Later that day, Keira stepped into her room after she was able to once again successfully sneak past the guards in Celia's maid uniform, having them believe she was a simple servant and not really herself. Now in her room, she walked over to her dresser and pulled out a copy of her typical yellow dress and began to change out of the maid's uniform and into it. As she began to fold the uniform on her bed in order to prepare it for when she would return it to Celia she froze up at the sound of footsteps coming from the hall outside her room and quickly hid the uniform under her yellow bed sheets once she heard the door begin to open.

"Keira?" She heard Celia ask as she stepped into the room causing her to let out a sigh of relief as she leaned over her bed.

"Yes?" She asked as she turned around to face her.

"I was just checking to make sure that you came back like you had promised." She told her as she formed a slight smile. "I'm glad to see you did…" She added hesitantly.

Keira lowered her eyebrows at Celia's unusually remark. "Hm?"

"I don't know…" Celia replied as she shook her head and approached her. "It's just that I was thinking that maybe you might not have returned like you said you would…"

"Why would you think that?" Keira asked curiously.

"Well… you've just been a little reckless with your behavior recently…" Celia answered in a quiet and somewhat ashamed tone. "I was worried…"

Keira shut her eyes tightly as she clenched her hands into fists in anger. "Why is everyone saying I'm so reckless all of the sudden?" She asked in an angry tone as her eyes reopened.

"Well you have to understand…" Celia began a little nervously as she took a small step back. "It's just that your constant trips away from the castle are… unusual… A-And not just for you but for anyone who's of royal status…"

Keira continued to glare at her for a moment before taking a deep breath and becoming less tense. "I'm sorry Celia… I didn't mean to get angry." She turned to the glass doors nearby but kept her eyes fixed on the floor. "I understand why everyone's getting so worried about me all of the sudden…"

Seeing as she was less agitated, Celia began to take a step back towards Keira but stopped once she suddenly clenched her hands again.

"But that doesn't give my father the right to marry me off to someone I don't love!" She shouted angrily as she continued to stare at the ground.

"Keira, please lower your voice!" Celia advised as she quickly moved to her side and placed her hands on her. "Someone might hear you."

Celia continued to keep her hands on Keira's back as she began to take quick, deep breaths in order to suppress her anger.

After a minute she took one final deep breath before speaking. "You're right…"

"Are you going to be okay?" Celia asked as she stepped away from her.

Keira stood straight up and looked back at her as she nodded her head. "Mhmm, but… I'd like to be alone right now."

Without a word, Celia nodded her head and silently left the room.

Later the next day Keira silently stood out on her balcony and looked out towards the forest trees in another deep state of thought. Since her outburst at Celia the other day she hadn't left her room so that she could be alone with the multitude of thoughts that were flooding into her head. With her wedding only a week away she was greatly concerned with how Jack would fulfill his promise of getting her out of it and then let them be together. And then what had Celia meant when she said that she had thought she wasn't going to return? Could her recent actions concerning Jack really give people that impression? And if she could get out of her marriage with Edwin what would become of him? There was just so much on her mind and so little time for her to figure things out.

Slowly she turned around and walked back into her room. Shutting the door behind her, she walked over to her bed and sat down on it only to get back up when she felt a strange lump beneath the sheets. Curious, she removed the sheets to find Celia's maid uniform still neatly folded underneath them, her angry outburst the previous day had made her forget to return it to her when she had the chance. After thinking for a moment she picked up the uniform and brought it over to her dresser and placed it down on it before quickly changing out of her dress and into it once more. She had determined that she would go and visit Jack once more to see if he had come up with anything concerning her marriage.

Just as she was adjusting the headpiece in order to conceal the remaining strands of her hair still visible from outside the dress she heard her door begin to open and quickly turned around.

"Y-Yes?" She asked in a voice slightly higher than her normal one in order to fully disguise herself only for her eyes to widen when she saw it was Edwin who entered the room.

"Oh, I'm sorry; I thought Keira was in here." He answered, seeming to convince her that he wasn't aware it was her though it didn't calm her.

She shook her head while the rest of her body did as well involuntary. "N-No, she's n-not here."

Edwin narrowed his eyes as he stepped towards her seeming to be examining her. "Oh… Well do you know where I might be able to find her?"

She shook her head once more.

He continued to stare at her for another moment before backing away. "Alright, if you see her please tell her I'm looking for her."

"Y-Yes Sir Edwin… I'll be sure to tell her."She told him.

She continued to stand in fear in the center of the room as she watched Edwin leave the room, letting out a sigh of relief when the door finally shut. After waiting a moment in order to get some distance from him she walked over to the door and stepped outside into the hall. Once more she left the castle through one of the servant gates on the side of the castle, and once more she was unknowingly being followed.

It was around noon when Keira arrived at Jack's farm and she was relieved to find that he was out collecting tomatoes that were going out in his field.

Quickly she started to run over to him, calling his name. "Jack!"

He turned around and almost fell down as she threw herself into his arms for a hug. "Keira?" He asked as he looked down at her. "You're back already?"

He felt as she nodded her head against his chest before looking up at him. "I… I just had to see if you've come up with anything yet…" She answered quietly.

He let out a sigh and slowly rubbed her back. "Keira, I told you, I'll try to think of a way to get you out of this marriage but it's going to take some time for me to figure out the right solution."

She sighed as well. "You're right… I guess I'm just being impatient again…"

"It's alright." Jack assured. "We'll figure this out."

"Your right." She agreed before pausing for a moment. "Still… I can't help but wonder what will happen to Edwin afterwards…"

Jack's body shook at mention of Edwin's name as he began to remember his conversation with him the other day.

As the words "As Keira's fiancé I amveryclose to her" echoed through his head he looked down at Keira with a great sense of worry as she held him tightly.

"Will he really hurt her if he knows she's out here?" He thought to himself. "But does he even know that she's out here?"

"Are you okay Jack?" She asked causing him to focus back on her.

"It's…" He began before looking down at her and stopping. Should he really warn her? Edwin was right about that if he warned her about his intentions that word would likely reach her dad and it could only hurt him. Was it worth the risk?

"Jack?" She asked.

"It's nothing…" He finally replied, deciding not to tell her. He placed his hand on her back and directed her towards his house. "Let's go inside and get something to eat."

Silently she nodded her head and began to walk with him to the house as a figure in the shadows shook its head.

It was late in the evening when Keira finally returned to the castle and she was looking forward to having a slightly more peaceful sleep. Once she shut the door to her room she walked towards her dresser and began to remove the headpiece in her hair when she became startled by the sound of her door opening once more.

"H-Hello?" She asked as she stared across the dark room over at it.

"Hello… Keira." Edwin greeted in a cold tone as he stepped into the moonlight from the window.

Keira almost fell back at the sight of him. "E-Edwin?"

"Have fun out in the forest today?" He asked with a hint of anger as he slammed the door shut behind him.

"W-What are you talking about?" She asked nervously.

"I saw you and your little… peasant friend today…" He answered as he began to approach her.

As he neared her she could almost feel his anger and began to back away. "I-I… well…"

He took a large step forward and gripped her arm tightly. "Well what?"

She grabbed onto his arm. "I…"

He gripped down tighter. "Answer the question!"

She tried to remove his hand from her arm but it was no use. "Edwin stop, you're hurting me!"

He pulled her closer to him. "I'm hurting you?" He asked in an angry tone. "How about when I watched you throw yourself in that peasant's arms? How do you think I felt?"

"I-I'm sorry!" She told him almost crying.

Keeping his grip on her arm, he turned around and threw her over at her bed. "It's a little late for that."

He walked up towards her causing her to fall back onto her mattress as he began to lean over her.

"Edwin, what are you doing?" She asked, nearly shouting.

He only formed a grin.

"Celia! Someone! He…" Keira tried to shout only to have Edwin place his hand over her mouth and tightly grip down on it, causing her pain.

"Now, now, my soon to be bride, you don't want to make things worse do you?" He asked rhetorically.

Keira could only start to cry as he tightened his grip on both her face and arm.

"I'll just put it like this…" He began. "You hurt me… so now… it's your turn to be hurt…"