The Unfinished Story by Char Marie Adles (best books to read in your 20s .TXT) 📕

servant’s quarter and there I found the maid from Sen mansion sent to help me. I was whisked away to a big fancy room for me, as I would a noble lady in the palace. They dressed me into the pale blue kimono and left on my order. I put on the make up in a style I used to wear back in the twenty first century. Then I took my hair out of its tie and let it fall down my back.
Now it nearly touched the floor, only an inch or two.
I slipped on my slipper shoes and grabbed a sliver fan.
Now I was ready to find this girl Sen was in love with. Then I realized he hadn’t told me her name.
“That idiot,” I grumbled.
I walked out of me room and walked around till I found a room with other rich looking women. I walked up to the youngest one I saw that looked about my age. She was standing all alone in a corner.
“Hello, I am Lady Ashlynn,” I said as I walked up to her.
She looked around and then at me, seeing I was the one talking to her.
She bowed. “I am Lady Momoko,” she said looking a little confused.
I smiled at her. “Would you like to talk? I think I’m lost and you look as if there is something bugging you.”
She smiled to. “Okay,” she said.
We walked back to a room, which I was guessing was hers.
“I know you don’t know me, but I’m really a nice person. And all the other women in that room looked mean.” I said with a laugh.
She giggled. “Yes they do. I’m the general’s daughter and I’m higher than them rank so they hate me. Also there was this man who was my childhood friend, who I love, and who was always with me, till he got a job somewhere away from here a year ago. He was always nice and he was friends with the Imperial record keeper. They were jealousy of how he treated me. I never had the courage to tell him I loved him before I left. I was kind of mean to him.”
“Wow. I have someone I love but they don’t know who I really am. What’s your love’s name?” I asked her.
“His name is Sen.” she said with a smile she said his name with love.
So this was her. She pretty too lucky guesses…
“I know Sen,” I said, “I like him a lot. He’s a good guy. We’ve known each other for a while. We’re close.”
She looked down. “Is that so…”
“What wrong?” I asked.
“You must be his fiancé then,” she said.
“What the?! No way! The man I love is his best friend Kail. You can have Sen.” I said a bit too loudly.
She laughed then. “Thank goodness.”
“Anyway I want us to be friends,” I said.
She nodded and talked about our loves.


Chapter six
Mission complete


I almost dragged myself back to my room, but decided that it may be best to kill over only once I was in my rooms.
How do they do this? If this is the kind of thing women and girls do all night I want nothing to do with it.
Hour on hour of talking to her of Sen almost made me sick.
He was nice, but under that he was evil. And I didn’t really know what to do…but she seemed happy.
I sigh warily as I sat down. It was for Sen and Momoko. I wanted them to be happy. I sighed again and poured myself a cup of tea. It was late. Almost midnight I dare guess. I undressed and clean the entire make up off my face.
I wondered now what to do. It was obvious that she loved him and went he left a year ago she was lonely. So now I knew that they both loved each other it was a matter of getting them together.
Back in this time period they didn’t date it went…. to where?
I sighed and fell asleep on the floor before even making it to the bed.
Over the next few days I spent all my time with Momo at Court and thought so hard my head felt like a ticking time bomb.
“The women of Court are so mean!” I laughed as we walked out of a room where men and women were talking. We had sat there only for a few minutes when they started to whisper about us and questioning who I was. They thought I was either a maid of Momo’s, a foreign princess, a bastard child of the Emperor, Momo’s half sister and one even came up with the stupid idea of me being a mermaid come to find a husband.
“I know! But they are stupid. They can’t help it that they grew up like that you have to feel sorry for them,” Momo said.
“Sorry, but I just can’t.”
We laughed and she took me out to a garden and we took off our slippers and dipped our toes in the water.
“You know,” she said looking out to the sky, “I really missed him. Father hated him to death though. He hates everyone, even my mother. Just once I would like to see him be a coward.”
That night I took her to her room and went back to mine. I undressed and went to bed, but my mind ran in circles around Momoko and Sen.
this isn’t the time to forget! Think! Think...Marriage! They can get married!
I dressed swiftly and moved like a shadow to Momoko’s room. I went in without knocking. She was in bed. “Momo,” I said into her ear.
She sat up. “What?”
“I have an idea of how to get you together with Sen. Permanently.” I said grinning.
Her eyes widened. “Really?”
“Yes, all you have to do is marry him.” I explained.
She was nodding. “How do I do that?”
“Not you, but me. I will talk to your father.” I said.
“You can’t! He will be mad!” she said.
“No he will not. He will bow down in pleasure when he lays eyes on the Princess of Spain. A far away country that has weapons he couldn’t dream of.” I said. Never have I been so glad of my bloodline.
Her eyes grow wide. “You’re a princess?!”
“Yes. I will tell your father I wish to see you married my dear friend, to my charge Sen of the Date family. He will have no choice but to go with it.”
She started to smile then and then she jumped on me. “Oh thank you! Thank you! My dream is coming true!”
“Yes and until you are married you will stay with me.” I said, not knowing how to do that one yet.
I told her at first light I would go talk to her father.
I slept little for I was excited to see her happy.
As the sun rose I dressed in a long kimono of black, silver, and red. Did my make up so
that I loved like a beautiful and deadly dragoness and went to get Momo.
I’m going to make her wishes come true.
She was ready and she led me to her father’s rooms. She knocked and entered.
Motioning me to follow. My head dress tilted back little. I set it right and adjusted the vile that covered half my face.
Her father sat at a small table having tea. Then he saw her.
“What is the meaning of this? Momoko!” he yelled at her. “Why did you come here and with…?”
His yell died in his mouth as he looked at me. Speechless.
Momo had tears in her eyes, and I could tell she was afraid of him. I held out my hand to her.
She took it and I gave her hand a squeeze.
“Lord Zen Tu, I greet you humbly.” I said, not bowing.
Momo spoke up. “Father this is Princess Ashlynn Miri Mira De Rose. She is the heir of Spain.” her voice was loud, but shaky.
His mouth dropped open and then he bowed deeply.
Even snakes can smile, but it does not mean you trust them.
“Your Imperial Highness, I had no idea…I did not mean to disturbed you.” he said in a rush.
The fearsome man before me was a mess of nerves. Oh how I wanted to laugh. What a spineless weak hearted man. He’s nothing more than a bully.
“It is not me you should apologize to, but ,my dear Momo, here. I take it you are her father?” I asked.
He nodded. He turned to her. “I am truly sorry for yelling at you,” he said. “Your Highness please sit, what may I do for you?” he asked.
We sat down across from him. I still held her hand.
“Lord Zen Tu I wish has your daughter married to my charge as soon as possible. He is a dear friend I have looked as for some time and wish to see married soon. When I met your daughter some time ago I believed her perfect for him. I will pay her price of course. And I do love her as a sister. If she marries him she will be quite close to me.” I said looking at him straight in the eyes.
He looked pale. “My daughter? Who is this man if I may ask?”
“His name is Sen Akaka Lynn Date. He is the heir to the wealthy and noble Date family. He is worth the same as the emperor with my backing. He is only twenty two years old.”
He looked at Momo but she looked at only me. He looked into my eyes.
“You wish for my only daughter to be married off to a man she does not know? Are you that cruel, your Imperial Highness?” I looked into his eyes and saw the same coldness I had saw when he looked at his daughter.
Cruelty was what he wanted.
“Yes I am. For I was brought for a bride, but it was a pity he died on our first meeting,” I said to him as a