astelle stared at herself in the mirror and suddenly a maid walked in "miss your father is calling you to breakfast."
astelle nods and says "alright, tell him i'll be right there."
the maid bows and leaves the room as astelle grabs her diary quickly writing everything she knows as she's almost done she hears a "hello." behind her a small giggle from behind as astelle turns her head to see
the crown princess ava, was standing behind astelle her fiance since they were 5 years old
ava puts a finger over ava's mouth "now,now,now you should be quiet wouldn't want anyone to see me in your bedroom and rumours may spread."
astelle speaks quietly "ava, why are you in my bedroom? i know you're the crown princess but i'm a noble you know!"
ava giggles "well..is it such a shame to visit my beautiful fiance?"
astelle stares at her ava died 12 weeks before astelle's marriage to someone else due to a illness.
astelle hugs ava tightly as ava freezes because this is the first time astelle's ever hugged her, more or less so gently!
astelle says quietly "you should leave now..i have to go have breakfast with my father." ava's face darkens as ava speaks "tell me if anything happens, please." astelle nods as ava finally leaves.
astelle walks to the dining hall, as she sees- her step mother and step brother...
the duke, astelle's father luke speaks" ah astelle! meet your new step mother and brother"
astelle bows "nice to meet you both, i'm astelle" ivan says arrogantly "father! i want a room like hers too!"
the duke says "oh, i'm sorry but that's the biggest room in the manor and-" his new wife, veronica says "dear! isn't it unfair that she gets a bigger room?"
the duke turns to astelle and asks"would you mind sharing your room with your brother? he's new here so he needs to feel welcome too"
astelle nods"of course! i would want my new brother to be as welcome as he can be!"
"the real nightmare was about to begin for veronica and her son after all." astelle thought.