CLAIRE's POVI could feel the tension between Vera Eliana. The air was so thick, that you could cut it with a knife. My eyes trailed from Vera to Eliana and I could not help but phantom what would come next. Even the maids had stopped working and were watching closely.Eliana's face was filled with hurt, which was caused by her mother's words."You and father might have accepted her, but I will never accept her!"With that, Eliana stormed out of the room. Vera exhaled and I could see all the tension in her shoulder dissipate. She turned to me, a concerned and worried look on her face."Claire, please do not mind the things she said. Eliana has always been like this. I just wished she would changed," Vera sighed."Oh, that is fine. I do not mind." I replied.I honestly saw this coming and I knew it would not stop here. Vera came back to my side and rubbed her temples. She looked up at the maids, glaring at them."Do I look like I am putting up a show for you? Get back to work!"The mai
CLAIRE's POVI watched as Vera held the fork in her left hand so professionally and sliced down on the meat with the knife delicately. She did it with so much poise that you could tell she had practiced for this.I swallowed, a bit intimidated. But I had to do it. This would be a way to elevate the current picture Diana and most especially Eliana, were portraying of me, in their head.I held the fork in my left hand, just like Vera had done and stabbed Into the small piece of meat. Although my movements were not as smooth as Vera's, I pushed on.I picked up the knife and proceeded to slice down on the meat, when it slipped out of my hand and fell to the ground. Diana and her sister did not care to hide their amusement.They both burst out laughing simultaneously and my cheeks went hot red with embarrassment. The one chance I had to improve my image had gone to waste and all I had done was make it worse.Sitting in between the both of them made me feel even more uncomfortable than it a
CLAIRE's POVI took deep breaths as my eyes remained shut. I tried to harness the powers of telekinesis, but how on earth was I going to do that? My mind immediately went back to the moment, where I used the powers of the bracelet.I began to recall the feeling that ran through each nerve in my body. The power, that surfed through my veins and filled me up with so much power. How I had used my mind to throw my father all the way to the wall, I tried to recall it. I focused on the plate, trying to moving it like my father said.It was then something clicked in my brain. It felt like a tiny spark of electricity, running from my vein, all the way down to my eyes, my arms, my legs and my whole body. I groaned as a massive headache crashed over my skull.I forced my eyes open and looked down at the plate. My eyes went wide when I noticed the positioning. The plate had not move to a significant length, but it had moved an inch. My heart sank and I went grim instantly.I looked up at my fath
CLAIRE's POVDays had gone by, but those days felt like months. Each day, I spent with Vera, who would forcefully drag me out of my room, because according to her, sitting in my room all day was not a healthy thing to do.She would take me to have tea with her, or try out a new flavour of cakes she had prepared. Vera also took me along with her to play a sports called tennis. She played with one of the maids and all I could do was watch in awe. It was a very fascinating sport and all I could do was sit and watch them play.Today was a weekend and I was holed up in my room as usual. There was nothing for me to do in the palace, so I stayed in bed. The only time I needed to leave was during dinner. The maids always served breakfast and lunch to me, in my room. This was because father was out for work and the whole family needed to eat together.I figured it was some kind of traditional, but I was honestly glad that I did not have to sit with Eliana and Diana all the time. After what she
CLAIRE's POVFrom Vera's joyful personality, it was very easy to know that she was a very outgoing person, but I never expected her to be this extroverted. As we walked don't the streets of the busy city, Vera would occasionally stop to have a small talk with someone.She would talk to one or two people before we walk again, but she would stop once more and talk to more people. As we walked down the street, I looked up at her. Vera's eyes were scanning all around us, gleaming with excitement."Do you know all these people you just talked to?" I asked.Vera looked down at me, her face still gleaming with happiness."Well, of course. Most of them are acquaintances I've met a few times on my trips to the city."It was still quite surprising that she knew a lot of people despite her status as the clan master's wife. We ventured deeper into the heart of the city and the whole area was even busier. The sun was shining and the streets were busy with people, vendors selling their wares, and
CLAIRE's POV"The library?" I nodded at Vera. We were seated at the balcony in her room, sharing breakfast together. I had a plate of eggs, bacon, and a crossiant, and beside this was a cup of coffee, the perfect meal to start the day.Vera raised an eyebrow and gave me a questioning look."Why are you so curious on where the library is?"I froze. I could not tell her that I wanted to train my powers. I was going to keep this training a secret no matter what."I, love books and it's a great way to pass time."Vera's eyes gleamed and a grin slowly formed on her lips."Why, you should have said that a long time ago! You see, I love reading to, I can recommend a lot of good books for you!" She grinned.I nodded and took a bite out of my crossiant."Well," she continued. "The library is ok the third floor of the palace, inbetween the art gallery and a storage room. It should not be hard to locate.""Thank you," I said and poked my fork into the bacon, shoving it into my mouth.We continu
CLAIRE's POVI couldn't believe what I was hearing. Diana wanted to get me in trouble. Why?I had never done anything to deserve this treatment, and yet Diana was hell-bent on making my life miserable. Before I could bat an eyelid, she marched towards one of the shelves and began tearing pages out of a book.I gasped, horrified by her actions. My eyes went wide and for a moment, I stayed frozen in one place."Stop it, Diana!" I shouted, lunging towards her to try and stop her."You think you can just do whatever you want?! I'm going to show you that I am not to be messed with!" She chuckled.Diana pushed me away from her and all I could do was stare as she demolished the pages of several books.It was too late already. Diana had already destroyed a few pages, and she continued to rip through the book with no remorse. I could feel my anger and frustration building inside me, and I walked up to her, pushing her away from the shelf.Diana looked at me, stunned by my action. A scowl slowl
CLAIRE's POVI sat at the large wooden table in the library of my father's palace, surrounded by stacks of books with torn pages. Each page was a sad reminder of my stepsister's cruel act of tearing them apart to get me into trouble. Diana despised me, and this was her latest attempt to make my life a misery.I couldn't believe that my father had bought into Diana's obvious lies and punished me by giving me the daunting task of repairing all the torn books. He even let her go scott free, even though she had inflicted injuries on me.It was then realization hit me. I was nothing to him. I thought I was important to him, seeing as I was the daughter of his first wife who he loved very much. He had gone through a lot, just to look for me, bit this is how I was treated.I bit my lips and gazed at the ugly pieces of paper laying on the table.I was sad and angry, but I had no choice but to complete the task if I wanted to avoid being thrown out of the palace. My father would always favor D