I THOUGHT I WAS PREPARED TO SEE THAT, BUT IT WASN'T THE CASE. I should have seen it coming. It wasn't as shocking as Avy's death, but still.
Daisuke Maël Maximillian.The great Prince between the greatest.It was his dagger that killed me. I don't know exactly how it happened. How I got attacked, but it was his dagger and pretty much his doing. But the worst part is: I'll die in two years.Two years… I'll only have a year to do everything I want, once I'll have to waste 12 out of my 24 months left, on that stupid competition for the Crown Princess position. A year will go to waste because of him and my life will also end because of him. Daisuke will be, literally, the death of me. In the worst way possible.But until there I can do whatever I want. Although I'm going to follow Avy's example and not tell anyone about it. If they ask me, I can just-"What the fuck do you think you are doing?" I heard Rai's deep and angry voice coming from my doorstep, and then I turned to see him, ignoring the blood tears that were rolling down my eyes and falling on my clothes and on the ground.He was surprisingly handsome, and very much like a male version of me. With golden wavy hair and blood-red eyes, fair skin, but about two heads taller than me and build up like a warrior. Sharp jaw, high cheekbones, straight and thin nose-bridge, heart-shaped lips. My brother's beautiful. Although he isn't with a beautiful expression now.Why would he be angry with me for seeing my own death? Isn't that what he wanted? Bipolar.Blinking, I stared at him. "What do you want with me, brother?" He clenched his teeth with my calm tone."Why did you take off that damn thing, Nsomi?" Ugh, I fucking hate this name and he fucking knows it. "Don't you realize that every time you look at someone with your vicious eyes, death follows you, Nsomi?" He keeps doing that on purpose.How annoying."With all due respect, brother, if my eyes are vicious, yours are too, because they are the same. Moreover, I'm not seeing someone else's death, I'm seeing my own, so you don't need to get angry. It's what all of us always wanted anyway," that caught him off guard.Perhaps because I never talked back. But fuck it, I'm going to die in two years anyway. Who cares?! I don't!"Nsomi," he yelled. "You've completely lost your mind!"I laughed loudly like a wicked woman and stared at him with a psychopathic grin and my eyebrows raised, "I just saw my death, dumbass. How do you expect me to react?"When he was about to say something, Aeneas showed up out of no-fucking-where, and I stared at him for an instant, absorbing his appearance. He looks like a fusion of our father and his mother. Curly golden hair and light emerald eyes, pale skin, and a body similar to Rai's both in muscles and height."You saw what?" He asked shocked. "What's wrong with you? Why did you take that shit off?" Ha, those two are so funny.I had a smirk on when I talked back at him, "You two are so damn funny. Both of you want me dead, just like everybody else. Yes, I can see others dying with my eyes. No, I do not kill them. No, I can't do anything about it. No, it can't be changed. Yes, I don't mind if you all blame me for it. Is that what you want to hear?" They both were speechless while staring back at me. "Look, brothers, I don't mind you hating me and wanting me dead. Really, I don't. But you have to remember that the eyes are mine. No one told me to use the blindfolded, I chose to. If at any moment, I don't want to use it, I won't. Besides, I don't get why are you two freaking out like this."I turned my back on them and got back to the mirror. The tears were still falling, making me, indeed, look like I have lost my mind. And probably did."As I said to Rai before, I'm just watching my own death. I've told you both how you will die, so why can't I know how my death will be when this power is mine? I've told you guys out of consideration, I didn't need to. I was curious. Moreover, I wanted to know what I look like, the last time I saw myself in the mirror, I was 3 years old," I rolled my shoulders, passing my fingers through my face and wiping the blood. "Now, ask me what you want to know, and stop throwing a tantrum about something that does not concern any of you!"I turned my eyes back to them, and I got pleased by how uncomfortable they were. How amusing. "How much time do you have left?" It was Aeneas who asked."52 years," minus 50, that is."How can a horrible person like you live so long while my sisters died so young?" Rai yelled disgusted.Rai would one hundred percent, be happy if he knew how long I actually have left. But I'm not going to let him know that at all. Let him be fooled, I don't give a damn. "Right?" I started with a crazy grin on. "If what everybody says is true, then I am a horrible person indeed. Damn, how can a murderer like me stay alive for so damn long? I, who murdered my family and my best friend. The Gods are so unfair," I mocked acidly and stared at him. "Brother, you may be the Heir Apparent and next Duke of our house, but you are still in the same position as me. Don't act too highly," I turned to Aeneas. "The same goes for you! Now, if you don't want me to stop using the blindfold permanently, get the fuck out of my chambers!" I spoke through my teeth making both of them angrier than before.When they were finally getting out of my room, I heard them mumbling to each other, "She has completely lost it this time!" I closed the doors and turned to the mirror again.Feeling weak, my legs gave up and I fell to my knees, staring at my pitiful picture, letting the tears roll down. Of course, I didn't mean as much as I said to them, but I just couldn't hold it in anymore. They got used to saying shit to me while I listened to every-damn-thing silently. I let it happen for so long that now they probably think I don't have my own voice and that I won't have the strength to talk back.Avy used to say that there was a dragon asleep inside of me, but when the moment of me getting tired of all this shit came, the dragon would awaken and everybody should fear that moment. I don't know about them fearing me, but I think that moment is here. Now I can't stop thinking that if I had dared to look in the mirror and see my death before, I would have been able to enjoy my life more than I did. But I closed myself from the world after Avy's death and refused to go to any social gatherings.So the last time anyone but my family and those close to our house, saw me, was pretty much the day that bastard blamed me for his sister's death in front of everyone. I just couldn't handle it. Of course, I knew that was going to happen, and I told Avy about it, but she still insisted on keeping it a secret, so I did as she asked. But it's still hard to swallow everything they tell me.Taking a deep breath, I tried to think about one possible last resort to not participate in the Crown Princess shit. Maybe I should let go of my title of Princess and noble, as well as let go of my place in the line of the throne. That way I won't be of use in this event.The Queen had said to me that, if I wanted to ever ask her or the King, anything, after Avy's death, I should go and see them in person. Could that be the reason why they ignored my letter?Furthermore, I never set my foot on Soleil Keeper again for three reasons: It reminded me of Avyanna. Second, everybody hates me there. And lastly, I can't meet Daisuke again, or something really bad could happen. But maybe now I can, knowing that he's only going to kill me in two years, I'm not in danger now.Cleaning myself, I chose a dress and got ready to go there.I HAD A LIGHT-PINK BLINDFOLD ON, THIS TIME, AND MY DRESS MATCHED. Honestly, I don't like to wear dresses, probably because I'm used to spending time on the training grounds always dressed in sweat shirts, trousers, and boots. That's my style. But only my family and Avy knew that, and they never told any outsider saying that 'it can taint our image', and things like that. But it's not like I hate dressing up like this. I don't hate it, and I understand why I have to do it. It's just that I would gladly choose not to, at least not every single time I go out of our territory. It can be annoying. When I was getting on the carriage, my brothers and Rai's best friend, Elodie Aoife Branwen {the wealthy and radiant white crow}, the daughter of Duchess Branwen, stopped me and got into it before. "How childish!" I mumbled annoyed and they stared at me, unbothered. "Why are you staring at me for?" "How do you know we are staring at you?" The girl questioned, sitting on my right, in a condesce
"DON'T LOOK AT HER IN THE EYES, DAI, SHE'S NOT USING her blindfold." The Queen yelled, startling both her son and myself. Come on, it's not like I'm a dangerous person. I looked away from her and her husband, trying to hide my annoyance. "Pardon me?" Daisuke exclaimed, and by how his voice got even deeper than normal, I knew he must be dying to kill me right now. "How dare you do this to the Queen and the King of the Kingdom, you little whore," he exploded, catching me with all his strength by my forearm, and I managed to avoid his gaze. If I hadn't spent all those years training my body as I did, he would probably have broken my arm on the spot. "You weren't satisfied with causing my sister's death and then you came after my parents?" His grip got even harder and I bit my lips, using all of my strength to hide my feelings from him and dressing a poker face on. "Do you have a death wish?" "Why are bringing me closer, Crown Prince? Do you want me to look at you in the eyes, Y
Daisuke's point of view • • •IT WAS STRANGE.The last time I saw that girl so shaken was when my sister died. I got speechless when I heard what Rai said. Shouldn't I be happy that she saw her own death and was disturbed like that? Then why do I feel so uncomfortable? When you tell others about their deaths is one thing, but when you saw your own death happening with your own eyes, it's a totally different story. It's not surprising that she seemed to have lost her mind. That's probably what passed through all of our minds. She's right, we all hate her, but deep inside of us, I believe all of us know that she isn't the one who caused all those peoples' deaths. That's why we all froze when her brothers said that. She was so oblivious to her surroundings that she didn't even realize it when her brothers, my sisters, and Princess Elodie joined us. And when she got out, the look on her eyes was frightening… it didn't seem like her. I turned my attention to her brothers, and f
Thya's point of view • • • WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE D'ARCY MANOR THAT DAY, after losing my mind in the palace and losing track of the time I spend on their training grounds without their knowledge, I had a very bad argument with my father and my stepmother. Especially because Rai and Aeneas made everything difficult for me, telling them about what I asked the King and the Queen. They got mad at me saying I was an ungrateful daughter for wanting to have my title taken away from me when I'm a child of House D'Arcy and some shit like that. But I got tired of it, feeling like all of my energy had been dried up, and let them keep talking until they let me off and got me on three-day-long probation. Probably because they were afraid that I could run away. Or because the King and the Queen advised them that I would certainly run away if they stopped paying attention to me for even a second. And so, they ordered a load of Knight to stay around me, as if I was a Gods-damn criminal. It wa
THERE HE WAS.The literal bane of my existence and cause of my death. And he came prepared, with sunglasses on, probably expecting me to come like this. The same could be said about his two loyal dogs.Adonis and Sohan. Both are also the first children of their respective Houses, of the same rank as Elodie. And well... Us.But their pride was too big to handle. And they also hate me, and would very much gladly kill me if anyone asked. Oh, they blame me for Avy's death as well.In summarizing, they are just as hostile toward me as everybody else. Not a surprise. They only lose to Daisuke, of course.Speaking of him, even though he was using sunglasses, I could feel his stare burning my skin. He must have planned so many things to make me miserable. And I can't even blame him."Why are using your blindfold on your neck and not covering those cursed eyes of yours, little wrench? Are you going to keep doing this now?""Why so lovely at this hour in the morning, your royal highness?" I smi
Sohan's point of view• • •ALRIGHT, I'LL ADMIT THAT MAYBE WE WENT A LITTLE OVERBOARD with Nsomi. Talking for the both of us, we just got blind with hatred when she began speaking like that, purposely provoking us. However, we indeed may have done more than we should have.But it's not like anyone will know, right? Daisuke doesn't have to know at least. Although I kind of think he wouldn't mind that, once he's the one who loathes this girl the most.We sat in front of Avyanna's chambers door, resting our back on the wall. I confess that I'm feeling a bit bad for her because although we blame her for Avy's death and everything else, she isn't to blame for that. She doesn't have control over the power she possesses, and it's not like Nsomi asked for it.I think everybody knows this. No one is stupid enough to believe she causes those deaths, and now that she saw her death, it's even more obvious that she doesn't cause it. Although, at this point, after all that happened with Avyanna and
Rai's point of view • • •PRINCE DAISUKE BROUGHT ME, ELODIE, AND MY BROTHER TO his castle, then he told us that we would be settling down there. But not Elodie, once she would have to compete in the Trials as well because she was single and all of that. Aeneas, curious as always, asked where the girls would be staying, and when he smirked, deep down inside of me, I knew what was the answer."Avy's castle!" His expressions were vicious, and we didn't need to think so much to know that he was doing that purposely to hurt Nsomi.I, more than anyone, know his hatred towards her because I feel the same way. But I confess that I'm feeling strange since the moment I saw her staring at herself in the mirror with blood tears rolling down her eyes. She hadn't noticed me before, but I was there for enough time to see how shaken and broken that made her.That is why I don't believe she will have that long. Yes, we are all pissed with her for what she can do, but it's not like she killed them.A
Daisuke's point of view• • •I FROZE WHEN I SAW MY MOTHER KNEELING DOWN ON A LAKE OF Eileithya's blood, holding the unconscious girl in her arms, with a desperate look on her eyes. And I hated it. I hated how helplessly desperate I felt.But I was only able to react when Rai fainted right behind me, shocking me even more. It seems like he doesn't hate her as much as he pretends to. "Take care of your brother, damn it!" I exclaimed to Aeneas, who caught him on his arms."She... She... She... She isn't dead, right?" Elodie asked shaking like a fish out of water. "Did you do this?" My mother questioned me with fury in her eyes. And here I thought she wanted the girl dead. "Did you asked the boys to do this?" The boys?Adonis and Sohan? No way. There's no way they did this on her. "Mother, I don't think this was their doing!""Where is the fucking physician?" She screamed and at that moment, two physicians came inside, and behind them were my best friends. "Fast. She's almost not breath