Three new moons have passed and soon it was the time for a faded ceremony to be painted in new contrasting colors. There were red, white and golden candles of different shapes decorating the empress residence of the Ambrose empire situated in the Dandelion Gardens inside the eastern courtyards of Palace.

It was a century old ritual which required all the females to gather in the holy shrine of the goddess of fertility and strength Riera on the day of Second moon once a decade. The prayer to the goddess was not restricted to the wish of having a child only but also closely entwined with various heartfelt beliefs that the sacred mother provided courage, beauty and valor, thus both married and unmarried women were to be present.

The holy shrine had three levels of purity, Sun was the very first level that comprised of all the Royal and aristocratic women selected to pay their tributes by 

"Mistress" Reginia acknowledged, bowing down her head in front of Lilith. It felt immensely humiliating for the woman to show submission to someone much lower than her station and when the one dominating was Lilith, it was almost impossible to resume the proud standing position without getting her command in return.

The General's wife had already indicated to every single member of the household that if they weren't paying heed to her control, they had no right to exist inside the mansion.

"Vrak" The maids in the room including Vios were astonished when the lady used the ancient symbolic language of Ambrose to signify everyone should leave except the woman who was bowing infront of her. The people were in trance but as soon as Lilith raised her palm gracefully they recognized the order.

[Vrak= leave us alone]

"Reginia, this one has heard about you quite much, you lineage and connecti

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"My grace, this mere servant just dreams to be in your shade this is one's only wish." Regina was sent by Lilith away to bring several books from the ancient library of the capital instead the woman had such guts to go to the oldest maid of the empress and inform her of Lilith.

"If your information about the mistress of the great Lotus mansion turns out to be false and a method against her majesty, your head would be hanging in the market the very next day." Lemen was a strong nurse, serving Seycea since the moment she was born. Her brown eyes sharp and tongue meant to convey words that the empress deemed too harsh to leave her tongue infront of the other concubines of the King.

When the people heard they thought that this madame was shrewd and unafraid, where the queen did not expressed her complications and forgave everyone, Lemme being her closest confidant could not he

Three new moons have passed and soon it was the time for a faded ceremony to be painted in new contrasting colors. There were red, white and golden candles of different shapes decorating the empress residence of the Ambrose empire situated in the Dandelion Gardens inside the eastern courtyards of Palace.

It was a century old ritual which required all the females to gather in the holy shrine of the goddess of fertility and strength Riera on the day of Second moon once a decade. The prayer to the goddess was not restricted to the wish of having a child only but also closely entwined with various heartfelt beliefs that the sacred mother provided courage, beauty and valor, thus both married and unmarried women were to be present.

The holy shrine had three levels of purity, Sun was the very first level that comprised of all the Royal and aristocratic women selected to pay their tributes by standing nearer to the great sculpture of the Riera, crouched down on their knees to pay their utmos

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