The Brighter

he palace, she hadn't done much work the previous day so she didn't understand why she was t

re opened, allowing the cool morning ocean breeze to enter the room accompanied by the

n such a place even if it was for the wrong reasons, she looked around the room, at the glossy floors that looked almost t

feeling like a princess and she realised she had fallen in love with the castle, all her tiredness fro

ossibly be, maybe it was a noble man that had learnt of her presence in the castle, or it was even a prince! All these thoughts ran thr

solutely impeccable and worthy to be in the presence of royalty" one of the women said to her

yself" Niamh said but

yone before except her mother and

iosity because the slave traders did not tell her that the

the bathroom and she

ion, so he requested for the new slave girls to come for assessment, the king quickly got informed and he is

ther correct after all? did brighters really exist

d shed off her old skin and stepped into a new one, they had used a varie

ly saw her face in a clear reflective surface. Back in her village, she was only able to

see her facial features which were remarkably

kin, all the features of her face complemented each other amassing to form an almost ethe

average and had a down turned appearance were

eautiful as herself, it was no longer much of so

floral upright style, pinned with flowers and some curls were left l

she would expect royals to wear, but then again, she wasn't of royal blood so she shouldn't expect to be treated l

off to some local auctions, but the hands of fate

er like what an indecent woman would wear but s

would see and wish to look like one day, they wore her a pair of black shoes and when the maids were satisfie

at looked like they were walking through a maze,

sive white doors, it was just as ove

inside but the woman did not follow her,

he shoes, she suddenly wasn't feeling so special anymore added to the fact that it appeared she wa

d by another man dressed in a long black robe and a hood covering his head, she knew the man was old because of the traces of white

d one of them" she hea

't coming towards her, she exhaled deeply, It s

mind to feed herself to the wolves if she wasn't the brighter because she could see no point living anymore, she could never get justice for her father alo

some enchantments and he was spending more time of her than he ha

age finally said before he

eral enchantments, the man didn't fail to notice

emed like forever before

he white pure white eyes of the man, it looked like he had no pupils "his majesty would be delighte