The Curse Of Fate

Let Me Go

"Today is so beautiful" I say as I look out to the lake that once took my breath away and never ceases to stop. With the beauty it holds and all the beautiful swans, nothing short of immaculate.

"Nothing more beautiful than you" Nathaniel chimes in as I punch his shoulder and can't help but cherish this moment. As his head falls on my lap and he lies there and I run my hands through his hair, "Read to me?" He ask as I nod but can't help the smile burning itself onto my face.

"Of course" I say as he lays in my lap and I caress his soft hair as I read and let the words drift him to sleep, "But yet again she found herself in a impossible situation, the heart is a tiger. Best to be cage but only yearning to be set free, to see the world with the one that own it. The one that frees the tiger is the one who hold the loyalty once crushed, bringing it back from the grave, reserecting it from the ash it was burnt to the ground before. That's the truest of love, the one to survive war itself." I say as I look down at him and see his eyes staring back at me as I can't help but smile.

"That's the most beautiful sound I've ever heard" he says as I let out a laugh, "What book is that" he ask as I flip the book closed and glance at the title I'd neglecting to memorize.

"The Unspoken Words By Katy Gerlik" I say as he sits up and pulls my face closer to his.

"Well let my feelings about you be nothing but the truest words spoken" he says as he pulls me closer to him and kisses me as I've never felt such a thing in my whole life.

So soft and caring but yet so passionate and fiery as I caress his face and bring him closer to me as he breaks the kiss and breaks out in a smile.

"So.......was that worth the wait?" he ask as I smile at his confidence, but no matter how comfortable I was with him I could never tell him the truth. Part of me wanted to come clean, wash my hands of the truth but I couldn't, because I knew he would run for the hills if he knew.

"Definitely" I say as he stands up and holds his hand out to me as I take it and he leads me back to the palace.

"I really shouldn't burden you all for much longer, I'm so sorry" I say as the queen flashes a smile at me as she briefly looks up from her tea.

"Why are we bringing in a bastard of a girl into our house, into our lives. If you have no intention to marry her quickly bed her and move onto the next fine women you can lay your eyes on son, one that's worthy of the title!" The king says angrily as the queen drops her tea and grabs the kings arm.

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK AB-" Nathaniel starts to yells as I place my hand on his chest and with that simple gesture I can hear his breathing slow and him calm down.

"I understand where you're coming from King Vance but with all do respect I would like to ask you a simple question?" I ask the king as I stand in front of Nathaniel, holding him back.

"Fine. What dimwitted uneducated question can a bastard ask anyways?" he scoffs as I paste on a smile, never giving it a chance to leave my face.

"What are you simply without your crown that you pride yourself so keenly on? With that title that you can't help but flaunt? What are you without all that, your bloodline means nothing. Because what is living life without adventure and love?" I ask him as he falls silent and I continue, "I may be what you label as a "bastard",but I have a better understanding of life than you ever will. Because without that crown and title we are both simply the same, human beings" I say as I take Nathaniel's hand and lead him away from the king and into the library.

"You need to calm down, everything is fine now" I remind Nathaniel as I run my hands up and down his arms, trying to desperately calm him down.

"I'm fine, Frannie" he says as usually I would detest that name but yet it brings me comfort that I'd never thought I'd need til now.

"Mrs. Roberts, you mother is here to visit you" says a older red haired woman as she enters the room and simply stands there as I contemplate my answer. To either stay with Nathaniel and send my mother away and leave my burning question go unanswered for another day or leave Nathaniel in this state.

"I'll have to reschedule with her, please tell her something of urgency came up" I inform the servant as she nods and is about to leave.

"No! Go with your mother, ask her your questions" Nathaniel says as I look at him and nod at his words, him wanting me to leave him like this. I don't know if I could because I fear what he would do alone and me being without him.

"No, I won't leave you like this" I tell him as he smiles and mouth for me to go as I walk over to him and place a kiss on his cheek and follow the servant down the stairs and to my mother. "Mommy!" I say partially excited as I pull her in for a hug and she sits down at the table and we stare in silence until I work up the courage to ask her. "Is it true?" I ask her bluntly as her smile falls.

"Yes, it is" she admits as I can't help but let my suprise escape through a sigh. "It was a one time thing, but your dad knew. Daniel decided to step up and be your father, he even went as far as naming you after him, he loved you til his last breath" she says as my eyes fill up with tears at the thought of it.

One thing I never had in my life was a dad, I had a father. I was the result of someones sperm but they didn't decide to stick around to see their product. I would stay up night on end wondering why he left? Was I not enough? Was I to ugly? He started my low self esteem issue and the bullying only made it worse. But no matter how moved I was to hear this I had to remember this wasn't my life, this was Daniella Roberts not mine. I had to remember I was just as much a nobody with no dad to call her own as I was since I was hurdled into here. It was not my place, this was not my life, not my story.

"Thank you for that" I say as I stand up from the table and start to walk away.

"WAIT" she calls after me as I suddenly stop but stay facing the wall instead of looking at her face. "Aren't you mad?" she ask me as I simply nod.

"No, it's not my place" I say as I simply walk away from her and back upstair to the library because I so desperately needed to be held by someone who could remind me I was worth more than I at least thought.

"Come on, William" I hear as I stand in shock to what I see in front of me.

What I saw in front of me was none other but the man I had grown to care about kissing not just anyone but Eliza. But sadly I couldn't blame him, I just wished he had never claimed to care about me and pummeled my heart. Because my worst fear was coming true before my own eyes, utter heartbreak in all its pain and glory. The one thing I never wished to feel in all my life was what I was feeling in this moment and it was just as how they described, except worse with the feeling of a dagger piercing my heart at the sight.

"Nathaniel?" I whisper his name as he pushes Eliza off of him and looks to find me standing in the hallway.

"This is not what it looks like, she forced herself on me. You have to believe me Frannie?" he begs and suddenly as that nickname comes out of his mouth it makes me nauseous.

"Please.........just don't" I say as I lock eyes with Eliza and she can't seem to wipe the smirk off her face.

"How does it feel Dani? Hope it hurts" Eliza says as I burst at the seams and the tears I fought so hard to hold back come running down my face with only one action.

"It does" I say through my sobs as I run, as I simply run hoping something to soothe my pain may sit on the opposite side of the castle, until my legs grow tired and rest in the garden. Surrounded by the one thing that used to bring me comfort that I shared with someone I thought truly cared but instead left me with the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life.

"FRANCESCA!!" he yells as I turn the other way because I already know that with the slightest glance of his face my pain will worsen.

"Please, just hear me out" he begs as I can't help but let the tears continue to fall as they never cease to end, just like the pain.

"You said you'd do anything to show me you cared for me?" I simply ask him.

"Yes I did" he says as I can hear the pain in his voice but the pain in my heart only grows as I hear his voice.

"Well then the best thing that you can do now is to let me go. You made me feel the pain I never wanted to feel, my worst fear, heartbreak. I'll never be the same, you broke me and every time I even hear your voice I break more, so.....................let me go."