A Hybrid

"You do not have to worry about it, I will manage from here. Thank you for your efforts."  The guard bowed and left the room when Hazel chuckled.

It was a lie that she had told that the crown prince was going to visit her. She knew that her father would be going crazy to find a solution. He was looking for a thread he could hold on to, to save himself from drowning.

So, she decided to be the one. She wanted him to hold on to her as tightly as he could so when the time comes, he would realize that it was broken and rusty from the start.

But then it would be too late to let it go and find another one. Her eyes turned colder as she remembered how she was treated all that time. If she was bound to be a villainess then so it be.

"Are you going to keep him waiting?" asked Alex as he entered the room. He had seen the commotion out and knew that was what she was talking about last night.

She picked up the glass from the table and took a sip as she nodded.