hand I have Madeleine, a princess of a girl, impeccable behavior, supernatural kindness, I raised her to be the future wife of Prince Emanuel, my sister and I despite not being very close we made this agreement when Emanuel was born, my first daughter would become his wife in the future and today we are here, get to know my nephew and future prince of Odense. Madeleine is very nervous, because she will meet her future husband and will finally enter the royal court, this is a dream, after all, our family does not have many possessions and by accepting this marriage we will be well rewarded, my sister is being very generous with my family, I now only have one concern our trunk with our dresses has not arrived and we only have our black dresses and we will have to dress in them, I have given the last instructions to two, to Madeleine I ask that she be cordial and smile from time to time and to Cecília I ask to behave properly.

And the big moment arrived, the three dressed in their black dresses, they wait anxiously for the arrival of the queen and her royal family, soon Sophia is announced along with her two youngest children, she enters the room all pompous, feeling superior to everyone in that environment and walks towards his sister who gets up with her daughters and greets, all very formal, nothing too close, soon after Prince Emanuel is announced and joins everyone in the large room.

Madeleine's eyes shine when she sees the prince in front of her, she can see that he was nothing like an ogre and how beautiful he was, and the introductions begin and Emanuel greets Madeleine with just a nod and to everyone's surprise like that When Cecília is introduced, Emanuel says a few words to her, leaving everyone intrigued, after all they have just met, the conversation is soon interrupted by the housekeeper, informing her that lunch is served. During lunch people were separated into two groups, at the main table Sophia, Emanuel, Madeleine and her mother, at the secondary table, Maximus her guest Alane, Cecilia and Maximus' younger brother, making the class division very clear, and as they are still considered children, at that time children did not sit at the main table, adults sat at the main table and those considered children at a separate table in this case a secondary table.

Ceci, played with her younger brother, while Emanuel admired her from afar, he almost didn't pay attention to what was being talked about during lunch because his eyes didn't leave the secondary table, in fact his eyes didn't leave Ceci, he even tried to hide , but it was in vain. While at the secondary table, Máximos tried to draw Ceci's attention to himself, asking her some impertinent questions, annoying at times, to the point that Ceci with her spontaneous way of being exploded and spoke some truths in her face, leaving everyone in the dark. mouth open, that was the best part of the lunch, because the rest was just the sisters trying to push Madeleine on top of Emanuel. After lunch they went on a tour of the kingdom, and Máximos tried to approach Ceci once more, saying that she was pretty rough during lunch, but he liked her lines. Meanwhile, Madeleine tries to get Emanuel's attention, she presents him with one of the poems made by Ceci, but she told her that it was herself who made it, so that he would believe that she was perfect in everything, but Emanuel's interest there was only one, Ceci. While Ceci tried to get rid of Maximus during the walk, Emanuel watched her from afar while he walked beside Madeleine who tried to get his attention anyway, something that Ceci didn't need to do, because her spontaneity already draws attention by itself, when the walk was over, Madeleine wanted to know about Ceci why the prince spoke to her at lunch, when did they become intimate, because until then they didn't know each other, and Ceci said they exchanged a few brief words when she went to give a walk as soon as they arrived in the kingdom, this made Madeleine a little intrigued, but she decided not to continue with her questions, maybe it was pure coincidence that all that and ended up leaving it aside. Maximus took advantage of the end of the tour to congratulate his brother, he congratulated him on his birthday and his wedding and made it clear that he made a great choice, choosing Madeleine, and that he was very interested in Cecília, which did not leave Emanuel or a little pleased to know, because his eyes also shone for Ceci, the brothers' relationship that was not at all friendly became even worse after that conversation.

Emanuel realized that the best thing to do was to leave his brother close so she could keep an eye on his steps and invited him to a meeting, in which his brother would be his adviser, and even though he didn't like the idea Maximus decided to accept the invitation, this one it could be the chance for him to discover the prince's plans, which would help a lot in the future. Meanwhile Ceci was looking for a way to cool off, because in addition to being very hot, her black dress didn't help much, her cheeks were even red from the heat she felt, with her crazy way she lay down on the floor, because the floor was cold, but was surprised by Emanuel who thought she was feeling sick, she got up quickly and started to explain to him why she was lying on the ground, but Emanuel didn't want any explanation, he just pulled her back to the floor. floor and lay down beside her, having a pleasant conversation with Ceci, who deep down liked her a lot, at least someone understood her and enjoyed talking to her, the two exchanged pleasant words, it was a short time, but it was enough for Emanuel to take the decision he needed. During the night Emanuel invited Ceci to toast with him, as it was already his birthday, but in fact it wasn't quite what he wanted, he wanted much more than that, but Cecília wasn't that silly and threw it in his face that he was going to marry his sister, and that she had promised not to cause any problems during the trip, Emanuel wanted her and would not give up for anything, and he made it very clear to Ceci, who was a little stunned, with all those words from Emanuel , who seemed crazy, but deep down she liked it a lot and gave in to Emanuel's kiss, who seemed crazy, but deep down she liked it a lot and gave in to Emanuel's kiss, who then declared himself to her and said he was completely in love and that He really wanted her in his life and wouldn't give up on her, upon hearing Ceci's statement she couldn't say anything at all and ran away leaving him standing there savoring the taste of her mouth.