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2⁰ In The Summer Kingdom

Summer Kingdom

Bella

I lacked the courage to run away! I went back to bed and cried myself to sleep.

"Wake up, Bella, or you'll be late for lunch. And don't forget we have guests. " said Esmeralda, walking into my room.

" There, Esmeralda, I'm already awake." I answer, getting out of bed.

"But you don't look it."

" I don't want to leave the room." I pronounce.

"You're a princess, you have to look presentable."

I get dressed and tie up my hair. I leave following where the day's meals are served.

I didn't say anything, and I didn't even look at my mother, still upset. But out of nowhere, my father stood up, drawing the attention of everyone at the table, and started talking.

"We are here to celebrate not only the arrival of my dear daughter Bella's birthday, which will be in two weeks, but also to celebrate Prince Anthony's engagement to my daughter and, taking advantage of her birthday party, the wedding will be held on the same date along with the coronation. Thus ending this great event with the two married and crowned the new kings."

After hearing all this, I realized that there was no turning back, my life already had its destiny. Everyone looked at me, waiting for a reaction, but the only thing they heard was the sound of glass breaking on the floor. I didn't wait any longer, I ran to my room, I cried even more, looking in the mirror at my sad image, I decided to leave the castle for a minute, otherwise I would cry again, I took an old hood I used to sneak from the palace to the village to find my friend Esmeralda.

I don't want to marry, but I can't go against my parents. I rode to the border between my kingdom and the Kingdom of Spring, but I stopped halfway, since I will spend the rest of my life in that kingdom. I don't even know him, but I already hate him.

So I decided to go somewhere else, and that's when I arrived at the border of the Winter Kingdom. As I approached I felt the wind touch my face, I saw the guards who are there to prevent people from crossing to the other side, and I crossed hidden from them.

I kept walking back and forth aimlessly, but a tree caught my attention: it was made of ice, so beautiful, I was amazed at the whitest rose I had ever seen.

I wanted so much to go there and get it for myself. It gave me a feeling of peace, but I couldn't, my kingdom and the Winter Kingdom had a conflict that almost destroyed both kingdoms, so one can't cross into the other, they only keep business on the borders, being through dukes or marquises.

But I have heard that this rivalry was caused by a betrayal, I don't know what kind of betrayal, I have asked my mother about this, but she always says that this is just another rumor of the maids.

I stopped walking and sat down, still admiring the white rose, until I noticed a man dressed all in black sitting under the tree. His back was turned and you couldn't see his face, but he looked to be about six feet tall, with a broad back, snow-white skin, and black hair.

He is definitely stronger than some of the palace guards.

My goodness, I can see his and the big crown he was wearing now. He is beautiful.

But now, looking at this man, and the immersion of the forest, I realize that I know nothing about the outside world. I want adventures, but I know I won't get them.

I get closer to observe him better, not that I'm interested in him, but when I look at him I feel a chill in my stomach, my legs shake, my heart speeds up, I have trouble breathing.

I don't know what that was, but I felt like I was going to see him again. I felt like the princesses in the stories that Esmeralda told me, but they all had their happy endings, even after what they had been through.

But reality is not like that, I may even be a princess, but I'm not going to have my happy ending forever.

I think I am feeling sick, it must be this cold. I've never been here, but something in his eyes gives me fear and another feeling I can't decipher, in his eyes you can only see darkness, but this darkness looks like the night, with his star shining. These sensations, it is not safe to feel for any man other than my husband. Just remembering Antony makes my head boil, I live a life I have always hated, I remember when I would listen to my mother's conversations with the duchesses, about how they were content with so little. She received no affection from her husbands, she accepted everything that was assigned to her, with her head down. I told myself it wouldn't be like this, but I couldn't keep my promise. I sighed at being defeated by life's circumstances, but each day I stood up stronger.

I was getting up when I saw a woman approaching him, hugging and kissing him. I better get out of here, but it seems he's not happy with the woman he has, this made me realize that it's not just me in this world who's getting married without love, I won't be the last either.

Seriously, I need to stop hanging out with Esmeralda and find a new friend, I'm already talking just like her. I went back to the palace in my sweet home where everything is wonderful, but when I got there I realized that I was mentally wrong, what was sweet turned to bitter and what was heaven turned to hell.

I went through the gate of the hidden palace and flew to my room, thinking I was free of everything, but no, my dear mother was sitting on the couch waiting for me.

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