Alphabet Love Story – Chapter 13 – Mockery
Although she knows he means well, Alice can't help but feel like she isn't quite in on the joke. She's surprised when Jack asks her once again to marry him. Surely he couldn't be serious...? Not with all the lies and deception and general distrust she has for him. And certainly not after seeing the Duchess clinging so tightly to him.
She doesn't want to be his trophy or his salvation. She doesn't want to be his claim to fame or the herald to his own personal parade. She doesn't want to be the laughing stock of an entire kingdom.
She isn't the least bit tempted to live the life of a Queen - she's not even sure what that means on this side of the mirror but she can almost imagine being followed everywhere for every waking hour of the rest of her life. A shudder makes its way across her spine.
Rethinking it, she realizes that she was wrong. She doesn't need a prince to save her. In fact, it's perfectly fine with her to be just plain Alice.