〘𝑀𝓎 𝑅𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝒮𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉〙- Prince Raji x Reader

𝑅𝓊𝓃 𝒜𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒫𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈

It had been almost a year since your older brother prince Fremis was sent to a far away kingdom as a bargaining chip.

Your father, the king of Canadal was a character overcome by greed. He had been so obsessed with keeping his position as king that he sold off his oldest son to prevent any war, as well as keeping Fremi from becoming the next heir to the throne.

The king clearly had no intention of giving up his spot, and would go to far lengths to do so. This would include ridding of any other children of the royal family. And the only ones left of Royal blood was you, and your younger brother Lahncer who was far too young to inherit the throne any time soon. Plus he had no interest in it. Instead he was set on becoming the "worlds greatest writer." As he put it. 

Your father would voice his disappointment in Lahncer, but you could sense his lies, and that he was happy that his son wasn't a "threat" to his position.

It was only weeks after Fremi's absence before you noticed a change in your fathers demeanor.  It could be that he was missing his son? No of course not, the only times they had to bond was when they were discussing Fremi's "future" as the next king.
You found it disgusting how two-faced your father could be. Why would he have children in the first place if he would later rid of them?

And the worst part of it all is that no one suspected a thing. No one except you of course.
You thought about this whole situation while sprawled our on your bed. Comforter wrapped around you while staring out into the night sky.
Then it suddenly hit you. "How could I be so oblivious?" You mumbled to yourself. 'If father is getting rid of everyone that is a threat to the throne, then I'm his next target...'

It was only recently that the council of Canadal had changed it so both men and women could inherit the throne.

You felt your face get hot, and your eyes began to water. The thought of being sent away was unbearable. 'I'd rather be a peasant than being sold off like some doll!' You thought to yourself, knowing that it was an exaggeration, yet mostly true.

Then a thought quietly seeped into the back of your frantic thinking. 'What if I were to run away?'

A chill ran down your spine as the thought grew louder. But the longer you thought about it, the more it seemed like a good idea.
As you imagined about where you would go, and all the possibilities of what you would do, your body went through the motions of rising from your bed and gathering your things.

'If I were to run away, I would bring... my money of course.' You thought to yourself while grabbing your stash of coins and placing it into a larger pouch.
'As well as extra clothes.'

You continued to gather many other things, even going down to the pantry to gather some food until you were faced towards your bed with a pouch of everything you needed if you were to run away.

You lightly chuckled under your breath, thinking how silly it was of you to put this all together.

You pause for a moment, taking in what was happening. "Wow.. I'm... I'm really doing this, aren't I?" You say while staring at the pouch.
As you come to terms that this was indeed what you were going to do, a pressure in your throat was released. All this build up towards what you think is the right thing leaves a bittersweet taste of defeat.

You pick up your pouch, placing the sash over your arm then adjusting it before spinning around. Taking one last look at the room you had spend so much time in before turning towards your door and reaching out your arm to leave.

After sneaking by the few guards who had night shift, you had made it to the castle gate. You took one deep breath, held it four seconds before exhaling in attempts to calm yourself down. It all felt surreal, but this was a reality.
The metal bars softly creaked as you officially exited the castle.
Lifting your hood up onto your head, you looked down the dark padded dirt road.

This was goodbye, as well as the lead of something deserving of sorrowful partings.