A normal day in our castle is probably one of the most impossible things to achieve , silence is something you can only dream of and peace is much far away , something that we can never achieve .

A war broke out in the middle of our country's economic crisis, our empire has never been this damaged before . I was not going to say because my father was a bad ruler but he had a hand in it as well , he led our country to this state of deprivement , but he was my father still .
Many of his political thoughts that he was trying to apply to our country and feed our people's minds .

He was the ruler and i was his daughter , we were two siblings me and my older brother alexander , we didn't really get along he was just a miniature of my father if i was being honest . but the difference is that i loved my father more , the only thing i was against was his ideology

We were currently having dinner like a normal family for the first time , i absolutely hated when politics were brought in the table and currently we were talking about my brother's wedding

« Maria is very suitable for you , she's a very intelligent and beautiful woman and she's royalty what can you even ask for ? » My dad sipped on his wine while bragging about his future daughter in law . and i knew i was next in line , since i was always hot headed and always contradicted him in basically everything .

« You know we have to be stable ? our country is in war with literally everyone and her life's will be in danger too » i added but my father shot me a look that i obviously wanted to avoid .

« Sultan Süleyman will help us you don't have to worry about this , it will get better » my father believed that Sultan suleyman was going to save us but he was wrong , he had a whole empire to govern he wasn't going to care about us

« i see you're pretty confident in that father , don't put all of your hope on it » i added trying to convince him that we had to find a solution ourselves .

" Can you stop being pessimistic for once stella ? " i didn't reply to that sentence or it would lead to another argument .

" Sultan suleyman is set to arrive tomorrow , and that means that you shouldn't talk this way . at all cost , respect him because he's the only one that's going to save us" this time he glared at both of us .

"i'm done father if you give me permission i wanna go back to my room" i said getting up from my seat , he didn't hesistate to dismiss me , i went straight to my room and slammed the door shut behind me .

my brain was already full of problems and thoughts , i wanted to relax as much as i could and forget about the situation but i couldn't help it , it's either i was going to die or i was going to be homeless .

"at least you understand me and don't judge" i said speaking to my journal , i opened it and began writing down all of my thoughts . my nights were now sleepless and i held on the hope that the Pope would helps us through this but the only person that was willing to help was Sultan suleyman , his religion was different from us but he was my fathers friend .

I remember him , i remember him perfectly, he used to come here a lot with his sons . but when i grew up more i almost forgot about how he looked like , my father later started going to see him and i never went with him .

" Princess , here is the dress you've asked for" Maria went in and layed a beautiful red dress infront of me , i've asked for this dress to be sewed one month ago and it was finally ready .

"Finally" i closer my journal and went to pick up the dress , the embroidery was looking flawless and the color matched exactly what i described " it's so pretty" i mumbled to myself

"You're going to make it look even prettier , your grace is unmatchable" i smiled lightly at her comment .

" but i don't even know where to wear it .. the only thing we're going through right now is bad things , maybe i will just keep it for my brother's wedding" i thought about it deeply and it seemed logical for me , he was getting married very soon .

" Or maybe wear it at tomorrow's dinner , his majesty and his eldest son are coming" Maria suggested and i immediately refused her suggestion .

" Why would i ? it's not like i care about them or care about giving a good impression" i said carefully holding the dress between my arms "Hide it for me or wait .." i stopped mid -sentence

" My father wanted to see it too since i've annoyed him with how much time did it take" I hurried to put it on and it fit me just perfectly , i twirled few times before looking at myself at the mirror again .

" You look absolutely gorgeous your highness" Maria complimented me again before i left to see my father who was sitting in his throne room .

" Dad tell me how does it look like" i asked twirling around once waiting for a response , my father smiled and clasped his hands together .

" You look absolutely amazing daughter , im sure you planned to wear it somewhere" i nodded happily but didn't tell him for what it was .

"Your majesty , your highness" a soldier came in interrupting us " i am sorry for the interruption but you may want to see this" he gestured towards the window and i hurried to take a look .

Flames were eating the palace from outside and my heart sank deeper in my chest , i felt scared , panic and anger . i couldn't believe what i was seeing .

" What on earth is happening" my father mumbled to himself " get this under control now" he ordered the guard who left the throne room running .

" are we going to die ?" i told my father not being able to control my shaky breaths anymore , i've never seen desperation in someone's eyes until i saw it in my father.

Maybe this was the end .