For What Reason A Choice
Nov 19th, 2013 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words
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Whenever she thought about the past, a heavy sadness weighed on her. Her term as Empress had been glorious and she was widely acknowledged as the greatest monarch in living memory.
Now that the peaceful successions had ended, and the municipalities were constantly at war, she regretted not holding on to power. It was the irony of their political system that those most worthy of holding power were those least likely to retain it.
Of course, giving up power had not been her first choice. She’d done so out of spite. Anything to get back at that ex-boyfriend of hers.
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