After Maddie had forced Peter and Drizella to get married in front of her, calling it a 'dying woman's last wish,' she felt as if her soul was whole and at ease once again.The newlywed couple exited Maddie's room, having rice sprinkled on them as they walked, per Maddie's request, and it was a beautiful sight. Seeing two people that she loved dearly so happy together, smiling, hand in hand, Maddie was okay with that being her last sight of those friends of hers.
After their speedy wedding, Driz and Peter went back to their room to celebrate, but it quickly dawned on them the reason why Maddie insisted on them getting married right then and there. She had said, "Call it a dying woman's last wish." Everything after that happened so fast that her words were unable to be comprehended fully by the young couple, and they were soon surrounded with cheers and bliss after their "I do's," that the words she spoke had escaped them.As soon as they realized what she had meant, they hurried back across the hall to find the door was locked. "Maddie!" Driz yelled out and Peter rammed himself into the door in an attempt to br
* * *EllaAfter Maddie's death, a cold gloom hovered around the castle grounds. There was less laughter, fewer smiles, and no one knew what to do with their free time now that they couldn't come to Maddie and speak and gossip with her.The King ordered a proper burial for her to be laid to rest with her parents in the West Village. Malcolm had planned to stay in the village that they gr
* * *EllaAfter Maddie’s wake, we were all very quiet, but I couldn’t get over the likeness of the charcoal portrait that Charlie drew of her, and I wanted to know more about his hidden talent.“Charlie, where are we going?” I asked with an amused smile as he pulled me. I didn’t know where we were going, but we were heading towards his private quarters, and I became slightly nervous.“I want to show you something,” he said from in front of me. There was no way that he would be taking me to his bedroom, no, that was absolutely absurd.We stopped outside a regular-looking wooden door and I concluded that this was not his private bedroom, and I let my shoulders relax.“Close your eyes,” his voice was calm and playful, and I didn’t detect anything sinister going on, so I did as he asked and closed my eyes, covering t
Years after getting her revenge on her old babysitter, Lucinda returned to normal life as a young woman looking for a future husband. She was fifteen and gorgeous, flowing brown hair and brown eyes like chocolate, curves that caught every man’s eye, she walked around the village with utter confidence.There was only one other woman in the village that Lucinda considered being as beautiful as herself, and her only competition was Malinda Reed. Lucinda loathed the woman, they looked quite similar, except for their skin and eye color. Where Lucinda’s eyes were brown, Malinda’s eyes were blue. They had the same long, dark hair, Malinda's was more black where Lucinda's was
After finding Lucinda trying to sneak out of the castle, the King dragged her by the arm to the ballroom, which when there isn’t a party, he uses to conduct work with the village magistrates around the kingdom. The room had a certain echo when it was not filled with numerous guests, and Archibald wanted to put Lucinda on blast.“Your majesty, I swear, I came to warn you!” Lucinda pleaded as she fell to her knees in front of the King as he sat on his throne and glared down at her, just as he had glared at her daughter a month ago for similar reckless behavior.
* * *AnaSeeing mother in the ballroom with her eyes full of mischief and how she blamed Ella for the outbreak, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was entirely my mother’s doing and she was only framing Ella for the plague outbreak.Mother never liked El
It was just past nightfall and the threat of bandits was high for the group to leave for the Tremaine house on horseback, so the Prince offered a large carriage to escort everyone. Peter would act as the coachman because of how protective he is and his keen sense of incoming trouble. Barely an hour passed and the group made it to the Tremaine household. It was dark since no one was present in the home, but the girls knew their way around so well that they pushed through the darkness and lit candles around the house to light their way. Handing a candle to each person, everyone took a separate room of the house to search.