The Heiress of Aragon

tha, I don't w

still

nt to make the most of this freedom, this anonymity. You ha

hs. That's a life my sister knows well. As I finish getting ready,

ily. My mother is from another planet. It sounds like a joke when I say it out lo

ory military service. The purpose was for them to learn to live without the privileges they had back home and to evolve as individuals. In most c

y fell deeply in love, but like all passionate relationships, the flame eventuall

e time they arrived, my mother had already discovered her pregnancy. Aragonese women typically have pregnancies that last about twelve months, but my mother was already halfway through and her weak body struggled t

Earth. Reports of pregnancies between different races hadn't presented as many complications. They decided to track down my father a

. Haron proposed to my mother. As the ruling prince of one of Aragon's five principalities, marrying him would grant me legitimacy and a rightful place in the family. I know, you're probably wrinkling your nose at this point, and I don't blame you. They got married, and my mother managed to carry the p

ou look beauti

ady for our friends' graduation party, determined to make the

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my current boyfriend. He was handsome, polite, and very smart - the kind of boyfriend every girl dreamed of having. He

l everyone's fun. At that moment, she was looking at me with those black eyes, and I knew she was reinforcing this information. So, I smiled and asked him to dance. It woul

over the breakup and questioned a thousand things I coul

eh. Stop grieving about it," my sister blurted

ndha, that wasn't

ing his heart into

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verything you and he were feeling? I

ou're a sociopath and enjoy th

love for life. Two weeks from now, he's over you." My sister was a staunch skeptic waitin

little talk of yours

our father preparing one of his

e is it?"

r answered, sitting on the chair near the

girls

omething with a lot of c

r?" my father asked,

up with her

oaned, banging my

? I thought it wasn't th

what he thought - that I knew I had little time when I started dating

on is feeling? As if it wasn't enough to deal with my turmoil

r favorite pancakes. Go upstairs, take a shower,

her. He always tried to cheer me up. My sister hugged me as we walked