Becoming The Duke's Possession[COMPLETED]

Prologue

I always had these dreams when I fell from the top of a high tower where I saw city lights glimmering at night as I continuously fell free and I saw a man fall with me, ilang segundong kaming nagkatitigan na parang napakatagal naming lumilipad sa hangin.

He smiled at me. Sa huling pagkakataon ay tumugon ako ng ngiti sa isang taong hindi ko kakilala. A stranger who stays with me, until we both fall to the ground and die...

"Your highness, the king has called for you."

Saka palang ako natauhan mula sa malalim na pagiisip. Napalingon ako sa tagapagsilbing nakayuko sa tapat ng pintuan ko.

"Yes, I will be there."

Blangko ang mga matang tiningnan ko ang sarili sa salamin. I have these white hair, white lashes, pale white skin and sky blue eyes, like a have no pigments in my body. Like Im old but I'm young.

Everybody accused me of being a witch or cursed. An Ill lady with a communicable disease.

However, I am indeed truly sick. An incurable type of illness na walang gamot dahil walang nakakaalam kung anong klase itong sakit, so I left people to make their own conclusion.

Wala din akong pinagsabihan ni isa sa miyembro ng pamilyang ito. None of them are interested anyway, I was always accused of doing it for attention every time I was dealing with a high fever so I quit telling them anything. If one day I die then that's it. 

"Greetings to Your Majesty the king and Queen." I curtsy to the utmost of my respect and sincerity. Saka palang ako nagangat ng tingin sa kanya.

Unlike me, my father, the king has blonde hair and blue eyes, and so are the rest of the royal family.

"Zanelli Terrington. You will be married to the Lord of Dumkoff Earldom."

He announces. 

I can't utter a word now that I was like hit by a thunderbolt by His Majesty's sudden announcement. Napakuyom ako ng kamao at kinumos ang tela ng suot kong mahabang bestida. What will I say? Do I even have the right to stand for myself?

"Now that you're 19, we should set you to marry."

Napatingin ako sa paligid ko. The entire family is here. My two elder brothers, and my older sister who's the most suitable for marriage at the age of 22 yet this old man is sending me off to another old man to get married.

If they'll know that I'm dying soon, will they let me stay at peace within this palace?

My blood boils as my anger rises but just bite my lower lip instead from too much frustration and pain.

Alam ko kung gaano nila kagusto akong ipatapon at sibakin mula sa pamilyang ito but how can he do this to me? I am still her daughter, his direct bloodline.

I looked at the queen who sat next to the king. Hindi man lang siya nagabala na itago ang nakakasura niyang ngiti.

"However father-" I was cut off by my eldest brother, the crown prince.

"Are you trying to oppose the King, Zanelli Terrington?!"

Napapitlag ako, hindi na nakaimik. I badly wanted to explain myself, to ask why me? Is it because my existence brought shame to this family that's why they badly want to depose me?

In the end, I couldn't resist getting married to a man thrice my age, and having his children older than me became mine as well. Abusively treat me like a maid more than a wife.

That's how I tragically died in my first life...or so I thought to be...