THE WHITE HAIRED ALPHA PRINCESS
Everything in me warned me to keep my head down, but somehow I found myself looking up at him.
Before I could blink, his palm met my face with a hard and painful slap.
A scream left my lips, and I forced them shut as the metallic taste of blood coated my tongue. My face throbbed, but I tried to look past it. I wasn't going to let him see my pain; that was an oath at this point.
Tightly gripping the tray of ceramic pieces, I tried my best to walk as calmly as possible. The maids whispered and stared as I walked past them, trying my best not to cry. I sucked in my cheeks, looking straight ahead.