2) Princes concubine

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I woke up to loud knocking at my front door which surprised me because nobody has ever come this far into the forest.

I got up quickly sneaking down the stares to get a better look. Mother had been up long before me so she answered the door.

To my surprise it was royal officers. What would royal officers be looking for in the forest.

"We come in the name of the crown" One of the officers says in a loud and formal tone. "Reports say that there a maiden here with bright red hair" One of them says with emphasis on 'bright red'.

"Yes that maiden is my daughter, is there a problem officers" My mother says trying her best to keep her composure.

"The prince has ordered her be his concubine" One of the guards said 

What the fuck was going on. My first day in town and this is what I got.

"No. I will not allow my daughter be the princes whore just because he finds some interest in her hair color." my mother says in a blunt tone

"Maybe you don't get it. This isn't a request, its an order" The guard says while pushing my mother out of the way

"You search upstairs and ill search down here" One of them says

"And if we find out that you're hiding her, you'll have to face the princes wrath" one of them says while grabbing my mother.

"Run Rose, don't let them catch you" My mother cried out as one of them pushed her to the ground

"Mother" I yelled out while running to my room and locking the door.

"I have to get out of here" I say to myself trying not to shut down 

I went to my closet and took out all of my longest dresses and tied them together

I pulled on it to make sure my make shift rope was tight enough to support me.

BANG BANG 

"Open up in the name of the crown" I heard them shout through my door

I quickly tied the rope to my bed and threw it down my window. I had to hurry before they broke my door down and caught me

BOOM

I heard them in my room

I quickly made my way out of my window and into the woods. I ran as fast as I could hitting a few branches on my way.

I looked back a few times to make sure they weren't catching up to me

I had been running for so long i didn't even recognize where I was anymore,

I found a place to sit under a tree and I just cried not knowing what else to do. Everything I ever knew was now gone and I didn't know what to do.

As I was crying my brain registered what happened to my mother. She must have been arrested by the time I started running.

I would have to go back to save her. But how, they probably took her to the castle by now.

I didn't even realize how late it had gotten. The sun was almost done setting.

I didn't feel safe enough to sleep where I was but there wasn't much I could have done.

I could feel myself slowly drift into sleep. I would have to figure out what to do tomorrow.

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If you couldn't tell, the past two chapters are being told in past tense. So she's telling the story from the future. I felt like it would have been a bit confusing if I didn't add that part.


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