Two weeks after Damian was injured Grand Duke Rober Ellis paid a visit to the orphanage. The Grand Duke is described as a man who has dark blue hair with black eyes. He is a man who holds great power over the 12 noble families not including the royal family. He has a daughter who doesn't like him and grows up to hate him for not being involved with her. Lexi Olliver Ellis is a girl who only wanted to be loved so when she saw her father loved her new adopted brother. She got jealous and made his life a living hell. To be honest, when I read about her I felt she was quite like me. She wanted to be loved but didn't receive any.
But why the hell is he here? It's too quick for the Grand Duke to even visit the orphanage. He was meant to visit the orphanage 6 months after Damian's been at the orphanage. But it's only been 4 months. And wasn't it only the butler who came here? But today the butler was accompanying the Grand Duke. Why's that? And in the story, Anna had gotten a cold the night before so she never saw the Grand Duke. The grand duke also didn't personally come to the orphanage. Today however he had requested to see me and Damian. I wonder why? He obviously had to see Damian for he was destined to be adopted by Robert Ellis. But why me? Was it because he already knew I was Camilla? But isn't my brother meant to find me? Whatever let's just get this meeting over with.
I followed the matron inside towards the meeting room alongside Damian. I was dressed up in a pretty dress. I was wearing a light blue frock and Damian was wearing a white shirt and black trousers. I just realised from these clothes that Trials of Love was a book based in 19 century England. So the clothes were like the ones from the 19 century. I walked inside the room and walked toward the director. "Grand Duke this is Damien and Anna," he announced gesturing for us to bow. I looked at Damian and followed him bowing. I looked up and saw that the grand duke was smirking at me. Even at the age of 45 the grand duke still looked handsome. The grand duke looked at us and nodded at the director. He led us out of the meeting room and stayed in to have a talk with the duke. We walked toward the playground and I saw Dylan and his gang. For these two weeks, I've been avoiding Dylan as I didn't want any conflicts but today he came up to me so I didn't really have a choice here.
"What's wrong?" I asked. Dylan sneered and replied, "I heard you're being adopted with Damian by that man inside,". Oh really? How did they know already? Rumours sure spread quick. I nodded however I wasn't sure whether or not he was adopting me. " Why does everyone take well to him? What do you all like about him?" Dylan asked. "He is just an ugly freak with silver hair and red eyes. Your just a devil. I heard before that you killed your own parents because the villagers thought you were a devil and they burned your house down. However, you didn't die but your parents did,". Oh yeah, I forgot that our male protagonist had such a history. I looked at him in pity. "Dylan watch your words. Just leave Damian alone. Someone once told me, to have even made someone's life better is already a success. Have you ever made anyone feel better? And besides Damian is not a freak. He's unique. everyone's unique in their own way," I explained. Hopefully, these words would knock some sense into him. Though I'm not quite sure it would.
Clap! Clap! I turned around to look at who clapped. It turns out to be the Grand Duke. Damian nudged me and I quickly bowed. He gestured for us to get up and he asked "Where did you learn that?". I don't remember. Wait didn't the king say that to Camilla when he sentenced Camilla to exile? " Sir, I think someone must have said that to me when I was younger but I don't remember who," I replied. Well since the King will say that Camilla so I'm technically not lying. "Wha's your name?" he asked me. "Anna. Anna Shuttleworth, Sir," I replied. "Do you remember how you came here?" he questioned. Anna doesn't know but I know because I read the book. The book only said that Camilla was left on the doorstep of this orphanage after she was stolen. "I don't remember sir," I replied. He looked at the director and muttered "I'll take her and the boy," the director looked so happy he hastily ordered someone to get the adoption papers. Was he in that much of a hurry to get rid of us? Well, Anna did have a horrible reputation. The papers were signed and tomorrow we would be sent away to live with the duke.