Cassius tried soo hard to understand how things ended up this way. He is The Duke of Vallad. A prestigious noble family. He narrowed himself down to a revenge ran machine who massacred the people who took his baby away from him. He found himself laying next to your unconscious body. He wanted a happy ending with you. He didn’t want to accept this ending. No. He made too many mistakes for you to die happy. Betrayed by your own father. His heart felt like it was going to burst from guilt. How could he? Your own father so cruel towards you… so cruel you assumed he gave you that knife to end yourself. The day he heard they accused you of trying to poison the emperors new wife. His precious daughter who only yearned for someone to listen and hear her explain herself for one second.. That was his biggest mistake. So now he yearned for him to make it up to you.

He pulled out his family’s heirloom necklace. A white shining beautiful gem attached to it. He held it to your heart as it restored your soul, your heart pumping once again as he held you close and warped back into time. He made it so your memory was wiped from anything that may have led up to this. He would remember everything so when he is settled back in time he will prevent the royals from ever harming you. Even in this time period he will get his revenge. Whether it be murder or knocking the royals off their throne for mistreating you.

You were a precious girl, just for the royals to take you and expose you to the harsh reality of infidelity and abuse. No, he won’t allow it this time. He will change his ways and protect you from the world until he perishes. So here he was sitting on the side of your bed. You slept so peacefully not knowing just 1 minute ago he killed everyone for you in the future. His gloved hand reached up to cup your cheek.

“My daughter please wake up.”

He coaxed. As his thumb gently ran back and forth across your soft cheek. Today was the day the letter came in from the emperor requesting for you to marry into the royal family.