Remember: Lost Love

Thalia regarded the enormous glass window in front of her with gloomy eyes. This particular table at The Silver Spoon restaurant was her favourite. The rain was coming down in torrents, and the air was chilling, but it was not as cold as her heart felt. She watched as the rain washed away a stain from the glass, and prayed she would simply vanish, and be carried away by the rain as well.Drumming her fingers continuously on the table in a steady rhythm, she stared down the ominous object that had arrived at her apartment door that morning and destroyed her whole demeanour. The letter sat on the table in front of her, and she continued to just stare at it. Normally, she would have lit the letter on fire the moment she got it. They were from her stepfather.It was always heartbreaking and bone-chilling to read, always the same vile content, so Thalia stopped reading them a few years ago. Clutching the crystal necklace she was wearing, her body shook. She wasn't crying, but it wasn't la

Did she even want to stay in 2019?Nothing mattered anyway. Right now, she would do anything to not be stuck in the same place as her uncle.Her mortal enemy.Without looking back, Anna stepped into the portal. For a moment, everything went black, and she felt like she was falling through space. She entered a dream-like condition, and she felt herself slip in and out of consciousness.When she opened her eyes, which she had shut tightly out of fear, she saw that she was floating somewhere that felt and looked like it was a realm between life and death. It was beautiful. A silent purple lightning strike designed the place. Thick smoke covered some areas and there were no signs of any living things.She tried standing from her awkward floating position, and it worked. So she started to walk around slowly and cautiously. Suddenly, a passage appeared in front of her. She hadn't seen it before because the smoke altered her sight a little.Thalia gasped. The door was beautiful! It was craf

Thalia's heartbeat raced, nearly exploding. She held her breath and searched for a good hiding spot as the voice drew closer. She heard another voice. This one was lighter and sounded a bit huskier than the other one. Two people. Two men. She knew how terrible it would look if they were to find her. A strange woman in their bedroom. How would she explain herself? She paused her train of thought as she spotted a closet. The closet looked large enough to contain about 20 people; it was practically a room at that point. She slipped into the closet and closed the door slowly just as the other door opened and she heard footsteps and voices. Thalia held her breath and hugged herself tightly, staying still in a squatting position. Beads of sweat formed on her forehead and trickled down her face. She tried her best to decipher what they were talking about but she could only hear bit and pieces of their conversation and a few words she heard made her panic more. Assassination. Anarchi

3 days. Thalia had been locked up for three days now. Things were starting to look really serious and she was starting to panic more than before. Talking to Lily made her not lose her mind though, it kept her sane, which she was grateful for. The bread they served that morning and yesterday in the prison wasn't bad so Thalia had eaten some of it. Now she was just staring at a spot on the wall while sitting next to Lily who was doing the same.Suddenly, the creaking sound of heavy footsteps approached, and the clanging of keys grew louder. The cell door swung open, revealing a grizzled prison guard.The guard looked at both her and Lily, then redirected his stare to Thalia, "Hey.. you," he gestured gruffly to her with a careless flick of his hand, "Stand up and follow me." She wanted to ask why but the guard didn't look like a person that had the patience to answer her questions. He looked bored and straightforward.Thalia mustered her strength and stood up, her heart pounding in h

Thalia was sure she could hear her own heartbeat as Ann led her through a dimly lit corridor. She was on her way to meet the prince. To have dinner with the prince. Despite how the situation was definitely not in favour of her, and how she probably had a lot of things to worry about, her head was filled only with thoughts of the prince. Oh, good grief! Thalia gasped inwardly as her imaginations went too far and she quickly shut them off. She had to focus on making it out of the meeting with her head on her shoulders. And security of her head being on her shoulders for a long time. There was a big door at the end of the corridor and a few guards standing in front wearing their normal stoic expressions. Ann paused in front of the large door, "This is The Great Hall, where you'll be dining with the prince." She gestured towards the door then turned to the guards and gave them a signal to open the door.When they opened it, Thalia was met with a lot of inquisitive stares from people wh