Royal Runaway {AOS}

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"My beautiful best friend she's growing up. She's the best of me, better than I'll ever be and that's okay. That's good. She deserves it all. She makes me believe I'm worth something, seeing her strength, her heart." -Nasku

"She thinks I'm the strong one but she has no idea how delicate it all is. Happily ever after, nothing scares me like being happy. Happiness is the scariest thing to be. Once your happy, you have so much more to lose." -Nari.

- Georgia Miller

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"Make sure Master Park doesn't leave this room along with the others." The mages all bowed their heads at the queen. They sent the older mage one last look of anger before turning around to face the door. Raising her right hand, she used her energy to spread the door wide open allowing her to step out.

The queen ran through Gyeongchandaeho in search of the brunette girl. The girl leaned her hand against a tree catching her breath. A hand pressed against her rib cage feeling pain from the lack of oxygen. She took a deep breath and continued to search for her. She stops by the lake, seeing her standing at the edge. She let out a sigh of relief, she slowly started approaching her best friend trying not to alarm or scare her in any way. Her green eyes glance to the left hearing the sound of a twig breaking in half. Her eyes widened at the sight of her brother walking toward the brunette girl. Akma stood next to the girl whispering in her ear. "Do it. After all, you betrayed your only family by killing her future husband." She watched how the girl looked at the tall male with tears rolling down her face.

Nari walked towards them, she placed a hand on Mudeok's shoulder causing her to turn around. The girl gasped at the sight of her covered in blood, dirt and black spots where her body started to shift. She placed a hand on her left cheek. "Unnie, it's okay. I'm here." She wiped the brunette's tears as they both stared at each other. The maid let out a cry as she wrapped her arms around her best friend. Both girls cried in each other's arms finding comfort. Mudeok pulled away from the girl, Nari's hands went back to her face as she whipped her tears away with her thumb. The brunette's eyes widened when the feeling of energy hit her stomach and pushed her off the cliff. The queen screamed, running to grab her as an arm wrapped around her waist stopping her. "No!" She used her power creating the shadow hands around the edge, grabbing the brunette's right arm holding onto her. The girl glanced down at the height, she let out a small breath. She didn't fear the heights, she feared she would never get to apologize to Nari for what she had done. Akma chuckled, thinking the girl had fallen to her death. He turned around to look at the blonde girl on the ground.

"You don't deserve to be happy, your highness. Not after you turned a blind eye and failed to save our mother." The queen let out a breath, she laid on her side on the ground. The pain from her back came back. Giving her a hard time to breathe correctly and find her strength to get up. Her brother crouched in front of her, laughing maliciously. He reached for her neck, gripping his arm tighter and bringing her face closer to his. "Did you know it was my idea to bring Naksu back? And kill your beloved future husband." He could see the anger on her face and how her eyes became a dull green as she stared into his dark evil eyes. He chuckled, pushing her to the side and watching her fall on the ground. The girl groaned in pain from her back. She slowly stood back up to face her brother who found entertainment in seeing her suffer. "I know, it's been you all along. Who else would have known that I knew of Naksu and Jin Mu used her for his dirty work." She smirked, reaching down for her sword on the ground. Licking her dry lips she pointed the sharp blade towards his chest.