My Secret I Never Knew

*Trigger warning skip this chapter or read at your own risk  The weather was a perfect 86 degrees with a wonderful breeze. The moon’s reflection shimmered in the lake below that was gently placed on the valley, in between a meadow and forest. The forest was beautiful with sparking lights created by the dancing of lightning bugs on the leaves and in the air. Opposite the river the meadow was filled with beautiful wildflowers, the scent of them were generously carried on a balcony overlooking the landscape. “It’s such a beautiful night Amaya, I think the only thing I’ll miss about this place is this beautiful view from the balcony.” “Yes Princess I agree, this is such a beautiful view. Once we return home you could ask your parents to build a summer home here.” “Yeah right, I’ll just walk up to them and say. Mom, Dad I know you wanted a treaty with the Mywrath Kingdom but I would much rather like a summer home there. Where I spent the last 3 months expressing my distaste for the Prince you wanted me to marry. That’ll go over well.” “Honestly you only JUST expressed your feelings for the Prince last week, in front of everyone, at his birthday party. But I see your point, where is that man child anyway?.” “I don’t know but the sooner we leave the better. I don’t want to run into him having a tantrum. This week has been peaceful with him gone.” “Well Princess the wine and snacks are gone, our flight home leaves early so I suggest sleeping now. Goodnight.” “Goodnight Amaya.” The Princess drifted off to sleep, but soon was awoken by the light sound of footsteps, she slowly raised her eyelids to peek and see if she saw the intruder while discreetly sliding her hand under her pillow for her dagger. It was missing and she saw no one in her room. “Amaya, Amaya. I can’t find my dagger and I feel strange. Amaya, Amaya.” With no response the Princess took a few deep breaths to center herself then headed towards the bathroom connected to her room. Before she could fully step into the bathroom she was shoved backwards with brute force. Her head hit the hard floor and she felt the tiny stream of blood from her scalp, she rolled to her side and instantly screamed in pain as a boot made contact with her body, breaking two of her ribs. She saw the intruder’s boot and anticipated the next kick, stopped it by grabbing the foot midair and twisting with all her might causing him to stumble. She called out to Amaya but there was no response, and she kicked the intruder then tried to run. He grabbed her by the hair and flung her to the wall with all his might. Then she felt his fist against her face breaking her nose and splitting her lip. The man grabbed her by the neck and proceeded to lift her off the ground, against the wall until she was eye level to him. “Ahhh, my lovely Princessa you didn’t think I would let you leave without saying goodbye did you?” Her eyes widened in horror. “Micheal, what are you doing? Let me go, let me go NOW!” “Hmmmmmm, no I finally have you and I can’t bear to be without you. Oh I see you and the other guests enjoyed the wine and fruit. Interesting none of you tasted the poison, also interesting you’re not still unconscious like the others. No matter, I came for a purpose no turning back now.” He leaned into her neck and inhaled her scent smiling, then he began to kiss and suck her neck forcing hickeys. She squirmed hitting him trying to break free, then she noticed the lamp nearby. She kicked him in his manhood releasing his grip on her, she quickly grabbed the lamp breaking it over his head causing him to fall further to the floor. She then ran towards the door and reached for the handle. Inches away from the handle she froze. “Amaya” she whispered as a single tear fell from her eye, there was no response, just the feeling of a hand on her shoulder holding her firmly and the radiant pain of a dagger in her back. She was lifted and carried over to the bed. Placed gently down as he removed the dagger from her back. She moved her eyes around the room searching for an escape as his hands roamed her body, touching, caressing, intruding making her sick. Then she widened her eyes in shock and gasped as the dagger was jammed into her right side. “Now, now my Lovely Princessa what’s going on in that beautiful brain of yours, hmmm? You weren’t thinking about leaving again were you. You’re mine, you’re my lovely and no one else can have you.” His voice was thick and cruel, his eyes were crazy as hell. She laid there unable to move as she felt the sting of her underwear being torn from her body. He kept one hand on the dagger in her side gently twisting it as he used his free hand to remove his pants. He then positioned himself between his legs and as he began to lower himself there was a loud crashing sound accompanied by the sound of glass breaking. Candice sat up in her bed covered in sweat shaking, happy to awake from the nightmares that seemed too real. Lately she’s been having nightmares more frequently and it’s becoming more difficult to wake herself. She looked at the time to see it’s 6:58am. Her alarm was set for 7am, she shook her head and got out of bed. She went to the bathroom to shower and get dressed. Today would be a hot day so blue Jean shorts and a white T-shirt was perfect. After dressing she headed downstairs to see what her brothers had destroyed now. She checked the living room, dining room, family room and kitchen. To find nothing, she decided to walk down the hall leading to the Den and bingo, where a beautiful Den used to be was replaced with a giant hole. Inside the hole was what looked to be a rocket powered go kart with smoke from a fire that was smoothed gracing the tail end. Three 14 year old boys stood there assessing the damage they’ve made, trying to justify it. “Yup y’all on yo own, good luck explaining this one to the Rents.”she said looking at her brothers. She couldn’t help but stare at them, she found herself doing that a lot lately. They seemed so different from her or rather she seemed completely different from her family. The triplets had Genius IQs as well as their parents, Candice had a high IQ as well but not like the rest of her family. The entire family had beautiful flawless melanin skin, but she didn’t have the brownish orange hair like her family or the freckles. Last year  when she turned 17 she asked about it and was told that it skipped her possibly because her mom didn’t have freckles, and she had dark brown hair from her great grandmother. She accepted that answer, but her family has dark brown eyes and hers are hazel with tints of aqua. Unique and beautiful but no one in her family had them, this she knew for a fact. She was lost in her thoughts and didn’t hear the front door close, or her parents calling out to them. She didn’t notice anything until she heard her father behind her. “WHAT THE HELL.” He yelled making her jump, rage was seeping from both their parents. The boys gulped as their parents stood side by side glaring daggers into them. They turned to their big sister, their eyes pleading for her to save them. She took a deep breath and turned to her parents. “Ok before you guys go 0 to 100 and kill them, hear me out. One you’ve been wanting to remodel so this saves money on knocking out that wall. Two one day these guys are gonna cure the world of diseases and make billions while saving the planet. Finally three nobody got hurt and the boys are actually outside instead of in that garage they barely leave. CANDICE. GO. TO. SCHOOL.” her mother screamed while still looking at the boys as if she wanted to rip out their souls. “But it’s Saturday so no” Candice began to say but stopped when her parents looked like they wanted to rip out her spine. “Aww you know what I'm supposed to meet Neesh for cheer practice today. See you guys later.” She grabbed her keys and cell then promptly ran out the front door. She started walking to her besties’ house knowing she wouldn’t be there. Neesh was with her boyfriend and his family at their biweekly family breakfast. Candice figured she could still pay a visit to Mrs Lee, Neesh’s mom and see if she could help her make sense of her nightmares.