CHAPTER 4: HARVEY'S STORY

"You're my Mate."

Those words brought solace and comfort to her body, yet it made her feel insecure. Yes, she couldn't blame herself. It is because of what she had been through. Moreover, in her own family, her kingdom where it is believed that woman were a tool to gain power.

She came from a Kingdom where women had no free will of their own, the men ruled than them always and will forever, that was the kind of Kingdom she came from. She was a princess, Princess Harvey. She had always thought she would emerged as a ruler one day and made the society not to be prejudiced about women.

She would change their perspective about women and show they them who they actually are but what happens when she became the one to be used as a tool to gain more power. How?

Her father was marrying her off to one of the princes of the other Kingdom, at first she thought it was a rumor but then soon discovered it wasn't. Her heart gush with pain she reminisce the events which had took a huge shape in her life.

That morning she woke up like other Princesses feeling blessed. Her made, Alexia came into her room and prepared her bath for her. She scrubbed her skin gently yet perfectly. It has been a majority priority to her to always take care of her skin. Men find them attractive more with comparison to her beauty.

She set out to perform her duties. The Princesses all have different duties.

Harvey could be seen loitering around the palace hall, where the king and his Elders are dining currently, she was in deep thought pondering on what her sisters had just told her moments back.

She had entered the Royal dining hall which was made for the Royal household only, eating.

When her sisters came around,the first and second princess of the kingdom. She acted as she had never seen them but they snickered at her harmoniously,

"Finally, Lil sis is getting married."

The second princess said. Her name is Kiara. She is the Obnoxious and rude type.

"A huge burden will be lifted up father's shoulders at last."

The first princess said, her name, Kate.

She is the arrogant and pretentious type.

Harvey, had took a huge part of her time to study each of them.

About Kate being pretentious, Harvey seem not noticed that at first place but found out sooner when she had purposely split her white dress with red irreversible paint. She apologized quickly saying she was in a hurry to somewhere and left immediately.

Later in the day, she had gone on search of her to collect some seeds from her which she had promise to give her when she found her laughing heartily...No, she considered that Evilly...

She actually found her telling Kiara, the second princess how she planned everything from the beginning telling the maid to tell her when she was coming..

Reddened, with anger she barged into her room furiously pointing accused fingers at her and attempted to beat some senses into her when the second princess suddenly screamed out, shouting for help.

The guards nearby immediately rushed into, Kiara turned the tables point fingers at Harvey of wanting to beat them up, the guards were perplexed at first but when the issue was reported to the King, he strangely believed them and ordered them to locked her up...

That day she cried for the first time in ages, her mother could do nothing as she had no power to counter the King order.

The second wife of the king cursed her heavily for wanting to beat her children up.

Her thought was interupted when she heard her name being called by Kiara, the second princess.

"Sister."

She called out happily

She feigned ignorance....

"Have you heard?"

This time it was Kate who threw the question at her.

"You getting married Lil sis."

Kiara chirped in and Kate shut her a hard glare immediately.

"Ouch!"

She feigned in response to the glare she earned from her sister, Kate.

"I should have waited for father to...."

"Bitch..."

With that Harvey bangs her fist on the table and heads outside the dining hall which was becoming irritating to her because of her sisters.

As soon as the elders were out, she rushed in immediately not giving her father any chance to relaxed more from the heavy chunk of food he just ate.

He frowned at her behavior.

"Father is it true?"

She asked her father for confirmation, his words were precious to her this very minutes.

"What is that Harvey?"

He asked relaxing more onto his seat.

"Am I really getting married father?"

"Tell me it's not true father."

"Father please."

She begged her knees almost touching the surface of the earth.

"Yes, it's true daughter."

He replied in his once hoarse voice, not bothered.

Immediately she heard those sentence emanated out of her father's lips, her world came crashing right in front of her. Sorrow surge through her heart, she crashed down onto the floor, trying her best to withheld the tears which had stung onto her face seconds back.

The next seconds pain surge through her, it racked through her brain.

"Take her out."

Her father ordered his guards to take her out, she couldn't for once in her life know her father to be this Cruel, or maybe the Power-hungriness in him. She knew it was greed, it had consume him so much but why her.

That night she made up her mind to run away from the palace but she couldn't live in her own kingdom. Her father would find her quickly. Running to another kingdom, that will really do. He will not find her sooner maybe sometime and that sent chills into her body. But by then she will be ready, she hoped.

"I know it is okay if you find it hard to understand."

Damien spoke, the silence was beginning to eat him up. He was nervous and at the same time curious so he went into her mind to know what she was thinking. One of the abilities which made him different from others.

"But no one can find you here, trust me you're safe here."

He assured his clenching his jaw, she had gone through all that. He was brewing with anger and pain at the same time. Strange, even he was suprised of himself but he couldn't assure himself right now if her father show up in their Kingdom, they maybe probably has a death wish.