Virelle's POV
I kept my expression blank, though I sneered inwardly. My so-called mother had never loved me.
She didn't even tolerate me. She hated me with such passion it burned like fire.
All because she wanted a boy who would inherit the throne of the duchy in the future after my father but I came out as a girl ruining her lifelong aspiration and desires.
And my father? He was even worse. I clenched my fists and shoved those bitter memories into the depths of my mind. I didn't want to think about them anymore as they were part of a life I intended to leave behind soon.
I steeled myself, pushing away the temporary weakness that had crept into my thoughts. Why should I care about becoming someone's Heartshadow? I'll change my destiny myself. I'll break the shackles that have bound me and free myself from the bad decisions and schemes of those bastards.
