Chapter One: Betrayal

The night settled and life fell asleep, the lights were turned off in the houses scattered around the structure of the great palace, at that hour filled with the magic of calm, united between the souls of the sleepers and the dreams of the infinite.

The crying and screaming of a woman soaked in her blood, crawling on the ground, her scattered hair prevented seeing her face, she crawled with all her might as she embraced the feet of a man who arrogantly stood there

With a trembling hand, she raised her hands, and her tears fell on her cheek, and in a voice reduced by painful cramps, and interrupted by cruel anguish, she cried out with a burning heart.

“Have mercy on me please , I beg you, allow me to see my son one last time, please just one look.”

He looked at her in disgust, before pushing her off his feet

“Please, please, I beg you, I am your mate, why are you doing this?”

She screamed hard, as she crawled on her foot and hand, trying to reach him, but the door closed in front of her.

She stood behind it weeping, wailing until her voice fell, and her lips remained trembling, like a withered flower in front of the dawn breezes, after that someone entered with a sword, and without saying a word, he cut off her arm and her foot...

She jumped out of her bed, trembling strongly, before looking at her arm and foot, they were in their place, but despite that, she was trembling

"Amelia, are you alright?"

Her fiancé Mark said, as he entered her room, he hugged her while looking at her with concern, he gave her a glass of water, she poured it down her throat at once, while she was still trembling

"are you okay now ?"

He asked her again while looking at her worriedly, and finally after controlling herself, she looked at him with a smile while trying to look okay in front of him.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, is it the same dream as usual?"

He looked at her anxiously, gently tying her hair behind her ear, looking at her face, especially her blue eyes.

"Oh my God Amelia, I've told you many times that you should see a doctor about these dreams you're having."

He said, as he moved to the curtain of the window, to open it in order to let the sun in, while she took a deep breath, and wandered into the cup in front of her.

"It's useless, I tried it before ."

She said, pushing a blanket over her, to go to the bathroom, while he followed her with his eyes, before moving downstairs

She stood in front of the mirror looking at herself, blue eyes with long black hair, and a beautiful skin. Her beauty was captivating. It was impossible for anyone to see her and not love her.

She smiled at herself in the mirror, before washing her face, then putting on her clothes, and moving downstairs, she found Mark standing behind the kitchen, preparing her favorite cup of coffee.

"Here you go, I hope you like it."

She took her cup of coffee and sat across from him

"Thanks, honey"

He smiled at her, before lovingly kissing her hand

"It's only three weeks left until our wedding, are you ready?"

She smiled, when he mentioned it, widened and looked in front of her

" How can I not be ready, this is the best day of my life. "

He smiled at her, as he held her hand again , and put tow tickets infront of her

''What is this!"

She said while holding the card in her hand, before her eyes widened in shock

" I can't believe it , are we going on a trip. "

He approached her, sitting next to her while kissing her hand, which was still in his

"Yes, I want to spend time with you before our wedding, finish all business in the company, because we are going to travel tomorrow evening."

He said, as he got up from her side, before moving outside, leaving her looking at the card with great happiness, she did not expect that her relationship with Mark would be successful, because it was an arranged marriage.

But he soon proved to her that he was the right partner.

She changed her clothes, then went to the pharmaceutical company that she had inherited from her father, and signed some papers

" Good morning, Amelia. "

Her secretary and her friends Joanna said

"Good morning, where have you been?"

Joanna rolled her eyes, and sat across from her as she handed her some papers

"Where do you expect? I was looking for a suitable husband, but failed as usual."

She said, rolling her eyes, to make Amelia laugh as she handed her the papers back

"Alright spinster, take these required papers, I want you to take care of the company for a few days."

Joanna took the papers, and looked at them to make sure she had signed them, before she said in astonishment

"Why, where are you going?"

Amelia smiled

" I'm going on a camping trip to California with Mark. "

She raised an eyebrow and gave a malicious smile

"Oh, that's how it is. So, have fun. Who knows, this might be your last trip."

Amelia raised her eyes in astonishment, and looked at Joanna, who was fixing the papers in front of her

"Why do you say that?!"

Joanna stood, clutching the papers to her chest

"Well, because men change after marriage, maybe Mark won't even let you out of your room."

"Oh, damn you, your mind is really dirty."

Amelia said while laughing, while Joanna came out pointing to her with her hand, Amelia looked at her office, everything was perfect , she carried her bag and then moved out of the office, after she insisted on Joanna to take care of things.

Mark had a lot of work to do that day, because he was taking time off for the trip, so he wouldn't come to her house, she took a shower before heading downstairs.

When Mark was working in his office, before the door knocked , he raised his head to widen his smile

"Baby I miss you"

He said hugging her tightly before placing a soft kiss on her lips

“Me too, so you finally decided to implement the plan.”

He put her hair back behind her ear, to kiss her forehead

"Of course, honey, I promised you."

She smiled as she adjusted his clothes, before looking at him with a sly smile

"I hope you don't fail like last time."

She said, sitting in his arms, to wrap his hand around her waist as he said maliciously

"Do not worry, my love, that time it was her father who protected her, but this time there is no one, only me and her. Of course i will succeed in killing her."

He said as he played with the locks of her hair, so that she smiled at him with love and kissed him firmly

“The important thing is that I prefer her to sign it this , everything is ours now.”

His smile widened in disbelief, and he took the papers from her hands and read them quickly

"Oh my God Joanna, I can't believe you did it baby, finally it's all ours"

She smiled as she sat on his lap

"Of course, did you think that I would fail? The important thing is that there is nothing left now but to kill her."

He laughed hard, wrapping his hand around her waist

"It's easy, after we took over her wealth, it's just a matter of days."

The next morning, the plane to California took off, carrying both Mark and Amelia, who was sleeping on his shoulder.

He looked at her sarcastically, before whispering to himself

*enjoy your last sleep, honey*

At the same time, another person was watching them inside the plane

"I won't let you do that, I won't let you kill her."

whispered that person, adjusting his hat, and hiding his features so that no one would notice him....