I still couldn't believe who was in front of my eyes.. It was my brother Alexei, the new Tsar.
Tears ran down my face, heavy tears realising that we were both orphaned now and we only got each other.
I bowed and curtsied, pledging my allegiance and loyalty to him, the new Tsar, Emperor of all Russia.
" Don't be silly Maria, Papa is still the Emperor", he responded.
My heart shattered at that moment because he still had no clue on what happened during that bloody night, unaware of the grim reality that the rest of our family was murdered in cold blood.
How was I supposed to tell him that we no longer have our parents to take care of us? And how would I tell him that he will no longer see our three beautiful sisters?
But before I made an attempt to speak, I needed to know what he was doing here inside the Kaiser's palace.. Was he kidnapped? Did Uncle Willy collaborated with the Bolsheviks and had us executed for his own gains? Is he going to kill us too?
Thoughts kept running inside my head, I felt like I could no longer breathe.. my heart was pounding very hard the more I see crystal clear that the new Tsar, my brother was already in the hands of the vicious man who caused massive loss and destruction in the Great War, the same man despised and mistrusted by my father..
"We entered the monster's cage and we must get out soon if we wanted to stay alive", I pondered.
Then a figure entered the room, the Kaiser..
What will happen to us?