~Arielle~ My eyes fluttered open lazily, taking in the morning glow that filtered through the raised curtains. This did not seem like my room, I thought. Not until realization hit me. My life had turned around in the span of a day.Yesterday, I'd been dressed up to please the masked prince. I'd remembered his words–if I wanted to survive, I'd have to please him. My eyes trailed my legs beneath the sheet, seeing the various marks that had married my skin. Last afternoon…he'd taken my innocence, plunging into me without a care for whether I was hurt or not. What had happened after? I couldn't remember. Had I slept throughout?I bit my lip hard, my eyes coated with glaciers. The door swung open in the next second, and he walked in, his long legs striding towards me. “Ahh! Let me go!” I yelled, biting my lip even harder, tasting the blood that had seeped out. He pulled me out of the bed, tousled hair, swollen lips, swollen eyes, and a bunch of hickeys marking my skin. He'd dragged
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