68 LONELY

"Don't you think something is wrong with you?" William said in a mocking tone. She said facing the river, "Really? What is wrong with me? I am perfectly fine your highness". He too faced towards the river and said, "The river remains frozen during most parts of the year, it's only in the spring where people come to sit here and have some nice talks. The place remans filled with children playing and women chattering ". Some hold parties here during the night around spring. There you see(pointing towards a huge tree, dead with no leaves) a group of people use to lit a fire and sit there and starts story telling. Some use to dance and some play musical instruments. They do this even during the winter time. Eh! how about coming here tonight in this place to enjoy story telling." Anne nodded and said,"You along with...with your fiancee." William said,"No, I mean just you and me." Anne looked towards him, "Wow now that you say this I feel like the problem is only with you and not with me, do you feel that you are starting to open up to people, don't you feel that you are becoming gentle(she dared to smile), also if we come together without Areana, you will have a bad impression on your people." William said,"She won't come she doesn't enjoy these things, also we will come dressing here as commoners and not like the royals". Anne said,"Still I don't think this will be a good idea, how about bringing Your sister along with Dew?" William said,"Yes we can (getting up and helping her up). Okay then let's head back and return today evening."

"Princess Areana is missing", her servants came running towards the king. William didn't show any concern and said to just to look for her to the palace guards. He then went near his balcony and thought Areana was just with him only to run away with her lover. She never loved him. Her whereabouts doesn't concern him. Then he slowly asked himself,"If there's nobody you care about then who do you actually care about, is it your people.....no you just rule because you were just born to rule, your mother.....i do but I don't know where she is, your sister.....I do but she is not so close to me to let me protect her, for all these years everyone is taking me only as someone who likes to oppress, one who doesn't like to open up to people, one who will only be a tyrant as a ruler, one who grew up without a mother who is to be blamed, but has anyone asked me who I am, what I want, what I like. From the beginning itself I have been doing what my guardian decides, carrying out each and every orders of the king, working so hard that the people won't suffer but everyone looks down on me, uses me only to fulfill their desires. Is that how I am supposed to live all my life, without fulfilling any wish of mine. No one not even a single soul is to be found in this silent castle who wishes to feel the storms that has been blowing inside of me for a long time, no one has ever cared to make it calm. Now it feels like it's gonna stay like this, only death can make it stop. Mother I failed to meet up to your expectations".