Rose,rose" her younger brother ricahrd called coming upstairs to her room, he knocked at the doors "can I come in " he asked "yes richard you can come in" she answered ,he met her getting up from bed, he came towards her bed "you should get more sleep at night, it will soon be mid morning and you have work to get to" he said raising the drapes of her curtain, he looked up at his sister with her messy hair, she had fair skin, big blue eyes like as if they contained the ocean in then and pink plump lips all in all he knew she was beautiful, but not married and he wants her to get married so the man would be able to take care of her but it also means he'd be lonely because he knows for sure no man would accept a wife with her brother to join them in their home so he'd stay here in their father's house, " Richard you know sometimes I wonder whether I'm the elder sibling or not" she said settling down her dressing table and gently brushed her hair"she said" well I am a man so I have to take of you" he said, she chuckled a bit, " Richard you are a boy you are just a decade and five years old" she said to him"yes I know that but I will become a Knight and sir lylon said that being a Knight doesn't depend on your age" he replied, " yes I know that Richard you say it everyday that I'm already used to it", she said gettingbup from the chair," yes sister you always complain about it saying that I'm young and all that" he complained " and you are" she insisted, arranging her bed she looked up at her younger brother the only one she had in this world, he was young with brown ebony eyes and fair skin that was a bit brown, he was a bit tall almost as tall as her as he would say, all in all he was still young but sometimes spoke as if he had an old man inside of him at times, "ok I'm done let's go" she said, they left the house, she went to drop Richard off at the Palace for Knight school and was on her way to work, the school was an only girls school, it was built when the new king got into power, it was here so that girls could be educated too and she was glad she could work there, she was walking through the market when everyone quickly moved to the sides, sound of horses could be heard and carriages began to pass by," it's the dark lord" a passer-by said to her 'oh' she said sounding uninterested, "I heard he's never shown his face in public" another woman said, " maybe it's because he's ugly" another said, " hmmm maybe" as the carriage with the duke passed by, she felt a pair of eyes on her, she looked up and found red bright eyes staring at her, she looked down then back up but the carriage was already gone, she stood there rooted to the ground doubting whether what she saw was real or not, she walked to the school the image still fresh in her mind, she had never seen such blood red eyes before so the image was well something different, it was all that was in her mind even when she was teaching she couldn't focus on her class, she didn't know why she was pondering about it but her emotions were rather confusing whether it was curiosity or fear or the both, it was unsettling at first but she became interested in the Duke with red eyes, whose face has never been seen.