2 - Need Quiet

~Livia's Point of View~

It was the day before the suitors were going to start arriving. I had tried everything I could possibly think of to get out of it. But, the universe conspired against me. It wasn’t like they were humans and I could just morph into my demon form, scare the pants off them. They were all probably much scarier than me and my demon form would probably turn them on.

I looked at legal avenues, I looked at running away. I looked at hiring a witch to send me to another dimension, but the few I inquired after knew who I was and immediately shot me down. Being a councilor’s daughter was a burden and a curse.

“He can’t do this to me! I’d rather die than be stuck with someone I can’t stand,” I cry to my sister Carrisa.

She was only a year older than me and we’d always been incredibly close. She squeezed me as I sobbed.

“You know I don’t say this lightly but you’re being a bit dramatic, okay? Give it a chance, I mean what if you find the one,” she says, patting my hair