amount of people on my side. Valerian, of course, is who cares the most for me. After him, there's Asher and Sir Thorin Meelany, my disciple-brother and my swordsmanship master,

ings, besides, he's always manipulated by my mother, Grand Duchess Cleo, because she keeps using his love for her to let her do anything she wants

e, best at fighting with both martial arts and magic. Which's one of the reasons why I was satisfied wit

ld when it happened, but no one spared me that. Being the second born and oldest daughter of the Great Grand Duke of the Roya

Princesses of the Empire, the moment they knew about my magicless condition, everybody felt superior to m

g to be executed, but that was the only exception. Even when Val was with me they didn't hold their ton

efend me. Worst, they would agree wit

lieve me, that's a big feat. Mother is a good liar, very manipulative, she used to make me feel bad for not having

e Emperor's right hand. So he obviously couldn't spend so much time at home, but when he came he would always spare

constantly, thanks to her bad temper -, it didn't matter what I was doing, she would order me to stop and would take me to the secret dungeon under the

ce, where my mom would lock just the both of us until she was satisfied. It's quite simple, actually. She always used

had proof, and I couldn't say anything, so it became a secret in our family. The incantation

timeline, which's a death I don't regret at all. Though I regret kil

always been one of the people who know her evil actions and agreed wi

er just because she doesn't have a good background. Moreover, I think she does that because she can't stand

on why Kate didn't bar

bell resting in it, which is often used to call for maids or anyone passing outside

cheeks. Then I took my nightgown off and turned to see my back in the

felt my eyes burn and whip the tears before they fell, then I got back to staring a

member, a Princess doesn't cry! You are stronger than your nightmares and ghosts.

h chambers, I took my t

I missed the feeling of not being covered in dirt and

ngry!" I got out of the bathtub and covered my body with a magically warm towel. Thos

I had never liked any of those, but my mother was the one who chose them and so I preten

light pink that made it all look like an extension of my damn hair. Also,

he colors of the House Nich

ot ready, using the warm towel to dry my hair and th

s her torture me again, I don't give a damn, I've been through the worst, so it won't make much difference. So I need to take advantage of my

mperial Capital, it means that it means that our father will be

oment, I need to eat som