ALANA'S POV
"Are you sure about this? Doesn't this seem to be dangerous?"
"No worries My Lady, I'm here."
I scratch my arm awkwardly after we went to the back of the castle just a mile away from there. A breeze of cold air and salty atmosphere met my senses
My eyes sparkled to see the big vast ocean, it was beautiful sight to behold. The Wide blue sky meeting the blue ocean, the waves were giving a vibe of relaxation and relief.
I remove my shoes and felt the warm rough sandy ground beneath my feet. It was my firs time seeing the ocean and so far I'm already in love of it.
I've become a handmaid for the Queen for the past 3 months. Somehow I befriended those seven peculiar boys. I've been studying secretly about mt location, Snowden. And also planning to escape once I've see my opportunity.
Right now me and the troublemaker Stan are at the beach collecting sea rocks. Since the Queen is asleep back at the castle, Stan drags me to the beach to collection sea rocks.
"Be careful My Lady! The Beach may look peaceful but sometimes Giant Crabs lurk here too so we need to be fast."
"I understand." I said hastening myself.
Back at the Castle, we made it back before dinner.
"Alana after dinner I want you to clean the gutters at the west wing then sweep the stairs, cob the webs, wipe the vases and all of it. Do I make myself clear?" The Queen said.
"Yes Your Majesty." I said and curtsy a little. While I was watching them having dinner together, I was standing beside her. The others were stealing glances at me.
After dinner, I finished up everything but somehow Fury helped me.
Ans it was strange between us to be working together, as you can see Fury is the easy tempered guy amongst them seven, arguing with him was crazy.
"Fury what are tou doing here?" I ask, he was assisting me cleaning the gutters.
"What are you nuts? Its already passed 9 in the night and leaving you outside the castle cleaning gutters is a dumbass idea." he said while helping me, I chuckled at the way he spoke. I know its rude but to fix it he was guarding me incase something happens which is so sweet of him.
How caring, I smiled at him.
"What are you smiling at Princess!?"
Suddenly I felt a chilly wind through my spine.
My eyes widen to see someone walking in the dark, people suddenly started showing. Was my mind hallucinating or I am going crazy for seeing it.
"Princess calm down."
"Fury do you see them?" I ask.
He sighs then looks at me. "Come I think it's time to tell you about Snowden."
He took me to a small cottage inside holding an oil lamp. There were vintage portraits of Snowden and its people in here with the past Kings and Queens.
"Fury?" I ask.
"More than 700 years ago, Snowden wasn't like this. It used to be a haven for us because of King Nerrius and Queen Lalisa's ruling, they made our Kingdom prospered." I just stared at him listening to his story of the Kingdom.
"What happened Fury?" I ask.
"Well the people Snowden were captured and slayed by Paris'—" My eyes widen as he stops.
He turns to me.
"Princess I'm dead."
"What do you mean?" I ask my eyes concerned. "All those people you saw are the ghosts past of Snowden Kingdom, me and those seven idiots are dead." he confessed. I was speechless, It was an unexpected information and was hard to swallow in.
"How?" I ask.
"Don't freak out okay we're still good alright?" he ask me. I nodded at him keeping my nerves calm and compressed.
"The Seven of us are the Queen's past betrothed."
END OF ALANA'S POV
Alana covered her mouth hear such an unexpected truth, Fury was shy waiting for a reaction from her.
"The Seven of you are the Queen's past husbands? How? Why?" she ask. "I'm sorry I don't mean to pry." she then immediately apologise.
"No its alright its not like I like it either." Fury said crossing his arms as the usual.
"Shannon was the Queen's first husband out of Seven of us, since the Queen began her immortal life at 35 years old 2 years after King Percival's death, she never aged and continue to look good. Shannon weds the Queen at the age of 24 years old." Fury began telling her. They took a seat in a rag with the oil lamp between them.
"How did Shannon die?" I ask.
"He was poisoned because many were after the Queens hands that day, he was the most fairest of the land too." Fury explained.
"A year later the Queen announces her second husband, Stan from a foreign country outside Snowden and married her. Stan was at 23 years old when the Queen and him met. Together they've been together for 2 years but."
"What happened?"
I ask. He sigh and gave me an uneasy look. "He was kidnapped and Tortured until he died." Alana felt remorse after hearing Stan's death. It was a heartbreaking death, and Alana shed a single tear for hearing them.
"The Queen again mourned for him until 5 years later she met three new man name Bart, Calum and Gil. They were her concubines." he said and Alana nodded listening at him
"She married them three for herself, having three husbands was a bit much but the Queen was happy. Those three were 22 years old," Fury continued.
"After that, well unexpectedly Calum committed suicide, Bart died in a decease with no cure and Gil was murdered by a Royal Guard. Those three were dead at all once, the Queen was mad and furious."
"How cruel but why did Calum Commited Suicide?" Alana asks worried about it.
"Hmm from what I know Calum said he was depressed that time." Fury stated "It's too sad I can't believe you guys are dead."
"7 Months after their deaths, Jack was a popular Knight from Snowden. With his skills and popularity amongst women, the Queen married him and they ruled Snowden together until a war broke out between Snowden and our neighboring Kingdom, Casentino. The War took 5 years and 4 months and Jack was only 19 years old, he died after being ambushed by the Enemies in the battlefield." Alana took a time to breath slowly processing the stories of them.
"Fury I'm really sorry for all of you." Alana apologize sincerely.
"There's no need to apologize Princess pity on us are nothing." Fury said confident.
"What about you? You were the Queen's last betrothed?"
"Yes, I married the Queen because of her wealth and status. I didn't care if she loved me, I just used her you know." Fury said confiding.
"How long did you became her Husband?" I ask.
"Well it took us 10 years to be together, we were about to have our baby but because of her stupid selfish reasons our Baby got abort, I was mad at her, I divorce her immediately and married a commoner woman. As we settled in together the Queen sent his Assassins and killed my Wife and I. The End. And now were just trapped souls bound to be here forever."
Fury said like it was nothing.
"I'm sorry to hear that Fury it must be devastating to be killed by your own—"
"No need to apologise its in the past anyways, do you have any questions to ask? I can answer them now that I'm feeling it." he said arms crossed.
"How did the Queen managed to trapped all your souls here?" Alana asks curious.
"The Queen has Dark Magic, I believe she exchanged her Soul to a Devil in return of Dark Magic that rivaled the Tyrant King of the 7 Kingdoms. She used Dark Magic capturing our souls from the Underworld, trapping us here in Snowden Forever. For your information Snowden is protected by an Enchanted Barrier so no one manage to get in here for the last hundred years. You were the second living person who stayed at Snowden. So all seven of us were surprised to see you here three months ago."
Alana lowers head for some reason she remembered her Husband, missing him.
"I don't know why the Queen kept me here, but to be honestly with you Fury. I kinda miss my Husband." Fury had his brows rise out of sudden.
"Wait what you're married!?" Fury ask slight mad. Alana chuckled at his funny reaction.
"Yes I am, My Sister wed me to a Knight."
"A knight?"
"Yes, to save my Kingdom I need to Wed myself to the Blind Silver Wolf."
"OH MY THE GODS! YOU MARRIED THAT KNIGHT!?"