Alone. That's what I was and what I had been for years. More years than I cared to count. I doubt anyone even remembered that I ever existed much less that I was still alive.

With a sigh, I rose from the bed that was tucked into the corner of the tower room and made my way to the window. My silk dress slid across my skin as I walked, the material cold just like the life I lived. The stone around the window was rough beneath my fingertips, the midnight breeze warm and humid. Thunder rumbled in the distance and lightning flashed several miles away, the air thick with the scent of coming rain.

I had everything I needed in this place. The food and water relishing on it's own, the magic trapping me here also keeping me alive. I have everything except for companionship. I was a princess, trapped as a child and destined to be alone until I took my last breath all because my parents couldn't be bothered to keep a blood oath.

The sound of floorboard creaking behind me broke through the silence of the room. I whipped around and gasped, fear gripping me at the sight before me. Dark smoke, nearly black except it was slightly transparent, swirled and twisted in the center of the room. The smell of sulfur filled my nose causing me to gag as the creature slowly took form.

A man stood before me, towering easily at seven feet tall, his muscular body clad in thick black robes, strange symbols stitches into the cloth. His skin was the color of lead and his eyes were solid black, glittering like onyx as he looked at me.

The air in the room grew sinister and cold, frost slowly creeping up the walls as my breath came out in a fog. Goosebumps covered my body, the thin silk no match against the sudden chill. Fear flooded my veins as my heart pounded loud in my ears, my eyes locked on the man. He turned his head and slowly surveyed the room, revealing black symbols and designs inked into the skin on his neck disappearing beneath his robes. Finally his eyes met mine again, his face unreadable.

"Hello, little princess," he drawled, his voice low. "Enjoying your freedom?"

"Who-who are you?" I asked my voice shaky from the cold and fear.

"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that I know your sufferings and I come to offer you freedom." He replied, his onyx eyes watching me. "I will show you the world. But there is a price."

My fear instantly dissolved as excitement took its over.

"Anything! Whatever you want!" I cried eager for escape.

The man held out his hand to me.

"If you come with me, you are mine, however I please and as you're told. Forever."

Taking his hand without hesitation I said, "Forever is a long time to not know your name."

"My name is Jack Frost."

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A/N: Word Count 500

This was written for the Aim to Engage 2019: WattpadDarkFantasy Prompt - The Tower

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