Episode 3

Sophie threw off her handbag as soon as she entered her apartment, day wasn't as tiring as she had expected. She changed up her clothes to stupid Pokemon shorts along with a crimson coloured tank top.

She reached out for her phone to call Emma, she remembers.

"Hello~ how did it go?", Emma answered like she was waiting for Sophie's call only from the start of the day.

Sophie didn't know how to reply, she was t even sure if he listened to her.

"I don't know, guess it was fine", Sophie's voice came out dull and not enthusiastic.

"You don't know? Did any of them tell you anything?",Emma asked.

"Actually, only the CEO was at the meeting and also he gifted me some red cover novel, out of love which I think is of romance genre and guess what he asked me leave the office as well", she said as she picked up the fallen book which had fallen when she had threw her bag.

"A gift and a holiday, perhaps he might be impressed?",she said.

"I am...not so sure about that, he was just staring me throughout the meeting",Sophie said.

"Oh, so the CEO has got a crush on ya? Go get it girl!", Emma bursted out laughing.

"Shut up. Anyways, romance genre is not my cup of tea, this book is probably going to lying in the bottom of one of my shelves", Sophie replied.

"Yeah, yeah but at least read it once maybe it is not romance at all?", Emma said

"Yeah, I will see. Well, talk to ya later, you might be busy not like me -", she didn't complete.

"Hey, cheer up. Bye",Emma said showing her concern.

Sophie hung up her phone and took out a bottle of tequila, this was the last thing she could do, drinking in broad daylight after meeting few strange people.

It was because of them that she began to doubt on herself, her performance.

One shot. Two shots. Three and then she paused she shouldn't get drunk already. She took out the book and felt like throwing it away, was it really some present or an insult but she instead felt its title with the touch of fingers.

"Lets see you now hic", she said as she opened the hard cover to read through the soft pages.

"Long ago in Europe..",she read the first line aloud and clear.

And there came a tornado of red and blue dust in the room, the only thing visible to Sophie now was the book, red colour changing to purple and blue and magenta.....along with it a tear rolled down Sophie's face, her brain wasn't able to decide, was it because of happiness or unhappiness?

Tornado not resting for a second, "Oh! ****!", were Sophie's last words before she closed her eyes and her head swirled like the tornado itself, she fainted.

Tornado rested.

Book closed.

Cover again changing to red.

Sophie was gone.

"Ah, water", Sophie gulped as she put effort to wake up, her eyelids getting heavy to lift.

"Here, take it", an unfamiliar female's voice came beside her.

"Who....who are you? Where......where am I?",she asked as she squinted her eyes to get the clear view of where she was.

In a room much bigger than her present rented apartment, there stood a women with white skin and orange hair tied up in a tight pony and an expressionless face, which was looking at her with wonder. Sophie observed carefully, she could see through the woman, all clearly.

"Are you....a ghost? Did I die?",Sophie asked, her head spinning around.

"Listen up, woman. I am not a ghost, I am a free spirit and ya are inside the book out of love and most importantly you are the chosen one",the white girl said with a black accent.

Sophie, now baffled was unable to understand whatever she said.

"You mean, I am inside that romance novel?", she asked, getting some clear image in her head.

"Romance? Pfft, girl, this book is a pure revenge mystery,"girl said, along with a sympathetic face towards Sophie.

"A revenge mystery? okay, whatever but how did I get inside this novel? I was just reading it",she asked, still baffled by the surrounding, which seemed like it was a princess's room, large curtains and large bed along with a table which had a ink pot and a feather along with other documents.

"Hey, don't be so confused. This book chose you, now you will be playing the story till the end and get out of this book and yes, I am gonna help you out. Other people can't see me",she said, rubbing her hands, which seemed very pale.

".....and who are you?",Sophie asked.

"Well, I was the chosen one earlier but I was killed gradually while playing the story and then I was stuck here till book chooses it's next princess, so that story would come to an end. I have waited here 12 years, no one could see or hear me other than the chosen one. My name's Kenny",said the girl, who was now roaming in the huge room.

"Where am I, in particular?", Sophie asked since she was pretty sure that this story was surely not of New York, all the fancies covered the room.

"You are in France, anyways, what is your name?",Kenny asked, smirking.

"Sophie",she said without looking at her.

"Well, Your name is Princess Caroline in the book, Sophie. The one who would take revenge.", Kenny put her hands on her butt.

Revenge. Sophie never liked fights and aggressiveness and long wars, she didn't ever wanted a dramatic love story which would have conflicts and now she is stuck in a revenge novel and the only way out is to take revenge.

"What kind of revenge? Like, killing people?",Sophie gulped

"Of course, killing people. You are the chosen one, obviously you won't hesitate doing that. So, sweetheart, have ya ever took revenge?",she asked, her eyes clearly revealing how serious she was.

"I haven't.",Sophie paused and looked at Kenny's expression, it showed how disgusting she felt, "but I know how to take one, learner from my father",Sophie continued.

"Your father....What does ya father do?",she asked.

"Uh....he is a gangster",Sophie said.

Kenny's eyes widened and then she said, "OMG! Yours too! We are destined to be together, sis!"

Sophie paused for a moment to think, book only chose gangster's daughters? Is that so or there is some other thing involved? Something more important...

"Yeah, perhaps. So, you have read the novel, I assume",Sophie asked, curious to know about the things so that she could

"Yeah, when I was reading it and when I was at the end, something like a tornado came, I know the main story but not the last line and what about ya? ya know the story?",she asked and fidgeted with a keyring which was always in her hand, which had a heart design, ruby red, it was surely lustrous.

"Well, I don't know, I just read the first line,"Sophie replied and got off the bed she was lying on for all this while.

"So, now I will help you. Let's get started",Kenny said.

Kenny held Sophie's hand with her translucent hand and rushed towards a closet, without saying anything, she picked out up a long white gown with white and peach pearls embedded on it.

Sophie simply smiled at her and got her clothes changed, she noticed her skin tone at that moment, it had turned a bit darker. She came out wearing the dress, she felt beautiful wearing it, even though she hadn't seen herself in the mirror yef but she felt so.

"Wow, stunning. Close ya eyes",Kenny said, as soon as Sophie closed her eyes, Kenny took her in front of a long mirror, which was in itself very beautiful.

"Open it, girl",Kenny said.

Sophie looked in the mirror, an unknown figure was standing in front of her, her hair was light brown and skin was tanned, only thing familiar to Sophie in that body was her eyes, still hazel and innocent and then after a second she realised that she was seeing herself!

"Omg! What the hell happened to my face!!!",She shouted aloud, ignoring the way she looked so gorgeous in that white gown.

"Girl, it isn't your face? Oh, I thought it was",Kenny replied, sounding like she knew this was going to happen.

"You make it so obvious! I look so.....different. My dear face",Sophie said.

"Well in reality, I am a black lady but I turned white in this novel so it's okay for your body to change, you'll get used to it and also ya look pretty good", Kenny said, putting her hands around Sophie, who wasn't happy with her face change, whether it was pretty or not.

"I don't care", Sophie's face inflated like a balloon.

Sophie drove away from there and roamed around the huge fantastic closet which had all variety and quality of clothes, Ball gowns, mermaid dresses, exquisite pearls and every possible perfume and accessory. Not that Sophie hadn't seen any beautiful dresses before but the beauty of these dresses were just more so much far from reality.

"Girl, ya gotta meet someone now",Kenny said, interrupting Sophie's thoughts and her will to take all those dresses and material with her.

"Who?",Sophie asked, picking out a peach coloured collar dress and put it on her shoulders to see, how would she look in this body?

"Crown Prince of Spain, Eros. He will be the one who will plan to kill you in the future to seize your throne, which is not particularly yours",Kenny said, her voice getting deeper and a solemn expression covering her face like she was again feeling the way she died, 12 years ago.

"So, I got to kill him before he kills me right?",Sophie said like she had already figured out what Kenny was going to say.

"Yes", intensity of Kenny's words had made Sophie tremble, she nearly forgot to breathe for a second.

She was really going to kill someone, like his father had done all these years, what would it feel like?

She looked into Kenny's eyes and spoke with her without words that it was too hard for Sophie to kill someone right away but when Kenny responded, her eyes clearly told that she believed in Sophie, it was her only hope left.

"Now, I have to warn you. People you may see here may have the face of the person, you know from the real world but believe me, they are not the same, just kill Eros and both of us would be out of the book",Kenny said, keeping her hands around Sophie's shoulders.

"I will do my best",Sophie said, her eyes slowly lowering towards the floor.

"You may see something really unfortunate", Kenny lifted Sophie's face, and handed her a bottle which said, sweet poison, "now go", she continued

Sophie raised her beautiful gown and started to walk in the main hall, she had once thought to turn around and look at Kenny but her body just resisted to do it, You may see something really unfortunate , words echoed in her ears as she fastened her pace.

"Your highness", an old man with white hair and weak body, dressed in formal stood in front of her, "Prince Eros is waiting for you, please head at the main hall", he continued.

"I was heading there only",Sophie acted effortlessly, like a royal Princess she spoke, she swirled her hair and saw each servant bow as she passed across them. She held the bottle of sweet poison tightly, it would all end right away, she had thought.

She reached the hall, it was empty. Old man didn't speak another word, just followed Sophie.

"It has been a pleasure to meet her gorgeous highness in the morning",a familiar voice came from her back, she knew he was, she wished it wasn't him.

She turned around, it was him, Kai Terrel.

Same eyes and body language, the only difference was of his clothes and the way he used his words. It isn't Kai, she had told herself.

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