After leaving the little prince with his mouth open I turn and walk to my room, after having entered I take off my clothes on my way to the bathroom, there I made them in a laundry basket and automatically I go into the shower I turn the tap And the water comes out very cold but I don't change it I let that ice water run through my body and I allow myself to think about all the strange events of today, about 30 minutes later I come out of the bathroom already cleaned and ready to get ready for dinner. that at this moment there was a maid here to help me with my homework but since I was 10 years old I put an end to that practice at least as far as I am concerned, so instead of looking for a dress in the closet I think I I better make one so I say a few words and invoke my powers later and little by little I imagine a long gold-colored dress in the shape of a mermaid covered with a lace in a darker shade of dice and full of stones with a tail wide I sit at my wide dressing table and I comb my hair in a not very elaborate updo in which to crown I put on the crown that my parents gave me for my 15th birthday, after finishing I get up and walk to the balcony from there I can see all the streets of the capital is an imposing sight, and it is there with the sun hiding on the horizon that I take the time to analyze my room for more than three months that I did not set foot in it and everything is just as the last time , the bed is still made with that exquisite pastel color, the dresser is still in the right corner of the room, my closet is still on the left side and the walls are still painted white and full of symbolic murals with beautiful moons and stars in all of them in front of My bed follows the huge television, despite being a world with a feudal system and immersed in a deep conservative and dogmatic politics, we enjoy great technological advances, everything in my room remains the same, unfazed by the time goes by, like everything on this planet. -princess, princess can you pass That voice automatically makes me smile, it is the voice of my dear nana -Pass nana -my dear girl it is 8:30 and you are not in the living room yet you have become irresponsible in the time you have spent in that horrible training ground, everyone is waiting for you to start dinner, how do you come up with this rudeness with a guest at the castle -It is precisely because of that guest, he whispered in a very low tone -What did you say? -nothing nana Lucia, I'm ready, I entertained myself seeing the landscape of the city for a long time since I came to the palace, better give me a hug for months that we have not seen each other And said and done, I give my nanny a hug and then I let her accompany me to the main dining room of the castle. Arriving there, the first to speak is my mother. Brenda: thank you for bringing her Lucia we already thought she would stay in her room Lucia: you do not have to be grateful for anything, your majesty knows that I am always there for or that you need me, and my apologies if you no longer need me I will leave, And so my nanny quietly leaves the dining room the d times I have started inviting her to eat with us, when I was little I did it but she refused at that time I did not know why, when I was older I understood that for those of the court it would be a scandal and that although I did not see them they were always there watching us, attentive to any errors that we could eat in the search to achieve more power, those was one of the first reasons why I began to hate those quarrelsome snakes. Froilán: What's up Alma why don't you sit down? -I'm sorry father I was absorbed in my thoughts Then I take my place at the table and a few minutes later dinner is served and we all begin to eat, while the minutes pass one after the other and dinner is accompanied by a pleasant chat between my father and Rajib in which my mother and I intervene from time to time. After dinner, the prince apologizes and retires to his rooms to rest, that's when I resume the conversation that is pending with my parents. -Now if mother, what is happening? Brenda: I knew you hadn't forgotten, come to our rooms, this is no place for this conversation And so the three of us headed towards my parents' rooms, arrived at the place, my father was the first to speak Froilán: My dear girl, as you know, your mother's pregnancy was complicated, the healers believed that it was a miracle that the two survived what no one knew besides us and the midwife that the pregnancy was more than difficult, the delivery was complicated, Your mother lost a lot of blood and was sterile, this is a secret that we keep for as long as possible but the court already knows it is impossible to continue silencing the rumors, too many years have passed, now that they know that you are the only heir to the throne they will begin to ask you to marry as they did to your mother the only difference is that you do not have to marry someone who is strictly from the moon, the country is no longer in ruins, we are strong, you can marry any nobleman in the solar system -That's why they brought Prince Rajib they want me to marry him Brenda: It doesn't have to be with him, it's just an option, you still have time, but you should know that at some point you will have to get married and that for every moment that you delay me more precession, the vipers will exercise -Well, let them exercise what they want, mother, if they come for me, I will take their heads and cut them off in one fell swoop as they do to crawling animals like them, and if you'll excuse me, this is a lot of information to process Without waiting for an answer, I leave my parents 'room and walk aimlessly, my feet walk alone because my mind is very busy processing my parents' words. How many times have I not come to consider the idea of not having siblings and how many times I will not have rejected it because of the fear it gave me, my people are not human, my people and that of most of the rasas live around 1000 years, I only told myself my parents want to wait there is no hurry, my parents are fear my pregnancy was very complicated, all were excuses to reduce my fear, yes fear because if before I was a prisoner of this crown that I wear now I am even more so now I am the last heir to my bloodline and my duty is to protect the Luna, there is no one else who can take my place and there is no place in the universe to which I can flee, without realizing it my feet have taken me to the only safe place, the only place where the garden of the Moon will not be able to find me So I extend my hand to the lock of the door and there I feel the characteristic prick of the fine needle that extracts a single drop of blood that releases the seal of the door and allows me to enter the garden, there before my eyes was the Garden of the Moon the place where those who carry my blood throughout the millennia use the source of our powers to communicate with the Moon with the planet and the place where they are strongest, a place of extraordinary beauty surrounded by magic and full of mysteries, until I hear the footsteps of someone who stop behind me, and then that voice that shakes me. Rajib: What is this place Alma?