Chapter One
I awoke in a cold sweat. Curse these damn memories! It had been a week since I transmigrated through time to my life before Garrett could talk. How easy it would have been to take his life, I thought about it, but I wanted my revenge to be sweeter. The years of loneliness and pain I suffered needed to be paid in full. I found it hard to adjust to my old life. I had all my adult memories, everything I ever learned or excelled at were useless in the body of a six year old. My mother, the empress, was concerned about my health and mentality. I couldn't blame her. I was once a loving, attentive child who doted heavily on his family but after the life I led blinded by that familial love I couldn't do it. I still lived my mother though, she was never to blame for my misfortunes. She was a victim herself. My first step in this new life was to protect my mother and bring vengeance to those who wronged me.
Garrett had yet to walk yet, his time was far to come. His mother, second queen Adelaide, was still high on father's praise but I needed her to be greedier to get the sweetest revenge. I could start my revenge on father for his blatant disregard and foolish actions that led to the kingdoms ultimate demise. No. I was too young now. I needed a way to protect myself and my lovely mother.
I looked around the room to see her asleep on the lounge. Since I came back in time she hadn't left my side. She was always this way, loving and attentive. How could father not have been satisfied with such a wife? The moment he brought in Adelaide was the decline of my life. Mother and father were a political marriage between two kingdoms. Mother was a princess from the north, their kingdom known for their might was thought as savages and my mother was scrutinized but she was different than they expected. She priced herself intelligent, graceful and caring. Despite winning the heart of the empire, father found her to be a useless princess from a savage kingdom. My conception was miraculous given his contempt. rumors spread in my youth said mother tricked him into bed but Garrett revealed the truth. My mother was coerced into his chamber during a drunken fit by the Queen Mother. the result was a forgotten prince and a greedy mistress as a queen with a demented son.
I couldn't fix my father, he was frivolous and indulged himself in the pleasures of man. That wasn't something I could fix. Nor did I care honestly. His death was nothing to me. It was too soon to meet allies, some hadn't even been born a year at this time. No my best chance was to get out of the castle.
I got out of bed and draped a blanket on my mother, her face was thinner and her eyes had become baggy with worry. She and I were all we had in this god forsaken place. No. We had family in the north! of course. The north would a perfect place to hide away for the time being. I looked at my mother's face, my heart heavy at the thought of leaving her but if I wanted to save my her, my dear ones and my kingdom. I had to go.
"Don't worry about me mother, I'll be strong enough to save you. I promise."