Chapter 20: Her brother’s secret
>>Corvina
It was an understandable question.
"I didn't agree to it," I wasn't exactly lying to her, "When I told my father and brother I didn't want to get engaged, they locked me in my room. They gave me a week without any food to 'think it over'."
I was just telling her what happened to me in my past life.
She turned her head away and looked down.
I placed my hand on my forehead, removing my bangs to the side, "My father gave me this a few weeks back."
She glanced at me, sparing my scar a glance, and then she looked away.
"... I would hate living with a family like that too..." She whispered. I hate it too, I always hated it but after learning what it's like to truly live with the warmth of a family, I hate it with a passion.
"And you don't need to worry about my engagement. With how much Prince Lyal delayed the engagement, I can tell he hates the idea of it as well."
"But if you go missing, people will look for you, more so since you would be a prince's fiance."
"Or maybe they'll pronounce me dead and Lyal would be more than happy to have me gone."