Prologue
I did everything to run. Even if I stumble, I try to stand up to save myself from the one who is chasing me. My knees hurt because of the branches and other sharp objects here in the middle of the forest.
"Ahhh!"
I screamed when an arrow went through the side of my face.
Fortunately, because I was running I was able to avoid that, the exact flight of the arrow towards me was also the movement of my head to avoid it.
I was still wearing a heavy dress that my queen mother wore.
There was a celebration in our palace, the introduction of me to everyone as the prince's bride. The king's son, the king of kings here in whole Tennessee. As I continued to run, my knees and feet suddenly weakened with fatigue, they had been chasing me before. I fell to the ground with many branches.
They are close to me.
I recognize what they are wearing. That's the clothes of the prince's staff that I'm going to marry.
Three of them are chasing me.
But even then I couldn't save myself, I could do nothing but run.
Run run as far as I can.
But I can't.
Here I will die.
I have no one else to expect to help me.
I stumbled again, but in that situation. I could no longer stand.
No matter what I do I can no longer build my body, I feel like there's something wrong with me why I can't stand up on my own. I was chased by three soldiers.
They approached me.
I was gasping for breath on my knees. My clothes were also torn because it got caught while I was running.
But when they approached me it was as if they did not yet know what to do with me, whether they would resurrect me, pick me up or kill me here in the middle of the forest and let my corpse be devoured by animals.
But they suddenly retreated when suddenly someone appeared in front of me.
A tall man, half of his face covered. All I could see were his two eyes.
W-who is he? Will he help me?
But I lost that hope when the three soldiers bowed to him.
S-she?
W-why does he want to kill me?
From the cold and emotionless look he had, I saw the path of confusion and shock in his eyes.
but why? Why would he feel confused? If he himself wants to kill me?
His three men were surprised when he suddenly bent down to stare at me more.
I even fell to the ground and I don't know if I still look like a princess in my current condition.
"Dear prince, you don't deserve to bow" the soldier politely said.
They're overreacting, he's just bending over me, not bowing!
The prince ignored that and bent down to stare at me.
I was confused by what he did and what he said.
"I'm sorry my dear princess, I didn't know that you were the one who was destined to marry me. The woman I saw in the stream before. The woman I can't stop thinking for. If I had known in advance who will marry me, you would not have suffered like this. "
What !? What is he saying?
The three soldiers heard that so they appealed.
I'm still shocked. Creased as I watched them in conversation.
"Dear prince, don't you want to kill him? Because you don't want to marry a princess you don't even meet and worst is you don't love."
I frigthened when in just a snap, he beheaded that soldier who just spoke earlier. Blood spattered around and it seemed like nothing to the prince did he do.
"You didn't understand what I said earlier." he said coldly as he looked at the headless body of the soldier he just beheaded with no mercy.
He turned to look at me and knelt down. I was still shock but he manage to carry and lift me up
As he lifted me from the crutch I felt a sharp pain in the side of my abdomen.
"Ughh" I can't stand the pain.
I think the arrow that hit me was poisonous.
The two soldiers were startled because of the small space between the two of them the arrow had passed through.
"Find out who it is!" Loud scream of the prince mixed with fear and anger.
Immediately the two soldiers did what the prince said. Afraid of being beheaded as what happen to their co-soldier.
I've been so weak lately because they seem to be chasing me endlessly. Then I am even weaker now because my body can no longer fight the poison.
I was so weak that I couldn't stop myself from closing my eyes because it was as if the pleasure of feeling turned a blind eye and the darkness dragged me away.
Until I heard nothing but curse and scream from the prince.
"Don't close your eyes! I said don't close your eyes!"
But I can't still no longer endured the pain.
I closed my eyes and before I finally fainted, I heard some cheap and shouts from him.