Peculiar Perfection
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Melody Hyacinth De Kingsley always tried to be perfect. She obeyed without question, Smile when greeting, she spoke when permitted to, She spoke humblely and soft, she walks with grace and elegance, talented and smart, never argues, and most of all, she was taught it would be rude to refused so she didn't.
But her resentment towards her family made it impossible to endure and applied the things she was thought in her sschool when she was suddenly taken back by the family who sent her away to a boarding school as punishment for attempting to kill her sister.
Her departure left a deep scar on all the members of the family yet none of them ever mentioned her name again. it was a curse they tried to erase, but to their suprise, Melody's twin sister(the family's princess) wished to see her twin on their 16th birthday. They had to make this wish come true, because it always has for her, but they didn't want Melody back.
So the brothers made a plan to do anything just to keep Melody and Elodie separated while keeping an eye out for Melody.
Melody didn't want to stay any longer in this house, but it would be another two years before she can get out of this and she couldn't wait anymore. So she marked on a calendar on the day she would let herself be free from all the cruelty and burden that the world has only given her.
Time is ticking, yet the truth won't come out...
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