Tears

Aurora buried her face in her hand. 

She's afraid.

She's worried.

She's angry.

Various emotions were mixed together and Aurora knew very well that it was inevitable. But even so, she felt ashamed deep in her heart.

She might be only 13 years old girl, but Aurora knew very well that she was not the same as other people. She's the duke's daughter, the crown princess, the future queen, and also someone with heavy responsibility on her shoulder. 

She couldn't show her weakness.

No…

She's not allowed to have any weakness.

Because once she has any, there might be others who would take advantage of her and brought her down. 

Aurora cried silently.

She didn't dare to let her voice out because she knew very well that there were still others around her. Even if she trusted them to a certain degree, Aurora had no intention to let them know about her weakness. 

No, not even her trusted attendants could know.