"My lady! My lady..... My lady are you... Huh My lady! "

*Gasp!* what....... Huh..."

She looks around the room looking at her hands and the jittery maid in front of her, " M-maggie?..... Is that you?...." she asked, Maggie looked at herself slapping her face, " yep I'm me!" she shouted in the most excited voice ever, A tear fell from her eyes as she looked at Maggie,

 💭 Was I just having a nightmare?

"Maggie what is that you hold?" she asked, " it is a letter from Your husband's mother! I think she's trying to build a relationship!" Maggie said excitedly. Lilith froze, she reached out her hand with a small smile, once she handed it over Maggie skipped happily out of her room, as the doors closed Lilith saw her father walking towards the room with a stern look on his face, in which Lilith didn't see. Lilith ripped open the letter with hast, she started to shake as it was the same the letter read the same as it did in her nightmare.

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I hope this letter doesn't offend you in any way dear, but it is your sister Tina I wish to marry my son not you, I know my husband has settled on you,, but I feel that I know best, after meeting Tin for the first time I can see it, she is much better suited for my son than you are, so if you could just inform your father and sister I'd be so thankful.

Love Queen Tori

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 10 years ago Leo's mother sent me this letter, however I hadn't found it until my parent's death, it turns out that Maggie couldn't find me, so she handed it to my mother, my mother responded herself, but Tori's response upset her, so she went there to talk to Leo's father, Tori got in trouble for sending such a letter to me, that was what made me suspect she had something to do with our parent's death.

"Mason bring me a pen please" I asked, Mason was sent by Leo to keep me safe, however I always felt it was my father in laws doing, he always hid in the shadows, never saying much but did what I asked, I heard his feet drop to the ground, and his footsteps coming closer, he reached out his hand handing me his own pen, I nodded in thanks, "..... You plan to respond yourself?…" he asked, I froze his voice was so deep, but quiet, I nodded and looked up to him, all I could see was his dark blue eyes, it felt as if i was staring into the eyes of a shark, "It was addressed to me, I think its only right i give her a response from me personally"

Mason tried to protect me after I lost my title as Leo's wife, though it seemed he didn't like me, but he hated injustice more, once my step down from being Leos wife he took the chance to pursue me, in which out of jealousy Leo had him protect Martha instead, before that Leo's lost sister Martha was found, she was who Leo was suppose to marry in the first place, band she was after him like a shark after it's prey trying to get rid of Tina and all, but then she met Mason and saw his face then saw how he treated me, he was all she could think of, which she changed her mind, me becoming pregnant was what made her order for me to be beheaded, that was the reason for the look on Leo's face before I passed out, I saw Mason pleading it looked like, he at least tossed me back into the basement

"No, Because I know you know Tina has no intention of wanting to marry, it has been only a month since her illness has completely gone, and you saw for yourself how clueless she is, there are many things she has to learn, and pushing her into a marriage as soon as she is healthy won't give her the time to do so, not to mention she is still very young, I'm afraid I will not be telling her nor my father about this.

Signed Lilith Xin

"Mason could you send this off to her please, I rather no one knows she sent this, nor that I have responded" I asked, he nodded and left, I sat in the bed looking around, the reason I was here was because me and father argued he used to be a man who Valued what me and Tina thought before doing something but this marriage he went had and chose for me. He didn't ask, he didn't tell me, all I knew was I would be meeting someone today, I was dressed all pretty, and bathed for an hour, when I came downstairs Leo's father rushed up to me calling me his daughter, Leo had five other brothers but no my dad picked Leo, and Leo's father picked me, i was crying so hard after they left that i passed out, through my unconsciousness I could hear how my father was yelling thinking I was faking but right before. Everything went silent, I felt Maggie's fingers placed on my throat then she started yelling at the top of her lungs for a doctor's, and she began to shake me.

I looked over to the door as I could hear Maggie trying to stop my father from entering, even after all that before he still didn't apologize he just told me not to be so dramatic next time, I jumped up in a hurry grabbed my mother portrait, and her dress, and laid back into bed, I took a deep breath then cued the tears, after having Mason turn off the lights.

From behind the door he spoke" Lilith next time........." he stopped in his words as he heard me crying, " Mama.....mama come back please ..... Fathers changed,, and I'm scared........" I said," Please come back just once, but take me with..... you........" I was really into the acting, Mason hiding in the dark smirked and laughed just a little, he noticed that I was pinching myself causing me to pass out, My father slammed the doors open, but froze as Maggie pushed past him once again, " Dear lord you are killing her just get out!! The doctor, someone call back the doctor, oh dear...... Hurry hurry bring in the doctor"

Maggie's slight pause was because she saw the mark, and understood, the doctor who was Maggie's uncle walked in and checked on me, due to the look Maggie gave him he went along and turned towards my father, " With all due respect I think it's a good idea if you keep your distance away from your daughter for a few days your presence is causing her health to suffer" he explained, hearing that snapped father out of his annoyance, he looked at Me who was being held by Maggie it was then that he noticed the portrait and dress, his face dropped as he nodded and left the room. Once the doors closed uncle Taru turned round, " I heard the news dear, this was a great idea to do to him" he spoke pointing at the dress, I nodded with a smile thought the Truth was I really didn't feel well.

"I think it's best if you all left her to get a good rest, she actually is very pale if you move the dress" Mason suggested they looked around trying to find him but couldn't causing me to smile and laugh, Uncle Taru pulled away my mother's dress and saw that I was in fact so, he checked me and wrote down a prescription, looking around the room" S- she will need these things she is weak from stress and shock is all" he explained. Both he and Maggie left the room Mason dropped walking towards me," I didn't take you for a clever girl,.... How is it you thought of that... No how is it you knew your father would hear...? He asked, but his question felt off, it felt like he knew something that I wasn't supposed.

" I just knew, if he hadn't came at that moment... I would've repeated those lines until he or London heard me....." he stares at me for a moment, nodding his head but it didn't seem he took that answer to heart, " Get some sleep you need it, I promise Leo isn't all bad" he said, pulling the covers to cover my face, I laughed, pulling it down some, my eyes were all he saw, he smiled, and jumped landing on to the window, he walked out and sat on a tree branch that happened to be right by my window.