Born again to not be killed by the duke of Windsor

Chapter 1 - lifeless life of felicity (Felicity Valkyrie Sanderson) Felicity woke up in pain. She tried to get up, but due to fatigue and tiredness, her hand gave way and she fell lifelessly back to the ground. She wanted to cry, she wanted to utter a word, she wanted to say everything on her mind, but life is not always fair. Life is not always happy about what courage she has, especially when she is with her family, where they are devoted to making her nothing but trash, making her feel worthless and lifeless. She looked at the door of the basement when she heard it open. She saw her father figure coming towards her, looking at her as if she were nothing, with no emotions in his eyes “At least the trash is done sleeping,” she heard her sister say. She found out that her sister was behind her father, following him and smirking at her while coming to her location. “I told you sister, enough is enough HAHAHA,” her sister said and looked at her body, roaming her eyes over her wounds before looking at her face again. “You know,” she held my hair and looked at me pitifully. “I don't want any of that, I don't want to look bad in front of other people,” she changed her facial expression into an angry face and grabbed my hair forcefully. “But you did! I am our only hope to save this poor family, but you ruined it! D*mn you!” She slapped me hard and pulled my hair again, which caused me to fall to the ground. I wanted to cry in pain, wanting to make her stop, but no words came out of my mouth, I could only accept the things she did. “Why did you do it Felicity? Why did you ruin the plan that our family planned?” Mom came in through the basement door. She walked towards us with my sister, and later she slapped me when she was near me. “You're nothing but helpless Felicity, we did everything for you, we helped you, we gave you everything!” Lied. They didn't give me everything; they used me to get their goals. They arranged my marriage, but later I found out that they were planning to use me for the marriage and abandon me later. They planned it together with my fiancé. But once a fool, always a fool, my husband didn't know what my family was capable of doing just to get out of our poor situation. They wanted greatness for themselves and didn't care about love. “Y- you killed hi-” My sister slapped me again and grabbed me by the neck, which really hurt. “No! Understand this: you are the one who killed him! You killed him because of your stubbornness! You should be the one who died, but you went and told him everything! And that fool fell for you! Do you think he really wanted you? In your dreams my dearest sister! No one will believe and love you! That's why poor him, he came to me because he thought he had been fooled by you HAHAHAHHA!” she laughed as if it was all a joke. “Let's go, let's prepare for the afternoon party at the palace, don't waste your time with that worthless child!” Dad said, stood up, and went out first. Hearing this, I lost all chance and hope in my mind, listening to the people I once adored and loved. “Let's go honey, leave that thing,” Mom said and look at me " I wished you never came back after you lose, we never wanted you here" after she told me that she held my sister's hand, and they went out of the basement door, leaving me hopeless. After they left, my tears fell down and I cried and cried. All along I thought they loved me, I thought they even helped me prepare for my marriage, but no. They only did that because I was just a tool for their plan. I wish I had never believed that they cared about me in the first place. I wish I had never left my foster parents' side. I wish I hadn't believed that becoming noble and meeting my family would be good, because all of this is nothing but useless. After crying, I fell asleep for hours and woke up hearing some little steps coming to the dark basement where I had been staying for years. I saw a not-so-tall silhouette of the person when they opened the door, and I got scared when they didn't bother to turn on the light in the corridor. I pressed myself against the side of the wall, making myself safe from the person who opened the door, because I knew it wouldn't be my family. “Shhh, My princess don't be scared, it's Alia, I'm Alia your maid don't be scared.” She came to me slowly and touched my hair with care. “A-Alia? W-what are you doing here? T-they might find out that you came here, T-they might hurt you!” I panicked and held her hand that was caressing my hair earlier. “No, they aren't here right now Princess, they left earlier with the other maids so me and my mother are still here. We want you to be free Princess, I want you to stay away from here, leave this mansion without regrets, take this chance to change your life, we want you to be alive,” Alia explained why she was here, catching me off guard. Tears fell from my eyes when I heard those words. I-I thought no one would ever love me, no one wanted me alive, that's why no one dared to help me, but I was wrong. “Y-Your highness, please leave this house, we want you to enjoy life again, okay?” Alia’s voice broke and she started crying while talking. She hugged me as if she was comforting me for all the pain and suffering I felt for years. “P-Please?” She cupped my face, and that's why I nodded while looking at her face, even though I couldn't fully see it. She stood up and helped me to stand up, then she unlocked the chains that were still holding my hand. I didn't even get the chance to know that she had already unlocked the chains on my feet. “L-Lets go Princess, my mother is waiting for us,” She said while offering her hand to me. She smiled and I smiled too. “T-Thank you Alia,” I nodded and held her hand. I came with her and we got out of the basement. Even though my eyes hurt from the light due to the lack of light for the past few years, I didn't complain because all I wanted was to fulfill the wish of the beloved people who were secretly on my side, and give my life a chance to survive. After walking in the hallway from the basement, we found the Head Maid near the back door. “Y-Your Highness,” she looked at me pitifully and cried. She stroked my hair and gave me a slight hug, afraid to cause me pain. “M-Ms. Sheila,” I hugged her too. I know her, she was the only one who looked out for me before. I remembered it. She was always there when my father took me to the basement and punished me when I got stubborn. I couldn't see her face before because it was dark in the basement, and after the punishment, I kept to myself. I stopped myself from communicating with other people and made myself busy, which made me fail to recognize the ones who truly cared for me. “I'm sorry Princess, it's been too long but this time we can finally help you,” she said and I nodded “N-No! No no! I should be the one to think and say sorry for not recognizing you for all these years,” I cried again and hugged her. “It's fine Princess, it's fine and thank you, thank you for being a brave person,” she hugged me and held my hand to go out of the basement door. “Let's go out first now, you should go Princess, they will come back later so we need to hurry,” she said and held my hand. I nodded and followed them to go through the high wall outside covered with wild grass. I got shocked when they went through the wild grass and found out that there was a hole in the high wall, as if it had been forced open before. “We made this plan before so you could get out,” Alia said and smiled at me. She handed a pouch to my hand. “Go, Princess go out now and change your life, leave this house and never come back,” Ms. Sheila said and pointed to the hole. I nodded and cried to them. I held their hands and hugged them. No words are enough to say that I'm really grateful for what they did. “T-thank you so much, I will treasure this chance you gave me,” I hugged them and nodded before I stepped and went inside the hole. I didn't look back, I went out and ran. I ran through the forest, ran until no one could see me, until the mansion could not be seen. I ran until I ran out of breath I ran until... I saw him looking at me, and then I died. I'm sorry Ms. Sheila and Alia for your sacrifice, I'm sorry I couldn't fulfill it.