x
"I had just turned twenty and my father was the Duke of Asturias" Miranda looks at the fireplace. Memories take over her mind. "I married Roland not long after. Queen Maria was trying to restore the people faith in the monarchy" Miranda goes over to what is now Fitzwilliam desk. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMJs7xCaTX
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9D3QG6hJHb
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzrszTK3f9
Miranda pulls out an old newspaper. In black print they can see the headline. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nCy9YPJeI
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3Kz86Enlu
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUzkCFOVmH
𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 9,000 𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 1,000 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘!264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneAqDa53j6
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphyqFzLPqh
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPzqe8VuQ8
The photo below shows bodies on top of bodies. Legs and arms are twisted in disturbed and unnatural angles. So many faces are towards the sky but their eyes are looking at nothing. You can see the horror on their faces. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvuJ0zvl2J
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWRj5wB8G8
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUs2fVn5gxS
"The Sovereigns went to the French Ambassadors Ball that night. They didn't want to direspect the French Ambassador but ruined their subject views of them."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9arApMqXz
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUPnMlCNY0
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljlLo2yC1S
"Were they really that heartless?" Theo turns his head in shame. Miranda looks at him disapprovaling, thinking how naive her Prince must be. "They went to vist them the next day at the hospital and donated money". 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgryXQMOuc
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGIOY6GDIs
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjtPgps6DG
Miranda grabs the paper and throws it into the fire. "Nothing they did was ever enough" Miranda eyes are as bright as the fire and burn just as bad. She leans against the fire place and thinks of how things progressed. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkkPbuDAeU
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcuyC8ja4L
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizxAcQzhlo
"You can only do so much to keep a sinking ship afloat" Fitzwilliam despite having been furious with his mother earlier is now just feeling sympathy. He thinks of how hard it must have been for her to leave her entire life behind. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbL0Q7XzkLP
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFloukTIL6f
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFozGZKq2V
Theo thinks of how hard it must have been for his family and people as well. He feels for his family but he understands the anger of the people. Caring for one is jot enough when millions suffer, it truly as a whole is not good enough. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIoPU2fLc0
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2TCcfZB1K
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVEiYe8Txh
It doesn't take a genius to know that somethings aren't able to be fixed. Maria inhearted a broken and changing kingdom. The absolute monarchy no longer holds up in a modern world. Even the best politician couldn't save the country from revolution. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFD4jDQvBZ
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY620BA4YoU
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIurvd4kDh
Miranda stands tall and resolve takes forefront. "Im going to bed and suggest you all do the same" Miranda kiss Fitz check and nods her head to Theo. Both men have so many questions and little answers. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKkXnKUhCK
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJOczjy2qr
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYcpiwOfbT
"I'll show you to your room, You're Highness" Miranda stopped at the edge of the door. She obviously doesn't trust them to leave the past be, not for the night.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1bzY3b4ij
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡansrEOnFuG
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e2Seh9PMF
Theo reluctantly goes to his guest room and finally eveyone in the estate is calm. Unfortunately it won't stay that way when the morning comes. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRmZ6dKh69
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f6dhkCmrD
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uBbb5wVJP
~~~~264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVg8MaGGgsM
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUpW4ra4wy
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3AwYPI1ZH
The bright light of the morning sun shines through her bedroom curtains. Her maid Sabrina comes in smiling ear to ear. The best part of Sabrina day is waking up Arabella. The head of the house and staff let her do whatever is necessary to wake Arabella. Sabrina doesn't even bothering calling her name or shaking her.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BhMQ5yytE
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRZ3g1L3Au
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmgKvobKZ9
She grabs the silver goblet with chilled water and simply pours it over her head.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsKpyVPBbQ
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrgpUVCVpU
Arabella gasp her nightgown soaked and clinging to her body. "Im going to kill you" It's a threat Sabrina hears but has no claim. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Tq014GXWj
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnA9Lo3jV1
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmJNLfuis6
"Yes, you're highness" Sabrina mock curtsys to her and pulls the sheets off of her body. The blanket gone brings cold air and makes Arabella feel the chill more. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExnzncvkoQ
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeU0GR51a3
"Your mother expects you in the sitting room" Arabella can't help but think of why she would require her there so early in the morning. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGozNo1Jrb
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRWuPzWlzr
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdvQx97atq
Sabrina helps her get ready in less than fifteen minutes. A simple blue dress with a high waist and a long blue muslin skirt. Mr.Miller opens the door and addresses her presence to her mother. Red flags go off in her head when she sees Fitz, and Prince Christopher. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF8rXOTC2R
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwci8ZUq85L
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDv05xe0lC
Scanning the room she doesn't see Theo, Kate or Georgina. Her stomach sinks and it's like it's weighted down. "Please sit" Miranda gestures to the sofa in the middle of the room. Arabella wishes that there was good news. The stern faces that are reflecting back at her well, her hope dwindles. "We know of your birth parents" Miranda breaks the silence264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3KqDtytwP
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LiK5FKR39
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwlu6u3Jhr
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2yjafCfZm
"Who..When did you find out?". 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyHNANGQWG
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOxqcFqz2W
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSamsWbGaFm
No one dare meets her eyes, all of them look either right at the celing or to the floor. Anger is coursing through her but you wouldn't know that unless you knew her. The even tempered breathing, the tightness in her voice and the clench of her jaw. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsT2W0QSMqw
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMwtMB1U3z
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGAxLeX4Ke
"We knew when we took you in. Roland and I were waiting for the Queens permission" this was the wrong thing to say to Arabella. "All the questions and all the secrets" Arabella was stalking closer and her shoulder were raised like a pouncing huntress. She stops and her heart drops and it's as if she was pushed into a cold river. "Queen.. my birth mother is the Queen of Avalon" Ara whispers and her legs feel as if they will give out. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCb6byV6F0
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpoBfNIK3u
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUOlWgQhxM
"We are here to bring you back, sister". 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2HCO6zu1R
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagvcIVQWch
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXvlGy2lpO
Ara snaps her head in the direction of Prince Christopher. "You're my brother" Arabella says it more as a question than a statements. "Just like Theo and Kate is as your sister" Ara feels like a fool, shr didn't even think of her two other supposed siblings. "Do they know?" Ara needs to know the truth, after twenty years she deserves to know. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYXrvxl8EI
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mN2eB6uJd
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvcxYZG3Tf
"Yes, they did and since last night, your adoptive siblings do". 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iSFTxThPi
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInJrsi92IF
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4nuWTpI4T
Ara can't help but feel her whole world is coming to a halt. It's like a glass ball that is shattering into a million pieces. Miranda tries to explain things from her side. Ara doesn't hear a world, she just shutts down and blocks it all out. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ElZxk7DMf
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt9mKMvjYg
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zxhRRCivX
Ara brain just can't process it and is in complete total shock. She doesn't feel her mother handing her a cup of tea or Fitz putting a blanket over her. When she finally comes to any awareness at all, she is alone. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROYHZ6eWuh
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeSJtHCctb
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBrgk7VXwq
She really wish she knew what to think or how to react. Shaking her head she stands up and folds the blanket. Ara walks to her room and calls for her maid Sue. "Can I help you, your highness?" Ara asks her to make a warm bath and a table. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6GgEFZer1
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UgLtxR6xc
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuT2mPMNmu
She thinks nothing will relax her more than a good book and relaxation in a nice hot bath. She stays there until the point her hands and feet prune. It's hard to convince her into get in but once she does she doesn't want to leave. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxB4uOIoIX
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4mN95eP6P
Arabella once finished, dried and wears a nice silk nightgown. Just right for the season, it's light and cool to the touch. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDvqC0hpED
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTGEj2HsWZ
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iWb7iuoQo
It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep but unfortunately it's not a comfortable one. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sQQrDXWaY
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtphswW4U3W
~~~~~264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1epeEISwrc
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgbkXbol63
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPoPkBIJDD
Ara wakes up in the middle of a nice garden. Roses, violets, and so many other flowers are in bloom. Their floral scents and the warmth of the sun on her skin. The odd thing is there are no birds singing, it's completely quite. What she does notice is a standing mirror in the middle of the field. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrFWQ9JtcA
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizDDQXYzgD
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFoJuguCQV
It all seems quite normal when she sees her reflection. Her skin seemed kissed by the sun and her eyes were like an emerald. Arabella checks and face were heart shaped. Taking a loom down at her clothes she sees herself in her night gown. There are two people behind her, mother and father. "Daddy, Mama" She throws her arms around them both. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoTgA2wSDX
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWzKmK2P9u
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk4cOdxXVd
She pulls back and she sees not love but anger and disgusting. Where love should be its more like cold hard ice. Instinctively she takes a step back. "You're not my parents"By looks they seem excalty like them but they mean her harm. She knows no good parent would ever wish their child harm. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsuvLa7L7g
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvq5QXS0ghz
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkmBnMreJt
"You are not worthy to know the truth" her mama usually loving face now looks as if she had smelled something foul. Her father.. her amazing father. On the other hand her father wouldn't even bother looking at her. "You are no daughter of mine" he said and it broke her heart. At heart she was always a daddy's girl. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1zjz69Rm6
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVJrvDV4f9
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GE2RMVyLy
"It's not true" a man's voice speaks behind her and she turns to see an older man. He looks about ten years her senior and their is steam behind him. "They have and always will love you" The man said but his voice seems as smooth as honey yet aged like wine. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbuh2GYVf4
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj5XQnyVS7
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R1vRjT9oy
He has sun kissed skin and blonde beautiful hair which compliment his diamond blue eyes. The crinkle in his forehead and his five o'clock shadow are signs he isn't as young as he once had been. "They are just what you most fear" He tells her and she shoots out her hand. "Wait" as he goes to grab him, "Don't leave me, please". She can't help but think she knows him. "I can't" he sighs and gives her a sad smile, "You will meet me soon". 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNtbed2EBh
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcjv5k3MKl
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShSHdCKrY2
It all dissolves before her and she wakes gasping for air and she can tell by the light in the room that it's at least seven or eight in the morning. 264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvoLvaw1cz
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4HKidBX8N
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf7I5kvwi3
The dream at least has given her courage to face her own mother.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmcWdQ6zAF
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1xmBD5ppt
264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3ViaEY5q3
