After rinsing the salt off my body in the shower,I wrapped up a new bandage around my wound.Then I heard Aceline knock on my door."Come in."
I came out the bathroom with my towel over my head and body."How is the wound?""It hurts less.Sometimes I forget it's there so it doesn't hurt at all."
"Well,I thought I'd stop by.The dinner is ready.""Really?They were fast."She chuckled."I didn't know Klaus could cook until today!Can you believe that?"I shrugged."I don't know."
I took my silk nightwear two piece pj and put it over the bed before turning back to Aceline."Aceline,how is he handling the whole 'we were never dead' situation?"
"He's past the shocked phase but he's still processing if you ask me."I got back inside the bathroom after I got all I needed as clothes.I changed and I came back.
"Let's go downstairs before they eat without us."We came down to the kitchen."What are we having?"Adrien wrapped his arm around me and kissed my cheek.
"Ok!Here is the deal!I get that you two are togather but that is our sister right there,Chevalier!"Adrien picked me up instead of letting go.
"Bianchi,are you jealous because I have a girl and you don't?"I rolled my eyes."Adrien,come on.That's my brother."He rolled his eyes and we all sat down around the table.
I sat on Adrien's lap and Aceline on Klaus' lap."So,how long are we staying here?"I shrugged."As long as we keep studying and taking our classes even though they're online,my father doesn't really mind."
"How about we stay here until your birthday?""Aceline!"She turned to me as I gave her a stern look."Reine,she probably forgot."I rolled my eyes."Joe,you can't be serious right now."
Frank looked me in the eye."Is it-"I nodded.An awkward silent settled upon us."Can we just forget about it?All of it?"
I sighed."I'm going to go take a breather.On my own."I got up and Adrien got up too."No.I said on my own."I went upstairs and then climbed up to the roof out the window.
The thing about my birthday is...That is the day Alain left.Right before I blew my candles out,Alain gave the news.Things got heated.Alain left and while I was running,father got to me.
He yelled at me over and over and over again for things that wasn't even my fault.Telling me that I was worthless,that I was going to live by his rules from now on.Yelling it all at my face.
I was just four!I was a four year old toddler!A child!He slapped me across the face and slided all the way across the room.He picked me up and made me look at him.
He yelled at me even more!Hearing it all in my head,echoing against the walls of my skull,killing me...I didn't know what to do.I was a kid.
When he hit me for the fourth time,Esmée got to me before he did.She locked me to my room with Aceline and Joe.I never told them what happened.For now,only Frank,Esmée,father and I know about this.
The birthday candles I never got to blow,burned down the entire manor.That is why I hated my birthdays.All of them.I have never celebrated a single birthday after that year.
Aceline,Joe and I just sat down togather and ate as much as we could stomache.Esmée would give us everything we asked for my birthday.
"Princess?"I did not expect to hear his voice and I got scared."I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!I'M SORRY!"
"Reine?!Reine,what are you talking about?!Reine,look at me!"He got my face in his hands.I shook my head as I tried to free myself from his grip.
"I didn't do anything.I swear!I didn't tell anyone!I wouldn't tell anyone!Don't do it again,please!"
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Our Little Secret
Roman d'amourReine's step-mother has enough of her.With her father's strict rules and monitoring,they send her to her half-older brother's school as he had just become the new Dean of the academy. Flight from France,Paris to North Australia,where the academy is...
