I remember him. When he used to see me. When he would watch me dance in the fields. Under the twilight. In the blossoms growing in the snow. I remember him. I never felt more beautiful, more powerful, more perfectly me than when he saw me and wanted me. When he chose me. A God and he chose me, and I chose him. Under the orange glow of the moon, the land littered with turning leaves and white snow. Blossoms budded on the trees and at my feet. The sound of music was in the air. He always brought music with him, and the cold. A winter of magic. In the only world I had ever known that's where it all happened. That's where I met Hades. Voice so smooth. It hummed in my ears. It called me. His skin was so soft. His touch was so forceful as he danced me into a new rhythm, our rhythm, his rhythm. Right through the gates of the Underworld. Where he made love to me. For so long he loved me. Hard and rough and I begged for more and he gave it. I was at his feet and I have never left. I wonder if he will ever let me off my knees.So much time has passed in the throws of love, and now in the depths of my loneliness. The only light I have now to look at is in my memory. Under the glow of that orange moon on the first night we met. I am his Goddess. I am his Queen. I am his Wife. He chose me. I have to say this everyday to remind myself, but now it just feels like empty words falling on empty ears. Hades doesn't hear me. He doesn't even see me. I can't even see myself anymore. In these crystal gowns, in this icy underground where not one blossom grows. Where there is no love to be found. At least not for me. Hades' love can be heard through the halls of our palace as well as the women he brings home. I just want him to see me again. I want to feel that feeling. The feeling of being loved for being me. That's why I am doing this. That's why I must leave. He will chase me. He will remember he needs me, wants me like I want him. That he can't live without me. That he loves me, and he will find me. Under the orange moon, amongst the blossoms, in the world that I have missed so much. There he will see me again. The only problem is no one but Hades ever leaves the Underworld, and even then he can only leave during the winter. It will take everything in me to escape, but I would rather die getting back to what we had then to live in this frozen hell alone for the rest of eternity. Making it to the edge of The City of Tartaros won't be the problem. I can go anywhere I please. Hades won't even notice. Through the blackened brick roads, under the weeping buildings, and frozen trees I will walk. I will be welcomed, praised by my people. Thorny vines will be thrown at my feet. I will be remembered. An easy trail for him to follow when he comes for me. I will board the boat alongside my oldest friend, Charon. I will take the ride across the River of Acheron that I have taken many times before. Where I would hold the hands of the unwilling souls that would cross through to the Underworld, but this time I will not return with them. I will face Cerberus at the tangled iron gates of The Underworld. If there is any hope for Love in this world or the next I will survive. If the Gods are willing I will survive.

"All these years later I still have that pointless dream. The kind of dream that every orphan has. A dream where my mother is still alive. Only swept away into a magical world. Waiting for me to find her one day. For the life of me I don't understand why I still have hope. I watched her grow sick. I watched her become too weak to walk, too weak to breathe. There was just something about that night that wasn't right, or at least that's how I have chosen to remember it. I never actually saw my mother take her last breath, but I did see her go into the light."Prepare yourself to be stollen away and sent off into a cruel an magical world alongside Lynx on her journey of discovery. Where she will find things once lost in an unjust utopia where the stars govern your future, and The Collective Order governs the people.

Brainstorming Prince sees step mother give birth. He watches the baby die. But they replace her with another so the king won't be sad. Or even kill queen. The Queen knows the boy knows, and sends him away. Brother knows the truth but can't tell her or anyone less it means up everything for her. No would want to marry a bastard child not of the kings descent. The brother escorts her on courtings trying to help her find a husband to wed that will treat her well even if her identity is found out. A Madi who used to work for the royal family and was present during the birth knew. She now works for a family with a sound interested in the princess. They try to black mail the brother/soon to be king into giving her hand to him or he will ruin them. The Queen is still alive. The prince cares for her. He knows if it is found out not only will his sister Be forever stained his mother would be dethroned and he would most definitely have to take power which he does not want to do. No amount of money will pay this man off he will have her hand. They first meet in the woods. Heading back to his home after being gone almost his whole life. They can finally be together when that man tells the truth. And then he takes her as his bride. How do you have children. I'll send the servants to tell you. I don't need a servent to tell me if you know. I don't see why it should be kept secret we are talking about baring a child for God sake it is the most natural thing a woman can do. The only thing woman are meant to do it seems. So why should it be kept from me. She doesn't want to marry a man. If anything she likes woman. She has only ever kissed a girl. When she finds out you have to have a man and a woman to bare children she begins to reconsider. The horrid proposals she has received. Being a warrior and having an intimate relationship with another person are two totally different things. I may have to maintain my elegance an beauty, but that does not mean I do not need to learn how to use my body, or my mind. No one ever talked to about sex with her bcz no one dated to take her innocence away from a princess. Or dare cross that boundary disrespectfully. Her mother felt as if it was a job for her husband. And if the Queen wasn't going to tell her than no one would.

Hidden away in a small town lays a girl on the edge of an adventure. Concealed from her true identity she lives a normal life when fate intervenes, and intertwines her into a magical world of Royalty. Where she finds not only herself, but passionate love in the midst of war.

A collection of short stories. The untold tales of of our favorite Princesses. Revealing the twisted history around their stories. Highlighting the SPICE and PASSION of Love. On a rollercoaster of Drama and Emotion.