I raised my fist and attempted to hit him, but my hand stopped mid air when his left eye opened.

"Ze'er can we talk for a while"

"I'm coming out mother" I pulled myself up, and get out of my room. While rubbing my aching b.u.t.t slowly.

I saw the worried look on the face of my mother. I smiled and hugged her. In the modern world I never had a mother, so I'm very much untimely crazy. I can be sweet and cold at the same time, maybe because the term 'family' is new to me. Having sisters and brothers is not something new to me, but having a mother is different.

I hugged her and inhaled her perfume which is oddly calming. Actually in this lifetime I am very much thankful that the heavens permitted me to have a mother. I always wanted and wished to have one, but my father was too busy to find me a mother. I remembered him saying "You're old enough to get married, why are you still looking for a mother when you can be a mother yourself? Go and get married!"

"I missed you mommy" I whispered

"Come child let your fiance rest, let mommy take you somewhere"

Mom and I walk out of my courtyard and went to a pavilion.

She urged me to sit on one of the carved stone chairs. I obediently sat and listened to her. She stared from afar, and her eyes held a deeper meaning of loneliness.

"Ze'er when I was your age I was sent by my parents to form an alliance with this kingdom. It was the king who made the arrangements, but I never wanted to go and marry the emperor. I know how dangerous the palace is, it is not a playground to play nor a battlefield to fight for. The imperial palace is a GRAVEYARD. Do you know what I did to stop my own marriage?"

"Mom... What happened?"

"I ran away, I went to the Northwest of this kingdom and escaped from my responsibilities. Do you know what else happened?"

"Mom--"

"It was a lonely night for me to stop in an inn. Your father was drunk and so am I. We met by chances and even hid our very own ident.i.ties. It was a love at one night, no regrets he claimed me. But the soldiers of the emperor found me. They tried to put me in jail because of treason, and then I was sentenced to death by my own parents. Luckily a week after, your father saw me. He saved me, he fought for me and when the doctors came to check on me-- they found out that I am pregnant with your elder sister."

I stood up and hugged my mom.

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"The emperor was cruel, he did not let me escape fully. He forced my best friend to be the crown princess. He pa.s.sed his throne and his son ascended the throne. And before he died, he bestowed marriage between your eldest sister and his son. They have a huge age gap and that was the payment. Do you know how hard it is now? But that didn't end there"