The First Step Of Revenge

A girl with long golden hair looks at herself in the mirror with satisfaction, the day she has been waiting for for the past 11 years has finally arrived. That was the day she was invited to be taken to Marquess Falzen's house, where her biological father and concubines lived.

A place that felt like hell to her, in a past life. The girl's name is Arabella Fay Falzen, and this year she is 17 years old. The only daughter of Marquess Falzen's legal wife, Vivaldi Falzen. Men who had an affair before marriage. Arabella is reborn after dying at the age of 21 because of being tortured by Marquess Scott, a distended old man who married Arabella forcibly. Arabella was tortured to death because the man was always changing wives, the reason was none other than Marquess Scott was a man who always abused all his wives and concubines. During the 4 years before her marriage, Arabella was tortured to near death by her father, Rose the first concubine, and her step-siblings.

In this life, Arabella will avenge them all. Arabella was no longer the stupid girl she used to be because she had prepared herself 11 years ago after being reborn. The girl learned all the skills needed to fight the family of Marquess Falzen and Marquess Scott.

Knock Knock

"Come in, " Arabella invited.

"Excuse me, Lady Arabella Fay Falzen. I'm Bastian, Marquess Falzen's subordinate who picked you up" said a middle-aged man. Arabella remembered this poor man would die later protecting Arabella when they were attacked by robbers on their way to town. And of course, it was her stepmother, the first concubine named Rose because she didn't want the rightful heir of the Marquess Falzen family to return.

"Nice to meet you, " Arabella replied graciously.

"Before I would like to remind you again that you have a fiance agreement with the second son of the Minister of Security of the Kingdom, the name of the second son is Jovan Kingston who is now serving as Commander of the Royal Guards," said Bastian.

Of course, Arabella knew, the reason she was invited to stay at Marquess Falzen's residence was because of this.

"I remember," answered Arabella quickly.

Bastian gasped, surprised by the formal way of speaking Arabella had been doing earlier. As the daughter of a Marquess, Arabella was allowed to speak informally to her subordinates or those of a lower title from her.

"You don't have to talk formally to me, Lady," Bastian said respectfully. He remembered Marchioness' kindness to him.

"It's okay, I feel more comfortable when respecting elders."

"Well, then please you to pack up your things to get ready for the Marquess' residence in the city. We will leave tomorrow at 7:00 am, after the preparations are done, Lady don't forget to get enough rest. If Lady needs anything, I'm in the living room with your nanny " said Bastian and left Arabella.

After Bastian left his room, Arabella threw herself on the bed. Her face looked happy, " Marquess Falzen, your daughter came to pay back your wickedness .. " Arabella chuckled as she covered her face.

But a few moments later, a tear fell from her eyes, a small sob could be heard from her thin lips, "You all made me live in hell" Arabella whispered in between sobs.*****

The next morning, Bastian and Arabella had breakfast with her nanny, the daughter of Baron Narol named Delilah.

Delilah looked sad, the Lady whom she had taken care of for a dozen years would leave her. Weakly, she placed the spoon on the table and looked at Arabella pleadingly.

"Lady, please let me come with you. I don't need a salary, all I need is to be with you" Delilah asked with teary eyes.

"Sorry, you can't come with me, foster mother. Because Marquess Falzen's residence is a terrible place" replied Arabella. She was equally sad because she had to leave Delilah in the village, but that was the only way for Delilah to live long. Because, in the past life Delilah followed her to the city and ended up tragically dying because of being slandered by Rose, the first concubine.

Arabella couldn't involve anyone else in a fight that would be full of blood and sacrifice, she wouldn't let her precious people fall victim just to protect her anymore.

Inevitably, Delilah nodded accepting the fact. She knew very well how cunning the people at the Lady Arabella's father's residence were.

"Lady, we will ride a horse-drawn carriage for 1 day and maybe arrive at Marquess Falzen's residence at night. Eat a lot" said Bastian to make the atmosphere a little better.

"Bastian, can we just take the train? Since I'm a little uncomfortable riding the horse carriage here, the price is quite expensive. I want us to save money" Arabella pleaded. Of course, that was just an excuse, because the horse-drawn carriage they were about to ride would be robbed.

Bastian looked doubtful, "Lady, money is not a problem at all"

"Still, the cost of renting a horse-drawn carriage to the city is almost 100 silver while the train every person is only 10 silver. Wouldn't we be much more economical? Plus, trains are faster and safer. If we don't want people to pay attention, we can buy tickets for 1 special room on the train which only costs 25 silver" continued Arabella giving reasons.

"Okay, Lady. Then we will take the train at 07:30 this morning" replied Bastian who finally agreed.

After finishing breakfast, Arabella said goodbye to some neighbors and walked with Bastian to the train station. About 30 minutes later, according to the schedule at 07:30 the train departed.

A few hours later, the sun was blazing, indicating that it was already noon.

"Lady, I will buy something in the train carriages selling food. You wait here and close the window with curtains because it is dangerous if people know that a young lady is alone," said Bastian.

Arabella nodded, shifted the window blinds and the not-so-large room became a little dark with the only light coming in from between the curtains. Bastian left Arabella.

There was quite a noise in the train hallway, making Arabella curious. She opened the door slightly and found a man running towards her. Arabella was about to scream when the man covered his mouth and entered Arabella's room, a knife pressed against Arabella's neck.

"Shut up, Lady," the man ordered coldly.

"Don't do anything and don't scream, or I will kill you with the knife in your neck" threatened the man. Arabella could only nod.

Knock Knock

There was a knock on the door of Arabella's room, "Excuse me, we do security checks for every room because there is an intruder" said someone behind the door. But Arabella couldn't answer because her mouth was covered by a stranger in front of her.

" If no one answers then we will open it without perLadyion " added the person behind the door again.

Hearing the words of the person behind the door made the foreign man who was covering Arabella's mouth squeak, his face looking sharp and cold at the same time.

"I'm going to take your mouth shut, but if you open your mouth a little to make a sound, I'll kill you. Got it?" the man asked. Again Arabella could only nod.

The knock on the door got louder, the man in front of him released Arabella's mouth and pressed his lips to Arabella's making the girl glare in surprise. But a cold sharp object that touched his neck made him not dare to make a sound, and just kept quiet on orders.

The handsome man smiled in between kisses, and the door was forcibly opened.

"Damn, there's only a perverted couple in here. It looks like the damn man jumped down," said the person who opened the door forcibly and then closed the door to the room again.

Their kiss finished, Arabella looking breathless.

"This is my first kiss, pervert man!" Arabella hissed, glaring at the man.

"Sorry, and thank you" the man also intended to leave Arabella.But Arabella's eyes caught the man's injured shoulder,

"Wait," Arabella said making the man stop and turned to look at Arabella. Their eyes looked at each other, and in their hearts, they also admired each other without realizing it.

'This lady... not bad'

'This guy doesn't seem like a bad person, though a bit perverted'

They think in their mind