I am looking at the intruder with a shocked face. My eyes popped out after seeing her and then at my companions.
I could hear the sound of clapping in the room; it looked like my brother's planning failed severely.
"well done, Selena you made royal family believe that you are dead as well, I admire your bravery."
She said with a lousy face while showing anger and disgust, and her behavior is making me cringe.
"Venya, what are you here?"
I asked with a straight face even tho I wanted to vomit while looking at her, and I regret the moment I met her.
"well, I was ordered to show sympathy to my dead friend family."
He said both a mocking smile, making me feel worse, but there must be a reason for everything brother do.
But why did he do it, I have questioned myself, but then Venya's words got the best of me.
I was about to speak when my brother pat my head as if indicating to stay silent, and then he spoke.
"ah, you want to win me if you cant win Orion, tch typical attitude."
My brother spoke in his famous cold tone, and I love to see the reaction of people when he uses it.
'if what brother said is true, then what is the plan of a valentine because he won't stay silent for long.'
I thought and then looked at brother and then Venya while trying to find answers to questions in my head.
"I want Orion, and alexander is nothing in front of him."
She said in disdain, which pissed off Ashley, who was standing right next to me and pretending to be a wall between Demonica and me.
"Venya, you know what, Orion is a stone on the ground, full of dirt while alexander is a stone which is worthy of being in jewelry. You don't have worth comparing these two."
Ashley said with a taunting smile and then came next to me. She took place next to me.
"anything else, Venya, my so-called friend?"
Ashley continued while deliberately telling her about her betrayal. Ashley, me, and venya were together since childhood, and we know each other too perfectly that we can predict what one of us can do.
"Venya, now that you what will do run and tell Orion which will lovingly marry me."
I spoke after staying silent for a long time and broke all barriers and hit Venya, where it hurts the most.
"no, you won't."
Venya yelled at me with horror laced on her face, making me smile and say
"hah, you want to bet."
I told her sarcastically, the inner me or the courageous person hidden inside me is awaken, I feel like I can manage the whole world.
'don't dream so high because if you crashed, you would be badly hurt,' my inner me yelled while talking some sense into me.
Alex who was silently thinking and observing the whole thing finally decided to speak,
"What is there to bet sister, that traitor will make sure you marry."
Thinking what Alex said, it makes sense because valentine will force me to marry Orion at every cost.
I decided to repeat the truth and said while sighing a showing my distress.
"I have to marry in a month."
after I spoke no one spoke a single word, there was an eerie silence in the room, not a unique sound was heard except breath taking the sound of 5 people
We stayed silent long enough to crush a will of the person, and Venya was the first one to break the silence.
"no, I can't let this happen; never, I will kill you, Selena."
she yelled and came near me to kill me, but before she can reach me, Demonica blocked her way making her shout
"Demonica, let me kill her, or she will take my love away."
She said with tearful face, and then Demonica showed her the face everyone hates. The devil's front of her.
"will you go back, or should I retake your powers?"
Demonica told venya with a smirk, well the rest of us enjoyed it, Venya, who wanted her power backed off.
Demonica looked at me with a smile but her betrayal..... I can't forget it for some reason.
"Selena, we need to choose, other you marry Orion or not, we cant keep this question hanging for long."
Demonica said with a serious face and then looked right in my eyes. Honestly, her eyes are cold, can send shivers to everyone who sees them.
"I don't want to marry him, but my brother's life depends on that, I can't play with it either."
I confessed while looking at the ground, and I feel ashamed that I am useless and can't even save my brother.
I felt someone hug me, and when I looked up, my brother was right in front of me and smiling.
"don't think that my little princess, you are always useful, for example, now you made me proud just by one sentence, so much useful, am I, right guys?"
Alexander said, making e smile, and others agreed by saying a yes and started laughing.
After a moment of laughing and hugging all and getting a group hug, Demonica clapped to get attention.
She gestured us all to sit down, and honestly, I reluctantly sat down, thinking about what will happen this time.
"sit already, Selena, this time nothing will happen."
Demonica announced with a smirk and taunting voice. her behavior is pissing me off badly
' control Selena, control, and she can help you.'
I turned to smile at my companions, we all sat in a circle, Demonica at in front of me.
"We need to think of a plan to get Selena out of this trap marriage."
Everyone nodded, even Venya, which made Demonica angry, and she looked like the devil without a horn.
"give a suggestion, and we need to get her out."
"she is considered dead in the castle."
alexander told making Demonica laugh and clenched her stomach after laughing for a long time
"yeah, like Orion and valentine are born idiots, they must have guessed we are plating a game by now."
Demonica said in between laughing and then turned serious,
"alexander, this is not a game; Selena's life is important."
Demonica announced and which made Alex angry who said
"I know she is my sister, her life is more important than mine, but getting her out is hard."
Alexander added a prospective making all the other go crazy because everyone in the room knew Valentine too well.
"I don't care what you all do, and I want Selena out of Orion's life."
Venya told tired. she is treating me like a burden which hurt me, and I told her
" listen, Venya, get this straight, and I don't want Orion at all, keep him and do whatever I don't care,"
I told her with a smile on my face, and after announcing the truth, I felt good. Demonica then said
"then it is decided she will...."
Demonica was cut off by a delivery guy who sends a box from his majesty, aka the traitor valentine
"delivery for Selena knight."
a guy entered and landed swiftly while looking for me, I got up and went next to him and asked
"from who and why?"
I asked, confused, and then waited for his reply, which shocked everyone in the room.
"It is from his majesty, king valentine, the reason for it was not stated."
the delivery guy said sweating badly making me pity him, and I told him
"thank you. You can leave"
After hearing my reply, he swiftly took off after throwing the box towards me, suspicious super suspicious.
I went back to the room where all were standing now instead if sitting waiting for me to explain.
"from valentine,"
I told them while showing the box and then passed the plate to the brother who kept it on the bed.
He stood next to it an if waiting for me to tell him to open it. while I was thinking
'What can be in the box, what if it contains the destroying bomb, no he won't destroy me when I am the bride of his son.'
I shooked my head and then looked at Demonica whose words are becoming true every passing second
"what can be in the box?"
Venya asked, confused and curious, not only venya, but everyone was interested in what is in the box.
"I say you throw it out of the window. It can be harmful as well."
Ashley said scared for my wellbeing, how can this happen that Ashley says something and brother doesn't agree.
Yeah notice my sarcasm. anyways getting at the matter on the hand, I told them
"it's not like that he can harm me just by a box, I am his son's soon to be wife, I think we should open it and get over with it."
I told them and opened the box with everyone next to me, and the one word that left my mouth was...
"What!?"