What happened before

Nora pov

I hate when people label me as a bad mother. Im really am not. Sure Alexander said I would never take care of our kids, but it wasn't my fault I just don't like kids. Sure call me selfish I don't really care.

Like Alexander said I didn't want to marry him either. You really think I wanted to marry a stranger? Plus we both hated each other and even though we had four kids we still hated each other. Oh well. So I just stayed away I didn't want kids he did.

I bet your wondering. Wait a second aren't you suppose to be dead? Didn't Elinor find your dead body in the closet? Nope I'm not dead I faked my death, well Alexander helped me also. We both couldn't stand each other anyways so why not have me leave. Plus I also sort of had a drinking problem but whatever.

"Look Nora I can't take it anymore you need to leave you don't even do anything"

" oh my god finally I've been waiting forever for you say that"

"Wait what?! You want to leave?"

"Um yea you really think I want to have four kids or be married to you"

"Fine then, how will we get rid of you, you can't just leave people will get suspicious"

" ummm what do you want me to do fake my own death" Nora said almost about to laugh

"Seriously Nora we need real ideas,...... wait a sec that isn't that bad of an idea"

" wait so we're actually going to fake my death? Your joking that'll never work"

" it could we just need a girl who looks like you then kill her, than I guess hang her in the closet so people think you killed your self, I mean you already drink so people might think you were depressed than have a fake funeral"

" wait so we're going to kill someone?!?!?!??"

Nora was than not wanting to go through with the plan if they had to kill an innocent person. But she didn't say anything. She didn't care enough to say anything.

Later that day both Nora and Alexander wore regular "peasant" outfits to look for a girl who resembles Nora.

Sadly at the same time a 19 year old girl was out and about the town and both Nora and Alexander say her. It was incredible the girl looked so similar to Nora. The girl was roughly the same height and weight, she also had long red hair with green eyes.

" Nora look that girl looks the same as you, we'll use her."

" I don't know do we really have to kill her, why can't I just leave."

At that moment for the first time in Nora's life she actually cared. I mean were they really going to kill an innocent girl.

" I've already told you it would be suspicious if you were just to leave and what am I suppose to tell the kids what if when there older they try to look for you?"

"Fine we'll kill her"

They followed the girl home sadly she lived in a Remote part of town so if they were going to kill her no one would see.

Alexander was the one to kill her because Nora was to scared. And she really didn't want to kill her.

Alexander first knocked the girl out then strangled her with a rope, till she finally stopped breathing.

Nora stood in the back just watching with her cold heartless eyes she did feel bad for the girl but not really if this was the only way she could leave then she'll gladly kill hundreds of people.

But than again she didn't say anything. They carried the young girls life less body back to a castle. But went through a secret entrance.

" ugh why is this so hard to cary a dead body" Nora wined

" you think I know"

Surprisingly no one saw them carry a dead body into the castle.

"Nora get those scissors over there"

Nora had recently cut her hair to her shoulder. She didn't even remember doing it, she was just so drunk.

They cut the dead girls hair to match Nora and put her in one of Nora's dresses.

"Wow it's so creepy how similar we look"

"Then that's good, okay we're going to have Elinor come in and find you "body".

" why Elinor"

" well she quite young but not as young as Arianna or not as old as Valka, also she's pretty tough I'm sure she can handle it."

Nora was fine with it even though she had never really spoke or was around her children she knew that Elinor would be fine if they had her find it plus she didn't care not her profiles that's her daughters problem if she gets traumatized by this.

"Okay help me hang the body"

The had moved some parts of the clothes in the closet away and hung the body.

"Okay your free to go, have a nice rest of your life hope I never see you again"

"Hold up I'm not leaving yet, I'll leave once the kids fall asleep so I can hug them for the last time without them knowing"

"Fine But you better hide and why would you want to see them you don't even care about them"

"Why not idiot"

The real reason why she wasn't leaving immediately was she was going to leave a note telling her kids everything that there father was a monster who killed someone. She also left some clues if they wanted to find her cause why not. She went up in the attic and found an old dresser and put it in one of the drawers.

Right then Alexander went looking for Elinor.

"Elinor there you are can you go up to your mothers room and call her down"

"Okay, but why can't you"

" just go and do it"

Elinor then walked up the stairs just looking around, wondering why her father needed her mother. She then got to the room and opened the door.

She didn't see anyone but when she had walked in she saw her mother, in the closet?

Weird

She then realized she was hanging in the closet. Her young mind couldn't realize that it was a dead body.

"Mom" she said as she poked the lifeless body wondering if it was all just a prank and her mother would wake up.

But she never did, at the same moment she realized what was all going on and screamed, she screamed so loud that everyone heard her.

Her mother was dead