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Maria clutched her dress as she ran with her barefoot, gasping for air. She glanced behind her back and saw soldiers running after her. Maria's heart was pounding in her ears. She was sweating as sweat was dripping down her face and back. She was afraid of the soldiers and prayed for a helper. But Maria preferred to die than to get married to the heartless and giant man, which her brothers wanted her to marry.
Maria was a princess but lived like a slave in her father's castle. Her brothers hated her and wanted to get rid of her. Maria and her twin sister, Mary, had been living under the mercy of the queen's mother, Henry, since the death of their parent. Rita, the twin sister's mother, died when her daughters were very young, and King Alfred died not long after Rita's death. Alexander, the first son of Queen Henry, succeed in the throne of his father, but Queen Henry was in charge of power. She hated Maria and her sister. She had planted her hatred into two of her sons, and they decided to get off the sisters by getting them married to a man. They locked them up in their rooms, but Maria found her way out. She crept to her sister's door and tried to get her out of the room, but unfortunately, she was caught by guards. Maria got scared and ran for her dear life, leaving her sister behind.
Maria continued to run deep into the forest, not having any idea where she was going. She glanced behind her back several times; seeing those soldiers running after she increased her fear. Maria's heart trembled as she thought about her sister, and tears flow freely down her cheeks. She knew her sister will be in trouble if they failed to get her back to the castle but couldn't go back. Maria breathed in difficulty, she was getting tired, but she couldn't dare to stop.
She continued praying for a helper.
Suddenly she hit her foot on a stone, and she stumbled. As she was about to fall, she fell into someone's arms. Her eyes are wide at the turn of events. She wondered what had just happened. Before she could think of anything else, the man's strong scent waft into her nose. He smelled like a stargazer lily flower. Maria's heart beats faster as she thought of leaning closer to the man to inhale his scent, and fear of getting lost.
she wanted to raise her head and look up at the man, but the man buried her face no his broad chest and stared at the soldiers.
"Let go of the lady now or you die." One of the soldiers yelled.
Maria shivered in fear.
"Oh-no!" She exclaimed in her mind. She wrapped her arms tightly around the man, showing her unwillingness to let go.
The man could sense the girl trembling in his arms. He heard her heartbeat beating faster in fear. He looked down at the girl and drifted back his gaze to the soldiers.
"You should be the one to leave now before you all die."
Everyone almost got froze. His tone was cold and powerful. The cold aura oozing out of him could freeze people to death. He looked dangerous and compelling. The soldiers were frightened, even without knowing what the man was capable of doing. One of the soldiers who tried to be courageous spoke out.
"Who are you?"
The man's lips curved up into a sly smile.
'It will be advisable for you to leave now.'
That voice.......
The soldiers shivered. Who was this man? They asked themselves, including Maria. Maria's heart began to pound in fear. I'm I safe? She was tense up as she thought.
Is this not from Frypan to Fire?
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