Chloe Destiny Swans is born with a miserable life. Her mother, Liliana passed away when she gave birth to her because blood loss. And her father, Count Swans also passed away when she was only nine years old due some secret incident. Many people despised her, but there also some people who pitied her. She never count it as a problem because she live her life at the fullest with her belongings.
She never cried. At least after the death of her father, crying wasn't a common word to her. She always plastered her face with a smile whenever she goes.
Or she thought so.
"Your Royal Highness, Erick Von Cavalrie, i like you. I know that word shouldn't come from a lowly being like me, but i really care about you."
In the quiet garden, she confessed her feeling toward her childhood friend, the second prince of Cavalrie Kingdom, Erick Von Cavalrie. The strange and kind prince who doesn't have a pure royal blood through his veins. He has a silver hair and soft feature behind his glasses.
Low chuckle come from Erick. "Lady Swans, you can't call yourself a lowly being."
"Answer me, Erick."
Erick laughed. He sips his tea and stare softly at Chloe. He sit quitely at his place.
"I'm mad at you," said Erick. "The one who should confessed isn't you, but me. I want to propose you when my power already stabilized so father won't interfere my life. And you ruined it."
Chloe is mezmerized for a moment. She is wondering if she heard it right, but Erick doesn't correct his answer as a joke or something else.
"Uh ... Your Royal Highness, may i know what do you mean by that—"
"I like you—no, Lady Swans i love you. I've been love with you since we are thirteen."
And thats how she accepted by her favorite person. Thats how her heart jump in delight.
And thats how destiny start to break her heart again.
One day after their confession to each other, Chloe should stand in Erick's burial with black dress and puffy eyes.
Her lover is gone.
Erick is gone, with her feeling, with her love toward him.
"Lady," said the Female Knight, Aine Grace to Chloe. She has a worried expression on her face. "My Lady, i know you're sad because his highness's death. But, now is the time we should go back to the mansion. All the people already leave."
Chloe only stare to space quietly. Watching people leave one by one from that cold place. Now she begin questioning her life, her identity, her existence.
"Dame Grace." She call another woman. "After my father's death, i never questioning all the miserable life i've got and just thinking maybe it just some bad luck from the God above. But, now everything seems odd. Why Erick passed away one day after our confession to each other?"
Aine's eyes open wide. "I'm sorry, My Lady. Do you mean ...?"
"Yes," said Chloe. "We are lover. "
Aine Grace only stare quietly at Chloe. Her young lady already a grown woman, so that's reasonable to falling in love, even has a lover.
But fate said otherwise.
"My lady," Aine Grace spoke softly. "You're a grown woman, so im not really surprised that you are falling in love with one person that so dear to you. Maybe someday you will questioning all the reason of your miserable fate. And maybe for now on, i can't keep my promise."
What? "What promise?"
"To keep the secrets about your identity." Aine Grace look at Chloe with sharp eyes. "So, My Lady, do you want to listen to what i said?"
In that moment she lost in her mind, but after that she nodded confidently.
Maybe she will know something that she should know.
Without a lie.
Aine sighed. In the midst of cold grave, she looked at her sharply. Time seemed to stop running for a moment, and everything is in slow motion.
"My lady, pardon for my behaviour, but you should listen to this. I keep this secret with all my life and if you insist, i beg you to spare my life."
Chloe nodded. She begin to look at Aine with serious expression. "I won't hate you, Dame Grace."
Aine closed her eyes for a moment and let out a heavy breath. She begin her explanation with a low voice.
"My Lady, you're not a pure human, in your veins, there are a siren blood. Lady Liliana wasn't an human, she is a siren. When she gave birth to you, a witch appear and put some curse on you. She said, 'if this child happen to fall in love and her love is reciprocated, her dearest one will die.' So thats why His Royal Highness die. My Lady ... forgive me for telling you this now, but i beg you ... please keep your identity hidden, because if Your Majesty, The King found it, you will be executed."
And at that time, her world start to falling apart. []