The Crown
A Tale of Blood, Women and Wine
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The whore opens the door and sees Alice standing. WHORE: I’m sorry honey but this room is taken. ALICE: No ma’am. It’s not a room that I’m looking for. It’s the major. WHORE: He’s taken too. KRUTE: Let her in. WHORE: Do you know her? Alice enters the small bedroom which smells of perspiration and liquor. KRUTE: Hey Alice. I remember you this time. ALICE: I need your help. It’s an emergency. KRUTE: What? You’re horny? ALICE: Please? I don’t have too much time. I was almost killed today. I barely escaped and I think that my friends are dead. KRUTE: Well if they’re dead, I can’t help them. ALICE: But you can help the children. KRUTE: Their children? ALICE: No. The Children. The prince and princess. Your royal highnesses. KRUTE: Not that again. I don’t have time for that stuff now. The children are fine and they’re not my children. ALICE: You are their subject. You must help. KRUTE: I know my job. I’m heading to the palace tomorrow anyway. Don’t bother me now. ALICE: No. They are no longer at the royal palace. WHORE: Wait a minute. He has no time for children. Not yours and not anybody’s. You better go look for another daddy. ALICE: This is state business that we’re talking about. Please stay out of this. WHORE: Listen ho. Don’t talk to me like that. ALICE: I am not a whore. You may be one but I am not. This really has nothing to do with you. WHORE: Did you just call me a ho? ALICE: All I said is that you might be a whore but I am not. The whore smacks Alice hard on the face. Shocked by the pain and aggression, Alice begins to cry. KRUTE: (to the whore) Hey why’d you do that for? She didn’t do anything to you. WHORE: (to Alice) Now you know not to talk to me like that. Frightened, Alice dashes out of the room. Realizing that Alice is too frightened to retaliate, the whore takes advantage of the situation and chases her, grabs her by the hair and begins beating her with a closed fist in the hallway. Krute runs behind the two women and manages to separate them. After sustaining such a beating, Alice runs away. Krute, curious as to Alice’s well being, runs after her but falls down the steps to the bottom of the stairway in a drunken stupor. Alice, realizing that by now Grey’s men may be searching for her, goes into hiding.
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About the Book
This story which is part novel and part play was written in the year 1999. The setting is the dark ages approximately 800 AD. The theme of this story regards integrity, loyalty and promises. We are introduced to a now bitter officer who makes a promise to a king, not for himself but for the love of his friends. This story includes violence, nudity, foul language and touchy subjects however at the end it is simply a story about making a promise and keeping it.
About the Author
Jacques Nazaire is a real estate developer. He begin writing short stories at the age of ten (10). While Jacques attended Junior high school in Chicago, he begin writing war themed plays. while in High School, Jacques continued writing plays but also wrote articles for the school newspaper, whereupon he served as an editor as well. While attending college, Jacques begin writing novels. He had completed five novels by the time he graduated college. In 20110, Jacques penned this story "The Crown" which is part novel and part screenplay. Realizing that technology is changing and that soon every child will have an e-book reader, Jacques decided to finally publish this play on line.