᯽⊱❈═ E T H E L ═❈⊰᯽At the festival, this was where she was, this place she found herself, in this call full of noise, people, and colors too vivid for her eyes to keep up with.'I don't know where to look…' she thought as she closed her eyes briefly, trying to make them not hurt, trying to get a direction of where she was, where she was taken."Ready...whoa...? - She looked around, looked everywhere possible but couldn't find it.No sign of those brown hairs that looked like honey when the sun was shining; no sign of those platinum hairs like hers.She was lost."We didn't even get to the festival properly." she realized while searching, while trying to see hair as white as the petals of a lily "how can I lose such white hair?" she asked herself, a question that was recurrent even in her early life, since it didn't enter her head how she could not find her father, not with such an extravagant color on his head."Miss...?" a child with black skin, burgundy hair and silver eyes asked a
᯽⊱❈═ A U D R A ═❈⊰᯽He had seen her again, had met those violet eyes he had seen lifeless, had seen that white hair without being stained with a viscous, icy crimson.He just saw her, being a child and simply... living."This... makes me happy," his forearm covered his eyes, eyes that could no longer stand the light coming into them, "I hope you're not an idiot like the first time," he smiled at the thought, wondering if she could ever reach that level again, if she would ever fall in love with that unhappy celestial.No, she couldn't.He hoped something would confirm that she was smarter than he expected."She has her memories, there's no way…" the silver-eyed man found himself answering his own questioning "only if he really thought he could change something, and this... clearly isn't the case" his voice was getting lower, worried "there's no way to change something like that, he's an imbecile of a Maverick" his teeth clenched, clenched, clen
᯽⊱❈═ E T H E L ═❈⊰᯽· · • • • One month later • • • · ·Papers, papers and more papers. That's what she had in her hands at that moment, the ones she had picked up while her father was not in his office."Let's see, who could it be?"She concentrated while reading in the middle of that garden full of flowers, the fragrance was spreading everywhere because of the wind that now messed up her hair and made it difficult to read."For the… I nee-...A leaf ended up flying through the air and a slight panic filled her. She couldn't lose that leaf, she shouldn't even have that leaf to begin with.But in the midst of this, red hair was seen next to a black garment that accompanied the hand that took the document. It was the boy who had helped her at the festival."...What are you doing here?" he seemed to really question as he looked into those silver eyes."Your father sa
᯽⊱❈═ A U D R A ═❈⊰᯽He kept looking at his options, what would be the culprits?Obviously, if they took out the damn archduke and the damn curse that went with it, maybe even that wouldn't be necessary in a way, maybe a culprit wouldn't even show up before that thing they called Kyree sprouted and fell in love with her...but it was good not to remedy, he didn't want to make any mistakes this time."Suspects..., suspects..., suspects…" he started mumbling to himself.Nobles? But what nobles? That family was barely involved in anything, you barely heard Verena's name in the gossip wheels, they were practically erased in this matter, and only stand out in a way by their title..., so something from within would be more likely?"On her mother's part? No, what would be the motive? It's a distant place and they're a family of priests, plus the place goes well...from her father? Who is left? That old woman with the sour face?"He took the artifact and ac
᯽⊱❈═ A U D R A ═❈⊰᯽More days went by, and with them, more meetings between Ethel and Audra.Be it in the garden where the platinum one used to stay, or sometimes a certain being with dragon wings landing on the balcony of her room.And these encounters were something the little dragon treasured in his chest, even if he never dared to say it out loud."You should stop coming to my balcony, they might get the wrong idea," the girl said with some concern."So what? If they get it wrong, that's less bad suitors for you," the burgundy-haired one said as if it were too obvious, "no loss.""You mean none, don't you?" She leaned her elbows on the railing, and sulked as she looked up at the reddish sky, which made the color of her eyes even more vibrant."Whatever, you don't have to think about it now," the little dragon lay down on the ledge and began to twirl a violet between his fingers, "and even when the time comes to think about it, I won't let any
⊰᯽⊱┈A U D R A┈⊰᯽⊱· · • • • two years later • • • · ·The celebration of the seventh birthday of the ducal princess. There was so much pink and so many frilly things around the place, that the little dragon swore that when he left there, he wouldn't be able to see another color in his eyes for quite a while."You came! I was beginning to think I'd be alone..." the purple-eyed one whimpered as she clung to his arm."You'd think I'd leave you alone on your birthday, what do you think I am?" she asked with one of her eyebrows arched as a slight smile painted on her face.The purple-eyed one gave a mischievous smile before opening her mouth.She didn't want to hear it, it would be better."Don't answer" he placed one of his fingers in front of the girl's lips, which made her laugh lowly; so consequently the red haired one gave a long sigh and a simple smile."Can you be here? Shouldn't you be talking to the others?" the little dragon questioned her as she reached out to straighten her own
᯽⊱❈═ E T H E L ═❈⊰᯽I didn't want to stay there anymore, I didn't want to go into that place again at all and see that face, even before that was the face of someone he loved."So..., was that it? But is that curse right? He had condemned me for loving me? But he...he..." was stuck in her head for a while, she felt like she was now in a deep, dark place that she couldn't get out of, and maybe, she didn't want to get out."We got out..., now you can breathe..."She heard a familiar voice in the background, and slowly she felt the warm hand that held hers carefully."Where were you in my first life?" he questioned within himself.He wouldn't have gone through any of that, and even if he had, he would have a place to come back to, someone to throw in his lap and tell how unfair it all was, how it was all too painful and cruel....What were you doing the first time? And why...did it come so unexpectedly this one?"Violet...?" the silver eyes
᯽⊱❈═ A U D R A ═❈⊰᯽The oath of a dragon, an oath that could never be broken, one that would never be broken.That was what it had given Ethel, a certainty that it would continue, that it would be her watchdog for the rest of her days, and that she would not regret it at any time."Silly child..." the little dragon sighed "she really has so many doubts, so many fears..." he couldn't help but think, couldn't help but look wistful as he stared up at that ceiling that now seemed so dull."And you can blame her?" he thought.No, you couldn't, anyone would be like that if they were betrayed by the person they loved, wouldn't they? Completely hurt and wondering where you went wrong, who went wrong, why you were betrayed, what was the reason you were betrayed."a bracelet..." he looked at his own wrist, since he had made a pair "I wonder if she is looking at it now too, if she is thinking about all this..." he seemed anxious just thinking about it, an anxiety