The Binding Fates SEASON 2: The Present

Chapter 1

[Elyse's POV]

Everyone here in the manor is fake. I see, I remember it now. The way they hate me, the way they ignored me through all these years. No one helped me. They knew my mother is being harsh, even my brothers who sides with my mother. I remember her telling me in front of the mirror while preparing me for the party told me I am beautiful and she loves me the most in the whole world which is why she's being cruel to me.

But I know that is a lie.

If you love your children, you wouldn't do things that will hurt your child. Whenever I made a mistake, she would punish me by locking me up in the tower or in my dirty room, sometimes even in the library when I failed a test in my subject at school. She would force me to love books — to love knowledge. She would force me to do things I never want to do. And yet, naive I was, I would always follow.

Those days I would always think, "If that's what mama wants and it'll make her proud of me, then I will do it." I know, it was the stupidest idea I ever had. The very first mistake in my entire life as Aniya is to force myself to love myself back. And when I realized my mistake, she would corner me for killing all the ones who truly loves me. Making me left with no choice but to obey her.

After that, just like her usual line, she would always say, "You know, Momma loves you so much... right?" She said with her wide eyes staring at me — staring right into my soul. I nodded, defeated. I regretted it all. In order for me to get out of the hellhole I made for myself from my mother's trap, I confessed to Tina for the mistakes I've done to her and it made her go insane. She killed everyone and starts getting corrupted. She cursed, and murdered, as our blood stayed at her sword.

I could feel her anger and pain. And I couldn't forget the night I saw her murder Hezelle. Yet I know Hezelle is not completely dead. In the end, Hezelle became the last standing Alpha to survive Tina's wrath. Everyone died. Yet here I am, going back to the past, being Aniya again.

I don't know what's going on with the Princess's mind, but I know it has something to do with me going back to the past as Aniya. After all, she did say something about a deal, or I might be overthinking. Nevertheless, pain shouldn't distract me in this timeline. In order for me to find out the reason why the Princess did this to me, I must come forward, but I need to not repeat the same mistakes again, or else, I will be doomed and I won't find Tina here.

I need to find Tina, with finding the reason why The Princess regressed me back as Aniya. As soon as I calmed down my nerves from the traumatic memories, I heard a horse's noise from below the tower. I look down from the window and saw The Crown Prince's carriage. Right, I remember it is also the right time for me to meet the Crown Prince for the first time.

I look into the mirror once again and I realized, I came back to the time when I am still 9 years old. I will be 10 years old 2 months later — on the coldest night of September. As expected, a knock on the door came and the butler spoke outside the door.

"Your Grace, we need you to get ready." He spoke. It is still Jonathan, the butler who hates me and gave me another traumatic experience in this household. As far as I can remember, this room is not originally my room. I have a fancy room inside the manor — outside the tower. Mother would always lock me up or let me stay here whenever there are no guests. The room inside the manor is only for decoration — a pretentious scenario that mother loves me so ever gently rather than my three brothers.

I followed the butler who made me go down from the tower to give me a royal bath. The maids chose the clothes I will wear and followed them again like a prisoner meeting the Crown Prince. As I reached the staircase, I looked below and saw the young version of Crown Prince Samuel — Tina's future husband waiting for me. In reality, Mother wanted me to marry Samuel. However, something happened that I could not comprehend why but Mother's mind changed and married me to Thaddeus.