her'

ust as the alarms were. I backed up to the wall and he walked up to me

o swoon over me now?" He said, a mis

ed and running after every demand you can conjure. I am not going to swoon over such a man." I said and

. I suppose your father did not school you properly on what t

a marriage so what kind of treatment am I supposed to

ng hell here." He threatened but I merely laughed. He had n

can assure you that you are the very least of the miseries I have encountered in my life. So please, spare me all the drama an

d me, his eyes darting to my side

e of the designs. My fingers came back wet and I was just about to put them close to my nose t

ready prepared to shed your blood for me?" He

ght and I can barely breathe right in it." I said an

et married in a dress that wants to kill y

arly enough or simply bleeding me out so I do not have to put up w

e. Why don't you take it." He f

all me my handmaiden, might as well start get

arms circling my waist and pulling me up to his chest. The scent of Keith hi

ife, we would have been partners in lies and

t with fear. Was he really as cruel as he was rumored to have been? Was he going to kill me and put a

loosened. Before I could say another word, he ripped the corset from my body and the rest

call your handmaiden for you since you can almost kill yourself just to look pleasing to me, then

he dress, seeing that he had slit the entire chest open with the knife too. If not that the dress had been after my

kon at me from the room. Even the name she h

owed, too angry to car

out bleeding, I brought you first aid." She said and I looked at the wound on

ed back to her and washed the surface of

t back to the room where

ore. Let me take it from here." She qu

I said and sat down

will get a hang of the running of things around here." She assured me and for the first time that day, my

elling me that," I

to be here anyway." I said to her and made to g

s specifically made to hurt whoever wears it." Ella noted and to be fair, I had

ht, starting with the dress and then being forced to marry my sister's cruel groom. It had been a rollercoas

he undercoat of the dress, pressing the damp fabric on the wound and walking out of t

ly thing there was the great view of the city from there. At least, there was something finally p

All the princesses are entitled to that." Ella qui

it out of date but they are functional and I don't care about enjoying any

s. The pain was unbearable and I wanted to ask for anesthesia but I knew it would

to avoid the bandaged wound. I quickly did that and by the time I was out, there w