2022 Challenge Extracts: Day 8

Two more pieces and several thousand words on another project and today has been a fairly good day. Today's pieces both evolve around marriage contracts. The flash involves a princess conducting court politics on her own...and the second is almost an ode to a new king and his fate.Flash Fiction Challenge 2022Streak 1: 8 Days Flash Piece 1 - 334 words. First 10% (rounded down)  Day 7:-------------