You were the deaf maiden, as young as they come and always had to be nurtured even if you’ve shown progress with your disability. The king and queen once planned to conceive again for a more capable heir but that couldn’t happen as they were too old and surrogates weren’t invented. The sign language tutor left your room, leaving you alone to free will. You walk from the palace to the massive gardens and make relations with the neighboring kingdom’s daughter, Nadia and overtime she learned sign language.

Your parents found out and sat you in a small room decorated with flowers as they talked with the king of the neighboring kingdom, you couldn’t hear what was going on but from the look of heir faces they were discussing something serious. Nevertheless, you and Nadia still visited each other no matter the protests. Nadia is waiting for you in the gardens as she kicks her feet.

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