Lillie I was pushed back into the guest quarters like an animal that morning, and severely warned against any form of violence in the palace by the guard who had my hands cuffed behind my back. “You’re lucky. He seemed to be in a good mood this morning. He would have had your head hanging on a stick. He hates your kind for what they did to his mother.” The last sentence escaped his tongue, and the disgust in his heart escaped along with it. It seemed to be in my destiny to suffer for a decision my father made. It was his greed that led him to connive to sell women and children for money. I was ready to bear my cross, but it hurt me everytime. I was determined to continue to test different escape plans. After all, he would never notice my absence. The queen’s hand would be pleased if I didn’t show up at the first class, I could tell by the way she looked at me last night. He would just assume I didn’t make it to the final presentation. However, plans changed on the first day of th
She looked away from me and continued to speak to other girls. For the rest of her stay in the room, lady Mary pretended as though I wasn’t part of the contestants. Which gave me ample time to do exactly what I needed to do. I searched the room for over twenty minutes, patiently looking for a dress
LILLIE I died. Not once, not twice. Over and over again. Whenever I blinked and found myself still looking into those soulless eyes, my spirit fled my body only to return with a force that had me visibly shaken. Did he know? If he knew, was he going to reject me there and then? If he didn’t know,
A cow being led to slaughter. I was ushered into a beautiful room, more luxurious than anything I had ever had the opportunity to see. Purple colored circular walls, and furniture to match. The double king-sized bed sat in the middle of the room, right on top of a white fur rug I imagined would be
LillieThere was no winning with this man. I knew it from the second his sea blue eyes settled on mine. The second his eyes roamed over the tattoo on my neck again, and his brows furrowed in the most disdainful frown I had ever seen in my life, I knew what he was going to do. I also knew that no mat
He knew nothing about my pain or struggles, yet he could call me names. The silence in the hall was heart wrenching. What even scared me the most was the cold stare he gave to me. Was he going to kill me? Was he going to send his guards to throw me out or lock me up?Before I could get the answers
LILLIE What the fuck was he doing? No. Scratch that. What the fuck was happening to me?! Why did I lean into him as his lips collided with mine? Why wasn’t my first instinct to pull away, hit him hard across his cheek like I had done before, and run as fast as I could? Why did I tiptoe to deepen t
“You must get dressed now, my lady. Your mother is in the waiting room.” The mention of my mother was more than enough to snap me out of whatever stupid thoughts were in my mind. I hurried into the room with wide eyes. “My mother? When did she arrive?” “In the early hours of this morning. The gua