Prompt Me Monthly: March
Welcome back for March’s picture prompt!!
Each month, I will chose a picture to inspire me to write a paragraph. Some of my novels have even started this way!
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March’s Prompt:
My father’s words swirl around my brain like a vortex. “You mustn’t show weakness, Elmana. A queen should be self-assured, confident, if not a little feared by her people.”
I’m not like my father at all. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but in this situation I wish I was.
I raised my voice at a guard this evening; channeled my father to prove I am in charge. He was questioning military tactics, but addressed Lewyn, my Hand, as if the little girl wearing the crown was a front- woman who couldn’t possibly have any knowledge of war.
I am well educated in all areas of my role. My father never failed to express his disappointment at not fathering a son and worked me doubly hard because of it. Just because I am kind, I am not weak or stupid.
I am desperately fighting to find the balance. Right now, that consists of putting on a front for the people, but crying my heart out when I am alone.
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