Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down by Patricia Maradiaga

Chapter 1

1 I don't want to die April was sitting on the bed hugging her knees, the cold winter pierced her bones like sharp thorns, she tried to cover her small and delicate body as best she could, but that abandoned palace where she had been sent to live did not give her the shelter she needed.

April was the first daughter of the king of Venobich, a cruel and ruthless man who saw all his children as mere tools.

In the kingdom of Laios the heir to the throne was always the firstborn, regardless of the gender of the child, however, the king did not want a small, sickly girl as his heir, so he sent her to the most remote part of the palace to die in silence.

April had clung to life with all her might, even though she was only receiving one food a day and that she did not have the proper conditions to survive, she did not give up and clung to life in an admirable way.

In silence and among tears it was repeated over and over again.

_I don't want to die, I don't want to die, God, if you're listening to me, please help me, I don't want to die.

April repeated those words every day, over and over again.

No one could understand why someone as weak and unfortunate as she was kept clinging to life.

One day, one of the maids who brought her food once a day asked her.

_ Why do you still want to live? Wouldn't it be easier to just let yourself die? That way all the pain and suffering you're feeling would disappear.

April was 12 years old, at that young age 6 years had been hell, but she did not give in to the claws of death that whispered in her ear every day to stop fighting.

While eating the thick soup with a voracious hunger, April answered him.

_ Why don't you jump off the highest tower in this castle? _You're crazy! If I did that I would die.

You see, just as your life is valuable to you, my life is valuable to me, so stop asking me to die, because I won't.

continued eating in silence, when she finished the maid took the tray with the empty plates, she had not left a single crumb, she

out the window

die, please God, don't let me

say the same prayer for three more

spring of her fifteenth birthday, the servant who always brought her food brought her a beautiful dress, beautiful jewelry, and ornaments to decorate her

bring all that?

bring all this, to make her beautiful, he wants to

she still remembered the cruel words he had spat

need a crippled daughter as my heir, so just die already." _Do you know why he wants to see me? _No, he just

she felt the cold water pouring over her thin body, she wished it would all end quickly,

neat white dress on her, then she put two flower ornaments, one on each side of her long reddish hair, then she applied light makeup, finally, she adorned her

look at herself in a broken mirror that was in a corner

beautiful, despite not having lived in adequate conditions, April had become a beautiful young woman with reddish hair, with white and pale skin like

shone brightly and her mistletoe-red lips

of the box she had brought, it was a fine veil, when April saw it she realized what was happening, she was going to get married, since death never came

whatever place they sent

all, please follow me, his

her murmured as she passed, wondering, Who could she be? And where had she come from? She had red hair, a unique feature of the Venobich royal family, which was why everyone was so

walking, completely ignoring the murmurs of the people, she was taken to the throne room, she did not bow, nor greet the man

see that you have

seemed sweet to April, they seemed like an

maliciously

to the kingdom of Cosset, due to the constant

complain or say anything, she simply stood there listening to her father's words, hoping

and the shoes she wasn't used to wearing