Macabre love

utes and that I should hurry to be presentable as soon as possible. I must admit that it wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the

waiting for me as they always did, I walked to my usual place that was always next to Maya at the huge dining table,

tried, "It's your duty as a noble woman and you must always be perfect. In my opinion this was all a big bummer, I never intended to get married in the end, but I was absolutely sure that if I tried to discuss this w

me feel, the smell of the roses always made me feel better about everything. One of the people in this house who also loved our garden was my brother Oliver, he always made sure that the employees were taking the best care of the garden, always making

new when he was sad, which was almost never the case, when he was worried or upset, so

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don't come in so suddenly,

ed. So worried that you di

t are you doing here? Running

the hassle until the end, so I could come

ur mother's scoldin

you tell me why y

wants me to marry a

just like our father. So,

less marriage like this with a wom

n't think I ha

what if I'm not

on, you might end up loving this woman like you did with

n't love this woman because th

be she could be a good suitor and our father w

I am stuck in this and have nowhere to run, I

me that he prayed every day that God would allow him one day to marry someone he really loves, but I guess that in this case God was not able to hear his request in the end. He asked me to be alone in the garden since he needed to think for a while, I t

a was a year older than me and I imagine that soon she would have the same concerns as Oliver about his marriage, not that one day she might lack suitors since Maya was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen in my life. She had long, wavy, silky blonde hair that went all the way down to her hips but was always held back by an extravagant hairstyle that made her even more beautiful, she always wore blue dresses

t's strange that you're n

or a while, but Oliver sa

ed with the details of

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he maids in this house like

much they mu

been against arranged marriages, but just

t least listen to h

so worries me since I will be 19 next year and o

is is very unfair; I hope at least I can find someone I love and our fa

to be the suitor of a b

ated that my father could trade me like cattle to men twice my age without any pr

ved my brothers, I always made sure to never give up my peace and quiet for anything in the world, so I always took some time to be alone during the day, in this time I read and acquired some hobbies like sewing or embroidery, I al

ame old maid, I thank her after she tells me that I should hurry or I would miss my breakfast, her face had a countenance a little out of her usual, but I thought it was something in my head and went back to my normal routine. After getting ready I went downstairs towards the huge dining table, as soon as I arrived, I realized that Oliver was not pres

morning coffee more peacefully, until the m