"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbIJRAcBiC
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wCVbEopAQ
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCCv22zxG9
Miranda pulls out an old newspaper. In black print they can see the headline. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0P0i03vbS
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjprf1c1XF
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKwfUtlrKV
𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 9,000 𝐈𝐍𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 1,000 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃𝐘!382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWxVuEgy6n
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Q5pkkBLWS
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXHAeYjYmb
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd945kcBIt
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMJUse9C2g
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR4qZ5VTP8
"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."382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHQOrPgOfi
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAugvl16cWl
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNHTr0jvWQ
"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". 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkkqkWxqcC
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP5BIMeLTu
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3Hx6iM9e0
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYX8PwPRmP
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoM0MTkeCv1
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzQjSC7HRb
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU7OYD84sd
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqiuHhq0Oj
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm668ZY0tAp
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sCcdaMjhJ
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XWJE405bS
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4mLfkmOFJ
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24wk8rGZLk
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSVDvdTgE1
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLSAWtOfal
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8t0ajbHI7
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXn0Mu3yQP
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL74vMtgjXo
"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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhFiEAtgNr
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcK6DIhexN
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2igdYA2Lsr
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzIDQfjDIV
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgygK9pxmJ1
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWHfrlXrOV
~~~~382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadnq3ANZfI
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxxeQmEZEv
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQzjH9qMeg
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.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJIFMbQW3U
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptUu2b9udc
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoThH5UdCPl
She grabs the silver goblet with chilled water and simply pours it over her head.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwQkSrLJGG
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSq5W65pRC
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsew3guL5sm
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbrgCUBEvs
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiuxMkmAAP
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ709HFwtR
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49dd4Xi7o9
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM4x6psHlj
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jTPctzKp9
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnIl5QntXm
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyr5hNbfBP0
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FPan5dWDu
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NdKoNvhAA
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 silence382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLduQjLmBNW
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TOUYEU3Ga
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqPEaPg8oB
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi3CsJREaV
"Who..When did you find out?". 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsC5g4bDgi
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Fe636UHrV
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrlLPEWn0t
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2o3tIGEXES
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkb5E0JtAe
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwphJM4aF0A
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI1PRfmZ7Y
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtM275BK36
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3AmKKaR3j
"We are here to bring you back, sister". 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODCZanBh76
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIEH0yyqfv
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94IXfcJWLC
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsnWk5q9qG
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ev1i0eRBS
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDoCy7i0O4
"Yes, they did and since last night, your adoptive siblings do". 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAyAnnk6jA
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio1XfHjzL5
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAf7KfmaOv
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSmnOTPsNv
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YZ9EJKZwW
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKwxX9Y6MN
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVVNzkhOMG
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOO3Qigz9E
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglyH1Sizk6
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWj4EbzSOm
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeCxdqgTjX
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOTkuCl98r
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iqWhdQ4OA
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycgKPAwHwz
Arabella once finished, dried and wears a nice silk nightgown. Just right for the season, it's light and cool to the touch. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRic9iHT46H
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg8arB8H3P
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPwnjcdHz5
It doesn't take long for her to fall asleep but unfortunately it's not a comfortable one. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5aLdwHm3o
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2cuDI6cpX
~~~~~382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pFpwatt3P
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqyRvzosUk
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOOCS1UtT9
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYj95f5yQZ
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41TZbFNVqn
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoa4d3ka4r
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhT6O68Di5
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkrSg4iOhT
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYONXpa81n
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqb88Z9iTt
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8hZ6frdcC
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LIuC5tr8w
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f1XPA6TsL
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHc8jYXUdG
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgYczEqLzW
"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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklOQBhnNqd
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzdO43QEN3
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLsgYOiEs5
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". 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqttdoaIY6a
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMgr7oNJlO
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWbDme6xD6
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. 382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5RqWqoKX7
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrs1y0Q69Q
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3dvDXOtYA
The dream at least has given her courage to face her own mother.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl5QY4amFp
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJcOgZS9Ev
382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65wseBNT3v
