02. Gone

Please note that there is a little disturbing scene that might upset you...

Without further ado, please do enjoy!

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-4 years passed, in the Southern Lasombra Kingdom, Phoenix Palace.

Ruthless's pov.

I take in a deep breath of the stench mixed with the fresh smell of rain, pressing my tiny body against the mouldy wall.

"Where's the princess?" Someone sings, I cringe at her super annoying high pitched voice.

"Princess? Your Highness must've meant the Demon?" Another mocks.

Looking at them snort in laughter makes me want to thrust my hands through their heart. That, will be so wonderful, isn't it?

Demon.

Warm red blood, on my hands, a thumping organ being pulled out, its dark red colour with a tint of purple and blue veins and arteries stretching between the body and the heart...

Demon, I am truly quite the one.

I snicker lightly watching the group of older kids, around 10 years-old, approaches me.

"Gotcha Princess Demon, why are you hiding in this rat hole?"

"My dearest Princess Demon, seems like you are in this rat hole with me too," I smirk, pushing myself off the grimy wall. Well, there's no use hiding now.

"Beng Gong is the princess! You are just a mere-"

"What's the difference, if I am a Demon, then you are one too because you are my sister. Unless you are telling me that Diana Dong has given birth to a bastard?"

"Shut up, come on all of you, hit that-that demon as hard as possible!" She snarls, failing to come up with a comeback, waving for her servants to attack me.

I roll my eyes, "Seriously, this again, why don't you have some creativity and do something else?"

Now, that's a big mistake.

I clench my teeth, not allowing my big-fat mouth to spring out anything else to challenge that dumbshit.

"Oh, you want something else?" She smiles, her angel-like round face looks so demon-like to me right now.

I slap myself mentally, seriously? Why won't you think before you open that mouth of yours huh?

"N.O. P.RI.N.C.E.S.S." I force myself to squeeze out these words.

I am the dust, for them to throw around. Little, and humble. But,

one day, I will slaughter all of you, I will rip all of your hearts out.

One by one.

I close my eyes, allowing the punches and kicks to land on my frail body.

One day...

Demon.

Because my eyes are purple. My hair is silver.

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"Ruth, quick, go take a bath." My mother, Cordelia Lasombra rushes over, her eyes already welling of tears. "Maria, fetch some medicine. Wonder, prepare the bath." She orders, turning around, maybe she just can't stand to see me, or she is just wiping her tears.

She is pathetic, I know, but I still love her. How can she remain so pure, whiter than the snow, that always seemed so stained in my eyes, maybe whatever I see is stained. But, I know my mother is never stained. She is innocent, and I hope she never will have to be dirty, she can leave all the dirty works to me.

Her filthy, obscene daughter.

I bath swiftly, ignoring the injuries throwing a tantrum in pain and agony, before settling on mother's bed. Plain cotton sheets with simple designs. Yeah, the royal treatment of a queen. Typical.

Noble(Number-one) Consort(B7tch) Diana(dumbass) Dong(f2cker) is holding the authority over the harem-something that is not even supposed to exist right now, that Dong just has to cut off half of our palace's allowance, forcing Mother to sell lots of her priceless dowry passed down for generations to support our living.

One day, I will fish them back in a net, everything, they got to pay. No one gets away without paying me.

Not a single thing.

Even if that takes to commit fratricide, something frequent in this time. We kill each other for everything. Life here worths penniless. Cheaper than grass.

Mother dabs medicine paste on my injuries gently with her slightly calloused fingers, "You can scream or cry you know that, Ruth? Mother will always be here for you." Her tears feel like burnt ashes landing on my skin.

Cry? Scream? Pain?

I'm already numb to it mother. I snuggle up close to her, little did I know, this will be the last time for a very, very long time.

I return to my sleeping chamber, I frown, since when did Maria put such an atrociously horrible incense in my room? It rea-

Darkness consumes me.