Chapter 4

" You'll be getting married tomorrow Sofinna. I'm happy for you". Sofinna just smiled, trying to hide her sadness with the fakest smile. " You never told me why you were crying the other day. Is it because your engagement with Prince Sebastian?" " How did you know", Sofinna asked feeling very shocked. " You've always told me you didn't like him. The way he talks, walks and behave, you hate every single one of it". Princess Sofinna and Catherine are very close, they could read each other's thought and complete each others sentence. That could be because they were the only children of their parents. " It's nothing Catherine, I'm fine", Sofinna lied. " Alright, if you say so".

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" Hmm, what a night!" "My head hurts, what happened the previous day". Sofinna could not understand why she would wake up with such headache. " My love, are you ok?". " My love, who could possibly be calling me that", Sofinna wondered. She was naked on the bed under her blanket. She was holding onto it tightly. " My love", she heard again. This time she turned to see who it was. On seeing his face, she shouted till she woke up. It was Sebastian.

" What a dream", she muttered. She turned to her side and saw the wedding dress prepared for her marriage with Prince Sebastian. She had almost forgotten. " Maybe that's why I had such a dream". The thought of being Sebastian's wife irritated her but being in the same bed with him was a nightmare.

She was unable to sleep since she woke up. The thoughts of being Sebastian's wife took sleep away from her eyes. " How can I stop this? How can I stop this marriage?". That was the only thing on her mind. " What if I pretended to be sick", she thought. That wouldn't work. If she pretended to be sick the engagement wouldn't be called off, the wedding will only be delayed. She would have to face it another day. She kept thinking and thinking and thinking of ways to break her engagement with Prince Sebastian but couldn't come up with a good idea. She hit her head like it was going to help her with a good plan. There was no way." It can't be avoided", she thought. She looked out of her bedroom window to see the stars. The sky was lit up with a lot of stars. One could walk through the night without the use of a torch. The brightness of the stars illuminated the whole of Nehul. She was still admiring the Kingdom when her eyes came across the Kingdom gates. " Why didn't I think of that before?". "Its the perfect solution ", she thought. She hurriedly grabbed a bag and packed a few of her belongings. " I'm going to run away".