I soon made it to my room exhausted, but I could not lay down just yet because Chrysta made me take a bath and get dressed.

After getting ready for the night, I asked Chrysta to make me a cup of tea. When she left, I sat at my desk while pulling out my pen and papers. I needed to plan for my future away from the main characters.

I couldn't help but stay here while I was dependent on the duke for the cure to come out, but what worried me was the aftermath of the cure.

The crowned prince Malik's and Alina's engagement was a political one, but they accepted it without complaint. So if I get better, another political marriage, or even the renewal of mine and Malik's engagement might occur, but he should be in love with Thea by the time I am cured.

I was interrupted by Chrysta coming in with my tea, but once she gave it to me, I dismissed her as I wanted to be alone. Once she left I continued my train of thought, and begun to plan my future.

~Contact Casper Marsh the head of the information guild and black market, to create a fake Identity~

~Identity (Charles Young) needs wealth and power, so give him money to buy a title and invest in businesses to grow power and wealth~

~Convince the duke to let me have a say in my marriage~

~Buy a property away from the main character, to live once 'married' to 'Charles Young'~

I planned for a simple and peaceful future, where I would live alone while being known as a married woman. While thinking of ways to get money without the duke knowing of it, Chrysta knocked on the door.

-Knock-knock-

"Come in." I answered, while covering up my papers.

"It has gotten late miss. Do you want more tea while you stay up?" Chrysta still had not turned in for the night to check up on me.

"No, It has indeed gotten late. I'm very tired so I will turn in, you should too." I answered her as I stood up, but once I stood up I felt dizzy and the tiredness I had been fighting off since dinner hit me like a tidal wave.

I felt something running down my face and neck, and once I touched my lips and looked at my fingers they were stained with a deep red. I looked up to see Chrysta running towards me, but my vision was tilting.

'Oh, I'm falling.'

I immediately understood I was falling. My vision dimmed and soon turned black once I felt dull pain from my body hitting the floor.

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'What is this?' I could see a little girl with white hair being beaten by an old nanny.

'Is this Alina's memory?' I couldn't help but feel disgusted while watching Alina get beaten black and blue in spots that would be covered by her dresses.

"Your useless, your family doesn't even love you. A girl without the love and support of the powerful can do nothing. Oh, are you mad? Then get power, then will you only be able to protect yourself. But poor useless girl, has no power because she is not loved. Its the law of the world, the powerful get what they want, only then can you crush what you want and dislike, and what you can't have. I thought being your nanny would help me but all I get is a useless girl" The nanny yelled at Alina, with a crazy look in her eyes.

I couldn't do anything, I wanted to stop this and protect her but this was all but a memory. The memory repeated itself but it wasn't the same it was just continual abuse from her nanny everyday. Her eyes held fear, then anger, then emptiness. I wanted to hold her and tell her it was all right, that she had power, but all I could do was sob and tell her I was sorry. I had no power to change the past, but the memory soon stopped and I was just left in the darkness sobbing. I could relate to the young Alina, I too felt the powerlessness of abuse.

While pulling myself together in the dark of my mind, the dark started to feel heavy. I turned to see an exact copy of me, the image of Alina, but it wasn't me.

"Do you think your powerful enough to change our fate?" She asked me with a tone of anger and annoyance.

"Alina?" I was confused, was she real or a figment of my imagination?

"Do you really think you can live as me and live while you stole my life?" She walked closer as I began to back away.

"I,I'm sorry." I was confused and panicked as she began to move faster. I turned around to escape her threateningly chasing me.

"You really think you can escape death while stealing my life! Our fates are bound, you'll die without even being able to fight against it!" She screamed while chasing me.

"I don't want to die! I,I'm not a thief, I didn't ask for this!" I felt hurt for being accused of stealing her life, but I didn't know how I ended up here. I was scared and just wanted to live, and was forced to come to terms with my situation in a new world. The darkness started to turn against me, It turned into hand as they began to grab me and drag me down.

"You can't fight your death." She caught up to me and put her foot on my head and pushed me down as i was trying to resist the hands.

"N-"I was muffled by the hands grabbing my face, I tried to scream but I was dragged down helplessly.