The siblings.

The princess stood in her chamber, staring at the wall without moving, if someone saw her he would assume that she was thinking of something important, but the reality is, the princess was thinking of...

"Gosh! What should I eat when I leave the palace?!" She cried whispering to herself "Not good, this is not good!" 

She kept walking around the chamber without stopping, it seemed that this matter was important to the princess!

"I can't have an orange cake made by Chef Agha anymore! Damn!" She cursed, feeling angry and lost, the princess stopped, her face lighting with the idea that came to her mind "What if I sneak to the castle again? No no, this is so stupid! I can't even send someone to get it for me because it will get too dangerous!"

Frowning and deep in thought, the princess sat at the edge of her luxurious bed, suddenly; she narrowed her eyes and said "Or maybe I can take the chef with me!"

"I see, you have finally lost it!" The princess looked at the woman who entered her chamber without knocking, that woman was the princess's best friend, with honey blonde hair, and green eyes like a sunny forest, a dress hugging her body gorgeously, she was beautiful in every possible way! 

"Karma! You still lack some manners, you better knock the next time" the princess said non-caring and still thinking of a solution to her problem.

"There's no next time Your Highness" Karma's voice was sarcastic, she sat at a chair near the bed elegantly, and the princess rolled her eyes.

"It seems that you will clearly miss me!" The princess chuckled, they may seem like enemies from their conversation, but they are actually close friends from childhood, karma is the daughter of a prime general, who is close to the emperor, so she always spent most of her time with the princess.

"I won't, but I will miss the trouble you make," Karma replied, staring at the ceiling, she knew that the princess or rather, her best friend was going to run away, this may sway the empire, and it may put her in trouble because she knew all along but didn't tell a soul about it, but Karma didn't care, her priority is the princess and her happiness.

"Tell me, Karma! What do I do if I'm craving the chef Agha's food?" The princess asked with a serious face and Karma looked at her checking if she was kidding, but after staring at her for like half a minute she sighed and said "Someone has to send you the food, or you could make the chef leave his position and work in a restaurant close to where you are going to stay! And I doubt this one."

The princess chuckled and said, "I will go with the first one because I like the chef and I don't wanna put him in danger, you have to be that person though!" 

Karma looked at the princess like she was mad and held her head in frustration "They will watch me obviously Lavinia, and then I will be the one in danger"

the princess stared at Karma long enough to make her sigh and said "I'm not afraid, it's just that I have plans too, you know..."

the princess nodded her head "I understand, don't worry.." then she smiled sarcastically "I don't know about you, but I'm excited for what's coming."

Karma smiled too "I really want to see her face, that would be funny as hell"

"she thinks controlling my life will make me shut up, Little did she know that she is playing with the devil himself" Karma laughed and replied, "maybe more like Lilith!" 

"they call me Lavinia, but I'm also known as Lilith... the devil's daughter! How ironic!!" Princess Lavinia giggled and leaned on the bed.

suddenly they heard some footsteps coming and the door opened, a man in his late twenties entered with a grumpy face, he looked like a person not easy to approach.

"you are here." Lavinia smiled, while Karma sighed and looked at the man with a bored expression.

"I came to see you," he replied.

the man was General Rafael, he stood in the middle of the room with his tall frame, as one of the youngest leaders in the empire's storied history. He was strong with quite big board shoulders, draped in an ornate crimson cloak, and exuded both strength and elegance. A thin scar ran from his left temple to his cheekbone, a relic of a duel that solidified his legend. His green eyes, sharp and calculating, seemed to hold the weight of every decision he'd ever made.

Though his voice was calm and measured, it carried a steel edge that brooked no argument.

before Lavinia could reply Karma laughed and said "To see her or hoping to see someone else?" 

Rafael ignored her which made Karma laugh more, Karma and Rafael are siblings, they used to hang out a lot with Lavinia when they were children which made them known for their strong friendship. 

Lavinia smirked seeing the annoyed face Rafael made, "Let him be Karma, or I won't be saving your dumb ass when he makes it hard for you."

Karma pouted "he wouldn't dare."

Rafael joined Lavinia and sat on the bed "Keep trying your luck" a slow smile appeared on his face making Karma frown and look at Lavinia who smiled at her too.

"the empress is trying to get rid of you," Rafael said to Lavinia with a serious face which made Lavinia smirk "What's new? She is always trying to!" 

"it's serious this time!" Rafael said with a thoughtful face, and Lavinia and Karma made a brief contact which made Rafael stare at them before cursing "Let me guess, you know something that I don't.."

Karma stood and walked toward him "Don't get jealous-" Before she could finish her words Lavinia stopped her "Shut up!" and turned to Rafael "I swear I was gonna tell you."

"I bet she was.. after she ran away.." Lavinia shot a dead stare at Karma who giggled enjoying her time. while Rafael looked at Lavinia with disappointment and disapproval.

Lavinia turned her back to him and brushed his stares pretending to ignore him.

"wheeew!!! the weather is quite beautiful!!"

"stop this crap Liv!" his voice was deadly which made Lavinia sigh and turned to him explaining, "I told you I was gonna tell you, not after I run of course, I still haven't made my move yet, they wanna marry me to someone without even considering my opinion about my freaking life!!!" she yelled.

Rafael and Karma grew silent taking of how her voice sounded, like she had enough and didn't give a damn anymore.

"Okay, I get it.. wanna run away? sure, but what next? you will get caught easily!" Rafael said with a frown.

Lavinia replied with a cold tone "Not if I made it like it's the empress doing! She wants me gone, I will fulfill her wish, but it will make her the villainess" 

"well .. she is," Karma said.

Rafael ignored her and replied to Lavinia "But how?" 

Lavinia smiled "I'm glad you asked... we are going to spread rumors!" 

Rafael and Karma exchanged looks before speaking at the same time "WHAT?"