Emersy, did it. The daughter of Duke Launder, did it. Emersy Launder did it. She ran away. She took her freedom, her dignity , her pride and she ran away, from the family and the good for nothing fiance.

She got away.

Running through the forest on a horseback, Emersyn is overflowing with the sense of freedom.

They might have figured by now, that their captive, their golden ticket to regaining power, their only hope has vanished.

The piece of insignificance that hey had somehow dumped into their pockets have slipped out, and now they have no way to doing anything.

She is the one that got away. She is the one whose hair is loose free to flow with whispers of the world telling her to move forward.

So what if she doesn't know anyone, she will make friends. Even if she doesn't know the convention of the common people, she will learn to live like them. She might not be attending tea parties but, so what?

She is happy, She is Free and .... and what else? She might be free, but she doesn't have a house to her name neither does she know anyone who will take her in and give her a place to stay.

The realization that she that has nowhere to go dawns on her. The fact that if someone where to attack her she has no one or no means to protect herself.

The winds which felt soft on the skin life a whisper from a lover became strong like the words of hate after the lover has found a mistress and as the tears of agony fell the only things Emy had were the horse twenty ducats and her sense of freedom.

'Where am I?'

'Is there a shelter nearby?'

' What should I do?'

Were few questions that crossed her mind, but sadly there was no Sir Mamalot, Her knight, to answer her questions.

Suddenly, a thunder powerful enough to break through the earth came through, making the sky as white as snow bringing out an ear tearing thunder that startled the horse causing it to give out a shrill call and running for it's life.

It ran, With the young Lady on its back, it ran as far as it could. Emy tried to calm it down, but it won't. Passing rocks and puddles, obstacles and everything it ran until it couldn't run, and stopped at the front of a mansion.

Large gates with warm light coming from outside. Is this how normal people feel when they passed my mansion in the cold rain. She did sometimes see few people begging to get in, but she never gave it much though. "Live is hard" was what she would say and move on. But now she has realized what life is.

Money was what kept her life easy, and if she had married into money regardless of her fiancé, who is known to be the incompetent heir of the Valaiera Family, someone she has never met, she wouldn't be in the position she was now.

Standing outside the gate she had two choices, knock and as for in the name of her family or run again.

First option will lead her back to the previous life of luxury. Her father would be informed, he'd take her back, and she would be married, and the second option will give her freedom, but that is as far as it will go, freedom is the only thing she will get.

Sighing she chose the first option and knocked on the gates, getting the attention of guards.

"No shelter in given here." the knight said in an uninterested tone.

"Go back"

" I am Lady Launder, daughter of Duke Kindley Launder, I was out on a stroll when the rain started. I require shelter."

"My father will forever be grateful and will return the favor I am sure."

Taking a good look at the girl the guards opened the door.

"You do look elegantly dresses for a commoner, Come in My Lady"

The guards tone softened and became respectful.

"Please follow me." he said guiding her to the entrance door of the mansion

"Please wait my Lady"

The guard said before moving to open the door, but before he could a tall man with white porcelain skin opened the door.

"Welcome Lady Launder."

Emersyn was famous in the social group of the higher society, she was the one who every guy wanted to propose making most conventionally attractive men an eyesore for her, but this man...this man was someone she couldn't ever take her eyes off of. She was so engulfed in his sea blue eyes that she only noticed she had taken her hand and guided her in when he kissed her hand.

"Butler John will guide you to your room."The man said still holding her hand to his mouth peering though his jet hair.He smiled, almost cheekily and said...

"I hope you have a non eventful stay."

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