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I was led to a large room. It was beautiful but I didn't have the strength to admire, I was having a hard time agreeing with the fact that I've been widowed by this heartless man.

I was pushed on the big bed of the room and the hefty guards watched my every move.

I crawled out of the bed and sat on the floor beside the bed. My knee was up and I rested my head in between them, while my long light pink wedding dress was now tainted with bloodred- my husband's blood. I was heartbroken, I finally thought I would be happy after getting married to Nedan. He was a gentleman and kind. He made my racing heart to calm and didn't rush the wedding, giving me time to accept him.

I fell in love with him in just short period of time, because of his attitude. To me, he was my true husband material.

I had always been an outcast, I was considered evil because I was different.

I acted different, my features were quite different from the people from my kingdom. I started noticing the difference in me when I was just eight.

I was playing with my 2 brothers, I am the only female child, my father considered female a burden,but he saw me as a tool of gaining more power, marrying me off to a powerful kingdom and becoming allies with them.

My father had three wives, my mother died when I was just five. My mother was my father's favourite queen, so because of her, I guess he was kind to spare me. My wicked stepmothers painted me black, calling me the reason for my mother's death, calling me evil, just to make me miserable, but it never bugged me, till when I turned eight years old.

I was playing with two of my brothers, since my step brothers hated me and refused to play.

While playing, because of my inquisitiveness, I led them to a very dark cave quite far away outside the palace, I begged that we sneak out to go an adventure. Reaching the cave, we were attacked my dangerous poisonous snakes.

My older brother Rien was the first one to get attacked, I tried saving him and also got attacked too. My immediate younger brother Faran ran away in fear. Rather than being dead or wounded, I started healing. It was a very big shock, I didn't want my brother to die, not knowing what to do, I licked and sucked out the poison from his bitten leg, and then we managed to reach the palace, were the physician treated us.

My father was very angry with me. Rather than thanking me, my own brothers called me evil, because I healed before them.

Seeing I always bring trouble, I was then sent to a far off small palace.

There, I was securely guarded so that I won't cause any more trouble and I was abandoned there for many years.

I got no love ever since, not even my own brothers or father ever visited me. Then later on, I was taken back to the palace, I was happy, thinking they wanted me back and they wanted to patch things up, but I was deeply wrong.

Instead, an alliance was fixed, I was to get married to Nedan. I was quite scared, I don't want to get married just right away, I wanted to first feel freedom a little.

But Nedan was a gentleman, he was considerate, he became my friend and he didn't rush the marriage. That only made my heart melt, then I made up my mind to marry him, I thought I would finally be happy.

But unfortunately, My husband was brutally killed by this beast. I cried my eyes out, i just wanted to die too. What I hated about life was that I was born. If it were to be my choice, I rather not be born. Or even if I should be born, then not as a princess, were I'm being hated and still restricted.

I was a hated caged bird, that wasn't given freedom to live it's life, and wasn't given love either.

And now, my fate had crossed path with this heartless beast. Then I felt chilling in the room, the windows were shot, doors closed but there was a slight opening in the bedside window. I peeped out the crystalized glass windows to check if the weather had changed, maybe it wanted to rain, I guess.

But to my shock, it looked quite peaceful, even though it was getting to night. It didn't look like it was going to rain.

I felt someone close behind me, and the chilling increased with every seconds, sending cold shivers down my spine, making the tiny hairs on the back of my neck stand, sensing danger.

I wanted to turn my head to look at the person standing behind me, but was restricted, as I felt strong arms rapping themselves on me while my back brushed against hard chessled chest.

"I know you are mourning your husband, but I want some entertainment tonight" I heard him say. "Why don't you just kill me, just like you killed my husband" I retorted back angrily, trying to get away from his hold

"You're proving stubborn..." I felt his hands slightly and slowly brushing the sides of my neck. "Please let go of me" I begged. I was already feeling scared of this man, when suddenly I felt all the anger in me boil. "I said you should leave me alone..." I angrily yelled and with all the strength I could muster, I managed to get away from him.

I ran away from him, very far away, reaching the door when one of the hefty guards blocked my way, grabbing my arms and twisting it behind my back, making me wince in pain.

"Come in..." The heartless man spoke.

Turning his back on me, and staring at the windows. Two maids then came inside. "Prepare her, make her more beautiful.... I will have some entertainment tonight" he suddenly turned around, facing me with a devilish smirk plastered on his sinfully, breathtaking face.

My heart thudded loudly in my chest, I will rather die than let him touch me!