Diary of a Reluctant Queen: Book I

By David Simon

Heather Michaels is a 26 year female. She works in a small book store, in a small town, in the USA, on Earth. A man she knows only as James begins to frequent her store.He never buys much, but is a steady customer. One day they strike up a conversation. Before Heather realizes what is happening James asks her out on a date.It is not long before she discovers he is not quite human. This is her story. As told by her in diary form. Follow this reluctant Queen as she adapts to the many dangers that lurk in James' world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Simon
• Release date: May 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781980632429

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David Simon

Diary of a Reluctant Queen

Copyright © David Simon, 2018

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Contents

Richard III

James III

John II

James IV

Heather

First Date

Formal Introduction

Home

Training

Responsibilities

Pendant

The Whip

Prize Heifer

What Is James

The Marriage

Ladies' Platoon

Allyanna

Morning Sickness

Birth

Activation

Little Sister

Immortality

Alliance

Power of the Gods

Heroes of the Realm

Shocking Experience

My Family

Small Problem

Standoff

Injured

My Children

End of an Era

Landmarks

Cover

Diary

Of a

Reluctant

Queen

Book 1:

Diary Series

by David Simon

Richard III

Chapter 1 Richard III

My name is James. I am the son of John II. My mother was Mary. She was the daughter of a rival kingdom. More about that later.

Where to begin? Our Royal line began almost 4000 years ago. Before that, it was a time of feudal wars between rival kingdoms. My great grandfather, Richard III, thought there had to be a better way to settle disputes over land or property of any kind.

Why did we have to go to war over something as silly as a horse. I know, that does sound silly, but trust me, I have seen rival kingdoms go to war over the right to claim a horse. Father was more civilized than most.

If whatever it was, was important enough, Richard would not hesitate to fight for his right to it. Otherwise, they could have it. Richard was a practical man. He would weigh the value of any property against the loss of people to keep it.

The feudal system was not good for anyone. Too many people died over silly wars that accomplished nothing. Richard envisioned a better way. He saw a central government. Run by a King. The rival kingdoms would become the ruling families. A council would be set up, consisting of members of the ruling families. Together with the King they would rule the kingdom.

This vision of a better way was not received well by the other families. They had been doing things under the feudal system for so long they could not envision anything else would work. Richard had made several alliances with some of the other kingdoms, in the past.

He went about trying to set alliances once again. These alliances would allow for the defense of anyone in the alliance if a rival should attack. It all sounded good, but would it actually work? Richard spent the better part of his life and his reign putting together alliances.

When he had enough alliances set up, he declared his kingdom as the central planet of a large realm. That realm would become what Richard’s descendants. He set his council of ruling families. Richard was the first to call himself King, and be able to keep the throne.

That was beginnings of what I, James IV, would inherit.

History is a bit silent on any wife Richard may have had. History is, also, silent on just how successful he was in his endeavors to make peace between the rival kingdoms.

It is only conjecture, but it is thought that Richard had a mistress, as most did. That mistress was thought to be the mother of James III. It was not truly important who his mother was. The fact that his father was Richard III, put James in line for the throne.

Richard, now having an heir to his throne, set about doing his best to keep the throne for his son. That proved difficult at times. Richard’s alliance of kingdoms was not as solid as Richard would like. From time to time the ruling families would not be able to agree. That lead to chaos in the kingdom, and a looming breakdown of the alliance.

When Richard was killed, James took over as King. A daunting task, if ever there was one. The one redeeming factor was that Richard had spread the seed of unity among the kingdoms. He had, also taught his son, James, not only why there needed to be an alliance, but also, how to accomplish it.

James III

Chapter 2 James III

James became King upon the death of Richard III, his father. Richard had instilled in his son, James, the ideals that had been the driving principles behind his alliance of kingdoms. When James became King, his first task was to solidify the alliances Richard, his father, had spent his reign setting up.

That was not an easy task. The alliance had been shaky under Richard. Upon Richard’s death, the members of the alliance were hesitant to continue without their strong leadership figure. Richard had ruled with an iron fist. It was Richard that had kept the alliance together when it was ready to fall apart.

Put simply, they did not trust James the way they trusted Richard. It was that simple. James had to earn their trust. That was the first task that James set about to accomplish. Richard had taught his son everything he needed to know about the alliances. James was a strong young man at the time. That meant he could be a good King if he was willing to rule like his father, Richard.

That was the primary problem. James had seen how Richard ruled. He did not agree with the concept of ruling with an iron fist. There needed to be some leniency. With that in mind, James set out to prove himself to the other ruling families.

He succeeded. Not immediately, but over time. The other families began to see a spark of Richard in James. This was what they wanted to see before they would follow this young King. James had seen his father have a number of mistresses, but never a true wife. To this end, James elected to take a true wife. He thought it made for a better appearance if the King had a true wife to stand by his side, rather than a string of mistresses.

The idea behind having a true wife, was that it gave the appearance that the kingdom was stable. That was the first proof that James could rule as well as Richard. It was, also, the stabilization of the Royal line of succession.

James chose as his wife, a young lady from a neighboring kingdom. Her name was Victoria. She was a beautiful young lady, with a good disposition. She would make a good Queen, in James’s estimation.

James approached Victoria’s father to ask for the right to court his daughter. Victoria’s father had seen James before Richard’s death. He was hesitant at first, but James had proven himself to the other ruling families, so Victoria’s father agreed to allow James to court Victoria.

Their courtship lasted a full year. During that year, James accomplished much in terms of his father’s agenda. Many of the non-allied kingdoms began to see the usefulness of an alliance. After a year of courting Victoria, her father made the decision to allow James and Victoria to wed.

James had just stabilized the Royal line of succession. Victoria was a true wife and Queen. Any descendants would now have a true right to the throne. There would be no questions about who their parents were. Any future heir could trace their lineage back to James and Victoria.

With that point cleared up, James set about to accomplish what he could, in terms of his father’s agenda for peace among the kingdoms. As time passed, Victoria gave birth to John II. James made it a point to pass on Richard’s agenda for peace between the kingdoms.

Problem was, as a young