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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05cuPzFk3P
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Miranda pulls out an old newspaper. In black print they can see the headline. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWPyGBK0MJ
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𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 9,000 𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 1,000 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘!364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6sMm1Ymye
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYFUVwxBuO
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"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."364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPcgyTuB35
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"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". 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Unp4YmJ5d
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkkr16ecLa
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7u8NO1Yewn
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyy8AE2WtZ
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlUdKqEoHF
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj3kcID48n
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"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.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq9r7cPxoJ
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYHCD2iXek
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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.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgc53EMVq79
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She grabs the silver goblet with chilled water and simply pours it over her head.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP5YoPOCwp
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FS60AGHQ2
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjhKfmWV19
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tZVc3GHoi
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96z02tItaf
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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 silence364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpCqKl2iQw
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"Who..When did you find out?". 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuARsAdBZF
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMZ4NAJS9W
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljoq3QwT80
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"We are here to bring you back, sister". 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LD2WhS4HT
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wT2AeXDx9
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"Yes, they did and since last night, your adoptive siblings do". 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJofugvGNeV
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpG6ps62lF
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxOGlnrd7b
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4Fmxpl5CE
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyF4pcrCsUw
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Arabella once finished, dried and wears a nice silk nightgown. Just right for the season, it's light and cool to the touch. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJPwzjXz4d
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It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep but unfortunately it's not a comfortable one. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7wDCMEv6w
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClvLZwYBC3
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73fWhgkmbx
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJOHDPshBm
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYsLKQMmis
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"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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvwIShCWAl
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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". 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsygpHGV2T2
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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. 364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnvjzgWdKy
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The dream at least has given her courage to face her own mother.364Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVFMDNzojH
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