I place my hands on my hips and glare at him. He smiles even wider. I roll my eyes and shove past him out the door.
"I didn't get your name!" he shouts after me.
I break into a run and don't stop until I'm safely on the castle grounds. Slipping my hood on, I climb the tree next to my window until I'm level with my window. I breathe a sigh of relief, it's still open. Carefully placing my hand on the sill, I pull myself over until I'm hanging from the sill. I cry out in pain as my arm scrapes against a nail next to the window. Shaking off the pain, I pull myself into the room. Crashing onto the floor, I immediately shut the window. I hold my arm up to examine it, a gash runs from my wrist to my inner elbow. I curse before standing up. Rushing over to my drawer, I pull out a bandage. After binding my arm, I peel off my dirty dress and slip on my dress for the ball. Making sure my arm is covered, I slip on some lacy gloves. I look at my face in the mirror before sweeping some light pink gloss on my lips. I force a smile at myself in the mirror and repeat my mother's words in my head.
"Smile, even if you feel like dying inside, you can hide all those feelings with a smile."
I tip my chin and push open my door. Time to play pretend.
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RULE (Completed)
Macera"You are queen now, start acting like it." Ariana has waited her entire life to become queen and rule her country. But things prove to be much more difficult than she ever thought they would be. After the death of her beloved father, her mother sudd...
