To say the last few months were chaos is another statement. After my friend Toby told us about the unidentified dead girl, my brother forbid me from seeing Sir Alrich. I defended him of course. There was no way that it could have been Alrich.My birthday is coming soon. I’m turning 16 and I have yet to stop hurting over the fact that Chris had used me all those years that we were friends. I don’t know what Emma and Erin have planned for my birthday party though. They seem to promise that it will be a party of a lifetime. All memories of Chris at my previous parties are apparently going to be obliterated.“Earth to Rae!” I hear Alrich say.Yes, I won the argument against my brother. “Oh, sorry. What were you saying?”He chuckles. “I asked, where you wanted to ride? Where were you at?”I blush and look away. “Oh, I’m sorry. I was thinking about my birthday.”“Oh?” I glance at him and see he has a tiny frown on his face. “Am I invited?”Turning back towards him, I tilt my head while I lo

Rae’s POVI feel cold. Bone shaking, joint screaming, cold. I can feel my teeth chattering and I shiver. I’m afraid to open my eyes but I don’t know why.Did I leave a window open? Why am I so cold? I take a slow, deep breath not really knowing why I feel so terrified. I peel my eyes open slowly and see grass. Grass? Suddenly, everything rushes back to me and I jolt upright.I look around me and see the King and his men are here. My pulse quickens. No one has noticed me yet so I survey the area. Alrich is talking to the King, and one of his guards, while Toby and Emma are talking to two other knights.I see the blood everywhere. It’s littered all over the ground. My heart rate spikes as I notice the body again. Why is it still lying there? Why haven’t they moved it? How long have I been out?The sight of the bloody torso has me jumping up. I rush over to the nearest tree and start emptying out everything inside my stomach and then some. I am bending over dry heaving when I feel a soft

ChristopherI’m on my way to visit Erin, again. I really hate using her like this. Well, I’m not really using her. I have really enjoyed having her as a friend. The night that I had asked her to start dating me, I was trying to forget Rae.Why? You’ll probably think that I’m crazy. So, let’s just say that I don’t think that I’m good enough for her. I know that I broke her heart by being with her nemesis. It was for a good reason, though. Just trust me. One day, I am going to find me a queen that was meant for me. One that I will rule along side of. I don’t want to hurt her more then.I know it sounds selfish. I should have let her make that decision. But, what if we became closer and that special someone shows up. Apparently, I am going to forget everyone and everything except that person. All feelings of love with any other woman, will be wiped as if it never existed. At least that is what my mother said.I figured it would be easier to hurt and break her friendship now then later. T

RaeIt’s party time!! I should be happy, right? Well, I am, sort of. The absence of Chris, and all the deaths surrounding us, makes it hard for me to be fully happy. I never dreamed that I would be celebrating my 16th birthday without my childhood best friend. Well, one of them anyway. Emma is still here.She looks absolutely stunning in a gold, ankle length, dress. It shimmers with glitter that seems to catch every single light that hits. Her heels match as the same gold on her dress. Erin looks stunning as well. She and her brother came matched in black and red. Her black, floor length dress, has blood red roses stitched and wrapped around her sleeves. It looks like she has tiny rose bushes growing down her arm. Her red heels match the color of her roses.Toby. I can’t even tell you how Toby’s look makes me blush. He looks so delicious in his all black tux. The handkerchief is the same color red as his sister’s roses. He wore his sandy blonde hair slicked black on the sides. His wav

AlrichA few hours earlier:I’m livid. I’m jealous. I’m hurt. All of these emotions are foreign to me. I’m not used to having such strong feelings about someone. Yet, here I am, pacing around the tent watching as she dances with someone else.It brings me back to the night that I met her. The smug Prince must have really upset her because, as soon as he walked towards her, I saw the fire and determination in her eyes. She turned to me with the sweetest little voice and asked me to be her escort.I couldn’t resist. She was breathtakingly adorable. We danced all night. That is how our friendship blossomed. Now, here she is doing the same thing with a guy four years older than her. I can’t lose our friendship. It’s no secret that Toby dislikes me.He does have his reasons. I haven’t always been the best guy. She changed me. I glance over at her mother and scowl. She is stopping me from getting what I want. I usually always get what I want. I don’t know what hold she has over the King but