Holding Onto Hope

Unknown POV;   I looked down at the beautiful baby girl in my arms, only moments ago her cries filled the hospital room and now she is sleeping peacefully in my arms. I feel like I’m  holding onto the most important thing in the world… hope.   Time Jump.   A few months have passed now and my beautiful baby is starting to grow, she is so much stronger than I thought she would be and I just know this curse has been passed onto her, I have to find a way to keep her safe from them.   I walked through the woods holding the basket close to my chest, this is the best thing for her and as long as she doesn’t come looking for me we will be okay. I have to keep her safe even if that means I can’t keep her. The Alpha has plans and I for one don’t like the way that they sound.   Hope’s POV.   Today is my 18th birthday and my mother has decided that instead of having a normal day I should meet my soon-to-be husband. I know that this has been arranged since I was born and its my duty to my kingdom but I still just want to be normal, to be able to walk through the woods barefoot and at peace.   Mother keeps saying that even though she didn’t get to bare me herself whom every left me at the palace doors that night gave her hope. The love for me has grown more over the years and everyone in the kingdom knows that I am their last chance.   Our people are strong, hard working and brave but that doesn’t change the fact that we need more people to help defend us all, we aren’t a very big place but we do have a lot of money.   My mother chose a strong kingdom but they need money so its a perfect fit with benefits on both sides. She has ensured that if anything happens to me that our alliance will be broken but my problem with that is both Kingdoms will fall.   I have always loved our people and they me, growing up mother would take me into the village and father would join us after he was done with the guards. My parents couldn’t have children of their own so the day I was left at the palace the whole kingdom threw a massive celebration in my honour and every year we have had a massive celebration to honer my birth parents for giving us all hope, hence my name.      I obviously am very curious to know who they are but at the same time I’m happy they did what they did because my mother and father love me and I them. My life has been a fairytale and I couldn’t be more happy but I feel as though something in me needs to be set free, like its trying to claw its way out. Loud repetitive knocking tore me from my thought and then my parents walked in through the large oak doors of my bedroom. Mother was the first to speak “Good morning my dear, how are you feeling? Do you like the dress?” she smiled at me. “Yes mother its beautiful did you have Amelia make it for your wedding day?” my father chuckled “We were wanting you to have that dress but Amelia refused to let that happen so she made this one specifically for you” I laughed at my fathers words because Amelia is a very stubborn person so I can just imagine how that conversation went.   Amelia has been talking about my wedding day for years and we designed this dress when I was just 10 years old. She always said she would be in the front row on my 18th to admire her handy work but I wasn’t expecting the shoes she had made.        Time Jump.   I walked down the hallway of the palace with my father my handmade heels clicking on the smooth marble floor and the scent of forest flowers surrounding us, my dress trailed behind me like a soft lace river.   My father stopped us just before the door and looked down at me with a smile on his face “Are you sure you don’t want to back away from this my light? Just say the word hope and I will tell everyone to leave and you can stay here with your mother and I” I knew my father meant every word but I also knew that our kingdom needed this marriage no matter how much I wish we didn’t “Father I know how much our kingdom needs me to go through with this marriage and maybe I will fall in love with my husband… or get a puppy, either way I’m very much looking forward to the puppy” we laughed and hugged knowing that this needed to happen “You know Hope that even if you fall in love with the prince he will never be good enough for you, you have brought love, light and happiness to us all and we will forever love you” as a tear rolled down my face the guards opened the heavy old oak doors so we could walk down the aisle towards my new future.      Note From Author. I hope you all enjoy this first chapter as much as I enjoyed wring it for you, have a wonderful day