Chapter 14 of my Sims 2 Royal Kingdom Challenge. A slight bachelorette challenge for my crown princess.

1. THE KINGDOM OF
CELESTIA
Chapter 14: The Search for a New King

2. OCEAN CERTAINLY WAS CONCERNED. A STRING OF GRAVE ROBBERIES HAD SHAKEN THE KINGDOM SINCE HIS FATHER’S DEATH, AND HE WAS
FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO RULE WITHOUT HIS FATHER. THE KINGDOM WAS RESTLESS SINCE THE DEATH OF HIS SON. MANY DOUBTED
BEATRICE COULD LEAD PROPERLY. ALL EYES WERE WATCHING HER EVERY MOVE….

3. THE FIRST DAY OF PUBLIC COURT SINCE OCEAN’S CORONATION AND THE CAPITAL WAS DRENCHED IN RAIN. THIS DIDN’T KEEP THE
AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN OF THE KINGDOM FROM ATTENDING. SEVERAL EVEN ENGAGED IN GAMES WITH THE PRINCESS. IT WAS NICE THEY
DIDN’T LET A LITTLE WATER RUIN A DAY.

4. BEATRICE GOT A CHANCE TO DINE WITH ALL THE VISITING MEN THAT EVENING OVER SUPPER. BEATRICE QUICKLY BEGAN TO TAKE A LIKING
TO A FEW OF THE MEN IN PARTICULAR.

5. ELIAS STYLES WAS CERTAINLY A BOLD MAN. HE MADE BEATRICE RATHER GIDDY WITH HIS HANDSOME BLONDE CURLS. SHE WAS A BIT SHY
SHARING THE TUBS WITH HIM STRAIGHT AWAY, BUT SHE WAS QUITE CERTAIN GETTING OUT OF THE TUB WHILE HE WAS STILL THERE WOULD HAVE
BEEN WORSE.

6. ELIAS WAS ASSERTIVE INDEED. SHE NOTICED HE WAS ALREADY WORKING HIMSELF INTO HER PARENTS GOOD GRACES LATER IN THE
EVENING TOO.

7. BALDWIN WAS A GREAT DEAL OF FUN. HE HAD QUITE A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR TO HIM. THE PRINCESS FOUND HIM QUITE EASY TO TALK TO.
AND SIMON HAD CAUGHT HER EYE TOO, EVEN IF SOME OF THE OTHERS SAID HE WAS BALDING.

8. HE SEEMED TO ENJOY FUN AND GAMES IN GENERAL. HE COULD OFTEN BE FOUND AT THE CARD TABLES DURING HIS VISITS TO THE PALACE.
HE AND SIMON THE BALD SEEMED TO GET ALONG SWIMMINGLY WELL.

9. ANOTHER FREQUENCE VISITOR TO THE CARD TABLES WAS GOCERIEL FREER. HE WASN’T PARTICULARLY TALENTED AT THE GAME, BUT HE ENJOYED
GETTING TO KNOW THE OTHER MEN AT COURT. BALDWIN AND SIMON WERE QUITE FRIENDLY. SOME OF THE MEN HERE WERE JUST TOO COMPETITIVE.

10. OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS, A TEAM OF REGULARS BEGAN TO EMERGE AS VISITORS TO THE ROYAL COURT. ELIAS, SIMON, GOCERIL,
BALDWIN, AND SIMON THE BALD. BEATRICE WAS TAKING EVERY PRECAUTION TO TREAD CAREFULLY. SHE KNEW HOW IMPORTANT HER
SELECTION IN A HUSBAND WOULD BE.

11. ELIAS TOOK HER TO THE BATHS EVERY TIME HE VISITED COURT. SHE DID FANCY HIM, BUT HE ALSO MADE HER NERVOUS.

12. HE WAS ALWAYS AROUND FOR ONE. ALWAYS TRYING TO EDGE IN CLOSER TO THE KING.

13. AND HE NEVER LET HER HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE OTHER MEN AT COURT. SHE WAS DISCOVERING HE WAS QUITE A CONTROLLING
AND JEALOUS MAN. WHEN MILDRITH NOTICED HOW UNCOMFORTABLE THE MAN WAS MAKING HER DAUGHTER, SHE SPOKE AT ONCE TO
OCEAN. THE KING SWIFTLY SENT THE MAN AWAY AND CUT HIM OFF FROM COURT AFFAIRS.

14. RUMOR HAD IT LORD STYLES HAD MARRIED A BRIDE HIS FATHER HAD SENT OFF FOR..A WOMAN NAMED TARA.

15. THE LAST THE KING HAD HEARD, WAS THAT HE’D SETTLED INTO THE MOON ISLANDS AND NOW SEEMED TO BE TRYING TO WORM HIS WAY
INTO THE GOOD GRACES OF THE DUTCHESS.

16. BACK AT COURT, BEATRICE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT SHE SPENT WITH LORD BALDWIN. HE ALWAYS MADE HER SMILE. ACTUALLY, SHE’D
NEVER SEEN HIM IN ANYTHING BUT A GOOD HUMOR.

17. HOUSEKEEPER LANGERGAK DIDN’T MUCH CARE FOR ALL THESE VISITORS TO COURT. RUNNING SO MANY BATHS A DAY FOR ALL THESE MEN WAS
GETTING QUITE EXHAUSTING. SHE’D BE HAPPIEST ONCE THE PRINCESS MADE UP HER MIND SO THINGS MIGHT GO BACK TO NORMAL.

18. QUEEN MILDRITH QUITE LIKED LORD GOCERIL HERSELF. HE SEEMED TO GET ALONG WELL WITH BEATRICE, AND FROM WHAT SHE KNEW HE
HAD A GOOD REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.

19. BEATRICE QUITE LIKED THANE FREER TOO. HE DIDN’T COME FROM SUCH A HIGH CLASS AS SOME OF THE OTHER MEN, BUT HER
FATHER HAD ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO RELY ON HIS FATHER’S COUNSEL IN THE MILITARY ROOM. HIS SON HAVING PICKED UP THE
TALENT, HAD STARTED VISITING COURT ONCE THE FATHER BECAME TOO ILL TO CONTINUE VISITING THE CAPITAL.

20. GAUCHERIE LIKED TAKING HER TO THE TEA HOUSE ON THEIR OUTINGS, WHICH WAS FINE WITH BEATRICE. LOW KEY AND LAID BACK WAS
JUST FIND IN THE PRINCESS’ BOOKS. SHE WAS FALLING HEAD OVER HEELS FOR THIS LOVELY FELLOW.

21. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR BEATRICE LIKE WITH MASTER DARCY IT WOULD APPEAR THIS WAS NOT TO BE EITHER. IT SEEMED MS ALLYN CAUGHT
HIS EYE MUCH MORE THAN THE PRINCESS EVER DID.

22. SHE TRIED TO NOT TO THINK BITTER THOUGHTS TOWARDS THE DUCHESS. IT WASN’T THE WOMAN’S FAULT THAT HER MAID IN WAITING HAD
CAUGHT ONE OF HER SUITORS EYES. BESIDES, IF GOCERIL WOULD BE HAPPIER WITH ALLYN SHOULDN’T SHE LET HIM BE?

23. AFTER ALL, SHE KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO HAVE SUCH STRONG FEELINGS FOR SOMEONE. IT JUST SEEMED THAT IN HER CASE, THE STRONG
FEELINGS SHE HAD FOR SOMEONE ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE ONE SIDED.

24. SHE NEEDED TO KEEP LOOKING. THERE HAD TO BE A MAN OUT THERE WHO WOULD CARE FOR HER TOO.

25. BOTH BALDWIN AND SIMON THE TALL HAD SHOWED CONTINUED INTEREST IN HER. THERE WAS NO USE PINING AWAY AFTER A MAN SHE COULD
NEVER MAKE HAPPY WITH TWO VERY GOOD AND NOBLE MEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER. THE QUESTION WAS HOW TO PICK THE RIGHT ONE.

26. BEATRICE LIKED BOTH MEN AND HAD BEEN QUITE DISAPPOINTED THE OLD MATCHMAKER HAD BEEN LESS THAN HELPFUL IN HELPING HER MAKE A
CHOICE. SHE’D ALWAYS FOUND SIMON INCREDIBLY ATTRACTIVE, AND SHE KNEW HE GOT ALONG WELL WITH MOST OF THE NOBLE FAMILIES.

27. SHE HAD ENJOYED WATCHING HIM COMPETE IN TOURNAMENTS IN THE FIELD. HE’D TAKEN THE LOG ROLL EASILY FROM ALL THE MEN IN THE
KINGDOM.

28. AND THEN THERE WAS BALDWIN. WHILE HE HADN’T DRAWN HER EYE STRAIGHT AWAY LIKE SIMON HAD, ONCE SHE’D GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM
BEATRICE FOUND THERE WAS MUCH ABOUT THE MAN SHE LOVED. HE WAS GENTLE, CONSIDERATE, AND SO VERY FUNNY.

29. THEIR OUTINGS TOGETHER WERE ALWAYS WONDERFUL. THE DAY AT THE BATHS HAD BEEN SIMPLY SOMETHING OUT OF DREAMS!

30. HOW ON EARTH WAS SHE TO CHOOSE? SHE LIKED BOTH MEN QUITE EQUALLY, SHE WAS CERTAIN. SHE DIDN’T WANT TO BREAK ONE OF THEIR
HEARTS.

31. ANNE SIMS HAD PROVIDED ANOTHER SUGGESTION. IF SHE COULDN’T MAKE UP HER OWN MIND, PERHAPS SHE OUGHT TO CONSULT HER
FATHER AND MOTHER. SEE WHO THE KING AND QUEEN FELT WOULD BE THE MOST SUITABLE.

32. SHE’D TOLD HER PARENTS SHE WANTED THEIR ADVICE. THE KING HAD THE QUEEN THEN TOOK IT IN TURNS TO GET TO KNOW THE TWO
POTENTIAL SUITORS THEIR DAUGHTER SEEMED TO FAVOR THE MOST.

33. BEATRICE ENTERED A STATE OF MEDITATION IN ORDER TO PREPARE HERSELF FOR HER UPCOMING WEDDING. SHE WOULD MEET HER KING AT THE
ALTER..SHE COULD SEE HERSELF MARRYING EITHER MAN. IN JUST A FEW SHORT DAYS SHE WOULD KNOW WHO HER PARENTS FELT WOULD BE
BEST SUITED FOR HER.

34. SHE WAS TO MARRY LORD MICHELGROVE.

35. BEATRICE WAS ELATED. SHE WAS CERTAIN SHE AND SIMON WOULD BE QUITE HAPPY TOGETHER. HOW COULD THEY NOT BE? AT LONG LAST
SHE HAD FOUND A MAN WHO WANTED TO MARRY HER.

36. SHE’D ALSO HEARD BALDWIN HAD PROPOSED TO A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND LYDIA CODERC BACK HOME IN THE MOON ISLANDS. BEATRICE
WAS GLAD HE WOULD FIND HAPPINESS TOO EVEN IF IT HAD NOT BEEN WITH HER.

37. MILDRITH WATCHED HER DAUGHTER MARRYING IN SILENCE. SHE LOOKED SO VERY PRETTY. SHE COULDN’T SHAKE THAT UNEASY FEELING IN
HER STOMACH THOUGH. WHILE SHE LIKED SIMON WELL IN TRUTH SHE HAD LIKED LORD BALDWIN MUCH MORE FOR BEATRICE. SHE’D NOT
PRESSED THE ISSUE MUCH WITH OCEAN KNOWING SIMON WAS WELL RESPECTED…

38. BUT FOR SOME REASON SHE COULDN’T QUITE SHAKE THE FEELING PERHAPS SHE SHOULD HAVE PRESSED HARDER FOR BALDWIN WHILE SHE HAD THE CHANCE? OR PERHAPS IT
WAS JUST ALL THE NERVES…THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE KINGDOM OF LATE….SHE SMILED AND TRIED HER BEST TO PUT THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST BEHIND HER.