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A Centuries Old Vanity
The prince stared at the parchment, as his ministers watched impatiently.
“This treaty will mean peace with the Empire and ensure that our kingdom remains independent.”
The prince hesitated as he dipped his pen in ink. He understood the ramifications. He knew that to continue fighting against the Holy Roman Empire would eventually lead to his destruction. The church could not tolerate anything they saw as a perversion.
But then he looked at the names at the bottom. King Ferdinand II and Prince Gabriel Bethlen.
He threw his pen aside. Vlad Dracula would never lie about his name. Not ever.
Getting excited about our historical fiction contest, and so I wrote this little piece, from 1620.
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