A Unhappy Life

Jessica hit the log with all her might, her knuckles bleeding as she did so. Angry and afraid Jessica studied her surroundings. A lavish mansion at her back and an oak forest at her front. Currently her father was playing Grimp with a group of shady characters and had told his only daughter to "leave now or never return" which pissed the said daughter off given how this was not abnormal behavior from her father.

The aspects of Jessica's birth alone was suspicious and when her mother passed due to an assassination. Her own husband seemed unfazed saying that it was a simple rule of life, "your rich, you have a target". Funny how he was the exception.

Quietly Jessica sat on the dirt, resting her pitch black hair on the contrasting on the brown color of the oak. Staring at the sky which contrasted her brown colored eyes as the sun began to fall creating a beautiful orange tone mixed with the light blue, allowing Jessica to be only a slight bit more contempt with her situation.

Suddenly a voice rang near Jessica, it's tone was bright yet seductive with some foreign accent mixed in her sentence as she spoke. "This area is beautiful don't you think." She said, the woman was standing near Jessica wearing a long purple dress that was tighten around her waist with a light blue corset. This had also emphasized her cheat making Jessica blush at the brazen woman in front of her.

Her ginger hair was a good sign that she was at least partly foreign with violet colored eyes that seemed blank as if her eyes betrayed her own emotions.

"So your into studying strangers?" The woman asked jokingly. The question caught Jessica off guard after getting up quickly and wiping any dirt off her pants. This woman may have been weird but most likely it was one of her fathers "guests" and needed to be shown respect.

Bowing Jessica apologized by showing her nape to the woman, a common practice with nobles and something Jessica learned from her mother.

"I apologize dear guest for my behavior and not greeting you before." Jessica said fearful of what this woman could be capable of. Suddenly the woman's hands moved down Jessica's neck, resting her lips next to Jessica's ear. "You've lived an unhappy life, haven't you." The woman seemed happy to say this as if the mere thought of struggle was amusing. "I'm Kara, please to meet you. Oh and please be kind to the oak, karma tends to come out of nowhere."

Left with her own thoughts about the mysterious woman, Jessica sat down watching Kara walk away towards the mansion.

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