All Chapters of Unveiling The Mask's Secrets: Chapter 11

ANASTACIAI walked towards my room’s window and stared out at the sprawling gardens of the palace. The different kinds and colors of flowers, meticulously planted therein, seemed to mock the colorless landscape of my heart. Rodwartem… The name echoed in my mind, a forbidden melody I desperately tried to silence. He was everything I despised, and dared not give attention, if I could – warm, persistent, undeniably attractive. Ahh, Rodwartem, my new special Butler. “Why do your features keep on haunting me? I should keep my distance from you, lest you be the death of me.”Such a decision in my mind had been made deliberately, a cruel act of self-preservation. Keeping him away from me, was the only way to ensure I wouldn't succumb to the dangerous pull I felt towards him. I, Queen Anastacia, known throughout the kingdom for my iron will and heartless demeanor, couldn't afford weakness. Especially not for a man like Rodwartem.His arrival broke the peacefulness within my heart. I m