Forbidden Romance

by Her Grace the Duchess

Mary is a princess. Richard is a servant. Mary's father, King Jonathon, has forbidden their relationship, but Mary and Richard still continue to meet in private. When their secret is revealed, they're left with no other option but to run away. Will they make it out of Abadis before Jonathon's soldiers catch them?

1. Prologue

I am Mary, Princess of Abadis. I am fifteen-years-old. I have long dark brown hair that falls in curls down my back and big almond shaped brown eyes. My mother, Angeline, died giving birth to me. The reason was she was so used to a potion that narrows pregnancy down to a week, and she didn't take it while she was pregnant with me, it caused some complications. Because of that potion, I have twenty-seven siblings. The oldest is Dorothy, who is twenty-six, twins Sybil and Sabrina who are twenty-six, Charlotte, who is twenty-five, Madeleine, who is twenty-five, James, who is twenty-five, Emmett, who is twenty-four, Victoria, who is twenty-four, Edward, who is twenty-four, Margot, who is twenty-three, Timothy, who is twenty-three, Annabelle, who is twenty-three, Charlotte, who is twenty-two, Kingsley, who is twenty-two, Jacob, who is twenty-two, Desdemona, who is twenty-one, Aaron, who is twenty-one, Tess, who is twenty-one, Camilla, who is nineteen, Trinity, who is nineteen, Zacharie, who is nineteen, Camilla, who is eighteen, Eleanor, who is eighteen, Kathleen, who is seventeen, Amaryllis, who is seventeen, Hyacinth, who is sixteen, and Alice, who is sixteen.

For the longest time, I was the youngest. My father married again to a nice woman named Louise and they had five children, Lily, who is now nine, Amethyst, who is seven, Christine, who is six, Flora, who is five, and Josephine, who is four.

I am madly in love with my best friend, a servant in my palace. His name is Richard Swanson. He's been my best friend since childhood and that friendship turned into love. It was a moment of extraordinary happiness when I found out he was in love with me. We don't have to keep our friendship secret, only our romantic relationship. I was scared to tell my father, Jonathon. I didn't know whether he would be happy for me or disapprove. I am his little girl, but sometimes I, like all of my sibling do from time to time, upset him. He never yells, or punishes us, he just calmly talks to us. I really wish Mother was alive because, from what Hyacinth, my only sibling who knows about my relationship with Richard, she would be on my side.