My Modern Fairytale || A Princess Romance || Camp NaNoWriMo

In the midst of a brewing civil war, Sofia, a simple woman, just wants to be married and settle down. That is, until, a prince crashes into her life, threatening everything she's known and her family's safety. As the two of them embark on adventures together, against all odds, she realises she's beginning to fall for him.

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A thud in the distance. I turn suddenly, alert. While we had neighbours, most of them would be in town, setting up for the celebrations. No one would've left their dog outside and although we were on the wooded edge of town, deer usually didn't wander this close.

Shuffle, shuffle. My throat seized.

Suddenly, a figure burst through the hedges, running straight towards me. I suppressed a scream as he ran into me. The two of us hitting the ground. Ow, my nose.

My hand flew to my nose, already anticipating the bleeding.

"Shoot," I hissed in the dark.

"Get down," My attacker roughly pulled me back. We were in one of Mum's many bushes.

"No!" I cried, wrenching my arm back. Was this how I got abducted? I started to breath heavily, scrambling back in the bushes even further.

"Shush, please!" He whispered urgently, "I need your help!"

"I don't need to help you," I hissed, "crazy person! Rushing in on my backyard!"

"I know! And I'm so sorry! It's a matter of life and death!" He panted. Between the low light and the thick branches, I could barely get a good look at my attacker. He had a dark grey hood up and over his head. In terms of age, he was on the younger side of attackers, which did nothing to help my wild theory that he was coming to abduct me.

"So?" I whispered, trying to slow my panting.

"My name's C-." He breathed, "Wait are you bleeding?"

For the second time my hand flew to my nose. As I expected a torrent of blood was running forth. I wiped the worst of it away from my mouth.

"I mean, that's what happens when somebody tackles you to the ground," I hissed.