bound beyond fates

chapter 16.

are you my cousin?!"  a girl in my age approach me. she has a brunette hair and jeweled blue eyes like mine. i got nervous since it's my first time talking to someone whose the same age as me.

i timidly nooded and she delightly squealed that makes me confusedly looked at her.

"oh my gosh! she's so pretty!" she suddenly hug me that make my breath suffocate. nakita naman ito ng isang maid niya at dali dali hiniwalay kami.

"princess thiarra, stop hugging her like that. she'll die if you do that." she gasped and quickly bowed to me.

" i-i'm sorry p-princess herady, i didn't mean to kill. i just want to hug you but i don't want you to die. " she hiccups and started to cry. nagsimula na din mag panic ang maid kanina.

i-is she crying because i might die if she hugs me? my breath will only suffocate. isn't she overreacting?

i slowly approached her and awkwardly hug her. i patted her back to comfort her.

"i will not die from hugs, so stop crying. you're messing your pretty face like that." she beamed when i said that and she hugged me back. ngumiti din ng matamis ang mga kasambahay na nagbabantay saming dalawa.

"so your father bought you this?" i asked when she mentioned her dress that she's wearing.

"yes! my father is scary but he loves me so much that's why i love him too!" she frantically wave her hands in the air.

"i see." i sadly smiled and she noticed this.

" why are you smiling like that? you look sad. did something happened? " she worriedly patted my back.

i remembered my encounter with father and i didn't notice that i'm starting to cry.

"oh, don't cry herady! why are you crying?" she panicked while hugging me. i smiled at her gestured. she's really a sweet and kind child.

"my father doesn't love me. it's my first time seeing him but he said that i'm not his daughter." i cried hard while reflecting his words inside my head.

"shh, if your father doesn't love why don't you earn his love?" she suggested that makes me stop.

" earn his love? "

" yes! you are adorable and smart so he's going to love you soon! " she cheerfully said that brings hope inside me.

"yes… thank you thiarra!" we hugged each other under the sunlight surrounded by lily flowers, her favorite flower.

i did my best earning my father's love and attention. even enduring my uncle's training in hopes of noticing me. i show off my achievements to him and learning magic so that i'll get ready when i absorb my royale divian. but all of this are all in vain since he just glared at me and harshly dismissing me.

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"hera." napatulala ako sa taong nasa harapan ko ngayon. akala ko sakto na ang nakuha kong pagod ngayon pero bakit pinagbagsakan ako. kulang pa ba kaya tuluyan ng masisira ang buong araw ko?

natauhan ako nang tumayo si aziel at hinila din ako patayo. pareho kaming yumuko bilang respeto sa sakanya.

"we greet the little star of claveria, her highness princess thiarra." sabay naming saad. pinataas niya ang ulo namin at napansin kong may kasama siya. si drake, ang fiancee niya at kababata namin.

as usual, he has this princely ambiance surrounding him. he's totally a charismatic with he's appearance. his trademark silver hair and golden eyes. in other words, he's dangerously handsome that makes the girls around him beg.