I jumped up with a slight start. How am I here? I look around to see that I'm in my room, not the royal chambers that I shared with Leo but the guest room I was in before I became Queen. I see my wedding dress hanging in front of my mirror. A white lace fluffed out dress with a triangle cut down the back. My blood red blankets swallowed me as my now pale skin reached for the glass of water I had always kept by my bedside lamp. I take a drink.
How is this possible? I'm back to before I got married....to before I met her. I swing my legs to the side of my bed as I set the glass down. My warm feet touch the cold floor as I stand up and stretch my arms. I walk towards the mirror and push the dress to the side as I look at myself. Golden brown hair that reached my back, pale but fair skin that was akin to the texture of a baby, and dark blue eyes that seemed as if they were always lost at sea. I continue to stare at the reflection that I no longer saw as my own. It's been years since I've looked upon this face. I still have my hair, I'm no longer frail from their endless torture. None of my people have died because of....her.....yet.
Why should I care to save them? Why can't I just let these people go? They watched as I was humiliated and degraded, as everything was taken from me, and as I died. They laughed and mocked me as if I had not sheltered and protected them for 15 years of my life.
I feel a wetness fall down my cheek only to realize that I was crying. I haven't shed tears in many years, it almost feels nice on my face. I smile as a stream of tears fall down my face at the death of my former self.
"My Lady? Is something the matter? You're up early and you're crying." says a female voice from behind me.
"I'm fine.These are happy tears. Today will be the happiest day of my life." I say with a bright smile.
"I'm glad My lady, His Majesty sent me and a few others to help you get ready. If you'll allow me I can call them in now?" the maid said with slight hesitation in her voice.
"Yes please." I say whilst wiping my tears and clearing my mind.
After washing up and getting dressed it was finally time to see him. My true love. The man that was stolen from me by a demon in human form.