The Edge Of Forever

03| white smile

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w h i t e  s m i l e : 흰 미소

MY THOUGHTS ARE WHAT I BREATHED IN, not the air in which the mundane surroundings were a lifetime away. 

I paid no heed to my surroundings,  where the only talk of the house was regarding a marriage. A marriage which included me, a stranger and a future I did not wish for.

I had my mind dwelling in dangerous territories; regarding the very man who had his scheme intertwined in our lives to gain more power. I was never one who could make myself fuel my anger with my own thoughts but it was the thought of him that had my blood go from neutral to boiling. 

I wouldn't be able to accept my death or his own death without me avenging my father and mother and I didn't believe in anyway that my marriage to someone on the opposite clan from him would count as that. But the only way I could even reach up to go against him was to gain my own power back. 

As the daughter of a king, I was loved by the people of Goryeo yet the fear for the cold princess was there. I had many of the ministers against me but I had the hearts of the people which was what I was looking for. 

But now, the hearts of the people had been turned. The people were not anywhere, they were lost between the faction that had power and the faction that was only picking up it's pieces from the fight.

My mind was ablaze, thinking of every possible thing I could do to step up, not just for myself but in the name of my family. Choi had warned me to leave things completely and only obey orders after I had come to live with her and Ji. She had known the fury was driving my mind into a state of conspiring something in my mind.

"Mina!" A voice called out with frustration etching the tone. I snapped out of my gaze and peered at the very person who was in my thoughts a second ago, and found her was glaring at me. "Pay attention will you?" 

I huffed in annoyance. "I do not care to participate in this wedding." 

Choi narrowed her eyes and checked her surroundings to be sure none of the servants or people around us overheard. The only person who heard was Ki, not that Choi minded her too much since she was probably the victim of hearing more than just that.

"Well since you are the one who is getting married, I think you should start caring round about now." She hissed, her eyes narrowing.

I shared a look with Ki who only lowered her head.

"I do not care for the preparations." I stated, lifting my chin. "Nor do I want to partake in any of the preparations." 

She sighed. "And nor do I want to; but sometimes we must do things we we do not want to." 

I bit my cheek from the inside to hold back from making another retort. Choi had decided the sooner we start packing my belongings for the shift, the better it would be so the hard would be out of the way. She didn't realise that the hardest part only came from me, when I was to be wed.