Elizabeth “Is it done?” It was the first question Diego said when I went out of the palace. He was waiting for me outside the gates where the royal guards are hindering him from going inside. It’s not like he must wait for me, but it was his assurance before I attended the dinner. “Yeah,” I answered and hugged the scarf around my neck. "I think… they did not like me.” I suddenly remembered the disgusted expressions the royal family had for me except for the princes, the queen, and the king. It felt like I was not welcome. Well, who would feel delighted except honored when you are having dinner with a family who has blue blood? Whatever. I just want to go home. “Do you want to talk about it?” Diego asked me tentatively but still had the guts to check on my condition. “No,” I said and shook my head. “And I don’t want to go home.” What, Elizabeth? You don’t want to go home when you were just thinking about it? This is what I hate about myself. I don’t understand myself either. U
Elizabeth What on bloody Earth? I felt the rushing heat in my cheeks and I could guess that I was very flustered and embarrassed. What does he like about me? My innocence and I am clueless? For some reason, I took it the wrong way, so I slapped his shoulder. “Ow!” he exclaimed and even retreated his shoulder after hissing. “So are you just telling me that I am stupid?” I asked bluntly and slapped his other shoulder. “Hey, do you want to die early?” “I did not mean that!” he tried to explain, but I slapped him again. “Ow! What is with the slaps?!” “You are stupefying me, Diego!” I said. “I am not! You are the one who is thinking about that!” “Stop lying!” We went into a stupid dispute. I did not back down. He also did not back down. It ended up that he was tortured by my hits and accusations, but he kept holding the reins of the horse to keep the animal straight on the road. Well, I could blame myself that I was the one distracting him from focusing on the ride. But after ma
Elizabeth Because I was offended by what he just said about my mother, without thinking twice, I immediately jumped off the horse which made him curse out bad words from his filthy mouth. “Elizabeth!” he called me as he chased me when I was walking away from him. “Don’t follow me!” I said firmly while my fists are clenching. “I was just telling you the truth! She is not your mother! Believe me!” “What the bloody hell are you saying?!” I said and finally confronted him. “She is my mother! Why do you keep repeating that she is not?!” “Because she is not!” he exclaimed and lurched forward so that he could also confront me back. “How did you know?!” “I have seen the line of your life since you were made until now except tomorrow to death!” he said and inhaled sharply. “You have to understand that.” I held both sides of my head. “I am just completely confused right now,” I said. “Look, I don’t understand anything you are saying, and second, we barely know each other that you hyster
NARRATION “Will you stop that?” Because of Elizabeth’s irritation towards the corny side of Diego, she ended up hitting on his arm and jumping off the horse. He barked out laughter and followed Elizabeth. He just strode slowly when she walked slowly towards a clean spot of grasses. She sat on that spot. “I want to sit,” she announced. “Well, you are sitting down, obviously,” he said, almost sarcastic and teasing her, making Elizabeth hit him again. “Ow! You are so brutal. Do you want me dead?” She glared at him. “I came here to embrace a peaceful environment. If you don’t understand that, then fuck off, Diego,” she hissed. “Why? Don’t you want to acknowledge me as your peace?” “Oh, shut up!” “Bloody fuck, you’re blushing, Elizabeth!” “Stop teasing me!” It was another round of tease and insults. The majority of laughs and teases came from Diego, while the grunts and childish complaints were made by Elizabeth. “I am not childish, you imbecile!” she exclaimed angrily and hit hi
Elizabeth Diego safely returned me to my house. Currently, I am lying down on my bed while staring at the ceiling. Silence prevailed inside my room and many thoughts and voices are in my mind. “I am more powerful than I think of myself,” I mumbled out of my breath. “What does he mean? What did you mean, Diego?” Witches are powerful. They are powerful among the other creatures in this world. And Diego completely believes that I can do more than my healing powers. I wonder how I can activate that. It triggered me to roust off the bed and stand up. I wonder where I last put the book of spells that was owned by my mother. The last thing I remember is that I was hastily stashing it inside her dark room because I was so afraid of the villagers that visited me on that day I summoned the red lady. But right now, I will not embrace my fear. I will conquer it so I would know my strengths and weaknesses… now that I am acknowledging the fact that I am a witch. I lit up the candle lamp in my
“The ball?” Elizabeth exclaimed and her face disgruntled while furrowing her eyebrows. “You’ve got to be kidding me. The queen must have not been true to her words.” Without further ado, Nikita rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. “I am telling you. They said it,” she said. “You know the protocols. If a royalty invites you, you should not be refusing them because there will be consequences.” “I know, but I don’t see a reason why I am also included.” “Well, let’s just say that the queen must like you!” “That is very impossible.” My friend slapped her forehead as I remained confused and panicking. I suddenly remembered that the queen mentioned a ball from the other kingdom, but she shyly refused the invitation since the princesses have dismissed her. When I approached her towards the door, she was fidgeting while telling me that the queen requires my presence in the kingdom this afternoon so we can go to the other kingdom and attend the ball with Nikita. My question is --- what a
Elizabeth Nikita only shook her head, but she was grinning as if what I said was ridiculous. I hit her arm that was clinging to mine and chased her flustered face playfully. “What I said was true!” I exclaimed while giggling. “If you are talking about the princesses and other daughters of the royalties on the other kingdoms, they can have all the forms of beauty, but when you have the purest heart among them, then you are the most expensive woman every prince would want -” “Ops, ops,” Nikita said and shushed me with her index finger by putting it on my lips. “I already understand it, so you don’t have to elucidate it elaborately.” “Okay, fine!” I said and pinched her cheek. “I believe in you, so you should also believe in yourself.” We were chatting nonchalantly as we went through the numerous bloody hallways until we reached the family balcony. While laughing with Nikita, the princesses together with the royal queen were already conspicuous at my sight. They are performing embroi
Elizabeth Diego was not bad, to be honest. He seems intelligent without actually showing it. Despite his handsomeness that sometimes drifts me off for a while, I am also amused by the way he talks naturally with his deep words and the hidden knowledge he would share with me. “Do you believe in werewolves? That they are still there?” he asked me while we are walking down the plaza of the village. I pouted and nodded. “Well, yes,” I said. “I have seen one…” My hands drifted on the ground, remembering the werewolf who bit my neck. I touched the scarf circling my neck and realized that I have not removed this since the day that werewolf showed up to me. “Are you not hot with your scarf on your neck?” Diego asked me curiously, so I looked at him again. “I feel hot, but it’s fine. I like warm,” I said and then gazed at a banana cue stand with the woman who was selling banana cues. “Oh, my goodness! We should buy banana cues!” “Banana - what?” Before Diego could ask me furthermore abo