Royal Alpha Alexander (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 3

~~Skyler's POV~~
(A.K.A Lucy)

~~FLASHBACK~~

My body is totally engulfed by numbness: lying in front of me is the dead corpse of my beloved mother who just sacrificed her dear life for my own. I dashed to my mother and embraced her with everything I got because I know for sure that I will never see her again. God knows how much time I have spent in crying my soul out. I don't care if I am all wet by my poor mother's blood, I just want to hug her one last time.

Suddenly the door creaks open and someone barges in. "Annabelle dear, look what I ha- OH DEAR LORD!! SKYLAR WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" I watch as my mom's friend drops the bowl filled with mouth watering cookies  on the ground.  I don't know anything about her except about the fact that she despises me. Just like everybody in my village, she hates me. She thinks I'm a monster.

"I knew you were a monster with human skin in disguise since I saw you. Look what you've done to Annabelle. You killed her just like you did to your father. You murderer." A tear slides down my cheeks as I remember the day when I did truly killed my father.

"No! Please stop it. I didn't do anything. Please believe me," even though I know its no purpose for me to explain it to her, I tried. I tried because I still have a small hope. But even that little hope quickly vanish into thin air as she throws me out of the house. 

Now that I have no where to go I walk recklessly all day and night in search for food to satisfy my hunger. Eventually I manage to steal food and survive only on stealing. But then again, it does not go as well as I thought because I am eventually caught stealing around by the royal guards. 

~~END OF FLASHBACK~~

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling thirsty. I grabbed the jar, took the lid off and watched as the liquid slid down the glass that I was holding with my left hand. After drinking it, I tried to fall asleep but my mind seemed to go against this idea because whenever I close my eyes, the picture of my mom's dead body flashed into my brain.  Then for a brief moment Miss Laila's suggestion about visiting the whole mansion and all came to my mind. 

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Holding the lantern tightly, I walked into the dark and uninviting corridor. A small breeze brushed on my skin making me shiver: even though there were no windows in view. I kept moving forward and then suddenly I found myself in front of the forbidden room. I stood there for some times, debating with myself whether I should enter the room or not. Finally I gripped the handle and turned it over so I could sneak myself in.

 As I took in my surrounding I could see many pictures of the previous kings and queens hanging securely on the wall. As I took a closer look, I could see small pieces of informations written below every pictures. All of a sudden I felt like my whole body was becoming numb; I saw the portrait of the same stranger with ocean blue eyes that I had met before in front of me.

 I didn't know what took over me to move forward a little bit and touch it with my left hand. I took my time to observe his features without worrying about him finding out. He was truly a master piece as if he had been blessed by the goddess, Aphrodite herself. The person who drew this was truly amazing as I could spot all the fine details even through this painting. His jawline looked so sharp that it could tear anything into pieces. Even though it's just a painting it was as if he was staring deeply into my soul... As if he could truly see me. But I would have to admit he was deadly gorgeous. And I mean it.