1 Chapter One: I'm Back

"Why did you kill my family, they did nothing to you. The emperor, your father also treated you fairly." Lyra was saying this with no emotion in her eyes or voice.

"Hahaha. You don't really know the reason! You were the one who plotted against Mackey!" The crown prince didn't look like he once did. He lost his elegance after Mackey came along.

"With such a temper, do you think the citizens of this kingdom will listen to you? They will try to revolt against you and at that time, you'll regret everything."

The crown prince acted like he didn't hear her.

"Was she the single reason why you revolted." Lyra didn't ask this as a question, she knew for certain that Mackey was the reason why. But she wanted to hear him say it.

"Humph! You already know the answer to that!"

Lyra started laughing hysterically. "The girl that you love so much is cheating on you and you don't even know that." With her last words, she took the sword from the crown prince's hands and stabbed herself in the heart.

"No!"

'I can join you now, mother, father, sister, and brother.'

"Do you want to live?"

"Who's that!" Lyra looked around to see no one. She noticed that she was in a white space with nothing around her.

"Do you want to change your family's future?"

"I don't know who you are but if you have the power... please let me!" She kept looking around but she saw no one.

"Very well my dear. I shall give you another chance. But remember to live wisely. Don't live for revenge, live for happiness."

Before Lyra could say something, she blacked out.

Lyra woke up to see her old room. 'I'm back...'

"Good morning Miss! How was your sleep?" She saw her nanny coming to her and picking her up. 'I'm really back.' Lyra stared at everything with awe. She wanted to speak but all the words that were coming of her mouth were gibberish.

'Is this really happening? I'm alive again.' No words could express how grateful she was for a chance to live again.

"My Miss is so cute. Shall we go and greet your parents now?"

Knowing that she couldn't talk, Lyra just nodded. 'I could see my parents again.' She tried to hold in her tears but the moment she saw her mother, she started crying. "M sroy o bg a ga dgther." ('I'm sorry for being a bad daughter.) But since she was a baby, she couldn't convey the words very well.

"Aw. Are you happy to see your mommy?" Duchess Irene asked while carrying Lyra in her arms.

Lyra nodded happily. "Es." (Yes.)

"My Lyra could understand us?" The Duchess was happy to know that her daughter could understand her.

'My family is alive.' She started crying even more.

"Are you okay. Why is she crying so much, did something happen to her?" Duchess Irene looked at Lyra worriedly.

"I don't know Duchess, nothing happened when she woke up." The nanny was also worried about Lyra.

The Duke walked into the study room when he heard a baby crying. "Give her to me." The Duke extent his hands out to take Lyra from the Duchess. 'Father... he got injured when he shielded me from an attack. And because of that, he couldn't walk.' With that, she started crying even more.

The Duke got flustered all of a sudden. 'Does she not like me.' He thought.

"M sory." (I'm sorry.)

"Why is she crying?" Lyra saw her brother and sister coming closer to her.

The Duke's family consisted of Duke Harry Clarke, Duchess Irene Clarke, Oliver Clarke, Violet Clarke, and Lyra Clarke. Oliver being the oldest sibling while Lyra was the youngest.

'All my family members are here again.' Lyra couldn't express how happy she was at the moment. 'My family died because of me, I promise to protect them in this life!'

"Aww. My dear sister is so cute!" Violet couldn't help but noticed how cute Lyra was.

"Mh." Even her brother, Oliver who always had a stern face even agreed.

"M wuv u al." (I love you all.)

"Did she just say that she loved us!?" Violet asked.

"I think she did." The Duchess had a shocked face.

"Our Lyra is a genius! She's only 8-months-old. Say something else!" Violet exclaimed.

Before Lyra could say something else, she fell asleep.

"It looks like Lyra is tired." The Duchess tried to take Lyra from the Duke's arm but he didn't budge. "Do you want to carry her to her cradle?"

The Duke nodded and walked away. "My my, your father is carrying Lyra. I thought he would never." The Duchess exclaimed. It wasn't that the Duke was a bad father, it was just that he can't really show his affection for his family, he's shy when expressing loving emotions towards his family.

Violet nodded in agreement. "I should go now, my tutor is waiting." With that, Oliver left along with Violet.

"Mh, I'm afraid he's gonna be like his father when he grows up. All cold."

"But you still fell in love with him Duchess."

"Haha, of course. Even though he was cold on the outside, he's still kind on the inside." With that, the two started to gossip about the Duke without a care in the world.

"You need to work now, Duchess." The butler came in.

The Duchess sighed. "It's okay to have fun once in a while."

"But you still have work to do."

The Duchess knew that she couldn't persuade the butler so she started focusing on her work.

In the Duke's household, besides their family, the butler had the most power because he was sent from the Duchess's motherland. The butler took care of the Duchess since she was young. To her, he was like a second father so she takes the butler's words very seriously. He's a very wise man, he could've been a royal aid to the emperor but he chose to stick with the Duchess.