Behind the lies and those eyes..., Lauren [book recommendations TXT] 📗

I came from a wealthy family , I grew up on an estate of five hundred acres of land. The house was large, made from cream coloured stone, slowly eroded by ever pouring rain, from frosty winters. The inside was grand, walls the colour of cream and fragrance of roses, my home was fit for royalty. There was over three hundred rooms, my favourite room was my room because the four poster bed was draped in new silk from china. The walls were a pale pink and the bed cloths were pale green and the wooden floors were a slight shade of cream . When I was at a young age my room was filled with the finest things you could ever imagine, rocking horses imported from france, china dolls from america which were so realistic. I loved my home, the gardens were filled with flowers, a large maze with a large play house in the middle. The maze was my favorite place, expect the woods where my tree house hid, I kept dolls and many toys all over the place. The maze, was magical as it was the only place I could truely hide.
Things changed as I got older though but still I was happy in my own way, the saddest day was when mother passed away and unfortunatly father remarried giving my two older sisters which was hard because I was use to having one older sister but she was eldest and engaged.
Soon after no more than a year I had to put up with my two stepsisters, who were awful in their own way, not like the cinderella story though. They got all the attention from father, who never gave me attention, only mother before she passed gave me attention. Father was always absorbed in his work, but now he was under my two sisters spell and their mothers. I was sent to my room often, always missing out on meeting guest and future suiters.
Apperently I wasn't fit to be a princess or to take the crown since father had no sons. My sisters, rudith and lilith were going to take over. Rudith was a tall thin girl only 17 now, she had golden brown hair and dark blue eyes. Lilith was the same too, but she looked a bit more gingery to me but she has "golden brown" hair. Then there is me, I'm small only just 4'9, with the most unusual hair which is yellow like the sun but nobody in this country has that hair colour or for anywhere else but to make things worse nobody in the family has that colour. I am also only sixteen meaning I am the youngest. I also have freaky eyes, most call animal like, they are amber. Thats why people call me vicious, violent and bad tempered. My life wasn't going well at all at least things can't get worse...

Ok so that wasn't true, things could get much much worse. Our country has just been taken over by a legion called the " Breakers" which doesn't sound good at all, even the name can terrify people. Nobody knows where they came from, it all started with little rumours from far away villages and little towns. So nobody really reacted, as this is a capitalist country; we only care for ourselves and those closest to us, as this is a world of winner and losers. We are the winners. Corection, we were. The strange thing about the Breaker Legion is they are small in numbers but yet they still manage to conquor us all. One distinctive thing everyone remembers is the uniform, their battle uniform is blood red, probably soaked from the blood of our brave soldiers who have unfortuantly lost their lives. I do not understand how such a "legion" can take over a country like us, we may be isolated and filled with many woods, rivers, mountains and towns. But we are strong, their soldiers had mere swords but our soldiers have muskets. Yet no man survied to tell the tale, they have been roaming through town to town coming closer to our home in the capital. Many sending messages to the palace have stopped, we fear something has happened to them. I sit waiting in my room, it had a great view of the gardens, yet again I had been sent to my room. 

I looked at my dress in the mirror swirling around in it, it was simple compared to my sisters but yet made from rich fabric. Tight fitted by the waist, I didn't mind the corset but thank god I don't have one from france like my sisters. French corsets are suffocating but made for special occasions, I think. My dress was a beautiful ocean blue with pale pink trimmings. It didn't have to be overflowing with decorations to be beautiful. Thats what I think but I'm always wrong, everything has to be overflowing with decorative items to be beautiful. Like what rudith says, whats the point of having money if you can't show it off. I don't belive in that and because I don't believe what I'm meant to, therefore I am classed as unimportant and unworthy.
I returned to looking out the window then I saw, red dots, more red dots surounding my home. A man on a horse got closer and closer, followed by a large group of men in red. By the time I had knew it, they were right at the door, the man not dressed in red looked up and saw me. I quickly slid down and hid. I could hear screams of maids, shouts of concern for my so called family, only me and a few maids were upstairs. I continued to sit on the floor hiding, I got up and saw nobody outside and all sound was quiet...

The king was sat uncomfortable, looking at the man and his soldiers who had defeated and slaughtered his whole army. He was dressed finely, in black which made him stand out but they all wore the same creast but his was embroided in gold. It looked like a moon, a wolf and a lamb mixed and disfigured. With writing in an unfamiliar language. It was the first time the man spoke." Who else is in the house, is there anyone upstairs?" The king nodded." there are some maids upstairs but I can't think who else may be upstairs," The man looked like he questioned his honest words. The man then looked at his daughters and then back to him. " my name is Brent minette but you will call me sir or your highness," The king looked shocked and held his wife's hand tighter fearing for his wife and two beautiful daughters lives. " yes, your lives are in risk. How about I make a deal, instead of you all being sent to the gallows we will have an arranged marriage but I will remain as king,"
The king was shocked and feared for his daughters, he didn't know what to do, the king looked in the direction of the stairs remembering his daughter arabelle. He had forgotten she was upstairs but Brent would be severly disapointed with her and they would all be sent to the gallows. As if the kings mind had been read, brent ordered for upstairs to be searched but only a hand full of frightened maids were found. Where was his daughter?

The king cleared his throat and questioned" when are you planning the marriage?"
Brent replied" two days,"

The king couldn't decided if it was lilith or rudith that shoud be wed.

I crept downstairs wondering what had happened, there was nobody upstairs and it was so silent. I tip toed carefully, lifting my skirt up to my ankles so I wouldn't trip. I came to the room where I could hear the chatter, I peaked my head round the door frame but then the man in black saw me so I paniced. I walked backwards into a soldier, he tightly held my wrist, pulling me into the room. My father, stepmother and stepsisters looked at me kind of shocked.
The man in black smiled and then looked at me" I see you have been a hiding her, why didn't you tell me she was upstairs?" I could hear the anger in his voice but nobody else seemed to notice that. I was glad I was wearing my cloak, I know that is unusual but it hides my hair and face but also what I'm wearing.
" so who are you, little hider," I couldn't speak because I was so terrified.
" I'm nobody important really," he seemed surprised at my voice, so it wasn't strong and husky like every girl I had met and I didn't have this country's accent either which was freaky. It was quiet and musical like. My real older sister faye use to say it sounded like cool running water or like wind chimes which it obviously doesn't.
" take off you cloak little girl," great, so now he thinks I'm a little girl, talk about offensive much. So I was tiny, a mere 4'9 when my sisters were 5'3. I took off my black cloak and then they all stared at me with shock. I had yellow hair, amber eyes and a simple face. I was just so simple.