[Hollow Town] [6] [Family]

[Arianell's POV]

I gulped down the water to calm my burning throat.

The warmth of the morning sun peeking through the dense clouds helped relax my body.

My eyes barely opened after not having proper sleep all night.

It was a crazy night, but oddly enough, it ended quietly after that creepy child ran away.

I stretched my arms lazily, placing them on the bench I was sitting on.

Looking around, I noticed children still playing, unaffected by what had happened last night.

'...Children, huh?'

I thought as I watched them play with pure innocence, without any tension.

That reminded me of my own childhood.

It wasn't all giggles and happiness—I was depressed for almost half of it.

Rightfully so.

Who wouldn't be after knowing your mother abandoned you and left you to die when you were hardly five years old?

Thrown away from being a real princess to a shell of one in an empire you knew nothing of.