Dark clouds covered the sky as Oliver's body burned in the fire. The rain that fell hide the tears that dripped from Lucian's, Eric's, and Horace's eyes. Garret who was standing with them looked at them with sadness filling his eyes. He could feel how sad they were to lose Oliver forever.
They all returned to the tent after the burial ceremony was over. Lucian was sitting on a chair while Eric, Horace, and Garret were standing in front of him."Your Highness, I'm sorry for your loss," Garret said into Lucian's eyes in a mournful tone. Lucian said nothing just looking at him with deep sadness in his eyes.Garret was silent as he hesitated to speak. He asked himself if this was the right time to pass the message from his queen to him. "Your Highness," he finally said. "I just got a message from my queen. She said she wanted to meet you at her palace.""How dare your queen ask our king that after what she has done to us! She is the one who declared war! AllThe morning sun shone on the palace with its soft light. The birds singing in the trees make beautiful sounds. The people of the Melancthon kingdom are so happy because now they have a crown prince.Flowers adorn the room in the palace making the room look so beautiful. The royal family and invited guests were there. Selina who was standing next to Lucian holding her baby couldn't stop smiling. It was clear on her face that she was so happy. Happiness filled her eyes. Her smile is like a smiling sun. Lucian smiled with deep sadness in his eyes. Only Albert, Aurora, and Garret knew how Lucian felt. The three of them stared at him with sadness in their eyes."Thank you all for being with us here. On this happy moment I would like to introduce my son to all of you. His name is Arthur Steverus. He is our crown prince," Lucian said to all of them.The royal family and guests bowed politely to the baby in Selina's arms with smiles on their faces and happiness
The morning sun shone on the kingdom of Merrill with its gentle light. Beautifully blooming flowers adorned the whole kingdom and the birds singing made beautiful sounds. The parents smile with happiness in their eyes while hugging each other, watching their children playing happily. This kingdom is so beautiful and peaceful. It was like heaven on the hill.A girl was standing on the balcony of her room smiling, looking at the front yard of the palace, which was filled with flowers. She was beautiful the way flower and sunlight were beautiful, warm and glowing and golden. She has the face of a goddess with long blonde hair that reaches down to her waist. Her name is Violet Valerina. She is the princess of the Merrill kingdom.The smile on her face suddenly disappeared and turned into fear as she watched the border guard enter the palace gates on his horse with his body covered in wounds and blood.She immediately walked out of her room with a racing
Violet was being locked in a cage pulled by horses. The beautiful princess has now become a slave. She was scared and alone. She felt like a rabbit among the beasts.Fear gripped Violet even tighter, making her heart beat faster and faster as the gates of Melancthon palace opened and Lucian and his entourage walked in and stopped at the main entrance to the palace.Lucian dismounted from his horse and smiled back at a woman who was waiting for him at the door with two maids behind her. Lucian then walked over and stood before the woman as his entourage dismounted from their horses.The woman's name is Selina Steverus. She is 23 years old. She is 3 years younger than Lucian. She has long, black hair and beautiful black eyes. She was beautiful the way a black rose, beautiful but deadly.“Have you killed him?” Selina asked into Lucian's eyes. “He killed himself before I killed him,” said Lucian.
Violet was kneeling on the floor in a room, lowering her head, trying to avoid Lucian's gaze who was sitting on the sofa in front of her. Her heart worked in a fast and broken rhythm she could feel against her ribs. She was so scared she felt like a lamb to be slaughtered.Lucian couldn't take his eyes off her, her beauty bewitched him. His heart beat uncontrollably every time he saw her. He wanted her so badly, he couldn’t help himself.Lucian clenched his palms as he snapped at himself that he must not fall for the daughter of the man who killed his father. He had to hate her so he could torture her.“This uniform suits her very well.” The two soldiers who were standing behind Violet had mocking smiles on their faces upon hearing what Lucian said.“My prince. I think it would suit her even better if she wore nothing,” one soldier said with a mischievous look. Violet quickly raised her face to look at Lucian. Fear gripped her even tighter when sh
The gentle sunlight came in through the window of Princess Selina's room. The room was so beautiful and majestic. Everything in this room dominated by white. The room is spacious and painted white. A fine white carpet covered the floor of the room like snow. White roses decorate the entire room, making this room even more beautiful.Selina was sitting in a chair looking at her face in the mirror of the dressing table in front of her. Her maid stood behind her, brushing her beautiful long black hair.“My princess, you are so beautiful like a goddess.”Selina smiled at her maid from the mirror with prideful on her face. Her maid smiled back at her with a fake smile. Selina has a face as beautiful as a white rose, but everyone knows that she has a heart as black as a black rose.Someone suddenly knocked on the door of the room. “Come in,” Selina said as she kept admiring her face in the mirror. The door opened, and a maid walked into the room and sto
The soldiers led Violet to the maids' bathroom. It was Lucian who ordered them to take her to that room so she could clean herself. “Violet, are you all right?” Esther asked worriedly when they were standing at the bathroom door. Not a single word came out of Violet's mouth, only tears dripped from her sad eyes. “We leave her to you,” one soldier said into Esther's eyes. She nodded at him before those soldiers left the room.Esther sighed sadly inside seeing Violet's pale face, her uniform and her body were dirty and smelly. “You should take a bath now and change your clothes,” Esther said. Then she took Violet's arm and led her into the bathroom.Violet had finished bathing and changed into her uniform. The beautiful flower has become as beautiful as it should be. Esther smiled warmly at Violet, who was standing in front of her. “Let's have breakfast now. You must be hungry,” she said. Violet shook her head. “I'm not hungry.”Esther sigh
Lucian walked into his uncle's room and he saw his uncle with Selina sitting on the couch, staring at him with anger in their eyes. His uncle's name was Luther Steverus. He is the younger brother of Lucian's father.“Uncle, Albert said you wanted to see me,” Lucian said as he sat on the couch opposite theirs.“Why did you make that girl your slave? You must kill her now!” his uncle said, raising his voice.Lucian smiled casually. “I did that not without reason.” His face turned serious. “We still can't find where Darius is. My informant said that Darius has fallen in love with Violet, so I want to use her to catch him. He will come out of hiding to save her and we will be able to kill him.”Lucian said a lie. The truth was, he found out about the news when his informant told him last night and he used that excuse to save Violet's life so she could stay in his arms.His uncle furrowed his brows in thought. “That's a good plan,” he said as he nodded
In the kingdom of Merrill.This kingdom is not as beautiful and peaceful as before. The flowers that previously bloomed so beautifully were now scattered, covering the blood on the ground. There were no more birds singing beautifully, only a flock of crows devouring the corpses of the soldiers.There was no longer the cheerful laughter of the children. All that could be heard now was weeping and gnashing of teeth. Violet's mother was standing by the window in her room, staring at the moon covered in black clouds, with tears streaming down her cheeks. Grief and despair gripped her firmly at the same time, making her unable to think straight. She could no longer hold back the sadness in her heart, so she chose to end it.She wiped her tears, walked to her bed, and sat there. She took the knife from the bed and placed it close to her beating heart. “Violet... Please forgive me....” she said in tears.Suddenly, her bedroom door opened just as she was