"You never really cared about me in the first place. You just used me as one of your tools for revenge, right Psyche?" a sad torn and broken man said in front of the lady who was drinking wine inside the library of the Killford dukedom.
Instead of answering, the Lady just smirked at the man's reflection from the large window she is facing. While the man faced her long-backless dress making him see her pale body.
"Shouldn't you worry more about your fiancée than just a mere stranger like me?" Psyche had finally said with a sigh with gorgeous features
His blonde hair shining brightly gold at the rays of the sun, striking his figure like a perfect piece in the in place. His ocean blue eyes seeking for an answer, pleading that the lady in front of her was just lying or angry for the moment.
"Stranger? Psyche we're family, you're my sister! Yet you made me fall in love with you!" the blonde-haired boy - who was Aiden Killford, the young master of the Killford dukedom as well as the younger stepbrother of Psyche, said with bursting anger looking at her with seriousness but immediately controlled himself seeing how determined Psyche looked for a moment.
She thought that for the first time her younger brother, who was an easy-going kid on the outside that has many friends, could not contain his emotions in front of her
Comparing herself with Aiden surely makes her remember how the Priori in the Killford household adopted her secretly. She was homeschooled, taught by a private tutor until the day of her introduction to the noble society. She never went to the academy after being adopted due to the trauma and her 'supposed to be illness' that made her gain some psychological issues
"Why did you think I made you fall in love with me, Aiden? Please stop with those delusions of yours. You knew from the very beginning I can't love" Psyche burst in anger right in front of him. Throwing the glass containing wine on the wall as it was shattered to pieces. Staining both the floor and wall while she breathes heavily making the window on her back as her support
'This day will be long enough for the both of us'
He thought as he tried to come near her to explain further but her expression says 'Stay a meter away from me or else you'll not like what I'll do next'. Even if breathing heavily, she still manages to portray that venomously gorgeous meaningful look on her face
'Why do you even look more gorgeous now that you're angry?' Aiden sighed with his thought. He gave up coming near her, staying unmoved in his previous position while intently looking at her gorgeous silhouette
"I knew it but I just can't help falling for you, you knew when I'm hurt, you say hurtful words to me but when I think about them they're your advice. You always protected me from the shadows. So tell me, who will not fall in love with those actions of yours?" Aiden confessed with a desperate look. The scenario only made Psyche put her hands on her temples massaging them gently. With the sudden words she heard, she was feeling a little bit off. Trying to calm her nerves, she sighed for a long minute while looking around to search for a chair inside the place
"What made you think I did that all for you? You just said it earlier. I just USED you," Psyche said, emphasizing the word 'used'. Finally finding a seat near the shelves, she looked at Aiden seriously. Though, the moment he said those words coming from her mouth, he felt useless. He felt himself being compared to a toy that was already used. He felt like that, useless to her with no more additional use.
"No, I won't give up. Even if you use me or anything as long as I'm on your side, I'm alright with that," Aiden said pleading his way towards Psyche
He continuously looked at the lady who was sitting like a goddess that had cascaded from a long time ago when he was just eleven years old.
Looking back on his past, he remembered how he was captivated by the sight of the lady who resembled so much like his father and him. She has golden blonde hair and ocean blue eyes making her part of the Killford household through a secret adoption.
He remembered the time when the lady was just 13 years old being adopted in the Killford household. There was no Duke or Duchess to assist her in the house only Aiden's guardian. Just like what had happened to Psyche, his family was also murdered disguising it as an accident.
In Ferius time, when he was still alive as the duke of Killford household, he proposed to the emperor about prosecuting the corrupt and greedy officials and nobles of the empire. However, because of this, his enemies grew bigger as they started to get nervous with the duke's sudden announcement. Yet, later on before it got to be passed as a law, Duke Killford together with his family were brutally assassinated in a nearby forest. On a snowy night that no one will expect them to be attacked
Even before proposing the said idea, the Duke already had many enemies that's why his death was never an accident, to begin with. Aiden Killford - being the child, who will succeed the throne, saved until the last breath of Duke Ferius and Duchess Romina - the only bloodline that survived the attack, unknowingly to the assassins
That night, everything seemed peaceful but not with the Killford family marking the night as the beginning of their demise.
Aiden - the child who had the bloodline of the duke survived - saved by his parents. Until the last breathe of the two, they protected him. However, they left him in the dark forest, on a hard snowfall that night, until the duke's attendant – whom the assassins thought was dead – rescued him. The attendant miraculously survived the attack but he was all bloodied and wounded. Yet, he still managed to keep Aiden away from any danger returning him to the Killford household on that cold winter night
Aiden remembered the night that they were supposed to return to the Killford household. It was after going from their countryside estate but it became the reason for their family's tragedy. Maids and butlers were shocked on the news of the accident about the Duke and the Duchess. The news created 'pretend' grievance on the emperor but to the innocent people of the empire their grieve were real, regarding that it was the tragedy of the Killford family – about the righteous duke and gorgeous kind-hearted duchess
Knowing Aiden, the only successor of the Duke who had survived in the tragedy, the emperor appointed him his guardian. He appointed a Guardian who will assist Aiden and the Killford household for the time being. The guardian was no other than the attendant of the late duke, who also survived and rescued Aiden that night, had a name - Grindel. He was the one that became Aiden's close friend making him feel positive emotions than negative ones.
Upon arriving at eleven years old, Psyche came to his life. The young woman that made his heartbeat beats faster for the first time. He felt like she's the definition of a goddess. He felt paralyzed from their first meeting. He felt like his world suddenly stopped and they were the only two people in it. However, it was easily crush upon hearing Grindel say that she'll be officially his sister – especially the semblance she had with the duke
"You'll only be hurt in the end, Aiden. You have a fiancée who deeply loves you. I don't want to ruin that," with a calm voice, Psyche said observing the change from Aiden – her foster younger brother
She reminisced the time when they were still young when. The time she got adopted into the Killford household she became like someone else. She continuously hates the nobles and everything. She hated them because she knew they were the reason for her real family's demise. Another reason why she can't speak normally to Aiden was the reality that she always saw Grey - her real younger brother – on him.
She acted ironically with her hate on the nobles towards Aiden. Instead of being gentle, she is being rude with her advices. She always avoids him but watches from the shadows. She always stays silent even though she wanted to talk to him. These characteristics of her made Aiden more curious about her for a long period