Volume i (( 19 ))
The day passed and I came into my room to rest. It felt like an exhausting day, there were many questions I had to dodge today that the ladies kept throwing at me.
I sat on my bed in my nightgown and stared out the window. The moon looked exceptionally beautiful but at the same time, quite lonely. It was sad that on my birthday, no member of my family showed their face to simply congratulate me.
On a normal occasion, being the daughter of a count would mean an arrangement of a grand ball. But my father probably doesn't even remember it's my birthday today. He went away on a business trip and I justified myself by telling the other ladies 'I' didn't want anything grand this time since my 'family' wasn't here to celebrate it for me.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙.
I leaned on the bed frame
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐... 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟. 𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.
Tears stung at the corner of my eyes as I recalled that life. I let out a soft laugh
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ, 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 th𝑦e 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.
An empty feeling surged in my chest. I felt awfully lonely sitting on my bed in the dimly lit room which was illuminated by a single magic lamp.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.
I clenched my suffocating chest.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑆𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.
I gulped and a tear rolled down my cheek when someone knocked on the door.
I immediately wiped my cheeks and shot my head at the door.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏?
It was Hael. He usually doesn't ask, but maybe he asked this time since it is quite late.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑨𝒉, 𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆.
I sniffled and cleared my throat. The door opened and he entered the room. I pretended I was fine as he came in and crouched down near my legs that were dangling down the bed.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕?
Hael Helio / ml
𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉.
I didn't notice it before, but he had something in his hand that he presented to me
Hael Helio / ml
𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.
It was a book with a ribbon on top it,
Hael Helio / ml
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚,
I took the thick book from him,
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦
Looking at the book made me subtly smile. I don't think Hael put any thought into this but it the only gift I've gotten that I might enjoy
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
I said softly and out of a very old habit that I had developed, I ended up putting my hand on his head and ruffling his hair gently, just like how I used to do with my little brother in the modern world
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆.
It didn't take me long to realize what I did and I immediately retracted my hand and looked at Hael. He was clearly surprised by my action, I could see it in his expressions
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕,
He grabbed my receding hand and raised his head to look directly into my eyes
Hael Helio / ml
𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚?
His expression was serious and maybe a little bit hurt as well but I couldn't be sure. For all I know, he could be acting.
I was confused for a moment but then I remembered how I thought about the offer the other ladies gave me of buying Hael at double the price and I took my time to think about
Corvina Cory / fl
Oh, that
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆.
Hael Helio / ml
𝑺𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 ?
Hael's grip on my wrist increased,
I dropped the book on the bed
Corvina Cory / fl
𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒍, 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐,.
His words were grim as he stood up from the floor
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓,
It made me pause for a moment
It scared me a little with how he was looking at me, he seemed angry.
He leaned in towards me, causing me to fall back on the bed.
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘.
My heart dropped at his words and my eyes went wide in fear,
Hael Helio / ml
𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕.
He slammed his free hand by my head side, making my heartbeat rise and making my mouth zip
Hael Helio / ml
𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
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