"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

The moon banquet was one of the most extraordinary events of the Ambrose empire, the greatest of the warriors were called back from their frontiers, princes and princesses of the palace that were married outside the great Kingdom were invited back to their homeland and the people living inside the Gigantic doors of the royal family too were required to attend the gala without any questions.

The importance of the ceremony was highlighted when the Empress mother of King Alexander could not refuse the occasion too, sitting on a position at the very side but at the same level as the rulers themselves. Her face which might have been once considered as exquisite now appeared wrinkled but the shrewd eyes did not hide the sharp and clutching dominative aura she emitted.

Despite wearing plain gray gown her enchantment and arrogance was unparalleled, elegant yet not tacky.

Prince Baez and his s

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 connection thus concluded that it might be in your fair knowledge of how the Ambrose ceremonies work. One su

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