It was a beautiful beginning.
She was a precious princess who was treasured by her father. Her life should have been filled with beauty, without winter, only sunshine.
She just had to meet him.
As she was dozing off, wrapped in a bundle of blankets on her father's lap in court,
He was kneeling below, with a pale complexion and picturesque eyes. A small red mark was imprinted between his brows, akin to a red-crowned crane - alluring and highly venomous.
He was a prince from the enemy land being held hostage, possessing an uncertain future
She was the princess, with royal blood running in her veins.
Hence, she became a legend passed down in folksongs on the apricot path: To give her life to the one she loves. Even if there came a day of heartless abandonment, there would be no regrets.
But, in this story, there was another person.
At her lowest points, he said to her, I will take you away, to the ends of the earth, not leaving, not forsaking - But, unfortunately, he wasn't the same young man from the very start.
Till the end, when everything that flourished receded, she realized. Alas, all her former hate and pain was nothing but a lie.
Her lifetime was the most magnificent beauty. After which, simply reduced to ash.
//He had my hands pinned tightly above my head as I squirmed beneath him. The blade twisting between his fingers. He held it up to my throat. I was afraid but refused to show it. "Hurt me." I said between gritted teeth. He just gave me a sorrowful glance before driving the dagger into my flesh.//
This is no story of love and happiness. This is a story of death and destruction. One of a man and woman who met one night and not only changed the lives of themselves, but the lives of a whole world of people.
One was fire and one was water. They were perfectly balanced. Until one night when the sun fell just below the tip of the tallest castle, the balance faltered, and all hell broke loose. Fire on fire. This is no memorable story that was told on for generations after. No.
This is a story of the forgotten.
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The prince and princess are forced to marry out of their fathers hatred for one another. Yet, there's a falter to the plan and murder gets involved. Will the two be able to put aside years of pent up hatred, or will love conquer all?
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